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Headlines for January 13, 2017; James Mattis Calls for U.S. Military to Be More Lethal at Defense Secretary Confirmation Hearing; Defense Secretary Nominee James Mattis Pledges to Enforce Iran Nuclear Deal Criticized by Trump; Trump's Pick for Defense Sec'y Made Millions in Defense Industry After His 2013 Retirement; Black Democrats Say Testifying Last In Sessions’ Hearing Is Like Being Sent To "Back Of The Bus"

Headlines for January 12, 2017; Trump Ignores Ethics Experts Urging Him to Divest from His Businesses & Puts Sons In Charge Instead; Committee to Protect Journalists: Watch Out for "Leak Investigations" Targeting Journos Under Trump; Do Exxon's Climate Denial & "Trail of Carnage" on Human Rights Make Tillerson Unfit for State Dept?; Investigation: Did Trump's Defense Secretary Nominee James Mattis Commit War Crimes in Iraq?

WATCH : Democracy Now! Special Broadcast from the Women’s March on Washington

Headlines for January 11, 2017; Rep. Luis Gutiérrez & Rev. William Barber on AG Nominee Jeff Sessions’s Racist, Xenophobic Record; Rep. Luis Gutiérrez on Why He Will Boycott Trump Inauguration & Will Instead Join Women's March; We Challenged President Obama, He Listened & Acted: Rep. Luis Gutiérrez on Obama's Farewell & Legacy; Will Obama Grant Clemency to Puerto Rican Independence Activist Oscar López Rivera?

Headlines for January 10, 2017; ACLU & NAACP LDF: Jeff Sessions Unfit to Defend Civil Rights & Enforce Discrimination Laws as AG; Florida Prepares to Expand Gun Rights After Second Mass Shooting in Six Months; New Intercept Exposé Uncovers SEAL Team 6's Ghastly Trail of Atrocities, Mutilations, Killings

Headlines for January 09, 2017; Senate Hearings Begin for Wealthiest Cabinet in U.S. History Despite Lack of Vetting; Protests Erupt in Kentucky After GOP Supermajority Passes Extreme Anti-Choice, Anti-Union Bills; Repeal & Run? Republicans Move to Axe Obamacare, But What Will Replacement Look Like?

Headlines for January 03, 2017; Without Warning or Public Input, House Republicans Vote to Dismantle Ethics Oversight Office; Craig Holman: Trump Administration Gearing Up to Be "Most Scandal-Ridden in History"; "Dreadful Year" of Attacks in Turkey Capped by 39 Dead in Istanbul Nightclub Attack; "Strange Fruit:" History of Anti-Lynching Song Rebecca Ferguson Has Demanded to Sing at Inauguration

Noam Chomsky: With Trump Election, We Are Now Facing Threats to the Survival of the Human Species; Noam Chomsky & Harry Belafonte in Conversation on Trump, Sanders, the KKK, Rebellious Hearts & More

Headlines for December 30, 2016; Diana Buttu & Gideon Levy on Israeli Settlements, Kerry, Military Aid & End of Two-State Solution; Ava DuVernay's Documentary "13th" About Mass Incarceration Shortlisted for an Oscar

Headlines for December 29, 2016; Scientists Scramble to Protect Decades of Climate Research Before Trump Takes Office; Facing Possible Threats Under Trump, Internet Archive to Build Server in Canada; Obama Urged to Take U.S. Nukes Off High Alert Before Trump Takes Office; Sons of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg Ask Obama to Exonerate Their Mother in Nuclear Spy Case

Ten years ago this week, on December 30, 2006, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed. Hussein was toppled soon after the U.S. invasion began in 2003. We speak to former CIA analyst John Nixon, author of the new book, "Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein."

Headlines for December 28, 2016; George W. Bush's Ethics Lawyer: Trump Will Be in Violation of Constitution on Day One; Report: After Legislative Coup, North Carolina Can No Longer Be Considered a Democracy; CIA Interrogator: At Time of U.S. Invasion, Saddam Hussein Was Focused on Writing Novel, Not WMDs

Part 2 of our conversation with Jameel Jaffer, director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. He was previously the deputy legal director at the ACLU . His new book is titled "The Drone Memos: Targeted Killing, Secrecy, and the Law."

Headlines for December 27, 2016; U.N. Declares Israeli Settlements Illegal; Netanyahu Vows to Retaliate After U.S. Abstains from Vote; Former Rockette: Troupe Should Not Perform at Inauguration After Trump Has Degraded Women; Did Trump Team Offer Ambassadorships in Order to Lure Celebrities to Perform at Inauguration?; What Will Happen When Donald Trump Takes Over U.S. Drone & Targeted Assassination Program?

Bernie Sanders: Corporate Media is a Threat to Democracy; Bernie Sanders: The Democracy Now! Interview