i'm amy goodman. in washington, d.c., capitol police arrested 70 catholic nuns and clergy thursday as they held a nonviolent sit-in protest inside the russell senate office building against the trump administration's inhumane treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers. more than a dozen protesters stood in a circle, holding the photographs of migrant children who have died in u.s. custody, and reciting their names. the latest protest came as immigrant communities across the country have prepared for reported ice raids that were scheduled to begin last weekend, but have largely not materialized. meanwhile,e, a group of indian asylum s seekers in el paso, texas, have laununched a hungerr strike from ininside an ice immigration jail, demanding they be released while they appeal their deportation orders. one of the men told the texas monthly, "if i go back to india, i will be tortured and killed. i can die here." it is the second time this year indian men have led hunger strikes at the el paso processing

amy: the u.s. national women's soccer team makes history of winning its record fourth world cup, soon after the game ended, the crowd began chanting "equal pay." we will look at the teams fight against gender discrimination in the public criticism of the trump administration, plus we go to alabama where prosecutors have dropped manslaughter charges against a pregnant woman whose pregnancy ended after she was shshot in the stomach by a coworkrker. that itit isetermined not ininhe best interest of justice to pursue prosecution of ms. jones on the misdemeanor charge for which she was indicted by the grand jury. amy: and billionaire hedge fund manager jeffrey epstein has been arrested on sex trafficking charges. this comes after more than a decade after he received what has been described as one of the most lenient dealsls for a seril child sex offender in history. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in a stark reversal,

i'm amy goodman. puerto rico's governor ricardo rossello annouounced wednesday e will resign from office, less than two weeks after the release of shocking text messages showed the governor and his aides mocking victims of hurricane maria, joking about shooting san juan's mayor, and using language laced with misogyny, homophobia, profanity and violence. rossello's resignation sparked celebrations that lasted through the night, capping 12 days of massive protests calling for his ouster. speaking in a recorded video that was streamed live on facebook hours after he quietly left the governor's mansion, rossello said he would formally step down on friday, august 2. and he nameded his successor. >> the person who will assume that weight of the office will have the privilege to occupy it will need the support of the people and for each person to work tirelessly for dememocracy. at this time, , in accordance wh ththe legal framework, this pern will be the current secretary of the department of justice wanda

amy: a u.n.ert has warned we arare on track for a climate apartheid where wealthy people can pay their way out of the consequences of climate devastation, while others will face hunger, conflict and mass displacement. the new report by philip alston, the u.n. special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human right, concluding that the u.n. and the larger human rights community has been complacent in the planet's impending disaster and that even if current global emissions targets are met, "millions will be impoverished." poorer nations are expected to bear at least 75% of the costs of climate change, even as the poorer half of the world's population generates just 10% of global emissions. >> rigight. ii belelieve the numbers froromt report are 120 million more people driven into poverty by climate impmpacts by jusust 203. ththat is on top of the people that are already there. again, the evidence -- you just spent 30 minutes reporting on the evidence and talking to these poor people who are fleeing

i'm amy goodman. the house of representatives passed a resolution condemning president trump's racist tweets about four progressive congresswomen of color, telling them to go back to the crime infested place from which they came. four republicans, as well as the recently independent congressmember justin amash, joined with democrats to approve the resolution. trump's tweets were aimed at congressmembers ayanna pressley, alexandria ocasio-cortez, rashida tlaib, and ilhan omar -- all of whom are u.s. citizens. one, a political refugee. this is house speaker nancy pelosi. >> thehese comments from the whe house are disgraceful and disgusting, and the comments are racist. how shameful to hear and continue to defend those e word, words we have heardrd him r rept nott only y about our members, t about countlesess others. our caucus will continue to forcefully respond to those attacks on our members. amy: congressmembers stopped short of censuring trump, though, a measure pushed by tennessee congressmember st

i'm amy goodman. in iran, authorities say they've arrested 17 iranian citizens and charged them with being cia-trained spies for the united states. iranian media reports some have -- have said some have already been executed. this comes as tensionsns in the persian gulf continued to mount over the weekend following iran's seizure of a british oil tanker and its 23 crew friday. iran said it seized the tanker and ritually nation -- in retaliation. the iranian national guard released video sunday showing the vessel flying an iranian flag. brititain says iran forced thehe stena impero out of international waters and rerouted the tanker into iranian territory. audio released sunday appears to show an iranian official directing the vessel to change course. to 360.e your course degrees in italy. amy: britain classified iran's capture of the tanker as a hostile act. today, prime minister theresa may, who is expected to leave office on wednesday, is holding emergency cabinet meetings. this comes as iran contin

i'm amy goodman. labor secretary alexander acosta defied calls by congressional wednesday leaders to resign over the lenient plea deal he gave to 2008 serial child sex abuser jeffrey epstein when acosta was the u.s. prosecutor in florida. the plea deal saw epstein serve a 13-month prison term, though he was allowed to leave jail six days a week to work from his private office. he would be picked up by his private chauffeur in return in the evening. it has been described as one of the most lenient deals for a serial child sex offender in history. the case drew renewed attention this week when epstein was charged in a manhattan federal court with sexually assaulting and trafficking dozens of underage girls between 2002 and 2005 at his homes in manhattan and palm beach, florida. he's pleaded not guilty. earlier this year, a federal court ruled secretary acosta's team violated the crime victims right back by failing to inform epstein survivors about the nonprosecution deal of 2008. speaking to reporters f

i'm amy goodman. former special counsel robert mueller is testifying before the house judiciary and intelligence committees today. it will be about his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections and the issue of obstruction of justice. his report was handed in 120 four days ago, but only a redacted version was made available to the public. his depuputy, aaron zebley, is expected to alsoso be present tn an advorory capacityty and will -- after a requeuest from robert mueller.r. he will l reportedly be sworn io the house intelligence hearing. ahead of today's highly anticipated hearings, house intelligence chair jerrold nadler slammed the justice department's directive that mueller remain within the boundaries of the public version of the report. the department also said that mueller could not discuss the conduct of uncharged third parties, which includes president trump, his family, and his close associates. on tuesday, trump railed against former special counsel robert

i'm amy goodman.million people poured into the streets of san juan, puerto rico, monday, shutting down traffic and major sections of the city in the largest demomonstration yet since the tt messssage scandal l involving governor ricardo rossello broke just over a week and a half ago. a massive leak of messages showed rossello exchanging sexist, homophobic and profane text messages with government officials, calling former new york city council speaker melissa mark-viverito a whore, mocking victims of hurricane maria and joking about shooting san juan mayor carmen yulin cruz. rossello said sunday he will not seek reelection next year and was resigning as head of the ruling new progressive party, but he is refusing to step down as governor. this is a protester speaking from puerto rico yesterday. to be withd d to come the people because we are tired. it has been disrespectful to the people. the governor and his cabinet has made fun of the gay community, women, handicapped people, the of theion -- we are

amy: a.c.hompson for you right inyour piece in propublica, 2018, federal investigators found a raft of racist text messages in a by agents in southern arizona after searching the fun of matthew boeing, an agent charged with running down a guatemalan migrant with a ford f1 50 pickup truck. the text revealed in court described migrants as wild of human. repeated discussions about burning the migrants up. ago.is from over a year if you can talk about how you think these -- what has been going on over this time, the xenophobicof the racist, misogynistic language with violence, and talk about what is coming of this. do you think this is a system that should simply be reformed or abolished? >> i think what you have seen over recent decades at border patrol and a broader cbp is there has been issues, there is been a troubled history. but i think if you look back to the bush administration, george w. bush, you look back to the obama administration, the tone from the top was very different than what you

i'm amy goodman. as president trump signed the $4.6 billion border bill approved by congress last week, a delegation led by the congressssional hispanic caucus visited two immigrant prisons monday amid growing outrage at reports of inhumane conditions due to trump's border policies. texas congressmember joaquin cacastro described the conditios at an adult facility as being akin to a prison, where women were held in cells without access to running water, proper medical care, and some had been held for over 50 days. others reported d they had no information on the whereabouts of their separated children. the congressional l delegation also visited the clint border patrol station which has come under fire after recent reports of overcrowding and inhumane conditions for the children being locked up there. congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeted after yesterday's visits, "it's not just the kids. it's everyone. people drinking out of toilets, officers laughing in front of members congress. i brought

amy: dr.kateab, you are not married at the -- you fell in love i think through the lens of the camera. can you describe the setting up of the al quds hospital and who you were treating? -- the firstpart time i moved, it was a characteristic situation. a lot of people fled the city to the countryside and a western parts of aleppo because they did not know what was going to happen. after two months, lots of civilians came back to aleppo. the pollution reached -- in 2013, it reached 4.5 million people. i and a group of doctors decided we should set up a hospital, a non-trauma hospital. because most of the focus of the ngo's was about trauma and surgeries, while there are so many other diseases that people might have. that is when we decided to start a quds hospital. it was previously a private hospital. it was abandoned. nobody was there. there were two midwives, five nurses, and a few volunteers. we started to remove the dust and everything. it started with one clinic and eight bed-ward.d. by th

i'm amy goodman. attorney general william barr has directed the justice department to resume the use of the death penalty, asking the federal bureau of prisons to schedule executions for five jethro prisoners. the federal government hasn't put a prisoner to death since 2003. all five prisoners slated foror death fofor convicted of killing children. robert dunham,m, director of the death penalty information center, said they were carefully selected. >> i think the fact that the five cases were selected because of factors that are irrelevant to federal jurisdiction ununderscores that these cases were not chosen because t they justified the federal death penalty. they were chosen because they were designed to inflame the public. over 160 people in the u.s. who had been wrongly convicted and sentenced to death have been exonerated since 1973. we will have morore after headlines. in georgia, a 44-year-old mexican man died in the custody of immigration and customs enforcement before his death wednesday he c

i'm amy goodman.n. totoday, in this special broadcast, we begin with the words of frederick douglass. born into slavery around 1818, douglalass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. on july 5, 1852, in rochester, new york, he gave one of his most famous speeches, "what to the slave is the fourth of july?" he was addressing the rochester ladies' anti-slavery society. this is james earl jones reading the historic address during a performance of howard zinn's voices of a people's history of the united states. >> frederick douglass, once a slave, became a brilliant and powerful leader of the anti-slavery movement. in 1852, he was asked to speak in celebration of the fourth of july. frederick douglass: [read by james earl jones] fellow-citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am i called upon to speak here today? what have i, or those i represent, to do with your national independence? are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that declaration ofof indepen

i'm amy goodman. president trump backed down thursday from his plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census after the white house struggled to overcome a supreme court ruling saying the administration's justification for its inclusion appears to have been contrived. instead, trump said he was issuing an executive order to gather information about people's citizenship status from federal agencies. pres. trump: : i am hereby ordering evevery deparartment ad agency in the fedederal gogovert to providede the department of commerce witith all requested records regarding the n number f citizezens and noncitizens in nr coununtry. ththey must fufurnish all legaly accessible records in their possession immediately. amy: ari berman, senior writer at mother jones, tweeted -- "trump ordering commerce dept to still collect citizenship data means gop can try to draw districts based on citizenship rather than total population in 2021. gop gerrymandering guru said this would be 'advantageous to republicans

amy: u.s. attorney geoffrey berman also made an appeal to other women abused by epstein to come forward and seek justice. several accusers were present in federal court in manhattan on monday. lawyer sigrid mccawley read statements from two of epstein's victims. >> this is a great day for victims and i am humbled and inspired brother voices and i'm gratified to get to read a statement on behalf of of virginia and sarahah ransome, ,h ofof whom are victims and clien. this is virginia's statement. after years and years of trying my best to shine light in the dark place of sex crimes, that jeffrey epstein and maxwell and their circle of powerful people committed against me and girls just like me, finding the words adequate enough now to express how i feel is a tall task. but i can say without hesitation that i am deeply plpleased that the federal prosecutors in new york have arrested jeffrey intein and our case is taken a serious way. it is time for jeffrey epstein and the super dissipated in these

i'm m amy goodman.n.n california, police have identified the shooter that killed three people - including two children in mass shooting sunday in the gilroy garlic festival.. sunday as 19 year old santino william legan. he was fatally shot by police at the scene. authorities say they are still determining a motive for the attack but the gunman's social media activity shows him promoting a manifesto on white supremacy just moments before the rampage. he also wrote in a post t sunday "why overcrcrowd towns and pave more open space to make room for hordes of mestizos and silicon valley white twats?" authorities say the gunman used an assault rifle that was purchased legally in nevada. the ak-47-style weapon could not have been legally purchased in his home state of california because of s stricter gunn regulations.s. california governor newsome called the semiautomatic gun a weapon of wemmed. 6-year-old steven romero was the youngest victim of the shooting. another child, 13-year-old kay la sallea czar, and

i'm amy goodman. a report by nbc shares new accounts of mistreatment and sexual violence experienced by locked up migrant children at a yuma, arizona, detention facility. in nearly 30 accounts collected by health and human services case managers, children complained of hunger, having to sleep on concrete floors or outside, and lack of access to basic sanitation. a 15-year-old girl said an officer groped her underneath her clothing during what was supposed to be a routine pat-down and joked around with other agents during the ordeal. the trump administration has dismissed reports of abuse against detained migrants despite recent congressional visits to migrant jails and multiple accounts of mistreatment recorded by legal and other experts. trump said migrants were very happy, while acting homeland security secretary kevin mcaleenan called such accounts unsubstantiated. house democrats have called on mcaleenan to testifyfy about the conditions facaced by jailed migrants. meanwhile, a new report from "th

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i'i'm amy goodman. the trump administration announced it would would block nearly all migrants from seeking asylum at the u.s.-mexico border monday in a new rule that violates both domestic and international law. the aclu has already vowed to challenge the rule in court. it would deny asylum to any migrant who failed to apply for protection in another country they passed through on the way to the u.s. border, including children traveling alone. if enacted, it would effectively block people from honduras, el salvador, guatemala, and other countries from seeking refuge in the united states. trump announced the plan without guatemala and mexico's agreement. president trump doubled down monday on his attacks against four progressive congresswomenen of color, saying, "if you're not happy here, you can leave." he was widely condemned for a tweet sunday that told the congressmembers to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." the tweets were aimed at congressmem

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i'm amy goodman. in a a historic first for a sitting u.s. president, donald trump crossed through the demilitarized zone and set foot in north korea sunday, walking side-by-side with north korean leader kim jong-un after kim greeted him at the demarcation line. they agreed to resume do new causation talks come although trump said sanctions on north korea would remain for now. north korea had said in previous negotiations that sanctions relief is a necessary pre-condition to any sort of deal. the symbolic move came 24 hours after trump wrote a message on twitter offering to meet kim at the dmz after the g20 summit wrapped up in japan, and four months after nuclear talks bebetween the two leaders broke down in february when president trump walked out of the the nm summit. we'll havave more on this story after headlines. in hong kong, thousands have taken to the streets today, the anniversary, they return of hong kong's control 22 years ago. dozens of protesters breached the legislature building, where t

i am amy goodman. one co. i am one gonzalez. welcome to our viewers around the country and around the world. 10 presidential candidates took to the stage in detroit, michigan, tuesday night for the first of a two-night debate hosted by cnn. the evening was billed as the first showdown between the two leading progressives in the race, senators bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. but the two never criticize each other and spent much of the evening fending off attacks by a group of moderate rivals, including former maryland congressman john delaney. this is elizabeth warren. >> democrats win when we figure out what is right and we get out there and fight for it. i am not afraid, and for democrats to win, you cannot be afraid either. >> congressman delaney, your response? >> i think democrats win when we run on real solutions, not impossible promises. when we run on things that are workable, not fairytatale economicics. >> i don't understand why anybody goes to the trouble of running for president just to talk about what we cannot