states. a federal judge has issued a harsh condemnation of the mass detention of immigrant women and children, calling conditions in the privately-run facilities deplorable. we will speak to a whistleblower who worked at a family detention center in texas and hear the words of one immigrant who just testified on capitol hill. always says to me mommy i am here. he asks me are we going back to room number 108. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in turkey, the military has carried out its heaviest assault on kurdish militants in northern iraq since air strikes began last week effectively ending a two year truce. turkey has launched combat operations on two fronts. one against the self-proclaimed islamic state in syria, and another against the kurdish worker s party, or pkk, inside turkey and in northern iraq, where the pkk has been fighting against iso-for the past year. during an emergency
turkey as turkish jets launch their heaviest assault on kurdish militants in northern iraq since air strikes began last week, ending a two year truce. turkey is now bombing both sides of the same war, attacking militants from the islamic state as well as kurdish fighters who have been fighting isil for the past year. we ll get the latest. then we turn to what could be a major victory for human rights advocates here in the united states. a federal judge has issued a harsh condemnation of the mass detention of immigrant women and children, calling conditions in the privately-run facilities deplorable. we will speak to a whistleblower who worked at a family detention center in texas and hear the words of one immigrant who just testified on capitol hill. always says to me mommy i am here. he asks me are we going back to room number 108. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in turkey, the milit
turkey as turkish jets launch their heaviest assault on kurdish militants in northern iraq since air strikes began last week, ending a two year truce. turkey is now bombing both sides of the same war, attacking militants from the islamic state as well as kurdish fighters who have been fighting isil for the past year. we ll get the latest. then we turn to what could be a major victory for human rights advocates here in the united states. a federal judge has issued a harsh condemnation of the mass detention of immigrant women and children, calling conditions in the privately-run facilities deplorable. we will speak to a whistleblower who worked at a family detention center in texas and hear the words of one immigrant who just testified on capitol hill. always says to me mommy i am here. he asks me are we going back to room number 108. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in turkey, the milit
unimaginable. she was a free spirit in paradise. it s always been her lifelong dream to have her own resort. then, like footprints in the sand, she disappeared. just strange. something s not right. some said the motel owner had simply checked out and left town. they saw her in line to get on to an airplane. but her prized car turned up excon behind the wheel. we thought, oh, my god, it was him. he killed her. was it really that simple? her personal complicated. a younger boyfriend. the man was very charismatic, drop dead gorgeous. estranged husband. i caught them having sex in room 11. but the case really started to sizzle when someone torched the motel. somebody was trying to destroy some evidence or know. ng? this is a murder mystery of epic proportions. were obsessed with this case. can this get any more bizarre? i m lester holt, and this is dateline. here s keith morrison with a place on the sand. reporter: there is a little isla
was it really that simple? her personal life was very complicated. a younger boyfriend. the man was very charismatic, drop-dead gorgeous. and an estranged husband. he had caught them having sex in room 11. but the case really started to sizzle when someone torched the motel. somebody was trying to destroy some evidence or something? we just didn t know. this is a murder mystery of epic proportions. both of us were obsessed with this case. can this get any more bizarre? i m lester holt, and this is dateline. here s keith morrison with a place on the sand. reporter: there is a little island, its own bit of fantasy, off the gulf coast of florida. it s kind of a little paradise here. it is paradise. and it just gets better and better, we think. reporter: anna maria island, where high rise condos are banned, is seven miles of unspoiled white sand, unspoiled houses, unspoiled people, too, most of them. when you come across the bridge, it s a wh