comment about george floyd that is overshadowing it all. it is official joe biden becomes the democratic party nominee for president. what happened last night that put him over the top and what s next for the campaign already disrupted by a pandemic. and storming ahead. developing overnight, tropical storm cristobal grows stronger as it churns toward the gulf coast. we ll have the latest track. first, we begin this morning with a look at today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. there are still cases that we need to bring attention to. there are still names that we need to say. we still are screaming no justice, no peace because it doesn t stop with george. an entire week of huge protests sparking major changes. protests are planned for d.c., new york, l.a., atlanta, chicago, and florida. a marathon, not a sprint. if we ve got to slowly get somewhere, we ve got to get there. president trump is hailing a surprising drop in the number of americans look
and prescription for hope. when police wouldn t help this local pharmacist decided to solve his son s murder alone but what he did next is even more nibble and may have saved hundred of lives. we ll speak with the focus of a new acclaim documentary. but first we begin this morning with today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. the democratic establishment is getting nervous and going a little bit nuts. how can we stop bernie! nevada voters place their bets on the democratic race. i ll tell you elizabeth warren can beat donald trump. this is the united states of america. so take it back. let s go out there and win this thing and win in november. the russians interfering with our 2020 elections. intelligence officials say the russians are not only trying to help president trump they are working to help bernie sanders. here we are again. did you see it? aren t people bored? back to work monday morning for jurors in the harvey weinstein trial. they are d
passes away does not do so from some part it is a months long dealing with internal cancer or congestive heart failure and so on. we do not have the rituals for how to even talk about what that process is like. all that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!. the supreme court has dealt a major victory for marriage equality. the decision leaves intact lower court rulings that struck down same-sex marriage bans in virginia, utah, oklahoma, indiana, and wisconsin. caseintiff in the indiana celebrated with his husband. we have been together for 27 years. this just kind of makes it official and we can check a few boxes and get some health insurance for stephen because he needed health insurance. they cannot deny that for me anymore. our daughter is protected. if something happened to us. of the ruling, county clerks across the five states begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. the supreme court decision will also expand same-sex marriage rights to six ad
. good. i am your host, brenda wade. i it is holiday season. but it is a sad time for all of us. the friday newtown, connecticut shooting raises so many questions, so many feelings. how could this happen? how do we celebrate the holidays in the face of grief and loss? here to help us understand and heal, we welcome back our dear friend reverend perry lane with the interfaith circle. thank you for having me here. it is a pleasure. we need you. now, how do we wrap our heads and hearts around what happened in connecticut? it is difficult to do that because there is such pain. i think we have to feel the pain. sometimes we need to it is with the hurt or it is with the anger or it is with the disease and then let it move us into positive action. yes. so, i think people should not race to move from it, but to it is with it and ask, what would god have me do? yes. and you know, i can t agree with you more. from my other hat as a psychologist, one of the most importan
no israelis have been killed. more than 17,000 palestinians have been displaced. come here to save our own souls, but those of our children who woke up at 1:00 a.m. terrified and came here barefoot. we came here walking. we will speak with israeli journalist amira hass, in rome a lot, mouin rabbani and with author and scholar norman finkelstein. two animal rights activists have been indicted as terrorists for setting thousands of mink free from a fur farm. we ll get the latest from will potter and speak about his campaign to buy a drone to monitor abuses on factory farms. what are they trying to hide? with your help, i will find out. these startling images were compiled and pulled from satellite imagery. when i saw these, oh so startled startledes i was so by the images from satellite, i thought, what will we see from drug photography? and we will look at of our mental crime, the prosecution gap. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org