Americas longest war. Why were still in afghanistan. Conflict spanning three presidencies and where the u. S. Can go from here. And a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Any senator who votes against starting debate is telling america that you are fine with the obamacare nightmare. Senator mccain returns for a crucial vote on health care. It shows how desperate they are not wanting to go home in august having accomplished absolutely nothing and frankly having to listen to donald trump beat them over the head with that. By the way, youre going to get the votes. He better get them. Oh, otherwise ill say tom, youre fired. A truck driver could get the Death Penalty if convicted in a deadly Human Trafficking case in texas. He told investigators he had no idea people were inside. Just devastating. Severe weather across the country. Tornado damage to extreme flooding. In the phoenix area streets flooded after a second round of storms. A vintage military plane crashes after ta
Pentagon is working with the white house to address the new guidelines from the president. A report found allowings transgender troops would have little impact on military cohesion, readiness or cost. For more we go to joel waldman who is live at the capital with the latest on all of this. Joel. Reporter its interesting to hear about these protests that you say are going on now. There is growing opposition among lawmakers on capitol hill to this. This happened out of left field. Press President Donald Trump simply said Transgender Service members will no longer be able to serve the United States military. For the approximately 250 people now serving openly is transgender in the military, and the thousand still in the shadows, the future is uncertain after this tweet. After consultation with my generals and experts, please be advised the United States government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u. S. Military. The surprise announcement wou
By his own words with one of the nations leading newspaper calling congress to censure mr. Trump. They released their own statement saying intolerrance, racism and violence has absolutely no place in this country. And stepping down from the two Advisory Councils forcing President Trump to disband them himself. It comes as former bush president s called on the country to reject racial bigotry and hatred. Nbcs Peter Alexander picks up the story from there. Reporter before dawn in baltimore, crews taking down four confederate monuments to avoid violent protests like those in charlottesville. I said with the climate of this nation that i think its very important we move quietly and quickly. Reporter here in leesburg, virginia, this confederate statue still fuels deep divisions. But in the wake of President Trumps controversial comments you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. Reporter zack defends the president s words. When you have violence you need to call it on bot
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Meltdown at fukushima, scores of u. S. Sailors and marines are suing them at Japanese Nuclear company tepco, Tokyo Electric Power company. They accuse it of misleading the navy about the crisis at fukushima and the level of radioactive contamination at a time when the u. S. Navy was providing humanitarian relief. First, new york city settles a sevenyear lawsuit over discrimination hiring policies of the new York City Fire apartment, the largest in the country, second largest in the world. There was open and blatant discrimination in the department for at least 100 years. Black africans applications would be thrown in the garbage. They would do well on tests and would never be called. A black african would have committed some minor offense, literally jumping a turnstile, and would be excluded because of that. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The latest disclosures from Edward Snowden show the National Se