But many queions remain. The news came on the same day thtotal number of u. S. Infections tped 10 million. We will speak toulitzer ize winning journalist laurie gaett. Weill look at the death of palestinian chief negotiator saeb erekat who has died from covid. Then fears are growing that the Trump Administration is moving to overturn the election of joe biden. On monday, attorney general william barr authorized new probes into voter fraud as republican lawmakers are backing trumps decision not to concede to the president elect. President trump is 100 within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities and wait his legal options. Amy we will speak to kristen clarke, president of the Lawyers Committee for civil rights under law. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. Attorney general william barr upended Longstanding Justice Department policy on monday by announcing federal prosecutors could investigate
But many queions remain. The news came on the same day thtotal number of u. S. Infections tped 10 million. We will speak toulitzer ize winning journalist laurie gaett. We will look at the death of palestinian chief negotiator saeb erekat who has died from covid. Then fears are growing that the Trump Administration is moving to overturn the election of joe biden. On monday, attorney general william barr authorized new probes into voter fraud as republican lawmakers are backing trumps decision not to concede to the president elect. President trump is 100 within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities and wait his legal options. Amy we will speak to kristen clarke, president of the Lawyers Committee for civil rights under law. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. Attorney general william barr upended Longstanding Justice Department policy on monday by announcing federal prosecutors could investigat
Downplay masks and not social distance, and call it a hoax. Where onceision network news casts provided a shared understanding of events, almost a social glue that held different parts of the nation together it is understandable, more than understandable to be enraged. Cable television has turned to packaging the news according to ideological preference. And of course it wasnt just the media. Official message of the Democratic Party is that donald trump had it coming. You going to vote for him again . I sure am. Mike is a former chairman of the Republican County Party in west virginia. When we heard about the president having covid, where did you get the news . A news flash on my phone the same time it was released to the public. Doesnt get much of his news from television anymore. Remember when back in the older days when news casters presented the news in unbiased way. Just threw it out there and let people think what they want to think about it. Theyve gotten away from the pure art
Reakinnews. President trump is back in the oval office and back on camera tonight, two days after returning from the hospital. In a new video produced by the white house, the president says he feels perfect and calls his infection with coronavirus a blessing in disguise. He also says the experimental drug therapy he received is a cure and that he plans to make it available for free to all americans. Now, that might be over promising the drug, made by the company regeneron, because it has not been approved by the f. D. A. And was only given to the president under special exception called compassionate use. Now, the president s decision to return to the west wing is not only putting his staff at risk. It violates his own governments guidance that anyone infected should isolate for ten days. Now, in a written statement today, his doctor said he did not have symptoms but he did not say if it was safe for trump to interact with others. Now, the president s new video tonight also risks upsta
There remains many questions about how this could have happened and what it means for the future. As well be hearing from correspondents ben tracy and ed okeefe, along with our lee cowan. President trump im doing well. Reporter with that came some calm. The president , in his own words, cautiously optimistic about the infection that has gripped him, like so many other americans. But questions remain about his prognosis, how it all happened, and the impact on the president ial election. Well take a look at all of it ahead on sunday morning. Pauley President Trumps diagnosis comes roughly seven months into the covid crisis. It has been a difficult time for many of us, but especially orking mothers with Young Children to take care of. As rita braver will show us. And then its on to the seven, the chicago seven. A landmark case from the turbulent 60s that has been made into a movie for our own troubled times. Tracy smith will take us behind the scenes. [yelling] reporter 62 years ago, in a