Stake in todays meeting from military deals to immimigration. Then we go to jackson, mississippi. In jackson,ens mississippi, impacts each and every one of us. And so we have to make the decision that we are going to start controlling the way electoral politics proceeds. And so we have made the decision that we are going to be the most radical city on the planet. Amy we will speak to the mayor elect of jackson, mississippi, Chokwe Lumumba. He was just elected to fill the post once held by his father who was dubbed americas most revolutionary mayor before his death in 2014. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On capitol hill, opposition to the Republican Health care bill is growing as an increasing number of republican senators come out against their partys plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. The bill is facing criticism both from republicans who say the bill includes too many cuts to medic
In jackson,ens mississippi, impacts each and every one of us. And so we have to make the decision that we are going to start controlling the way electoral politics proceeds. And so we have made the decision that we are going to be the most radical city on the planet. Amy we will speak to the mayor elect of jackson, mississippi, Chokwe Lumumba. He was just elected to fill the post once held by his father who was dubbed americas most revolutionary mayor before his death in 2014. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On capitol hill, opposition to the Republican Health care bill is growing as an increasing number of republican senators come out against their partys plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. The bill is facing criticism both from republicans who say the bill includes too many cuts to medicaid, as well as from those who say it doesnt go far enough to gut the Affordable Care act. So far,
Stake in todays meeting from military deals to immimigration. Then we go to jackson, mississippi. In jackson,ens mississippi, impacts each and every one of us. And so we have to make the decision that we are going to start controlling the way electoral politics proceeds. And so we have made the decision that we are going to be the most radical city on the planet. Amy we will speak to the mayor elect of jackson, mississippi, Chokwe Lumumba. He was just elected to fill the post once held by his father who was dubbed americas most revolutionary mayor before his death in 2014. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On capitol hill, opposition to the Republican Health care bill is growing as an increasing number of republican senators come out against their partys plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. The bill is facing criticism both from republicans who say the bill includes too many cuts to medic
The dup leader, Arlene Foster says talks with sinn fein on forming a new Power Sharing Executive have failed. Sinn fein blamed theresa may and her deal with the dup. Sinn fein blamed theresa may and her dealwith the dup. It is sinn fein blamed theresa may and her deal with the dup. It is a consequence, as we all know, of the dup supporting the Prime Minister, and in turn, the Prime Minister supporting the dup. And the seven time champion Roger Federer is the Star Attraction at wimbledon. He is through to the second round after his opponent retired with an injury. Our top story this evening north korea says it has successfully tested a long range Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. If true, it could have the range to reach the us mainland. An announcement on north Korean State Television said the missile had flown nearly 600 miles, before hitting a target in the sea. The claims havent been verified but come just before the 620 leaders are due to discuss north koreas weapons programme. 0
Today. It has finally happened, donald trump and Vladimir Putin have met for the first time, shaking hands at the 620 summit in hamburg. Donald trump called it an honour, the russian president said he was delighted to discuss things personally. In the last few hours we have heard that they agreed a ceasefire in south western syria, which will come an effect on sunday. But a discussion on Russian Meddling in us elections last year is reported to be robust. The bbcs North American editorjon sopel reports. Its hard to overstate the significance of this meeting, this handshake. Two men with Nuclear Arsenals who could blow the world to pieces. Two self proclaimed tough guys who like to win. But today at their first face to face meeting, they were the epitome of restraint and respect. Thank you very much, we appreciate it. President putin and i have been discussing various things and i think its going very well. Weve had some very, very good talks. We are going to talk now and that will cont