i'm amy goodman.r 4,000 people gathered in chicago in june for the three-day people's summit, organized in part by national nurses united. former presidential candidate bernie sanders gave a major speech, where he attacked both president trump and the democratic party. senator sanders spoke at a time whwhen some of his supporters ae pushing for him to form a new political party ahead of the 2020 election and run again for the white house. today we spend the hour airing bernie sandeders' address. sen. bernie sanders: i want to thank many, many of you for your work on our presidential campaign. [apppplause] sen. bernie sanders: you understoodod something that the establishment, the pundits and the corporate media did not know and still do not know. and that is that the american people are profoundly sick and tired of establishment politics and establishment economics. [applause] sen. bernie sanders: as roseann just said, the question all over this country that people are asking themselves is: when will

i'm amy goodman.[561]lede - -- i am amy goodman.he united states and south korea have carried out a joint ballistic nestled rail and the sea of japan after north korea tested a missile that experts believe would be capable of reaching alaska. north korea's leader said the missile was a fourth of july gift to president trump. video as anleased apparent warning to north korea. tensions have been rising in the recent months between the u.s. and north korea. the united states has carried drills ine missile south korea. the a south korean president is also opposed to ththe missile system a and lasast month ordern investigation after learning that for more e missile laununcs had been b brought into south korea. afafter the north korea mimissie launch north korea tweeted " perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end this nonsense once and for all." we are joined by founder and coordinator of women across dnc, a global movement of women moving for peace in korea. thank you so much for joining us. can you talk about this lates

i'm amy goodman. the trump administration on wednesday threatened military action against north korea over its nuclear weapons program, saying the u.s. was prepared to defend itself and its allies. the threat came a day after north korea successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile which the u.s. says is capable of reaching alaska. this is u.s. ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, speaking at an emergenency meetg of the security council. their actions are quickly closing off the possibility of a diplomatic solution. the united states is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies. one of our capabilities lies with our considerable military forces. we will use them if we must. but we prefer not to have to go in that direction. amy: haley said the u.s. would soon propose new sanctions against north korea, adding the u.s. was prepared to "go our own path" if u.n. members didn't agree to its terms. meanwhile, russia and china urged restra

i'm amy goodman. president donald trump said tuesday he plans to let obamacare fail after senate republican leaders failed in a bid to repeal parts of the affordable care act without a replacement in place. the move was opposed by four republicans, including three women -- senators susan collins, shelley moore capito, and lisa murkowski -- who, along with rob portman, said the effort would deprive millions of americans of health insurance. all three republican women were left out of a senate working group comprised of 13 white men that drafted the initial healthcare bill. on tuesday, president trump suggested he might let insurance markets created under obamacare go under and then try to work with democrats on a rescue. pres. trump: i think we are prprobably in that position whee we will justst let obamacare fa. we're not going to own it. i'm not going to own it. the republicans are not going to own it. we will let obamacare fail and then the democrats will come to us and say, how do we fix it? or, ho

i'm amy goodman. with one gonzales.president donald trump trying to sabotage the obama brokered nuclear agreement with iran? trump has instructed his national security aides to find a rationale for declaring that iran is violating the terms of the accord. the order came despite the fact that the trump administration begrudgingly certified that iran has complied with its obligations under the agreement earlier this month. last week, trump intensified his threats against iran during a speech in youngstown, ohio. be the single worst deal i have ever seen drawn by anybody. conform tol doesn't what it is supposed to conform big,here is going to be big problems for them. that i can tell you. amy: for more, we are joined by trita parsi, whose new piece is entitled "the mask is off: trump is seeking war with iran." we usually speak to him in washington. he is in sweden right now. as you listen to president trump, the speech he gave just a few days after he recertified the deal he criticized. what are you hearing about what his

i'm amy goodman. in a surprise announcement, president trump tweeted wewednesday he will than transgender people from serving in the u.s. military. trump made the declaration on twitter -- "after consultation with my generals and military experts, please be advised that the united states government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u.s. military. our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. thank you." trump's decision came despite his pledge at the republican national convention last year, that he would "do everything in power to protect our lgbtq citizens." the move set off protests outside the white house and at the military recruitment centers around the country. well, it seems what the president is saying is that he is going to fire 15,000 highly trained, motivated troops. it is a catastrophe for military readine

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez.uan: we are talking with michael coppss, the former fcc commissioner from 2001-2012 and continue our discussion with him . commissioner, i would like to ask you about what has been in the news a lot lately, the at&t-time warner merger. i know the commission may not eventually be ruling on this, but your sense as we see this continue, as you mentioned earlier, this continued concentration of ownership by so many off the telecom and media and cable giants of the united states. >> it is just giving too much powerto one company, a that no one company should be able to exercise in a democracy like ours. we have gotten to the point now with the trump administration and the new fcc where just about any merger proposal is possible. it used to be four or five years ago we would say, well, that merger is so off the charts that nobody would ever consider itt will stop i think that is gone. wall street loves these mergers. but you have to stop and think about the price we're paying for that. the c

i'm amy goodman.e continue to look at how the standing rock sioux tribe is embracing renewable energy, we turn to scott wallace and ellen dorsey of the wallace global fund. the fund recently honored the standing rock sioux tribe with the inaugural henry wallace award and a million-dollar investment in renewable energy projects, solar and wind, led by the tribe. the award is named after scott wallace's grandfather, henry wallace, who served as vice president under franklin delano roosevelt from 1941 to 1945. scott wallace recently wrote an op-ed piece in "the new york times" recalling his grandfather's piece back over 70 years ago. in 1944, henry wallace published an iconic "op-ed" in "the new york times" headlined "the danger of american fascism." henry wallace wrote, quote, "american fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact," unquote. i began by asking scott wallace about his grandfather's comments in 1944. scott wallace: he described a breed of self-intere

i'm amy goodman. in an historic defeat for president trump and the republican party, the senate voted 49 to 51 early this morning on a bill that would have repealed key parts of the affordable care act. three republicans broke ranks to join democrats and independents opposing the legislation -- lisa murkowski of alaska, susan collins of maine, and john mccain of arizona. this is senate majority leader mitch mcconnell conceding defeat about 2:00 a.m. eastern time. >> i also want to think the president and vice president who couldn't have been more involved and more helpful. so, yes, this is a disappointment. a disappointment, indeed. our friends over in the house, we thank them as well. i regret our efforts were simply not enough. amy: the so-called skinny repeal of obamacare would have eliminated the individual and the employer mandate that requires certain businesses to provide health insurance to employees. the congressional budget office said the legislation would add another 16 million people to t

i'm amy goodman. senate republicans n narrowly pushed through a procedural vote to open debate on plans to repeal and maybe replace the affordable care act tuesday, but then suffered a defeat only hours later when republicans failed to muster enough votes to pass their replacement bill. first on tuesday, the senate voted 50 to 50 to open the debate, with vice president mike pence breaking the tie. two republican senators, susan collins of maine and lisa murkowski of alaska, joined democrats in voting against the motion to proceed. arizona senator john mccain dramatically returned to capitol hill to cast a decisive vote to open debate, only a week after being diagnosed with brain cancer. but once the debate began, divisions within the republican party over a replacement bill doomed their efforts to push through any legislation. nine republicans joined democrats in rejecting the first healthcare proposal, which would cause more than 20 million people to lose their health insurance in the next 10 years.

i'm amy goodman. in the west bank and jerusalem, seven people -- four palestinians andnd three israels -- have been killed amid a wave of violence and protests over israel's refusal to remove metal detectors from the holy al-aqsa mosque. on friday, 18-year-old muhammad sharaf was killed by an israeli settler, while 17-year-old muhammad khalaf and 20-year-old muhammad ghanam were killed by israeli soldiers. on saturday, 21-year-old yousef abbas kashour was killed by an israeli soldier. about 400 more palestinians were wounded as israeli troops opened fire against protesters with live bullets and tear gas. meanwhile, on friday night, a palestinian teenager killed a man and his two adult children in their home in an israeli-only settlement in the west bank. the three victims, whose names have not been released, were sitting down to shabat dinner when they were stabbed to death. this is abed al-jaleel alabed, the father of the palestinian teenager who killed the 3-d israelis. >> i have no idea what happen

i'm amy goodman. the u.s. led war against isis is reportedly killing at least a dozen science every single day as president trump took office six months ago. that is according to a new investigation by the journalistic monitoring group airwars, which has since president trump took office, coalition officer -- operations have reportedly killed more than 2200 civilians, a far higher rate of reported civilian the obama than under administration. the investigation comes as the u.s. led coalition continues to launch dozens of airstrikes a day against the syrian city of raqqa, worth tens of thousands of residents are trapped without access to water or electricity. over the weekend, the latest round of u.n.-backed peace talks about the syrian war ended in geneva without any plans to resolve the ongoing conflict. in saudi arabia 14 men accused of taking part in protests are reportedly facing imminent execution. the group includes munir al-adam, who is half-deaf and partially blind, and mujtaba'a al-sweikat, who was on

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. rmeen: the first meeting of a new presidential election commission was held wednesday in the face of weeks of controversy, seven lawsuits, and new calls for the resignation of its vice-chairman, kansas secretary of state kris kobach. president trump convened the presidential advisory commission on election integrity to look into his allegations of voter fraud during the 2016 presidential election. pres. trump: voter fraud occurs, it cancels out the vote of a lawful citizen and undermines democracy. can't let that happen. any form of illegal or fraudulent voting, whether by , andtizens or the deceased any form of voter suppression or intimidation, must be stopped. than 30ased that more states have already agreed to share the information with the commission, and the other states , that information will be forthcoming. if any state does not want to share this information, one has to wonder what they're worried about. and i ask the vice president and the commission, what are they worried a

i'm amy goodman. on capitol hill, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has scheduled a vote on the republican healthcare plan today after multiple previous efforts to put the republican legislation to a vote failed amid dissent within the republicans' own party. arizona republican senator john mccain is set to return to washington, d.c., for the vote, only a week after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. the senate will technically be voting to proceed with a version of the republican healthcare bill passed narrowly by the house, and then the senate floor will be open to debate and amendmts on the legislation. 's nocleaif republins even have enough votes to proceed to a debate. if they do, they can vote on the house ll, which would cause 23 million people to lose their health insurance over the next decade, to plan to repeal the affordable care act without replacement legislation, which could lead to 32 million people losing insurance over the next decade. trump's son-in-law and

i'm amy goodman. the special counsel tasked with investigating ties between donald trump's campaign and russia's s government during lat year's election is examining a broad range of transactions involving trump's businesses as well as those of his associates. that's according to bloomberg news, which reported thursday former fbi chief robert mueller's probe will examine a series of real estate deals with russian investors as well as the 2013 miss universe pageant in moscow. the probe has also reportedly absorbed a money laundering investigation into trump's former campaign chair paul manafort. news of the special counsel's wider investigation came after president trump left open the possibility that he could order the juststice department to o fe mueller. trump told the "new york times" mueller would be crossing a red line if he investigates trump family finances. "the timeses" reports trump's lawyers and aides are working to dig up dirt on mueller and his team in an effort to discredit the investiga

i'm amy goodman. in brazil, former president luiz inacio lula da silva was convicted on corruption charges wednesday and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. he will remain free on appeal. lula was the frontrunner in the 2018 presidential elections and is widely considered one of brazil's most popular political figures. the sentencing of lula comes a year after his successor president dilma rousseff, also , of the workers party, was impeached by the brazilian senate in a move many have denounced as a coup. lula has been accused of a masterminding a corruption scheme at the state-run oil company petrobras. prosecutors allege latin america's biggest construction firm spent about refurbishing a $1.1 billion beachside apartment for lula and his wife in exchange for public contracts. $1.1 million. a top ally of lula, paulo okamotto, on wednesday denounced the charges. >> lula is innocent. he is not the owner of that residence. he never asked for that residence. you never lived in that residence. h

i'm amy goodman. in germany, more than 100,000 protesters flooded the streets of hamburg thursday, as leaders of the world's largest economies gathered for the g20 summit. marchers carrying banners reading "welcome to hell" and "the world is not for sale" were met by heavily armed riot police who used water cannons, teargas, and stun grenades to disperse the protests. protests resumed earlier today as demonstrators staged sit-ins at key intersections in the city in an attempt to disrupt the first day of the g20, where president trump is meeting with other world leaders. a german news agency reported first lady melania trump was unable to leave her hotel because of today's demonstrations. this is a protester who took part in actions. wewe are here today because think the g20 has no place here in hamburg, has no place in the world. it is not needed. it is an organization of the ruling classes, for the imperialist systems that deepens exploitations around the world. and produces fascism racism, particula

i'm amy goodman. the white house is in crisis mode following revelations thaht donald trump's own son openly embraced an effort by the russian government to peddle information incriminating hillary clinton in an attempt to help trump win thehe election. on tuesday, donald trump jr. personally released a series of emails dealing with a meeting he had in june 202016 at trump towr with chaired kushner and paul manafort and a person described to trump jr. as a "russian government attttorney." the meeting has been the focus of a series of articles in recent days by the "new york times." trump jr. released the emails shortly after the times told him they were about to publish the content of the emails. the explosive emails begin with a message from music publicist rob goldstone about how the crown prosecutor of russia had offered to provide the trump campaign with "some official documents and information that would incriminate hillary." goldstone went on to say -- "this is obviously very high level and sens

i'm amy goodman. the senate republican plan to replace and repeal the affordable care act has once again collapsed. for now. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell made the announcement monday night. republicans' inability to push through their healthcare plan is a major defeat for the party, which controls the house, the senate, and the presidency. on monday night, republican senators jerry moran of kansas and mike lee of utah announced they would not support the latest senate version of the bill, ensuring republicans would not have enough votes to pass it. their announcement came at the same time president trump, who has heavily backed the senate bill, was meeting with seven republican senators who did support the legislation. later monday night, president trump tweeted -- "republicans should just repeal failing obamacare now & work on a new healthcare plan that will start from a clean slate. dems will join in!" the legislation would have cut $700 billion from medicaid. it faced opposition from all