Today we speak with former green Party President ial candidate jill stein, who is pushing for recounts in three states wisconsin, pennsylvania, and michigan. Donald trumps narrow victories in these states secured his election, but could a recount put Hillary Clinton into the white house . We will also speak with Cyber Security and private privacy researcher Bruce Schneier on why is subject to hackers. And we will speak with Lawrence Lessig on the Electoral College and why they should choose clinton over trump. All of that and more, c coming. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President elect donald trump has announced a handful of new cabinet picks. On t tuesday, hehe named billioe Steven Mnuchin to be treasury secretary. Mnuchin has deep ties on wall street, including working as a partner for goldman sachs, where his father also worked. Mnuchins hedge fund also played a role in the housing crisis, after it scooped up the failing Cal
Today we speak with former green Party President ial candidate jill stein, who is pushing for recounts in three states wisconsin, pennsylvania, and michigan. Donald trumps narrow victories in these states secured his election, but could a recount put Hillary Clinton into the white house . We will also speak with Cyber Security and private privacy researcher Bruce Schneier on why is subject to hackers. And we will speak with Lawrence Lessig on the Electoral College and why they should choose clinton over trump. All of that and more, c coming. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President elect donald trump has announced a handful of new cabinet picks. On t tuesday, hehe named billioe Steven Mnuchin to be treasury secretary. Mnuchin has deep ties on wall street, including working as a partner for goldman sachs, where his father also worked. Mnuchins hedge fund also played a role in the housing crisis, after it scooped up the failing Cal
Charge. He is 75 years old, he was in a wheelchair in the courtroom today and has been behind bars for three years serving an eightyear sentence, he was given a 100,000 bond and is restricted from trouble, we have a crew at the courthouse talking with the family of the victim. Also breaking on the air developments about the suspect in the attack at the ohio state suspect was not on the radar before the attack. He did purchase a knife at walmart that monday morning, they have yet to confirm if that is the knife he used in the attack. We know the time of the attack and we know we have footage from the university about where the vehicle was. It is that time in between the campus we want to fill in. Still working on the timeline, authorities confirming he may have been inspired by isis and a former al qaeda leader. Four people confirmed dead in gatlinburg, tennessee from a wildfire. The fires destroyed more than 150 homes and businesses in the touristy town, the mayor is among those who lo
Also a living wage. Those protesters chanted and waved signs earlier this evening. This is a photo posted to social media of what happened next. You can see a line of Police Moving towards the crowd. Several demonstrators were arrested. Some say they were taken away in at least two buses. Dozens ended up downtown here at the jail. We talked with a couple of protesters that were arrested. One of them tells us shes a mother of three trying to survive on minimum wage. The other says we more of these kinds of demonstrations in the future. Its hard trying to survive, like i said i have three jobs just to try and make ends meet, and i still dont be able to with having to pay rent, lights water, and cell phone bills and trying to take care of my children. Its hardworking and living on nothing but minimum wage. Well be in the streets more and more and getting arrested more and more to show people struggles to worker struggles. Reporter william barber, the president of the state chapter of the
That brought the weather to tennessee. And our threat of Severe Weather is not the same as theirs but we have the potential of strong, gusty winds, and even before the thunderstorms arrive it will be gusty. We have drizzle and mist. And its damp out there. Here is a look at the south hill skycam. Pretty christmas decorations. Its extremely warm, another one of those mornings you will walk out the door whats going on . 65 in cary and wake forest and holly springs. 64 in roxboro and south hill and 66 in Southern Pines and 69 in fayetteville. Very, very warm. It warmed to 71 at lunchtime with a high of 75 this afternoon. That does put us close to the record high of 77. It will be mainly dry and blustery and warm and tonight, another round of rain. Nate is in for brian this roads. A little busy . A little busier than it was earlier this week with wetness on the roads and it doesnt seem to be causing major problems. The shoulder closed on i40 westbound at highway 42 and it causes slowdowns