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
Ves. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for the morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas for five minutes. Ms. Jackson lee thank you very much, mr. Speaker. Today i rise with a question should america be brought to the brink of her own security and safety . With that question i can my friends on the other side of the aisle, the republicans, i ask the speaker to put on the floor of the house the full funding of the department of Homeland Security. Mr. Speaker, i had the tragic privilege of beginning my tenure on this committee in the aftermath of 9 11. Some of us who serv
Betty white house candidates usually launch and exporter a Committee First but ted cruz is going straight in. Elected to the senate just over two years ago. Stopping iran from Building Nuclear weapons can happen. President obama says there is a major sticking point. He talked about negotiations with the Huffington Post. President obama number one iran prepared to show to prove to the world that it is not developing nuclear weapons, and can we verify that in a conclusive, consistent way. Betty they want iran sanctions lifted faster paris talking today with Angela Merkel. It is the second meeting in five days with the german chancellor. Germany would be the biggest contributor to the greek l out. If your neighbors are not sold on a greek reform plan they must pay 1. 5 billion by the end of this week. It is running out of money. Saudi arabia said it is pumping crude at record pace and Setting Oil Prices into another skid. Futures are down more than 1 . Now trading at slightly less than 46
She talked with the greece Prime Minister Perry Christie is not saying when or if greece will get the bailout money it needs. This liberation. To try to do their best to overcome the Greek Economy as soon as possible. Betty the president of afghanistan wants troops to stay in the country longer. He plans to meet with president obama today. An israeli official says today the country never spied on iran. He denied that the Prime Minister try to on a deal. The u. S. And other world pop other world powers want to keep iran from getting nuclear weapons. And says a deal with Security Card strategist at j. P. Morgan say there are more questions that may answer. It does not see a clear path on Interest Rates. It says a move is likely. I think this is an excellent move. I think the removal is a new error. Era. Betty back to our top story. The tragic plane crash in france. Int went down. The french president is garnering a Crisis Response to german chancellor Angela Merkel and says there are sur
Half a million more damaged. 3 Million People are homeless. Protests spread to new york city. Hundreds marched yesterday in manhattan to protest the death of freddie gray. More than 60 people were arrested. Police say they have warned marchers not to block traffic. In baltimore, no major disturbances. A curfew was enforced for a second straight night. Wall street once again reading Interest Rates after the latest comments of that bad. They still might boost borrowing costs before the end of the year. The fed said it expects growth to improve. Bill gross thinks rates will not change in june. Bill gross some would say if we get a strong employment report perhaps its back on, but i think it is off. They simply want to get off the dime and prove they are not healthy, but they can get out of bed and stand on their own two legs. Betty the fed has kept the benchmark Interest Rate near zero since 2008. Twitters chief says there is no dissension in the ranks at his company. It has been a rough