Taxpayers or the biggest multinational corporations in the world . Amy will Congress Give president Obama Fast Track Authority to negotiate the secret trade deal . We will speak with lori wallach of public citizen. Then to how the fbi created a terrorist. The really dangerous guys are not being trapped in a sting operation, because in a way theyre not dumb enough to go to the local mosque or the community and talk to an informant about how they want to commit an act of terrorism. The really dangerous guys are not being deceptive by the fbi. Amy we look at the case of sami osmakac. He is currently serving 40 years in jail for plotting a terror attack in tampa that was put together almost entirely by fbi agents. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A shooting rampage at tunisias National Museum has left 22 people dead, 20 Foreign Tourists and two tunisians, nearly 50 people injured. Two gunmen began the attack by opening fire on tourists as they got off a bus and chasing them inside the museum. It is one of the most popular Tourist Attractions in tunis, and adjacent to the countrys parliament else in. The dead included residents of japan, italy columbia, australia, france, poland, spain, and britain. It was the most serious attack in years in tunisia where the arab spring began in 2011. Thousands of tunisians have marched in the streets to denounce the shooting. The tunisian president government has pledged to wage what it calls merciless war against terrorism. We will go to tunis after the headlines. The Obama Administration has signaled a potential shift in its approach to israel and palestine following the reelection of israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. On the eve of the vote netanyahu vowed to prevent the establishment of a palestinian state and warned against a high turnout of arab voters. In its first public response the white house said it is deeply concerned about divisive rhetoric and will evaluate our approach to this situation moving forward. According to the new york times, the Obama Administration is considering backing a u. N. Security Council Resolution calling for a twostate solution based on an israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories. That would mean president obama would be formally supporting official u. S. Policy for the first time, after previously vetoing similar resolutions at the u. N. A white house official said we are now in a reality where the Israeli Government no longer supports direct negotiations therefore we clearly have to factor that into our decisions going forward. On wednesday, a spokesperson for u. N. Secretary general ban ki moon renewed calls on israel to end the occupation. It is incumbent upon the new is really government once formed to create editions for final Peace Agreement that will in the Israeli Occupation and realize the creation of a viable palestinian state, living in peace and security alongside israel. This includes the cessation of legal settlement illegal settlement building. Amy dozens of people have been wounded in clashes surrounding wednesdays massive protest against austerity in frankfurt germany. A crowd of around 10,000 people marched outside the new headquarters of the European Central bank to oppose economic policies that force deep cuts to public spending and worsen unemployment. Around 14 officers and 21 protesters were injured after breakaway marches clashed with police. Opposition to austerity has grown with the recent election of the syriza party in greece, which has challenged the terms of its international bailout. A spokesperson for rally organizer blockupy said protesters are bringing athens to frankfurt. Today and frankfurt, we have shown there is anger and frustration about german prices, politics, and the ecbs policies. In social injustice leads to social in content, whether you like it or not. We must say athens has arrived in frankfurt. Amy a Prominent Yemeni journalist has been assassinated in the capital sanaa. Abdul kareem alkhaiwani was reportedly shot dead near his home by gunmen riding a motorbike. Alkhaiwani was also a wellknown activist close to Yemens Houthi militia, which recently seized power. Parents and colleagues of 43 students missing for nearly six months in guerrero, mexico are bringing their call for justice to the United States. The students families question the mexican governments claims local police under orders from the corrupt mayor of iguala turned the students over to drug gang members, who killed and incinerated them. Only one students remains have been identified, and mexican media reports have tied federal authorities to the attack. Three caravans will travel across the United States converging on new york next month. Speaking at a News Conference at the Mexican Consulate in new york, Felipe De La Cruz sandoval, a professor at the ayotzinapa teachers college, whose son survived the police attack, said the parents bring a message for president obama. We are here to tell the u. S. Government that in mexico, we have been living for many years in an antidemocracy, a criminal state. As parents, we will not allow more impunity and if president obama has human thoughts and feels the pain of the mexican people he should be reviewing the political relations and the agreements with mexico. You should consider if a life is more important than a political and economic agreement on weapons with mexico, because these weapons are being used to kill students in mexico. Amy a known white supremacist has been arrested following a shooting spree wednesday in mesa, arizona. A Police Spokesperson said one person was killed and five others were wounded before the suspect was detained. The suspect who we believe is responsible for the incident has been taken into custody without major incident. He was tased during custody. At this time, we believe he is responsible for each and every one of these shootings. He was taken into custody in the 1700 block here in may so. We have one deceased. The other five have been treated at hospitals. One of them is in Critical Condition with, i believe multiple gunshot wounds and still being treated. Amy the suspect has been identified as 41yearold ryan elliot giroux. The Southern Poverty Law Center says giroux belonged to skinhead and white supremacist groups. A u. S. Air force veteran has pleaded not guilty to charges of trying to assist the selfproclaimed islamic state. Nathan webster pugh was indicted this week on charges of seeking to provide Material Support to isil and attempted obstruction of justice. Prosecutors say he was caught trying to cross the border into syria earlier this year. The chemical industrys top lobby group has reportedly drafted a chemical safety bill before congress. The bill is sponsored by senators tom udall, a democrat and david vitter, a republican. But democratic senator Barbara Boxer says a digital copy she received proves the authorship of lobbyists. Information imbedded inside microsoft word shows the company of origin for the document is the american chemistry council. Now maybe i am oldfashioned, but i dont believe a regulated industry should be so intimately involved in writing a bill that regulates them. The voices of Public Health and safety organizations that speak for our citizens must be heard. There are views must not be drowned out by the very industry that is supposed to be regulated. Amy gemma collects says for probe after Police Arrest left a black student bloodied and bruised. Charlottesville police say Martese Johnson has been charged with obstruction of Justice Without force and public swearing or intoxication. But the group concerned black student said uncle resultednewly emerged video footage shows dallas, texas Police Fatally shooting a mentally ill africanamerican man at his home six seconds after encountering him. Jason hears and was reportedly shot dead in june after his mother called 911 through four she was worried about him because he was bipolar and schizophrenic. Within two minutes of the officers arrival, harrison had been fatally shot in video released by the family, harrison is seen standing in the doorway with a screwdriver. After he doesnt heed Police Orders to drop it, they opened fire. Harrison was shot six times in the chest as he was dying, Police Officer them heard asking if they should handcuff him. The Obama Administration set a new record for concealing information for the public. According to an Associated Press analysis, of the more than 700,000 requests per information last year, the government censored or denied access to information more than 250,500 cases. And over 200 15,000, said it could not find records. When the government was challenged over his withholding of information in nearly one in three cases, it it knowledged the decision was improper. As the number of records request in greece, the a administration cut the number of fulltime employees pay to look for records by 375 to its lowest number in five years. But what has present for terry josh earnest will reporters when it comes to our record on transparency, we have a lot to be proud of and it sets a standard for future ministrations will have to live up to. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We begin in germany were dozens of people have been wounded in clashes surrounding wednesdays massive protest against austerity in frankfurt. A crowd of around 10,000 people marched outside the new headquarters of the European Central bank to oppose economic policies that force deep cuts to public spending and worsen unemployment. Around 14 officers and 21 protesters were injured after breakaway marchers clashed with police. The German Climate justice activist joins us now on the phone from frankfurt. He took part in the protest yesterday. Thank you so much for joining us. Can you talk about what is happening there in frankfurt . Well, thank you very much for having me on the show. There were two things that happened yesterday. There were blockades of the opening of the new ecb tower block, which used to be in frankfurt, has built itself a new tower. There were going to open it with a lot of fanfare. And the blockupy groups saying were going to block it or opening because theres nothing to celebrate. They had a big party planned with big heads of state. Blockuppy said there is nothing to celebrate given your policies are leading to impoverishment, especially in the european periphery, but all throughout the euro zone. It shows we announced these blockades. In response, the ecb kind of scaled back their party plans and invited just a few people to come. It was a success. That is what happened in the morning. That is what you saw the major clashes that also produced images you probably saw on tv. Then in the afternoon, there was a rally and a major march. If youre maybe five or six blockades in the morning, the rally and the march gathered up to about 30,000 people. Two separate events. The mood of the first event, the blockade, was definitely very confrontational. The mood in the afternoon was very different. It was very colorful. It was sunny, folks were there from all over the continent. There was a real sense of a europeanization of the struggle against the austerity big cats from above. Any cat amy can you explain what are the concerns of those who are occupying, the protesters, the blockupy group . So you have to imagine europe or the eurozone right now as a huge laboratory for austerity policies, which is the word we use in europe to describe what may folks in other countries have called neoliberalism or countries in the global south used to be called policy of structural adjustment. The eurozone is being used by european elite to push back labor rights. All sorts of a conference of social movements over the last decades or even centuries. Everything is on the table. Tension student rights workers rights, the right not to be a victory from your Housing Health care everything is on the table for nero a liberal offensive from the neoliberal offensive from the top. In that, european desk the countrys in the periphery the south are suffering the most. Greece, since it started come has gone into what you might think of as a receivership. There are no longer capable of drafting out economic social, etc. Policies, but those policies are drafted by three institutions which were referred to as beach. That is the imf, European Central bank, and thirdly, the european commission. The ecb is a keynote in this tryka and it is the institution which has evacuated greek democracy. When the greeks voted for different government the and how sturdy government a few months ago, it became very clear that european elites had a fight on our hands. For many years it seemed they were able to push these projects from the top without much coordinated resistance or without resistance that managed to occupy certain levers of power. When on the 25th of january, the greek people voted for and and austerity government for the first time which, this point 70 80 support of the greek population despite the difficult situation. When this new government, this new hope came to power, european elites realized now they had a real fight on their hands. They have been trying to strangle this new hope in greece ever since. And this is why the protest at the European Central bank yesterday were so tense. And also filled with rage. Because on the one hand, you had is supposedly grandiose opening of an institution that says, hey, were the sort of pinnacle of european integration and your pin capitalism. At the same time you this massive assault on social movement workers, in the entire euro zone, and especially the european career free and therefore most greece. It drove folks yesterday and large numbers to come and blockade the ecb. Amy explain what happened. The people who were injured and also the cars that were set afire. There were these blockades and it is true folks from the blockades were clearly out to engage the police. I think it is understandable why there is this rage. If you look a greece you have youth on a planet of 50 increase in suicides, a terrible situation. Folks were trying to express the rage. However, expressing rage is not the same as having a political strategy to change the things that are actually causing the suffering that is causing your rage. There was a lot of rage in the street in the morning, but in the afternoon and evening, that have been transformed into a sense of hope, into a sense that we can lead a european struggle from these institutions and may be wind. So my hope would be, lets not just focus on the burning cars. What we need to focus on is the ecb and their policies because they are burning the continent. Amy tadzio mueller, thank you for being with us from frankfurt, germany activist who took part in the blockupy protest. When we come back from the break, we go to tunisia where tourists and local tunisians were killed as they went into the museum and the capital of tunisia. Stay with us. [music break] this is democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We turn now to tunisia where gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed tunisias National Museum on wednesday, killing 17 20 Foreign Tourists and two tunisians. 50 people were injured. Tunisian officials said the dead included residents from japan, italy, poland, france and spain. It was the most serious attack in years in tunisia where the arab spring began four years ago. The bardo museum is one of the most popular Tourist Attractions in tunis and is adjacent to the countrys Parliament Building. The gunmen began the attack by opening fire on tourists as they got off a bus and then they chased them inside the museum. Survivors of the attack described the scene inside the museum. It is hard to say. We were visiting the museum. Suddenly, we hear loud noises. To start with, we thought it was a statue falling over. In fact, progressively we realize it was gunfire. The four of us were there. We found another couple with children. We didnt know what to do. We hid. We were on the top floor. After a while, the gunfire stabilized. There was a guide in the mosaic room who let us in. We awaited for approximately one hour without moving until the Police Forces intervene. At that point they said we must run, you must run. Get out of here fast. Then they took us to the military barracks, which we just left. Amy earlier today, tunisian Prime Minister habib essid said neither of the two gunmen, who were killed in the museum attack, has been linked to any known terrorist group. One of the gunmen was said to be known to authorities. Tunisian officials said Security Forces are searching for conferences. In recent years, thousands of tunisians have left the country to fight with the selfproclaimed islac state in iraq, syria and libya. Tunisias president Beji Caid Essebsi promised to wage a merciless war against terrorism. I cant say anything other than