Well speak with Peter Bouckaert from Human Rights Watch. Then on monday, all of the major president ial candidates except Bernie Sanders appeared before the annual conference of the proisrael lobbying group aipac. Donald trump promised his support for israel. When i am president , believe me, i will veto any attempt by u. N. To impose its will on the jewish state. It will be vetoed 100 . Many of the young people here today are on the frontlines of the battle to oppose the alarming boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement known as bds. We must repudiate all efforts to malign, isolate, and undermine israel and the jewish people. Amy Hillary Clinton and donald trump addressing aipac. We will host a debate. Well speak with Yousef Munayyer of the u. S. Campaign to end the Israeli Occupation and Robert Freedman, former president of baltimore hebrew university. And ahead of todays primaries in arizona and utah, demonstrators shut down a highway outside phoenix to delay a trump rally over t
Attack there is impacting the u. S. President ial race. We cannot throughout everything we know about what works and what doesnt and start torturing people. What donald trump, ted cruz, and others are suggesting is not only wrong, it is dangerous. Safe. L not keep us today, Glenn Greenwald for the hour on Hillary Clinton, donald trump, brazil, brussels, and the fbi apple fight over encryption. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In arizona, voters are calling on Maricopa County recorder Helen Purcell to resign, following widespread accusations of Voter Suppression during tuesdays primary election. At multiple polling sites, voters waited in massive lines that topped more than five hours. Some sites also ran out of ballots. The voting fiasco comes after Maricopa County, which contains the city of phoenix, cut the number of polling places from more than 200 sites to only 60. On wednesday, dozens of voters
Andio and Behavioral Health harlem activist who had just thended a book launch at open Society Foundation about solitary confinement. We will speak to five mualimmak jazz hayden and play bigger recorded at the scene. I am under arrest for what . For what . Hold on. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has arrived in cuba for a historic threeday visit, becoming the first sitting u. S. President to visit the island in 88 years. Obama is scheduled to meet cuban president raul castro this morning at the palace of the revolution in havana. A state dinner for the obamas will be held tonight. On tuesday obama will address the cuban people. He is also scheduled to meet with cuban dissidents. Well have more on obamas historic trip after headlines. In arizona, demonstrators shut down a highway leading to a rally for republican president ial candidate donald trump outside phoenix saturday, delayin
Concorde station, still trying to figure out why they are having electrical surges on the track. They need to get those 50 cars that were damaged rolling again, and bart randy test trains randy ran the test trains yesterday, and they for now will continue to use the bus bridges. You can see how long the line was, and we have our commuter driving highway 4 westbound, and this commute is taking a beating. Here is a live look at the commute right now, so if you leave soon, you will have pretty clear conditions. You can see the moon in the distance. We are talking about that area we just saw, and here is the map, and that bus ridge is putting more people on the road. Going to the bay bridge toll plaza, pretty light in starting off well for the morning commute. Another round of wet weather bringing dangerous conditions to the coast, a High Surf Advisory has been issued from 3 pm this afternoon until 9 00 tomorrow night, and some areas could see waves of two 220 feet or higher. During that a
Good monday morning, everyone, im kendis gibson. And im lauren lyster. In for reena ninan. We begin with president obamas historic trip to cuba. Air force one touching down in havana late yesterday. The first time a u. S. President has visited the caribbean island since 1920s. Sasha and malia, Michelle Obama and her mother, tropical rains as you can see, greeting the group as they walk through old havana. The trip is coming with plenty of controversy. Abcs bazi kanani is live in washington with the details. Reporter president obama and president castro have been working for more than a year to normalize relations between their countries. As he ends his term, president obama is pushing for new ties that would be too hard for the next president to reverse. The historic first moments. A u. S. President arrives in cuba for the first time in nearly 90 years. Its wonderful to be here. Reporter president obama and the first lady greet staff at the recently reopened u. S. Embassy. Crowds cheer