Nonviolent corn ending committee helped integrate georgias house , of representatives, and then chaired the naacp. He fought for environmental and gayrights. We will speak to Eleanor Holmes norton, delegate to congress representing the District Of Columbia, former naacp chair benjamin jealous, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian taylor , president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. And we will hear julian bond in his own words. We march because Trayvon Martin has joined emmett till in the pantheon of young black martyrs. We march because the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights act for which we fought and we march because every Economic Indicator shows gaping whitelike disparities. We march for freedom from white supremacy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Civil rights pioneer julian bond has died at the age of 75. For more than half a century, bond helped found student nonviolen
Kings. Amy civil rights pioneer julian bond has died at the age of 75. For over half a century, he helped fight for freedom in the United States. He cofounded the student nonviolent corn ending committee helped integrate georgias house , of representatives, and then chaired the naacp. He fought for environmental and gayrights. We will speak to Eleanor Holmes norton, delegate to congress representing the District Of Columbia, former naacp chair benjamin jealous, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian taylor , president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. And we will hear julian bond in his own words. We march because Trayvon Martin has joined emmett till in the pantheon of young black martyrs. We march because the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights act for which we fought and we march because every Economic Indicator shows gaping whitelike disparities. We march for freedom from white supremacy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Or
Kings. Amy civil rights pioneer julian bond has died at the age of 75. For over half a century, he helped fight for freedom in the United States. He cofounded the student nonviolent corn ending committee helped integrate georgias house , of representatives, and then chaired the naacp. He fought for environmental and gayrights. We will speak to Eleanor Holmes norton, delegate to congress representing the District Of Columbia, former naacp chair benjamin jealous, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian taylor , president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. And we will hear julian bond in his own words. We march because Trayvon Martin has joined emmett till in the pantheon of young black martyrs. We march because the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights act for which we fought and we march because every Economic Indicator shows gaping whitelike disparities. We march for freedom from white supremacy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Or
50s for temperatures. South bay temps in the low 50s. Gilroy at 50. Santa cruze, if they five. Those are 5 to 6 degrees cooler than yesterday. 60s and 70s for many. We do have traffic moving well on the san mateo bridge. We will show the bay bridge toll plaza as well. There is a backup here, about a 10 or 15 minute delay. Going into San Francisco, it looks good. No major obstructions on the bridge. Also looking at a commute or traffic moves along well on the san mateo bridge. That looks good as you drive through the area. No major problems on that san mateo bridge. I want to mention that traffic will be slow in the east bay on 580 as you drive through livermore. 880 is getting slower through hayward. Lets go back to the desk. Police in washington, dec, arrested five people they say shot at officers. No injuries are reported but police say the officers responded to gunshots in southeast washington early this morning. When they arrived, people in an suv started firing shots at them. The
45yearold brad garafola. Gar three other officers are ine in the hospital. Police say the suspect was s shot and killed at the scene the but its unclear whether heth h acted alone. Ted the shooting comes almost a two weeks after baton rougeft Police Officers shot and killed alton sterling. Ste this also comes on the heels t of another Police Shooting iner dallas texas last p week where w five officers were killed andild nearly a dozen injured. Njured. Authorities are lookingri into the possibility that thehat suspect had help, although the initial word on the groundro here is that this was a loneon gunman. An. In politics now, then republicanpo national conventiot begins today in cleveland, clev, ohio. The recent Police Shootings in baton rouge and in dallas a l along with terror attackstt overseas have raised new new concern about security at the t convention. Fox5s Melanie Alnwickox5la joins us with a growing debatei about the open carry law in ohio. Mel. Reporter yeah, its a big con