Viernes 16 de Septiembre de 2005

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Bush promete reconstruir Nueva Orleans
• 29,5 millones de litros de petróleo derramados en la costa del Golfo de México
• Cuerpo de Ingenieros del Ejército admite que se cometieron errores
• Mujer de 73 años arrestada y con fianza de 50 mil dólares por “saquear” salchichas
• Familias de Louisiana presentan demandas por pólizas de seguro
• O’Reilly: Muchos sobrevivientes de Katrina son drogadictos
• Cierran audiencias de John Roberts
• Vaticano ordena que se revise la homosexualidad en seminarios
• Gobernador de Massachusetts solicita grabación de conversaciones telefónicas en Mezquita
• Chávez acusa a Estados Unidos de secuestrar cumbre de la ONU
• Bush: “Creo que necesito un receso para ir al baño”

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• New Orleans Police Harass Independent Journalist

  
  

  As President Bush says he’ll rebuild New Orleans, we speak with Hip Hop activist and independent journalist Rosa Clemente about the crackdown in the shelters. She describes being harassed by a New Orleans police officer while doing interviews at a Red Cross shelter. [includes rush transcript]

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• The Militarization of New Orleans: Jeremy Scahill Reports from Louisiana

  
  

  We go to Louisiana to speak with Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill who has been in New Orleans this past week. He has been looking into how the city has changed to a militarized zone and what that means for the residents who left. [includes rush transcript]

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• George Galloway vs. Christopher Hitchens on the Bush Administration Response to Hurricane Katrina

  
  

  We play an excerpt of a fiery debate Wednesday between British antiwar MP George Galloway and columnist and author Christopher Hitchens discussing the Bush administration’s response to Hurricane Katrina. [includes rush transcript]

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• Trapped in New Orleans: Emergency Medical Worker Describes How Police Prevented Evacuation

  
  

  We speak with emergency medical worker Lorrie Beth Slonsky who was in New Orleans attending a conference when hurricane Katrina hit. She describes how she spent most of the next week in New Orleans trapped by the flooding–and the police. [includes rush transcript]

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