Maybe actually get something done hallelujah i got to tell you thats how i felt when i interviewed nancy pelosi, leader of the Democrat Party about how she looks at things for now you should know shes hoping for constructive dialogue between democrats, republicans, including the president which is something i pretty much had written off as impossible. [ buzzer ] now before i go into what i heard remember that despite todays sedate action, dow inching up 34 point, s p advancing 2. 6, nasdaq gaining 0. 40 we are on the cusp of an incredibly important fed meeting. The guys that keep buying on tech news like we got today. Im concerned about the fed meeting. If i were jay powell i might want to stick it to the president by saying, theres no need to cut Interest Rates we have plenty of job growth and the only possible slowdown is being caused by the trade war which is very much by design so why should the fed lift a finger to ameliorate the pain . The house of pain President Trump is out the
Thank you everybody, and thank you so much for being here here and for that introduction as well. This is not going to be a late discussion by any stretch but youll final it worthwhile. Ill speak for a while and then engage in questions and answers with you in the audience. This is a like i said headquartersy subject, crucially important for this nation as we head into the 2016 elects. And that is the mean by which business business bs have moved to steer the american political process their way, and by and large, by no means entirely but by and large, theyre succeeding. In its entirety and complexity, this is a story far, far bigger than any one book can hold. It includes such forces as the Koch Brothers and their farreaching networks that are as we speak raising enormous amounts of money to influence the president ial and congressional races and they have the a huge network of donors and also includes a whole swarm of super pacs and dark money groups that are forming alongside pretty
Today we will bring you the voices from the streets. Ll of that and more coming up. This is democracy now. The war and peace report. I am amy goodman. We are on the streets of new york city where maybe hundreds of thousands of people from around the country and around the world are gathering for what could be the largest one of the largest political marches in history and certainly the largest peoples climate march. We are in new york city at Columbus Circle. Interesting that it is Columbus Circle, considering the march will be led by hundreds of people that came from around the country and around the planet. Right now to layout the scope of what is taking place today in this historic moment is the founder of one of the organizations that organized this mass march today. Welcome to democracy now. Thank you so much for being here and for documenting what will be a pretty remarkable day. I think what you said is right. There hasnt been a political gathering about anything this large in t
We will not go to conference until we get a clean cr. The government closes. What benefit do we have from that . We have in two weeks, we have the government is not only going on close down. Were going to lose the credit rating. Theyre talking now about not raising the debt ceiling. Madam president , i sort of feel sorry for Speaker Boehner. He has this hard right Tea Party Group that is adamant about shutting the government down. Many of them talked about shutting the government down in their 2010 campaigns. There are clips where they go to the audience. We will shut the government down if we win back the house. And the audience of tea Party Faithful cheers. And here we are. And now Speaker Boehner, who is not been strong enough, frankly, to stand up to the tea party, realizes he is in a real dilemma. He wants to shut the government down and the American People cone want that. Cnn came out with a poll today. What should we do . End obamacare or keep the government going . 60 , keep th
Sometimes you have to forgo things that in your mind are ethical, legal, and effective because secondary and tertiary effects of taking that course of action main lets take target of killing. I said on cnn sunday morning, there was a time i knew there were secondary effects was the primary effect was so important because of the degree of danger that existed at the time. Now the environment as changed the degree is somewhat different. Now those effects might become dominant. Yes, i can see a down side for doing things that you believe are effective and legal and appropriate if it denies you the cooperation of others who see it in a different way. I think were all aware of that. We knew that. In 2006, it was huddle up, the world has changed, what is appropriate Going Forward with no judgment whatsoever on what went on before. Different circumstances, different people. Not not having read the report, i would say that become its released it needs to be fixed if, in fact the Interrogation P