Justice Department Says it will phase out the use of privatelyrun federal prisons, ending contracts with Corrections Corporation of america, geo group, and management and training corporation. We will speak with investigative three reporters who exposed the forprofitprisons substandard conditions and medical care. Then the olympics in rio where police are contradicting claims by olympic Gold Medalist swimmer ryan lochte that he and three other teammates were r robbed by gunmen impersonating Police Officers. At this exact moment, what the police can say is there was no robbery the way the athletes reported. They were not victims of the criminal facts they described. The police can say that now. We will get reaction from the nations sports columnist dave zirin. His latest piece headlined ryan lochte i is one of many priviled first world tourists and brazilians are fed up. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodma
A storm hits the valley, bringing dust so thick people literally driving blind, and once the dust cleared, in came the rain. Kristy siefkin has the latest on the monsoon storm. A valley rapper shot and killed outside a club overnight. He was the birthday. And its called the freshman 15, the number of pounds students gain their first year of college. We have some tips on how to avoid gaining the weight. And thank you for being with us tonight after what was a very active weather day. And take a look at this video, wall of dust rolled into the valley, miles long, a couple of thousand feet. Signaled the start of a pretty danerous weather alert on this sunday. This is what im talking about. As the dust rolled in, you see, it just covered roads and roadways. This is a. D. O. T. Video of the i10 westbound at chandler. Drivers literally in the thick of things, just a reminder that if youre in a dust storm and visibility is this bad, you really want to pull over, keep your foot off the brake,
Of charleston and nellis. Metro has not made any arrests and say the suspect may have gotten away on a bicycle. The victim was driven here to u mc with life threatening injuries and then around 8 00, the victim died. Were still working to learn more about this victim and this deadly stabbing. Metro says this is their 111th homicide of this year. Well continue to follow this stabbing, and bring you any updates to the story. A man is dead after an atv crash in the desert this morning. It happened at a dry lake bead near jean. Police say the 39 yearold rider was thrown off the vehicle when it became airborne. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say its the second four wheeler atv a minivan slams into the side of a home leaving a gaping hole right into a familys living room. It happened on marion drive hear steward avenue around 240 this afternoon. Metro police say the driver might have had a medical episode. They say the driver doesnt appear to be impaired. No one was home at the
Privatelyrun federal prisons, ending contracts with Corrections Corporation of america, geo group, and management and training corporation. We will speak with investigative three reporters who exposed the forprofitprisons substandard conditions and medical care. Then the olympics in rio where police are contradicting claims by olympic Gold Medalist swimmer ryan lochte that he and three other teammates were r robbed by gunmen impersonating Police Officers. At this exact moment, what the police can say is there was no robbery the way the athletes reported. They were not victims of the criminal facts they described. The police can say that now. We will get reaction from the nations sports columnist dave zirin. His latest piece headlined ryan lochte i is one of many priviled first world tourists and brazilians are fed up. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In a historic announcement, the Justice Department
Is just over two weeks away. Heres nancy cordes. Hillary clinton has been there. Reporter nearly 20 members of the Congressional Black Caucus vowed today to campaign for clinton. Hakeem jeffries of new york was one of them. Hillary clinton has been there from the very beginning to deal with the gun violence epidemic and its impact on African American communities across the country. Reporter she has prayed with black pastors, met with black lives matter protestors and is airing this new ad in the south. You have to face up to the hard truth of injustice and systematic racism. Reporter her Campaign Says sanders is a johnnycomelately on race issues. He says he got his start in activism during the civil rights movement. Georgia congressman john lewis scoffed at that today. But i never saw him. I never met him. I chaired the student nonviolent coordinating committee, but i met hillary clinton. I met president clinton. Speak frequently about incarceration rates and poverty. 51 of young Afric