One of the two People Killed in the London Bridge attack was a Cambridge University graduate who had been working to help rehabilitate offenders. Jack merritt was killed by usman khan at a seminar hed help to organise for students and former criminals. 25 years old and with the sense of adventure, jack merritt had a masters from Cambridge University. His father said today he was a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. Yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisoner at a conference that hed helped organise. His killer was taken on by people from the same conference, including otherformer prisoners and by a passing policeman in civilian clothes, before being shot dead by firearms officers. The attacker, usman khan, was automatically released from prison last december, half way through a 16 year sentence for plotting to bomb the london stock exchange. 11 years ago he told the bbc he was no terrorist. I have been born and bred in england, i
Thousands, if not tens or hundreds of thousands of climate activists from the around the country are converging in washington, d. C. , for the peoples climate march on saturday. Trump has already begun dismantling president obamas , legacy and revived the keystone xl and Dakota Access pipelines. He has also put Climate Change deniers in charge of several key agencies, including the Environmental Protection agency and threatened to pull the u. S. Out of the paris, the court. All this as scientists have confirmed 2016 was the warmest year on record. We will speak with 350. Org founder bill mckiobben. Physics is our enemy and it poses a different dish difficult time wit time limit. We have to have to work around trump one degree or another. Amy all of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The state of arkansas on thursday carried out its fourth execution in eight days, injecting 38yearold Kenneth Williams with a t
Is this a form of tax reform or class warfare . Wewe will look at the winners ad losers of trumps tax plan, which was unveiled yesterday by two former executives of Goldman Sachs. In burlington, vermont, we speak to vermont first andnd today ony feel governor madeleine may kunin. Womens issues like child care, equal p pay foror eagle w, paidid family and medical l lea those are gut issues for women because we have lived them. So the world still looks different through the eyes of a woman. Amy plus, we go to denver, colorado, where ice agents have detained a mexican immigrant who once sought sanctuary in a church, but left after being told he was no longer a priority for deportation. But now the Trump Administration says there are no priorities. Coming to the United States to work in the future for the families. We are not amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The white house on wednesday outlined a tax
Is this a form of tax reform or class warfare . Wewe will look at the winners ad losers of trumps tax plan, which was unveiled yesterday by two former executives of Goldman Sachs. In burlington, vermont, we speak to vermont first andnd today ony feel governor madeleine may kunin. Womens issues like child care, equal p pay foror eagle w, paidid family and medical l lea those are gut issues for women because we have lived them. So the world still looks different through the eyes of a woman. Amy plus, we go to denver, colorado, where ice agents have detained a mexican immigrant who once sought sanctuary in a church, but left after being told he was no longer a priority for deportation. But now the Trump Administration says there are no priorities. Coming to the United States to work in the future for the families. We are not amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The white house on wednesday outlined a tax
Then we look at the crisis in venezuela as pope francis calls for dialogue between the maduro government and Opposition Leaders. I would like to assure this nation they are in my prayers and express my closeness to the families who have lost their children. I appeal for an end to the violence and a peaceful and democratic solution to the crisis. Amy we will host a debate on the crisis in venezuela. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Scientists are warning that the earths sixth mass extinction is already underway. In a new study published in the journal proceedings of the National Academy of sciences, the researchers said billions of populations of animals have disappeared from the earth amid what they called a biological annihilation. They said the findings were worse than previously thought. The Scientists Say the main causes of the mass extinction of wildlife is human overpopulation and overconsumption