Meeting with putin. Pres. Trump positive thing. Putin is going to what russia and trump is going to want United States. Sometimes you wont get along and sometimes yowill. But we had a good meeting. Amy and we will look at how the intercepts Parent Company First Look Media is helping support the Legal Defense for alleged nasa whistleblower reality winner. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In brazil, former president Luiz Inacio Lula da silva was convicted on corruption charges wednesday and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. He will remain free on appeal. Lula was the frontrunner in the 2018 president ial elections and is widely considered one of brazils most popular political figures. The sentencing of lula comes a year after his successor president Dilma Rousseff, also , of the workers party, was impeached by the Brazilian Senate in a move many have denounced as a coup. Lula has been accused
Winning journalist Glenn Greenwald. Plus we speakak with an greenwad about the latest allegations of russia meddling in the 2016 election a and trumps recentnt memeeting with putinin. Pres. Trump positive thing. Putin is going to what russia and trump is going to want United States. Sometimes you wont get along and sometimes you will. But we had a good meeting. Amy and we will look at how the intercepts Parent Company First Look Media is helping support the e Legal Defense for alleged nasa whistleblower reality winner. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In brazil, former president Luiz Inacio Lula a da silva was convicted on corruption charges wednesday and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. He will remain free on appeal. Lula was the frontrunner in the 2018 president ial elections and is widely considered one of brazils most popular political figures. The sentencing of lula comes a year after
Linking the murder of a dnc staffer last year to the wikileaks publication of internal dnc emails. Look at the shocking story of how u. S. Customs and Border Protection agents told a 16yearold mexican teenager to drink from a bottle of liquid meth at a border checkpoint in san diego, causing him to die from an acute drug overdose. My brother is dead. He was in pain. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The New York Times is reporting the Justice Department is preparing to investigate and sue universities for affirmative action policies, in the latest assault against civil rights by attorney general Jeff Sessions. The times says the Justice Department sent out an internal announcement looking for lawyers to lead up, quote, investigations and possible litigation related to intentional racebased discrimination in college and university admissions. Quote. The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality
Administrations plans to slash the power of the Environmental Protection agency under its new head scott pruitt. Occasion mmitted ive indicated a message that there are essential to protect. Amy but a leaked copy of the epas new budget reveals plans to eliminate programs on Climate Change, toxic waste cleanup and environmental justice, and to the work staff by 20 , and cut funding for state level clean air and water programs. We will get response from Wenonah Hauter and bill becker. Finally, as honduras marks the First Anniversary of the us session nation of the renowned environmental activist Berta Caceres, we look at a new investigation that links the u. S. Military to her murder and at a new bill to cut u. S. Military funding to honduras. In particular, the law mandates a suspension of all military aid that the United States gives to honduras until the murder case of Berta Caceres is solved in an effective manner. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow
Campaign surrogate for donald trump. We will get response from marcy wheeler, an independent journalist who covers National Security and civil liberties. Then we look at the Trump Administrations plans to slash the power of thehe Environmental Protection agencncy under its nw head scott pruitt. T. Occasioion ittedd iive indicated a messasage tht there are essential to protect. Amy but a leaked copy of the epas new budget reveals plans to eliminate programs on Climate Change, toxic waste cleanup and environmental justice, and to the work staff by 20 , and cut funding for state level clean air and water programs. We will get response from Wenonah Hauter and bill becker. Finally, as honduras marks the First Anniversary of the us session nation of the renowned environmental activist Berta Caceres, we look at a new investigation that links the u. S. Military to her murder and at a new bill to cut u. S. Military funding to honduras. In paparticular, the law mandates a suspension of all milit