Change in this unprecedented storm. Then we look at why the store may be particularly dangerous for undocumented immigrants who may be afraid to seek help. And we will talk about Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio on the eve of Hurricane Harvey hitting taxes, President Trump pardoned him, who was recently convicted of contempt of court for defying a court order to stop his deputies from racial profiling. Im great happy. I have to think the president of the United States for his pardon. He is a big friend, supporter of lawenforcement. I think this is a Bigger Picture than just me. Amy you will get a response the an editorial writer for Arizona Republic. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas, at least five people have died amid catastrophic flooding in houston, the fourth largest city in the United States. The crisis began on friday when Hurricane Harvey made landfall in rockport, texas. It was the most p
Night, kennedy and lincoln are sort of bookends, where i soon i assume everyone knows about who lincoln was and who kennedy was. I wont talk much about kennedy and did not talk about lincoln. I assume most people dont know much about garfield and mckinley, so we will talk more about garfield and mckinley more than the actual assassinations. The assassination of lincoln by john wilkes booze and of kennedy by lee harvey oswald, we were in they were able to get away from the scene of the murder all sorts of conspiracy theories cropped up. Who did it, did they get away and did we get the right guy . In the cases of garfield and mckinley, they caught the guy right away. There was no question. Charles the toe was was captured right after shooting garfield and leon was grabbed immediately after shooting mckinley. They both freely admitted they did it, so there was no question about that. Today, we will look at William Mckinley. Mckinley is a figure who is neglected in american history. Garfie
Lives. Welcome back doctor and good afternoon to you. Is there any way i need to know this answer in the month of april right now . Knowing what, and the things we need to do now to make our society safer and be able to open as soon and as safely as possible. We are all inpatient to go out again, we need to restart our economy and society but if we do that too soon it will backfire. You see that big, this is catastrophic. Hundreds of deaths every day. This is the sound of ambulance sirens a day and night and thats the potential, if we dont get it right. Bill dr. Birx was asked about the second wave last night at the briefing at the white house and heres how she characterized that specifically with regard to new york and elsewhere. I dont know if it will be worse, i think this has been pretty bad. When you see what has happened in new york, that was very bad. I believe we will have a Early Warning signals both from our surveillance that weve been talking about in the vulnerable populati
Reporting begins now. Our reporting begins with the killer and recordbreaking deep freeze gripping parts of the country. Now blamed for at least ten deaths. Among them, a 18yearold university of iowa student who apparently froze to Death Outside on campus where the feelslike temperature was minus 51. Heres a live look from the lows this morning. These are the temperatures before you even factor in the windchill. These are the real temperatures. Some images for you in our slide show this afternoon. Here first, look at this, this is a harbor light on Lake Michigan in chicago where the feelslike was minus 41 this morning. This is Great Falls National park. Look at that. Completely frozen over in new jersey. Not too far from mid on the, manhattan. Heres a time lapse video from a coast guard icebreaker, this is not the arctic. Its the hudson river about 40 miles north of new york city. And you thought your commute was cold this morning . Check out these guys. Take a look at these fishermen
Serious issues of our time. I dont believe this issue, this resolution was there for any other reason except a political jab at our president. If we dont maintain decorum on this floor, then we devolve into something we dont want to be. Harris ellison barber now from capitol hill. Hi, harris. The press conference is set to get underway any minute. Its the speakers Weekly Press Conference out its happening is not abnormal but as you said, its significant because this is her first time speaking since yesterdays extraordinary vote to rebuke the president of the United States. The dustup over the speakers choice of words. These comments from the white house are disgraceful and disgusting, and the comments are racist. Point of order. I have cleared my remarks with the parliamentarian before i read them. We dont ever want to pass up, it seems, an opportunity to play. I abandoned the chair. The chair is prepared to rule. Chapter 29, chapter 65. 6, characterization. Characterizing an action is