Vote tonight on whether to accept harsh measures required by creditors. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras has vowed to defend the bailout, despite saying that he signed a deal he does not believe in. I overestimated the power that the people with the right on their side have, as well as the reactionary mike against the founding principles of europe which are a respect for democracy and peoples choices. What is the message sent to us by our partners . It is that there is no point for countries are in a program to hold elections, this is a very harsh message for europe. Amy president obama has continued his push to reform mass incarceration. Tuesday, he described the criminal Justice System as broken. Books the United States is home to 5 of the worlds population but 25 of the worlds prisoners. Think about that. Our incarceration rate is four times higher than chinas. We keep more people behind bars than the top 35 European Countries combined. Become more of president obamas speech after head
The u. S. Has 5 of the worlds population but 25 of its prisoners. Speaking before the naacp, president obama calls for overhauling the nations criminal Justice System saying too many people have been locked up for nonviolent offenses. This is a cause ringing people in both houses of congress together, created some unlikely bedfellows. Youve got van jones and Newt Gingrich. Youve got americans for tax reform and the aclu, the naacp and the Koch Brothers. Amy today we will be joined by two of those unlikely bed bedfellows criminal activist van jones and mark holden, general counsel of Koch Industries. Plus, we will speak to a Prison Reform activist who spent 19 years locked up. Then to a story about corporate espionage and activism. An employee of the animal theme park seaworld has been exposed for infiltrating peta, people for the ethical treatment of animals. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Congressio
Order to reach an agreement on how much to spend, why the disparity between what the president wants, what the senate has approved, and what the senate has oked o. This may 22, well be talking politics, t. S. A. Security, and u. S. Vietnam relations. The president in vietnam today for the start of a weeklong asia trip, but we want to begin with a discussion on the state of black america, based on a report issue this had past week that shows team economic disparity between whites and blacks in our country. Were dividing our phone lines as follows. For africanamericans, the number is 2027488000. Or all others, 2027488001. The president and c. E. O. Of the National Urban institute tweed out this as well, but well get to your tweets or join us on facebook. This is what the report looks like. Its Available Online from the National Urban league, and again, the president of that institution says, with every economic down turn, communities of color bore the brunt of the decline, black american
I saw one kid in a dragon costume with a mustache that didnt really make much sense to me, but looked cute nonetheless. While a lot of people are out here enjoying the bar scene, the thing they are asking to plan to get home safely, they want you to not drink and drive here. The best way to do that is to use the program called sober ride. Its real easy. Its a 30 taxi ride for most of the d. C. Area. To get it, call 1800200taxi. Thank you cameron. Thats good information. Across the dmv extra officers are on patrol to keep trick or treaters and party goers safe. We caught up with these officers on the job in montgomery county. The Police Department says officers will be on the lookout for alcohol and drug impaired drivers. In addition to trick or treating, many people in our area decked out their homes in spooky style. Others are happy just to enjoy all the tame and effort that some homeowners put in to making a scary scene at their house, like this one at connecticut and chevy chase in