Speak with a 13 year old who saw ice officials detain her father as he was taking her to school. And then we look at the mystery behind russias role in the 2016 u. S. President ial election. The president of the United States is accusing the former president of wiretapping him. I think this is something if this happened if, if. Trump accusesent president obama of wiretapping him, the fbi director james comey takes the unusual to have of asking the Justice Department to refute trumps unsubstantiated claim. We will have a debate. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Fbi director james comey is asking the justicece departmento publicly refute President Trumps unsubstantiated claims that former president obama ordered trumps phones be wiretapped during the 2016 president ial campaign. Fbi director james comey president obama, and others have , all rejected trumps allegations, which he first made during a tweet
One, two, three, four. Reporter game is still days away but final four excitement is a a approaching fever pitch at villanova university. The Mens Basketball Team leaves campus today. Go wildcats. Reporter the pep band, cheerleaders and wildcats wont be far behind. After being here for four years it is so nice to see them like make it this far. Reporter this group has had the best seats in the house throughout march madness. This has been like the most unbelievable past few weeks of my life. Reporter this weekend there will be fans court side and former villanova basketball players will be in the crowd. Were proud of this group. Reporter steve opinion behindone is hoping they make it past oklahoma sooners and goes all the way like his team did in 1985. The biggest different is we went in as an under dog playing georgetown this group is as talented as any team left in the field. Reporter if you want to look good for the game you have to act fast. These villanova final four tshirts are c
Live france. The four jews gunned down in a supermarket. Well take you live to jerusalem. In other news incredible reversal of fortune for Hosni Mubarak. He may be releaseed from detention after a Court Overturns a ruling. How the aircraft manufacturers are tapping the problem of finding black boxes. We heard indonesian officials recovered the black box. Now, airbus says they will fit their jets with ejectable floating black boxes. Stay tuned as we look at locating them on crashed aircraft. Welcome to gmt, its 1 00 in france and 2 00 p. M. In israel where moreial services have been held for victims in the shootings in france. In paris, president hollande honored the three Police Officers killed by islamist militants. The three, one black, one white and one arab represented the diversity of paris. Meanwhile, the four jewish if i gets killed in a kosher supermarket had been laid to rest. Families asked for them to be buried in israel. Lets take you to our correspondents who have been wat
In a general election, we speak exclusive to the Democracy Campaign campaigner. Special Prayer Services and memorials have been taking place across Southeast Asia to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the indian ocean tsunami. In Southern Thailand, relatives of japanese victims place the flowers at the memorial and remembrance wall. Many westerners on holiday also lost their lives in december 2004. Their families and friends placed wreaths on the sands and threw flowers in the water. Thai relatives createded ed d a memorial with photos their lost ones. We go to the thai resort of khao lak. Reporter welcome to Southern Thailand where here the Memorial Service that has been taking place for the last hour and a half is drawing to a close. You may be able to make out behind me an illuminated giant police boat, which is very much a symbol of the tragedy that befell this region ten years ago. It was picked up and tossed about a mile inland by that giant tsunami wave. It weighs several mont
The ntsb will essentially develop three teams to first look at exactly what happened at that moment how did the train operator and equipment respond and what was the communication. Secondly what was the emergency response. Why did so many people get hurt and why did that woman have to die and finally what exactly caused that arcing. A tragic malfunction that filled a downtown station with smoke and gripped the city with concern and fear. One woman died and dozens of commuters were sent to hospital. Some with serious injuries. The National Transportation safety board is already probing today investigating the rush hour accident. The first fatality on washingtons metro system since 2009. Further examining equipment. Interviewing various folks who were involved in one way or another in the incident. Ntsb investigators say an electrical arcing involving the third rail led the train to abruptly stop in a tunnel and quickly fill with smoke. Even though the cause is unknown, we are told there