Vargas, pulitzer prizewinning journalist with a new project, emergingus. The minority is becoming the majority. And together, we are remaking the mainstream. Americas story. Amy then we turn to the s lee fang. And they South Carolina democratic primary is saturday. We will stick with black lives matter activist who interrupted democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton during a private fundraiser in charleston. During the event, Ashley Williams held a banner reading we have to bring them to heel. A reference to clintons statements in 1996 among young people whom she called super predators. I am not a super predator, Hillary Clinton. Writertive american gyasi ross, his recent article for Indian Country today, a few notes for native people about the president ial elections. Neither democrat deserves our vote yet. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In kansas, a man killed three people at a manufac
Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Veteran suicide continue to be a national epidemic. Veterans are estimated to have a suicide rate thats 50 higher than those who did not serve in the military. Major driver of sued rates is the incidence of post Traumatic Stress among our veterans. According to the department of veterans affairs, between 11 and 20 of those who served in operatiOperation Iraqi freedomr enduring freedom suffer from pts. Veterans with pts may be troubled by intrusive thoughts, avoid people, places and things, and experience hyperawareness and nightmares. They mind find they are no longer able to trust and love those closest to them. Some may even feel that life is no longer worth living. Unfortunately, many veterans have had significant problems in receiving the health care they deserve. Issues regarding inadequate treatment of veterans by the va have been widely reported. These include long wait times and the overprescription of
Yardville was in fact 93 . Remember, this is the first day that parents have sent their children back since it was confirmed friday night that eli waller in fact died of enterovirus d68. Also, we know that the custodial staff worked overtime through the weekend and they will continue to do so to disinfect all surfaces with a bleach alternative approved by the state department of health. In light of 4yearold eli wallers death due to enterovirus d68 and tabitha vassis little boy, still awaiting confirmation from the cdc. When i hear about how two children from the same classroom were affected in Hamilton Township schools, its not just one school thats not up to par in cleanliness. Its more than one school. Reporter victoria felt compelled to share this photo she says was taken at her sons elementary school, langtree. On a scheduled visit, due to the fact he came home and told his mom the bathrooms were so disgusting, they were like a new york city subway. Hes 5. Hes 5. Reporter she remov
The commonwealth were required to start issuing marriage licenses to all couples, including samesex couples. And it wasnt long before two young women from centerville arrived here, determined to take advantage of this historic opportunity. 26yearold jennifer and erika turner spent 20 minutes inside the courthouse filling out their marriage license paperwork. They emerged to find a reverend from the Arlington Unitarian Universalist Church ready to perform their ceremony and decided to go ahead with it. So before a crowd of reporters, cameras and activists, the young couple was married, becoming one of the first samesex couples in virginia to do so. Now earlier on the same plaza, attorney general mark herring celebrated, and spoke about the significance of todays court inaction that allows samesex marriages to begin in virginia. This is the outcome that we have hoped for. It is the outcome we have fought for and it is the outcome that the constitution requires. Todays decision will chang
The marriage was made possible when the u. S. Supreme court declined to hear an appeal that sought to ban samesex marriages in five states, including virginia. Erika turner says when the couple got the news this morning, they decided right away to act. She came up to me crying and said i think we can get married today. We had plans for august. We were going to come to d. C. But the opportunity presented itself a little sooner, so we wanted to take advantage of that. Reporter earlier on the same plaza, Virginia Attorney general mark herring celebrated the advent with other democratic elected officials. Shortly after he was sworn in january, herring announced he believed the ban on samesex marriage approved by virginia voters in 2006 was unconstitutional. The rights and privileges of marriage, which are guaranteed to us by the United States constitution, are now available to all loving, committed couples in virginia. Reporter other virginia samesex couples, most previously married in oth