Lines stretching for miles are seen across the country. We will speak to raj patel, author stuffed and starved the hidden battle for the worlds food system. Then a betting pool . That is what managers at a tyson pork slaughterhouse set up a to bet on how many workers would get covid. Six workers died at the iowa plant. More than 1000 were infected. Finally, 2020 has become the deadliest year on record for transgender and gender nonconforming people. We will speak to tori cooper of human Rights Campaign. Vionce iibly toxic and all of these Different Things that make trans lives being devalued. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The Trump Administration has cleared the way for president elect joe bidens transition after 16 days of delay that threatened to derail the incoming administrations preparations for reviving the economy and battling the coronavirus pandemic. Emily murphy, the trumpappointed head o
Back with this incredible rescue in michigan. Dash cam video shows a trooper racing to a burning car at an accident scene in ann arbor. The 56yearold driver was still inside. The trooper pulled him out just before the car burst into flames. Both the driver and his 5yearold grandson are expected to be okay. Amazon is now in the pharmacy business. Customers in 45 states now have access to amazon pharmacy, putting the company in direct competition with cvs, walgreens and other pharmacies. Users can have prescriptions delivered to their homes. The deliveries are free for prime members. Amazon also accepted most forms of insurance. Turning to a new test that may be able to detect covid19 in your voice as the fda has made it a whole lot easier to get the test yourself at home. I spoke earlier with dr. Patel. Good morning, dr. Patel and thank you for joining us. Lets begin with testing. The fda has authorized the first athome rapid covid test. Can you tell us how it works . I think its a real
When i was a kid growing up in alabama, i went to a flea market, when i was about 11 or 12, a hybrid carnival. There were carnival rides, and there are people there selling objects. One of the objects was similar to this, and i had purchased it and i broke it. And again it, wasnt a philosophical thing i just didnt like the object. I do not remember the second object or the third or fourth but i started collecting and basically i have been collecting for several decades. I didnt start out with anticipation of creating a museum i became an obsessive collector, it became not just a collection not as teaching tools only, but a museum that happened much laters. So not everybody where you grew up was collecting these, theres gonna be more you know what was it that made you keep doing it . You know i dont know, i have been thinking about that a lot. My ancestors four generations back, there are people from the bahamas, trinidad, spain, the Indigenous People of this country. I grew up a multir
San francisco is losing its battle against covid19. Her current case place us on a trajectory to be in the purple tier, potentially as early as sunday. During an online briefing friday, San Francisco Health Director doctor grant colfax said cases of covid19 of nearly quadrupled in over a month from 217 new cases the week of october 12th to 768 new cases this week if our numbers continue to go up at this rate some we could conceivably hundreds of in the hospital. By late december early january according to our model range a purple designation will lead San Francisco to the governors 10 00pm to 05 00am curfew bad news for struggling Restaurant Owners and their employees because that means not accepting reservations after 08 30pm. This will further. Because cash losses people will be trying to decide can we stay open do we close more moving to the purple tier will also mean the closure of indoor museums, Fitness Centers houses of worship. Movie theaters and Outdoor Entertainment centers,
That could spark an ugly storm for investors in chinese stocks. Just back from asia, undersecretary of state for economic growth, keith crock, is here live to react. He will reveal the new weapon our government is using to counter chinas fastgrowing technological might. The deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic, now at this hour has los angeles going into full lockdown mode. We are on the ground in l. A. As businesses shutter in realtime. From College Dropout to ceo, the youngest selfmade billionaire in the world with us live on the day his tech company goes public. Discussing the risks he took that triggered his laserlike rise to the top. First, we begin with a fox business alert. The tweet heard round the stock market with billions in Coronavirus Relief at stake. House speaker Nancy Pelosis deputy chief of staff just put out this tweet in the last hour and a half that used covid relief and as soon as possible in the same sentence. The tweet confirmed that the speaker and Senate L