Just after the 6 00 a. M. Hour on this saturday be october 15. So we are making the way. My goodness. Halfway through exactly the month. And jerry as i bring you into the conversation. It was a bit windy yesterday. Are we expecting same kind of conditions today . Because with the hair weather i am afraid. So bad hair day. Especially afternoon hours, winds will kick up. Talk about that right now. Temperatures are mild. Sets over most of Southern Nevada. 58 up on the mountain. Of course, cooler up there. But 70s predominateing here in the valley. Big story is the winds. They are starting to kick up. Especially over the southwest valley. And look at summerlin. 24 miles an hour sustained winds at palo verde high. 32 miles an hour wind gust out there. 31 miles an hour down in green valley. And 33 miles an hour wind gust so far this last midnight up at centennial. Charleston. 36 miles an hour range. For Mount Charleston, we can see the skies dark. We have a wind advisory in effect for the sp
Stage mass sick out and students have walked out of classes. Then to Rikers Island prison in new york. The adolescence in rikers are walled off from the public. Theyre not walled off from the constitution. Indeed, most of these young men are pretrial detainees, presumed innocent until proven guilty. We will look at how a 16yearold High School Sophomore from the bronx ended up spending nearly three years locked up at Rikers Island after he was falsely accused of stealing a backpack. Even though he was never convicted, the team spent nearly 800 days that is about two years and solitary confinement. And we will look at how one county in mississippi is being sued for holding prisoners for nearly a year without formal charge or access to an attorney. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Led Bombing Campaign in iraq and syria has seen its biggest day so far with british warplanes joining the attack. At
Teaching about civil disobedience students and , teachers respond with acts of civil disobedience of their own. Classes have been canceled twice in Jefferson County as teachers stage mass sick out and students have walked out of classes. Then to Rikers Island prison in new york. The adolescence in rikers are walled off from the public. Theyre not walled off from the constitution. Indeed, most of these young men are pretrial detainees, presumed innocent until proven guilty. We will look at how a 16yearold High School Sophomore from the bronx ended up spending nearly three years locked up at Rikers Island after he was falsely accused of stealing a backpack. Even though he was never convicted, the team spent nearly 800 days that is about two years and solitary confinement. And we will look at how one county in mississippi is being sued for holding prisoners for nearly a year without formal charge or access to an attorney. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracyno