Amy is the Trump Administration moves to restore the federal Death Penalty, we will speak with sister Helen Prejean, leading Death Penalty activist, the Academy Awardwinning film dead man walking was based on her life. But first we speak to Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Sonia Nazario about how corruption, viviolence, and u. S. Foreign policy are fueling the migrant crisis. Mostly fleeing some of the most violent countries honored, honduras, guatemala, el salvador. In recent years i focused on the most of those who are coming here from Central America immigrant children, kids who are trying to get into the United States and flee the violence. Amy all of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Flights have resumed at Hong Kong International airport after it was effectively shut down for two days due to a takeover by prodemocracy protesters. Tuesday saw new clashes between protesters and police forces, with sever
Mission boulevard after a shooting involving at least one officer. A witness told us that he was tariffing south on mission when he saw a man dressed in black and White Clothing and armed with a large hand gun. He said the man pretended to fire the weapon at passing drivers. He followed that car, made a mock shot and then pointed the gun to me as i went by and pretended to shoot. I could see right down the barrel. He did a pull the trigger motion. I was 35 feet away. It couldnt have been 40 seconds after that i saw the car. It was making a u turn. Reporter police have not confirmed the condition of the suspect. Investigators are busy collecting evidence. No officers were hurt. Police say that mission boulevard will be closed down between industrial and tennyson for the next several hours. We do not know the condition of the suspect if it does become fatal the da will be involved. All right. Thank you for that. Also following a developing story in san ramone. Police have wrapped up thei
Like this, heat stroke and heat exhaustion are possible. A closer look at the sevenday forecast in a few minutes. Larry and ama. Thank but soaring temperatures are not helping crews fighting the moose fire in mendocino county. That blaze is burning north of hopland about 46 miles north of zonta rosa. Authorities issued a mandatory Evacuation Order downgrade this had morning to an evacuation warning. So far no buildings have been destroyed. Cal fire stipulates some 225 acres have burned. Its a 25 containment. No reports of injuries at this point. Now back to that attack on a woman just outside of her Apartment Building in San Francisco. The attack is raising new concerns because it happened essentially across the street from a proposed Navigation Center to help the homeless which is the citys effort to help build a better bay area. The victim and others are now wondering at what cost. Kumasi aaron joining us live in San Francisco with the details. Reporter we spoke with police. Theyre a
Commodities with the smartest voices in the business. We kick it off with spot on, our analysts take on. We start our analyst take on the big story. Joining me is ceo and a middle east advisor. Our spotlight is on the middle east. A lot has happened in the last week. It started thursday when two tankers were damaged in the gulf of oman. Friday, President Trump formally accused iran as the perpetrator and on monday, the u. S. Ordered troops in the middle east. Thursday morning, iran shut down shot down a u. S. Drone and President Trump addressed the situation while meeting with canadian Prime Minister justin trudeau. Pres. Trump iran made a big mistake. This drone was in international waters. We have it all documented. It is documented scientifically, not just words. They made a very bad mistake. Alix what is the end goal here for the u. S. . Ultimately, to reach some kind of diplomatic negotiation and agreement. We are far away from that. At the moment, they are probably thinking about
In most races securing the ranks of ninth place wont get you anywhere near pudding. But with more than 20 democrats of the president ial nomination, breaking to the top ten is pretty good and worthy of a spot here. At the national prescott. Our guest today, senator Amy Klobuchar has served in her state on capitol hill since 2006. She is considered one of the more moderate voices in this county democratic race. That means she has a plan to address Climate Change, a trillion dollar infrastructure plan, 100 millionn plan to address substance abuse, but she is not promising every buddy free college or medicare for all. For the journalist in the room the senator has ties to our profession. Her father was a reporter and columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune for more than 30 decades. Do we have a star tribune reporter here today question. Im sure we have a lot to talk about this money. Please join me in welcoming to the national prescott, Amy Klobuchar. [applause] thank you so much it is