Gun violence spreads fear and Death Threats over easter. Us. Does a new Supreme Court ruling mean the end of affirmative action. Crushing numbers for the middle class has the u. S. Trailing other nations. Shakespeare turns 450 on wednesday how Many Americans owe their names to birthday. Im antonio mora. Welcome to consider this, here is more of what is ahead. Stop the killing. Chicago. Gunshots. Related. Why shoot enjoyment children. It certainly is a wake up call that we have a lot of work to do. The american middle class is no longer the richest. The game is rigged to work power. We need an economy where it grows from the middle class out, chance. President obama leaves for a weeklong trip to asia. We believe prosperity in asia is tied to the growth in this region. That many are concerned the United States will not be there when the United States knocks on the door. China is the elephant in the room on this trip. We begin with an explosion of violence in chicago. Nine killed and 36 o
Is more of what is ahead. Stop the killing. Chicago. Gunshots. Related. Why shoot enjoyment children. It certainly is a wake up call that we have a lot of work to do. The american middle class is no longer the richest. The game is rigged to work power. We need an economy where it grows from the middle class out, chance. President obama leaves for a weeklong trip to asia. We believe prosperity in asia is tied to the growth in this region. That many are concerned the United States will not be there when the United States knocks on the door. China is the elephant in the room on this trip. We begin with an explosion of violence in chicago. Nine killed and 36 others, including children shot and wounded over the weekend. Five of the injured were between the ages of 11 and 15, playing in a park next to an elementary school. The weekend before easter 37 people were shot, four fatally. The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board on tuesday arrived if chicago was helpless. The department of justice move
How the crbs town is trying to turn itself around. A top cop says hes seeing results. And we begin with a crisis in ukraine and developments tonight on several fronts. President obama has spoken by phone again with russian president vladimir putin. The two leaders talked just days after a russian fighter jet buzzed the u. S. S. Donald cook. The pentagon called the move provocative. Mike viqueria has more. The diametrically opposed accounts, between president obama and n presiden president. The crisis has heightened again, after ununseen incidents in Eastern Ukraine by provocateurs. President obama spoke with russian president putin today, the president expressed grave concern about the actions of armed prorussian separatists. The White House Senior Administration potential at the white house calling these talks frank and direct, which is diplomatic speak for, it did not go very well at all. Lays the blame on the unrest in Eastern Ukraine squarely in the hands of the government in kiev.
Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. With less than three eks unti election day, polls show divided cturamg religious voters, especially catholics, who have been almost evenly split between president obama and governor romney. On thursday, both candidates attended the annual Al Smith Charity Dinner sponsored by the catholic archdiocese of new york. At the usually lighthearted event, both men made jokes at their own expense, but obama ended on a serious note its written in scripture that tribulation produces perseverance. And perseverance, character. And character, hope. This week, the u. S. Catholic bishops have been urging special prayers for religious liberty. At a mass to open the rosary novena for life and liberty, archbishop william lori said catholics must bring their beliefs to the public square. Religion came up briefly at the president ial debate tuesday, when mitt romney made a rare reference to his mormon faith. And i believe were all children of the same
He has just returned from four months in turkey. We will also talk with him about the battle for the Syrian Border the kurdsbani between and fighters from the Islamic State. Then pennsylvanias republican governor tom corbett is set to sign into law a bill critics say will trample the free speech rights of prisoners like Mumia Abu Jamal. I welcome the governors signature on an unconstitutional bill that proves the government of pennsylvania, the executive and the legislature, dont give one whit about their own constitution of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, nor the United States constitution. I welcome that because it proves that they are the outlaws. We will hear Mumia Abu Jamal in prison. Will this be one of the last times we will hear his voice from the jail . All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Cuba is sending 91 additional medical staff to west africa to help combat a record outbreak of ebola. The tea