27 four month after giving birth to her second child. attributed her failing health to the trauma of racial injustice. racism kills. amy: we will look at a remarkable investigation by propublica on how hospitals are failing black mothers. bottom line is in the united states we have some of the highest rates of maternal death in the industrialized world. this is driven by the high rate of black mothers. like mothers are three to four times more likely to die in childbirth, and this is something we should all be talking about. amy: we will discuss how the fallout of police violence is killing black women like erica garner. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. president donald trump hardened his position on immigration wednesday, a day after he appeared to support a wide-reaching deal on immigration that could grant millions of undocumented people a pathway to citizenship. during a meeting with cong
Anything for you. Woodruff and, a battle in the mediterranean. As migrants continue to make the deadly journey into europe, the sea has become ground zero for political clashes. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention, in the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff it is a call to overhaul immi
Anything for you. Woodruff and, a battle in the mediterranean. As migrants continue to make the deadly journey into europe, the sea has become ground zero for political clashes. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention, in the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff it is a call to overhaul immi
, leaksmp administration and whistleblowers. Today, i have this message for our friends in the Intelligence Community. The department of justice is open for business and i have this warning for would be leakers. Dont do it. We speak to a former cia analyst who is jailed for almost two years after he became the first cia official to differ to declare publicly the bush administrations use of waterboarding. And the mosque bombing on saturday. Why hasnt trump said a word about what the minnesota governor has described as an act of terrorism . Cowardly, ae, it terrible acts committed yesterday. It was a crime. If the roles were reversed, it would be called a terrorist attack and that is what it is. An act of terrorism. The president has been tweeting up a storm on his vacation but not a word on the mosque bombing. All that and more is coming up. To democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. I am amy goodman. The average temperature in the u. S. Has risen dramatically and th
This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. President trump drew a line today for north korean dictator kim jongun and warned what would happen if he crosses it. North korea best not make any more threats to the united states. They will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen. Mason the president s warning follows threats of retaliation for u. S. Sanctions and reports today that the north has passed a key milestone on the road to becoming a nuclear power. U. S. Intelligence believes the north produced a Nuclear Warhead that can fit inside its missiles. We begin tonight with National Security correspondent david martin. Reporter if the assessment by the Pentagons Defense Intelligence Agency is accurate, north korea has crossed a crucial, but not the final threshold in developing a Nuclear Weapon that can threaten the american homeland. Shortly after word of the new estimate leaked, President Trump warned kim jongun in the starkest terms possible.