States. A federal judge has issued a harsh condemnation of the mass detention of immigrant women and children, calling conditions in the privatelyrun facilities deplorable. We will speak to a whistleblower who worked at a Family Detention Center in texas and hear the words of one immigrant who just testified on capitol hill. Always says to me mommy i am here. He asks me are we going back to room number 108. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In turkey, the military has carried out its heaviest assault on kurdish militants in Northern Iraq since air strikes began last week effectively ending a two year truce. Turkey has launched combat operations on two fronts. One against the selfproclaimed Islamic State in syria, and another against the kurdish workers party, or pkk, inside turkey and in Northern Iraq, where the pkk has been fighting against isofor the past year. During an emergency session in brussel
Turkey as turkish jets launch their heaviest assault on kurdish militants in Northern Iraq since air strikes began last week, ending a two year truce. Turkey is now bombing both sides of the same war, attacking militants from the Islamic State as well as kurdish fighters who have been fighting isil for the past year. Well get the latest. Then we turn to what could be a major victory for human rights advocates here in the United States. A federal judge has issued a harsh condemnation of the mass detention of immigrant women and children, calling conditions in the privatelyrun facilities deplorable. We will speak to a whistleblower who worked at a Family Detention Center in texas and hear the words of one immigrant who just testified on capitol hill. Always says to me mommy i am here. He asks me are we going back to room number 108. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In turkey, the military has carried o
Turkey as turkish jets launch their heaviest assault on kurdish militants in Northern Iraq since air strikes began last week, ending a two year truce. Turkey is now bombing both sides of the same war, attacking militants from the Islamic State as well as kurdish fighters who have been fighting isil for the past year. Well get the latest. Then we turn to what could be a major victory for human rights advocates here in the United States. A federal judge has issued a harsh condemnation of the mass detention of immigrant women and children, calling conditions in the privatelyrun facilities deplorable. We will speak to a whistleblower who worked at a Family Detention Center in texas and hear the words of one immigrant who just testified on capitol hill. Always says to me mommy i am here. He asks me are we going back to room number 108. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In turkey, the military has carried o
Virginia and North Carolina right now. Among the places that took devastating blows from a violent and deadly storm that rampaged from the south up the eastern seaboard. Today were seeing the full extent of the damage from some 50 reported tornadoes over the last two nine people were killed and millions were impacted from downed trees and Power Outages to floods and canceled flights. Tonight the region is still trying to recover. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer reports. Reporter tonight this is what the damage looked like in seven states. Homes have been shredded. Lives are in shambles after more than 50 reported tornadoes. When i went to see where the house was, there was nothing there. Reporter in waverly, virginia, theres as much heartbreak as destruction. An ef1 tornado with winds up to 110 miles an hour. Carving a path. In North Carolina, huntsboro road is roof and walls off pams house. Today she and her husband, rick, went back to salvage what they could. Theres nothing really to get. Its a
And the lilith fund, which provides grants to texans who need abortions but cannot afford them. Then, for profit family detention. Beta private prison corporations uping millions by locking refugee families. I noticed her left arm, the movement was very limited and her feet were falling asleep. Wehought that was because were in a small space and she wasnt getting out. I could see she was very stressed about being locked in their. She was crying every night. She would ask, why are we here . When are we going to get out . I saw her suffer a lot. We will look at the center, new family prison just south of san antonio, where more than 500 immigrant women and their children are being held as they we deportation. Allegations of Sexual Misconduct among guards has already rocked the facility. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. We are broadcasting from san antonio, texas. Im amy goodman. The Islamic State to be on the verge of