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 blew himself up in his car wednesday morning as police surrounded him. in n conference wednesday afternoon with texas republican governor greg abbott, austin police chief brian manley described an as-yet-unreleased 25-minute video that conditt recorded on his cell phone. manley said the video shows conditt describing details on how he built six bombs used in the attacks. despite that, chief manley described conditt as a troubled young man, rather than a terrorist or someone driven by te. >> i know everyone is interested in a motive in understanding why, and we're never going to be able to put a ration behind these acts. but when i can take having listened to that recording, he does

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 after it was revealed cambridge 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 analytica was founded by billionaire robert mercer. and steve bannon of breitbart news. on monday, channel 4 news broadcast videos it secretly recorded of the executives talking about entrapping politicians by sending women to seduce them or sending people posing as developers to propose a bribe. this is a clip of the channel in whichnews report the reporter went undercover posing as a potential client in order to reveal cambridge analytica tactics. the video features cambridge next and ceo alexander executive mark humboldt, but it begins with narrati

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 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. in syryria, war monitors say at least 42 people have been kikild in recent da a as the syrian governmentnt continues its bombg 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 n 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 papath we have demomotrated we e 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 kurd

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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 international women's day, demanding equality and justice, and an end to patriarchy and violence agnst women. we'll have more on their strikes, marches, and protests after headlines. in the united states, the confrontation between the trump administration and california escalated on wednesday, as attorne

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 also locked down for several hours. in dalton, georgia, police arrested a social studies teacher named jesse

i'm amy goodman. in austin, texas, police say the suspect behind the series of bombings this month has died. authorities say he blew himself up in his car during a police chase earlier wednesday morning. authorities say the suspect is behind the string of bombings that have killed two people and wounded at least six more, in what authorities say may have been hate crimes. the two people killed in the bombings were both members of prominent african american families in austin. the first victim, 39-year-old anthony stephan house, was killed on march 2. he was a construction worker and the father of an eight-year-old daughter. his stepfather is freddie dixon, a powerful pastor in the city and the former reverend at wesley united methodist church. police triggered the explosion as an isolated incident until, on march 12, two more bombs exploded, killing 17-year-old draylen mason. he was a musician and a student at east austin college prep. like anthony stephan house, draylen mason was also a member of the

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 gun violence on wednesday. walkouts occurred in all 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, who has resisted calls for gun control. in washington, d.c., protesters placed shoes on the lawn of the 14,000 capitol building -- one for each of 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 at marjory ston

i'm amy goodman. special counsel robert mueller has subpoenaed the trump organization to hand over documents -- some of which are related to russia -- as he widens the scope of his investigation into alleged ties between top trump officials and russia. the revelation indicates that mueller's probe is likely to continue for at least several more months. last summer, president trump told "the new york times" mueller would be crossing a red line if he investigates trump family finances. this comes as democrats on the house intelligence committee said thursday the trump organization is actively negotiating a deal with a sanctioned russian bank during the 2016 presidential campaign. the charge stands in stark contrast to a conclusion reached by republican leaders of the committee earlier this week, who declared they found no evidence of collusion between trump's campaign and the russians. meanwhile, the trump administration placed new sanctions against russia thursday, accusing moscow of launching cyber-at

i'm amy goodman. on capitol hill, republican lawmakers said thursday they're moving on from the debate over gun control after failing to pass a single bill on firearms in the wake of last month's mass shooting in parkland, florida, which killed 17 people at stoneman douglas high school. the congressional inaction came as president trump appeared to backpedal thursday from his surprise announcement a day earlier that stunned so many when he said he supports comprehensive gun control measures. chris cox, a top lobbyist with the national rifle association, tweeted after a meeting with trump and vice president pence last night -- "potus & vpotus support the second amendment, support strong due process and don't want gun control." trump followed up, tweeting -- "good -- great meeting in the oval office tonight with the nra!" trump's backpedaling came just one day after he publicly chided pennsylvania republican senator pat toomey for being afraid of the nra. pres. trump: it doesn't make sense that i have t

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

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. president trump sunday wawalked back his supupport for gun contl measures that woululd increase e age a persrson can purchasase a firearm from 18 to 21 oh stuff the reversal camusso trump administration said it will seek to arm and train teachers and school stataffers with concecead weapons, while making modest changes to a federal program providing criminal background checks for gun buyers. 20 reverersal -- trump's reversl 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 shoototing at 18. i think it is something you have to think about. amy: instead of calling for expandnding backgrouound 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 sch

i'm amy goodman. the trump administration is poised to radically weaken fuel efficiency a 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 californrnia, 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, som

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 veteterans." in sacramento,

i'm amy goodman. president donald trump said thursday national security adviser h.r. mcmaster is resigning and will replace it with john bolton, a foreign policy hawk who has openly backed war against iran and north korea. bolton will take over the position on april 9 and will not need to be confirmed by the senate. in 2005 and 2006, bolton served as u.s. ambassador to the united nations after president george w. bush named him to the post as a recess appointment amid fears he would not be confirmed by the senate. bolton is a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute and in recent years had made regular appearances on fox news. just three weeks ago, bolton wrote an op-ed for the wall street journal titled, "the legal case for striking north korea first." we'll have more on john bolton after headlines with investigative reporter gareth porter. donald trump has ordered the u.s. to drop a list of $60 billion worth of chinese goods to be targeted for tariffs and what the president says is a bid t

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez.turn now to houston, the nation's fourth largest city, where hurricane harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain six months ago. after the storm,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m, now the city is beginning a multi-year rebuilding process. much of the work is being done by undocumented immigrants, who make up at least half of the texas construction workforce. high demand after e storm, many are facing widespread wage theft. few of them report the abuse because they fear deportation if they go to police. just last week, the u.s. fifthed much of the state's so-called "show me your papers" that allows police to ask anyone in their custody their immigration status. this is a houston day laborerade intercept. he is a mexican immigrant who was says he worked 60 hour weweeks, but only gopapaid f 40 . >> avoid paying me for ovtitime. >>>> d you askhem fofo overtime? >> no post of people a are afrad of stirring things u up. a lot immigras are reportg. amy: undocented migrant workers ke adrn lost eft aftehurricanh

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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 sergeiei skripal and h his daugr in salisbury, britain, earlier this month. it is the e largest expulsion nf russian diplomat in u.s. history. it comes after 23 wewere expelld last week. on tuesday following the united statates announcement,t, more tn 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 immigran

i'm amy goodman. present 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 th wou need toe confird by t senate. gina hpel is n facing jor estions d criticm about her dict involment in e george wbush admistrati's a torturprogram. she waresponsie for ruing a secr cia bla site in thaila where psoners we 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 as the agency's undersecretary of public affairs. before h