In the democratic race, Bernie Sanders. And upset in indiana. Understand secretary clinton thinks this campaign is over. Ive got some bad news for her. Amy then democracy now s own Juan Gonzalez retires from the New York Daily News after 29 years. I figured my modest contribution would be a voice from another part of new york, not writing about outcast neighborhoods, but from them. Not simply to entertain, but to change. Not after the fact, but before it when coverage could still make a difference. Air Juan Gonzalez s speech when he became the first latino journalist inducted into the new york journalism hall of fame and speak to Pulitzer Prize finalist tom robbins who describes juan as the most essential reporter in new york these past three decades. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Donald trump has virtually clinched the republican nomination after senator ted cruz suspended his Campaign Following a
Best. This is the new jersey turnpike, you see light fog north of delaware memorial bridge. Much of the rest of the area is seeing thicker fog in new jersey especially. Parts of delaware, too. Some of it is inching into pennsylvania, Northeast Philadelphia Airport is now reporting quarter mile invisible. Thats dense fog also from mount holly, toms river, to the south, millvale is seeing fog, visibility was down to zero, a few minutes ago, its improved there. Thick fog in dover. So a foggy start, but a mild morning with temperatures that will be climbing in spite of cloudy skies. The fog and clouds will hang in there. There is a chance of a shower. Well go through the futurecast, right now, Jessica Boyington is keeping an eye on the roads for fog, jessica. So fog and construction is rally what we are dealing with this morning. Right now we are dealing at the schuylkill expressway, cameras are turned to the onramp to head eastbound the vine street expressway is closed with construction.
Yes, feels like spring out here. Oh, ya right. But we had good time outside too. Me and the rufus, doggy. Seven out of ten is our weather by the numbers today. Little less than perfect. We had our ten yesterday. Starting off with dense fog advisory in effect for 10 00 for highlighted counties. Poor visibility in so many places this morning, including, philly international reduced visibility. It has been pretty bad around dover, delaware, millville, new jersey, at the jersey shore, a lot of fog this morning, she could definitely slow you down, Chester County where were seeing some shower activity to start your day. Maybe grab that rain gear, it is all kind of bubble up from this southern storm that we have been watching all week long. 66 34, when our sunrise is official. Miler day, definitely, than it was yesterday. We got 49 degrees in millville, and 61 down in wildwood. But, look, this 15 degrees warmer than it was yesterday at this time. If you bundle up yesterday, got to 08 degrees
Manifest. And it was called soap operas because Soap Companies sponsored the shows. So thats how the soap opera title came about. Yeah. Durham, he also wrote for the chicago defender. Thats an interesting story, particularly his firing and how they had i dont know if they were the first also, when you talked about the black Insurance Company that couldnt get it couldnt get funding to there was a show that he did, and the script basically was about this Insurance Company in, i believe it was in philadelphia. Im not sure. But the bottom line was, when this gentleman went to get money to refinance the building this was during the depression they assessed the building that this Insurance Company was in. And this was one of the Major Insurance Companies for africanamericans at the time. And he thought he could get maybe a 50,000 loan to tide him over through the depression. And they assessed the building for like 5,000. 5,000. And it was like okay, never mind. Ill figure out something else.
Detained by Police Officers there before being released. Other reports backed up by video taken during the disturbances show that some television grews were hampered by authorities from doing their professional duties. This is all unacceptable. And we call for the police to let the journalists carry out their professional mission to report the news in an unfettered matter, otherwise its a violation of the freedom of the press enshrined in the First Amendment of our bill of rights. Also unacceptable. Very much unacceptable is the threat of prison to james risen. This morning a petition signed by more than 100,000 persons was delivered to the department of justice declaring, quote, we support james risen because we support a free press, unquote. Those petitioners, significantly include 20 Pulitzer Prize winners bungled cia operation in iran that appeared in his 2006 book state of war. We are pleased and honored that james risen whos still under threat of prison could be with us today. Th