i'm amy goodman.timore city states attorney marilyn mosby has announced she will drop all charges against the remaining three police officers charged in the death of freddie gray. freddie gray died in april 2015 of spinal injuries after he was arrested and transported in a police van. >> without real, substantive reforms to the current criminal justice system, we could try this case 100 times and cases just like it and we would still end up with the same result. , i have decided not to proceed on the cases against the rest of the cases. as a mother, the decision not to proceed on the remaining trials is agonizing. however, as a chief prosecutors elected by the citizens of baltimore, i must consider the dismal likelihood of conviction at this point. amy: freddie gray's death set off nationwide protests. kwamis baltimore activist rose. >> well, my thoughts on the verdict, it is evident that marilyn mosby charged these six officers only student -- to stop protests and what the powers that be would the un

i'm amy goodman. donaldld trump accteted the republblican party's nomination for president last night at the quicken loans arena here in cleveland. his hour and 15-minute speech portrayed the u.s. as a nation humiliated abrbroad, and undnder threat at home. mr. t trump: our conventiooccurs at a a moment of crisis for our nanation. ththe attacks onon our police ad the terrorism of our cities threreaten our verery way of li. youve a message foror all of thatrime and violence that today afafflicts our nation will soon, and i mean very soon, come to an end. [cheers] mr. trumpmp: beginningg o on jay 20, 2017, safety will be restored. amy: during his speech, trump reiterated both his calls for banning immigration from countries that have had recent terrorist attacks and for building a wall on the u.s.-mexico border. mr. trump: we must immediately suspend immigration from any nation that has been compromised by terrorism until such time as proven vetting mechanisms have been put in place. we are going to bui

i'm amy goodman. here in cleveland, the first day of the republican natitional convention was marked by discocd and moments of chaos monday both inside and outside the convention arena. hours before donald trump arrived on the convention floor, delegates opposed to donald trump attempted to stage a a rebellion by calling for a roll-call vote to oppose donald trump's nomination. >> [chanting roll call vote] name is dan walters -- dane waters. it is a fight for the country. amy: that's dane waters, co-founder of delegates unbound, which was seeking to change the party's nominating rules to allow delegates to support alternative republican candidates over trump. monday afternoon, the anti-trump forces rattled the trump campaign and republican leadership by producing signatures from a majority of delegates from 11 states and territories, far more than the seven jurisdictions needed to force an up-or-down vote on the convention's rules package. but the trump campaign and republican party leadership quashed

i'm amy goodman. we are in cleveland, ohio, covering the republican national convention, inside and out, from the streets to the corporate suites to the convention floor. indianasday night, governor mike pence accepted the republican nomination for vice president. >> as this election of, every american should know that, while we are feeling the presidency of the next quarter years, this election will define the supreme court for the next 40 spirit we all better think very carefully, very carefully about what this means for our constitution and limited government. elect hillary clinton, and you better get used to being subject to unelected judges using unaccountable power to take unconstitutional actions. say i'm for the sake of the rule of law, for the sake , for thenctity of life sake of our second amendment, and for the sake of all our weer god-given liberties, must ensure that the next president appointing justices to the supreme court is donald trump. amy: but governor pence's speech wednesday nig

i'm amy goodman. protests against police brutality erupted across the united states over the weekend, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets and blocking roads, bridges and highways in cities including chicago, atlanta, baton rouge, st. paul, los angeles, phoenix, and rochester, new york. more than 300 people were arrested nationwide, including more than 160 in baton rouge, where two white police officers lastd alton sterling tuesday morning. an african-american father of multiple videos of the killing five. show police officers had sterling pinned to the ground before shooting him multiple times. among those arrested in baton rouge was black lives matter activist who ran for mayor in baltimore. he was held for 17 hours. in minnesota, where philando cacastile wawas killed by polic, more than 100 people werere arrested on saturday night on interstate 94 during a standoff with police during which , officers in riot gear threw smoke bombs and pepper spray, while some protesters threw molo

amy: amy goodman from democracy now! want to ask about the protests while hillary is speaking. >> [inaudible] wanted to ask what the senator thought of the protests in front of him. delegation colorado holding up signs that say "liar and "no moreing," war." >> i am holding this sign because hillary clinton has spread fracking around the world, and it needs to end. amy: what sign are you holding? "no oligarchy" a sign, because we need to end corporate involvement making this government of the 1% and not a government of the people. i just watched her spent almost an hour focusing on -- [inaudible] 20,000 people are excited to hear the speech. i saw you focus on just a few people rather than the overwhelming amount of folks listening to what senator sanders says, encouraging us to focus on the message. amy: i came to you and asked you -- >> i am trying to focus on the speech, but you have been blocking my view for the last hour. i just wish he would focus on her. thank you. did you hear hillary say she believes that wall st

i'm amy goodman. juan: i'm juan gonzalez. on tuesday, president obama spoke in dallas at a memorial service for the five dallas police officers killed by sniper. the shooter, micah xavier johnson, opened fire at the end of an anti-police brutality march, killing five officers, and wounding at least 7 more. obama urged the nation to reject despair saying the country is not as divided as it may seem. president obama: i know that americans are struggling with what we have witnessed over the past week. first, the shootings in minnesota and baton rouge, the targeting ofn the police by the shooter here. and active demented violence and racial hatred. angry us are wounded and and hurt. it is as if the defense fall lines of our democracy have suddenly been exposed, perhaps even widened. juan: for the past week protests against police violence have spread across the country. tens of thousands have taken to the streets. hundreds have been arrested. the protests began in the wake of the fatal police killings of

amy: how?er: just from the rental of the arena and, i understand, someone said the bulk of the profits would be going to quicken loans. amy: we have been talking to a lot of the shop owowners in downtown cleveland, set aside the poorer communities in the outlying areas, and they are devastated by this week. their bubusinesseses have almost come to a halt. peter:r: i've experienced the se thing. people have said the same thing and that is consistent with my observation. it raises a lot of questions about who is benefiting herere. you have t the big barriers between the citizens and quicken loans arenana and a big barrierf analysis of what is being said in that arena and whahat people really t think aboutut it.t. they have such a big megaphone. amy: didn't gilbert's relationship with the press. we are talking about donald , no longeger do we use the word presumptive nominee, but the republican presidential nominee. there are a number of interesting parallels. among them, journalists have been ban

amy: from the democratic national convention in philadelphia, this is democracy now! mrs. clinton: what an incredible honor that you have given me, and i cannot believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet. amy: hillary clinton secures the democratatic presidential nomination becoming the first , woman to head the ticket of a major party in u.s. history. she reached the milestone after her rival senator bernie sanders moved to give her the party's nomimination. mr. sanders: i moved that hillary clinton be accepted as the nominee of the democratic rdf president of the united states. amy: moments after sanders spoke , huhundreds of his delegates walked out in protest. [chanting -- walk out!] amy: we will get the latest from the dnc and speak to illinois congress member luis gutierrez and the actor and activist danny glover. all that and more, coming up. amy: welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, breaking with convention: war, peace, and the presidency. i'm amy goodm

i'm amy goodman. president obama is speaking in dallas, texas, today at a memorial service for the five dallas police officers killed by a sniper thursday evening. former president george w. bush is also slated to speak at . the shooter, micah xavier johnson, opened fire at the end of an anti-police brutality march, killing five officers, and wounding at least seven more. johnson was an army veteran who served in afghanistan in 2014. a female soldier accused him of sexual harassment, took out a restraining order against him, and he was sent back to the u.s. by the military. delphine johnson, micah's mother, has said military service changed him, turning him into a hermit. this comes as the shooting in dallas is making republican national convention organizers in cleveland increasingly concerned about ohio's open carry laws. during the sniper attack in dallas thursday, texas's open carry laws made it difficult to determine who were suspected shooters and who were protesters. at least 20 marchers attend

amy knows.n taken away from the white house on numerous occasions, arrested, because of the deportations under barack obama. now we have the platform that says even when a refugee from central america comes forward, democrats say they should have a lawyer. not just the drug traffickers, murderers, rapists, those involved in human trafficking, when they get the for the court, they are guaranteed a lawyer, but their victims are guaranteed a lawyer. there are many things that you and i together have really spent our lives trying to improve in america. i want to end with this comment -- i always knew black lives matter. i always knew i would not be a member of congress if black love had not been spilled in the 1960's to give me the civil rights and voting rights that have allowed me to grab that microphone and be a member of congress. we can come together, immigrants -- man, my daughters, they have so anymore writes today, and i want to make sure they keep their dirty, filthy hands off of planned pa

i'm amy goodman. the first a of the republican national convention was marked by discord and moments of chaos inside and outside thehe arena. hours before donald trump arrived, delegates opposed to trump attempted to stage a rebellion by calling a rollcall vote to oppose his nomination. >> rollcall vote, rollcall vote! >> i'm the cofounder of delegates unbound. dane waters, cofounder of delegates unbound, which was seeking to change nominating rules. the anti-trumpn, forces rattled the trump campaign manager republican leadership by producing signatures from a majority of delegates from 11 states. the trump campaign manager republican party leadership quashed the rebellious faction by opting for a voice vote, which quickly descended into a shouting match. whole commotion that happened on the convention floor, you can go to hour one of democracy now! in our expanded edition, we continue our headlineses. the opening night of the rnc kicked off with ace reach by the controversial "duck dynasty" star will

i'm amy goodman. it's official -- donald trump is the republican party presidential nominee. house speaker paul ryan announced his nomination, following a roll call vote on the floor of the republican national convention tuesday. thate chair announces donald j. trump, having received a majority of these votes entitled to be cast at the convention, has been selected as the republican party nominee for president of the united states. house speaker paul ryan announcing trump's official party nomination. this comes only one day after delegates from the never trump movement briefly staged a revolt against trump's nomination on monday. the rebellion threw the first day of the convention into chaos, but the effort was quashed by party leadership. some dissenting delegates booed during tuesday's roll call vote. the second day of the rnc was dubbed "make america work again." during the prime time speeches, donald trump, jr., spoke about his father's business records and negotiation skills. analysis shows donal

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from philadelphia. i am with juan gonzalez. juan: welcome to listeners and viewers around the country and around the world. the democratic national convention begins here today in philadelphia, that tension is rising amongst supporters of hillary clinton and bernie sanders. on sunday the democratic national committee chairwoman and florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz resigned following the release of nearly 20,000 e-mails revealing how the democratic party favored hillary clinton and worked behind the scenes to discredit and defeat bernie sanders. the e-mails were released friday by wikileaks. is: senator sanders scheduled to is because the democratic convention tonight. according to h his campaign, sanders will state hillary clinton is by far superior to donald trump. he is also expected to praise the democrats for a greeting to what he described as the most regressive platform and democratic party history. that sanders lost one major battle with the pl

i'm amy goodman. hundreds of protesters are gathered outside the governor's house in minneapolis following the fatal police shooting of african-american man philando castile during a traffic stop for a broken tail light. the immediate aftermath of the shooting was broadcast live on facebook by his girlfriend, lavish reynolds, who is speaking in the car next to her dying boyfriend as the police officer continues to point the gun into the car. a warning to our viewers, the footage is graphic. >> stay with me. we got pulled over for a busted tail light in the back and the police -- he is covered. they killed my boyfriend. he is licensed to carry. he was trying to get out his id and his wallet out his pocket and he let the officer know that he had a firearm and he was reaching for his wallet. and the officer just shot him in his arm. you told him to get his id, sir. please, do not tell me this, lord. do not tell me he is gone. please, do not tell me he is gone. please come officer, don't tell me you just

i'm amy goodman. at least 84 people are dead in nice, france, after an attack on a crowd of people celebrating a bastille day. witnesses said a man in a truck a truck deliberately ran over dozens of people before getting out of the truck with a gun and opening fire. popolice then killed the man. one resident of nice described no longer feeling secure anywhere. collects it was really early.. i was in bed and i wake upup ths morning and i had liked 100 missed calls from my friends asking what happenened. then i saw the videos. it doesn't seem safe anymore and ance. i came a couple of m months to starart workining here. nice is s not a big city and dos not attract that much attttenti. anywhere can be a target. amy: witnesses described bodies strewn for as long as a mile down a seaside promenade where people had gathered to watch fireworks. no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the french government has described it as an act of terrorism. it is the second major attack in france since no

>> good morning, amy. amy: it is good to have you with us. you tatalk about what happed over the weekend, the attempted coup? >> on friday night at around 10:00, we began to hear rumors that the army blocked the main bridges and is symbol of the two twoges -- is symbol, the bridges like the george washington in new york. which is strange because with traffic blocked, these bridges -- no one can cross them because of the traffic. it turned out a small group within the army kidnapped chiefs instaff and plotted a coup thecountry by controlling armoryry and part of the air force. immediately after they tried that, the head of the army and is symbol, the general who is commanding the largest army in istanbul, said the army was against the coup and they did not represent soldiers and the chiefs of staff. he single-handedly cleaned the airport in istanbul and contacted erdogan while he was vacationing with his family and escortedd to istanbul by fighter jets. this is how they managed to save erdogan and bring him to istanbul. if they did not, we lea

amy goodman: so, "burundi." saul williams: yes. amy goodman: i'd like you to perform it. saul williams: sure. amy goodman: it's on martyrloserking. and talk about why burundi. saul williams: ok. well, i'll tell you a little bit about it first, because, in fact, i started working on this song way before what has recently happened in burundi since their president, nkurunziza, has changed the constitution and is now serving what some would call an illegal third term and is, of course, you know, suppressing the voice of journalists and of protesters. there's been over 200,000 refugees that have left the country in the past six months. there have been hundreds of murders from people speaking up against the government. none of this had gone down when i started writing about it. i started writing about it primarily because my wife is from rwanda, and so, over the years, i've learned more and more about the great lakes region, of course. there's lots of-lots of interesting things that happen there. one, like 80 percent of the cobalt and coltan that our technology is depended on c

i'm amy goodman. the democratic national convention opened in the wells fargo center in philadelphia monday a midst an ongoing scandal over the released dnc e-mails and public divisions between clinton and sanders supporters. on monday morning, protesters booed and heckled dnc chairwoman debbie wasserman schultz at a florida delegation breakfast, yelling "shame, shame," and carrying signs reading "e-mails." wasserman shultz has resigned in the wake the wikileaks' release of 20,000 e-mails, which show the dnc worked to discredit and defeat bernie sanders. the fbi has launched an investigation into whether russian spy services were behind the hack. baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake took over wasserman schultz's role of gaveling in the opening of the convention monday afternoon. meanwhile, bernie sanders' delegates booed sanders himself at a delegate meeting monday afternoon when he called for supporting hillary clinton. mr. sanders: we have got to defeat donald trump. and we have got to elect hil

i'm amy goodman. the federal bureau of investigation is not recommending charges against democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton over her use of multiple private e-mail servers while she was secretary of state. this comes despite fbi director james comey's saying clinton was extremely careless in her handling of classified information. >> although we did not find clear evidence that secretary clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the healing of classified information, there is evidence they were truly careless in their handling a very sensitive, highly classified information. amy: the fbi analyzed 30,000 e-mails, finding at least 110 that contained classified information at the time they were sent or received. fbi director comey said a handful of these were marked as classified at the time, a finding that contradicts clinton's claims. the fbi found eight e-mail chains containing top secret information. comey also said it was "possible that hostile actors gained access

i am amy goodman.e are broadcasting this week from the democratic national convention here in philadelphia. to talk more about the convention, hillary clinton, donald trump, and president obama's legacy, we're joined by two guests. eddie glaude is chair of the department of african-american studies at princeton university. "howost recent book is race still enslaves the american soul." he recently had a article with the headline, "my democratic problem with voting for hillary clinton. also, georgetown university professor, michael eric dyson, who authored many books, including "the black presidency: barack obama and the politics of race in americica." he wrote an article titled "yes she can: why hillary clinton will do more for black people than obama." professor dyson, on this issue of why hillary clinton, you say, will do more for african-americans than president obama. >> making the argument in the , notxt of a host of things the least of which that president obama, for a variety of reasons, has been

i'm amy goodman.- we are breaking with convention -- war, peace, and the presidency. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from cleveland, ohio. it's official -- donald trump is the republican party presidential nominee. house speaker paul ryan announced his nomination, following a roll call vote on the floor of the republican -- rnc. speaker ryan: the chair announces that donald j. trump, having received the majority of the votes entitled to be cast at the convention, has been selected as the republican party nominee for president of the united states. [applause] amy: that's house speaker paul ryan, announcing trump's official party nomination. this comes only one day after delegates from the "never trump" movement briefly staged a revolt against trump's nomination on -- nomination. the rebellion threw the first day of the convention into chaos, but the effort was quashed by party leadership. some dissenting g delegates bood during tuesday's roll call vote. the second day of the rnc was dubbed "make a

i'm amy goodman. in dallas, five police officers have been shot dead and six .thers were wounded the police were patrolling a demonstration in downtown dallas against the recent police shootings of alton sterling in baton rouge, louisiana, and philando castile in falcon heights, minnesota. video of the men being killed by police have sparked protests across the nation. authorities in dallas described her states assault as a planned ambush. authorities have not yet released information on the suspected shooters. the gunfire erupted around it: 40 5 p.m. local time, just as the peaceful protest was wrapping up. four the slain officers worked for the dallas police department. the third best it was part of the dallas area rapid transit force known as dart. at least one protester was injured in the shooting. one of the suspected snipers reportedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot. three other people have been taken into custody. earlier this morning, president obama spoke in warsaw where he is attending t