Amy 10 years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf coast, killing 1800 people, forcing over one million to evacuate. As president obama heads to new orleans, we will speak with local activist and attorneys still fighting to rebuild the city. But first, to guatemala. There is an uprising. Today there is a National Strike , a mass demonstration calling for the followed president perez molina. If it develops, you can leave to the fall of the army and oligarchy and the system of hunger. The u. S. Is try to stop that, the oligarchy is, but no one knows if they will succeed. Amy a general strike has been called in guatemala two days after the Supreme Court approved a request by the countrys attorney general to impeach president Otto Perez Molina in a Corruption Scandal. The matter is now in the hands of the guatemalan congress. We will speak with journalist allan nairn. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy
Black leadership oral History Collection posted by university of virginia posted by hostedity hsoted by university of virginia. She talks about growing up surrounded by artists and musicians. She also discusses her early political career before her election the senate as a democrat from illinois. She served as ambassador to new zealand during the clinton administration. The interview approximately an hour and 45 minutes was conducted by julian bond. Carol moseley braun, thank you for our explorations in black leadership should best leadership. Senator braun thank you. Happy to be here. And made a huge difference, because in that year, or maybe the year after, we moved from the heart of chicagos black belt to a neighborhood that was on the cutting edge of integration. As a result, i was able to go to a public school. Starting in the third grade. It had previously been all white. Traumas as a result of that. This was a result of the time of that whole nuclear scare. When rocks would be t
Sex all assault, lawyers submitted a memo jennifer it includes letters from parents, former teaches, classmates and even a former girlfriend at st. Pauls. Amy coveno has the story. Reporter so the refrain is repeated over and over again in that memo, owen la bring has lost it all and that should be enough to atone for what he was convicted of doing to a classmate last year as part of a game known as he says the defenses suggestion for a probation only sentence is a long shot. I think the ultimate recommendation is going to be for him to go to jail for several months. Report high powered defense attorney j. W. Carney filed a 43page memorandum wednesday morning that includes 12 letters, describing an exceptional young man. A reverend from connecticut extolled the virtues of owen la braintree over three pages, pleading for mercy from the judge, me wrote, he is humbled to the core, grateful for that which the rest of us take for granted. Please let him move on. He will not waste the gift.
Now, wmur news nine tonight. Shelley we begin with the weather. The Granite State is getting a serious soaking right now and overnight. You re looking live in portsmouth and the seacoast could see a little coastal flooding at high tide. Let s get right over to Hayley Lapoint who has the timing on this rain. Haley it continues to be heavy, especially in spots in the northern part of the state. Look to the south, there is more where that came from. We have another round coming through and there might be some rumbles of under during the overnight as warm air starts to move in. Temperatures right now are climbing into the 60 s by the time most of us wake up. A little bit of a low from manchester down into nashua and jaffrey but there s more to con down to the south so this is not it. The winds have become quite gusty, especially at the seacoast. That s where we have concerns for flooding, especially at high tide which happens just before 1 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. There could be some min
Create a sense of citizenship and community in distressed communities, where they have responsivity and take responsibility, not just relying on politicians, not just relying on socalled leaders, but theres a sense of ownership, even in terms of how many problems they have. In the book of isaiah in the old testament, god says, i will do a new thing in you. We have to stop practicing insanity. Time to put the poor children, the elderly, the working class in the front of the line. Gwen we wanted to hear the voices of people who have lived here and have done this, but we also want to hear your voices. If you are not in the room, watching us via live stream or on cspan, feel free to tweak, facebook, use atlanticnola to let us hear your voice, so you dont feel excluded from this conversation. If you are in the room, you will find cards on your table written, new orleans is you can fill those out and put them on the wall outside of the ballroom. We will look at them as the day goes by. Pleas