Being translated stop trump also claimed, india is a country that proudly embraces freedom, liberty, individual rights despite the brutal government crackdown on muslim indians as it enacts its controversial new citizenship law and the ongoing repression in kashmir. In afghanistan, the u. S. Military and the taliban have begun a weeklong partial truce, ahead of the expected announcement of a longanticipated peace deal. The u. N. Said in a report released saturday that over 10,000 civilians were killed or injured from the ongoing conflict in 2019 and over 100,000 civivilians have been killed or ininjured over the pat decade. In iran, conservative candidates affiliated with the revolutionary guguards picked up the majority of parliamentary seatats in an election that saw the lowest voterer turnout since the 1979 revolution. Over 7000 possible candidates were disqualified ahead of the elections the first since e u. S. Resumed harsh sanctions against iran. In gaza, palestinian man was kill
Nevada caucus. Amy senator Bernie Sanders scores a decisive victory saturday in the Nevada Democratic president ial caucuses, riding a wave of support from latinx voters who strengthened his status as front runner. Well get response from Erika Andiola with raices action and New York University professor Cristina Beltran. Then senator sanders has rocked ideological revolution that leaves out most dememocrats. Not to mention most americans. A socialist or plutocrat. Im a democrat. Amy we will host a debate on Bernie Sanders and democratic socialism with two economist, nobel prizewinning economist New York Times oped columnist paul krugman and Richard Wolff, social economist. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Bernie sanders won the nevada caucuses by a landslide, earning just over 47 of the vote with 88 of precincts reporting. He more than doubled joe bidens vote count, who came in second at 21 . Pete butt
Is an election. Good morning. Im Melissa Harrisperry. If i asked you what day is november 5th and you answered, duh, melissa, its tuesday, instead of, enthusiastically offering the alternate correct answer, its election day in america well, youre in good company. Because its election day 2013, an odd number, which makes this an off year election. And well, to be honest, we tend not to get too excited about off year elections if voter turnout is any indication. In fact, its not uncommon for voter turnout percentages in some off year state and local elections to be in the single digits. And thats among people who live in the jurisdictions that will be directly impacted by the outcomes of those elections. Given the level of disinterest among people who actually have to live with the consequences of off year elections, finding a reason to care about the electoral politics of a state where you dont live is probably asking a lot. But heres why you might want to start paying attention. Becaus
Russia investigation. And the department of justice is deeply divided tonight because of the influence of donald trump. As he tries to vindicate his allies and to exact revenge on his perceived enemies. Heres what attorney general bill barr wants you to believe. The president has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case. If he were to say, you know, go investigate somebody because and and you sense its because theyre a political opponent, then an attorney general shouldnt carry that out. Wouldnt carry that out. Thats what you might call a red herring. We will discuss that. Just hours after bill barr said that, we learned that he has assigned an outside prosecutor to review the criminal investigation of a trump loyalist. Trumps former National Security advisor michael flynn. Lets just remember that michael flynn, a retired general, pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi in investigation in the investigation into russian interference two years ago. Interestingly, and somewhat mysteri
President s impeachment and the russia investigation. And the department of justice is deeply divided tonight because of the influence of donald trump. As he tries to vindicate his allies and to exact revenge on his perceived enemies. Heres what attorney general bill barr wants you to believe. The president has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case. If he were to say, you know, go investigate somebody because and and you sense its because theyre a political opponent, then an attorney general shouldnt carry that out. Wouldnt carry that out. Thats what you might call a red herring. We will discuss that. Joust hours after bill barr said that, we learned that he has assigned an outside prosecutor to review the criminal investigation of a trump loyalist. Trumps former National Security advisor michael flynn. Lets just remember that michael flynn, a retired general, pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi in investigation in the investigation into russian interference two years ago. In