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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. […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show in Lebanon, where Israel carried out its heaviest airstrikes so far in Beirut with a reported series of 10 massive strikes overnight in the densely populated southern suburbs. Lebanon’s health minister said Thursday at least 2,000 […]

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. We turn now to Gaza, where authorities say Israel’s yearlong war has now wiped out a shocking 902 entire families off the civil registry, another 1,300 families […]

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. We end today’s show with the acclaimed new documentary Separated, which looks at the horrors of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that led to the separation […]

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 Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We turn now to Gaza, where human rights experts say a deliberate, man-made famine is underway. Last month, the U.N. special rapporteur […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We look now at the impact of Hurricane Helene. Power outages and water shortages continue across six southeastern states. The death toll from the storm is nearing […]

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. During Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate, Governor Tim Walz criticized Senator JD Vance and Donald Trump for demonizing Haitians living in the city of Springfield, Ohio. The city has […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: As we continue to look at last night’s CBS News vice-presidential debate, we turn to the issue of abortion. This is Republican Senator JD Vance. SEN. JD VANCE: Now, of course, Donald Trump has been very clear that on the […]