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amy: is the death toll rises in yemen, a groups warn the country is on the verge of famine. we will speak to yemeni activist farea al muslimi and reporter matt aikens about the u.s.-backed, saudi-led attack and the humanitarian crisis. then we will go to capitol hill to speak with congresswoman barbara lee, co-author of a new bill to expand insurance coverage of abortion and dismantle the nearly 40-year-old hyde amendment, which bans federal funding for most abortions. make no mistake, these lawmakers really do want to ban abortions altogether. since they can t, they employ the underhanded tactics to push abortion care out of reach for women who are really just struggling to just make ends meet. and that is just wrong. amy: and bp has agreed to pay a $18.7 billion settlement over the 2010 deepwater horizon explosion. did bp get off cheaply? we will speak to antonia juhasz. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace rep ....
and discuss the political rhetoric of remember republicans like donald trump. donald trump is a clown. plus omar sharif. the egyptian born actor who became an international superstar, tonight a lack at his life, his roles and the path that he helped pave for others. we begin this hour with a shocking admission from one of the most powerful leaders in u.s. law enforcement, james connolly the director of the fbi says the bureau made a big mistake in its background check of accused charleston church shooter dylan roof. according to him roof should never have been cleared to purchase the gun he allegedly used to kill nine african americans. paul is here with more on this. paul. yeah, david this is a truly remarkable admission by the director of the fbi saying essentially that the system failed. a background check that should have raised red flags did not so a loophole plus error are are are what allowed dylan roof to buy the gun he then used to murder nine peo ....
offering an apology. pope francis says he s sorry for the way the catholic church treated indigenous people in south america. why that issue will come up when he visits the u.s. and remembering omar sharif. a giant of the silver screen. truly for some men nothing is written unless they are write they write it. good evening i am antonio mora this is al jazerra america. it is 4:00 a.m. in greece and within the last hour parliament adjourned after finally agreeing to tough new austerity measures. prime minister alexis tsipras admitted mistakes in negotiate be with international creditors but said he pushed for the best deal. and now wants to keep greeks from suffering national division and even civil war. thousands took to the streets to protest against the tax hikes and pension cuts just days ago. votersed no to a a similar loans for austerity deal. tomorrow e.u. finance ministers will meet in germany to open talks on lending greece billions of additional euros ....
europe s worst mass killing since world war two, 20 years after the attack. and defying the supreme court. clerks refusing to issue marriage licenses to game couples in kentucky. get an ultimatum from the state s governor. good evening i am antonio mora this is al jazerra america. we begin a historic day in south carolina. for the first time in decades the confederate battle flag is no longer flying on the ground of the state capital in columbia. the flag, long controversial. become an even bigger hot button issue after last month s massacre at at the emanuel am even church in what reel stop nine black parishioners were apparently killed in the rochely motivate ahead tack. what are people telling you about the flack coming down? reporter: well, i was in the crowd today antonio when that flag came down, it was decades in the making, moments that it took for the state troop troopers to take it down, you heard this collects tiff cheer going up. but also at the same ....
pledges billions of dollars to help the countries hardest hit by the outbreak. we ll begin in yemen where a u.n.-backed ceasefire comes in to effect. but there are reports of saudi airstrikes in sanaa and taiz. the strikes came after reports of ground fighting the week-long ceasefire has let vital surprise get in. we have more. reporter: for thousands of people wounded in yemen medicines are running out. places like aden, sanaa, at that. iaz and others have been cut off for weeks. aid agencies warn if humanitarian aid doesn t go through, over 6 million people could face famine. you cannot survive without external aid without getting food assistance, they do not know where their next meal whim come from. it is paramount that we reach these homes and these families quickly with the humanitarian aid and surprise and the food or the situation will certainly move in to a much more difficult scenario. reporter: this is the city of taiz. the forces loyal to the gov ....