Big three jewish organizations. Siegman was born in 1930 in frankfurt, germany. S to power, his family fled to the United States. His father was a leader of the european Zionist Movement, pushing for the creation of a jewish state. The kind of zionism that exists today, as a jew rejected completely the one that exemplified by jewishness. That leaves me to reject it, to abandon it, to see it as shameful. And as a betrayal of the very vast and most important values of my religious and at the kennedy. Nermeen we will air amy goodmans interview with Henry Siegman. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im Nermeen Shaikh, filling in for amy goodman. Swedish prosecutors have dropped part of their Sexual Assault inquiry against wikileaks founder julian assange, but the most serious part of the probe remains in place. The announcement was made as the statute of limitations ran out on three parts of the investigation. Assange has bee
Today in a democracy now special, we spend the hour with Henry Siegman, the former executive director of the American Jewish congress, long described as one of the nations big three jewish organizations. Siegman was born in 1930 in frankfurt, germany. S to power, his family fled to the United States. His father was a leader of the european Zionist Movement, pushing for the creation of a jewish state. The kind of zionism that exists today, as a jew rejected completely the one that exemplified by jewishness. That leaves me to reject it, to abandon it, to see it as shameful. And as a betrayal of the very vast and most important values of my religious and at the kennedy. Nermeen we will air amy goodmans interview with Henry Siegman. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im Nermeen Shaikh, filling in for amy goodman. Swedish prosecutors have dropped part of their Sexual Assault inquiry against wikileaks founder julian assange, b
Also breaking overnight a budget breakthrough. Congress agrees to keep the government open but no funds for President Trumps border wall as the president talks tough on north korea with qualified praise for their leader. Obviously hes a pretty smart cookie. And a promise to use military force if necessary. I need some good news and baby, oh, baby. The brandnew photo of Princess Charlotte released just hours ago to celebrate her second birthday taken by her mom princess kate as she gets ready for her biggest role yet in her aunt pippas wedding. I need some good news baby give it to me and we certainly say good morning, america. How adorable. You just want to pinch her cheeks. I know and the palace released that photo. Just released it of Princess Charlotte and it is rare you look at the young royal. You dont see her that much. Looks a lot like her big brother. Well get back to that later, but right now, we have breaking news this morning. Big deal in congress overnight, and terrible sto
Also breaking overnight a budget breakthrough. Congress agrees to keep the government open but no funds for President Trumps border wall as the president talks tough on north korea with qualified praise for their leader. Obviously hes a pretty smart cookie. And a promise to use military force if necessary. I need some good news and baby, oh, baby. The brandnew photo of Princess Charlotte released just hours ago to celebrate her second birthday taken by her mom princess kate as she gets ready for her biggest role yet in her aunt pippas wedding. I need some good news baby give it to me and we certainly say good morning, america. How adorable. You just want to pinch her cheeks. I know and the palace released that photo. Just released it of Princess Charlotte and it is rare you look at the young royal. You dt looks a lot like her big brother. Right now we have breaking news this morning big deal in Congress Overnight and terrible storms tearing through the south. You can see the damage rig
And falling flat. Outrage over this new pepsi ad featuring Kendall Jenner. Why critics are blasting it as tone deaf. And how pepsi is pushing back today, wednesday, april 5th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. A lot of people raising eyebrows over that pepsi ad. When you try to mix politics or social issues with a soda ad, its tricky. Its hard to pull it off. And pepsi is answering for that ad this morning. Well have much more coming up. But lets start with the top story. Its a surprising reaction from the white house overnight to yet another north Korean Missile test. That provocation, just one of the National Crises now facing the Trump Administration. We have complete coverage, beginning with Hallie Jackson at the white house. Hallie, good morning to you. Reporter hi, matt. Good morning. If kim jongun is looking to prod a response out of the u.