The caribbean. Amy in a historic move, cuba and the United States restore diplomatic relations and reopen embassies shut for over five decades. We will hear from Ricardo Alarcon, the former head of the cuban parliament, as well as senator Patrick Leahy Congress Members Raul Grijalava and barbara lee and others who , attended the reopening of the Cuban Embassy in washington. Then the historic trial of former dictator Hissene Habre begin monday but has been postponed for 45 days. We will speak with reed brody of Human Rights Watch. This is the first time anywhere in the world the courts in one country senegal are trying the former leader of another, chad, for human rights abuses. The first time the African Union has established a tribunal. And it is the first time the victims of the dictator in africa have brought the dictator to justice. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United States and cuba ha
20 Million People are under heat advisories. Factor in the humidity and it felt like 111 in tallahassee florida, 102 in atlanta georgia, and 98 in the nations capital. In the west the punishing drought appears to be giving way to devastating rain. Ben tracy begins our coverage. Reporter today construction crews began fixing the highway bridge washed out by heavy weekend rains in california. Scientists say such rare summer storms are a preview of a potentially recordbreaking wet winter in the west. Nasa climate scientist josh willis says the storms are fueled by the phenomenon called el nino. A whopper of an el nino could bring a lot of really heavy rain really quickly which brings as many problems as it does solutions. Reporter el nino is a band of warmerthanusual water in the Pacific Ocean along the equator that changes weather patterns worldwide. Forecasters say this one has the potential to be the most powerful el nino on record. Signs of el nino have been washing up on western shor
Activists. Recently, an organization used secretly recorded, heavily edited videos to make outrageous claims. I want to be really clear the allegation that planned parenthood profits in any way from tissue donation is not true. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In news from ohio, former university of Cincinnati Police officer ray tensing has been released on a 1 million bail after pleading not guilty to the murder of sam dubose. Tensing, who is white, fatally shot the 43yearold African American man on july 19 after stopping him for not having a front license plate. Two additional officers, phillip kidd and David Lindenschmidt have been placed on administrative leave. Meanwhile, new information shows that officer phillip kidd and another officer on scene during the dubose shooting were involved in the death of an unarmed African American man five years earlier. According to documents revealed by the gu
We will go to cincinnati for the latest. Then the senate plans to vote to strip planned parenthood of federal funding after a string of videos shot by antiabortion activists. Recently, an organization used secretly recorded, heavily edited videos to make outrageous claims. I want to be really clear the allegation that planned parenthood profits in any way from tissue donation is not true. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In news from ohio, former university of Cincinnati Police officer ray tensing has been released on a 1 million bail after pleading not guilty to the murder of sam dubose. Tensing, who is white, fatally shot the 43yearold African American man on july 19 after stopping him for not having a front license plate. Two additional officers, phillip kidd and david lindenschmidt, have been placed on administrative leave. Meanwhile, new information shows that officer phillip kidd and another o
We will go to cincinnati for the latest. Then the senate plans to vote to strip planned parenthood of federal funding after a string of videos shot by antiabortion activists. Recently, an organization used secretly recorded, heavily edited videos to make outrageous claims. I want to be really clear the allegation that planned parenthood profits in any way from tissue donation is not true. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In news from ohio, former university of Cincinnati Police officer ray tensing has been released on a 1 million bail after pleading not guilty to the murder of sam dubose. Tensing, who is white, fatally shot the 43yearold African American man on july 19 after stopping him for not having a front license plate. Two additional officers, phillip kidd and david lindenschmidt, have been placed on administrative leave. Meanwhile, new information shows that officer phillip kidd and another o