States. A federal judge has issued a harsh condemnation of the mass detention of immigrant women and children, calling conditions in the privatelyrun facilities deplorable. We will speak to a whistleblower who worked at a Family Detention Center in texas and hear the words of one immigrant who just testified on capitol hill. Always says to me mommy i am here. He asks me are we going back to room number 108. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In turkey, the military has carried out its heaviest assault on kurdish militants in Northern Iraq since air strikes began last week effectively ending a two year truce. Turkey has launched combat operations on two fronts. One against the selfproclaimed Islamic State in syria, and another against the kurdish workers party, or pkk, inside turkey and in Northern Iraq, where the pkk has been fighting against isofor the past year. During an emergency session in brussel
Turkey as turkish jets launch their heaviest assault on kurdish militants in Northern Iraq since air strikes began last week, ending a two year truce. Turkey is now bombing both sides of the same war, attacking militants from the Islamic State as well as kurdish fighters who have been fighting isil for the past year. Well get the latest. Then we turn to what could be a major victory for human rights advocates here in the United States. A federal judge has issued a harsh condemnation of the mass detention of immigrant women and children, calling conditions in the privatelyrun facilities deplorable. We will speak to a whistleblower who worked at a Family Detention Center in texas and hear the words of one immigrant who just testified on capitol hill. Always says to me mommy i am here. He asks me are we going back to room number 108. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In turkey, the military has carried o
Turkey as turkish jets launch their heaviest assault on kurdish militants in Northern Iraq since air strikes began last week, ending a two year truce. Turkey is now bombing both sides of the same war, attacking militants from the Islamic State as well as kurdish fighters who have been fighting isil for the past year. Well get the latest. Then we turn to what could be a major victory for human rights advocates here in the United States. A federal judge has issued a harsh condemnation of the mass detention of immigrant women and children, calling conditions in the privatelyrun facilities deplorable. We will speak to a whistleblower who worked at a Family Detention Center in texas and hear the words of one immigrant who just testified on capitol hill. Always says to me mommy i am here. He asks me are we going back to room number 108. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In turkey, the military has carried o
Argued the d. C. Circuit doesnt have a high enough caseload. There just arent enough cases there to justify a full complement of 11 judges. I would note the same republican senators did not make that argument in 2005 when the Senate Confirmed Janice Rogers brown and Thomas Griffith to the tenth and 11th judgeships on the d. C. Circuit. Mr. President , i ask for order in the senate, please. The presiding officer the chamber will be in order. Mr. Durbin back in 2005 when the senate concurred with the tenth and 11th judgeships in the d. C. Circuit, they were the choices on the republican side of the aisle. Even though these confirmations which we approved reduced the courts workload to fewer cases per active judge than what we see as president obama sends his nominees to the senate. On april 5, the judicial conference of the United States, which is led by chief justice john roberts, made its federal judgeship recommendations for the 113th congress. The judicial conference is nonpartisan,
Speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving and gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As the members of the peoples house regather, we ask that they be endowed by you with wisdom and purpose to address our nation cing still. Many wish to find work. We ask the blessing of those in the philippines and those responding to that great tragedy. Protect those, especially americans, who work furiously to meet those great needs. And finally, we ask your blessing on americas veterans, may our nation be faithful to them, providing whatever their needs may be after they gave years of their lives in Service Rather than personal gain. They are an inspiration to us and we should not forget nor neglect our responsibility to them. May all that is done this day be your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker