America. This epidemic of mass slaughter, this scorch of School Shooting. Fter School Shooting it only happens here not because of coincidence, not because of bad luck, but as a consequence of our inaction. Amy we will speak with the head of the coalition to stop gun violence and a former Florida State legislator during the time shooting was two years ago. She took on the Florida Governor. Then kept out. For people of color, things are shutting the door to homeownership. Here we have the likelihood so black applicants in philadelphia are almost three times as likely to be denied a traditional mortgage. Reveal found this troubling pattern and dozens of cities. Philadelphia was one of the largest. 61 metros across the country, applicants of color are more likely to be denied conventional mortgage, even if they have the same financial characteristics of a nonhispanic, white applicant. Amy we will look at modern day redlining 50 years after lbj signed the Fair Housing Act banning Racial Di
House you suggest arming teachers. Then at a town hall meeting in florida, of 7000, republican senator marco rubio hears directly from students who survived the massacre and parents who lost children. Your comments this week in those about president heaven pathetically weak. Have been pathetically weak. [applause] amy we will speak with one of the students who was at the town hall, a former intern for similar rubio. The Stoneman Douglas High School Graduate is begging rubio to act on guns. She has been near four mess. Hootings that Mass Shootings then to syria, where the United Nations is accusing the alassad government of waging a monstrous campaign of annihilation as the death from the assault on Eastern Ghouta rises to over 300. What is going on in Eastern Ghouta and other parts of syria may constitute war crimes. Intentionally targeting hospitals, medical facilities, may constitute a war crime. Access to getting basic health care that they need in these situations may constitute a
Then to afghanistan. Pres. Trump our warriors in afghanistan have new rules of engagement. Along with their heroic afghan partners, and military is no longer undermined by artificial timelines, and we no longer tell our enemies our plans. Amy as trump promises a new strategy in the longest u. S. War in history, we will look at why civilian casualties are soaring in afghanistan. On saturday, more than 100 people died in kabul when an ambulance packed with explosives blew up. We will go to kabul. Then, is everything you think you know about depression wrong . We will speak with johann hari, author of uncovering the real causes of depression and the unexpected solutions. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The fbi said wednesday it has grave concerns over President Trumps plans to release a fourpage document written by House Intelligence Committee to devin nunes, purporting to show the fbi abused its power w
We will go to houston and port arthur texas for the latest. We will speak with george about the crucial questions hurricane is not being asked about. Another suspect in the brutal beating of Deandre Harris. He has been arrested. Why has it taken so long when the beating was caught on film . We will speak with the reporter who interviewed deandre. There was all of this chaos going around. I felt myself getting hit. Every time i got up, i lost consciousness and fell. And tooks picked me up me over there so i can get help. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas, Tropical Storm harvey made a second landfall wednesday near the border with louisiana, bringing more rain and catastrophic flooding to the gulf coast as the death toll from the unprecedented storm rose to at least 38. On thursday, the city of port arthur, texas, which is 100 miles east of houston was completely under water. Flooding even for
Risen to 70 him a while President Trump speaks in north dakota, celebrating his decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord and greenlight the Dakota Access and keystone xl pipeline. Pres. Trump in order to protect american industry and workers, we withdrew the United States from the job killing Paris Climate Accord will stop job killer. People have no idea. Many people have no idea how bad that was. And right here in north dakota, the Dakota Access pipeline is finally open for business. Amy we will speak with 350. Org cofounder Bill Mckibben about the killer hurricanes and Climate Change. Then as tensions continue to escalate between north korea and the United States, we will go to south korea, where hundreds are protesting the deployment of thaad missile system. And finally, is Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi presiding over a genocide against Rohingya Muslims in burma . They burned our houses. We could not take our belongings. We were hiding for two days in the rain wi