DEMOCRACY NOW : DECEMEBER 23 : NEWT'S ETHICS.NOT IN OUR TOWN

DEMOCRACY NOW : DECEMBER 23 : NEWT'S ETHICS. NOT IN OUR TOWN / Pacifica Foundation / Produced by Amy Goodman and Julie Drizin/ hosted by Amy Goodman. Democracy Now is a daily election year program which takes an in-depth look at the political landscape and interviews visionaries from all walks of life, including members of grassroots organizations who challenge the status quo. - CONTENT: pt.1. Political headlines (3:00) -- pt.2. Newt Gingrich and the ethics committee| Republicans are rallying around Gingrich insisting he did not intend to mislead the ethics committee about the nature of the course that he taught at a Georgia college and its connection to the GOPAC, his powerful political action committee| tape of David Bonior, House Majority Whip who is leading the ethics battle against Gingrich (16:00) -- pt.3. More on Newt Gingrich (9:00) -- pt.4. PBS will air the documentary, Not in Our Town a program about courageous people who joined together to take a stand against hate crimes in 1996| guest Patricia O'Neill, Executive Produced of the film (10:00) -- pt.5. More on the documentary, Not in Our Town| guest Brian Brady, police chief in Novato, California who has made hate crimes a priority and the Reverand Terrance Mackey, the pastor of Mount Zion, AME church in Greeleyville, South Carolina whose church was burned by two klan members (17:00) - Broadcast on December 23, 1996.