Historic protest against global capitalism. We will speak to two of the leading critics of the wto Vandana Shiva and lori wallach who appeared together on democracy now 20 years ago in seattle. The wto constraints every country government about literally the level of food safety it can provide its public. The secrecy through which the wto was born and the fact that most parliaments had no idea what is the content of this treaty u until months after it d been ratified and signed. Amy plus, we look at the 20th anniversary of the birth of the indymedia move which grew out of the seattle wto protest. To find her own way to get our message out. We hope the information that has been presented you by the alalternative media is one that you will learn. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On capitol hill, the House Judiciary Committee will begin impeachment hearings next week into whether President Trump withh
Committee clerk john carroll and Serena Williams your cell phones and other electronic devices. Your copies of any documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon will appear on the november 19th board of agenda and mr. Chair, we received a letter from the office of supervisor brown to be excused from todays proceedings. Ok. Can we excuse supervisor brown out objection . Thank you. And mr. Clerk, please call item number one. Agenda item number one is an ordinance amending the health code to require the department of Public Health to maintain and operate at full capacity an adult residential facility with no fewer than 41 beds. I would like to welcome Carolyn Goosen to present. Thank you. As you know, the board passed legislation on the adult residential facility two weeks ago, codifying an agreement reached between our office, sieu101 and the Mayors Office to save the adult residential facility which is the only boarding care facility for severely mentally i
Help making sure that their ducks are in a row . These are the things that we are trying to talk about today, when we talk about things like longterm care and family care. And the other point when someone in your family get sick, you should not have to worry about, will i get paid today . We need to talk about a serious paid family medical leave that if your child gets sick or your grandmother falls that you can take some time off to make sure they are ok emotionally, that they are ok physically and that they are ok mentally. And that you shouldnt have to lose your pay or your job to do these simple acts. And that is what we want to do when we talk about paid family leave. All of these things are encompassed in what we like to call the caring economy. The caring economy guarantees every Single Person in this country is respected no matter what. We dont talk about the folks folks that are getting those services. We also talk about the folks that are providing those services. Heres the t
Income groups. Im not looking to do that. But if i wanted to do it, i believe i could. Im not looking at a tax cut now. We dont need it. We have a Strong Economy. Certainly a payroll tax cut. David sound bite of President Trump telling reporters just yesterday that he was considering indexing Capital Gains taxes but today, touting a Strong Economy, the president says indexing could be seen as somewhat elitist, the word he used, also saying no need now for a payroll tax cut, but is it a mistake to take these tax cuts off the table . David, its always a mistake to take good tax cuts off the table. John kennedy didnt take it off. He had a Strong Economy in the early 60s, but put in a massive tax cut across the board individually. Go back to the 20s, coolidge did the same thing. President s have done it in the past. Inde keep this economy going, great for the market. David not elitist . It benefits everyone and also helps reduce the deficit because Capital Gains revenues always go up when
Bart is ripping up 5000 feet of track and replacing it. That means bus bridges and 40 minute delays. It is going to be pretty bad. Reporter the two eastbound lanes of highway 24 closest of the track will also be close. Those lanes will accommodate a crane to lift heavy track in swiss switching boxes. That should be a nightmare. We could not think of another way to do this anyway that is safe and allows us to complete the job in a timely manner. More than 30 minutes on highway 24 one of those lanes will reopen. Slowing repairs. If we have to go down to one lane we are not going to be up to use the crane at that point. It is going to take time to redeploy that equipment. Reporter is 10,000 feet of train control cabling six switch boxes and 3 Million Pounds of rock getting installed. That is a huge left. It will provide a much more stable ride for our writers. Reporter is a bitter pill they will have to swallow for better service. More frequent trains. Im all for it. I write bart. I dont