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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. As many as 28,000 people incarcerated in Florida jails and prisons were in the mandatory evacuation zone for Hurricane Milton, but many officials refused […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. As we continue our coverage of Hurricane Milton and its aftermath, we’re joined by Gerardo Reyes Chavez, a farmworker, organizer with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in southwest Florida, which also runs a radio station […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Mona Miari and Zafer Tawil, performing this past weekend in Brooklyn at an event honoring our next guest. This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We’re joined now by the acclaimed Palestinian photographer Motaz […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! We end today’s show in Florida, where Hurricane Milton is approaching the state’s west coast from the Gulf of Mexico as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, perhaps the strongest storm there in a century. The area […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Vigils and memorials were held across the globe Monday and this weekend on the first anniversary of October 7th to mourn Israelis and Palestinians who have been killed over the past year. The anniversary comes as Israel is widening its […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. Last night here in New York, hundreds of activists — Jewish and Jewish allies and Palestinians — rallied in Union Square for a vigil […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We end today’s show in Lebanon, where Israel has launched its heaviest bombardment to date on Beirut and the city’s southern suburbs. Earlier today, Israeli warplanes bombed a fire station in southern Lebanon, killing at least eight people. Israeli’s assault […]

President Biden has ordered the Pentagon to deploy 1,000 active-duty troops to help with flood relief efforts as the death toll from Hurricane Helene reached 190. Hundreds remain missing and are feared dead. Power outages and water shortages remain rampant across six southeastern states. On Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris surveyed storm damage in Augusta, […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: At least nine people, including health and rescue workers, have died in central Beirut after Israel bombed an apartment building housing a medical center affiliated with Hezbollah. At least 14 people were wounded. The attack occurred without warning in the […]

Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Kill Dozens of Medical Workers, Shuttering Hospitals Biden Says He Discussed Possible Attack on Iranian Oil Sites with Israeli Leaders Iran's Supreme Leader Calls on Muslim Leaders to Unite Against Israeli Aggression Yemen's Houthis Claim Attack on British Oil Vessel in Red Sea "We Wish You Could See the Nightmares": U.S. […]