05/21/21 05/21/21 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! thousands of people in gaza take to the streets to celebrate after israel and hamas agree to a ceasefire ending israel's 11-day bombardment of gaza that killed 243 palestinians, including 66 children.

we will go to gaza and jerusalem for the latest. plus, we will look at the tragic death of obaida jawabra, a palestiniateenagerhot to ath by iaeli fors on monday twyears ag he was atured in a fm about e israel military jaing palesnian boys as young as 12 years old. close life is tragic for children here. they could not play like they are supposed to. there is no freedom. i have beearrested tce by israeli forces. the first i was really difficult. amy: plus we speak to reverend william barber, co-chair of the poor people's campaign. >> we know what we have to do. we must have a third reconstruction to fully address poverty and the wealth from the bottom up. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!,

democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. israel and hamas agreed thursday to an egyptian-brokered ceasefire, bringing a halt to israel's 11-day shelling and bombing campaign that devastated the gaza strip, killing 243 palestinians, including 66 children. rockets fired by hamas killed 12 people in israel, including two children. residents of gaza and the occupied west bank and east jerusalem broke out in celebrations early friday morning as the cease-fire took hold. bodies are still being pulled from the rubble. al jazeera reports at least nine bodies have been found today, including one of a three-year-old girl. those who survived the assault, especially children, say they'll carry ychological scars for years. this is 31-year-old gaza father mohammed al sciorra. >> my children are having

nightmares. theyre not making any sense because of that fea they're suffering from hysteria. one takes medicine to be able to sleep because she is always tired from the bombing and the strange sounds we hear. we can't stand it anymore. amy: the 11-day bombardment has devastated gaza's civilian infrastructure, with israeli strikes hitting electricity, water, sewage, and telecommunications lines. u.n. secretary-general urged rapid and unhindered aid access to the palestinian territories. >> fighting haslip thousands homeless and forced thousands to seek shelter in schools, mosques, and other places with little access to water, food, or services. i was horrified our reports nine members of one family were killed in a refugee camp. if there is a -- it is a life of

children in gaza today. amy: president biden committed management netanyahu. antony blinken is expected to visit the region soon. after headlines, we will go to gaza and jerusalem, as well as the west bank, for the latest. argentina has ordered a new coronavirus lockdown after reporting over 35,000 new infections for the third straight day. india reported another 260,000 cases and 4200 deaths on friday, though both numbers are likely a significant under-count. this week, the serum institute of india -- the world's largest vaccine producer -- said it would not ship any vaccine doses beyond india this year, dealing another blow to the u.n.-backed covax initiative to vaccinate poorer nations. covax is already 140 million

doses behind schedule. in brussels, the head of the world trade organization met with top european unn officials on thursday, urging them to reverse their opposition to waiving patent rights for covid-19 vaccines. over 100 nations, led by south africa and india, said the move is desperately needed to increase the availability of vaccines in the global south. wto director-general ngozi okonjo-iweala pointed to idle factories in bangladesh, indonesia, pakistan, senegal, south africa, and thailand. she called vaccine inequity an unacceptable problem and urged european officials to act quickly to save lives. >> we should focus -- i want us to go fast because this is aut life. i n't want us to take years to negotiate this issue. amy: meanwhile, the people's vaccine alliance reports profits from covid vaccines have helped at least nine people become

billionaires during the pandemic, with a combined wealth of over $19 billion -- more than enough to cover the cost of fully vaccinating all people in low-income countries. here in the united states, at least half the adult population is fully vaccinated in 19 states as local officials search for new ways to up the lagging rate of vaccinations. in new york city, governor andrew cuomo announced residents who got vaccinated at a state-run clinic can receive a lottery ticket with prize money worth up to $5 million. top white house coronavirus advisor dr. anthony fauci said this week vaccinated people would likely need a covid-19 booster shot within a year or so. south korean president moon jae-in is meeting today with u.s. president joe biden at the white house. it's only the second time biden has hosted a world leader in person after a meeting with japan's prime minister in april. the south korean leader is

seeking u.s. help in securing vaccines. in exchange, biden is reportedly seeking south korean investment in u.s. semiconductor plants as the world faces global shortage of microchips. the two are also expected to discuss denuclearization of the korean peninsula. the department of homeland security says it will stop incarcerating immigrants at a -- at two county jails under federal investigation for abuses. immigrants jailed at the bristol jail say officers attacked them with pepper spray and sicced dogs on them as they held a protest last year demanding covid-19 protections. meanwhile, dozens of immigrant women jailed at the irwin county detention center in georgia say they were subjected to nonconsensual and invasive gynecological procedures, including hysterectomies, that were later found to be unnecessary. immigrant rights advocates are celebrating news that ice will be terminating

contracts with the jails. silky shah, executive director of detention watch network, said -- "we know that this must be the first step of many, including ensuring that people are released and not transferred to other detention facilities when contracts are cut. everyone should be able to navigate their immigration case at home and in community, not behind bars in immigration detention." in el salvador, officials say up to 40 bodies, mostly women, could be buried at the house of a former detective. hugo ernesto osorio chávez was arrested earlier this month for killing a woman and her daughter, which prompted the search of his home and led to the grim discovery. nine other people have been implicated in the crimes so far, including former police officers and former soldiers. el salvador recorded 70 femicides last year. amnesty international is calling on the biden administration is outselling u.s.-made weapons and other equipment to colombia where police have been violently cracking down on popular protests will stop earlier this

month, colombia's human rights watchdog said at least 42 people have been killed in the ongoing protests, which are demanding an end to inequality, violence, and militarized policing, and for the right-wing government of president iván duque to enact a number of social reforms. this is indigenous leader ati quigua speaking from a rally in bogota. >> we would like to invite the government to stop the murders of social leaders stop in columbia, there is a murder every three days. there my drink indigenous leaders and we want respect for our lands. so that they don't continue to be graded for extraction activities. amy: the fbi has released more footage of the january 6 assault on the u.s. capitol by a violent mob incited by then-president trump. one video shows a rioter trying to rip off a police officer's gas mask, then picking up a baton and hitting officers with it. another video shows a rioter

punching officers while wearing gloves with metal knuckles. in pennsylvania, federal agents have arrested pauline bauer, who, according to an fbi affidavit, broke into the capitol on january 6 shouting, "bring nancy pelosi out here now. we want to hang that effing b" -- using the real words. on thursday, the house narrowly passed an emergency funding bill providing an additional $1.9 billion to fortify security at the capitol. republicans were unanimously opposed. meanwhile, several progressive democrats refused to support the measure. african-american congressmembers cori bush, ilhan omar, and ayanna pressley said in a joint statement -- "a bill that pours $1.9 billion into increased police surveillance and force without addressing the underlying threats of organized and violent white supremacy, radicalization, and disinformation that led to this attack will not prevent it from happening again."

arizona's secretary of state is advising maricopa county officials to replace all voting machines that were turned over to a private company hired by republicans to conduct a fourth audit of the 2020 election. the recount is being overseen by cyber ninjas, a company with no record of working in election security and whose ceo has promoted conspiracy theories claiming the election was stolen. arizona secretary of state katie hobbs cited "grave concerns regarding the security and integrity" of hundreds of voting machines that were in cyber ninja custody with no election official or observer present. president biden signed the covid-19 hate crimes act into law thursday, which was introduced to address the sky-rocketing rates of crimes against asian-americans during the pandemic. vice president kamala harris, the first asian-american to hold the vice presidency, spoke ahead of the signing. vice pres. harris: this bill brings us one step closer to

stopping hate, not only for asian-americans, but for all americans. it will expedite the justice department's review of hate crimes, every type of hate crime. it will designate an official at the department to oversee the effort and it will expand efforts to make the reporting of hate crimes more accessible at the local and state levels. amy: in media news, the associated press is under fire after they fired a journalist over her social media posts criticizing the israeli government and defending palestinian human rights. emily wilder, who is jewish and was a member of students for justice in palestine and jewish voice for peace, was fired after just two weeks on the job. the stanford college republicans were reportedly the first to single out her tweets, triggering a conservative frenzy which included lawmakers such as arkansas senator tom cotton. former secretary of housing and urban development julian castro blasted the ap for firing wilder, writing -- "this is, organization

sacrificing their own journalist to misinform right-wing video mob. she should be reinstated and formally apologized to." an backlash is growing after the university of north carolina chapel hill denied tenure to pulitzer prize winning journalist nicole hannah jones. she is best known for producing the 1619 project with "the new york times," interactive project which reexamines the legacy of slavery. last year, the trump administration threatened to pull federal funding from schools that use the 1619 project in their curriculum. on thursday, faculty members and others attended a board of trustees meeting at unc, protesting the decision to deny hannah-jones tenure. they held signs reading "black professors matter" as some sign "we shall overcome." and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman.

israel and hamas have agreed to a ceasefire brokered by egypt and qatar. this comes after israel bombarded gaza with airstrikes and shelling for 11 days, killing 243 palestinians, including 66 children. 12 people died during the same period in inside in rocket attacks from gaza. while residents of gaza celebrated the ceasefire, bodies are still being pulled from the rubble. al jazeera reports at least nine bodies have been found today, including the body of a three-year-old girl. the ceasefire went into effect at 2:00 a.m. local time in israel. president biden spoke on and commended israeli prime thursday minister benjamin netaahu. pres. biden: my conversation with president netanyahu, i commended him for the decision to bring the current hostilities to a close in less than 11 days. i also emphasize, the u.s. supports israel's right to

defend itself against indiscriminate rocket attacks from5 and other terrorist groups that have taken the lives of innocent civilians in israel. the prime minister shared with me his appreciation for the iron dome system, which are nations develop together and have saved lives of countless israeli citizens, both arab and jew. i assured him of my support to replenish israel's iron dome system in the future. the united states, into working with the united nations and remain committed to working with the united nations and other international stakeholders to provide rapid humanitarian assistance and martial international support for the people of gaza and the gaza reconstruction efforts. we will do this in full partnership of the palestinian authority, not, in a manner that does not allow restocking a military arsenal.

amy: u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is expected to visit the region soon. while international leaders praised the ceasefire, calls are growing for israel to lift its blockade on gaza. on thursday, foreign minister spoke at the united nations and accused israel of committing genocide. >> to those whose that israel has a right to defend itself, what right are you talking about exactly? israel is the colonizing power. it is occupying our land, persecuting a whole people. israel would ask you, what would you have done if they were targeting or cities? israel forgets its occupation is the root cause of the violence. i would as, what would you do if your territory is occupied? before people were displaced? if your people work killed, detained, arrested, persecuted? how can an occupying -- how can some rushed issues that mr. condemned the killing of one

israeli at a time when the whole world stay silent and turns a blind eye to the genocide of whole palestinian families it? amy: we are joined by two guests. in gaza city is raji sourani, award-winning human rights lawyer and director of the palestinian center for human rights in gaza. he is the 2013 right livelihood award laureate. and joining us from jerusalem is orly noy. she is an israeli political activist and editor of the hebrew-language news site, local call. she is also a member of b'tselem's executive board. we welcome you both back to democracy now! raji, talk about the response to the cease-fire between hamas and israel and the effects of this 11 day bombardment. >> thank you, amy. it is good to have a cease-fire. it is good to have an end for

this unprecedented attack against palestinian civilians and civilian authority. we have 11 days of ongoing of over 2.2 million people in the harvest -- emits, huge. killing, injuries, destruction. there wano safe haven in gaza. to stop this aggression, that is very important. that is needed. but we don't what debt -- death. 2008, 2012, 2014. civilians target, i have this room. we don't want humanitarian aid for gaza. we appreciate helping us in

rebuilding gaza, but we are not national beggars. we want an end of this belligerent occupation. we what an end for this illegal blockade on the gaza strip. we want real dignity and freedom -- people who survived under this occupation for the last 50 years. this is an issue of posting them people in gaza, west bank -- palestinian people in gaza, west bank, sheikh jarrah. we want an and for this criminality. nobody talks about the right of occupation. crime of aggression and the international criminal court,

[indiscernible] against palestinian people in previous wars, and that is why they open an investigation. [indiscernible] we need the end of occupation, end of the blockade, self-determination, independence, dignity, and freedom. amy: on thursday, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations linda thomas greenfield spoke in front of the u.n. general assembly thursday after the biden administration repeatedly blocked to a u.n. security council resolution that would censure israel. >> of the past two weeks, the u.s. has approached this crisis in israel and gaza with the singular focused, bringing an end to the conflict as quickly as possible.

we have not been silent. in fact, i don't believe there is any country working more urgently and more fervently toward peace. amy: your response, raji sourani ? >> we want an end this conflict. we want peace. i don't think anyone else appreciates peace and security more than the oppressed and those who are subject to work crimes and crimes against humanity. but the u.s., supporting israel blindly. [indiscernible] the most high-tech jets. we were bombed with the most high-tech bombs, both made in

the u.s., and given free of charge to israel and are using effectively against us. and responsible of this massive destruction and killing of the palestinian people. the u.s. to provide israel with full legal, political community. and that happened at the security council. it is there to guarantee peace and security, and the u.s. ve that. even the press release was not released by the security council condemning this criminality, condemning this aggression where civilians were being targeted in the eye of the storm. the u.s. provided full legal

immunity for israel by not allowing and issuing an executive order are president trump, even when the by new administration said we are reworking this. they said, we will make guarantee that israel not be held accountable at the most important court on earth, the international criminal court. something palestinians dish we guarantee those who committed crimes, crimes against humanity, and persecution, to be subject to trial in a court of law. so the u.s. provides all of that

to israel. how can they be honest brokers? i suspect very much -- i hope i am wrong -- attacks, history -- past and present, kill us. president biden doesn't -- he says, [indiscernible] , this happen. this is our policy. why is israel allowed to do all these were crimes and crimes against humanity? on the 37th anniversary of nakba, what is happening in sheikh jarrah. once again, palestinians are refugees.

what is happening in jerusalem, ministers, police, border police shooting, insulting inside the mosque. the prayers, the holiest time of ramadan. and we assume palestinians has no dignity and no right even to pray in their own mosque, and the insult, intimidate them and deal with them like they have no dignity. even other places like the greenland -- haifa. they are rewarded. they say, we need protection.

that is what palestinians inside israel wrote to the secrary general of the u.n. and to the human rights council because of the level of discrimination. the fate for palestinians to accept occupation? is it our fate to accept this brand of apartheid israel is doing? is it our fate to be victims with no dignity or freedom? the american administration should -- we have no right to be victims, no right to give up but palestinians deserve freedom. we pay heavy most of everybody should recognize this is the right to self-determination. with support from many people

across the globe, we hope the rule of law be part of this conflict and settle this conflict. stop supporting israel. amy: we are moving from gaza to jerusalem, which is not an easy trip for palestinians who live in gaza, to say the least. we are joined by orly noy, editor of the hebrew-language news site, local call. raji, breaking news, please have stormed the mosque. there reporting they fired smoke bombs, stun grenades, and tear gas sag witnesses inside the compound said after friday prayers committee palestinian state at the premises to celebrate the cease-fire between

hamas and the israeli government. worley, if you could talk about what is happening in jerusalem, talk about the fact a number of israelis are also celebrating, both sides saying they won. what does that mean? >> it means exactly that. both sides are trying to present the cease-fire as a victory and both sides -- it is a very bitter "victory" for both sides. in east jerusalem, that mosque tells us how this bombing of gaza, the massacre in gaza, should be framed. it is incredibly unfortunate

that president biden is helping to frame -- a war on gaza and the false narrative of israel's right to protect itself. this was not about the protection of the israeli citizens. over 240 casualties in gaza have nothing to do with the security of israel. over 60 children dead in gaza have nothing to do with the security of israel. what happened in a gaza and what is happening in these minutes in jerusalem and al-aqsa mosque are part of the logic of the apartheid that is being implemented in the entire territory under israeli control

between the river d the sea. i want to emphasize america here. what president biden is doing is allowing israel and allowing the israeli public to keep avoiding the important question what triggers that horrible round of violence? it is what is happening right now in east drew sloan, the israeli provocation in the al-aqsa mosque, sheikh jarrah, and i can promise you we will see the same sort of public silence. these are the questions that the israeli public and very possibly avoid because the israeli

politicians, except for very small margin [indiscernible] the israeli media is completely collaborated with this narrative. now is the moment to ask, what can guarantee an a years, three years we will not see another round of death and massacre in gaza? how is it possible the world is still collaboting and cooperating with the occupation, funding it, israeli weapons on the busiest people of gaza? these are the questions that should be as but no one is allowing them to even be brought up to the table. amy: orly noy, thank you being

with us editor of the , hebrew-language news site, local call. raji sourani, award-winning human rights lawyer and director of the palestinian center for human rights in gaza. coming out, we will go to ramallah and look at the tragic death of obaida jawabreh, a palestinian teenager shot to death by israeli forces on monday. two years ago he was featured in a film about israeli military jailing palestinian youth. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break]

amy: "smoke of the volcanoes" by sabreen. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. as israel and hamas agree to a cease-fire, we look at the tragic death of one palestinian teenager this week. his name is obaida jawabreh. israeli forces shot the 17-year-old ad in the west bank's al-arroub refugee camp, where obaida grew up. he was the subject of a short

film in 2019 produced by t chdren's human ghts gup defence r childr palesti. d in lm, obda shares his experice as a pastinian chd facing vlence fromhe israeloccupati. despite his young age, he was detained at least three times by israi forces srting at t age of 1 th is obaida in s own wos. this is the time -- at the time he was just 15 years old. >> my name is obda jawabreh i am from a refugee camp.

amy: those are the words of obaida jawabreh and a short film at the te he was 15 yearold.

israeli military shot him to death on monday, just a month shy ofis 18th bihday. in the short film,baida said he had dreams about becoming a chef after leaing to ck while in israeli military detention.

amy: the words of palestinian teenager obaida jawabreh speaking when he was 15 years old. israeli forces sought him dead monday, just shy of his 18th birthday. we are now joined by mariam barghouti, a palestinian writer and researcher. welcome to democracy now! can you tell us more about obaida and what happened to him? >> thank you for having me. he was shot near the refugee camp and shot through the chest with a bullet by an israeli soldier from not -- the distance was not very far. it kind of shows you the brutality of the israeli army when they target these children, especially after having been arrested multiple times by the israeli army, obaida succumbed

to his wounds but he is not the only palestinian that was killed by the israeli army and settlers. since 2008, 1220 palestinian children were kild. this is just since 2008. that, 1052 were killed with bombings that kept calling that israel keeps climbing as hamas. we need to remember obaida lived in an area that is notorious for the settler violence that happens there. hebron 1994 witnessed a brutal massacre at a mosque where an israeli settler went and fired at worshipers at dawn under the protection of the israeli army. obaida, and i say this with complete sorrow, is just one name in a long list of many.

amy: can you put that in the context of what we're seeing today, what is being hailed around the world, fragile cease-fire, the deaths in gaza alone, looks like 243, about a quarter of them children -- over 60 children, and then as a result of hamas and other militant groups, 12 people dead in israel, two of them children, two thai workers. >> let's remember before 2007 and the takeover of the strip by hamas, israel was killing palestinian children. the israeli army constantly targets palestinian youth and children, but that is inevitable because we are a youthful population. more than 45% are under the

age of 18. most of them under 15 years of age. the israeli brutality in bethesda was unprecedented in this comes after many aggressions. the cease-fire right now we celebrate it, we welcome it. we are so sick of counting the names of our dead been killed in the most savage way, but let's remember this is a pause. what the cease-fire is is a pause. we need accountability for children like obaida. we need accountability for all the children thawere killed. if it is too difficult for the world to call for accountability for the killing of us adults, then at least the children. let's focus that maybe a little bit. palestinians who are detained by the israeli military experience brutal torture and repression. i was detained in 2014 and i was 20 years old.

i was detained for a week and it still lingers with me, that experience. imagine a 10-year-old, 12-year-old, 13-year-old going through that experience. i really think right now let us hesitantly celebrate the cease-fire but let us know this is just one step in accountability for palestinians. amy: mariam barghouti, thank you for being with us. we will continue to cover what is happening in israel and palestine. we will also link to your peace that you cover in "the washington post." mariam barghouti, speaking to us from ramallah in the west bank. when we come back, the reverend william barber. ♪♪ [music break]

amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. we spend the rest of the hour with reverend dr. william barber, co-chair of the poor people's campaign and president of repairers of the breach. he is right now in elizabeth city, north carolina come after new developments in the police killing of andrew brown, jr., the 42-year-old black father shot dead in his car there last

month. brown was unarmed when he was killed by a bullet in the back of his head after seven deputies blocked him in his driveway while serving an arrest warrant. on tuesday, the pasquotank county district attorney andrew womble announced a state investigation had found officers were justified and will not face criminal charges. andrew brown, jr.'s family and their attorneys a video from the officer body-camera and dash-cam videos show his hands were on the steering wheel of his car before he was killed. they have requested the full release of the video. tuesday's decision prompted protests in elizabeth city. and on wednesday, two reporters with the staunton news leader, ayano nagaishi and alison cutler, were arrested as they filmed a protester who was being arrested from across the street . >> police officers were walking towards the protesters. not just one now.

the second one, a second person has been arrested. a third person has been arrested over there. amy: this comes as african-american elizabeth city council member gabriel asked -- adkins has said police targeted him after he joined protesters in calling for more transparency in the case. adkins said surveillance video at a funeral home he owns showed a police officer in uniform urinating on his property twice last week. meanwhile, fbi is conducting a federal civil rights investigation into brown's killing. reverend dr. william barber is with us now. he spoke at andrew brown, jr.'s funeral and is in elizabeth city right now to prepare to launch new demands in the case. reverend barber, thank you for joining us. can you lay out what you are demanding and who you are representing? >> thank you so much. let me say thank you for what you just did on israel and

palestine come the cease-fire come and say as a nation and a world, we must work to bring liberation and justice to the middle east into the palestinian people. this 42-year-old man was shot in the back of his head. the first question, amy, is why all of this weaponry, why in a residential area in school zone, why killing and why did even the city police know this was going on? there are a lot of questions here. the da proved himself incompetent to handle this. he made the decision, not yet begun most of he said a number of things that are wrong. what we're calling today for an expedited n just fbi investigation but a pattern and practice. all seven counties this da's

over. what womble said was two things. one, he said we could not let him go. as though he was suggesting -- dead or alive. that is not the american way. that is not the way our judicial system works. when a person is flaying, it does not give license to the police to take life. it is not even illegal for them to flee. they can catch them later rather than shoot them down and risk other lives as well. secondly, womble said in his statement that there was no recourse for the people of the county as to what he did -- we can have federal review. that is with the federal government is about stop represented a kind of southern arrogance that we've seen in the southern judicial systems where

the southern da's and officers think they are above the law. we must have media pattern and practice review. we have called for the resignation -- a special prosecutor in this case. the truth of the matter is, when there is a police killing, the local da should not be able to prosecute it anyway. it should be a special prosecutor in evercase that is not nnected to the local police system. but there's something going on here that is sinister. we have not got to the bottom of it. but there are a whole lot of questions. there is a father dead. now they are trying to kill his character is that he was involved in drugs. and he was. people know that. but that is not a license to kill people. we know instances where white men have committed murder, mass murder, and they still got arrested like dylann roof and north carolina. a warrant is not a license to kill. this da is incompetent and incapable of handling this.

we must have federal review, federal investigation of the department. amy: looking at the george floyd case, it was protesters who ultimately got the case take it out of the hands of the local da and given to the attorney general and special prosecutor, the attorney general of minnesota, keith ellison. we have a similar case here but it was not taken out of the local da who is notoriously close to the local sheriff's apartment -- i think their offices are together. >> exactly. thei offices are together. he is a republican who is running -- he is trying to run for the current seat of the african-american judge who is retiring. you did not know this, the day he did that press conference was at the same time the governor of the state had sworn in a black woman to take the unexpired term

of the retiring african-american judge. so he had his press conference about andrew floyd at that time -- the local da has to ask the state to take it over. we are pushing for a bill that says, no, it should automatically be taken over. but while that is happening -- that will be a long time. the federal government has to come in and do a pattern and practice. today we are calling for an expedited, releasing a formal letter and getting signatures from people and in the community. normally you just send a letter like the naacp would send a letter. this time we are going to turn the letter into a petition and have young people in the streets and other people decide on to say to the u.s. general merrick garland this is an emergency. we need it to happen right now. just like what is going on in minneapolis and kentucky, we need pattern and practice is review right now and elizabeth

city. amy: reverend barber, explain the video footage and why it has not been released. first it was 20 seconds that only the family could see, then it was 20 minutes that only the family could see. but there is far more up it was not what are the laws? will this be released? is there a chance that will be a feral investigation into this? >> thea could've asked for -- it could've been released that day. we are sure without a shadow of doubt, if the police acted properly it would have been done. they gave a sniet of 20 seconds and snippet of 20 minutes and it is over two hours. the judge ruled only the family -- one family member and lawyers could see it, not the public. this judge that did this, when the da went before him, he acted as though he was a defense lawyer for the sheriff's

apartment and the deputies rather than the lawyer for the people. you should also know that the judge that this before, some people have en a facebook post where he was letting rush limbaugh but also his -- this facebook is no longer up. this is septic what we see going on. it is what happens in the south in places like eastern north carolina which is why what you and other media are doing and the protests and preachers are doing is keeping light on it. the only thing that will deal with this issue is to keep the light on this matter until we clearly know what actually went on here. why did this man have to die? what is really going on? what is really going on in the midst of so-called drug culture? why did these police have to kill him? why couldn't they let him go?

why are these tapes being held? the government cap make them release them, the state attorney general cap make them release them. it is only the course. i think the lawyers are going back, appealing the decision to get those tapes. amy: reverend barber, you travel fast. yesterday you are with congressmembers barbara lee and pramila jayapal, among others, unveiling a congressional resolution for a third reconstruction. this is congressmember barbara lee speaking wednesday on the house floor. >> realize the third reconstruction to fully address poverty and low wages from the bottom up, from housing to health care, water, education, and more. we nd a third reconstruction to revive our moral and political commitments to democracy and e founding principles of this country. that is why congresswoman pramila jayapal and i have worked with great leaders such as william barber and dr. liz

theoharis, tears of the poor people campaign, in national moral cause for revival. i urge my colleagues to cosponsor a resolution and own to think that millions of people 's voices we have heard post of amy: that was congressmember lee on wednesday. thursday she was with you outside the capital with pramila jayapal and others. talk about the third reconstruction and what this resolution is. >> you know last year you helped us when we hadhe mass poor people's assembly march, virtually fair, over 2.7 million pele showed up and we laid out an agenda that said we can no longer ignore the 140 million poor lol people. this was before the pandemic. and we had to address the systemic racism, systemic problems, the militarization of our communities.

in the cost was too high, the price of inequality is too high as joseph stiglitz has set. we have put in a resolution to say to the nation, we heard some talk about child poverty and dealing with low wages, what if we the nation needs to have a resolve? this resolution lays out the problem and then lays out the resolve, the kind of public policy we have to pass if we are going to ful address poverty. we support this agenda. that is wh it is called a third reconstruction. fully addressing poverty from the bottom up. the agenda says we must change how we measure poverty because we are measuring it wrong. right now the government says if you make $12,900 a year, or not poor. that is ridiculous. -- you are not poor. that is ridiculous. 60% of americans cannot afford a

$1000 emergency. we know 400 families make an average of 97,000 and are well we make less than -- most people do not make a living wage was people in restaurants only make $2.13 an hour. we have to have guaranteed living wages, guaranteed income. it has to be clear it is going to reach down to the bottom of the poorest communities first. so it lays out this agenda what we need to do to fully, not just a little bit or 10%, 20% here or even 50%, but to fully address poverty. this resolution says come here is the resolve. there is not a scarcity of resources. don't tell us that. there is not a scarcity of solution. what there is a scarcity of social justice conscience.

we are same with our movement, that stops now. in june we will have another virtual gathering. we are launching a 365 day mobilizing and organizing effort to a massive poor people, low weight assembly at moral march on washington june 20, 2022. write in the middle of the midyear election. poor people now make up 30% of the electorate. 65 million people. we cannot tiptoe around these issues. they cannot policy institute says we lose $1 trillion a year from child poverty alone and it is not one little piece. full reconstruction of society to do the economic injustice and it must happen now. a make a reverend dr. william barber, thank you for being with us, cochair of the poor people's campaign and president of repairers of the breach. speaking to us from elizabeth

city, north carolina, were demands will be made in the case of the police killing of andrew brown. that does it for our broadcast. happy birthday to tey-marie astudillo. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who