Says chavez is still president , but the opposition is calling for a caretaker government and elections. We host a debate. A victory in the campaign against stop and frisk. Going to the store in coming from the store, theyre going to stop you. They stop about 90 of the people coming in. I dont mind the police being here, but not the harassment. New york police are not allowed to routinely stop pedestrians outside private residential buildings in the bronx. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. At least five people have been killed in u. S. Drone strike in pakistan earlier today. The strike hit a home in north waziristan. It was at least the seventh u. S. Drone strike in less than two weeks. The attack comes as the cia nominee john brennan continues to come under scrutiny for his role in the Obama Administrations drone warfare overseas. In his remarks at the time, brennan had said there was not a single colla
Remains hospitalized in cuba. The Venezuelan Supreme Court says chavez is still president , but the opposition is calling for a caretaker government and elections. We host a debate. A victory in the campaign against stop and frisk. Going to the store in coming from the store, theyre going to stop you. They stop about 90 of the people coming in. I dont mind the police being here, but not the harassment. New york police are not allowed to routinely stop pedestrians outside private residential buildings in the bronx. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. At least five people have been killed in u. S. Drone strike in pakistan earlier today. The strike hit a home in north waziristan. It was at least the seventh u. S. Drone strike in less than two weeks. The attack comes as the cia nominee john brennan continues to come under scrutiny for his role in the Obama Administrations drone warfare overseas. In his remarks
And the storm of 2013 have brought millions of lives to a standstill. The storm is blamed for ten deaths including a child killed by Carbon Monoxide poisoning as he sat in a car trying to keep warm. Transportation schedules are now getting back on track. Amtrak will restore limited service between boston and new york today. Its a mess out there today. What a difference it is when you dont have that wind. This morning it was like night and day coming in. You could drive your car without gripping the steering wheel. Chuck bell has details. You still had both hands on the wheel, right . Just not the death grip . A little breeze, but nothing compared to yesterday, but it is cold this morning. Teens and 20s out there. 16 in manassas right now. And 19 gaithersburg and 27 in Downtown Washington, and nothing showing up on radar just yet. First drops about 12 hours or more away. Clouds are on their way. We will be off to a beautiful sunny start, and temperatures for rest of the day and the week
Boycotts on both sides of the spectrum . I think that the political boycotts will pretty much fall flat. It only works when theres a lot of Media Attention on the companies. Youve seen, for example, 55 out of 144 companies have conceded to their customers when theres a change, but when it comes to these political boycotts, its different than a traditional boycott. Whats becoming so strange, eric, the fact that you have the ceos of the companies coming out and really being outright political, stating their opinions, instead of really just focusing on what products they want to sell and for customers, its a turnoff. They want to say i like my latte, i want it buy it and move forward on it, so, i really find that it really its shortlived these political boycott. Eric lets talk about about youre going to buy the tesla order . I was considering buying a tesla, but now that theyre on the board, im reconsidering it. Eric why . I have problems with donald trump and anybody who is on that may b