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Scalia once pointed to their case as an example of why the Death Penalty is just. Today, they are free men. We will speak with an attorney for one of the exonerates as well as the former legal director of the center on wrongful convictions. The new York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo is being challenged in his own partys primary. We will speak to all professor Zephyr Teachout and political activist randy credico, who are both running against cuomo, as well as the tuna governor candidate tim wu who coined the concept of Net Neutrality. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Violence continues in Eastern Ukraine putting Government Forces and russianbacked separatists following a day of confusion over ceasefire. Ukraine initially claimed it had reached a ceasefire with russia, only to retract the claim after russian president Vladimir Putin said his government isnt a party to the conflict. His ownen unveiled s
Two africanamerican halfbrothers have been exonerated of rape and murder after 30 years behind bars in North Carolina. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once pointed to their case as an example of why the Death Penalty is just. Today, they are free men. We will speak with an attorney for one of the exonerates as well as the former legal director of the center on wrongful convictions. The new York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo is being challenged in his own partys primary. We will speak to all professor Zephyr Teachout and political activist randy credico, who are both running against cuomo, as well as the tuna governor candidate tim wu who coined the concept of Net Neutrality. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Violence continues in Eastern Ukraine putting Government Forces and russianbacked separatists following a day of confusion over ceasefire. Ukraine initially claimed it had reached a ceasefire
Flee. President obama reiterated today in his weekly address, american combat troops will not be returning to fight in iraq. Victor said, we expect to hear from him in 20 minutes and will take you there live when it happens. Aides say hes monitoring the situation, potential for more air strikes as he leaves today for vacation in Marthas Vineyard. Here add cnn covering all angles of the develops story with ivan watson there in erbil in the kurdish area of iraq. A former u. S. Ambassador to creak, Christopher Hill and cnn military anne lift Major General spider marks. Thanks for joining us. Start with ivan. I want to get reaction there from the ground. What are iraqis saying about this round of u. S. Air strikes . Reporter i think the kurds are very much relieved, victor. Some of those air strikes were hitting just about 20 minutes drive west of erbil, the capital of the kurdistan region where im standing just past the kurdishheld town which gives a sense of how close the isis militants
Isis artillery unit yesterday morning. Later in the day, eight more bombs were dropped on an isis convoy. The u. S. And iraq have also dropped food and Water Supplies to people who have fled isis and are now stranded. And the president of the United States said this morning the uk and france have also pledged humanitarian support. President obama spoke before he was heading out to Marthas Vineyard for vacation. He reiterated that the u. S. Will not send combat troops into iraq, but he also said theres no time line for how long air strikes might last. Erin mcpike is live at the white house. Erin, what more did the president say about what he wants accomplished . Reporter fred, he obviously wants to dismantle the terrorist threat thats posed, but when asked if he and his administration have underestimated the threat that isis does pose, listen to how he answered that question. Did we underestimate . I think that there is no doubt that their advance, their movement over the last several m