Number is rising every year. And rock n roll legend john oats. The u. S. Backed the government in yemen. Now washington is watching it crumble driven out of power. The country is in chaos on the verge of civil war. Fears that are amplified by the growing threat of al qaeda. More from stephanie sy. Hundreds of protestsors in the southern at this city of taes are calling for reform. Translator we demand president hadi go back and do not succumb tofully group. Reporter rebels are now in complete control of sanaa after storming government buildings on monday. Parliament and president ial buildings are surrounded. The parliament, president and intelligence chief under house arrest. Houthi leaders were allegedly targeted in two boaments bombings today. The u. N. Special envoy tried to bring the factions together on thursday, the u. N. Had brokered a deal after houthis took control of large parts of the capital. Other than what you agreed upon through outcomes of the ndc and the peace and Nat
Causes earthquakes. This is al Jazeera America. Im Randall Pinkston in for john siegenthaler. Ohio has halted executions for death row inmates. Trying to find drugs for lethal injections. Paul beban is here now with more. Paul. Right randall. Ohios move comes not on the heels of that Supreme Court order, but on the heels of botched executions, all of them involved problems with lethal newinjection drugs. When ohio used a two drug combination last january witnesses say a death row inmate took too lock to die. Clayton locketts drugs went not into a vein. And joseph wood took nearly two hours to die. Witnesses say he gasped for air nearly 600 times looking like a fish out of water. American support for the Death Penalty falls and states struggle to find drugs needed for lethal injections. Clamping down more and more on the uses of their products which are supposed to be therapeutic in a means that are supposed to kill and that has caused supply problems. Polls shoafs more than show more t
City. Bridging the divide. Friends sharp pork on the u. S. Mexico border where family members torn apart by immigration can be facetoface. We begin with breaking news out of an atlanta suburb. Police say at least five people have been killed in a shooting in douglasville, that is just west of atlanta. Reports say several of the victims are children. In all, seven people have been shot. The alleged gunman was also injured. He is in the hospital. The motive for the shooting is not clear right now. But well continue to get updates for you throughout the newscast and bring you that information, so do keep it here. Also tonight, Vice President biden and german chancellor Angela Merkel both blasted Vladimir Putin taye. Merkel saying he shows disrespect to the Peace Process. Edbiden, its last time for paout en to an or a ceasefire. The comments were made this morning. This crisis in ukraine has been the topic at this years summit. Angela merkel telling the top diplomats security in europe is
Chief of staff to secretary of state colin powell. But first, do no harm . We will look at the central role the Health Professionals played in the cia torture program. Ddid doctors violate the nuremberg code banning human experimentation . Then to the 25th anniversary of the u. S. Invasion of panama. Clear this invasion was illegal. It is not debatable. The goals of the United States have been a safeguard the lives of americans, to defend democracy in panama. How in the world do restore that which has never existed . Panama customer been a democracy since we created panama for own purposes in 1903. Thiss did was go down american control and dominance in panama. We will speak with former panamanian diplomat Humberto Brown and latin american historian greg grandin. His latest piece, how the iraq war began in panama. And colonel wilkerson. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. New york city mayor bill de blasio
The country. We will go to manila for the latest. We will speak with Philippines Climate change commissioner yeb sano who rocked do and Climate Summit in warsaw and doha. As we speak, theres widespread devastation. The munication lines are down, power lines are down, and hundreds are missing. Hundreds are buried behind mud and debris. Then, to nigeria, where satellite images of towns attacked by boko haram show widespread destruction, and are feared dead. It was nine months ago that the bringourgirlshome drew the worlds attention to boko harams abduction of some 270 schoolgirls, most of whom remain unaccounted for, though some have escaped and described their ordeal. When i returned home after might escape, people would tell me not to dwell on my experiences. My dreams are filled with regret for announcing a religion instead of enduring the abuse of the insurgents. Well host a roundtable discussion on boko haram in nigeria with Amnesty Internationals adotei akwei Human Rights Watch ron