And syria. We will go to nice for the latest. Then to the debt crisis in pupuerto rico. People of puerto rico need to know they are not forgotten, that they are part of the american familily, and Congress Plus responsiveness, even though this is not a perfect bill, at least moves us in the right direction. Amy while president obama vows to help the puerto rican people, a stunning new report has just beenen released d showing hohowh of t the debt owowed by puererto is not a actually momoney that e island borrowed, but instead interest owed to wall street firms including goldmaman sachs, citigroup, Merrill Lynch, and morgan stanley. In some cases, puerto rico is being paid forced to pay up to 1000 interest. Then we willll speak to the dishwasher at Yale University who was arrested after breaking a stainedglass window depicting enslaved africans carrying cotton. We will also speak to professor Craig Steven Wilder a author of , the book, ebony ivy race, slavery, and the troubled history of
Sunday just over week after five , officers are killed in dallas and less than two weeks after Baton Rouge Police shot dead alton sterling, a killing that sparked protests across the country. We will go to baton rouge for the latest. We will also speak with cornel west about baton rouge, black lives matter, and why he is supporting the green Party President ial candidate dr. Jill stein. Trump is adonald neoliberal disaster and Hillary Clinton is a neoliberal disaster. A refuse to support any candidate who has militaristic policies abroad that could lead to war. Amy and we will go to turkey were close to 300 people were killed and around 1400 wounded in a failed military coup. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from cleveland, ohio. In baton rouge, louisiana former , a marine killed three Police Officers. The shooting began just before 9 00 a. M. On sunday at a gas station on the citys
Democratic residential nomination, becoming the first woman to head the ticket of a major party in u. S. History. She reached the milestone after her rival senator Bernie Sanders moved to give her the partys nomination. Moments after sanders spoke hundreds of his delegagates wald , out of the convention. It was an entirely organic, grassroots, nonhierarchical effort among a group of delegas who were hearing increasingly deep concerns from constituents that their voices were not going to be heard at the convention and a feeling of moral obligation to do what we could to represent them as they would want us to. Amy we will also hear from the mothers of the movement the parents of africanamericans whosose deaths spurred the black lives matter movement. Afraidary clinton isnt to say that black lives matatte. To sit at araid table with grieving mothers and bear the full force of our english. Anguish. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, witithcynow. Org, breaking coco
Final in paris. First britain will have a new Prime Minister by wednesday. The current interior minister will take the top job this week after her rival for the conservative Party Leadership dropped out of the race this morning. Prime minister David Cameron has announced he was stepping aside. She will begin in the keys within days. She is now taxed with extricating the country from the eu, despite endorsing the voter remain in last months referendum. We are going to make a success of it. We need to unite our country. It was a case of limited support within the tory party. She is ideally placed to implement brags it on the best possible terms for the british people. After losing for the referendum to provide the leadership our country will need in the years ahead and she will have my full support. Obviously with these changes we dont need to have a prolonged period. The conservative leader announced he would be bowing out wednesday in a transition. He breathed more than just a sigh of
Phone, and seized the store Security Camera footage without a warrant. He wilill join us today along wh an atlanta man who says he too has been targeted by police after posting the alton sterling video online. Chris leday says Police Detained at a u. S. Air force base and let him away in shackles. Then to new york where two years ago this week eric garner died in Staten Island after officers wrestled him to the ground, pinned him down, and applied a fatal chokehold. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. B backup. Amy the man who filmed the Police Killing of eric garner, ramsey orta, is now heading to jail for four years on unrelated charges making him the only person at the scene of garners killing who will serve jail time. We will speak to garners daughter erica and Rolling Stone reporter matt taibbi. We will also talk about Bernie Sanders endorsement of Hillary Clinton. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to fromom pacifica,