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Sen. Clinton & Rep. Nadler Call For Investigation on
White House & EPA Lies Over Health Impact Of 9/11
Newsday today reveals that EPA animal tests concluded that
the World Trade Center debris dust caused lung disease in
test animals and that the EPA didn’t begin testing debris
dust until 10 days after Sept. 11.
As Dean Takes Major Lead in NH Poll Over Kerry, A Debate
on His Candidacy
New poll in New Hampshire shows Dean is pollingat 38 percent,
Kerry is second at 17 percent. Meanwhile a debate is growing
on who is the real Howard Dean: the progressive savior of
the Democratic left or another Clinton-like Democrat. A Debate
on Dean’s candidacy between Rep. Jerrold Nadler &
Norman Solomon
The Forgotton Ones: A Look at the Life & Work of Photographer
Milton Rogovin
Exhibit opens to highlight the work of the 93-year-old Rogovin,
a blacklisted photographer who captured images of urban poor
and followed his suspects for decades. We also broadcast the
words of his late wife, Anne, who died in July.
8:01-8:06 Headlines
8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break
8:07-8:15 Sen. Clinton & Rep. Nadler Call For
Investigation on White House & EPA Lies Over Health Impact
Of 9/11
Intro: Newsday today reveals that EPA animal tests concluded
that the World Trade Center debris dust caused lung disease
in test animals and that the EPA didn't begin testing
debris dust until 10 days after Sept. 11
U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rep. Jerrold Nadler
have called for a Congressional investigation over reports
that the Environmental Protection Agency and White House mislead
the public over the health hazards of the collapse of the
World Trade Center.
Clinton said, "I know a little bit about how White
Houses work. I know somebody picked up a phone, somebody got
on a computer, somebody sent an e-mail, somebody called for
a meeting, somebody in that White House probably under instructions
from somebody further up the chain told the E.P.A.: `Don't
tell the people of New York the truth.' And I want to know
who that is."
Meanwhile Newsday revealed today that the government did
not begin testing debris dust near the World Trade Center
until 10 days after the Sept. 11 attacks.
And Newsday reports that EPA scientists later concluded
but never told the public that the dust caused
lung disease in test animals.
The EPA began reassuring the public weeks before it had
any test results on the air quality.
- Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
8:15-8:35 Howard Dean Takes Major Lead in NH Poll
Over Kerry: A Debate on Dean's Candidacy Between Rep.
Jerrold Nadler & Norman Solomon
Intro: As Dean's candidacy takes off, a debate is growing
on who the real Howard Dean: the progressive savior of the
Democratic left or a Clinton-like Democrat.
It has been another one of those weeks for former Vermont
Governor Howard Dean that would have been nearly unimaginable
six months ago.
He has appeared on the cover of New York Times and USA Today.
Thousands of supporters attended major Dean rallies in New
York, San Antonio and Seattle. His campaign officials say
Dean will rake in near $10 million in campaign donations for
the third quarter a near record for a Democratic candidate.
And now the results of a new Zogby poll show Dean has taken
a commanding leading in the New Hampshire primary.
Of a poll of 500 likely Democratic voters, 38 percent support
Dean. Coming in second is Massachusetts Senator John Kerry
who is at 17 percent.
Six months ago Kerry was beating Dean by a 26 to 13 percent
margin.
But Dean's rise from an obscure candidate from one
of the nation's smallest states to Democratic frontrunner,
has not come without some controversy over Dean's policies
ranging from health care to gun control to Israel.
Today we'll have a discussion with Congressman Jerrold
Nadler and Norman Solomon, executive director of the Institute
for Public Accuracy.
- Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont, recorded at
a rally on August 24
- Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
- Norman Solomon, executive director of the Institute for
Public Accuracy
- Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
8:40-8:41 One Minute Music Break
8:45-8:58 The Forgotton Ones: A Look at the Life
& Work of Photographer Milton Rogovin
Half a century ago, one year after a vicious attack by the
House of Un-American Activities Committee had devastated his
optometry practice and silenced his voice, Milton Rogovin
picked up a camera for the first time. He was 48 years old.
"My voice was essentially silenced," says Rogovin,"
So I decided to speak out through photograghs."
Miton Rogovin (born in 1909) is one of the nation's
most accomplished social documentary photographers, although
until now he has remained virtually unknown outside of his
hometown of Buffalo, New York.
He began shooting photographs of storefront African American
churches with the help his wife, Anne Rogovin. He continued
to shoot working people in Buffalo and around the world with
his wife's financial support. In 1972, he shot his most
significant work ,just a few blocks away from his optometric
office. They consisted of portraits of the Lower West Side,
one of Buffalo's poorest communities.
At the age of 83, after overcoming heart surgery and prostate
cancer he continued to shoot the streets of the Lower West
Side. In 1997, Rogovin developed cataracts in both eyes. In
1999, he restored his eyesight through surgery and continued
to take pictures. These photos , developed in his 90s, are
the feature of a current exhibit at the New York Historical
Society.
I went with him and producer Vilka Tzouras to the New York
Historical Society to the opening of the exhibition "Milton
Rogovin: the Forgotten Ones." This exhibit is on display
until Sept 14, 2003.
- A look at "The Forgotten Ones" exhibit
- Milton & Anne Rogovin , recorded shortly before Anne's
death in July.
8:58-8:59 Outro and Credits
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Democracy Now! is produced by Kris Abrams, Mike Burke, Sharif
Abdul Kouddous, Lenina Nadal, Ana Nogueira, Parvez Sharma
and Elizabeth Press. Mike Di Filippo is our music maestro
and engineer.
[Thanks also to Uri Galed, Angela Alston, Orlando Richards,
Simba Russeau, Rafael delaUz, Gabriel Weiss, Johnny Sender,
Rich Kim, Chris Zucker, Karen Ranucci, Denis Moynihan, Jenny
Filipazzo and Ioannis Mookas.]
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