hello and welcome to bbc news. there are fears of food shortages in pakistan, after the devastating floods washed away nearly half of the country s crops. so far around 1,200 people are known to have been killed but today unicef said many more children could die from a rapid spread of diseases lik cholera and malaria. our correspondent, pumza fighlani is in pakistan. meet this boy, he s two days old, her sixth child. as he sleeps under a tree that s become this family s only shelter, his mother is anxious. this is no place for a baby. translation: we don t even have a tent, just this tree. . we spent the whole night in the rain running away from the flood, trying to get to safety. when we arrived, this was the only space we could find here. it gets really hot and he starts crying and won t stop. it s very difficult. the baby was born in a nearby hospital, but she was forced to return to the river bank because she d left her husband and five young children. hundreds of familie
But the organization of american states is calling for a new election, and the Opposition Party is calling for nationwide protests today. Well go to tegucigalpa to speak withth the spokesperson of the alliance against thehe dictatorship. Then to President Trumps tax plan. Pres. Trump this is going to be one of the great gifts to ththe middle income people of this country that theyve ever gotten for christmas. Amy a Christmas Gift for the middle class or for President Trumps family and the lawmakers whose votes he was courting . Well look at how tennessee senator bob corkers abruptly changed his mind and announced his support for trumps tax plan after the addition of a lastminute provision that would personally enrich him. Then after the fcc votes to repeal the landmark Net Neutrality rules, what is next in the fight for a free and open internet . All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The republicancontrolle
Well go to tegucigalpa to speak with the spokesperson of the alliance against the dictatorship. Then to President Trumps tax plan. Pres. Trump this is going to be one of the great gifts to the middle income people of this country that theyve ever gotten for christmas. Amy a Christmas Gift for the middle class or for President Trumps family and the lawmakers whose votes he was courting . Well look at how tennessee senator bob corkers abruptly changed his mind and announced his support for trumps tax plan after the addition of a lastminute provision that would personally enrich him. Then after the fcc votes to repeal the landmark Net Neutrality rules, what is next in the fight for a free and open internet . All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Republicancontrolled Congress is poised to pass a massive rewrite of the u. S. Tax code after Tennessee Republican senator bob corker abruptly reversed his positio
We will speak with Michelle Alexander, author of the new jim crow. The appearance of racial equality that barack obama election has afforded, serves to deeply disturbing, underlying racial reality, which is that large segments, a majority of africanamerican men in some urban areas are either under the control of the criminal Justice System are branded felons for life, blocked in a permanent secondclass status. And what happened at Trayvon Martin, and the like a punishment faced by his killer, is not unique area did we will look at a report by the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement that found at least 100 36 unarmed African Americans were killed by police and security over the course of 2012. Go to california were prisoners have entered the 10th day of a Hunger Strike calling for better conditions many of them held in solitary confinement for over a decade. Today, july 16, 2013, 2493 inmates in 15 state prisons are participating in a mass Hunger Strike. 201 inmates in seven state prisons ref
We will speak with Michelle Alexander, author of the new jim crow. The appearance of racial equality that barack obama election has afforded, serves to deeply disturbing, underlying racial reality, which is that large segments, a majority of africanamerican men in some urban areas are either under the control of the criminal Justice System are branded felons for life, blocked in a permanent secondclass status. And what happened at Trayvon Martin, and the like a punishment faced by his killer, is not unique area did we will look at a report by the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement that found at least 100 36 unarmed African Americans were killed by police and security over the course of 2012. Go to california were prisoners have entered the 10th day of a Hunger Strike calling for better conditions many of them held in solitary confinement for over a decade. Today, july 16, 2013, 2493 inmates in 15 state prisons are participating in a mass Hunger Strike. 201 inmates in seven state prisons ref