Tried to beat the train through a rail crossing. A local newspaper reports the bus may have been carrying 60 people but it only had seating for 40. The long time governor of oregon john kitts hash announcedkittskitzha bfertionersays he is stepping down. John terret is has the story. Persistent allegations much criminal wrongdoing. Im announcing today that i will resign as the governor of the straight of oregon. After a week of will he or wont he, four time governor John Kitzhaber announced his resignation. Contracts sylvia hayes good garnered in miss last term. Allegations that his fiancee used their relationship to win state contracts for their Clean Energy Consulting business and failed to report tens of thousands of dollars in income. That investigation has led to revelations of other scandals involving hayes who has sometimes called herself oregons first lady. Hayes has admitted to buying a house in 19 never to grow marijuana. Marrying an undocumented immigrant so he could stay in
Open internet. We will speak with professor tim wu, credited with coining the phrase Net Neutrality. Then to the cultural destruction of iraq. The proper orders to get rid of statues and relics, companions to the same. A new video posted by the Islamic State shows men some using sledgehammers and drills destroying ancient artifacts at a museum in mosul. We will speak to an art and archaeology professor who has spent years trying to preserve iraqs Cultural Heritage. We will also hear why Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott walker has compared isis to the unions of wisconsin. If i could take on 100,000 protesters, i can do the same around the world. And we will go to pasco washington, to look at the Police Killing of Antonio Zambranomontes. Cell phone video shows zambrano, who was unarmed, turning to face police and raising his hands before he was shot. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The federal Commun
Commissions votes to preserve an open internet. We will speak with professor tim wu, credited with coining the phrase Net Neutrality. Then to the cultural destruction of iraq. The proper orders to get rid of statues and relics, companions to the same. A new video posted by the Islamic State shows men some using sledgehammers and drills destroying ancient artifacts at a museum in mosul. We will speak to an art and archaeology professor who has spent years trying to preserve iraqs Cultural Heritage. We will also hear why Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott walker has compared isis to the unions of wisconsin. If i could take on 100,000 protesters, i can do the same around the world. And we will go to pasco washington, to look at the Police Killing of Antonio Zambranomontes. Cell phone video shows zambrano, who was unarmed, turning to face police and raising his hands before he was shot. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. I
He had a close friendship but he did nothing wrong. Listen to what he had to say. Let me be very clear. Very clear. I have always conducted myself appropriately and in accordance with the law. Every action that i and my office have taken for the last 23 years that i have been privileged to be in the United States congress has been based on pursuing the best policies for the people of new jersey and of the entire country. Now, i should say that the senator didnt take any questions, anderson because he said he couldnt answer because it is an ongoing inquiry. The corruption charges. Theyve been brewing for years though havent they . For years. Thats part of what evan perez got from his sources that were learning about this now. Some of them are running up against the statute of limitations and thats why he was told that this was going to potentially come in a matter of weeks but it is actually interesting when you look at the timing. Senator menendez has been in the news big time lately b
Or shortterm spending bill and that is why over here at the white house theyre sort of bystanders to all of this and the White House Press secretary josh earnest is waiting for republicans to get this done. Republicans made an aggressive case over the course of last year about why the American People should entrust United States congress to Republican Leadership and here we are, seven or eight weeks into their tenure and theyre on the precipice of fall down on the job. Particularly when thats notable when were talking about something as important as funding the department of Homeland Security. You know whos not a fan of a threeweek spending bill for the department of Homeland Security that would be the secretary of dhs, jeh johnson. He said a shortterm continuing resolution exacerbates the uncertainty for my workforce and puts us back in the same position on the brink of a shutdown just days from now. As hes saying in that letter they would have to come back and do this all over again