[inaudible] amy this comes as a group of democratic and progressive activists have published a new report autopsy the Democratic Party in crisis. Influence Democratic Party loyalists for refusing to examine their own role in their partys defeat. We will speak with coauthor norman solomon. Then more on money of politics as we look at new revelations from the Paradise Papers, a trove of millions of leaked documents in offshore finance that reveal commerce secretary wilbur ross conducting business with russian president Vladimir Putins soninlaw through a shipping venture in russia. Ross says he is to nothing wrong. Made aink the media has lot more out of it than it deserves. The fact that it happens to be called a Russian Company does not mean that there is any evil. Amy we will speak with guardian reporter jon swaine who coauthored three reports from the Paradise Papers on tuesday. Lone all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report.
Good afternoon. My name is armando trull, Senior Reporter withwamufm, top ratednpr station in the country. I would like to welcome you to whats sure to be an exciting conversation about corruption in Central America, the United States, and elsewhere. I will be moderating this conversation and you will have an opportunity to ask questions once the panelists are finished. First, sarah chayes, a senior fellow here at the Carnegie Endowment for international peace, author of this report, one corruption is an operating system and using honduras as a case study. To add perspective to this conversation, Zephyr Teachout is a law professor at Fordham University school of law, the author of corruption in america and she is also an attorney on the emoluments lawsuit against president trump. So, corruption as an operating system. What does that mean . What yeah. What am i talking about . Exactly. Would you mind yeah. So we have a picture but fundamentally what im talking about here is not corrupti
American Service Member is killed in the fight in iraq. The first u. S. Casualty as the war to stop the terrorist group escalates. The nfl under fire after new revelations about one of their star players accused of a terrible pattern of domestic abuse. The newly released files, journals and emails detail what happened in his marriage. The nfl now reopens its investigation. Caught on camera, newly released Surveillance Video showing the who bound and gagged Kim Kardashian. Arriving on bike and foot. Then fleeing with millions in jewels. The reality star still recovering out of the public eye. As the Hotel Security guard reveal what is really happened inside that room. Good morning, america. Here. The al smith dinner, supposed to be lighthearted and everybody is supposed to loosen up. Last night a little different. Cardinal dolan was between donald trump and Hillary Clinton. He called it the iciest place on the planet. Can you imagine the level of discomfort, sitting between the two of y
And we reject the president elect. The mood is antidonald trump. But the march is peaceful the entire way through. Speakers talking right now. Im joined by chloe. Why are you . What are you protesting . Im protesting everything trump stood for in the election and disenfranchise the minority students, lgbtq students and everyone in this country who believes in what the country stands president elect and will be the president. Do you think there is a way students like yourself can come to accept him and try to Work Together with supporters of his to move forward . This man is our president and it will be our president. Its unfortunate fact. We are not here today because he is not our president , its because he is. We protest everything he stood for in the campaign and we want to make the voices heard and this is something he hears and he knows coming into the campaign, into the white house. We will stand here every day. When he is doing something and he is going against the communities,
Peter doocy is live outside trump tower. Good evening. Reporter good evening. A big surprise late this afternoon, early this evening came when governor Chris Christie popped ou eped out of towers elevator. His name is floated as a possible next rnc chairman. The big work of the day here at trump tower was filling key cabinet slots. Another name from the secretary of state short list was on the trump tower guest list today, former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. And Fox News Contributor john bolton. His first meeting with the president elect about the possibility of becoming americas top diplomat. Today we heard for the first time what it is that mr. Trump likes about another contender for the job, mitt romney. He has been very gracious. I hit mitt pretty hard. So i understand how it all works. He has been very, very nice. We had dinner the other night. It was great. There was Good Chemistry. It was really Good Chemistry with him. Reporter mr. Trump says an announcement will come soon. Th