Others. Then to the Supreme Court, meet the attorney who argued the landmark Abortion Case that struck down a sweeping antichoice law in texas. Stephanie toti was 37 years old at the time. It was her first time arguing before the Supreme Court. Aboutse laws are simply stopping women from a accessing ththeir constitutionallyly protd right to abortion. Amy a florida jury has found a former Chilean Army Officer are of thefor the murder activist and folksinger victor ds after a u. S. Back to o backed coup. We will speak to his daughter and his widow, joan jara. [indiscscernible] , he went out that morning and it was the last time i saw him. Amy all that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A triple suicide bombing and gun attack targeting turkeys main airport in istanbul has killed 41 people and left 239 others injured. Authorities said three attackers arrived at the Airports International terminal and blew themselves up after opening fire. A witness described the attack. I was getting my three suitcases wrapped while i heard the blast. Police told us to lie down. The wrapping machine steelcase protected us. They were shooting at the police and the police were shooting at them. Someone next to us got shot. Then we saw the bomb in the xray explode. Everybody around it died in that blast. I got up to look through the window to see the shooting. Amy no group has claimed responsibility, but turkeys Prime Minister said the initial probe pointed to the selfproclaimed islamic state. We will have more on the attack after headlines. One day after handing down the most significant victory for Abortion Access in a generation, the u. S. Supreme court has dealt another victory for u. S. Reproductive rights. The court rejected attempts by mississippi and wisconsin to reinstate state laws requiring abortion doctors to hold admitting privileges at local hospitals. The law and mississippi had threatened to close the states last abortion clinic. We will have more on the significance of the decisions with stephanie toti, the attorney who argued the landmark texas Abortion Case before the Supreme Court. She will be joining us later. In britain, Parliament Members with the Opposition Labor Party have passed a noconfidence motion against their leader jeremy corbyn. He has faced a coup within his own Party Following britains vote to exit the european union. His supporters say his rivals are using the brexit to pretext as a pretext to oust him. The noconfidence vote is not binding, but labor leaders are expected to announce a bid to replace him. Republican president ial candidate donald trumpmp touted eutains vote to leave the as he called for a rejection of free trade deals. He l likened the transpacicific partnership tradade deal to rate rape. Just a continuing rape of our country, is what he said. Mr. Trump i want you to imagine how much better our future can be if we declare independence from the elites who let us from one financial and foreignpolicy disaster to another. Our friends in britain recently voted to take back control of their economy, politics, and borders. Amy donald trump attacked democratic rival Hillary Clinton for her wavering stance on the tpp. Critics say the deal will boost Corporate Power at the expense of health and environmental regulations. The committee drafting the Democratic Party platform voted not to oppose the trade deal. In an opeed in the new york times, Bernie Sanders urged democrats to oppose the tpp as part of a broader Progressive Agenda to defeat donald trump. Invoking the brexit vote, he the notion that donald trump could benefit from the same forces that gave the leave proponents a majority in britain should sound an alarm for the Democratic Party in the United States, sanders wrote. Sanders warning comes as a new poll finds 71 of respondents believe the economy is rigged. Here in new york, progressive favorite Zephyr Teachout has won the democratic primary for new yorks 19th congressional district. Teachout has focused her message on tackling inequality, taking on wall street, and combatting political corruption. She and democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders had endorsed each other in their respective campaigns. In 2014, she mounted a grassroots primary campaign to challenge new york governor andrew cuomo, winning more than a third d of the votote. Senate democrats have blocked a bill providing funding to combat the mosquito borne zika virus, after republicans loaded it with measures to block funding for planned parenthood, take money away from obamacare, rollback parts of the clean water act, and allow the Confederate Flag to fly at veterans cemeteries. Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren tweeted i did not think the gop could write one bill to hurt women, vets, obamacare, and clean water all at once, but they did it. Todays vote ensures there will be no legislation tuesesdays vote ensures there is no legislation to address the crisis this month while congress is in n recess. Meanwhile, House Democrats continue theirir protest calling for gun control i in the wawakef ththe orlandndo magic are ththat killed 49 9 peop at lgbt nightclub. Less than a weweek after lawmaks staged a s sit in,ixix democrats stood and demand and recognition during a procedural session tuesesday. Newewwmakers, including york congressman eliot engel, shouted as republican congressman andy harris gaveled ththe session to a c close. , the house stands adjourned until 9 00 a. M. On friday, july 1, 2016. Amy democrats have attempted to force a vote on a measure to prevent people on the nofly list from purchasing guns, a step criticized by Civil Liberties groups who say the list is biased and sweeps up innocent people. Releasedublicans have an 800page report into the 2012 attack on the u. S. Diplomatic compound in benghazi, libya a tt killed u. S. Ambassador c chris stevenens and three other amicanans. While the report criticizes the Obama Administrations actions leading up to the attack, it does not appear to contain any new revelations that could threaten the president ial campaign of Hillary Clinton. On the campaign trail in denver, colorado, clint blasted the report as a waste of resources. I understand that after more than two years and 7 million spent by the benghazi ,ommittee out of taxpayer funds the report found today that nothing was found to contrtradit the conclusions of the independent accountability board prior conclusions of the multiple earlier investigations carried out on a bipartisan basis in the congress. While this, unfortrtunately took on a partisan tinge, i want us to stay focused on what ive always wanted us to stay focused on and that is the important work of diplomacy and development. Amy u. N. Secretarygeneral ban kimoon has criticized the israeli blockade of the gaza strip. Suffocates the people. Economy andhe edes the construction there must be accountability. Amy california voters will decide in november whether to legalize recreational marijuana. Secretary of state alex padilla said proponents of legalization have submitted more than enough signatures to get the issue on the ballot. If the initiative passes, one in six americans would live in a state where selling marijuana is legal. As california reels from scorching heat and deadly wildfires, the city of oakland has taken a step against the fossil fuel industry, a main driver of climate change. On monday, oakland city officials voted unanimously to ban the transport and storage of large shipments of coal, quashing plans for what would have been the largest coal shipment facility on the west coast. The facility in west oakland would have sent coal from the western United States abroad to china and other areas. That oakland said ors know it is a false choice to say we have to pick between jobs and this communitys health and safety. We can and we will do both. Those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. And im juan gonzalez. Welcome to all of our listeners and viewers around the world. Amy before we move on, there is a major vote on puerto rico in the u. S. Senate today. Juan yes, there is. Looks like will finally vote on what to do on the socalled bill that both the obama adminisistration andnd republicicans in the house passd got through the h house inititially a cocouple of wewee, which would establish a means for puerto r rico to resestructe itits 72 billion in debt, but would also impose a financial control board, what i and other people call a colonial control island of puerto rico. Mitch mcconnell moved this week to have a cloture vote, which will occur today because he wants to prevent any amendments on the senate flooror from those who might have problems with the current bill. He wants to he is going to go for a 60vote cloture vote and proceed to have a vote on the full bill because they are trying to rush to get it through before the july 1 deadline, when puerto rico is sure to default on a huge part of its debt. So, yesterday, senator bob menendez did a filibuster for four hours. He grabbed the senate floor and continued to condemn the bill, to condemn the efforts. Reale process, you got a lesson on what is the problem and why people are calling this a colonial control bill. Thatnstance, he said contrary to what the Obama Administration has been saying and what many republicans in congress have been saying, the people of puerto rico are completely opposed to this bill. Voters areto rican , this verythe bill bill the senate is about to pass. To any outside control board running the affairs of puerto rico. There is huge opposition on the island to the bill and yet the congress is moving forward. There are a lot of liberal democrats that are supporting this bill. Some are liberal organizations and have astonishingly come out in favor of the bill and are insisting that this is the only way, as that is the bill is, it is the only way for puerto rico to be able to restructure its debt and to avoid a rush to the courthouse by bondholders. Is thatendez made clear there is going to be a rush to the courthouse anyway because of the bill passes, the bondholders are going to go to court to challenge the constitutionality of the court bill. It is not as though there are not going to be legal challenges , but menendez went on for four hours. Bernie sanders participated in a short time on the filibuster, so did maria cantwell. But it seems there are a susufficient number of democrats and republicans who will vote to approve the bill. Amy where did Elizabeth Warren come down . Juan she has not said anything. She was critical initially of the bill. She has not said anything about this. My sense is that she will vote for it, as well. There is a chance that Bernie Sanders or menendez could launch another filibuster today and the debate over the cloture vote, the final debate, or the bill itself, but it seems unlikely. It is astonishing to me has so many liberals in this country layer rail about american aggression abroad are being so silent about this absolute imposition of colonial control over the affairs of puerto rico. , the secretary of the treasury, spent all yesterday basically meeting with Democratic Senators to treasure. Hem to support this bill it is going to be a really dark day for the people of puerto opposedo are completely to the bill, if the senate votes to approve it. Amy we will continue to follow this. Juan we cocontinue our coverage of the most significant victory for abortion rights in a generation. On monday, the Supreme Court struck down provisions of a sweeping antichoice law in texas. Justice Anthony Kennedy joined Stephen Breyer and all three women on the court in rejecting the restrictions as an undue burden on access to abortion. The Supreme Court ruled against provisions requiring abortion clinics to meet the costly standards of hospitalstyle Surgery Centers, and mandating that doctors obtain admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. Already, about half of texas more than 40 abortion clinics have closed. If the court had allowed the provisions to go into full effect, advocates warned it would have left texas with about 10 clinics clustered in four metropolitan areas. Amy the impact of mondays landmark ruling is already reverberating throughout the country. On tuesday, justices rejected bids by mississippi and wisconsin to revive restrictions on abobortion doctors matching those struck down in texas. Meanwhile, alabamas attorney general has announced his state will stop trying to defend its own admitting privileges requirement for abortion doctors in wake of the Supreme Courts ruling. Well, for more, were joined now by stephanie toti, the lead counsel in whole Womans Health v. Hellerstedt, the Supreme Court case to protect Abortion Access. She just won her firstever case before the Supreme Court on monday. Toti is senior counsel at the center for reproductive rights. Stephanie toti, welcome to democracy now you are 37 years old when you argued this case. What was it like to be in the Supreme Court and your reaction on monday when you heard the decision . Stephanie it was a thrill to be in the Supreme Court. It was such an incredible opportunity. Im so grateful for the opportunity and to be able to represent all of the women throughout texas, whose rights and health were going to be at risk if these laws were upheld. Mondays decision was incredibly gratifying. It is a historic victory for women, for the right reproductive rights, and for science. Juan when you were arguing the case, did you have any sense of how the justices might be leaning . I know it is always hard to gauge by the questions the justices put forth. Was it a surprise for y you, the final vote . Stephanie e i it was not a surprise. We were very hopeful about the chance is of chances of victory y because the evidence s soso strong. They demonstrated that the laws were a sham. There was absolutely no credible evidence to support them. It was great that the justices recognize that and held that t e need to have credible evidence before we can restrict somebodys constitutional rights. Amy how did you prepare . How were you chosen . How were you involved to begin with . How did you prepepe for thisis case . Stephanie i have been at the center for reproductive rights for about a decade now. I was lead attorney at the trial, i followed it through to the appeals court. I stayed with the case when it went to the Supreme Court. There was a lot of intense preparation. Ive had many arguments in lower federal courts and state courts. Amy in a lot of cases, dont they choose a Supreme Court expert and handed over to another lawyer . Stephanie yes, that does happen sometimes. The plaintiffs in this case felt strongly that they would like me to represent them in court and i think it was meaningful to a lot ageeople to have a woman of there at the court arguing this case. The public support ive gotten has been really amazing and very surprising to me, but it has been very nice. Juan what about the impact in just a couple of days in other states in terms of the impact of the decision . Stephanie already, three more laws have fallen. Courtcause the supreme declined to take those cases. One because ththe alabama attory general decided no longer to defend alabamas law, recognizing it is unconstitutional. Those are Great Development and we are very hopeful that in the coming days and weeks the other laws will start to fall like dominoes, all of the copycat laws around the country and there are many of them. Amy i want to read from justice Stephen Breyers opinion for the majority. Abortions taking place in an Abortion Facility are safe indeed, safer than numerous procedures that take place outside hospitals and to which texas does not apply its surgicalcenter requirements. Nationwide, childbirth is 14 times more likely than abortion to result in death, but texas law allows a midwife to oversee childbirth in the patients own home. Breyer also noted a colonoscopy a procedure that typically takes place outside a hospital setting has a mortality rate 10 times higher than an abortion. And, the mortality rate for liposuction, another outpatient procedure, is 28 times higher than the mortality rate for abortion. Ce, talk about the significan of the decision and these two particular regulations that they struck down, the surgerystyle center you have to have and having admitting privileges at the local hospital. Stephanie what is so galling about these laws is that they are a sham, they are not designed to promote womens health. Those statistics demonstrate that abortion is among the safest procedures that a patient can have in an outpatient setting. If the state of texas really believed that either one of these requirements was deciseri necessary or beneficial for patient health, it would have applied across the board to all procedures you would have in an outpatient setting, including those proc