President Juan Orlando Hernandez against opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla. Massive protests erupted after the governmentcontrolled Electoral Commission stopped tallying votes when the count showed nasralla ahead. Well speak with former honduran president Manuel Zelaya, was ousted in a 2009 u. S. Backed coup. He now heads the opposition libre party, part of the coalition, alliance against the dictatorship. So democracy here. We are suffering repression. People are being persecuted. Is no duethere process. There is nothing. , thenthe coup detat changed all of the laws. Amy president zelaya in a democracy now exclusive. Then, the dangerous case of donald trump psychiatrists and Mental Health experts assess a president. We will speak with forensic lee,iatrist dr. Brandy organizer of the yale duty to warn conference. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In california, nearly 200,000 people have been force
Johnson and jackson mayor Chokwe Lumumba. And in california, nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated from their homes amidst the fifth worst fire fueled by climate change. The fatal blazes are now the fifth largest in california history. There was an awful lot of smoke that came along with the fires. At one point on my property, when the fires got to a very dry area, and sounded like water going over niagara falls. Int is the sound of the fire a particular area. Amy but many farms in the area have stayed open. We will go to california to talk about the fires and the farm workers, some of whom have been forced to continue working despite hazardous air quality. All that and more, coming up. In alabama, Democrat Doug Jones and republican roy moore are locked in a tight and increasingly controversial race to fill the Alabama Senate seat left vacant by attorney general jeff sessions. Polling shows the two candidates are neck in neck ahead of tuesdays special election, despite moore being
Ever, well get a first look at the road to the future a this weekends premiere auto show in detroit. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Outrage grows over the president S Immigration remarks. His comments have become a major distraction for this administration which is in the midst of delegate negotiations. First thing that came to my mind, very unhelpful. Keeping a Nuclear Deal Alive for at least another several months. The president received his First Physical while in office and the white house doctor said the president is in excellent health. Oh, my god. Treacherous weather is sweeping across the country. Snow, ice, and rain expected through the weekend from the Mississippi Valley through new england. The side roads are solid ice. The death toll up to 18. You never give up hope. A passenger called 911 to report a man with a gun. A florida man has claimed the fourth largest mega pot in history and hes just 20. And all that matters s
Goods and people from the north to south. The emmett till case is highlighted. Prof. Frazier good afternoon. Welcome back. Thank you for paying attention to the emails that i sent out. They were reminders about your papers. We are fortunate to have this collection of newspapers. Be sure to use those. Just because it is a black paper in the south, it does not count for your Southern Majority paper. Remember that. Please Pay Attention to the of that coming out. The gospel choir concert is april 23rd. That can count as a cultural immersion activity. You can consider that one, and remember to ask me about the ones you have in mind. You did a lot of good work over spring break and answering your questions. We will talk about that today and talk about emmett till. I want to back up to where we were before spring break. We were talking about the world and vibrance created. We know the great migration happens around world war i. We talk about all the ways that we can learn about the world and
Look at the history of racial profiling in Waller County, where she died, and Police Relations with the Africanamerican Community there. Well speak with judge dewayne charleston, who served as the first africanamerican justice of peace in Waller County and is calling for the local sheriff to resign. Sandra died in sheriff bland smiths custody and control. Yall digest that. Think on that. Sleep on that. And pray on that. He needs to go. Amy all that and more coming up. Amy welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman n. Yemen, at least 130 people are dead after saudiled air strikes pummeled a residential neighborhood in the western port city of mohka late friday. The strikes at a housing complex for power plant workers flattening building that is spread throughout the neighborhood and burned alive women, children, and the elderly. A resident described the onslaught. There were continuous air strikes without any breaks, and we have no military men,