Rendition program. We will speak with amrit sing, author of the new report, globalizing torture cia secret detention and extraordinary rendition. The American Public needs to know what its government did. Grabbing people off the street, flying them to secret cia prisons to be locked up, shut out, held in detention and subjected to interrogation, and many instances that amounted to torture. Then radio ambulante and the power of radio. We begin at the worlds busiest Border Crossing in tijuana. It is rush hour and a mass exodus into the u. S. , each with a particular mission and a baggage to prove it. Summer caring suitcases, others carrying school books. An spanishlanguage Radio Program is showcasing compelling human stories from around latin america and the u. S. We will speak with Daniel Alarcon, author of, lost city radio and Annie Correal. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Obama Administration has
Some thought that there were changing winds in the United States that finally congress would impose some kind of Gun Regulations that could help prevent this kind of massacre from taking place in the future but now having seen this speech from donald trump in front of the n. R. A. It shows that he is back in line with the n. R. A. Is prefer Policy Preferences so whats changed because of. The popular florida shootings he said that he would go to the go. So why was he bumped away from mine. Its true in the days after we did hear trump say that there needed to be some kind of action and that americans need to stand up to the n. R. A. But i think even this took republicans by surprise somebody has talked him back from that statements and he sees where his support is this is his base and hes really playing to them in a speech before the n. R. A. Were in an Election Year there are there are elections in november for the midterms and then ari has been a big supporter of republican candidates
That cant be stopped. Can he keep that going . Ill ask Vice President joe biden coming up. Jake tapper, state of our union, joe bidens sweeping victory in South Carolina, the first date to vote with a sizable africanamerican population helps him make the case to democrats that he, not senator Bernie Sanders, can turn out the votes democrats would need to beat President Trump in november. Next up ill speak with the former Vice President but well begin with the Global Health crisis, spread of the crisis. The virus claimed the life of the first known american, a man in his 50s in Washington State. More than 50 people in a nursing facility there are experiencing symptoms of the virus and being tested after two other people at the facility tested positive. The instinct of President Trump has clearly been to downplay concerns. He said this week the number of cases have been, quote, going very substantially down not up, unquote. But Health Experts say we should expect more cases. There are se
We cannot just walk on by if we are to keep this country safe. We have to confront this menace. Step by step, we must drive back, dismantle, and ultimately destroy isil and what it stands for. Meantime, another u. S. Ally, austral australia, is offering not just air support, but a 600 strong force made up of air force personnel and special forces soldiers. Just a short time ago, the United Nations Security Council released its state on the brutal oncamera death of david haines. Council members express their bleach that isis members must be destroyed and said this, this crime is the tragic reminder of the increasing dangers humanitarian personnel face every day in syria and also once again demonstrates the brutality of isil responsible for thousands of abuse against the syrian and iraqi people. With me now, Cnn National Security analyst, peter bergen and military analyst, retired Lieutenant Colonel rick francona. Peter, let me start with you. The man beheaded by isis this weekend was a
Question and break free. Four of warren jeffs children have recently left the flds and are making shocking allegations. Tonight, two of them are telling their story on camera for the very first time. Revealing the kind of man their father was before he became the the profit. I want people to know the truth. I wish we would have opened up about it a long time ago. When a man like that becomes prophet, what happens . Profit, what happened . He can hide his sins behind the title of profits. Utah is so majestically beautiful its often referred to as gods country where mormons finally settled and ultimately divided over their stance on plural marriage where the church rejected the belief, fundamentalist mormons embraced it. But beyond polygamy, theres another tenant that distinguishes the fundamental later day states. Guided by the book of mormon, the flds says one living man on earth has the power to relay the word of god to the people and in 2002 all that power was handed to warren jeffs.