more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. sreenivasan: 13 dead, scores more hurt, two arrests: grim results of today s attack in barcelona, where a speeding vehicle vaulted a sidewalk and drove down its victims. it follows similar attacks across europe, and last weekend, in charlottesville, virginia. for more, we turn to max gayler, reporting for reuters in barcelona, and lorenzo vidino, who leads the program on extremism at george washington university. spain hasn t been the site of this attacks. we ve seen a lot of focus on london and fra
major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. sreenivasan: 13 dead, scores more hurt, two arrests: grim results of today s attack in barcelona, where a speeding vehicle vaulted a sidewalk and drove down its victims. it follows similar attacks across europe, and last weekend, in charlottesville, virginia. for more, we turn to max gayler, reporting for reuters in barcelona, and lorenzo vidino, who leads the program on extremism at george washington university. spain hasn t been the site of this attacks. we ve seen a lot of focus on london and france. yeah, the last time spain
future key figures at the white house of where the stocks will go i think there are the concern is there any life to the trump agenda, and there was a feeling growing in the marketplace that the republicans and the administration couldn t get a vote on what time of day it was, that nothing was work g working. and then when the idea that mr. cohn might be leaving yesterday, that frightened the market reports of mr. bannon being let go helped in two different ways. number one, they think he s mildly disruptive, second darely this will reinforce cohn because he was an adversary of cohn s. we ve gone a minute and a half into power lunch. i want to bring in michelle cabre cabrera caruso i wonder what this will do to try to get the narrative back of the kind of agenda he wants to put forth. there s the bigger question about general dysfunction in the white house and specific issues when it comes to it. even the wall street journal editorial page says steve bannon was a so
the first is kind of national security and sovereignty and that is your intelligence, defense department, homeland security. the second line of work is economic nationalism. the third, broadly, what is deconstruction of the administrative state. amy: steve bannon may have been ousted from the white house, but he has not left quietly. we will speak with robert kuttner. bannon spoke to him last week and remarkable interview days before his ouster. then we look at billionaire carl icahn, who resigned last week as a realtor adviser to president trump just before the new yorker published headline carl icahn s failed raid on washington. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. president trump has announced plans to escalate the u.s. war in afghanistan, already the longest war in u.s. history. while trump offered few specifics during his prime time address monday night, he has reportedly already signe
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. law and order without justice is unattainable, said senator cory booker just last week, expressing his opposition to the nomination of another sitting senator, jeff sessions of alabama, who donald trump, of course, has selected as his nominee to be attorney general. booker described his opposition to sessions this way, and i quote in a choice between standing with senate norms and standing up for what my conscience tells me is best for our country, i will always choose conscience and country. earlier today he was at the inauguration of donald trump as our new president. tonight he joins us from washington. senator, good to have you back on the program, sir. it s great to be back on the program. thank you very much for having me. and travis, i really just appreciate your constant voice, especially during times like this. you are kind. i appreciate yours. last week was interesting, to say t