Festive spirit it announces even tighter restrictions ahead of the holidays and in football buyers labor goes into scoring goals and of stopping that on their way to 2nd place in the front if they go well tell you how they extended of remarkable im beaten st. Im super someones gonna thank you for joining us while the results are in and as expected president nicolas mughals party has won parliamentary elections in venezuela consolidating his grip on power Opposition Leaders called on supporters to boycott the vote they and many western nations have condemned it as a fraud the pandemic has deepened the countrys long running economic and political crisis and with no upturn in sight venezuelans are growing more and more pessimistic about their future. A humble tarr night few venezuelans came out to cast their votes on election day perhaps because there was so little to choose from with many opposition figures banned from participating the ruling socialist parties victory was all but assure
Im rebecca it is welcome to the Program German chancellor Angela Merkel is due to deliver a speech in parliament this hour as the nation faces a decisive period in its fight against the coronavirus germanys regional governments are considering imposing a Strict Lockdown over the christmas and new year period as infection rates remain stubbornly high officials warn hospitals could be overwhelmed the countrys infectious to saint diseases agency says 509000 people have died in germany from the illness in the past day marking a record high since the start of the pandemic. As we wait for that talk to take place im joined by chief Political Editor michelle occur behala thanks for joining me what can we expect from anglo michael today well reese shes certainly here to defend the budget which means 180 bill. When your is a new debt some 350000000000 euro is to tackle this corona crisis but reading the whole nation is watching her to hear some kind of indication on whether she will once again c
Cheryl veronica . I hosted so im ready to be done. We have a lot of news coming up this morning. Our top story this hour was, well, it was christmas, americans spending more money online for the Holiday Season, ecommerce sales jumped more than 18 compared to last year overall. Holiday retail sales excluding cars rising more than 3 . Thanksgiving did fall later this year which pushed a lot of retailers to start sales earlier. President trump touted the news, heres what he tweeted. 2019 Holiday Retail sales were up 3. 4 from last year. Biggest number in u. S. History, congratulations, america. Veronica, your reaction in the middle of all this political abusinesabyss thats happening , you have an economy and consumer thats on fire and we have numbers to prove it. It sounds like youre trying to get away from washington but this is great for the party of washington, for republicans, for the president. This is a great economy for him to be going into 2020 with. Theres a ton of devi divisiven
I tried to imagine myself in a house that was burning and i was not going to carry on business as usual. I thought the only thing i can do is put my whole body on the line, have regular actions, and include the historically noble thing called civil disobedience. Amy then becoming a dangerous woman, embracing risk to change the world. That is a new book by media legend pat mitchell who was arrested alongside jane fonda and 140 others friday. Mitchell was the first woman president of pbs, cnn productions, and of the paley ceerer foredia. What do i mny dangerous . I dontt mean being feared or fefearfu butut io mean ingg more fearless. I dt mean abing power, but do mean using it, sharing it to empower others. And speang up and showing up for those without voice or representation. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A house judiciary commmmittee lawyer has raised the possibility of additional articles of i
And jeff bridges shows his unique photos snapped on movie sets from over the years. Its monday, december 23rd, 2019. Heres your eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Roads could be dangerous in the coming days as millions head out for the holidays. Storms threaten travel plans across the country. In virginia, ice and fog are blamed for this massive chainreaction pileup involving nearly 70 vehicles. Reporter new lie released documents show efforts to talk to the president of ukraine came 90 minutes this was explosive. Kim jong un holding a meeting with top officials. North korea has threatened to send the United States a christmas gift. A manhunt is under way in tennessee after two people are killed in a stabbing. One of them the other before of 49er bethard. A successful landing after an unsuccessful mission for the starliner. The grinch ditching his sleigh for a motorcycle road. Whoa. Whoa. All that spain built up almost 3 billion in the worlds richest lottery. Among the winners, a re