Exclusive extended broadcast interview with ousted brazilian president dilma roussef. She was impeached last year in what many described as a legislative coup. This comes as brazil is engulfed in a major Corruption Scandal. Rousseff is a former political prisoner who took part in the underground resistance to the u. S. Backed brazilian dictatorship in the 1960s. She was jailed where she was repeatedly tortured. When a was a prisoner in Rio De Janeiro, they would throw water at you and it would also connect wires to your toes. They would also place on your head these electric cables. Is worst thing in torture electrical shock. Amy we will first speak with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald, who is based in brazil, about how the countrys major Corruption Scandal has only widened. At its center are many of the rightwing politicians who orchestrated rousseffs ouster, including her successor, president michel temer. He said troops into the streets of the capital brasilia this
It through the impeachment. Amy today we spend the hour looking at the growing political crisis in brazil and air an exclusive extended broadcast interview with ousted brazilian president dilma roussef. She was impeached last year in what many described as a legislative coup. This comes as brazil is engulfed in a major Corruption Scandal. Rousseff is a former political prisoner who took part in the underground resistance to the u. S. Backed brazilian dictatorship in the 1960s. She was jailed where she was repeatedly tortured. When a was a prisoner in Rio De Janeiro, they would throw water at you and it would also connect wires to your toes. They would alslso place on your headad these electric cables. Is worst thing in torture electrical shock. Amy we will first speak with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald, who is based in brazil, about how the countrys major Corruption Scandal has only widened. At its center are many of the rightwing politicians who orchestrated rousse
Fury. We then look at how attorney general Jeff Sessions is using the Justice Department to roll back decades of progress. On civil rights, Voting Rights, rights and reform. As a whole, i think, has been unfairly maligned and blamed for an acceptable of a few bad actors. Speak with the head of the Civil Rights Division at the department of justice in the Obama Administration until january. All that and more, coming up. Amy welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Trump Administration sent mixed messages wednesday over the possibility of nuclear war with north korea, as secretary of state Rex Tillerson sought to defuse tensions, while defense secretary james mattis threatened a Nuclear Attack. On wednesday, mattis warned north korea not to take any action that could result in the end of its regime and the destruction of its people. His comments came a day after trump startled the worldand reportedly, his own advisors, advisersthreatening
California. We will have the latest on where those fires stand. Welcome to our viewers here in the u. S. And around the world. Were coming to you live from atlanta, ga. Im Natalie Allen and newsroom starts right now. Thanks again for joining us. Our top story, the white house now thinks it is possible u. S. President trump could be impeached and then tried in the u. S. Senate where republicans hold a slim majority. Cnn has learned administration lawyers are buildig a defense with the help of two republican congressmen, jim jordan in the middle here, and mark meadows to the left are among the few republicans who have attended the closeddoor depositions. Meantime, the president is suring up support among Senate Republicans and his devoted base at a rally friday night in mississippi. He warned his supporters that a vast deep state conspiracy was trying to drive him from office. The deranged impeachment witch hunt. This is one i never thought id be involved in. The word impeachment. To me,