Recent months, a new York City Taxi or live driver ha committed suicide as they face financial despair. Can uber and lyft be blamed . We will speak to the head of the new york taxi alliance. And in baltimore, one of the most startling Police Scandals in a generation. Elite officers accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars, breaking into homes, selling drugs, and carrying bb guns. We will speak with Sherrilyn Ifill. Then a 16yearold girl who killed her abusive father is finally home from juvenile detention after her case sparked National Outcry over the treatment of Domestic Violence survivors. We will look at the case of of Bresha Meadows. Could have done something that as a scared 14yearold, bresha thought she had to do what she did to protect her family. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United Nations is calling for an immediate onemonth ceasefire in syria after more than 85 peopl
The name of the book is the ethhical lobbyist reforming washingtons influence industry. Because when you read what others have written about the lobbying profession from that an ethical point of view, a lot of it is about that. All kinds of lobbying are unethical. That lobbying essentially ought to be banned. Or that maybe lobbyists spend more time trying to represent marginalized, disadvantaged populations to provide some kind of pro bono advocacy work in the same way that lawyers provide pro bono advocacy work. And i sort of felt that that misses the point about what lobbying is supposed to be. Which then goes to the question what is lobbying supposed to be. Well, if lobbying is going to be justified at all, if lobbying is going to be worthy of some kind of protection, then we have to figure out what lobbyists, basically on what grounds is lobbying protected in a system of a Representative Government like we have. Lobbying in our system is really only protected under the First Amendm
People could harvest their own salt and there was a kind of doityourself to it, but its like purple and yellow and [inaudible] my friend that wears a kind of clerical somebody made her a hat anhalf and it was all some f like catwoman. [applause] [inaudible] thank you so much for coming out. [applause] [inaudible conversations] senator Sheldon Whitehouse offers his thoughts on how the government is impacted by corporate money into special Interest Groups in his book captured the corporate infiltration of american democracy. He is interviewehes interviewew york times investigative reporter, eric lilpton. Host i want to start by asking why did you write this book, simple question. Guest the simple answer is i was really getting discouraged all the criticism and antagonism, suspicion and frustration about the federal government which generations of americans have fought and bled to protect and preserve when the real problem i think is not the government, but its infiltration by corporate f
Lineup today. T first, live pictures from moscow as president putin makes his annual president ial address. We will discuss whether russia, brexit, and a u. S. President could make 2017 the year of total reset for Foreign Policy. We have a little bit of manufacturing pmi. The italian data is significant because this gives us a glimpse in the state of the Italian Economy just three days before they vote. These are the figures crossing our bloomberg terminal. We are seeing the Unemployment Rate staying put for october at 11. 6 . Line withty much in what were seeing in spain. Three days until renzis make or break referendum. Votell discuss what a no could mean. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Heres Sebastian Salek. Sebastian glencore will reinstate its dividend policy next year and plans to pay out the minimum annually. The worlds biggest commodities trader has seen its shares trickle this year. The chairman of bloomberg lp and the parent of Bloomberg News is a senior independe
And i hate to be the wet blanket but i want to keep it real with our community that were in the midst of an implementation dip with the common core so when the results become available theres much more rigorous standards but should not see a dip for students on track for graduation well be monitoring that as well and i want to remind the public were upping the bar for everybody and keep you apprised but again thank you very much for the for the teach appreciate your efforts. Thank you for that comprehensive report. Were at item n and there are none tonight and item o was moved and seconded under section f. The role call please. Thank you commissioner. Thank you. Mr. Hain and miss mcdonald. Yes, except on items 1, 2, 3 and 5. Okay 1, 2, 3 and 5 thank you. Miss norton . Yes. Mr. Walton. Yes but i abstain on item on page 34. Thank you commissioner. Dr. Morosy. Aye. Were on item p consent calendar resolution immediate action there are none. Item q First Reading none tonight. Our board memb