She was facing 60 years in prison for killing her abusive ex partner. He had choked her, broke into her apartment, and sent threatening messages while she had an order of protection against him. Today in a democracy now exclusive, Cherelle Baldwin joins us in the studio after almost three years in prison on a 1 million bond awaiting trtrial. We will also speak with her mother and her attorney. Been to yemen. Then to yemen. Huhundreds of ththousands of yes took to the streets to protest the First Anniversary of the u. S. Backed, saudiled offensive. The protest were said to be the largest since 2011 force of resignation of the president. On yemenis from all different sects came out in the masses, to show the w world that the e yemi peop c can never bee shaken nor defeated. Amy since the u. S. Backed, saudiled interventionon began last march, more than 6000 people have been killed in yemen, about half of them civilians. Unicef says neararly 10 million children are in dire need of humanita
This is his target. Sharif left me alone in his truck. When he did that, there was a letter sitting on the dashboard from the law office. I snapped a picture of it because i knew he was fbi. I wanted to know who this guy was. His real name is saeed torres. Amy khalifah alakili from a white muslim convert in pittsburgh, about to have a News Conference with his lawyer sang he was being set up when he was arrested by the fbi. Ultimately he was sentenced to eight years in jail on nonterrorism charges. Today, we look at the film t error that is with a t with current the seas around it. We take you on the journey of the fbi informant as well as all of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Hundreds of people are believed to be dead in what may be the deadliest migrant disaster ever in the mediterranean sea. As many as 700 people perished after the boat capsized after departing from libya. Only 28 people were rescued. T
Bright light on the fbis shadowy use of informants in its controversial counterterrorism sting operations. You just heard the fbi informant saeed torres, aka sharif. This is his target. Sharif left me alone in his truck. When he did that, there was a letter sitting on the dashboard from the law office. I snapped a picture of it because i knew he was fbi. I wanted to know who this guy was. His real name is saeed torres. Amy khalifah alakili from a white muslim convert in pittsburgh, about to have a News Conference with his lawyer saying he was being set up when he was arrested by the fbi. Ultimately he was sentenced to eight years in jail on nonterrorism charges. Today, we look at the film t error that is with a t with current the seas around it. We take you on the journey of the fbi informant as well as all of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Hundreds of people are believed to be dead in what may be the dea
It is not yet available today, mr. Chairman, we do have industry and government involvement on developing those standards. Because we have to develop a standard in order to implement that technology into the network. Well, if you could have heard all of the hearings that we have had, and just to complicate matters, a lot of them dont originate in this country. They are from a foreign country, and that means youve got to work with another government in order to get them to cooperate to go after the guys. So that makes it doubly difficult and longer and longer and, therefore, the development of technology that will help someone identify a number of them who gets spoofed, that would be extremely helpful in the protection of senior citizens, indeed, protection of customers. Because of the vote that is now occurring, i want to say that i want to bring to the table retailers who offer the services to send money, such as western union, moneygram, and the various cards. Were going to have a fu
Geneva, three prorussian protesters are killed by Ukrainian Security forces in the eastern part of ukraine. As nato builds up its forces in the region and Vladimir Putin asserts the right to use force in ukraine, are we sing a new cold war . We will speak with professor stephen cohen. Then, fixing the Electoral College. We have no more battleground states, no more spectator states. National real election, which in the whole history of this country, we have never, ever had. Omentum for National Popular vote grows as new York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the compact toward its electoral votes to the president ial candidate who receives the majority of the popular vote. We will speak with new yorker writer hendrik hertzberg. The new details emerge about the key role of the air force in the cias secret overseas drone war. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Ukraine are slated to hold the first direct talks tod