First Lady Michelle obama, Oprah Winfrey, and former president bill clinton. Then to bahrain or prominent human rights activist nabeel rajab has just been released after two years in prison. Regret i was great in prison for giving speeches, my participation in defending human rights in bahrain. These two years have changed me to be much stronger. Prison for me was like a school and a will continue to fight for the people and human rights and with the political societies until we achieve our goals that we started on february 14. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. At least 29 people are dead after a militant attack on pakistans Main International airport in karachi. Gunmen disguised as state forces made it past the security checkpoint to attack a terminal used by government officials. Pakistani forces regained control of the terminal after an overnight gunbattle. 10 airport guards were killed along with 10
Region as a whole. In short this is a model agreement that changes the trade landscape forever and this is an agreement that first and foremost benefits working people something of great importance to all three of us here today make no mistake we will stand up for our workers and fight for their families and their communities and donald its all the more reason why we need to keep working to remove the tariffs on steel and aluminum between our countries all right let me ask you what are you hearing at the g. Twenty summit about this new trade deal is it seen as a real improvement on nafta. Well not really brant most analysts that have taken a look at the agreement would conclude that it is not significantly different to the original nafta agreement maybe the only very important aspect is considering that nafta was signed in One Thousand Nine Hundred Three that it includes
a lot of digital aspects that did not exist at the time but other than that other than the concessions that it made
Good thursday afternoon from the fox news deck. First from fox today, were expecting president obama to announce this afternoon that our attorney general, eric holder, is stepping down. He said he would likely leave sometime later this year. We just didnt know when. Now we do. Holder is the fourth longer serving attorney general in u. S. History and now folks view his now how folks view his legacy could have a lot to do with their political views. Imagine that. At as the nations first africanamerican attorney general, holder pushed policies aimed at equality for minorities. This week, secretary holder announces the federal prison population dropped fory the fit time in three decades. Last month, attorney general holder launched a federal investigation into the Police Shooting of an unarmed black man in ferguson, missouri. He also supported Marriage Equality and championed legal rights for gay couples. But attorney general holders legacy also includes controversy inch his first year on
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