Now, craig melvin with a headturning treatment for alcoholics a doctor. A prescription. And yep a drink. Were not insisting on abstinence. And guess what . Some say its working it is astonishing. And did anyone tell you youre nuts . Oh, yeah. They all thought it was impossible. Harry smith with the wizard of the world series. But theyre not talking baseball. Joe maddons in a fight to save his hometown. It was the Perfect Place to grow up as a kid. Then, deep divisions. Oldtimers against newcomers. It starts spilling over. It hit like a ton of bricks. People were being treated differently. Enter joe, with a whole new playbook. These are good people. Theyre gonna save our town. All that and more right now on sunday night. Tv host Maria Menounos has made her living onscreen. But what the cameras couldnt see was a woman struggling with devastating news. Eleven months ago, her mother was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Eight months after that, maria was too. And thats when maria made a realiz
Close the prison at Guantanamo Bay speaking at the white house this morning, the president outlined his plan to close the detention fafality in cuba. He wanan to transfsf more detaineeeeto Foreign Countries and work with congress to find a a ot in the us to hold other detainees. Presesent obama saididis goal to close the e ison is about closing a chapter in the countrys history. Keeping this facility open is contrary to our values. It undermines our standidi in the world. It is viewed as a stain on o o broader recordrdf upholding the highest standards of rule of law the 911 erararison now housus 91 detaees, down fromom high of detainees, down from a high of nearly 700 under former president george. W. Bush. Advocates for closing guantanamoay that holding suspected extremists indefinitely is un american and that the existence of the facility is a recruitment tool for terrorists. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and many other Top Republicans want gitmo to stay open. But despite th
Won with the young, we won with the old, we won with highly educated, we won with poorly educated i love the poorly educated. Amy winning 45 of the Republican Caucus vote in nevada , donald trump usually wins the caucus in his third victory in a row. We will go to reno. Then we remember black lives matter activist Marshawn Mccarrel, who shot himself to death at the entrance of the ohio statehouse in columbus earlier this month. He was a young man that could see all of the our precious oppression and injustice, committed himself to working for, and still bring light. Even if he was angry at the system, he managed to somehow bring a positive energy to the work he did. He was remarkable. Amy we will speak with one of Marshawn Mccarrels former teachers as well as the highs will students who worked with him closely. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama submitted a plan to close Guantanamo Mili
Amy democratic president ial candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton face off in the first democratic debate since sanders decisive victory over clinton in tuesdays New Hampshire primary. We will play highlights and get response from new york congressman Gregory Meeks, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Political Action committee, which has just endorsed Hillary Clinton, and Jeffrey Sachs, leading economist and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. His recent article for Huffington Post is headlined hillary is the candidate of the , war machine. Then we continue our conversation with acclaimed writer Tanehisi Coates, who made headlines around the worlds week when he said on democracy now that despite his criticism, he would be voting for Bernie Sanders. If i could have anything, and this is across the board for any president ial candidate, i would have a greater acknowledgment of history in our policy. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy
Played to his strengths in the northern part of the state before thousands of screaming supporters. First order of business, making sure they get out tonight to caucus for him. Were down to crunchtime, folks. Weve got to do it. Weve got to do it. Like at 5 30 today, you know where youre going to be, right . Reporter and with trump apparently rolling toward the republican nomination, he showed little sign that he plans to let up on his competitors. Especially ted cruz. When you hold up a bible and nobody loves the bible more than i do, when you hold up a bible, you dont then put it down and go around lying and doing a lot of things that are wrong. Reporter looking beyond his gop rivals, trump took dead aim at his likely opponent in the general election. Nobody has ever committed the crimes shes committed and so far shes sailing along. Reporter at least for these people in this room, the hits keep on coming. What is it about anymore hes believable. I think hes majestic, hes beautiful. He