Take to stop the growing violence . We will spend the hour with the acclaimed author Tanehisi Coates in his first major interview since the night duration of inauguration of President Trump. One of the problems around runsm that ive try to had the country, is the notion that the somehow only endangers black people. I muted tell you it endangers all of us. Amy Tanehisi Coates for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Massive protests against White Supremacists and the Trump Administration continued nationwide on monday from the streets of North Carolina, where a crowd of activists toppled a confederate statue in durham, to the halls of washington, where three separate corporate ceos resign from president Trumps American Manufacturing Council over trumps failure to quickly condemn the deadly white supremacist violence in charlottesville, virginia, over the weekend. In durham, the crowd of activists
Three big stars help reboot the philippine film industry. Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in the malasian capital kuala lumpur for a second day demanding najeeb razaks resignation. Unnamed foreign donors making a deposit to his bank account. 1 mdb set up in 2009 to try to turn kuala lumpur into a financial hub. Reporter tired and hungry, juneie and jimmy prepare for another day of protest. They have traveled almost seven hours to be here, sleeping on this concrete pavement overnight to show their support for a massive anticorruption rally in kuala lumpur. We want a state whereby everybody has equal opportunity everybody has equal shares and everybody treats everybody equally. That is what we want. Concerned about a police crack down theyve carried masks to fend off tear gas. Thousands of demonstrators have taken over the capital calling for the resignation of najeeb rajak. Many are students, some are professional. There is something they have in common. They are fed up wi
The iraqis with nowhere to go as they escape isil fighters in Anbar Province. Hello, legitimate journalists unjustly convicted. That is how al jazeera is describing the sentencing of three of our journalists to at least three years to an egyptian prison. Canadian Mohammed Fahmy and egyptian Baher Mohammed maimed a australian peter greste were arrested in december of 2013. They were convicted in february of 2014. They were convicted of spreading false news and operating without a permit. Six months later their convictions were overturned by egypts court of concession. Hope then heartbreak in an egyptian courtroom as two journalists return to prison. A retrial was supposed to give mohamed fahmy, Baher Mohammed and peter greste a second humanity to clear their name. Instead, justice was denied jet again. I dont know how im going to survive this. The judge said that he wanted to make clear to the people of egypt that these men were not journalists and doctored videos for air. Then he sente
Inside a Chicago Police station. America tonights Lisa Fletcher with the victims forced to confess and the truth that set them free. What does that say . Im a free man. Not on papers, that i was actually innocent of this case. Innocent. Good evening, from chicago. A city struggling against an onslaught of violence by criminals and sometimes by the police. In the final weeks of this year, the murder toll here continues to climb. Eclipsing the gains made over the last two years. But the focus now has veered toward the Chicago Police department itself, and towards the citys mayor, rahm emanuel. The spark that ignited the Current Crisis was the shooting death of young la Quan Mcdonald at the hands of a Police Officer who has since been charged with murder. But america tonights Lisa Fletcher found the Chicago Police departments history of misconduct goes far deeper and is much darker. Reporter ronald kitchen never thought hed hear these words. We have ways of making niggers talk. Kitchen wa
The south africas crisis is blowing in the winds reporter in all of the sports news for you a warm welcome to the news break. Washington has denied accusation by syrians government that air strikes by the u. S. Led coalition hit one of its army camps killing three soldiers. Damascus says four aircraft were involved in a province which has a large presence. It is called an act of aggression, it won firmed it would be the first strikes to hit Syrian Forces. More from the u. S. On the u. S. Reaction what more are the u. S. Saying at the moment . Reporter the u. S. Is as youre saying denying that the air strikes that were carried out on sunday were targeting Syrian Forces and that any syrian soldiers were killed in the air strikes. What the u. S. Is saying is that the air strikes were carried out against four oil heads, drilling platforms, forbids, in part of the area which is under i. S. I. L. Control. The syrians have alleged that the air strikes, in fact, were going out. The u is only f