Fury. We then look at how attorney general Jeff Sessions is using the Justice Department to roll back decades of progress. On civil rights, Voting Rights, rights and reform. As a whole, i think, has been unfairly maligned and blamed for an acceptable of a few bad actors. Speak with the head of the Civil Rights Division at the department of justice in the Obama Administration until january. All that and more, coming up. Amy welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Trump Administration sent mixed messages wednesday over the possibility of nuclear war with north korea, as secretary of state Rex Tillerson sought to defuse tensions, while defense secretary james mattis threatened a Nuclear Attack. On wednesday, mattis warned north korea not to take any action that could result in the end of its regime and the destruction of its people. His comments came a day after trump startled the worldand reportedly, his own advisors, advisersthreatening
Evidence to charge Jesse Matthew with kidnapping the 18yearold. We have more details in the developing story. Releasing anyt details about the evidence, but we do know that Charlottesville Police were waiting from a authoritiesort that asked a judge for an arrest warrant and got one. Now he is directly connected to the disappearance of hannah graham. Charlottesville Police Announcing that Jesse Matthew has been charged with intent to defile and remains a wanted man. So peopleeciate that mr. Matthew isat wanted for this very serious offense. Saying very little about what led to a police warrant, but they carried out a thorough vehicle and home. He said he had encountered her in the downtown walking mall and was the last person to be with her for her disappearance. At that critical stage in this process forheyre actively looking matthew. Before leaving he made clear another search will not stop. We are absolutely continuing our search for hannah. We will continue our search. Studentst, f
As a deal is struck with the separatists. Renewed fighting in donetske as the Government Forces try to take back the ukrainian city. Welcome to the news hour. The people of gaza are running out of safe havens. For days now, following warnings from the israeli army, thousands have been heading into gaza city. But the city now is under heavy attack. These images are from al aksa hospital where israeli shells landed monday afternoon. Doctors say much of the hospital is now nonoperational. From israel army, our Administration Unit and surgical ward and are female and male under attack, the bomb is in our hospital now and operative units under attack. We cannot do anything here for our patients and for our injured peoples. Our correspondent Nicole Johnston joins us and as night falls, nicole, you can see the damage from street level. Whats your assessment . Yes, we did that just before it became dark. We drove to the outskirts of shujayea, the area that have been hit. An area of gaza called
Who to vote for and whether to vote at all. Its against that backdrop that joe biden and donald trump are set to face off. But tonights debate also comes at a moment when the country is learning more than it has ever known before about the charade that Donald Trumps persona as a successful businessman really is. Sure, he is rich, by any standard, but he has more debt and more loans soon coming due than previously understood at a time when u. S. National security is threatened by emboldened adversaries who see the United States under donald trump as having failed to contain the coronavirus and as rife with divisions internally and among partisan and cultural lines. Theres new reporting in the times that builds on their blockbuster reporting yesterday that said that trump basically paid no taxes. Todays reporting lays out more of the scam of the reality tv version of Donald Trumps biography. When it comes to trumps attempts throughout his political career to paint himself as someone who
Say theyll supply more powerful ad defend systems for keith. The commitment comes with germany, delivers the 1st a full long awaited ab t missile system. And we meet russian jew, this fled to israel to escape Vladimir Putin conscription drive is one of some 6000. 00 russians making use of israels law of return to avoid fighting ukraine plus the film world as its voice and some graphic imagery to the protest in iran over the death of a young woman held by the iranian morality to lease ah, i minute. Mckinnon. Thanks for joining us today. Russia has launched an air offensive on ukraine for the, for straight to a this time targeting the key region with iranian made kamikaze. Drones are people in the ukranian capital woke to the sound of air raid sirens early on thursday. The president s office said Critical Infrastructure was damaged in the attack, as be no comment on potential casualties. Now the attack comes just hours after the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to con