Vote tonight on whether to accept harsh measures required by creditors. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras has vowed to defend the bailout, despite saying that he signed a deal he does not believe in. I overestimated the power that the people with the right on their side have, as well as the reactionary mike against the founding principles of europe which are a respect for democracy and peoples choices. What is the message sent to us by our partners . It is that there is no point for countries are in a program to hold elections, this is a very harsh message for europe. Amy president obama has continued his push to reform mass incarceration. Tuesday, he described the criminal Justice System as broken. Books the United States is home to 5 of the worlds population but 25 of the worlds prisoners. Think about that. Our incarceration rate is four times higher than chinas. We keep more people behind bars than the top 35 European Countries combined. Become more of president obamas speech after head
The u. S. Has 5 of the worlds population but 25 of its prisoners. Speaking before the naacp, president obama calls for overhauling the nations criminal Justice System saying too many people have been locked up for nonviolent offenses. This is a cause ringing people in both houses of congress together, created some unlikely bedfellows. Youve got van jones and Newt Gingrich. Youve got americans for tax reform and the aclu, the naacp and the Koch Brothers. Amy today we will be joined by two of those unlikely bed bedfellows criminal activist van jones and mark holden, general counsel of Koch Industries. Plus, we will speak to a Prison Reform activist who spent 19 years locked up. Then to a story about corporate espionage and activism. An employee of the animal theme park seaworld has been exposed for infiltrating peta, people for the ethical treatment of animals. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Congressio
With a does it mean for flyers . And courage controversy. The special honor awarded to Kaitlyn Jenner and why some people say it is undeserved. Today wednesday, july 15, 2015. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Willie in again for matt. We have to watch that video one more time. The moment el chapo disappeared. Inside the prison cell. Makes his way to the shower and dis disappears through a hole in the floor going through the tunnel the elaborate tunnel with a train system inside. Well go inside with mark potter in the tunnel. Begging the question why wasnt anyone watching at that moment. Now the question is will they ever find him . More in a moment. We have todays top story and with a fight on his hands already, president obama is facing a tough sell over the deal he says will prevent iran from building a nuclear bomb. Well talk about this with u. S. Senator and president ial candidate Lindsey Graham in a moment. First Peter Alexander at the white house with the d
The workers should not accept these bailouts in these policies because they will be crushed. We must find a way to move through movement, to struggle so were able to stop the situation. There will be no salvation. There will be no escape with these policies. Amy and we go to texas which is saying there is no evidence of wrongdoing after mass graves filled with bodies of immigrants were found miles inland from the u. S. Mexico border. They have a dream to go somewhere else. The amount of bodies that have been found in this county are astronomical. To happen to be born on the wrong side of an imaginary line which are in the sand. Amy we will speak with reporter John Carlos Frey who is posed the grapes and found exposed the graves and found rampant violations of the law. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Protests erupted in athens wednesday night after the Greek Parliament approved harsh new austerity me
Ambassador Seyed Hossein mousavian a former nuclear negotiator. Been to greece where protests erupted as the parliament approved harsh new austerity measures in exchange for a Third European bailout. The workers should not accept these bailouts in these policies because they will be crushed. We must find a way to move through movement, to struggle so were able to stop the situation. There will be no salvation. There will be no escape with these policies. Amy and we go to texas which is saying there is no evidence of wrongdoing after mass graves filled with bodies of immigrants were found miles inland from the u. S. Mexico border. They have a dream to go somewhere else. The amount of bodies that have been found in this county are astronomical. To happen to be born on the wrong side of an imaginary line which are in the sand. Amy we will speak with reporter John Carlos Frey who is posed the grapes and found exposed the graves and found rampant violations of the law. All of that and more