Funding from planned parenthood in ohio, we will speak to former ohio state senator nina turner. She once wore a tshirt that redefined the gop acronym. It read, gop get out of my panties. She made headlines recently for switching her support in the democratic race from Hillary Clinton to Bernie Sanders. We will also look at whether electronic Voting Machines could be used to steal an election. We will speak to independent journalist Harvey Wasserman. Then to prisons for profit. A look at how ohio became the first state to sell off a public prison to a private corporation. It is the great myth that private prisons will provide any type of cost savings. Here in ohio, we have by statute the required to say the least 5 , but there been multiple studies that have shown that they did not save 5 . And in some years we have had private prisons in our state, they actually cost more than public prisons. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from ohio. Thousands of afghans fleeing violence in their home country have been left stranded in northern greece after macedonia barred afghans from crossing its border. Macedonia Authorities Say they k action after refugees the refused to except refugees, sending hundreds of them back. On monday, hundreds of stranded afghans staged a sitin and occupied the railway line connecting macedonia and greece. They held signs reading we cannot go back and white racism . Are choices to cross the border im a soft target for the taliban in afghanistan. Amy the stranding of afghan refugees in northern greece comes as a new study finds the rate at which civilians are being killed by u. S. Drone and jet strikes in afghanistan has reached its highest point since 2008, at the height of the afghan war. The bureau of investigate journalism says on average, one silly and was killed every fourth drone strike last year up , from one in 11 attacks the previous year. In other news on the greatest refugee crisis in world war ii, thousands of people in frances largest refugee camp are facing eviction and the bulldozing of their makeshift homes. A french court is expected to today to decide today if the evictions can move forward at the calais camp, known as the jungle. The refugees have been encouraged to move into shipping containers which some have needpared to prison, but a groups say there is not enough room. Toee a rept from theefugee mp when mocracy w was ere, go democranow. Org. In gmany, thgovernme has coemned thactions a mob o ambush a bus crying ylum seers in thstate of sany last ek and aempted to blo it. Da later, shelter r Asylum Seekers in saxony was set on fire while a group of onlookers cheered the blaze. 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The shakeup in cruzs Campaign Came one day before todays republican caucuses in nevada. At his final rally ahead of the caucuses, republican frontrunner donald trump criticized one of the multiple protesters who interrupted his speech, saying he wanted to punch the protester in the face. Another republican candidate, Ohio Governor john kasich, has raised eyebrows over his comments on how women helped him get elected to the Ohio State Senate in 1978. Got an army of people who and many women who let their kitchens to go out and go doortodoor and to put yard signs up for me all the way back when, you know, things were different. Now you call homes and everybody is out working. It that time, early days, it was an army of the women that really helped me to get elected to the state senate. Laterovernor kasich apologize. His remarks monday came a day after he signed legislation blocking funds to planned parenthood. Well have more on kasichs antichoice record with former ohio state senator nina turner after headlines. Wikileaks has published documents showing the National Security agency spied on a 2010 meeting between israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and italian Prime Minister silvio berlusconi, during which israel sought advice on how to strengthen its relationship with the United States. The documents released monday also reveal new details about u. S. Spying on countries taking part in the 2009 u. N. Climate summit in copenhagen. One document contains details of a confidential meeting between german chancellor Angela Merkel and u. N. Secretary general ban kimoon in the leadup to the climate summit. Wikileaks says the release includes some of the most highly classified documents ever published by a media organization. A new study has found Greenhouse Gas emissions largely stemming from false of fuels are causing oceans to rise faster than at any in the past 28 centuries. 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I have asked all social groups, those that took part in both the yes and no campaigns, to show great responsibility and waiting for the final result from the supreme electoral tribunal. I have under his some people who zynga think my time has ended. But they are mistaken. Life goes on. Wins, the fight goes on. The project continues. Ive some and responsibilities and there is no need to despair no matter what the result is. Amy in mexico, relatives of 43 students who went missing in 2014 after an attack involving local police in the Southern State of guerrero have launched a convoy from mexico city to the northern mexican city of matamoros. The relatives are calling for the continued detention of local Police Officers arrested in connection with the case, amid reports the officers may be released. In other news from mexico, a journalist has been stabbed to death in his home in the state of tabasco. Moises Dagdug Lutzow owned a Media Company and presented a weekly tv program. 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Included in the ordinance is a provision allowing transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity. North Carolina Republican governor has said he will support immediate action for the north caroline a legislature to nullify the new protection. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Were on the road in westerville, ohio, just outside the capital columbus. Were broadcasting from otv. Republican president ial hopeful and Ohio Governor john kasich on sunday signed a bill that aims to strip funding from planned parenthood in the state. Although the organization isnt explicitly named in the legislation, the law prohibits the state Health Department from contracting with organizations that provide any abortions, or work with those who do. The law will strip planned parenthood of 1. 3 million in state and federal assistance. Planned parenthood funds a number of Services IncludingBreast Cancer screenings, std testing, and programs working to prevent violence against women. State and federal laws already prohibit taxpayer dollars from going to fund abortions, with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother. Speaking at a Campaign Rally in virginia monday, kasich was asked about defunding planned parenthood. As a teacher and nurse, i recognize primary care and prevention is the most costeffective health care for our nation. But that we are also facing an std epidemic. Planned parenthoods largest percentage of services are toward std treatment and prevention. Could you please tell me that economic and Public Health benefit of defining the legislation that has treated over 4 Million People seeking std Services Just this past year . Unfortunatelynk, for however those who support feel, i think it is discredited itself. I want to make one thing clear. Are you kidding me . We have robust Womens Health funding in ohio. We consider womens help to be critical. You dont have to be captive of delivering it through an organization that frank is largely discredited itself, ok . Governor kasich speaking monday amy at a Campaign Rally in virginia. Planned parenthood president , cecile richards, denounced the bill saying this legislation will have devastating consequences for women across ohio. John kasich is proudly eliminating care for expectant mothers and newborns. He is leaving thousands without he is leaving husbands without vital std and hiv testing, slashing a program to fight domestic violence, and cutting access to essential, basic health care. To talk more about this, we go to cleveland, ohio to talk to , nina turner, former ohio state senator. Welcome to democracy now can you talk about the governors decision to sign this legislation and how it made it through, well, your former legislature, the Ohio State Legislature . Youre in ohio. Certainly, the governor and i have done our share of battling. I do not agree with the defunding of planned parenthood. Im a National Board member on planned parenthood. And as the young person whose voice i heard laid out all of the wonderful things that planned parenthood does come a really doesnt make sense. The governor is prolife and we know republicans across this country, not just in the great state of ohio, have been pushing to chip away at roe be weighed. It should come as no surprise the governor would sign that bill. What we need to do, however, because Womens Health and the familys health is in jeopardy and planned parenthood come only 3 of what they do, amy, we know is anything to do with abortion. As you laid out in your opening, that tax dollars, federal state funding cannot be used public funds cannot be used for that. This is really about voting and making sure that people get out to vote in nonpresident ial election years so we have a legislature full of people who have our ideas and thoughts. This is not the first time the Ohio Legislature has tried to strip away funding from planned parenthood. Unfortunately, this time, they were able to do it and the governor did find it. Im not surprised about that. You talk about the governors timing. Yet the south Carolina Republican primary on saturday. There was discussion about whether he would sign it right before. He did not, but he did find it right after. Is it unusual to sign on a sunday . Not necessarily. The governor can decide when to sign, so not surprised by that either. All of my time in the legislature, Stranger Things have happened. The governor is prolife and for him this planned parenthood bill is very much in line with what he is talked about come although, i disagree with him on planned parenthood. I disagree with my republican colleagues in the legislature and republicans all across this country. What is really putting a womans right to have an abortion. Some of us are afraid to save a word. It really is an attack, an affront against the great work of planned parenthood all across this country. And peoples refusal to whatstand that over 97 of planned parenthood does is to provide Preventative Health care. So i am disappointed, but im not surprised. As you know, when he talked about that tshirt that i were a few years ago certainly, the governor and i disagree on planned parenthood. Amy talk about the tshirt that you wore. Was this when you were a state legislature . Yes, and it was really a push back against the heartbeat bill that was introduced in the legislature that would limit a womans access to abortion. I am just sick and tired of republicans across this country talking about smaller government, but they want government to be big enough to fit into a womans womb. That pushed back was a that tshirt was a push back. It makes no sense with everything that people need in this country, we all must 100 million folks in this nation you are either in poverty or on the brink of eating and poverty. 70 of those 100 million are women and children and four people in the legislature to be focusing in on planned parenthood or to be focusing in on Womens Health care choices, really makes no sense when what we should be doing is putting people back to work, making sure we make the requisite investment to educate our children, rebuilding our infrastructure. Yet we have members of the legislature all across this country who are not only cutting funds to planned parenthood, but really are trying to dismantle roe v. Wade. Also seeing a wave of interesting bills being introduced in several states. They are calling for waiting periods for men to get viagra. You introduced legislation like this, right, when you are in ohio state senator, nina turner . Can you talk about it . I did. I would like to think i got that started. Just really concerned about what my male legislators were doing in ohio. And since they have decided that the best way to utilize the taxpayer time or the voters time was to try to regulate Womens Health care, i needed to do my job and regulate mens health care as well. And as we know, according to the fda, those pills do cause problems for men. We have to look out for men in this country, because they cannot make decisions about their own Health Care Without government telling them what to do. And i did introduce an erectile dysfunction bill. In my bill, a man would have to get a signed affidavit by his significant other attesting to the fact he has problems, have a psychiatric test, do a cardiac stress test we have to look out for men. That was the purpose of that bill, and it is rooted in scientific and medical evidence that those pills can cause problems with the heart and priapism and other types of problems for men. We have to look out for them because they cant make a decision without government. , under governor kasich, roughly half of the abortion clinics in ohio have closed. Is that right . How are women getting access to Reproductive Health care that is legal in this country, nina turner . It is legal. It is getting harder and harder in our state for women to have that access. Again, the governor and i disagree on this. I want to make that plain. Im saying that because the governor and i do have a relationship. We are friends. We have done some great Work Together, most recently, the task force on community and police relations. We can Work Together and do great things, and that is finally important. It h