Had five children. You never saw his children again. He died after being beaten and tased. No one was ever held accountable. In his family is petitioning her quest for justice. We will speak with his brother. Then president obama has t to sp upup the fight against terror wn ththe prescrcription drug abuse. It isis important to recognie that today we are seeing moree opioidkililled because of overdose than traffic accidents. Amy we will speak with mamaia and Michael Collins of the Drug Policy Alliance. All of that and m more coming u. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The suprpreme court has deadlocd four to fofour in a key case tht could have undermined the power of Public Employee unions to effectively dealing a major victory to the unions. Following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last month, the eightmemember court splplit ovr whether Public Employee unions can continue to collect mandatory dues from workers who benefit from
Laws in congress, then i would do so. New pope on trickle down economics. Captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org the wall street journal calls president obama possibly a with iran a triumph. The New York Times says that the deal will make the safer the world safer for now. Lindsay graham does not buy it. With peoplealing who are untrustworthy and this is a m murderous regime. It has not made thehe world a safer plplace. I believe in wh kennedy once said, let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. Jerusalem post says this may slow down iran, but all more than likely provide false impression that there has been headway while providing cover for iran to go nuclear. We will see. They had six months to look at this arrangement. There are a lot of conditions that have to be met on both sides. We do not know, and we will no know until we have the opportunity to see what has happened in the six months, including whether iran lives up to its
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And this happens only 38 days from election day here in the United States when American Voters will decide between reelecting President Trump or electing his rival joe biden. Joining us now, our cnn team. Sdwrar any d jeremy diamond, anniriane de vo, phil mattingly, glor aia are borger, abby phillip. Jar pli, you a were getting a lac look at the line. Tell us what you are learni. Reporter yeah, they have made a year decision that they would like to try and confirm this next supreme r. Strecourt before the election. And we could see the first hearing on clilg papitol hill i next two week. And we expect her to begin to hit capitol hill over the next two week to begin to meet the snar senators who will vote on her confirmation. But this is a moment that we expect president to savor here in the rose garden. He has talked before about the fact that nominating justices to the u. S. Supreme court is one of the most important things that he can do as president. And certainly not to just have o
People. Activists rally to support the special counsel after newly revealed comments from the man picked by Jeff Sessions is increasing the worry that the russia investigation could be brought to an end. And voices of tragedy. The parents of those young, young People Killed in the california mass shooting, inconsolable and demanding change now. His name was cody coffman. My firstborn son. I hope to god, dont send me more prayers. I want gun control. No more guns. The most hotly races of the country still unresolved. Now turning into legal battles. And if this whole thing gives you a sense of deja vu, youre not alone. I have a great team here to break all of it down. First, i want to explain where we stand. Were now three days past election day and votes are still being counted in florida, arizona and georgia. Races in all three states remain too close to call. And that is just in the senate. There are 11 house races that still havent been called. But we got to begin with florida. The s