Caceresdaughter as well as Lilian Esperanza lopez with copinh. Then as the u. S. Congress holds more hearings on lead poisoning of the water supply of flint, michigan, Governor Rick Snyder testifies for the first time. Tomay ask you repeatedly come to flint, you admit you did not show up for more than seven after he asked you. Im not familiar. I would have to check my schedule. That is what he said, you did not put october until 2015, is that right . I dont know if that is right or not. Amy well get reaction from two flint residents. Nayyirah shariff, coordinator with Flint Democracy Defense League and melissa maze, of water you fighting for, a flint, michiganbased research and Advocacy Organization founded around the citys water crisis. She and her three children suffer from longterm exposure to heavy metals. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In the 2016 race for the white house, leading Republican Par
In honduras, and Bernie Sanders critique. Then to vulture funds in argentina. Ive never had anybody be angry. [indiscernible] amy journalist greg palast will join us to talk about how billion Republican Party donor paul singer has just made billions of dollars by profiting off argentinas economic crisis. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Japan is marking the fifth anniversary of the meltdown of the Fukushima Nuclear plant. On march 11, 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the northeast coast of japan, killing 20,0000 people. Another 160,000 then fled the radiation in fukushima. It was the worlds Worst Nuclear Disaster since chernobyl. At least 100,000 people from the region have yet to return to their homes. A full cleanup of the site is expected to take at least 40 years. A representative of the families of the victims spoke during fridays Memorial Ceremony in tokyo. For those who remain, we are
We will play their whole exchange and get response from historian dana frank. Dennis refugees from afghanistan, iraq, syria and other wartorn countries seek safety in europe, what role should the United States play in helping them in countries the u. S. Has bombed . We will speak to stanford Professor Robert crews about americas afghan refugee crisis. Then john kerry becomes the first u. S. Secretary of state to visit hiroshima. We came here andrew from the experience of touring in this museum how critical it is that we all apply the lessons of the past to the future and the present to create and pursue a world free from Nuclear Weapons. Amy we will look at how the united date has been quietly upgrading its Nuclear Arsenal to create smaller, more precise Nuclear Bombs as part of a massive effort that will cost up to 1 trillion over three decades. We will speak to Marylia Kelley, author of the new report, trillion dollar trainwreck. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy n
People. Amy Hillary Clinton defends her handling of the 2009 coup in honduras when asked by our own Juan Gonzalez. We will play their whole exchange and get response from historian dana frank. Dennis refugees from afghanistan, iraq, syria and other wartorn countries seek safety in europe, what role should the United States play in helping them in countries the u. S. Has bombed . We will speak to stanford Professor Robert crews about americas afghan refugee crisis. Then john kerry becomes the first u. S. Secretaryry of stateo visit hiroshima. We came here anandrew f frome experience of touring in this museum h how critical it is that we all apply the lessons of thth papast to the future and thehe presenent to create and pursue a wororld free from nuclear weapo. Amy we will look at how the united date has been quietly upgrading its Nuclear Arsenal to create smaller, more precise Nuclear Bombs as part of a massive effort that will cost up to 1 trillion over three decades. We will speak to
Amy what is your response to Linda Sarsour singh the head of the gop should be condemning what donald trump says about muslims . Understand the condemnation thing, technique, sometimes it is more effective than others. As an american muslim, i want effectiveness more than, frankly, making me feel comfortable. And right now if rains prebus was to condemn, condemn, condemn every silly statement that has come out of weather trump or other candidates over the past eight months, it would actually end up empowering those individuals in the party and weakening the more moderate and balanced more sophisticated nuance voices. Lindathe trum supporrs, i kn you hav expresd yourore afra of hisupporte than yo some of his statements, what is your sense of what is happening in terms of the ang and the fury he is unable to marshal at many of his rallies . Youre watching people cheer on an american fascist. He has asked people to pledge to him. We have seen this publicly. I dont think there are rallies,