morning. but doubling down brazil s president takes a fresh swipe a pundit restriction. a secret trial is under way in china a former diplomat from canada whose detention has tension between the 2 countries senior canadian and u.s. diplomats turned up outside court to show solidarity with michael copps raid who s accused of espionage he was arrested in december 28th seen soon after canada detained along with executive men one job another canadian michael speight or has been held in china on similar charges his trial ended 3 days ago without a verdict well katrina you joins us live now from beijing katrina so what more do we know at this stage about covering this trial and the significance of these 2 cases. well it s been a long drawn out legal process and we re not sure whether we re going to hear a verdict from michael cover its trial today it took 18 months after both men were arrested in december 2800 for them to even be charged with espionage and they ve been detained $80
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then we look at the crisis in venezuela as pope francis calls for dialogue between the maduro government and opposition leaders. i would like to assure this nation they are in my prayers and express my closeness to the families who have lost their children. i appeal for an end to the violence and a peaceful and democratic solution to the crisis. amy: we will host a debate on the crisis in venezuela. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. scientists are warning that the earth s sixth mass extinction is already underway. in a new study published in the journal proceedings of the national academy of sciences, the researchers said billions of populations of animals have disappeared from the earth amid what they called a biological annihilation. they said the findings were worse than previously thought. the scientists say the main causes of the mass extinction of wildlife is human overpopulation and
facebook, prepare for a day of action to save net neutrality. we will speak with the formerr fcc commissioner michael copps. then we look at the crisis in venezuela as pope francis calls for dialogue between the maduro government and opposition leaders. i would like to assure this nation they are in my prayers and express my closeness to the families who have lost their children. i appeal for an end to the violence and a peaceful and democratic solution to the crisis. amy: we will host a debate on the crisis in venezuela. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. scientists are warning that the earth s sixth mass extinction is already underway. in a new study published in the journal proceedings of the national academy of sciences, the researchers said billions of populations of animals have disappeared from the earth amid what they called a biological annihilation. they said the findings were wor