2013, people were arrested during their moral mondays protest. Now they are planning their biggest protest yet, the moral march on raleigh. Today we are joined by bill moyers and will air excerpts of his new record on the political crisis in the tar heel state. Years, first time in 150 republicans controlled the governorship and both houses of the legislature, where they have a vetoproof majority, and they are enacting laws that will touch every north carolinians pocketbook, every student classroom, and every voters experience at the pole. Bill moyers and state of conflict North Carolina. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Over 60 people were killed in egypt is weakened in clashes around the third anniversary of the uprising that ousted hosni mubarak. Thousands turned out in her rear square, the epicenter of the revolution, but fighting broke out between members of the Muslim Brotherhood and state backers. Over 1000 people were detained by sunday night. In a sign of growing activity by militants and aged russian Army Helicopter was shot down in the desert killing all five soldiers aboard. Group Ansar Beit Almaqdis has claimed responsibility. The military government said it would hold president ial elections earlier than its political roadmap had called for before the races to select a new parliament. Egyptian military leader general abdelfattah elsissi who led the coup to overthrow morsi, is expected to run. The Syrian Government and opposition leaders are holding facetoface talks for the first time in geneva. The weekends session is focused on humanitarian gestures after initially facing potential collapse. Haver brahimi says they agreed to let women and children to leave the city of homs. Starting tomorrow, women and children will be able to leave in homs. The old city i hope the rest of the civilians will be in the to leave soon after. Homs has been under government siege for the past months and civilians are in need of aid. Todays negotiations focus on a ticking point between this year opposition and world powers, demanding the departure of Bashar Alassad. Ahead of todays talks, a spoke person for the Opposition Syrian National Coalition says we opposition regime has sought to stonewall discussions on a political transition. President Bashar Alassad is the president of the syrian republic. Until the people Say Something think every syrian has the right to be nominated to be elected or not to be elected. Say,is why we are here to the only solution is to go to elections. The Syrian Deputy Foreign minister says their future will be decided by elections in which a side would presumably run. We can Start Talking about transition. Clearly, the regime is not enthusiastic to talk about that and they are stalling, trying to , going intoctics ,etails about information asking about names of people, where they are located, rather than providing humanitarian co rridors. Dozens were wounded in a weekend of violence in iraq. 65,000 people have fled the fighting in the cities of falluja and ramadi. Over 140,000 have been displaced since clashes broke out between Government Forces and sunni militants in an bar province last month. Afghan government have released a group of 37 prisoners from the u. S. Prison of bob graham. The Obama Administration had lobbied intensely against their release, accusing them of attacks on afghan civilians and u. S. Troops. But the Afghan Government said there was insufficient evidence to justify their continued imprisonment. On sunday, hamid karzai called bagram a taliban insurgent making factory. The administration recently deployed a new contingent of u. S. Troops to somalia to work as advisors to the somali military. The political opposition in ukraine has rejected a sweeping powersharing offer from president Viktor Yanukovych in a bid to stop the protests against his rule. Proposedweekend, he the installation of top opposition leaders in key government positions. Of prisoners, and the reevaluation of antiprotest laws. Addressing the massive crowds in independence square, opposition willrs said protests continue until elections are called for later this year. More than a dozen antigovernment rallies have taken place nationwide. Three people are dead after a gunman opened fire in a maryland Shopping Mall before taking his own life. Oldgun man was 19 years while the victims were 21 and 25yearold employees of a skateboard store. A witness described the scene. Was looking around and i heard a bang, and i said, that sounded like a gunshot. Then i heard people running and screaming. Screaming. Started it was complete madness. I got out as quick as i could. I definitely heard four or five gunshots. Incident of gun violence, a student was killed friday in a campus shooting on South Carolina state university, at least the fifth School Shooting this month. An adviser to Edward Snowden has ruled that plea talks with the u. S. Government unless he is offered amnesty. Eric holder says he is open to meeting with lawyers but without the prospect of amnesty or clemency. Calls or clemency have grown in recent weeks after disclosures have let president obama to announce a series of nsa reforms and an independent payment to operations of information gathering as illegal. Said thatadack snowden should be him of to return home a free man. Amnesty and clemency have been negotiating points but none of us have been contacted about restarting negotiations. I think no harm no foul is not at. Has beeneen suffering on the part of Edward Snowden. While we are glad to negotiate, he will not come back to face and espionage prosecution. West virginia has ordered the removal of storage tanks from the site deadly chemicals into the water supply earlier this month. 300,000 people were left without makeater after a Company Chemicals into the elk river. The order, Freedom Industries will be forced to remove all 17 of its tanks. Handed ceoase has jamie diamond a massive compensation package despite a year that saw them pay off a record amount in criminal fines. Mons jump to 20 million for 2013, most of it in bonuses. To 1 millionunts for each billion that they paid last year to resolve government probes into illegal activity. Recently, they paid 2. 6 billion for failing to disclose suspicions of fraud in what turned out to be a massive ponzi doff. E by bernie made of a texas woman has been taken off lifesupport. Inleys munoz collapsed december when she was 14 weeks pregnant despite please to keep her on life support because of her pregnancy. On friday, a judge ruled the hospital had to disconnect her because she was legally dead. Family attorney say her relatives one now proceed with the somber task of laying her body to rest and grieving over the great loss that has been suffered. Those are some of the headlines. Democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In 2013, over 1000 people were arrested in North Carolina taking part in a series of protests called moral mondays. For 13 weeks, protesters rallied in the state capital of rally to moves byoves oppose republican lawmakers to protect Voting Rights, education, the environment, and womens rights. Now organizers are planning the largest posttest yet, called the moral march on raleigh. State of conflict North Carolina. Broadcast, bill moyers will join us in the broadcast, but first, an excerpt from his report. A monday in july. Raleigh, North Carolina. A position moves towards the statehouse. When it comes to health care, what do we do . Police. The chief of you have five minutes to disperse and leave the property. Once inside, they block doors and passageways, knowing it will get them arrested. They are part of a movement known as moral mondays. Thousands protesting at the North Carolina statehouse. The moral mondays protest here in North Carolina. We are in the south. This is not wisconsin. This is the south. Where justice was hammered out. Where freedom was hammered out. This is the south. More than a dozen protesters are in police custody. The protest began with a small gathering on a monday in april. Then there are number started growing monday after monday. Each week there are more arrests than the week before. Tonight, there were 49. The 13th wave of the moral monday protest. Police had to shut down a portion of lane street in downtown raleigh. By august, citizens were turning up across the state. 5000 or more gathered here in downtown asheville. And the nation took notice. Organizers say the Media Attention they are generating outside of the General Assembly makes up for much of the political power they lack on the inside. The protesters are challenging a rightwing crusade to remake the state. They are cutting off on implement benefits. North carolina passed one of the most restrictive Voter Suppression bills. Voted to prohibit the expansion of medicaid. Will soon resume in the state of North Carolina. In 150the first time years, republicans controlled the governorship in both houses of the legislature, where they have a vetoproof majority, and they are enacting laws that the Charlotte Observer says will touch every voter and person. They have overstepped so far. They seem to be targeting those who can least afford to pay for these changes. We just kicked 71 of our neighbors off of the roles. Lower Legislature Want to the age that we can be tried as adults to 13. We are here to save the soul of our state. At the age of 92, i am fed up. Up fired fed up fired up thank you so very much. Has, in somelina ways, a bipolar political culture. Heartburn teaches at the university of North Carolina, chapel hill. When you say North Carolina, the first thing that many think of is jesse helms, our senator for more than 20 years. Disgusting people marching, demanding all sorts of things, including the right to marry each other. At the same time, it is the home to many progressive politicians. Terry sanford is known as one of the best republican liberals. We have to remind ourselves that protest is the fundamental ingredient of a free people. States, the progressive leader is William Barber. Before the rightwing takeover, his coalition had pushed for a string of successful reforms, including raising the minimum wage and measures including voting for dissipation. Is not just political, it is personal. Reverend William Barber is the head of the North Carolina naacp, a man that you will always know is in the room. We have come to serve notice we will release every political and moral strategist we can to create the new south but we will not go back. Fundamentally, america finds itself with a moral question. How are we going to live out our deepest moral principles of doing justice, loving your neighbor, and what does that mean in terms of our laws and Public Policy . He declared he was protesting an avalanche of extremist policies. They are threatening health care, education, the poor. One of the things that upset are cuts to longterm unemployment assistance. A journalist for the Progressive Institute for studies. One of the things we have seen as part of the agenda that is being played out in raleigh is constant cuts to the social safety net. It is no longer a priority for the people that control the state. The vote to block the expansion of medicare. The republican appraisal to expand medicaid meant the denial of insurance to have a million people. How can you say this is the moral thing to do . They were not going to expand medicaid. Tothis would do great damage my patients, so i take that personally. I am not a person that just takes care of hearts and livers, but i need to take care of the whole body and. And Infectious Disease specialist at university of North Carolina. April 29, reverend William Barber had had a rally against these policies, so i thought, i should check this out. On monday, may 6, i went along and ended up doing civil disobedience, and got arrested. I deliberately made some ,ecisions in subsequent rallies and i stood next to him. I wanted there to be an old one guy in a white coat with a stethoscope, standing next to him. Going to walk together and go forward, until love is lifted. Until justice is realized. He is trying to build a multiissue, Multiracial Coalition in North Carolina. Feeling that social justice is under attack and that people have to get into the streets to make people care, to dramatize what is happening in the states. An excerpt of the documentary state of conflict North Carolina. Its narrator is the legendary broadcaster bill moyers. When we come back, we will air more of the documentary and then speak to bill himself. [music break] we are not for sale by django haskins. State of conflict North Carolina. That is the name of a new documentary from bill moyers. We returned to report on the political crisis in North Carolina. Pope, thelooks at art man described as the mastermind of the rightwing takeover. The moral monday protesters, what they are fighting is not new. What is new is just about everything on the right wing wish list is at last becoming reality. Just as our hope planned. What happened to North Carolina . His name is art pope. And i ame is art pope a job creator. Man presents himself as a lucky member of the governors running the numbers like an earnest accountant. Are you the rainmaker of the North CarolinaRepublican Party . Know, the voters are the rainmakers. He has been called everything from kingmaker to king. He is very rich and have shelled out so many millions of dollars for conservative causes and republican candidates that his adversaries accuse him of buying state government. He claims that is not what the money is for. Is an impact,here but the impact is educating voters on issues. There are wealthy individuals that have pain influence in many states. He really dominates the landscape in North Carolina in a way that nobody else does. That is because he practices the golden rule of the politics. Art pope has money. His companys money, money from the John William Pope foundation, named for his wealthy businessman father. That foundation has spent 46 million on a network of advocacy groups and think tanks bent on steering North Carolina far to the right. Sound familiar . When people talk about art pope, someone who is often invoked is the Koch Brothers, david and charles coke, koch, who spent a great deal of money expanding their idea of libertarian politics. With art same thing pope. Is a some ways, art pope junior sized version of the Koch Brothers. He has what some might call a Factory Production line for his ideology. The people that work for his think tanks are on the radio, they have websites, they have publications that are statewide. They get their message out all the time. Message aimed at the moral monday protesters. Have been arrested for disrupting the state legislature. Ofit accuses protest leaders marching to protect access to government handouts. These organizations are fighting to keep their spot at the public trough. Welcome to money mondays. He is now at head of the pope civitas institute. Having worked here for seven years and running it for six years, art popes control is very little. I always like to describe him as a holocene want. Among his different groups, you will see that they do not always agree. The group that he funds do not always agree on policy. Not always, but certainly enough. By 2015, the highest earning north carolinians will pay almost 26 less in income tax than in 2013. Corporations will pay over 27 less. There has also been a repeal of the estate tax which applied only to people so wealthy that just 23 families have paid it in 2011. When corporate and wealthy interests are at stake, art pope is right at home. Get the moneypope and ideas that have reshaped the politics of North Carolina . The story begins when he was a young man. Kid, was an intellectual went to a Summer Program early on run by the cato institute. He was quite swept up with libertarian ideology and the ideas of ayn rand. Once he went to duke law school, he eventually became the general counsel in the family firm and then rose in the firm. The top,e way to becoming the ceo. It is a privately held company. Is called variety wholesalers. It is a Discoun