Teenager. Shooting happened when she was just 16 years old but she was tried as an adult. The after years of protest, she was granted clemency by former tennessee governor bill haslam. She was released just two months ago at the age of 31 and has now published her memoir free cyntoia my search for redemption in the american prison system. To any young women and girls who find themselves in the situation i was in, i would say that there are people that hear you. There are people who understand what youre going through. I understand. I have been through it myself. And there were times i did not think i was going to make it, but the lord brought me through it and he can bring you through it as well. Just keep faith and keep fighting. Amy we will speak with cyntoia brownlong in one of her first interviews after prison. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Shelling is continuing in Northern Syria one day after
Slavery as a child and sentenced to life in prison after been convicted of firstdegree murder for shooting her rapist as a teenager. Shooting happened when she was just 16 years old but she was tried as an adult. The after years of protest, she was granted clemency by former tennessee governor bill haslam. She was released just two months ago at the age of 31 and has now published her memoir free cyntoia my search for redemption in the american prison system. To any young women and girls who find themselves in the situation i was in, i would say that there are people that hear you. There are people who understand what youre going through. I understand. I have been through it myself. And there were times i did not think i was going to make it, but the lord brought me through it and he can bring you through it as well. Just keep faith and keep fighting. Amy we will speak with cyntoia brownlong in one of her first interviews after prison. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy
And protect illegal immigrants. Were going to tell you what they stand to lose in return. Antitrump protests continue for the seventh straight day. Alveda king, dr. King joining us with her meggs for this divided nation. Melissa but first to the markets, the dow setting another record high for fourth day in a row. Microsoft and chevron topping bluechips. Oil driving stocks higher with a major comeback. Phil flynn, price futures group, fox business contributor. Watching action from the cme. Lori rothman is on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and, lori, markets turning positive a little over an hour ago. What were some of the biggest movers have today . Reporter tech finally turned around, melissa. Before the start of trading S P Technology index was down 3 postelection outcome. But that has changed today. Looks like maybe some people thought maybe there was some buying opportunity there. Lets unpack this a little bit for you starting with apple. News of apple theyre coming out w
Delayed, slowed down, and in some cases turned around. Kpix 5s cate caugiran is live at 24th and mission with some pretty frustrated commuters. Reporter commuters are happier than when we first arrived at bart and 24th because things have cleared up. This came at the worst time. It came at the peak of the evening commute. People traveling for the new years eve holidays several of them trying to get to sfo and for those few hours, they had to seek outside transportation. Were talking monis or rideshare options like uber or lyft that were certainly on surge prices as i checked and as you can imagine bart riders we spoke with were not happy. Its coming from work and its cold, the weather, transportation, people all over you. And you want to get home. Im cold right now so its like last thing i want to do is sitting out in the wind and cold and not be able to go out tomorrow. Reporter all of this because of those high winds that caused a tree to fall on the tracks. There are still ongoing p
Find some way to make it so we do not get to that bad outcome the caller mentioned, that there is sufficient fuel. I would imagine Going Forward youll see a lot of creativity on capitol hill by the president and others trying to find ways so we do not remain as vulnerable as we are. If there is some conflict. That is why development of nonfossil fuels is also important and and all of the above Energy Strategy will be critical, whether we are dealing with the conflict today between russia and ukraine, or some other issue down the road. Caller one issue host one issue that did come up today was human rights. What biggest what are our biggest Human Rights Concerns in china . Guest probably most people have been heard about what is going on as well as in hong kong and the National Security law and the elimination of the one country, two systems model. The government originally gave hong kong a lot of time eight for the first 20 years under chinese rule. That seems to have been ripped away