Even Senate Republicans are now warning trump is in a downward spiral. We will get the latest. Then as the ninth Circuit Court of appeals hears arguments over trumps second muslim travel ban, we will go to seattle to speak with Washington State attorney general bob ferguson. He filed the first suit against comes travel ban, sparking a nationwide firestorm of legal resistance. We are a nation of laws. As i said, as we have said, from day one, those laws applied everybody in our country, and that includes the president of the United States. Amy all of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The beginning of the end. Thats what many are saying about the Trump Presidency following the Washington Posts explosive article revealing how President Trump disclosed highly classified intelligence during his sitdown meeting with Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at the white house la
What is that central theme you were going for . The idea is that america, arguably the best country in history, perpetrated one of the greatest sins, dehumanizing a group of people relentlessly. The profound evil amidst stunning greatness. So, now, that greatness, i think of course, is what finally delivered us from what we were doing wrong. But it is a shame we will now have to deal with. Maybe we are still too close to the 60s when we first acknowledged the shame to understand it is important. I think it is one of the most important vents in history. The book looks at different aspects of the irony. Host the shame belongs to the 1960 liberal movement and that is what caused our current political polarization. Guest yes, thank you. Host is that a Fair Assessment . Guest that is a very Fair Assessment. In the 1960s, it was said we are the politics that will redeem america and bring back americas legitmacy as a democracy. That is our mission. And liberalism has dominated american politi
What is that central theme you were going for . The idea is that america, arguably the best country in history, perpetrated one of the greatest sins, dehumanizing a group of people relentlessly. The profound evil amidst stunning greatness. So, now, that greatness, i think of course, is what finally delivered us from what we were doing wrong. But it is a shame we will now have to deal with. Maybe we are still too close to the 60s when we first acknowledged the shame to understand it is important. I think it is one of the most important vents in history. The book looks at different aspects of the irony. Host the shame belongs to the 1960 liberal movement and that is what caused our current political polarization. Guest yes, thank you. Host is that a Fair Assessment . Guest that is a very Fair Assessment. In the 1960s, it was said we are the politics that will redeem america and bring back americas legitmacy as a democracy. That is our mission. And liberalism has dominated american politi
That more than economics. If you ruffled the feathers is someone powerful, that gets you the running and to complain to the publisher of the stories about those things happening. We were fortunate through the 70s and almost all our careers to work for people who are strong and upright in that area and just let the chips fall where they may, where the work way you. Coming up, booktv presents after words, an hourlong program where we invite guest host of interview authors. This economical journalist, john jenkins and his book, the partisan the life of William Rehnquist. And i. , the publisher of cq press details the early career and a 33 year Supreme Court tenure at the former chief justice. He talks the Supreme Court reporter and a biographer for Justice Oconnor and scalia, Joan Biskupic you. Welcome, john jenkins. Were here to talk about your new book, the partisan the life of William Rehnquist. Im going to start with one general question, just to give our viewers a sense of who the ch
While there has been a decline in new cases in regions, parts of the sun belt especially, today even trump noted his administration is monitoring rising cases in places like boston, chicago, other parts of the midwest. Tonight the publication stat news warns, quote, winter is coming and that medical experts fear the window of opportunity to get control of the virus before flu season, before something truly dickensian, is rapidly closing. Another new report raising new concerns about the impact on our children at a time when parents are deciding whether to send their kids back to school. A study from the American Academy of pediatrics finds at least 97,000 kids tested positive for the virus in just the last two weeks of july. The president was asked about that today. Does that give you any pause about no. Schools reopening for inperson learning . No, because they may have, as you would call it, a case. It may be a case, but its also a case where theres a tiny its a tiny fraction of deat