i'm amy goodman. in a historic surprise that was kept under wraps for days, north korean leader kim jong traveled to beijing the armored train and met with chinese president chi jen king. it was the north korean leader's first foreign trip since taking office in 2011. during the four daytrip, the two leaders talked about denuclearization, with kim reportedly saying he was willing to give up north korea's nuclear weapons. kim also invited president xi to visit pyongyang, north korea. it was the first of three potential historic meetings for kim jong-un. next month, he's slated to met with south korean president moon jae-in. he's also slated to meet soon with president trump, in what would be the first ever meeting between a sitting u.s. president and a north korean leader. a recent poll shows two-thirds of americans support trump's plan to meet with kim jong-un. louisiana attorney general jeff landry has announced the state will not bring charges against two white police officers for the 2016 killing o

i'm amy goodman. today is international women's day. and across spain, women are on strike. amy: "here we are, the feminists" they're chanting, banging pots and pans and refusing to work for 24 hours. organizers say it is the first nationwide women strike in spain's history. their motto -- "if we stop, the world stops." this is concha gonzalez, a psychoanalyst who is not practicing today because she's on strike. and alsores society many women when they realize how strong we can be, especially when we are together. that is why i will strike and that is why i am here. amy: the historic women's strike in spain comes as women across the world -- from afghanistan to the philippines to mexico -- are marking g internatioional wome's day, demanding eququality and justice, and an end to patriarchy and violence against women. we'll have more on their strikes, marches, and protests after headlines. in the united states, the confrontation between the trump administration and c californina escacalated on wednesday

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i'm amy goodman. the white house says president trump has accepted an invitation to meet directly with north korea's leader kim jong un. this is south korea's national security head chung eui-yong speaking to reporters thursday night outside the white house after briefing officials on the recent talks between seoul and pyongyang. >> preresident trump appreciated -- said he would meet kim achieveby may to denuclearization. amy: thehe south korean n officl went o on to sayay the meeeetind take placece within two months. no sitting u.s. president hass ever m met with a north korean leader. kim jojo-un has nenever met another head of state. thursday night's announcement was a complete surprise. it came at a t time when trump s been besetet with escalating questions about his alleged affair with adult film star stormy danieiels, inclcluding questions about whether a $130,000 pay-off to her, sent by trump's persrsonal lawyer only days before the 2016 election , could have violated federal election law. thur

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i'm amy goodman. the united states has ordered the expulsion of 60 russian diplomat in the closure of the russian consulate in seattle, washington, over russia's alleged poisoning of russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter in salisbury, britain, earlier this month. it is the largest expulsion of russian diplomat in u.s. history. it comes after 23 were expelled last week. on tuesday following the united states announcement, more than 20 other nations followed suit. more than 100 russian diplomats have now been expelled in total, which the bbc reports is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history. russia denies carrying out the nerve-agent poisoning and has promised to retaliate against the diplomats expulsions. are you a u.s. citizen? that will be a new question on the 2020 census according to the commerce department, which oversees the census bureau. the addition of this question has caused widespread condemnation by a group of attorneys general and immigrant righ

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i'm amy goodman. in parkland, florida, teachers and students at marjory stoneman douglas high school returned to classes wednesday for the first time since valentine's day when gunmen nikolas cruz opened fire with an ar 15 semiautomatic rifle, killing 17 people, wounding 15 others. this is stoneman douglas student and shooting survivor samuel safaite. >> in spanish class, my teacher was taking attendance and she actually said luke's name waltz was doing role in a lot of people do started crying because we all knew he was gone. amy: last month massacre sparked unprecedented youth movement, mobilizing a nationwide rally against gun violence called "march for our lives" and washington, d.c., on march 24. meanwhile in new mexico, schools on the jicarilla apache reservation were placed on lockdown wednesday after a caller phoned in a threat of a mass shooting. the nearby navajo technical university alslso locked d downr several hohours. in dalton, georgia, police arrested a social studies teacher named jes

i'm amy goodman. in west virginia, teachers have ended their historic strike after state officials agreed to raise the pay of all state workers by 5%. >> who made history? >> we made history! amy: the strike began on february 22 and shut down every public school in the state. it was the longest teacher strike in west virginia history. meanwhile, teachers and oklahoma are gearing up for potential statewide strike will stop we will have more on west virginia and oklahoma after the headlines. the justice department is suing california over the state's so-called century laws that limit them from cooperatating wh federal gratian -- immigration agents. they're arguing -- the justice department is arguing california's laws are unconstitutional and "reflect a deliberate effort by california to obstruct the united states' enforcement of federal immigration law." in response to the lawsuit, governor jerry brown said -- "at a time of unprecedented political turmoil, jeff sessions has come to california to furthe

i'm amy goodman. the turmoil in the white house continues as president trump fired the secretary of veterans affairs, david shulkin and said he'd replace him with white house physician dr. ronny jackson, a rear admiral in the navy. dr. jackson has no experience running a large agency. he is trump's doctor. the department of veterans affairs is the federal government's second largest department, with 360,000 employees. shulkin have been facing criticism for various ethics violations, including using taxpayer money to pay for his wife's airfare during a trip to europe last summer. in a "new york times" op-ed published wednesday, shulkin said he is actually being ousted because of his opposition to privatizing the veterans affairs agency. he wrote -- "they saw me as an obstacle to privatization who had to be removed. that is because i am convinced that privatization is a political issue aimed at rewarding select people and companies with profits, even if it undermines care for veveterans." in sacramento,

i'm amy goodman. more than one million students, parents, teachers, anti-violence activists took to the streets saturday in washington, d.c., around the country and around the world come in the march for our lives. the historic day of action was organized by the student survivors of the valentine's day massacre at the marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida, where 17 people were killed --14 students and three faculty. in washington, d.c., youth from parkland to chicago took to the stage to decry the power of the national rifle association and the epidemic of gun violence in the united states. this i is trevon bosley. >> i am here to speak on behalf of chicago's youth were surrounded and affected by gun violence every day. i am here to speak for those youth who fear they may be shot log on to the gas station, the movies, the bus stop, to church, or even to and from school. i'm here to stay for the chicago youth who feel there for -- who feel their voices have been silence for too long

i'm amy goodman. president trump has ousted secretary of state rex tillerson and said he will replace him with cia director mike pompeo. trump also announced tuesday via twitter that cia deputy director gina haspel will be tapped to secede pompeo at the cia. both would need to be confirmed by the senate. gina haspel is now facing major questions and criticism about her direct involvement in the george w. bush administration's cia torture program. she was responsible for running a secret cia black site in thailand where prisoners were waterboarded and tortured. if confirmed, she will become the first woman to head the cia. we'll have more on gina haspel and mike pompeo after headlines. trump's decision to fire rex tillerson as secretary of state is the latest shakeup to rock the administration, which has seen an unprecedented number of top officials ousted over the last year. on tuesday, the white house also fire the fourth highest-ranking official in the state department, steve goldstein, who served a

i'm amy goodman. the trump administration is poised to radically weaken fuel efficiency and emissions standards on u.s. automobiles in the latest blow to efforts to curb catastrophic climate change. the planned changes by environmental protection agency head scott pruitt would roll back obama-era rules meant to limit greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes, including a requirement that u.s. cars average more than 50 miles per gallon by 2025. many u.s. states, led by california, have promised to challenge the rollback. the lowered emissions standards come as the climate scientists have accused the epa of making misleading statements about global warming. a leaked internal epa email sent to communications staff by a senior official provides talking points to others at the agency, including -- "while there has been extensive research and a host of published reports on climate change, clear gaps remain including our understanding of the role of human activity and what we can do about it." in fact, some 97

i'm amy goodman. in syria, war monitors say at least 42 people have been killed in recent days as the syrian government continues its bombing campaign and ground offensive against eastern ghouta, outside the capital damascus. on monday, u.s. ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, warned the united states is prepared to act if chemical weapons are used in eastern ghouta. >> any nation that is determined to impose its will through chemical attacks and in human suffering, most especially the outlaw syrian regime, the united states remains prepared to act if we must. it is not the path we prefer, but it is a path we have demonstrated we will take. and we are prepared to take it again. amy: activists have accused syria's government of using chlorine gas and incendiary white phosphorus munitions. syria's government denies using chemical weapons. in more news from syria, thousands of civilians are fleeing the northwestern city of afrin as the turkish military begins a siege of the syrian kurdish city

i'm amy goodman. in a historic day of action, more than a million students from over 3000 schools walked out of classes to protest gugun violencece on wednesday. wawalkouts occurred in all 5 50 states, as well as some overseas. in littleton, colorado, hundreds walked out of columbine high school, site of the 1999 massacre that left 15 people dead. in madison, wisconsin, thousands of students walked out and marched on the state capitol building, where they flooded the rotunda and chanted "we want walker!" outside the office of republican governor scott walker, whwho has resisted calas for gun control. in washington, d.c., protesters placed shoes on the lawn of the 14,000 capitol buildining -- one for each of f the estimated 7000 children who've died of gunshot wounds since the sandy hook school massacre of 2012. across the mall, hundreds of d.c.-area students protested outside the white house, turning their backs on the building and sitting silently for 17 minutes -- one minute for each person killed a

i'm amy goodman. in austin, texas, authorities have identified the man they say was responsible for a series of six bombings that killed two people and injured at least six others, saying the bomber left behind a video confession. police say mark anthony conditt, a 23-year-old white man from austin's suburbs, died after he hlf suoued him. in a news conrence wednday ternoon wi texas rublican govern greg bott, auin poli chief ban manley descbed an ayet-unreleed 25-minutvideo th conditt recorded ohis cellhone. manleyaid the deo shs conditdescring detailsn how heuilt sixombs ud in e attack despite at, chiemanley described conditt as a troubled young man, rather than a terrorist or someone driven by hate. >> i know everyone is interested in a motive in understanding why, and we're never going tbe able to put a ration behind these acts. but when i can take having listened to that recording, he does not at all mention anything about terrorism, nor does he mention anything about hate. but instead, it is the o

i'm amy goodman. a new channel 4 news investigation has revealed executives from the company cambridge analytica boasting about entrapping politicians and launching fake news campaigns in order to sway elections around the world. the revelations come only days analytica harvested the data of more than 50 million facebook users, without their permission, in efforts to sway voters to support president donald trump. cambridge anytytica was founded by billionaire robert mercer. and steve banannon of breititbat news.. on mony,y, chann 4 n news broaoaast videos it secrlyly recoed o of execucutis talking aboututntrapping liticicianby sendingomen t to seduce them m or sending p peope posising as developers s to proe a bribe.. this is a a clip oththe chchanne n whichank news report the repoerer wt undercover singng as potentntl clilient in order r to reveal l cambridge ananalyticaactics. the video features cbrbridge n next andeo alexaxander execututive mark humboldt, but t bensns with narration.. >> it seemems

i'm amy goodman. president trump sunday walked back his support for gun control measures that would increase the age a person can purchase a firearm from 18 to 21 oh stuff the reversal camusso trump administration said it will seek to arm and train teachers and school staffers with concealed weapons, while making modest changes to a federal program providing criminal background checks for gun buyers. 20 reversal -- trump's reversal comes less than two weeks after trump publicly proposed raising the minimum age of firearm purchases. pres. trump: you can buy a handgun -- you can't buy one. you have to wait until you are 21, beacon by the kind of weapon used in the school shooting at 18. i think it is something you have to think about. amy: instead of calling for expanding background checks, trump's proposal calls for education secretary betsy devos to head a commission that will recommend ways to harden schools against mass shootings like last month's massacre at stoneman douglas high school in parkland

i'm amy goodman. in syria, thousands of civilians are fleeing a government-led offensive against suburb of eastern ghouta outside the capital damascus. more than 600 civilians have been killed in recent days by syrian government air strikes and artillery firing in recent days. human rights activists are accusing the syrian government of waging a scorched earth campaign against civilians in the suburb, which is controlled by anti-government rebels. the syrian government, backed by russian air power, is waging the offensive in violation of a u.n. security council ceasefire and a daily five-hour ceasefire brokered by russia, which is the syrian government's main backer. on sunday, syrian leader bashar al-assad said he would continue the offensive. >> the humanitarian situation, which the west speaks of from time to time, is a very ridiculous line, as ridiculous as the western officials who repeated. there's no contradiction between a truce and a combat operation. the advancement achieved yesterday and th

amy: former u.s. intelligence contractor reality leigh winner appeared in court this week, in an orange jumpsuit and shackles, nine months after she was arrested and charged with violating the espionage act. the government claims she leaked a top-secret document about russian interference in the 2016 election to the intercept. we'll speak with her mother billie winner-davis, outside her daughter's home where she was arrested by fbi agents. then in 1961, an 18-year-old african-american student walked onto the campus of the university of georgia into the pages of history. she became one of two black students to desegregate the school. her name? charlayne hunter-gault . we will speak with legendary journalist charlayne hunter-gault. has to findration their own cause and embrace it or reject it, but i just want them to know that the power they have within them -- it was young people who changed the face of the south. brooding -- a brooding decades of a certain kind of law that did not regard people as equ