Hope and laughter. Amy today we pay to be to the blacklisted lyricist yip harburg. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today, we pay tribute to yip harburg. His name may not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world, like jazz singer abbey lincoln. Being crosby saying that. Yip harburg wrote it. I built a railroad i built a railroad, now its done brother, can you spare a dime amy and tom waits. Bricks and mortar amy judy collins, and dr. John from new orleans. And peter yarrow. Is al jolson, and our beloved odetta. Dime you spare a you spare a dime amy brother, can you spare a dime . May well be a new anthem for many americans. The lyrics to that classic american song were written by yip harburg. He was blacklisted during the mccarthy era. During his career as a lyricist, yip harburg used his words to express antiracist, proworker messages. Hes best known for writing the lyri
The eastern United States. Record snowfall is expected in what many predict will be an historic blizzard. Hello. Im sarah kelly. Welcome to the program. Germany and turkey have pledged closer cooperation on the migration crisis. The countries top leaders met in berlin with billions of euros on the table and the promise of renewed efforts. Can these crucial players really Work Together to cope with the biggest flow of refugees to europe since world war ii . Our coverage begins with this report. Reporter full military honors for turkeys Prime Minister at the federal chancellery. The pomp and circumstance were intentional. Merkel knows she cannot do without turkeys help if she wants to get to grips with the migration crisis. The talks lasted for almost four hours. Speaking in german, turkeys Prime Minister remembered recent attacks in istanbul that killed 10 germans. That is why we have to Work Together to fight terrorism. We must never allow terrorism to achieve it sinister goals. Report
Keystone xl tar sands pipeline. Protesters gathered near kerrys speech to send a message against the pipeline at least they , tried to. We did not specifically name him. We could not use the names of country, so we could not clout the United States or canada around keystone xl. We were not allowed to name specific projects, for example, so we cant talk about keystone xl pipeline. The rules book at the cop. We will look at how the United Nations is silencing voices of dissent inside the Climate Summit. And we will look at the state of the talks as negotiations enter a final day. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Cia director john brennan has refused to rule out the agencys use of torture under future president s while defending the officials who devised and carried it out. Speaking out for the First Time Since the release of Senate Findings this week, brennan refused to label cia methods torture. In defia
Safe. And an update on the dude who became an internet sensation. The lost film chronicles. Nice. I found your iphone on the ground. Now meet the iphone hero who doesnt even have a smartphone. People send me pictures and i cant see what the hell they are. Spring break time. A lot of people going out having a good time. This incident happens about a year ago but the video now just catching fire. Youll see why. One guy taking video of his other two buddies. You can see the guy in the white shirt starts to take off and his buddy falls behind and tries to stop him but no way. Oh, my god, oh. That was him. That was him. He goes running down the street. Stumbles, bumps into that building. Loses his footing and stumbles out into the street and gets hit by a car. It happens in just a second. That guy is steve ross. Steve nearly bit his tongue off. Lost part of his teeth. Fractured a vertebrae in his neck. And believe it or not, hes we just talked to him on the phone. Hes actually on spring bre