It was a definite and defiant no. Almost 62 of greek ballots cast against austerity. Athens wants to renegotiate. To do so, the government has decided it might be better off without finance minister verify this, so he has resigned. Reporter the triumph and greek Prime Minister could not wait for the official results the triumphant greek Prime Minister could not wait for the official results. Television networks interrupted their broadcasts as he gave his victory speech. Tsipras we have proven, even under the most difficult circumstances, democracy cannot be it is a mandate to strengthen our negotiation position, to seek a viable solution. Reporter his government had wagered everything on this referendum, including its own future. Before his shock resignation Yanis Varoufakis assured the greek people that the greek government would not close the door on europe. Verify this varoufakis greece will begin to heal its wounds. Tonight, no is a big yes toa a democratic europe. Reporter while t
Granddaughter of the late Strom Thurmond, the longterm South Carolina segregationist, governor, and senator who ran for president in 1948 opposing civil rights. It simply means just another effort on the part of this [indiscernible] to dominate this country by force and to put into effect these uncalled for in these them noble proposals recommended under the guise of socalled civil rights. Amy after his death in 2003, it was revealed Strom Thurmond had secretly had a child with his black maid. Their granddaughter will join us today from the capital of South Carolina. Then to new york were Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced plans to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Police Killings of unarmed civilians. This situation we are addressing is a crisis, a crisis in the state and a crisis nationwide. It is a crisis of confidence in the criminal justice system. Amy we will speak to gwen carr, the mother of eric garner who died a year ago in Staten Island after being placed in a poli
Alexis tsipras has to get parliament to approve the plan. Here is more of what he has to say. Alexis tsipras the deal is difficult and we have prevented the pursuit of a transfer of public property abroad. We have prevented the plan of financial asphyxiation, and the collapse of the financial system. A plan that was designed up to its last detail, perfectly, and had started to be implemented. Finally, we achieved in this hard fight in these negotiations, restructuring of the debt, resecure financing for the median term. Genie Nathalie Savaricas joins us from athens. The terms of this deal are tougher when it comes to the austerity part than the deal the greek people rejected before the referendum. How is Alexis Tsipras going to get the deal through parliament . Nathalie it is Pretty Simple in the sense that the Opposition Party leaders are well aware that the alternative is grexit. It became clear during the 17 hours during the summit yesterday. So that is what we have. The leader of t
The u. S. Has 5 of the worlds population but 25 of its prisoners. Speaking before the naacp, president obama calls for overhauling the nations criminal Justice System saying too many people have been locked up for nonviolent offenses. This is a cause ringing people in both houses of congress together, created some unlikely bedfellows. Youve got van jones and Newt Gingrich. Youve got americans for tax reform and the aclu, the naacp and the Koch Brothers. Amy today we will be joined by two of those unlikely bed bedfellows criminal activist van jones and mark holden, general counsel of Koch Industries. Plus, we will speak to a Prison Reform activist who spent 19 years locked up. Then to a story about corporate espionage and activism. An employee of the animal theme park seaworld has been exposed for infiltrating peta, people for the ethical treatment of animals. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Congressio
Hernandez was sentenced to life with a parole for nondrug violent for a drug nonviolent offense. His sentence was commuted by president obama in 2013. He was jailed at the federal prison obama visited on thursday. We will also speak to Maya Schenwar, author of locked down, locked out, why prison doesnt work and how we can do better. Then after a twoyear battle federal judge has ordered the release of Police Dashcam footage of a Police Killing of an unarmed man in gardena, california that shows officers ordering Ricardo Diaz Zeferino and two other men to raise their hands in the air, which they do. Three officers then open fire, killing him with eight bullets. We will speak with Sonia Mercado , civil rights attorney representing the family of the victim. Then a gunman opens fire on two separate military sites in chattanooga, tennessee. The rampage left four marines and the gunman dead and at least three people injured. This obviously has been horrible day for chattanooga in a tragic day