Have dropped all chaharges agait the polilice officers s connecto the deatath of freddieie gray, o died last yeyear of spinalal injuries a after he was s arresd anand transported d in a polici. We will speak to the mayor of Baltimore Stephanie rawlingsblake who gaveled in the Democratic National convention on monday after the resignation of dnc chair Debbie Wasserman schultz. Plus, we get the latest from inside the convention. So, if you agree that there is too much inequality in our economy and too much money in our politics, we all need to be as vocal andnd is orgaganized as persistent as Bernie Sanders supporters have been. Amy we will speak with nobel prizewinning Economist Joseph Stiglitz, who has advised Hillary Clinton. And we will speak to Sister Simone campbell about nuns on the bus. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, this is breaking with convention war, peace, and the presidency. Im amy goodman. Baltimore city states attorney Marilyn M
Died after migrants their boat capsizes off the coast of egypt. Grow a bigliticians pharma boss over the price hike of a popular antiallergy 600. Tion from 100 to protests rocked the city of charlotte, North Carolina for the second night in a row. Are growing increasingly frustrated over the Deadly Police shooting of a black man tuesday in the very different stories about what happened. Heres brian quinn. The demonstration in charlotte wednesday night began as a prayer vigil. Before it was over one man would be severely wounded by a gunshot to the head. Initially reported as killed, city officials now say he is on life support in critical condition. Police say they are not the ones who shot him. The whole reason we had to protest is somebody was shot unarmed. The governor of North Carolina declared a state of emergency after a night of clashes between protesters and police. Angry at the Police Murder of a black man and the citys refusal to release the video footage of it. Riot police c
Tonight the crisis deepens in thailand. The Prime Minister suddenly dissolves parliament and is calling for new elections. Picture of thousands rallying in the capitol where it is 11 00 in the morning. Opposition party resigns from conflict. And the conflict is not over yet. Wayne hay has the latest. There is no indication that the Prime Minister will dissolve parliament, that they will change their goals. Those goals have in fact changed a bit over the past few weeks. At first they said they would accept house dissolution. That quickly changed into their goal being the removal of the regime, referring to the former Prime Minister who was ousted in 2006 and lives in self proclaimed compile. His sister is now Prime Minister. They say the government is corrupt, this current government is corrupt and only trying to serve the interests of the the former l Prime Minister. House dissolution was not going to be enough. So at the moment they are continuing their push towards the office of the
In ukraine mass protests soon could be broken up. The first social supermarket selling cheap food to locals on benefits. We begin in syria where Government Forces are claiming control of the west. It means that they control the only supply route from Northern Syria to the south. Reporter the desperate fight to defend one of the last bastians. This is the mountainous region that runs parallel to the border with lebanon. It has been in rebel hands for almost a year, but they have been forced out by a strong counterattack. Over the last three weeks it has fallen to syria forces. They take over the major supply routes. The only significant area left in rebel hand is a town that is surrounded. The rebel fighters are led by groups of alqaeda, but they are also led by the free syrian army. Both have taken heavy losses. On sunday, a top ranking hezbollah commander was among the dead. But it is not just armed fighters being killed. There are reports of a string of atrocities committed against t
We will begin at ukraines capitol where protests reached a new level. The movement saw its biggest crowds yet. Ukraine is bitterly divided over whether it should grow closer with europe or russia. It triggered deep anger now directed at soviet symbols. Al jazeera tim friend has the latest from kiev. Reporter the protest went on into the night. Ukrainian nationalists celebrated the top elling of kievs statue of lenin shouting yanokovich, you are next. Some ahave been camped out for two weeks. They have no intention of giving up now. Here outside the cabinet office, protesters have been placing flowers on the barrier between themselves and the police. This relatively peaceful standoff has turned ugly before earlier, they were building up the barricades. The fear is that the police will move in before an official deadline on tuesday to end the street protests and occupation of government buildings. People gathered in their thousands in index square to call for the resignation of the yanok