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traumatic childhood, she was raped and went mute for five ars, to r days wking with martin lher kingjr., and malcolm to the wting of r classi i knowhy the ced birdings. thfilm is lled, ma angelou and still i rise. the writer has to take these most known things and put them together in such a way that a reader says, i never thought of it that way before. that is a challenge. id i know many writers and said, no, are you sure you want me to do this? amy: we will speak to the filmmakers rita coburn whack and bob hercules, as well as maya angelou s ran son colin johnson. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. more senate republicans have backed majority leader mitch mcconnell s pledge to block any nominee president obama chooses to replace justice antonin scalia. scalia died on saturday at a hunting resort in texas at the age of 79. republicans are threatening to stall his replacement until ....
republicans as he names his choice for the country s most powerful court. then there were three. another republican candidate drops out of the race for the white house while mrs. clinton is in pole position for the democratic nomination. the misunderstanding that the u.n. chief that morocco threatening to pull out peacekeepers. i have all the sport. german munich is fighting an almighty battle in the championship right now. i ll have the latest from wednesday s last 16 matches coming up. okay. starting the news hour in the north of syria. there a powerful kurdish group, the pyd, has unveiled plans to establish it s own awe t autonomous region near syria s northern border with turkey. it s said to hold already three-quarters of the border that you can see. that s about 800 kilometers long. this expected declaration angered syria s opposition as well as the regime and as well as turkey, which has been at war with kurdish rebels on and off for years. anka ra says i ....
china says it will cut its army by 300,000, as it commemorates the end of the second world war. europe is facing an unprecedented humanitarian and political crisis as more and more refugees continue to move across the continent. in that is according to the european commission s vice president. in hungary there have been chaotic scenes. police tried to force refugees off of a train taking them from budapest towards the austrian border. reporter: it was a day that started with elation, refugees running through doors that suddenly opened. they thought they were going to be bound for austria and germany, most with international tickets. they crammed into carriages, but this train traveled for no more than an hour. then this unscheduled stop at the station. where do you think you are going now? we don t know. we don t know. reporter: the refugees were convinced they had been duped and the police were going to take them to a nearby refugee camp. some jumped down ....
after a year of turmoil burkina faso has a new preside president. he took more than 50% of the vote in sunday s poll, these were the first presidential and legislative elections since an up rising in october last year that led to blaise compaore resigning after 27 years, we have more from the capital. reporter: celebrations rocked the capital the moment of results of the elections were announced from a prime minister was proclaimed the we were. he will become the country s first civilian leader in almost five decades. in his victory speech he promise today follow through on his campaign promises. translator: we owe to those who sacrificed their lives for our country. the respiration of our constitutional order. peaceful governance that strengthens democracy and national reconciliation. reporter: citizens of burkina faso are celebrating the end of political turmoil. it s the hope that a new prison well ash-har in a new era of fiscal democracy. he was also the p ....
his attorney this morning. kcci has acquired this police complaint that helps shed some light on what allegedly happened. according to the complaint, the first incident took place on december 1 when 46-year-old johnson used his position as a school employee to gain access to the 16-year-old victim s personal cell number and called her. then on december 3 johnson allegedly pulled her out of class, told the teacher that he would be right back and then took her to his class room. the complaint states the victim was then kept there for more than an hour. and during that time, johnson allegedly made sexual advances on the teen by kissing and touching her. the complaint also says the victim was a student of johnson s last school year. johnson has bonded out of jail. he is under a no contact order with minors. i checked with des moines public schools. johnson has been a teacher at roosevelt since 2001. right now he is on leave with the district. johnson is due back in court de ....