Then, it is the most racially diverse u. S. Gymnastics womens inm in rio winning team gold a route. We will look at a new documentary about the 18 africanamericans who defy jim crow and adolf hitler by participating in the 1936 olympics held in nazi germany. This is one of the great telldies of the story you as you have 17 or 18 athletes on the world stage. One of them is remembered. You did something important at a seminal point in human history. Not africanamerican history. Not american history. Human history. Amy and we look at the shocking story of a 70yearold new york mackenzie,med john who committed suicide last week, days after being denied parole for a tense time. 10th time. He first was eligible for parole in 2000, but was denied despite calls for his release by the New York Times and prisoner advocates. He found his own path to rehabilitation in the face of great adversity. He overcame. He did what was right. The parole board did not. They did not recognize his remorse. They chose to ignore his rehabilitation, and instead, they focused on negativity, punishment, and hate. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Republican president ial nominee donald trump has sparked another firestorm of criticism over his comments at a rally in wilmington, north carolina, tuesday, which many saw as a call to assassinate his rival Hillary Clinton. ,mr. Trump hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish the Second Amendment. By the way, if she gets the pick, her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is. I dont know. Amy in response to trumps comments, connecticut senator chris murphy tweeted dont treat this as a political misstep. Its an assassination threat, seriously upping the possibility of a National Tragedy crisis. California congressman eric swalwell, meanwhile, called for a secret service investigation, tweeting donald trump suggested someone kill sec. Clinton. We must take people at their word. secretservice must investigate trumpthreat, he wrote. Trump has denied the comments were a call to violence. His campaign issued a statement saying he was referring to the Second Amendment supporters amazing spirit and great political power. On tuesday night, House Speaker paul ryan called on trump to clear up the comments. It sounds like a joke gone bad. I hope he clears it up quickly. I did not hear the comments. I heard about the comments. Amy speaker ryan was speaking in janesville, wisconsin, at a victory News Conference after he easily won his congressional reelection primary tuesday. Donald trump sparked controversy last week when he initially refused to endorse ryan in his race. Even before donald trump made his comments, republican lawmakers are coming out against trump. This is maine senator Susan Collins speaking to cnns jamie gangel on tuesday. Senator Collins Donald trump in my judgment would make a careless world even more dangerous a Perilous World even more dangerous. His lashing out and illinformed comments would cause dangerous events to escalate and possibly spin out of control at a time when our world is beset with conflict. Amy in more campaign news, newly released state Department Emails are raising questions about the close ties between the Clinton Foundation and the state department during clintons time as secretary of state. The 44 emails include communications between top members of the Clinton Foundation and clintons Top State Department advisers, including huma abedin and cheryl mills. One email show a member of the Clinton Foundation asking abedin and mills for a favor in helping a Foundation Associate land a job at the state department. Abedin responding we all have him on our radar. Personnel has been sending him options. In an other email, a Foundation Executive wrote to abedin and mills asking for help putting a Billionaire Foundation donor in touch with the u. S. Ambassador to lebanon. The emails show abedin responding ill talk to jeff, referring to thenus ambassador jeffrey feltman. In response, the Clinton Campaign said neither of these emails involve the secretary or relate to the foundations work. Another former fox news host has accused former chairman roger ailes of Sexual Harassment. Andrea tantaros says she repeatedly reported ailes harassment to senior fox executives last year. She says she was demoted and then taken off air as a result. Ailes has now been accused of Sexual Harassment by more than 20 women, including fox news anchors megyn kelly and gretchen carlson. This comes as new York Magazine is reporting ailes used fox money to hire private detectives and political operatives who carried out ailes personal campaigns, including targeting journalists. The magazine reports ailes sent private detectives to follow around multiple journalists who had been reporting on him. Ailes has denied these allegations. Receiveded in july and a 40 million severance package. A Justice Department investigation has concluded Baltimore Police have carried out a practice of racially discriminatory policing by systematically stopping, searching, and arresting black residents at a disproportionate rate. The 163page report said supervisors have issued explicitly discriminatory orders, such as directing a shift to arrest all the black hoodies in a neighborhood. The report highlights one African American man in his 50 s who was stopped more than 30 times over 4 years. The Justice Department launched the investigation following the death of freddie gray, who died in 2015 of spinal injuries sustained in police custody. Although charges were brought against six officers over grays arrest and death, none has been convicted, and all remaining charges have been dropped. In brazil, senators voted 59 to 21 today to proceed with the impeachment of president Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws. Lawmakers voted to suspend rousseff in may in what many consider a coup by her rightwing opponents. Leaked transcripts show at least one official plotted to oust rousseff in order to end a corruption investigation targeting him. This comes as the olympics continue in brazil, where the u. S. Womens Gymnastics Team has scored a historic victory, winning the Team Gold Medal by the widest margin of victory since 1960. B vitamin team is the most diverse u. S. Domestic steam in history with two africanamerican athletes and one of puerto rican descent. More on the olympics later in the broadcast. In syria, the United Nations is warning of a dire humanitarian crisis as increasing fighting in aleppo has left millions without water or electricity. Attacks on civilian infrastructure has left the Water Infrastructure leaving 2 million residents without access to the public water network. The u. S. Is externally concerned that consequences will be dire for millions of civilians if the electricity and water levels are not immediately amy in yemen, Officials Say more than 20 people have been killed by u. S. Backed saudiled airstrikes, following the collapse of u. N. Sponsored peace talks. Health ministry Officials Say at least 10 civilians were killed in the capital sanaa, which was bombed for the first time in 5 months. With u. S. Backing, saudi arabia has been bombing yemen for over a year, causing the majority of the conflicts civilian casualties. This comes as the pentagon has announced the u. S. Has approved a possible 1 billion weapons deal to saudi arabia. The deal would include more than 150 tanks and hundreds of machine guns. Human rights organizations have been pressing congress to block arms sales to saudi arabia over the Saudiled Coalition strikes in yemen. In ethiopia, human Rights Groups say nearly 100 people were killed after Government Forces opened fire on protesters over the weekend. Hundreds of thousands of people attended the nationwide protests, which were denouncing the government of human rights abuses and the suppression of the ethnic oromo community. Ethiopia has faced growing antigovernment protests over the last two years, sparked initally by the governments plan to lease a forest to private developers. In news on climate change, rapidly melting ice sheets in greenland may unearth hazardous radioactive waste stored at a secret cold warera u. S. Military base. The u. S. Deposited the thousands of tons of waste in deep underground tunnels at camp century in northern greenland in the 1960s, expecting it would be secure underneath forever. But a new study published in the Journal Geophysical Research letters says rapidly warming temperatures may now unearth the dangerous waste as soon as the end of this century, threatening local ecosystems. Meanwhile, a state of emergency has been declared in bolivia, amid the worst fires in a decade. There are nearly 25,000 droughtfueled wildfires currently burning across bolivia. This comes as wildfires continue to burn across california, where the uncontrolled pilot fire burning east of los angeles swelled by more than 50 tuesday. Nearby School Districts and roads have been closed, and more than 5,000 homes are under evacuation orders. On tuesday, cal fire said the blaze is only 6 contained. Meanwhile, in mexico, extraordinary rainfall has caused mudslides that have killed nearly 50 people. The director of mexicos National WaterCommission Said the rainfall from the single storm was equal to the average amount of rainfall over the entire month of august. It is important to point out these two phenomena accumulated 265 millimeters, which is almost the amount of rain that falls in the entire month of august on average in this region. The regulation of these rains in areas of slopes caused damage in these areas. It is important to note the rains in this area are torrential and similar to those occurring in a state with the highest rainfall nationwide. Amy and the chancellor of the university of california davis has resigned after an investigation concluded shed violated multiple university policies. Chancellor linda katehi has faced widespread protest over her decision to spend at least 175,000 to try to scrub the internet of criticism following the 2011 pepperspraying of student protesters by campus police. Students have also called on her to resign over her involvement with private corporate boards. In march, students launched a 36day occupation of her office. Despite her resignation as chancellor, katehi will still stay at the university as a fulltime faculty member. To see our interview with protesting students while democracy now was at the university of california davis, go to democracynow. Org. That is democracy now , democracynow. Org and the world peace report. Republican president ial nominee donald trump is being accused of inciting violence against his rival Hillary Clinton following remarks he made tuesday during a rally in north carolina. Mr. Trump hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish the Second Amendment, and by the pick,if she gets the or judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is. I dont know. Juan hi trumps remarks were met with outrage. Democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut tweeted dont treat this as a political misstep. Its an assassination threat, seriously upping the possibility of a National Tragedy crisis. Former arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords who survived an assassination attempt in 2011 wrote that trumps rhetoric may provide inspiration or permission for those bent on bloodshed. Chemi shalev, the u. S. Editor of israeli haartez tweeted people who remember the incitement that led to rabins assassination will find trumps rhetoric hauntingly familiar. Shalev was referencing the 1995 assassination of israeli Prime MinisterYitzhak Rabin by a rightwing jewish extremist. The New York Daily News called for trump to end his campaign. The papers cover shows a photo of trump next to the words this isnt a joke anymore. When trump hinted gunrights supporters shoot hillary, he went from offensive to reckless. He must end his campaign. If he doesnt, the gop needs to abandon him. Speaking on cnn former, cia chief gen. Michael hayden condemned trumps remarks. If someone else has said that outside the hall, he would be in the back of a police wagon now with the secret service questioning him. Juan a trump spokesperson said trump was not inciting violence. Jason miller said its called the power of unification 2nd amendment people have amazing spirit and are tremendously unified, which gives them great political power. And this year, they will be voting in record numbers, and it wont be for Hillary Clinton, it. It will be for donald trump. Trumps remarks come one month after one of his advisors, New Hampshire state representative al baldasaro, called for Hillary Clinton to be executed. Baldasaro made the comments during a radio interview in july. This whole thing disgusts me. Hillary clinton should be put on a firing line and shop for treason. Amy to talk more about donald trump, we are joined now by david cay johnston, whos followed trumps career for decades. His biography of trump has just been published. Its titled the making of donald trump and examines trumps rise to prominence. David cay johnston is a pulitzer prizewinning Investigative Reporter previously with the New York Times, now a columnist for the daily beast. Welcome back to democracy now it is nice to have you in studio. Why dont we start with your response to what he said yesterday . Also to people are saying that goes the liberal media again. That. Not say hes at least 72 people who are zealots, deranged, dangerous. That to people whoe said are zealots, deranged, dangerous. Hes a bully. He says whatever he thinks is in th his interest in the moment is a national interest. Juan you have been following him for decades, going back to when you were a bureau chief when he was beginning to get his casino is going in Atlantic City. What has been the main thread you have taken away from years of studying his operations. David donald does not know anything, and if you listen carefully to what he says, it becomes apparent. He was asked by a rightwing radio talkshow host during one of the debates about the nuclear triad, the capacity of the u. S. To deliver a nuclear bomb from a submarine missile, landbased missile, or airplane. His answer indicated he had no idea. He asked the same question months earlier on his radio show, and donald trump did not learn in between. When human casinos, he did know the games, the come out to customers. On a new to do is take money at the organization. That is why his casinos were among the first to fall. Amy lets go back to the clips duringerenced the Republican Debate last december. He was questioned by here hewitt, who then asked senator marco rubio for his response. First of all, i think we need somebody absolutely begin trust to is totally responsible, who really knows what he or she is doing. That is so powerful and so important, and one of the things i am frankly most proud of is i was totally2004 against going into iraq because you are going to destabilize the middle east. I called it. I called it very strongly, and it was very important. We have to be actually vigilant and actually careful when it comes to nuclear. Nuclear changes the whole ballgame. Do you have a priority . Thetrump to me, nuclear, power, the devastation is very important to me. The you have a response, senator rubio . Do, but first lets explain to people at home who the triad is. It is our ability in the United States to conduct Nuclear Attacks using airplanes, missiles launched from silos or the ground, and from our nuclear subs. It is important. All three are critical. Amy that was senator rubio. Recently, joe scarborough, a former republican conservative congressman, said he heard from an International Diplomat who was advising donald trump. Trump said to the persons leadtimes, if we have nuclear weapons, why dont we use them . David this is indicative that donald does not know anything. If marco rubio has to school you want something that is basic, that should have screamed to people in december this man has no qualifications. He is not qualified to be in congress, much less the president of the United States. On the other hand, in his own mind, donald is