The fight for civil rights, and his support for Nelson Mandela and the antiapartheid struggle in south africa. If the United Kingdom and the United States decided tomorrow morning not to buy South African goods, not to buy South African gold, to put an embargo on oil, if our investors and capitalists would withdraw their support for that racial tyranny that we find there, then apartheid would be brought to an end. Today, dr. Kings city temple address, december 7th, 1964, in london. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. And those are some of the headlines this is democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Amy goodman today is the federal holiday honoring dr. Martin luther king. He was born january 15th, 1929. He was assassinated april 4th, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in memphis, tennessee. He was just 39 years old. While dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights lead
This was taken from the helmet camera of a firefighter interlock. Crews arrived overnight and found a major leak in the stairwell. They had to shut off several valves to stop the flow. No one was hurt but residents on the ground floor had to be evacuated. 20 people are confirmed dead in the mudslides. Crews still expect to find more victims as they continue to sift through mud and debris. They are using backhoes, jackhammers and chainsaws. Tuesdays slide destroyed at least 65 homes in montecito. Normal activity has ground to a halt. My mom was telling me the stories. Think about this, its now not functional. So the longer the recovery takes, the harder its going to be for them to bounce back. The hillside gave way as rains sent floodwaters down slopes. Now crews are trying to keep clear basins before another storm hits. Check out this satellite image of montecito before the mudslide. Lots of green and this is the same area after. Covered in a brown layer of mud. Back in the bay area su
In windsor 36. I think we will get some upper 20s. The system to the north is moving in. Is splitting a little bit but there is cloud cover moving in. It makes it it is going to the south and some rain made it from king city. That is sending and cloud cover to the santa clara valley. There is rain in Santa Barbara. This system will eventually dish push to the east and 50s and 60s today. Partly cloudy. 5 01, what you have . We have some traffic. People are on the road early, and if you are coming in from tracy you know the deal. You will see slow traffic on the tracy super camus commute. There was an accident at grant line road and that is gone now. Traffic in livermore to dublin looks good. If you are driving into the east bay it is a good time to get out there. Interstate 80 north and south as you drive to the plaza there is a little bit of a backup in the left lanes at the toll plaza, but the other lanes are clear. F5 02, lets go to the desk. A alejo Police Officer shot and killed a
And im jane dutton this is al jazeera live from doha was a coming up in the hot seat the head of the aid agency oxfam faces questioning by british politicians about a prostitution scandal in haiti. My colleagues are providing christus intervention at this time lying down to call for reform students protest against u. S. Gun laws plus. Im wayne hay with a rare look at the second day being constructed on the lower mekong river as laos pushes ahead with its goal of becoming the battery of Southeast Asia. More than seventy people have been killed in the syrian rebel held on five of eastern goes in some of the heaviest fighting there in years hundreds of others have been injured in the intense bombardment by russia and the Syrian Government that brings the death toll to more than one hundred eighty people since sunday local observers believe the attacks are the beginning of a major offensive on the area on the outskirts of the capital damascus the United Nations wants an end to the targetin
Things to do at the office, and also we have many, many things to do in this area for the Mexican Community in san jose. Damian there are several topics that wed like to talk about today. One is everybodys talking about daca, and nobody knows at this point whats going to happen to daca. What can you tell us . What can you update us on . Maybe the services that youre providing for someone juan well, its a topic very, very, very important for the Mexican Community, especially for the young people that they have already the daca documents. If they are going to have a renovation, the last in this month in 13 of january. Damian yeah, cause the clock is ticking, time is running out. Juan yes, yes; if you are benefiting for daca, you can renew the papers for daca. If you have some question for this process that the daca needs, please contact with the Mexican Consulate. Were going to have some kind of talleres. Damian workshop. Juan workshop for the mexican people, for the Mexican Community to