Amy is the death toll rises in yemen, a groups warn the country is on the verge of famine. We will speak to yemeni activist Farea Al Muslimi and reporter matt aikens about the u. S. Backed, saudiled attack and the humanitarian crisis. Then we will go to capitol hill to speak with congresswoman barbara lee, coauthor of a new bill to expand Insurance Coverage of abortion and dismantle the nearly 40yearold Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding for most abortions. Make no mistake, these lawmakers really do want to ban abortions altogether. Since they cant, they employ the underhanded tactics to push abortion care out of reach for women who are really just struggling to just make ends meet. And that is just wrong. Amy and bp has agreed to pay a 18. 7 billion settlement over the 2010 deepwater horizon explosion. Did bp get off cheaply . We will speak to Antonia Juhasz. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. H
Amy is the death toll rises in yemen, a groups warn the country is on the verge of famine. We will speak to yemeni activist Farea Al Muslimi and reporter matt aikens about the u. S. Backed, saudiled attack and the humanitarian crisis. Then we will go to capitol hill to speak with congresswoman barbara lee, coauthor of a new bill to expand Insurance Coverage of abortion and dismantle the nearly 40yearold Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding for most abortions. Make no mistake, these lawmakers really do want to ban abortions altogether. Since they cant, they employ the underhanded tactics to push abortion care out of reach for women who are really just struggling to just make ends meet. And that is just wrong. Amy and bp has agreed to pay a 18. 7 billion settlement over the 2010 deepwater horizon explosion. Did bp get off cheaply . We will speak to Antonia Juhasz. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. H
Not only thunderstorms, but severe thunderstorms are likely as a line of showers and storms moves to the east. Damaging winds is the greatest threat with this not the flooding like we saw yesterday. Theres even a threat of one or two tornadoes in the area by the time the day is over. The highest risk of storms as you can see, is in our part of the country. Especially from the philadelphia area, north and west, most of our pennsylvania counties, included in all of this and extreme northwest delaware. Anywhere in that yellow area has a threat for severe storms during the day today. Were dry now. Early showers moved out, so there may be clouds around. But its not going to rain for quite a while. This is the activity thats going to be moving our way. Its going to be strengthening as it goes into the hotter and more humid air. Clouds have kept the temperatures down a bit. Were still in the midto upper 70s. If the sun comes out, that will help fuel the storms even more. It already is into th
Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. We begin with that defining moment late this afternoon, the governors signature that will end a decadeslong battle. The Confederate Flag in charleston will come down in just hours. By tomorrow morning at 10 00. Strong reaction coming in now on both sides. There have been Death Threats for lawmakers after votes in the house and senate. Governor nikki haley ending the fight with her signature. Champions of the flag argue that its part of their history. Critics say its racist, a symbol of our nations divided past. The governor revealing what shell give to those nine families who lost loved ones in that bible study. Abcs solve in charleston leading us off. Reporter tonight, the end of a bitter fight thats lasted for decades with this signature, South Carolinas governor is ordering the removal of the confederate battle flag from the statehouse grounds by tomorrow morning. By her side were the families of the nine kille
Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. We begin with that defining moment late this afternoon, the governors signature that will end a decadeslong battle. The Confederate Flag in charleston will come down in just hours. By tomorrow morning at 10 00. Strong reaction coming in now on both sides. There have been Death Threats for lawmakers after votes in the house and senate. Governor nikki haley ending the fight with her signature. Champions of the flag argue that its part of their history. Critics say its racist, a symbol of our nations divided past. The governor revealing what shell give to those nine families who lost loved ones in that bible study. Abcs solve in charleston leading us off. Reporter tonight, the end of a bitter fight thats lasted for decades with this signature, South Carolinas governor is ordering the removal of the confederate battle flag from the statehouse grounds by tomorrow morning. By her side were the families of the nine kille