Amy in philadelphia, a black mother who was attacked with her family in october by a horde of Police Officers is speaking out about the harrowing experience. Rickia young was driving an suv with her twoyearold son and teenage nephew when officers descended on the vehicle, broke all its windows, assaulted and arrested young, pulled her 16yearold nephew frothe car, and grabbed her child. We will he rickia her own wordand speato her aorney. Then we look at how the ridehailing Companies Uber and lyft scored a major victory against Worker Rights with the passage of proposition 22 in california. Theyre now pushing similar measures in other states. With this passage, this will basicivers like me from protections afforded to most in the state. These companies are promising to roll out this model tionwide. It foretells a grim future for gig workers across the country. Amy we will look at other Ballot Initiatives around the country. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democr
Expect. Paul . Reporter things will kick off here at the hyatt behind us. Inside the delegates are registering for their rooms. Reporter things are at an all time high in the bay area. Depending on what happen in the bay area and the other states that are remaining, the election could be decided in california. Reporter the gop is preparing for one of the highest attended vote in decades. The it will be at the hyatt regency. When trump announced he was attending, a large number of protesters said he would show up. We expect a did cent a decent number of individuals, whether it be 500 or 5,000. I went out and requested mutual aid and requested help just to make sure we have the numbers in order to maintain what we hope to maintain. Reporter ted cruz and Carly Fiorina will seek on saturday, and the gop party has a lot of issues to vote on. To extend the term limits, and we have electing the National Committee man and Committee Woman from california to the rfn. The rfn said they know prote
Police chief told me people have to be outside of this building this morning. That you want to show them down the sidewalk on the other side, you can see this isnt a new problem. That Apartment Building down there that is fenced off, that was closed years ago and it is one example that people who live here are pointing to saying why should we have to leave this unit when that one was closed years ago and is Still Standing . There are a lot of upset residents here in pacifica concerned about where they are going to go. Living in an area where rent is ever on the increase, there is no one here who says they can afford to leave and find another place to go. Right now, there is a temporary shelters set up for these 20 Apartment Buildings. Its set up at the Community Center but obviously thats not a longterm solution. You have a lot of people wondering what is going to happen, feeling like they have been dumped on this afternoon and told they have to get out. The police chief told me they h
A rally of his own. We will speak about the 2060 president ial race with a man who ran for president in 2012, not as a democrat or as a republican, but a thirdparty candidate, the former mayor of celtics city Rocky Anderson. ,then here at the Sundance Film Festival, audrie daisy. Months apart, two teenage girls in two different american towns are sexually assaulted and bullied audrie pott, in saratoga, california, and Daisy Coleman in maryville, missouri. Both attempt suicide. One survives, the other does not. Both stories make national headlines. Today a democracy now exclusive Daisy Coleman and her mother meet the mother of audrie pott, for the first time at our interview. I feel like audrie would have spoke out if she had saw someone else. Amy do you know how many young women you have saved by speaking out . Yes. Amy that is audrie daisy here on democracy now all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Wor
Amy last night, seven republican candidates met for the last debate before the iowa caucuses. Donald trump boycotted and held a rally of his own. We will speak about the 2060 president ial race with a man who ran for president in 2012, not as a democrat or as a republican, but a thirdparty candidate, the former mayor of celtics city Rocky Anderson. ,then here at the Sundance Film Festival, audrie daisy. Months apart, two teenage girls in two different american towns are sexually assaulted and bullied audrie pott, in saratoga, california, and Daisy Coleman in maryville, missouri. Both attempt suicide. One survives, the other does not. Both stories make national headlines. Today a democracy now exclusive Daisy Coleman and her mother meet the mother of audrie pott, for the first time at our interview. I feel like audrie would have spoke out if she had saw someone else. Amy do you know how many young women you have saved by speaking out . Yes. Amy that is audrie daisy here on democracy now