This morning historians and kennedy assassination buffs are poring over some 2,800 justreleased documents relating to the murder of john f. Kennedy. The National Archives posted the documents last night, meeting a deadline set by congress ta years ago, but bowing to appeals from the cia and the fbi, President Trump blocked the release of 18,000 others. In a memo mr. Trump said, i have no choice, citing potentially ir reversible harm to our nations security. He ordered a sixmonth review of those files. Nikki battiste is here in new york. Good morning, nikki. Good morning, annemarie. Wikileaks announced theyre offering an award for disclosing those documents showing violations of law and inefficiency of administrative error. Its the day everyone has been waiting five decades for. The National Archives released more than 2,500 records related to the jfk assassination. The government was required by a 1992 law to make them public. So far were finding its a picture of things that we already
We will speak to the Pulitzer Prize winning biographer of robert oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. We will also speak to a survivor of the hiroshima attack. But first, we look at how puerto rico is facing a complete takeover by a federally appointed control board. Hillary clinton backs the deal, Bernie Sanders opposes it. It is morally unacceptable that Billionaire Hedge Fund managers have been calling for even more austerity in puerto rico. Austerity will not solve this crisis. Amy we will speak to a young chicago immigrant rights activist is suing the department of Homeland Security for rejecting her renewal for deferred deportation status because of her activism including her arrest at the , Democratic National convention. What you face deportation now that youre getting arrested . I dont know, but i am willing to risk it. I am proud to be doing this with my parents. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. O, the war and peace report. Im
Hiroshima since u. S. Warplanes dropped the first atomic bomb on the city 71 years ago killing 140,000 people. We will speak to the Pulitzer Prize winning biographer of robert oppenheimimer, the father of the a atomic bomb. We will also speak to a survivor of the hiroshima attack. But first, we look at how puerto rico is facing a complete takeover by a federally appointed control board. Hillary clinton backs the deal, Bernie Sanders opposes it. It is morally unanacceptable that Billionaire Hedge Fund managers have been calling for even more austerity in puerto rico. Austerity will not solve this crisis. Amy we will speak to a young chicago immigrant rights activist is suing the department of Homeland Security for rejecting her renewal for deferred deportation status because of her activism including her arrerest at the , Democratic National convention. What you face deportation now that youre getting arrested . I dont know, but i am willing to risk it. I am proud to be doing this with
Taxpayers or the biggest multinational corporations in the world . Amy will Congress Give president Obama Fast Track Authority to negotiate the secret trade deal . We will speak with lori wallach of public citizen. Then to how the fbi created a terrorist. The really dangerous guys are not being trapped in a sting operation, because in a way theyre not dumb enough to go to the local mosque or the community and talk to an informant about how they want to commit an act of terrorism. The really dangerous guys are not being deceptive by the fbi. Amy we look at the case of sami osmakac. He is currently serving 40 years in jail for plotting a terror attack in tampa that was put together almost entirely by fbi agents. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A shooting rampage at tunisias National Museum has left 22 people dead, 20 Foreign Tourists and two tunisians, nearly 50 people injured. Two gunmen began the atta
Two of the attackers were killed. We will go to to tunis for the latest. Then debate heats up over the Trans Pacific partnership. Who will benefit from the tpp . American workers, consumers, taxpayers or the biggest multinational corporations in the world . Amy will Congress Give president Obama Fast Track Authority to negotiate the secret trade deal . We will speak with lori wallach of public citizen. Then to how the fbi created a terrorist. The really dangerous guys are not being trapped in a sting operation, because in a way theyre not dumb enough to go to the local mosque or the community and talk to an informant about how they want to commit an act of terrorism. The really dangerous guys are not being deceptive by the fbi. Amy we look at the case of sami osmakac. He is currently serving 40 years in jail for plotting a terror attack in tampa that was put together almost entirely by fbi agents. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and p