new york. we have a lot of news to get to on this busy friday morning including a seismic development in the special counsel investigation into former president donald trump. his vice president, mike pence, appearing before the grand jury probing his former boss s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to a source familiar with the matter. this morning, new reaction including this from a member of congress who investigated the capitol attack. i think that the vice president has a lot of information. i have no doubt really that he answered the questions openly, honestly, and fully. plus, russia unleashing on ukraine overnight with the worst strikes in weeks. the death toll still climbing at this hour. we re on the ground in that war-torn country with a live report. and later, extreme weather, the iconic yosemite national park closing over fears a massive snow melt could lead to unprecedented floods. intense flooding also suspected to have caused this train dera
William barber of the naacp in North Carolina just before he takes part in another act of mass civil disobedience. Then, was your seafood caught by slaves . Today, a shocking expose. Men who were on boats are captive on an island as we found. The goal from the beginning was to find people who were actually captive slaves, to trace that fish back to the american dinner table, and most important, to name names. Amico we will speak to two of the Associated Press reporters. Today, the Pulitzer Prizes will be announced. Will they win . All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Brazils lower house of congress has voted to start impeachment proceedings against president dilma rousseff. 367 to 37 for was impeachment. Jose guimaroes, the congressional leader of roussefs workers party, accused opposition lawmakers of waging a coup. The coup has won in the lower house, but the fight has not ended. No matter if it is in
Over the past week on capitol hill in a series of unprecedented protests against the influence of big money and the curtailing of Voting Rights. We will speak to the reverend William Barber of the naacp in North Carolina just before he takes part in another act of mass civil disobedience. Then, was your seafood caught by slaves . Today, a shocking expose. Men who were on boats are captive on an island as we found. The goal from the beginning was to find people who were actually captive slaves, to trace that fish back to the american dinner table, and most important, to name names. Amico we will speak to two of the Associated Press reporters. Today, the Pulitzer Prizes will be announced. Will they win . All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Brazils lower house of congress has voted to start impeachment proceedings against president dilma rousseff. 367 to 37 for was impeachment. Jose guimaroes, the congress
Over the past week on capitol hill in a series of unprecedented protests against the influence of big money and the curtailing of Voting Rights. We will speak to the reverend William Barber of the naacp in North Carolina just before he takes part in another act of mass civil disobedience. Then, was your seafood caught by slaves . Today, a shocking expose. Men who were on boats are captive on an island as we found. The goal from the beginning was to find people who were actually captive slaves, to trace that fish back to the american dinner table, and most important, to name names. Amico we will speak to two of the Associated Press reporters. Today, the Pulitzer Prizes will be announced. Will they win . All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Brazils lower house of congress has voted to start impeachment proceedings against president dilma rousseff. 367 to 37 for was impeachment. Jose guimaroes, the congress
Dengue fever gets approved in mexico. The United States says its ready to step up the fight against i. S. I. L. In iraq. Ash carter has offered to send personnel and machinery to help push out the i. S. I. L. From romadi which was captured in may. It was seen as an embarrassing setback for the iraqi forces were prepared to assist the iraqi army with attack helicopters and accompanying advisers our correspondent imran khan joins us now. If you could just quickly update us on the situation in romadi right now. Reporter what weve seen in the last 24 hours is two real key territories taken by the Counter Terrorism forces backed by the iraqi army. The first was in the southwest of the city. This is a fairly significant chunk of the suburbs and it leads into a number of bridges that take you into the center of the city itself. We also saw the area of the military base that the iraqis had been using for a number of years before i. S. I. L. Took it over. They managed to take it back as well. A