In the landmark trial of the former leader of chad. Firste habre is the leader to be tried by another african nation over abuses of human rights. Also, one of chinas richest men opens a theme park he is hoping will rival disneyland. We will have the details in our business update. And the man known as the human arrow makes a deathdefying jump over the great wall of china. That and more on the way. First, our top stories. Genie the city of fallujah in iraq is one of just two urban centers still held by the icelandic state group. Iraqi by the Islamic State group. Iraqi troops have surrounded fallujah for a week and they have just begun with what they say is a final push into the city center. If the mission succeeds, it would take fallujah back from the Islamic State group for the first time in over two years. Our correspondent has the details. It is a battle for fallujah. This video, taken by the iraqi army, appears to show Government Troops and shiite militias just outside the city, whe
Arose duriring a systems test of reactor 4 at chernobyl power station. The shift supervisor attempted an emergency shutdown but it went wrong. The result a meltdown and the reactor exploded. Several thousand tons of Radioactive Material were released into the atmosphere, contaminating 150,000 square kilometers of laland around chernobyl. Over t the following d days, a radioactivive cloud spreread ovr almost all of europe. Its not clear how many people suffered illness or died as a result of the catastrophe. The World Health Organization has predicted that 4,000 people will die of radiation exposure and cancer due to the accident. Other predictions are far higher, ranging between 60,000 and 1. 4 millllion deaths. The exclusion area around the power ststation is a also knowns the dead zone. But today, there are people who actutually want toto live there. Reporter it looks like a dilapidated soviet museum with an amusement park. The dormitory town of pripipyat was s where most chernobyl e
Average of the three. European markets this morning, lets take a look. We are in the whoa. Gave us a few more there. Look at that. They added italy and spain. Getting a little creative there in the old production booth. Thanks, guys. Always wanted to know whats going on there. But the three we look at are all down and there is the 10year note yield at 1. 52. Crude hanging there above 42. It has for the last few days as you also see brent. Lets get to our road map this morning. And it starts with the earnings out from yesterday from disney, which topped estimates, making a billion dollar streaming bet as well. We will take a look at the companys video plan and hear what ceo bob igor has up his sleeve. Major Retail Stocks on the move after earnings. How the retailers are handling the pressure that keeps up in that industry. And Michael Phelps making history last night. We will go live to rio and get carl to bring us up to date on all the latest action, including that amazing and very clo
After results from the box office. Signing on with a deco. The numbers are crossing right now and we have the revenue. The net income is 190 million 184 million and they are maintaining the guidance. The last time we spoke to the we had this again today and we are joined here and this is in just a few moments. About something going on in the markets. This is the bond yields and it went down again. There are 10 year Government Bonds and the bank of england hit a speed bump. And thed is Building Bank of england has one third of the Government Bond market. They are one of the best performing bond markets in the topicand this is a tough down there and there is talk of votedhment and the senate in favor of the impeachment trial. Is a cracking reward and it is one of the best performing currencies and new york is opening later and how high will this go . And this is not even 5050. Opinion, it their is at a rich level and there will be three and i. The dollar weakened for a second. 5 of thear
Running mate longtime human rights activist ajamu baraka. Ten p was to bring something ve dferom the traditional parties. We want to engage the mac and people in an honest conversation about democracy, power, and the electoral process. Amy plus we will go to north dakota where the Standing Rock sioux tribe is leading a weeklong protest against the Dakota Access pipeline. We will speak with the former green eyes president ial nominee Winona Laduke. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The American Red Cross is calling this weeks flooding in louisiana the worst disaster in the u. S. Since Hurricane Sandy in 2012. At least 13 people were killed after historic rainfall submerged parts of baton rouge and the surrounding area. State Officials Say the destruction may result in the worst housing crisis in the region since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The federal government has declared the area a disaster zone an