As the vatican testifies against the u. N. Committee of torture in geneva about sexual abuse in the church, we speak with barbara blaine, founder of the Survivors Network of those abused by priests. Then me will speak to Kathryn Joyce, author of by grave alone as sexabuse allegations multiply, Billy Grahams grandson is on a mission to persuade protestant churches to come clean. He is uniquely positioned to go in and do investigations into sexual abuse at schools and missionary groups because they have impeccable credentials. Come from aould not more storyline of evangelicals. Then we will go to connecticut where 16yearold transgender girl has spent the last few months locked up in solitary confinement without any criminal charges. Well find out why. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. By the book boko haram has left several hundred people dead. Residents and local Officials Say dozens of boko haram gunman
Went awry. Then we look at the crisis of Sexual Assault on campus. 2013, i was 2, tangled twice and raped by another student. I should have been kept safe. In fivees show one women are sexually assaulted in college. We will look at the white house s new efforts to protect students and speak to two women who were raped, one at Brown University, the other at tufts. You may be surprised by how the colleges reacted. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Oklahoma governor mary fallin has ordered a review of the states execution procedures following the botched lethal injection that induced a prisoners fatal heart attack. The prisoner, clayton lockett, had initially won a stay for challenging the secrecy surrounding the untested execution drugs. But fallin overruled oklahomas Supreme Court last week and ordered the execution to proceed. On wednesday, fallin defended the Death Penalty and appointed a cabinet member
The same is true in parts of the south. Pensacola, florida, is just beginning to assess the situation after two feet of rain left massive damage to homes and businesses and Officials Say the flooding is possibly related to a deadly explosion at a county prison last night. Well have more on that story in a moment, but we start this morning with Nbcs Kristen Welker who is in baltimore, maryland with this road collapse there. Kristen, as i understand, some neighbors indicate they have been complaining about issues there for a while. Reporter thats right. A few neighbors complaining that they had serious concerns about the retaining wall behind me that gave way last night, causing about eight to ten cars that fell 75 feet on to train tracks. One resident telling me she complained multiple times to the company that is responsible for the tracks, also to city officials. She says she got no response so there was a lot of deep concern throughout this neighborhood. Heres what one resident had t
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Fatal Rail Accident Eerily Similar to Lac-Mégantic Oil Train Disaster
The only way to have a rail accident that is “eerily similar” to the Lac-Mégantic oil train disaster that killed 47 people and wiped out the small Quebec downtown is if a massive regulatory failure did not address the causes of that 2013 tragedy.
Which is exactly what has happened. And is why a fatal train accident on February 4 in Field, British Columbia, was dubbed “eerily similar” to the one in Lac-Mégantic by Garland Chow, a professor and transportation expert at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business.