Years ago for a crime they did not commit, the brutal rape of a white woman in central park. And then to iraq. We will send a small number of military advisers to see how we can best train, advise, and support Security Forces going forward. As obama orders military advisers to iraq, we will speak to Colleen Hanabusa hanabusa on her effort to block sending forces to iraq without congressional approval. Wikileaks publishes the text of a secret trade agreement that bankingfect the industry. We will talk about that with lori wallach. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Obama Administration is sending up to 300 military advisers to help iraqs fight against the sunni uprising that has taken over large parts of the country. President obama announced the new contingent while ruling out the deployment of combat troops but also said he remains open to launching military strikes at the Iraqi Government request. We are developing more informa
Not commit, the brutal rape of a white woman in central park. And then to iraq. We will send a small number of military advisers to see how we can best train, advise, and support Security Forces going forward. As obama orders military advisers to iraq, we will speak to Colleen Hanabusa hanabusa on her effort to block sending forces to iraq without congressional approval. Wikileaks publishes the text of a secret trade agreement that bankingfect the industry. We will talk about that with lori wallach. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Obama Administration is sending up to 300 military advisers to help iraqs fight against the sunni uprising that has taken over large parts of the country. President obama announced the new contingent while ruling out the deployment of combat troops but also said he remains open to launching military strikes at the Iraqi Government request. We are developing more information about potential ,argets as
They couldnt get it soon enough or quick enough out there. It remains to be seen how thats going to be solved, that problem is going to be solved in the coming weeks. Again, its a question of resources, getting to states and localities. This is the problem weve seen throughout the pandemic where the states saying they need more help from washington. Washington saying this is the states function to carry out. Also a lot of concern about this new strain thats been detected now in a third state after colorado, california and now florida. Health officials are saying that its more contagious, it spreads more easily, but its not necessarily more deadly and its not going to make people sicker. The big concern is after this long holiday period when so many people have defied the warnings and the pleas not to travel and not to gather with friends and relatives, that the coming months are going to be very, very challenging, very, very difficult before a lot of vaccine can get out to millions of
You both. Steve, ill start with you. The new year is only bringing more troubling news for Los Angeles County as it fights this pandemic. So what are you seeing there . Kathy, its gotten to the point in this crisis where i have to start off with the overwhelming amount of death and what to do with the dead. Private mortuaries and Funeral Homes have now gotten to the point where theyre so overloaded with bodies that they have to turn away bereaved families. The county has shattered its single day death toll, now three days in a row. Let me put it to you like this. The National Guard has been called in to assist with hospitals and in some cases, there are an extra pair of hands for nurses and emts but their primary function in a lot of cases has been to move bodies from hospital morgues because they are so overloaded with the overwhelming amount of bodies to a county storage location, somewhere else where they can free up more room to treat patients. Thats the situation now at hospitals.
Difference. We know that its been woefully lacking information concerning criminal records. Only eight states that really supply the vast majority of information in that system. So i think that alone is going to make a jay or difference. You are talking about the administrative part. The president talked about the fact that its going to be up to the people. What can you do in your own community . What do you do now . On a personal level, certainly communicating back home in philadelphia what the president has laid out. Just yesterday as you may know, i talked about a set of principles the sandy hook premises we will be following in philadelphia trying to change and influence corporate behavior and business practices, gun manufacturers, distribute toirs and retail ters. This will be a topic of conversation at the u. S. Conference of mayors. So mayors from all across america, small, medium and large cities will be joining this effort to move forward with regard to what the president has