From New York, this is democracy now.

The Chinese people have every right to ask why does the US talk at length about respecting

sovereignty and territorial integrity on Ukraine?

Why does the US ask China not to provide weapons to Russia while it keeps selling arms

to Taiwan?

As the Chinese parliament unanimously votes to give Xi Jinping a third, five-year term

as president, tensions continue to escalate between the United States and China in part

over Taiwan.

At the brink of war in the Pacific, that's the headline of a new piece by historians

in Alfred McCoy.

We'll speak with him.

Then progressive Democratic congress member Barbara Lee was the sole vote against military

action in the days after 9-11.

Now she's running for the US Senate.

I didn't quit when I refused to give the president completely unlimited war powers after

September 11th and in the face of countless death threats.

I was the only no vote.

I didn't quit then and I won't quit now.

If elected, congress member Lee would be just the third black woman to serve in the Senate's

233-year history.

We'll speak with her about President Biden's proposed $6.8 trillion budget that would increase

military spending.

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