Palate, ballot, jill stein. We wilill speak with green Party President ial candidate jill stein. Then new York Governor Andrew Cuomo signs a sweeping antibds executive order. If you boycott against israel, new york will call you. Amy we will host a debate. And then as outcry grows over the stanford rape case we will , look at the Hunting Ground, the groundbreaking documentary about Sexual Assault on college campuses. I went toto the dean of students officice andnd said, it want to make sure above all else that you dont talk to anyone about this. It could bead for everyone if people started rallying. H he is a predator and he is dangerous and that is exactly whatat i want. Amy we wilill speaeak to the filmmaker and a Sexual Assault victim featured in the film. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. More than 22 people have been killed and 70 wounded in two separate bombings around the iraqaqi capital baghdad.
Before the South Carolina primary. Also Campaign Finance is a key components of democrat Bernie Sanders speeches. Tonight a deeper look at money spent so far. How its raised and how it is spent. And tha in brazil, the governmet launch a war on the zika virus. We begin tonight with the death of a conservative giant on the Supreme Court. Justice Antonin Scalia has side at the age of 79. A authorities believe he died of not causes. Over his three decade tenure on the bench. Justice scalia expressed strong opposition to abortion rights, samesex marriage and affirmative action. His passing leaves washington with questions over whats next for the Supreme Court. Political leaders around the country have paid tribute to Justice Scalia today. Even those that didnt see eyetoeye white sox voice. Tonight we honor his Extraordinary Service to our nation. And remember one of the towering legal figures of our time. Al jazeeras erica pit see has more on the justices career and how he changed the Supre
Capital. We look at the battle to keep control of the bermese python in floridas everglades. The United States has urged turkey to halt military strikes to kurdish targets in syria. It comes as the Prime Minister demanded kurdish fighters withdraw from the border. It carried out the shelling near the town of a zchlt a zchlt in the north of the country azaz. Turkey says it was striking in return retaliation under the armys rules of engagement. Reporter Turkish Military confirming that their targeting positions of y. P. G. Inside the Northern Aleppo prons clearly a message. Over the past few days this armed group and their allies have been taking ground from turkey back to Syrian Opposition groups, taking advantage really of the government offensive in the Northern Aleppo countryside. As we speak we do know that the y. P. G. Has been trying to advance towards the two main strong holds in aleppo province. So clearly a warning telling them not to advance any further or maybe supporting the
More than 100,000 homes from damaged. Thousands of businesses were destroyed nearly threequarters of gazaens are unemployed. They rely on humanitarian help to get by. Im a student and today my visa ends. I used to have a residency in turkey but it ended all of this was of the rafa crossing closing. What can i do. It was sealed after the Egyptian Military took control in 2013. Gaza has been under an economic blockade by egypt and israel since 2007. Thats when hamas took control of the strip from fattah. They both consider hamas a terrorist organization and caught between the political wrangling are tens of thousands just trying to get by. Ive been trying to go since last year. For eight months. I almost lost my job because i havent been able to go back. They will have to renew their permits and passports and wait for their chance to escape this open air prison. Al jazeera. However in the occupied west bank dozens of people have been demonstrating in ramallah in support of palestinian jo
With people brave enough to hunt these. Inside and outside syria doubts are growing that the pause in fighting agreed on by world powers this week will actually happen. A deal is more likely to fail than succeed. On the ground Government Forces supported by air raids are trying to ensieshgel raids in the largest city of aleppo and captured strategic high ground after forcing opposition fighters out of the small town on the road down into aleppo, they are now in a position to move further towards the city to the next rebelheld town. On friday Government Forces captured the village as they attempt to close the circle around aleppo city and also took another town from the rebels. Government forces have now essentially captured most of the rebel supply routes into aleppo. And zaina has more on the turkeysyria border. Reporter this high ground gives the syrian or my and its allies an advantage. The main rebel supply line to the west to the northern side of aleppo is now under fire. And this