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Democracy Now! 2026-03-05 Thursday

Democracy Now! Audio

Democracy Now!

News, Daily News

4.75.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for March 05, 2026; “Why Are We Going to War?”: Former U.S. Middle East Officials Say Trump Has “No Clear Plan” on Iran; Geeta Gandbhir on Her Double Oscar Noms for “The Perfect Neighbor” & “The Devil Is Busy”; “Armed Only with a Camera”: Oscar-Nominated Doc Honors Brent Renaud and Other “Fallen Journalists”

Transcript

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0:00.0

From New York, this is democracy now.

0:18.0

We've taken control of Iran's airspace and waterways without boots on the ground.

0:24.2

We control their fate.

0:26.5

But when a few drones get through or tragic things happen, it's front page news.

0:33.2

I get it.

0:33.7

The press only wants to make the president look bad, but try for once to report the reality.

0:39.0

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegeseth, who President Trump calls Secretary of War,

0:44.9

criticizes journalists for covering U.S. casualties.

0:49.4

And Senate Republicans block a war powers resolution that asserts Congress's role in declaring war.

0:57.2

We'll speak with two former U.S. government officials, an 18-year career diplomat who resigned from the State Department,

1:08.3

and a former Pentagon advisor.

1:12.0

Then as Russian-Ukraine peace talks are halted in Geneva because of the Iran war,

1:18.6

we'll speak to filmmaker Craig Renaud, brother of Brent,

1:23.4

the first Western journalist killed by Russian forces in Ukraine four years ago.

1:31.5

We've just got some breaking news. Brent Renaud, an American photojournalist has been killed.

1:36.9

Brent lost his life, documenting the horrors of the battlefield in Ukraine.

1:41.1

But first, a conversation with the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Gita Gondabir.

1:47.9

She's made history for being nominated for both best documentary short and best documentary feature for an Oscar.

1:58.8

This is 9-1-1 wants to address The emergency

2:01.2

Are you having puppies with the neighbor's children?

2:04.2

I'm in the sheriff's office

2:05.1

Were any of you guys over here

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