Content standards, the social media giant Ceo Mark Zuckerberg is grilled by lawmakers over his policy allowing politicians to lighten political ads. We will play highlights from more than five hours hearings were he e was blasted by members of the House Financial Service committee. Among those, Rashida Tlaib and alexandria ocasiocortez. Then as rising inequality and staggering housing insecurity leave a Record Number of americans out on the street, we go to ground zero of the homelessness crisis oakland, california. This is a disaster. Anit was a fire or it was earthquake, the response would be so quick. But this is an economic disaster. This is a cultural disaster. This is a housing disaster, but they are not treating it like all of the other natural disasters. Amy we will bring you a special democracy now report from a sprawling encampment of 100 people in east oakland that the city just cracked down on this week. Unhoused people there say the city has failed them. Like theyy, it see
Civilians are displaced b by fighting in northernrn syria, President Trump defends his decision to withdraw u. S. Support for the kurds, paving the way for turkeys assault. This comes as the house passes a bipartisan bill to rebuke the president. Today, Vice President mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo are in turkey seeking a ceasefire. We will get the latest from Congressmember Ro Khanna and also speak with him about the legacy of baltimore Congressmember Elijah Cummings, chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee. He died earlier today. Whererst, to chicago, 25,000 teachers and thousands more aides, custodians, and security guards, have gone on strike. Is to takerategy back everything that we have already won in previous contracts and offer it back to us with percentages. Not what we have already, not what ourur students deserve or what we are demanding, but the same thing or less. That is the problem here. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now
Content standards, the social media giant Ceo Mark Zuckerberg is grilled by lawmakers over his policy allowing politicians to lighten political ads. We will play highlights from more than five hours hearings were he e was blasted by members of the House Financial Service committee. Among those, Rashida Tlaib and alexandria ocasiocortez. Then as rising inequality and staggering housing insecurity leave a Record Number of americans out on the street, we go to ground zero of the homelessness crisis oakland, california. This is a disaster. Anit was a fire or it was earthquake, the response would be so quick. But this is an economic disaster. This is a cultural disaster. This is a housing disaster, but they are not treating it like all of the other natural disasters. Amy we will bring you a special democracy now report from a sprawling encampment of 100 people in east oakland that the city just cracked down on this week. Unhoused people there say the city has failed them. Like theyy, it see
Civilians are displaceded by fighting in northehern syria, President Trump defends his decision to withdraw u. S. Support for the kurds, paving the way for turkeys assault. This comes as the house passes a bipartisan bill to rebuke the president. Today, Vice President mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo are in turkey seeking a ceasefire. We will get the latest from Congressmember Ro Khanna and also speak with him about the legacy of baltimore Congressmember Elijah Cummings, chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee. He died earlier today. Whererst, to chicago, 25,000 teachers and thousands more aides, custodians, and security guards, have gone on strike. Is to takerategy back everything that we have already won in previous contracts and offer it back to us with percentages. Not what we have already, not what o our students deserve or what we are demanding, but the same thing or less. That is the problem here. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now
Thousands, if not tens or hundreds of thousands of climate activists from the around the country are converging in washington, d. C. , for the peoples climate march on saturday. Trump has already begun dismantling president obamas , legacy and revived the keystone xl and Dakota Access pipelines. He has also put Climate Change deniers in charge of several key agencies, including the Environmental Protection agency and threatened to pull the u. S. Out of the paris, the court. All this as scientists have confirmed 2016 was the warmest year on record. We will speak with 350. Org founder bill mckiobben. Physics is our enemy and it poses a different dish difficult time wit time limit. We have to have to work around trump one degree or another. Amy all of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The state of arkansas on thursday carried out its fourth execution in eight days, injecting 38yearold Kenneth Williams with a t