Protesters in hong kong to the chinese leaders. Well start with the latest developments on the battle against the Group Calling its a isil, the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. All of these red points are points isil does control. It is crucial to cut off the groups supply lines and their ability to travel. Kurdish forces have recaptured the area of bashir. Have a look at the latest pictures from the turkish side of the border. Kobani is in the distance. Kurder fighters say they are strengthening their forces and have lay booby traps if they try to leave the town. Two targets were hit in northwestern iraq, a heavy weapons post and an armored vehicle. And then we have turkey as well, which is gearing up to get involved militarily. Taking up their positions on the hills overlooking kobani. They are likely to approve operations in the coming days. So a lot going on. Were going to tie it in with Bernard Smith first of all on the turkey Syrian Border there. Lets talk about what has bee
Stage mass sick out and students have walked out of classes. Then to Rikers Island prison in new york. The adolescence in rikers are walled off from the public. Theyre not walled off from the constitution. Indeed, most of these young men are pretrial detainees, presumed innocent until proven guilty. We will look at how a 16yearold High School Sophomore from the bronx ended up spending nearly three years locked up at Rikers Island after he was falsely accused of stealing a backpack. Even though he was never convicted, the team spent nearly 800 days that is about two years and solitary confinement. And we will look at how one county in mississippi is being sued for holding prisoners for nearly a year without formal charge or access to an attorney. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Led Bombing Campaign in iraq and syria has seen its biggest day so far with british warplanes joining the attack. At
Teaching about civil disobedience students and , teachers respond with acts of civil disobedience of their own. Classes have been canceled twice in Jefferson County as teachers stage mass sick out and students have walked out of classes. Then to Rikers Island prison in new york. The adolescence in rikers are walled off from the public. Theyre not walled off from the constitution. Indeed, most of these young men are pretrial detainees, presumed innocent until proven guilty. We will look at how a 16yearold High School Sophomore from the bronx ended up spending nearly three years locked up at Rikers Island after he was falsely accused of stealing a backpack. Even though he was never convicted, the team spent nearly 800 days that is about two years and solitary confinement. And we will look at how one county in mississippi is being sued for holding prisoners for nearly a year without formal charge or access to an attorney. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracyno
But this is for the four or five of you that are a little bit younger than the rest of us. Im over half a century old. Ready, here we go this one is for you. It seems today that all you see is violence in movies and sex on tv. I started us on to the superman tv show and i started with the theme to the Gilligans Island show and the theme to the family guy tv show and none of you had to go to a website, read a program, look it up because you had seen them hundreds if not thousands of times. You have taken them into your brain in a way that you dont take things and when you get a pamphlet. You believe it. Because you believe it it goes into a deep part of your brain. So, if you are one of those people that can look up at the sky its a bird plain because the superman got into your heart and anything associated about into your heart as well because it is america. It was a positive view of america, it is of a god that lives on earth and is limited in power and is only inhibited by his own mo
Because for many people,especially in the district i represent, one of the poorest the North Carolina, one that has high unemployment rates, that this is a godsend for a lot of people who thousands of people as a matter that who have never had coverage, who never had opportunity to go to a doctor. And i think Preventive Care is going to be the key to oppose do the things that we need to do for our population. So im looking forward to this discussion into the dialogue tonight because this is something thats very dear to me. And ill just say that i grew up with a mother who is now 89 in another month she will be 90 but i did note that i didnt have health care. I had assister who is very ill with sickle cell anemia. We got our health care from the emergency room. And so for a lot of people like my family even today, dont have an opportunity to see a doctor and he would need to see a doctor this will help us i think in the long run in terms of making sure that we do have a society that is