Dictator of haiti, jeanclaude duvalier, also known as baby doc , is dead at the age of 63. We will speak to jean saintvil and journalist amy wilentz, author of the rainy season haiti since duvalier. West. Professor cornel how do we weigh the honesty and integrity and decency to have the courage to speak candidly and to fight for justice. Cornell west will join us to talk about his latest book, black prophetic fire. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Fighting is raging on several fronts amidst usled airstrikes on iraq and syria. Wereast 16 fighters reportedly killed sunday after attacking a hezbollah position inside eastern lebanon close to the syrian border. A female kurdish suicide bomber reportedly killed a number of Islamic State fighters. But the Islamic State is reportedly threatening to capture kobani after several weeks of fighting sparking fears of a massacre if it takes control. The latest violen
Is the only solution. Education first. Thank you. Malala yousafzai becomes the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Shes 17 years old. In 2012, she was shot in the head by a taliban gunman who boarded her school bus. She survived and continued to campaign for the rights of girls to go to school. She shares the award with Kailash Satyarthi, a leader in the International Movement against child slavery and the exploitation of child workers. Yousafzai is a pakistini muslim, satyarthi is a hindu from india. Then, as tens of thousands are expected to converge in ferguson, missouri, for a weekend of protests demanding justice for Michael Brown, we speak with three of protests lead organizers, including st. Louis rapper, tef poe. I told the Police Officer the other day but we were protesting, you have the guns and we dont. So the notion that you are afraid of us when you have all of the weapons in the world, is ridiculous. You can bring a tank, armored vehicles, tear gas, smoke bom
Wants opresident ial pardon. The white house said last month his request will be considered like any other. Manning is serving a 35 year sentence for the biggest leak of u. S. Secrets in history. Walmart did not meet the worker demands by labor day. Are to reinstate the workers after a walk out in june. Those are the headlines, im john siegenthaler. America tonight is next, you can catch the latest news on aljazeera. Com. Eastern time. On america tonight. An uphill battle. Team obama one step closer to getting support for a strike on syria. This is an imperfect situation. There are no good options here. Also ahead. America tonights special contributor, Soledad Obrien in a rare interview, with Jeanne Claude duvalier. We were called the pearl of the antilles. You could walk around port o prince without being assaulted. Is the Navajo Nation selling its soul . Good evening and welcome to america tonight. Im joie chen. Thank you for being with us. President obama continued his long slog for
Of force during a News Conference in stockholm, he said the use of chemical weapons in syria was a red line that the country could not cause. A man who raped three women in cleveland was found dead in his cell. Ariel castro committed su suici. Ill see you back here at 11 00 eastern time. On america tonight. An uphill battle. Team obama one step closer to getting support for a strike on syria. This is an imperfect situation. There are no good options here. Also ahead. America tonights special contributor, Soledad Obrien in a rare interview, with Jeanne Claude duvalier. We were called the pearl of the antilles. You could walk around port o prince without being assaulted. Is the Navajo Nation selling its soul . Good evening and welcome to america tonight. Im joie chen. Thank you for being with us. President obama continued his long slog forward this time in sweden. Pressing his strike against syria on the world image santa. Meanwhile, he sent his top military men to do battle with congres
Syrian soil. Pit was a bipartisan vote 107 by republicans and two democrats voting against it. House Speaker John Boehner will not meet about the crisis in syria. They hoped to Lobby Congress directly in a bid to avoid military action its not clear if the diplomates will meet with other members of congress. A check of your headlines. Im thomas in new york. As always you can stay uptodate on our website at al jazeera. Com. Up next, america tonight. An uphill battle. Team obama one step closer to getting support for a strike on syria. This is an imperfect situation. There are no good options here. Also ahead. America tonights special contributor, Soledad Obrien in a rare interview, with Jeanne Claude duvalier. We were called the pearl of the antilles. You could walk around port o prince without being assaulted. Is the Navajo Nation selling its soul . Good evening and welcome to america tonight. Im joie chen. Thank you for being with us. President obama continued his long slog forward thi