Remember malcolm x. The history of unpunished violence against our people clearly indicates we must be prepared to defend ourselves or we will continue to be a defenseless people at the mercy of a ruthless and violent mob. 50 years ago on february 21 1965, malcolm x was assassinated in the audobon ballroom in harlem. Today, we will hear malcolm in his own words and speak to herb boyd who just published , malcolms diary from 1946. 1964. Then we will look at how the nsa and gchq hacked into the largest manufacturer of sim cards in the world and stole Encryption Keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications across the globe. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Record cold temperatures are continuing across the eastern and midwestern United States today with a blast of arctic air scientists warn is part of a pattern fueled by Climate Change. In kentucky, temperatures are in the negative digits,
Mr. Sanders mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Sanders i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Morning business is closed. Under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 1982, which the clerk will now report. The clerk motion to proceed to the consideration of s. 1982, a bill to improve the provision of medical services and benefits to veterans, and for other purposes. The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Sanders thank you, mr. President. Let me ask unanimous consent that jason dean, my military fellow, be given floor privileges for the remainder of this congress. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Sanders mr. President , let me also thank senator murray, senator durbin, senator blumenthal for their very thoughtful and important remarks regarding the needs of veterans and why it is absolutely imperative that we pass this comprehensive veteran
Also looking around right now at mobile, alabama. The track of sally is hard to gauge. The other part that is making it very difficult, the forecast, its so slow moving at 2 miles an hour. That can do a lot of damage especially since sally is packing a lot of rain. Back to the flooding issue that is front and center as are we with the latest from Jonathan Hunt right now in biloxi, mississippi. Jonathan . Neil, its a very wet day on the beach here in biloxi, mississippi. As you look out at the famous light house pier behind me, Hurricane Sally is out there, but my word, shes taking her time. 2 miles an hour is what shes moving at. Thats about the speed im walking at right now. Neil, you might be interested to know a sea turtle moves, bun when she comes, shes bringing with her so much rain. Its raining pretty heavily now. Its going to keep doing this and get more and more heavy over the next 24 hours. And theyre talking about historic flooding when you combine that amount of rain with th
Yesterday . Will what are you doing . You want this to go today . I dont understand what were doing. Pete a showdown or shoot out all morning long. This game was four over times. Unfor the senately texas did not come out on top, will. Will it was unfather gnat. I saw a tweet from will. I think it was yesterday your wife had written you something. You tweeted it out asking if you were okay. Was that after questioneds game . Will i was. I married the sweetest woman in the world. Are you mad. Remember okay, remember a few months ago we didnt think we would have College Football. She is always goodlooking at bigger picture. Jedediah good for her. Sorry for your lows, will. Will it was a great game. I took 2 1 2 hour nap. It was in the second quarter. It was still going. We wont talk about College Football all morning long. There are bigger stakes we learned in our country as we learned amid covid19. The president talked about holding a peaceful protest. That is exactly what he did. His doc
Lead to Donald Trumps 214. Biden becoming the projected winner in michigan and the apparent winner in wisconsin. But donald trump saying he will file for a recount. And heres how the key races stack up. Well start in the state of georgia. Right now, still too close to call. President trump with a slight lead, a difference of 23,000. But at this hour, its too close to call. Voting is still taking place in fulton county. Nevada also too close to call. But joe biden has a slight lead. The difference of 7,600. North carolina, also too close to call. And pennsylvania, the midwest wall, the state there. Part of the blue wall, i should say, also too close to call. And the state of arizona, all eyes on that state this evening. Too early to call, but joe biden has a slight lead. I want to bring in ali velshi at the big board. All eyes will be on a few states, and were expecting some counts to come in. Ali, bring us up to speed. Its 253214, Electoral College votes. And were waiting for some data