Amy federal prosecutors have agreed to settle a criminal probe into General Motors for concealing an ignition switch defect linked to at least 124 deaths. Gm will pay 900 million but no executives will be prosecuted. Too big to jail . We will speak to a woman whose 16yearold daughter died in a crash caused by a faulty ignition switch, as well as longime consumer advocate ralph nader. 50 years ago he wrote the Ground Breaking book, unsafe at any speed the designedin dangers of the american automobile. Motors knew about the defect in 2004. They kept getting feedback of fatalities, crashes, airbags not going off, engines being shut off. They covered it up. Amy and we will speak to university of Maryland School of law professor Rena Steinzor, author of, why not jail . industrial catastrophes, corporate malfeasance, and government inaction. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Federal prosecutors have agreed to
This is al jazeera live in new york city. Im del walters. An Appeals Court has delayed the officer the trial of officer goodison who is facing seconddegree murder charges in connection with the death of freddie gray. Jury selection was to begin this morning but the Court Proceedings have been put on hold. Instead the court is focusing on whether officer William Porter will instead of against goodison. He was driving the fan when gray suffered his injuries. He was aware from officer porter that freddie gray asked for medical help, and he didnt get it for him, and he was in control of the van. Were live in baltimore, john, what more can you tell us about the courts decision in this case . Well, del, an absolute legal bombshell has just exploded here in the court system in baltimore. Nobody i think was expecting what did happen, and that is that the trial that was due to get under way today with jury selection of officer goodison, who was the driver of the police wagon that freddie gray w
His voice and art industry were an emblem in the 70s but the rock music spanned from that era to today from Freddy Mercury to west and showed us how to dance has died after a long bout with cancer and welcome to your world im stephanie sy. Im delve walters and shocking everyone and age of 69 released an album and poised for a come back and we have more. David bowie had style and repeatedly reinvented himself over five decades. Born david jones in 1947 in south london bowie rose to International Fame with the 1969 space oddity. From cult figure to rock star he took pop in a new direction with his alter egoziggy star dust with decadance and took on iconic roles in movies also starring as the goblin and inducted in the rock and roll hall of fame in 96, in an interview in 2003 he acknowledged what his ever changing image meant for the evolution of his music. Most people they get to 20 and they stay 20. It didnt happen for me though i just went on and on and suddenly im 56. So i have to wri
Or the if he or she was going to school, we go to the bureau of labor statistics and come up with a number, annual wage number as if they were working at the age of 25. So if somebody died who was 5 or 10 or 17 or going to school, we have the formula included in this program. And whether or not they had any dependents. Thats all we need to know on track a. Thats all we need to know. Now, we can meet privately with individual Family Members if they want to talk about other things. Thats find. That is fine. Thats fine. Welcomed. But under track a if somebody will just provide us the age of the victim, how much that victim was earning at the time of the accident and whether they have any dependents, thats all we need to calculate a track a award based on National Statistics about what that person would have earned over a lifetime. The claimant doesnt have to file track a. Its up to the claimant. But if the claimant wants a quick, prompt processing of his or her claim under track a for dea
A new report shows the u. S. Economy is growing faster than it has in more than a decade. Good evening, this is al jazeera america. Im michael yves in new york city. Dozens of people are gathering in new york at this hour to protest against Police Violence. Its in spite a plea from mayor bill de blasio. Tensions are growing begin tonight. Activists are ignoring the pleas to pause the protest in new york city. [ all we want is to be free ] up to 100 people are back on the streets demanding justice for unarmed black men. Theyre threatening to shut down a popular shopping area in manhattan right before christmas. Mayor bill de blasio asked to hold off the protests until after the funerals for fallen officers. This is a completely southerlious charge, one that is a smear on this movement, that i think quite frankly is an insult suggesting that some how people exercising their First Amendment rights has inspired someone to kill someone. If anything the protests were reenergized because they