In a move that could lead to the cash its breakup. We will speak to law professor zephyhr teachout, author of break em up recovering our freedom from big ag, big tech, and big money. Plus, we will talk about her call for Senate Democrats to use every procedural tool possible to block the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Then to mexico. It is an unequivocal example of the decomposition of the regime, the governmental body was degraded. Amy former Mexican Defense secretary general salvador cienfuegos has been ordered held without bail in the United States after his shocking arrest last week at Los Angeles International airport for working with a Major Drug Cartel while heading mexicos military. We will get the latest and look at what this means for victims of human rights massacres during his time in office. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. We begin headlines with the story that includes graphic you state violence. Security forces in nigeria opened fire on protesters in lagos tuesday as authorities imposed a 24hour curfew to stem growing demonstrations against police brutality. There are conflicting accounts of how many protesters were shot. Amnesty International Said it had received credible but disturbing evidence that protesters had been killed. One Nigerian Police officer told the New York Times that 11 protesters had died. Dozens of protesters have also been hospitalized. Some witnesses posted videos on social media where rapid gunfire could be heard. Please help people. Please help people. Amy the killings in nigeria come two weeks after protests began against the branch of the Nigerian Police known as sars, the special antirobbery squad, which has long been accused of committing torture, murder and extortion. The killings on tuesday sparked outrage from nigerians across the globe. The soccer star odion ighalo, who plays for manchester united, posted this video online. Im not the kind of guy that , but ibout politics cant ignore it anymore. Government, you guys are a shame to the world for killing your own citizens, sending military to the streets to kill protesters because theyre protesting for their rights . It is uncalled for. Amy here in the United States, democratic president ial nominee joe biden urged nigerian authorities to cease the violent crackdown on protesters in nigeria. The United States reported more than 60,000 new coronavirus cases and over 900 more deaths tuesday, as a third surge of infections appears to set rival to previous peaks. On tuesday, the centers for Disease Control and prevtion said the number of deaths from all causes across the u. S. So far this year is about 300,000 more than expected. 31 states now qualify as red zones under the White House Coronavirus task forces policies. In new mexico, governor Michelle Lujan grisham has ordered new restrictions on retail stores, restaurants, and bars as a surge of covid cases has left over 80 adult hospital beds in new mexico filled. Health officials have ordered students at the university of michigan to quarantine in their homes and dormitories after offcampus parties were blamed for more than half of all new coronavirus cases in the city of ann arbor. On tuesday, a House Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis released white house reports revealing the Trump Administration has been aware of an alarming nationwide rise in cases for over a month, even as President Trump publicly downplayed the crisis, got sick with covid19, and held crowded Campaign Events that contributed to the spread of the disease. Coronavirus cases continue to surge across the European Union as Colder Weather drives people indoors and pandemic fatigue sets in. In germany, some residents of bavaria were ordered to shelter at home for two weeks in the nations first new lockdowns since april. Belgiums Health Minister is warning hospitals could soon be overrun by what he called a tsunami of covid19 patients. At the vatican, pope francis wore a face mask throughout a public svice tuesday the first time the ponff has fully complied with vatican city protocols that went into effect on october 6. In latin america, brazils official covid19 death toll is approaching 155,000, while argentina just recorded its onemillionth coronavirus case surpassing spain as the fifthmost affected country. Back in the United States, the department of justice has sued the internet giant google in a massive antitrust lawsuit that will have major implications for the rest of big tech and could lead to googles breakup. The doj complaint was joined by attorneys neral in 11 states. It reads in part google has used anticompetitive tactics to maintain and extend its monopolies in the markets for general Search Services, search advertising, and general search text advertising the cornerstones of its empire. Well have more on the google antitrust lawsuit after headlines. In immigration news, attorneys with the American Civil Liberties union working to identify families that were separated at the u. S. Mexico border say they havent been able to find the parents of 545 children in u. S. Ustody, most of those parents have already been deported to central america. Nbc news reports the aclu and other legal groups were appointed to help reunite children taken from their parents under a Trump Administration 2017 zero tolerance Pilot Program which separated over 1000 families. Only about half of them have been reunited. A number of the children the government does not know their whereabouts, either. An investigation by the l. A. Times found that since 2017, at least 265 calls to Police Reporting physical and Sexual Violence against Asylum Seekers inside californias four privately run immigration prisons, were not prosecuted. Half of those reports were cases of rape and sexual assault, and the rest were reports of assault and battery. One case involves an Asylum Seeker from el salvador who was beaten by an immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officer in 2018 after the agent threatened to f him up if the Asylum Seeker refused to sign paperwork. The Asylum Seeker says the agent then slammed him into a concrete wall. Altogether, only three cases of prisoner abuse were prosecuted. In chicago, early voting got underway saturday for hundreds of prisoners at the cook county jail. Theyre among 20,000 pretrial prisoners in illinois given access to absentee ballots, and in some cases, Voting Machines at jails. Voice my opinion and let everyone know we are still human beings and we still have to deal with the same things everybody else has to do when it comes to society and living and our rights. Amy a recent report by the sentencing project found 5. 2 million u. S. Citizens are forbidden from voting due to laws that disenfranchise people with felony convictions. One out of 16 African Americans of voting age is disenfranchised. In texas, a federal Appeals Court has ruled that Election Officials can void peoples ballots if they determine a signature on the ballot cannot be verified. Under the courts ruling, officials dont have to inform voters that their ballots were rejected until after the election. In minnesota, the council on americanislamic relations is suing the private Security Company atlas aegis for recruiting exu. S. Military special operations soldiers to deploy to polling places, calling it illegal voter intimidation and a breach of the Voting Rights act. Michigans secretary of state is ordering a ban on the open carrying of firearms within 100 feet of polling places. In florida, miamis Police Department says it will discipline Police Officer daniel ubeda after he was photographed in uniform wearing a protrump mask and a holstered firearm outside a voting site. This all follows donald trump, jr. s call for volunteers to deploy to democratic precincts to join army for trumps election security. Joe bidens Transition Team is vetting several prominent republicans for cabinet positions. Politico reports the candidates include former Ohio Governor john kasich, Corporate Executive meg whitman, Massachusetts Governor charlie baker, former arizona senator jeff flake, and former pennsylvania congressmember charlie dent whos been working as a Healthcare Industry lobbyist since resigning from congress in 2018. This comes as the New York Times reports the Biden Campaign has raised almost 200 million from donors who gave at least 100,000. The campaign is also refusing to reveal the names of socalled bundlers who organize and collect checks from other major donors. President trump campaigned in pennsylvania on tuesday, where thousands of supporters ignored social distancing guidelines to pack a rally at Erie International airport, where many were not wearing masks. First Lady Melania Trump was due to join the event but remained at the white house. Her chief of staff said the first lady has a lingering cough as she continues to recover from covid19. President trump railed against 60 minutes and its host leslie stahl on tuesday after he cut short an interview with the cbs news program at the white house. After the interview, trump tweeted for the sake of accuracy in reporting, i am considering posting my interview with lesley stahl of 60 minutes, prior to airtime this will be done so that everybody can get a glimpse of what a fake and biased interview is all about. Separately on tuesday, trump ordered attorney general william barr to lach a probe of the bidens over unverified claims of corruption tied to Hunter Bidens time spent on the board of a Ukrainian Oil company. This is trump speaking on fox news tuesday. Will you be appointing pres. Trump we have to get the attorney general to act. He has to act fast. Iesco point somebody. This is major corruption and this has to be known about before the election. Amy the fiancee of the slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi has filed a civil lawsuit in washington, d. C. , against Saudi Crown PrinceMohammed Bin Salman for ordering his torture and killing two years ago inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. The lawsuit also names more than two dozen other saudis who the lawsuit claims were part of a plot to permanently silence khashoi, who had begun writing articles critical of the saudi royal family. In colombia, two leaders with the leist Political Movement colombia humana were assassinated tuesday in two different regions of the country. Eduardo alarcon was shot to death reportedly at his home by assailants on a motorcycle. And Gustavo Herrera was fatally shot while out on the street. This comes as thousands of indigenous and other social leaders are planning a National Strike in bogota today protesting against the governments social and economic policies and demanding the government of rightwing president ivan duque end the violence and murders against social leaders in colombia. In the caribbean, environmentalists are warning of a looming oil disaster as a stricken tanker threatens to unleash a spill that could rival the 1989 exxon valdez disaster. Images of the ship show it listing drastically to starboard as it continues to take on water not far from trinidad and tobago. The venezuelanflagged tanker has 80 million gallons of oil on board. The ship has been idled in the gulf of paria since the Trump Administration imposed an embargo on venezuelas Petroleum Industry in january. In kentucky, a member of the grand jury that heard evidence in the case of Breonna Taylors killing says jurors were never given the opportunity to consider homicide charges against the louisville Police Officers who shot taylor to death as they served a noknock warrant in taylors home last march. In a Statement Issued through their lawyer, the anonymous juror wrote the grand jury didnt agree certain actions were justified, nor did it decide the indictment should be the only charges in the Breonna Taylor case. The grand jury was not given the opportunity to deliberate on those charges. The Associated Press has revealed Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of a private Christian School which barred openly gay teachers and effectively barred admission to children of samesex parents. Trinity schools brand schools in indiana, minnesota, and virginia. It is affiliated with a secretive religious group people appraise, which barrett is a long time member. They teach students that homosexuality is an abomination against god. The Senate Judiciary committee is planning to vote on barretts confirmation thursday despite protests by democrats who accuse republicans of rushing her confirmation ahead of the election. We will have more on that later in the show. And a new report looking into the presence of lead in tap water shows that of nearly 800 families from across the country included in the study, most homes had detectable lead in their tap water and at least 15 had levels of lead that could potential cause a drop in the iq of infants who are exclusively fed with formula mixed with tap water. The study also found that black babies are at a higher risk of being exposed to lead in tap water. And those are some of the headlines this is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman in new york joined by my cohost Juan Gonzalez in new brunswick, new jersey. Hi juan. Juan hi, amy. Welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. Amy the department of justice sued the internet giant google in a massive antitrust lawsuit that will have major implications for the rest of big tech and may even lead to the companys breakup. 11 states joined the lawsuit, the largest of its kind against a tech company in more than two decades. It accuses google of engaging in illegal practices to maintain a monopoly on the market, including by snding billns of dollars each year on deals with apple and other companies to appear as the default Search Engine on handheld devices and browsing services. Through these practices, google owns or controls search Distribution Channels accounting for roughly 80 of the general search queries in the United States, according to the department of justice. The doj complaint reads in part the google of today is a monopoly gatekeeper for the internet, and one of the wealthiest companies on the planet. Google has used its anticompetitive tactics to maintain and extend its monopolies in the markets for general Search Services, search advertising, and general search text advertising the cornerstones of its empire. The complaint continues absent a court order, google will continue executing its anticompetitive strategy, crippling the competitive process, reducing consumer choice, and stifling innovation. For more, were joined by zephyr teachout, professor of law at Fordham University and author of the new book break em up recovering our freedom from big ag, big tech, and big money. Earlier this month, professor teachout testified at the subcommittee on antitrust, commercial and Administrative LawJudiciary Committee investigation into competition in digital markets. Zephyr teachout, welcome back to democracy now can you talk about the significance of this lawsuit and what it means . Tha