Most expensive president ial campaign in political history, harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig considers joining the race with a single goal removing money from politics. He will join us from boston. Then to sarah shourd, the american hiker jailed in iran for 14 months on the Iran Nuclear Deal and her new play about solitary confinement, opening the box. Did we go to Guatemala City where president otto perez is rejecting growing calls to resign. Collects i declare categorically i reject any link to the scandal are receiving money from that defrauding operations. My conscience in that sense is at peace. I reaffirm i will not resign and will fully submit myself to the legal process. Good night and may god bless you. Amy we will speak to investigative journalist allan nairn. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. China is calling it black monday. Global stocks are falling as chinas market saw its sharpest da
Most expensive president ial campaign in political history, harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig considers joining the race with a single goal removing money from politics. He will join us from boston. Then to sarah shourd, the american hiker jailed in iran for 14 months on the Iran Nuclear Deal and her new play about solitary confinement, opening the box. Did we go to Guatemala City where president otto perez is rejecting growing calls to resign. Collects i declare categorically i reject any link to the scandal are receiving money from that defrauding operations. My conscience in that sense is at peace. I reaffirm i will not resign and will fully submit myself to the legal process. Good night and may god bless you. Amy we will speak to investigative journalist allan nairn. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. China is calling it black monday. Global stocks are falling as chinas market saw its sharpest da
In connection with the tianjin chemical blast that killed over 140 people a decade after Hurricane Katrina, president obama heads to new orleans. Plus, im Charles Stratford reporting from northern ethiopia, where conservationists are struggling more than before to save 1500 years of christian heritage in the churches of lalabella. And here in doha, with all the sport, including usain bolt brought back down to earth after once again proving hes the fastest man in the world. Of the thousands of refugees arriving on european shores, the vast majority are the conflict in syria. European countries are not the only ones affected. The country is at capacity, and up to a million may flee syria. According to the united nations, by mid august of this year, 158,000 people reached greece by sea. That puts arrivals there ahead of italy, where so far 90,000 have come ashore. Leaders of the western balkan nations are meeting in vienna in a bid to find the common strategy to deal with the worst refuge
Amy 10 years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf coast, killing 1800 people, forcing over one million to evacuate. As president obama heads to new orleans, we will speak with local activist and attorneys still fighting to rebuild the city. But first, to guatemala. There is an uprising. Today there is a National Strike , a mass demonstration calling for the followed president perez molina. If it develops, you can leave to the fall of the army and oligarchy and the system of hunger. The u. S. Is try to stop that, the oligarchy is, but no one knows if they will succeed. Amy a general strike has been called in guatemala two days after the Supreme Court approved a request by the countrys attorney general to impeach president Otto Perez Molina in a Corruption Scandal. The matter is now in the hands of the guatemalan congress. We will speak with journalist allan nairn. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy
Amy 10 years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf coast, killing 1800 people, forcing over one million to evacuate. As president obama heads to new orleans, we will speak with local activist and attorneys still fighting to rebuild the city. But first, to guatemala. There is an uprising. Today there is a National Strike , a mass demonstration calling for the followed president perez molina. If it develops, you can leave to the fall of the army and oligarchy and the system of hunger. The u. S. Is try to stop that, the oligarchy is, but no one knows if they will succeed. Amy a general strike has been called in guatemala two days after the Supreme Court approved a request by the countrys attorney general to impeach president Otto Perez Molina in a Corruption Scandal. The matter is now in the hands of the guatemalan congress. We will speak with journalist allan nairn. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy