ruling party won 100% of seats in parliament, president obama faces criticism for describing ethiopia as a democratically elected government. we will speak to professor horace campbell about obama s historic african trip, then we will hear from a swedish journalist who was jailed in ethiopia on terrorism charges for over a year. it was supposed to be about oil and freedom. we slept on the concrete floor with 8000 inmates. we did not go home. we stayed and stayed. amy: and as over 10,000 protest in honduras, we will speak to former president manuel zelaya about the growing protests and hillary clinton s role in the 2009 coup that ousted him from power. on one hand, they condemn the coup, on the other hand, they were negotiating with the leaders of the coup. secretary clinton maintained that ambiguity. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in yemen, the u.s.-backed saudi-led coalition launch
we will hear what michael moore told the crowd. as bad as we think it is going to be, it is going to be worse. that is the truth, my friends. i am sorry to have to begin on such a depressing note. but here is the good news. the good news is, there is more of us than there are of them. amy: we will also speak to naomi klein, author of this changes everything. let us be clear what will happen tomorrow in this city is not a peaceful transition of power. it is a corporate coup d etat. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. we are broadcasting live from howard university and washington, d.c., on this inauguration day a donald trump as 45th president of the united states. hundreds of thousands of people have descended on washington, d.c., either to support or to protest donald trump s inauguration. late thursday night, police deployed pepper spray against activists protesting outside the pro-t
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iraq. because we didn t, isis was able to rise from the ashes of al qaeda in iraq. we have to strengthen our military. we have to lead a willing coalition. mike: do we need american soldiers in that part of the world to defeat isis? mr. johnson: we have 6000 troops there now. that s the estimate. those troops would not be in harm s way had we left a stabilizing force. we are going to have to provide air cover and get it right. i m not saying this is easy. if we lead to much, everybody sits back, and they don t join the coalition. if we sit back, it allows isis. two years has allowed isis to train additional operatives. little children to become savages and barbarians. that is what we have allowed to happen by allowing isis to exist for another two years. plan senator feingold supports is not going to do the job. mr. feingold: you asked him to give his plan. he has no plan. other than sending 100,000 troops. coalition troops. he said 100,000. he also said 25,000 americans at o
president, and which party controls the house and senate. stay with c-span for coverage of the presidential race, including campaign stops with hillary clinton and doll shop and surrogates. follow key house and senate races. c-span, where street where history unfolds daily. the prime minister of italy was in the u.s. for an official visit that included a white house state dinner in his honor. that is next on c-span. been our road to the white house coverage has donald trump and hillary clinton campaigning in ohio and angelina and pennsylvania with their vice presidential running mates. president this week, obama and the first lady held a state dinner for the italian prime minister, and was in the u.s. and his wife for an official event. this was the 13th and final state dinner for the obama administration. next, highlights from the event. it is two-and-a-half hours. guests are arriving for tonight s final state dinner in the white house. minister matteo renzi will be ar