National security, venezuela accuses the United States of plotting another coup as it helped to do in 2002. We will look at the growing crisis. These accusations like previous such accusations come are ludicrous. As a matter of longstanding policy, the United States does not support political transitions by nonconstitutional means. Amy gateway to freedom the Hidden History of the underground railroad. We will speak with the pulitzer prizewinning author and historian eric foner. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Iraqi Military and iranianbacked shiite militias have seized large parts of tikrit as part of their offensive to retake the city from the selfproclaimed islamic state. The operation marks iraqs Largest Military attempt to roll back the gains made by isis last june. Iranian advisers and iranianbacked shiite fighters are playing a key role while the u. S. Has been sidelined. Colombia is halting
The protest at the Police Station. The officers are in serious condition. We will speak with a clergy man one of the protesters who is outside the Police Station at the time. Then to madison, wisconsin. It is the issue of Racial Disparity and racial injustices we will soon have a ferguson on our handss. S. We said it. We have numbers three times as bad as ferguson. We have a 19yearold like black boy dead, shot five times. Amy then the university of oklahoma expels two Fraternity Members and shuts down the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after a video showed students singing a racist song. But first to iran. Republican senators are accused of trying to undermine the Ongoing Nuclear talks by penning an open letter to the iranian government. My reaction to the letter was utter disbelief. During my 29 years here in the senate, i never heard of nor even heard of it being proposed anything comparable to this. Amy all that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war
Im chris cato. Lets begin with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Its warmer out there, too. It is warmer. We are seeing a few lingering showers and foggy conditions. Those are the conditions that you see heading to work. This afternoon its going to be nice and mild with temperatures into the 60s. But a live look outside right now is cape may. Take it easy as you head to work this morning. 46 degrees in philadelphia. 42 in pottstown. 37 in allentown. Mid40s in cape may. Take a closer look at the foggy conditions, visibility is down to a quarter mile in allentown. One mile in reading. Lancaster is seeing foggy conditions. Philadelphia is down to four miles. Three miles in millville. One mile in Atlantic City. We have a fog advisory in effect until 6 00 a. M. Definitely be careful and take it easy. Theres a look at the lingering showers. Heading throughout the rest of the day, expect temperatures to range between 58 and 51. Early showers and fog. Then clearing and mild conditions to end for u
Mid40s. 48 in avalon. Same for dover. Visibility is reduced to one mile in allentown, a mile and a half in lancaster. Down to three miles in cape may. Four miles in mount holly. So just watch out for a little patchy fog decreasing your visibility out there on the roads. Were also seeing slick roads with lingering showers continuing to move out of the region. We expect to see clearing heading into the rest of today. And our temperatures will be 10 to 11 degrees above average with the average seeing 50 degrees this time of the year. By 10 00 a. M. 48. By 1 00 p. M. 54 with a high of 60 degrees. Well let you know how long the mild conditions will stick around coming up in the full sevenday forecast. First well go to first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. Good morning to you, brittney. To you at home as well, we are seeing normal volume on 95 southbound near girard avenue. We have congestion out there. The delay is not too thick yet but thats going to change. Just right now were starti
Is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. As we start tonight were watching several big stories including the search for wreckage and survivors of the scene of a deadly military Helicopter Crash overnight off the coast of florida. We want to begin here this evening with what appears to be another embarrassment for the secret service. Details just surfacing about an investigation into a possible car crash on the white house grounds involving members of the secret service including an agent assigned to president obamas protective detail. Lets go right to nbcs tom costello in our washington newsroom. Tom. Reporter lester good evening. A Senior Administration official is confirming to nbc news this evening that there is an investigation into the actions of two secret Service Agents including a top member of president obamas protective detail. The secret service confirming its looking into what happened on march 4th when two agents drove a government vehicle into a