Linking the murder of a dnc staffer last year to the wikileaks publication of internal dnc emails. Look at the shocking story of how u. S. Customs and Border Protection agents told a 16yearold mexican teenager to drink from a bottle of liquid meth at a border checkpoint in san diego, causing him to die from an acute drug overdose. My brother is dead. He was in pain. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The New York Times is reporting the Justice Department is preparing to investigate and sue universities for affirmative action policies, in the latest assault against civil rights by attorney general Jeff Sessions. The times says the Justice Department sent out an internal announcement looking for lawyers to lead up, quote, investigations and possible litigation related to intentional racebased discrimination in college and university admissions. Quote. The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality
If baseball doesnt work out, he can try gymnastics. Yeah, he made the catch. Hes walking funny today, though. And a good wednesday morning to you all. Were going to start off with cities up and down the west coast waking up to a rare and dangerous heat wave. The blistering heat will threaten alltime records as Health Officials and forecasters warn this will be a scorcher even for cities that rarely see these temperatures. This morning, the Pacific Northwest in the grips of a historic heat wave. Being out on the water is great, you cool off and get in the shade. Reporter in seattle the thermometer could hit triple digits this week. Thats only happened three times in the past 123 years. A major concern because only a third of homes in the metropolitan area have airconditioning. Im going to go jump in a lake. Reporter and portland, oregon, expecting the strongest heat wave in nearly a decade. Highs there reaching 107 degrees. Today its been swamped. Weve sold about 130 or 140 pieces of ai
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york, good to be with you, im annemarie green. The white house now acknowledges President Trump was involved in drafting a misleading Statement Issued by donald trump jr. Concerning his meeting with a russian lawyer. That contradicts statements by thepresident s attorney, and secretary of state Rex Tillerson says the u. S. Would like to open a dialogue with north korea under certain circumstances. Hena doba is here in new york with the details. Good morning, hena. Good morning, annemarie. The u. S. Is offering its own show of force in the recent testing of north korea of not one but two missiles capable of hitting north america. The white house insists the diplomacy is still the first and much preferred option. Exactly one week after north korea launched its second recent missile test capable of reaching the United States, the air force is set to send an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile of its own this morn
Him and he was arrested. Amber is at the airport. Amber . Reporter the airport spokesman said the 17yearold was taken to a hospital for a medical evaluation after the passengers they tell me, they were startled by the incident. Reporter flight 208 from panama city landed and was waiting to taxi. Passengers described a smooth, pleasant flight until suddenly, they heard a noise. The whole door goes up and reporter they didnt know what happened. But knew something was wrong when they saw light coming through the exit door. Some took photos of the commotion with their cell phones. We saw the light coming. The light came in. Reporter this is audio between the air Traffic Controller and two pilots. Go ahead. We are in the cockpit crew. Crew. Reporter the airlines confirm ad few minutes after landing. A 17yearold boy sitting in the exit row unsuspectly opened the emergency exit door, slid down the wing of the aircraft on to the taxi way. One passenger showed us the photo she took of the exit
Get far. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york, good to be with you, im annemarie green. The white house now acknowledges President Trump was involved in drafting a misleading Statement Issued by donald trump jr. Concerning his meeting with a russian lawyer. That contradicts statements by the president s attorney and secretary of state Rex Tillerson says the u. S. Would like to open a dialogue with north korea under certain circumstances. Hena doba is here in new york with the details. Good morning, hena. Good morning, annemarie. The u. S. Is showing its own force with the recent testings. The white house insists the diplomacy is still the first and much preferred option. Exactly one week after north korea launched its second missile test capable of reaching the United States, the u. S. Air force is set to send an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile of its own this morning this morning. Despite this flexing of military mite, secretary of stat