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Transcripts For KCSM Democracy Now 20170109

Than 1000 people took to the streets saturday as republicans called an emergency session with their new super majority in the legislature to ram through a slew of controversial bills, including an antiunion right to work law and extreme antichoice legislation that bans abortions after 20 weeks and requires women to have an ultrasound before having an abortion. We have never had in nearly 100 years, republican speaker. We have literally never had any legislation in the history of ultimately signed by three republicans. Theres never been a republican housesenate and governor at the same time. These are historic times. Amy first, a barrage of Senate Confirmation hearings begins tuesday for what would be the wealthiest cabinet in modern american history. This comes despite concerns that ethics clearances and background checks are incomplete for a number of president elect Donald Trumps cabinet kicks. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A barrage of Senate Confirmation hearings is set to begin tuesday for what would be the wealthiest cabinet in modern american history. This comes despite concerns that ethics clearances and background checks are incomplete for a number of president elect Donald Trumps cabinet picks. Facesr Jeff Sessions questions on tuesday for his nomination as attorney general come along with trumps pick john kelly. On wednesday, hearings are set for former exxon Ceo Rex Tillerson as secretary of state come along with education secretary pick betsy devos. Transportation secretary nominee elaine chao and cia director mark pompeo. Tillersons net worth is at least 300 million. Several other nominees have assets will do more than 1 billion, whose confirmation hearing is on thursday. As cabinet appointees, the nominees are required to submit a Financial Disclosure report that is used by the agencies they are to take over, along with the office of government ethics. The New York Times reports about the nominees have so many assets that are not enough boxes on the standard form for them. The head of the office of government ethics, walter schild, wrote in a letter to senators Chuck Schumer of new york and elizabeth war and of massachusetts that this schedule has greeted undo pressure on the office of staff and Agency Ethics officials to rush through these important reviews. This comes as nbc reports requested emails between the office of government ethics and trumps Transition Team and found saying we haved lost contact with the trumppence transition since the election. We will have more on the confirmation hearings and ethics concerns after headlines. Video has emerged of the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale airport on friday, which left five people dead and eight more people wounded after the gunman, Esteban Santiago, opened fire in the crowded baggage claim area in terminal tubing. 26yearold santiago, who was born in new jersey and grew up in puerto rico, was an iraq war veteran who deployed with the 130th engineer battalion in 2010. He was later discharged from the Alaska Army National guard for unsatisfactory performance. In november, santiago walked into the alaska fbi office and said he was being controlled by u. S. Intelligence. He was briefly institutionalized and his gun seized. But Law Enforcement authorities returned his gun to him about a month later. Cnn is reporting santiago used that gun during fridays attack, which he had checked into his baggage legally. During his flight from alaska through minneapolis to Fort Lauderdale. This is Esteban Santiagos brother, brian. Inhe went to the offices anchorage, alaska, to explain what he was seeing, the voices he was hearing, that his government was writing to massacre go to do certain things. Because theyault are people who never go to the government who ask for help. When a barbaric act like this happened and when the invite with them, the psychologist and psychiatrist understand there might is not well. What more than a person who went ahead of time to explain the situation, they knew it was going to happen. Amy Esteban Santiago also had a history of domestic violence. Last january, santigos then girlfriend told prosecutors he threatened her, broke down the bathroom door where she was hiding, then hit and strangled her. He was later arrested and released on the condition hed avoid all contact with the victim terms he later violated. The Fort Lauderdale shooting came as lawmakers in florida were preparing to consider legislation that would loosen prohibitions on firearms in florida. The legislation which was proposed last month would eliminate some of floridas gunfree zones, which currently include airport terminals. President elect donald trump is continuing to deny alleged russian hacking had an effect on the 2016 president ial election. On friday, trump was briefed for 90 minutes by director of National Intelligence james clapper, cia director john brennan, and fbi director james comey on a classified 50page classified document on how Russian Hackers meddled in novembers election. A section of this document, declassified over the weekend, concludes russian president Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the u. S. President ial election and aspired to help president elect trumps election chances when possible by discrediting secretary clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him. Following fridays briefing, trump released a statement saying while russia, china, other countries, outside groups and people are consistently trying to break through the Cyber Infrastructure of our governmental institutions, businesses and organizations, including the Democrat National committee, there was absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election, including the fact that there was no tampering whatsoever with voting machines. Trumps briefing by intelligence officials came as hundreds of u. S. Tanks and other military equipment arrived in germany, en route to Eastern Europe, where the u. S. Is continuing its military build up against russia. The u. S. Is in the process of sending 2800 weapons, including tanks and armored vehicles, and 4000 u. S. Troops to poland and Eastern Europe over the coming days. This is Major General timothy mcguire. So this is where we are starting, but this is the first of many deployments. It is a commitment by the United States continue to deploy brigade combat teams with their equipment. So while we started here at this area, we look to use other ports. So once again, we can learn, we rapidlywhat it takes to assemble this force and move it to where it is required on the continental. Amy in kentucky, hundreds of demonstrators packed into the Capitol Building on saturday to protest the kentucky legislatures passage of a slew of controversial bills, including an antiunion righttowork law and extreme antichoice legislation that bans abortions after 20 weeks and requires a woman to have an ultrasound before having an abortion. The surprise emergency legislative session saturday came after republicans seized a super majority in the house of representatives giving the , republicans control of the house, the senate and the governorship for the first time in kentucky state history. On saturday, the Legislature Also repealed a law that had guaranteed higher wages for workers on publicly financed construction projects. We will have more on kentucky going to louisville later in the broadcast. In iraq, at least 20 people have been killed in two separate suicide bombing attacks at markets in eastern baghdad over the weekend. Isis took responsibility for the first attack, which killed 13 people. Elsewhere in iraq, hundreds of civilians are continuing to flee mosul daily amid the u. S. Led coalitions campaign to retake the city from isis. In syria dozens of people died , saturday after a fuel truck blew up in front of a courthouse in the northern rebelheld town of azaz near the border with turkey. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing. Elsewhere in syria, airstrikes resumed sunday against a rebelheld valley near damascus, after negotiations between the Syrian Government and antigovernment rebels collapsed. Russian warplanes began launching airstrikes in Northern Syria at the behest of turkey. In israel, four idf soldiers have died after a palestinian resident of East Jerusalem drove a truck into pedestrians at a promenade in southern jerusalem on sunday afternoon. At least a dozen more people were injured in the attack. The driver was shot dead by israeli soldiers. In brazil, two more deadly prison uprisings have left 37 people dead, bringing the total death toll from prison uprisings over the last week to more than 90 people. Brazil has the fourth largest prison population the world after the United States, russia, and china. Widespread overcrowding in brazilian prisons have led to a series of deadly uprisings in recent years. In mexico, thousands of people took to the streets across the country on saturday to protest the mexican governments decision to rae fuel prices. The price of gasoline rose by more than 20 in most mexican states on january 1, sparking widespread unrest as protesters raided gas stations and blockaded highways and train tracks throughout last week. Mexican Authorities Say over 1000 people have been arrested and at least six people have been killed during clashes between protesters and police. The price hike came despite a promise by president Enrique Pena Nieto that the cost of gasoline would decrease as mexico denationalized its oil company, pemex, and opened its market to foreign corporations. In texas, two water protectors were arrested saturday after locking themselves to heavy machinery to delay the construction of the transpecos pipeline, which is slated to carry natural gas under the Rio Grande River and across the u. S. Mexico border where it will then continue to export terminals on Mexicos Pacific coast. Local residents and members of the society of native nations have set up a protest camp, the two rivers camp, to block the transpecos pipeline, which is being built by Energy Transfer partners, the same company constructing the 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. This is mark glover with the Big Bend Defense Coalition during saturdays lockdown. We are trying to bring. Wareness to the people the fact is, the oil and gas industry is the strongest entity in the world. And they control this planet. That if we dont do something soon, we are going to wish we had done something a lot sooner. Amy mark glover is locked down as he is speaking. Transpecos is one of two pipelines Energy Transfer partners is currently building in texas. Construction of the second one, the comanche trail pipeline, was temporarily halted in november by federal authorities after mistakes during construction caused the collapse of a canal and concerns about the poisoning of the el paso water supply. Potential poisoning of the el paso water supply. In florida, seven volunteers of the group food not bombs were arrested saturday while feeding people in tampas lykes gaslight park. They were arrested for sharing food without a permit, a costly procedure required by the city of tampa. Some were arrested still wearing the plastic gloves they were using to dish out food. Food not bombs has vowed to continue its twice weekly feeding program. In new york state, authorities have announced that Indian Point Nuclear power will shut down by 2021 following decades of protests and lawsuits by local residents and antinuclear activists concerned that a disaster at the Nuclear Plant could wipe out new york city. Residents have been protesting for the plants closure since the including a massive 1970s, demonstration in 1979 when 200 people were arrested after tunneling under the plants gates and chaining themselves to the entrance. Earlier this year, new York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that keeping indian point open defies common sense, planning and basic sanity. , in sioux falls, south dakota, residents gathered for a vigil to honor the life of 28yearold saturday jamie lee wounded arrow, the second transgender woman to be murdered in 2017. She was oglala lakota, originally from the Pine Ridge Reservation in south dakota. Former iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi rafsanjani has died at the age of 82. He was one of the leaders of the 1979 iranian revolution and went on to serve as president from 1989 to 1997. Rafsanjani has long been one of the most influential political figures in iran, and the mentor of the current president , hassan rouhani, who is up for reelection this year. And meryl streep won the Lifetime Achievement award at sunday nights golden globes. The Academy Awardwinning actress used her speech to call for protections for the free press and to criticize president elect donald trump, without sayi h stunned her this year was the mocking imitation of a disabled reporter during the 2016 president ial campaign. This is meryl streep. It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most spected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter, someone he outranked in privilege, power and the capacity to fight back. Heartit kind of broke my when i saw it. I still cant get it out of my head because it wasnt in a movie. It was real life. Humiliatenstinct to when it is modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful it filters down into everyones life because it kind of gives permission for other people to do the same thing. Invites disrespect. Violence incites violence. When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose. Amy that was Academy Awardwinning Actress Meryl Streep at last nights golden globes. Being awarded the Lifetime Achievement award. This morning, president elect donald trump slammed streep, tweeting meryl streep, one of the most overrated actresses in hollywood, doesnt know me but attacked last night at the golden globes. She is a hillary flunky who lost big. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A barrage of Senate Confirmation hearings is set to begin tuesday for what could be the wealthiest cabinet in modern american history. This comes despite concerns that ethics clearances and background checks are incomplete for several of president elect Donald Trumps cabinet picks. Senator Jeff Sessions faces questions tuesday for his nomination as attorney general, along with trumps pick to head homeland security, retired marine general john kelly. On wednesday, hearings are set for former exxon Ceo Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, along with education secretary betsy devos. Transportation secretary nominee elaine chao and mike pompeo. Tillersons net worth is at least 300 million, and several other nominees hold assets of more than including commerce 1 billion, secretary wilber ross, whose confirmation hearing is on thursday. As cabinet appointees, the nominees are required to submit a Financial Disclosure report that is used by the agencies they are to take over, along with the office of government ethics. The New York Times reports that some of the nominees have so many assets that there are not enough boxes on the standard form for them. He had of the office of government ethics walter shaub wrote in a letter to senators Chuck Schumer of new york and Elizabeth Warren of massachusetts that this schedule has created undue pressure on the office of government ethicss staff and Agency Ethics officials to rush through these important reviews. Warren later tweeted cabinet officials must put our countrys interests before their own. No conference hearings should be held until were certain thats the case. Trumps Transition Team responded with a statement that in the midst of a historic election where americans voted to drain the swamp, it is disappointing some have chosen to politicize the process. This comes as nbc reports that it requested emails between the office of government ethics and trumps Transition Team, and found shaub had emailed trump aides in november to say we seem t

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