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i'm amy goodman. fbi agents have raided the home office and park avenue hotel room of president trump's longtime personal lawyer michael cohen. during the monday morning raid, of his apartment, offices, and his hotel, the fbi seized business records, emails and documents, including documents related to a $130,000 payment to adult film star stephanie clifford, also known as stormy daniels. cohen has admitted to personally paying clifford to keep her quiet about an alleged 2007 affair she had with donald trump. the payment, only days before the 2016 election, may violate federal election law. it was carried out by the interim u.s. attorney for the southern district of your, who was appointed by president trump . it came after referral by special counsel robert mueller, and president trump reacted angrily to news of the raid on monday. pres. trump: i just heard that they broke into the office of one e of my personal attorneys,a good man. it is a disgraceful l situation. it is a totatal witch hunt. amy: w

i'm amy goodman. the u.s. supreme court appears poised to uphold president trump's travel ban, which blocks most people from seven countries including iran, libya, somalia, syria, and yemen from entering the united states. during oral arguments on wednesday, justice anthony kennedy, who is often seen as a swing vote, appeared to side with the conservative wing of the court. u.s. solicitor general noel francisco argued the travel restrictions were not a "so-called muslim ban," and that the order fell within the president's executive authority. francisco made the claim even though trump campaigned for president calling for a "total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states." this is justice samuel alito. >> if you look at what was done, it does not look at all like a muslim ban. there are other justifications that jump out as to why these particular countries were put on the list. it seems to me the list creates a strong inference this was not done for that purpose. amy: we'll have more on pres

i'm amy goodman. fbi agents have raided the home office and park avenue hotel room of president trump's longtime personal lawyer michael cohen. during the monday morning raid, of his apartment, offices, and his hotel, the fbi seized business records, emails and documents, including documents related to a $130,000 payment to adult film star stephanie clifford, also known as stormy daniels. cohen has admitted to personally paying clifford to keep her quiet about an alleged 2007 affair she had with donald trump. the payment, only days before the 2016 election, may violate federal election law. it was carried out by the interim u.s. attorney for the southern district of your, who was appointed by president trump . it came after referral by special counsel robert mueller, and president trump reacted angrily to news of the raid on monday. pres. trump: i just heard that they broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys, a good man. it is a disgraceful situation. it is a total witch hunt. amy: we wil

i'm amy goodman. in the gaza strip, at least 18 palestinians were killed and as many as 1700 were wounded after friday israeli forces opened fire with live bullets on a protest near gaza's eastern border with israel. video posted online shows unarmed palestinians being shot in the back as they fled from tear gas and gunfire. the deaths and injuries came as 30,000 gaza residents gathered near the wall as part of a planned six-week long non-violent protest against the blockade of gaza and to demand the right of return for palestinian refugees. this is gaza resident abed al-qader al haddad. >> they are hoping, they say the old will die and the young will forget. however, the younger children sitting here saying they want to go back to their families lands, the lands of their fathers and grandfathers. they want to go back. the young have more emission, more than their fathers and grandfathers. amy: another 49 palestinians were injured by israeli forces during protests on saturday. israel's actions have be

i'm amy goodman. the environmental protection agency said monday it will radically weaken fuel efficiency and emissions standards on u.s. automobiles, setting up a a clah with states s that impose e tour regulations in a bid to curb catastrophic climate change. environment protection agency had scott pruitt changes will ,oll back obama-era rules including a requirement that u.s. cars average more than 50 miles per gallon by 2025. pruitt has also signal he will try y to forcece californinia ad other states to comply with the weekend admimission standards. this comes as a study published in the journal naturure geosciee found that wararm ocean n waters memelting antarctica's ice shees frfrom belelow, contributing toa level rise. most is in west antarctica where more than 20% of the ice sheet has retreated across the sea floor. the study cited satellite data that show more than 10% of the continent's glaciers are in retreat, as opposed to less than 2% of glaciers that are growing. if all of antarctica's

i'm amy goodman. north korea's supreme leader, kim jong-un, said he will stop testing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, and will close a site where at least six prior nuclear tests were held. the announcement came less than a week ahead of a planned meeting with south korean president moon jae-in, and as the trump administration makes plans for an unprecedented face-to-face summit between kim and president trump. in response, trump tweeted -- "they have agreed to denuclearization site closure, & , no more testing!" in fact, north korea has said only that it will suspend tests of its nuclear program. trump has previously threatened to use nuclear weapons against north korea, saying he would totally destroy the nation of 25 million people. french president emmanuel macron kicks off a three-day state visit today with a sizing trip to george washington's mount vernon estate in virgininia whee he will be joined by president trump and first lady melanie trump. macron is reportedly planning to press tr

i'm amy goodman. the brazilian supreme court has rejectcted an attempt by former brazilian president luiz inacio da silva to stay out of jail while he appeals a controversial corruption conviction. the court voted 6-5 against lula, who had been the frontrunner in this year's brazilian presidential election. it now appears lula may soon be arrested and jailed. he is a former union leader who served as president of brazil from 2003 to 2010. during that time, he helped lift tens of millions of brazilians out of the poverty. supporters of lula decried the ruling saying it is a continuation of the coup that ousted lula's ally dilma rousseff from power last year. >> protesting in the streets and fighting for democracy. amy: during an interview on democracy now! last momonth, president da silva said his prosecution is part of an attempt to criminalize the workers party. isknow what is behind that the attempt to criminalize iparty. what is behind that is the therest in a part of leadership of brazil together

i'm amy goodman. the united states is expected to introduce new sanctions against russian companies with links to syrian leader bashar al-assad, following the coordinated u.s., british, and french military strikes against two chemical weapons storage facilities and a research center in syria on friday night. trump hailed the military strikes a success in a tweet saturday morning, writing -- "a perfectly executed strike last night. thank you to france and the united kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine military. could not have had a better result. mission accomplished!" the militarytrtrikes againsthe alleged chemicaleapons facities camin response to the allegechchemic weaeapo ago.k in douma over a week thattackas not yeteen independeny iestigate the s. has bmed thassad governme for the alled atta. sunday, t united tions chemical wpons invtigators beganxamininghe scene othe leged tack, whic commments to brutal cpaign by t syrian gornmento reta the reb held dirict of easte ghouta tside th

i'm amy goodman. history was made on the korean peninsula today a south korean president moon jae-in and north korean leader kim jong-un shook hands at the demilitarized zone between the two countries and pledged to work to denuclearize the pepeninsula and to declare e official end to the korean war. today's s historic summimit mars the first time a north kororean leader has ever set foot inside south korea. during the meeting, north korean leader kim jong-un said -- "i came here to put an end to the history of confrontation." the north and south korean leaders pledged to pursue talks with the united states aimed at negotiating a formal peace treaty to replace the uneasy 1953 armistice. this is north korean leader kim jong-un speaking today. we will make efforts to create good results by communicating closely in order to make sure our agreements signed today before the entire world will not end is just a beginning like previous agreements before today. amy: today's breakthrough comes amid a series of

i'm amy goodman. history was made on the korean peninsula today a south korean president moon jae-in and north korean leader kim jong-un shook hands at the demilitarized zone between the two countries and pledged to work to denuclearize the peninsula and to declare the official end to the korean war. today's historic summit marks the first time a north korean leader has ever set foot inside south korea. during the meeting, north korean leader kim jong-un said -- "i came here to put an end to the history of confrontation." the north and south korean leaders pledged to pursue talks with the united states aimed at negotiating a formal peace treaty to replace the uneasy 1953 armistice. this is north korean leader kim jong-un speaking today. we will make efforts to create good results by communicating closely in order to make sure our agreements signed today before the entire world will not end is just a beginning like previous agreements before today. amy: today's breakthrough comes amid a series of diplo

i'm amy goodman. president trump has confirmed that cia director mike pompeo held a clandestine meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un in pyongyang over two weeks ago. the secret meeting came as president trump and kim jong-un are preparing for a possible face-to-face meeting, which would be the first time a sitting u.s. president has met with a north korean leader. mike pompeo is president trump's nominee to replace rex tillerson as secretary of state. critics are asking why the cia to rector was chosen to carry out the clandestine talks and whether the leaking of the story is related to the increasing resistance of his confirmation from lawmakers on the senate foreign relations committee to be secretary of state. connecticut democratic senator chris murphy, kentucky republican senator rand paul, virginia democratic senator tim kaine, and new hampshire democratic senator jeanne shaheen have all said they will vote against recommending pompeo to the full senate. which mcconnell could still bring

i'm amy goodman. former brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva has been ordered to turn himself into police today to begin serving a 12-year prison term for corruption. lula has proclaimed his innocence saying the corruption charges were filed in an attempt toto prevent him from running in this year's election. lula supporters say his conviction is a continuation of the right-wing coup that ousted his ally, president dilma rousseff, from power in 2016. we will have more on brazil after headlines. in oklahoma, schools remain closed for a fifth day in the state's two largest school districts as teachers remain on strike, demanding better pay and increased funding for their schools. on thursday, thousands of teachers packed the oklahoma ststate capitol again toto push wmwmakers to a approve a new rerevenue package to fund the schools. inin other education news, puero rico's department of education has announced it will close 283 public schools due to the island's economic crisis and dwindling popu

i'm amy goodman. president trump has confirmed that cia director mike pompeo held a clandestine meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un in pyongyang over two weeks ago. the secret meeting came as president trump and kim jong-un are preparing for a possible face-to-face meeting, which would be the first time a sitting u.s. president has met with a north korean leader. mike pompeo is president trump's nominee to replace rex tillerson as secretary of state. critics are asking why the cia to rector was chosen to carry out the clandestine talks and whether the leaking of the story is related to the increasing resistance of his confirmation from lawmakers on the senate foreign relations committee to be secretary of state. connecticut democratic senator chris murphy, kentucky republican senator rand paul, virginia democratic senator tim kaine, and new hampshire democratic senator jeanne shaheen have all said they will vote against recommending pompeo to the full senate. which mcconnell could still bring

i'm amy goodman. north korea's supreme leader, kim jong-un, said he will stop testing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, and will close a site where at least six prior nuclear tests were held. the announcement came less than a week ahead of a planned meeting with south korean president moon jae-in, and as the trump administration makes plans for an unprecedented face-to-face summit between kim and president trump. in response, trump tweeted -- "they have agreed to denuclearization site closure, , no more testing!" in fact, north korea has said only that itill suspend tests of its nuclear program. trump has previously threatened to use nuclear weapons against north korea, saying he would totally destroy the nation of 25 million people. french president emmanuel macron kicks off a three-day state visit today with a sizing trip to george washington's mount vernon estate in virginia where he will be joined by president trump and first lady melanie trump. macron is reportedly planning to press trump t

i'm amy goodman. the u.n. security council is meeting today to discuss the crisis in syria, including a deadly alleged chemical weapons attack over the weekend that killed dozens of people. early this morning, israeli war planes reportedly bombed a syrian air base used by iranian forces. there are reports 14 died in the strikes, including iranian nationals. israel is said to have launched the raid from lebanon's airspace. the israeli bombing came after a suspected chemical weapons attack killed at least 60 people in the syrian town of douma, the last rebel-held town in eastern ghouta. the syrian opposition blamed the assad government for carrying out the attack on saturday, but syria denies having any r role. thchememical attack came one day after syrian forces launched an air and ground assault on douma. whilile international officials are still investigating what happened, president trump took to twitter to directly accuse russian president vladimir putin of playing a role. he wrote -- "president pu

i'm amy goodman. in yemen, a u.s.-backed saudi-led coalition airstrike tore through a wedding party late sunday, killing at least 20 people. most of the dead were reportedly women and children who were gathered in one of the wedding party tents. the bride was also among those killed. medics and residents said more than 30 others were also injured in the attack in the bani qais district in northern yemen. at the scene of the attack, one man lashed out at saudi arabia. >> they always target weddings. they kill children and innocent people, so we can only complain to god, not in human rights or any country in the world. amy: more than 15,000 people have been killed since the u.s. like saudi led coalition intervened in yemen in march 2015, backed with u.s. intelligence throw weapons, and munitions. saudi-led airstrikes have devastated yemen's health, water and sanitation systems, sparking a massive cholera outbreak and it is believed one million people have color in yemen. and pushing millions of yemenis to the brink of s

i'm amy goodman. wind after tweeting and go get ready russia because missiles will be coming, nice and new and smart," president trump has appeared to back off slightly from his aggressive stance over syria. this morning, trump tweeted -- "never said when an attack on syria would take place. could be very soon or not so soon at all!" trump's tweet came after he missed a self-imposed deadline of 48 hours to announce major decisions on syria in the wake of an alleged chemical soon at all!" attack on saturday. on wednesday, pentagon chief james mattis said the u.s. was still investigating who was responsible. >> we're still assessing the intelligence ourselves and our allies, still working on this. >> [indiscernible] we stand ready to provide military options if they are appropriate as the president determined. amy: mattis' comments came as russia raised the specter of a direct military confrontation with the united states in syria. speaking at the united nations security council, russia's u.n. ambassado

i'm amy goodman. a federal judge has ruled the trump administration must keep in place daca, that's the deferred action for childhood arrivals program that gives hundreds of thousands of young undocumented people permission to live and work in the united states. trump tried to cancel daca last year, but judge john bates in washington, d.c., ruled tuesday that trump's efforts to cancel the program were based on virtually unexplained claims. the judge said that if the administration cannot better explain its reasoning, it must continue to accept both new and renewed daca applications. the trump administration has 90 days to respond. it's the third time trump's effort to cancel daca has been blocked by a court. this comes as the supreme court is hearing arguments today about the trump administration's third travel ban, which blocks most people from iran, libya, somalia, syria, and yemen from entering the united states. the supreme court is expected to rule on whether the travel ban is constitutional by t

i'm amy goodman. the u.s. supreme court appears poised to uphold president trump's travel ban, which blocks most people from seven countries including iran, libya, somalia, syria, and yemen from entering the united states. during oral arguments on wednesday, justice anthony kennedy, who is often seen as a swing vote, appeared to side with the conservative wing of the court. u.s. solicitor general noel francisco argued the travel restrictions were not a "so-called muslim ban," and that the order fell within the president's executive authority. francisco made the claim even though trump campaigned for president calling for a "total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states." this is justice samuel alito. >> if you look at what was done, it does not look at all like a muslim ban. there are other justifications that jump out as to why these particular countries were put on the list. it seems to me the list creates a strong inference this was not done for that purpose. amy: we'll have more on pres

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i'm amy goodman. the u.n. security council is meeting today to discuss the crisis in syria, including a deadly alleged chemical weapons attack over the weekend that killed dozens of people. early this morning, israeli war planes reportedly bombed a syrian air base used by iranian forces. there are reports 14 died in the strikes, including iranian nationals. israel is said to have launched the raid from lebanon's airspace. the israeli bombing came after a suspected chemical weapons attack killed at least 60 people in the syrian town of douma, the last rebel-held town in eastern ghouta. the syrian opposition blamed the assad government for carrying out the attack on saturday, but syria denies having any role. the chemical attack came one day after syrian forces launched an air and ground assault on douma. while international officials are still investigating what happened, president trump took to twitter to directly accuse russian president vladimir putin of playing a role. he wrote -- "president putin,

i'm amy goodman. president trump said wednesday he is looking forward to plan talks with north korea leader kim jong-un is that he is prepared to walk away from the table if he is not happy with how they are proceeding. trump's comments came as u.s. and north korean officials solidified plans for an unprecedented summit between the two leaders, likely to be held in mongolia's capital. on wednesday, trump took to twitter to praise his ca chief mike pompeo for secretly meeting with kim jong-un easter weekend. the praise was widely seen as a bid to boost pompeo's bid to become secretary of date as the senate foreign relations committee is poised to reject his nomination. president trump demurred wednesday when asked if he was moving to fire special counsel robert mueller even as he called the investigation into alleged ties between the trump organization and russian officials a hoax. trump was speaking in a joint news conference with japanese prime minister shinzo abe at trump's mar-a-lago resort in palm

i'm amy goodman. the united nations has failed to pass to resolutions to the alleged chemical weapons attack . the alleged attack killed at least 40 people in the rebel-held suburb of damascus. russia then introduced its own resolution to investigate, but that was blocked by the united states and other countries. the world health organization is demanding unhindered access to douma to investigate the claims at least 500 people were affected by the alleged chemical attack. the syrian government is blocking anyone from entering the area. president trump has blamed the syrian government and its ally, russia, for the alleged attack and has threatened military action. the syrian government has denied responsibility for the attack. an independent investigation has not been conducted. on tuesday, president trump canceled a planned trip to latin america this weekend, saying he would stay in the u.s. to oversee the response to the alleged weapons attack. this morning, he tweeted -- "russia vows to shoot down a

i'm amy goodman. president trump said wednesday he is looking forward to plan talks with north korea leader kim jong-un is that he is prepared to walk away from the table if he is not happy with how they are proceeding. trump's comments came as u.s. and north korean officials solidified plans for an unprecedented summit between the two leaders, likely to be held in mongolia's capital. on wednesday, trump took to twitter to praise his ca chief mike pompeo for secretly meeting with kim jong-un easter weekend. the praise was widely seen as a bid to boost pompeo's bid to become secretary of date as the senate foreign relations committee is poised to reject his nomination. president trump demurred wednesday when asked if he was moving to fire special counsel robert mueller even as he called the investigation into alleged ties between the trump organization and russian officials a hoax. trump was speaking in a joint news conference with japanese prime minister shinzo abe at trump's mar-a-lago resort in palm

i'm amy goodman. in yemen, a u.s.-backed saudi-led coalition airstrike tore through a wedding party late sunday, killing at least 20 people. most of the dead were reportedly women and children who were gathered in one of the wedding party tents. the bride was also among those killed. medics and residents said more than 30 others were also injured in the attack in the bani qaisis district in northern yemen. at the scene of the attack, one man lashed out at saudi arabia. >> they always target weddings. they kill children and innocent people, so we can only complain to god, not in huhuman rights or any country in the world. amy: more than 15,0000people have been killed since the u.s. like saudi led coalition intervened in yemen in march 2015, backed with u.s. intelligence throw weapons, and munitions. saudi-led airstrikes have devastated yemen's health, water and sanitation systems, sparking a massive cholera outbreak and it is believed one million people have color in yemen. and pushing millions of yemenis to the brink

i'm amy goodman. north korean leader kim jong-un has pledged to abandon his nuclear weapons if the united states agrees to formally end the korean war and promises not to invade north korea. this announcement comes after a historic meeting friday between kim jong-un and south korean leader moon jae-in at the demilitarized zone between the two countries. during the meeting, which was broadcast live on the korean peninsula and around the world, the two leaders held hands and pledged to work for peace and replace the 1953 armistice with a formal truce. they also joked with each other, with kim jong-un promising he would not wake up moon jae-in any more with early morning missile launches. on sunday, north korea's state media said kim had vowed to immediately suspend nuclear and missile tests, and would dismantle one of its nuclear test sites. we'll have more on the historic diplomatic breakthroughs on the korean peninsula after headlines. in afghanian, a doub suicide ast in kabul this morning that killed

i'm amy goodman. north korean leader kim jong-un has pledged to abandon his nuclear weapons if the united states agrees to formally end the korean war and promises not to invade north korea. this announcement comes after a historic meeting friday between kim jong-un and south korean leader moon jae-in at the demilitarized zone between the two countries. during the meeting, which was broadcast live on the korean peninsula and around the world, the two leaders held hands and pledged to work for peace and replace the 1953 armistice with a formal truce. they also joked with each other, with kim jong-un promising he would not wake up moon jae-in any more with early morning missile launches. on sunday, north korea's state media said kim had vowed to immediately suspend nuclear and missile tests, and would dismantle one of its nuclear test sites. we'll have more on the historic diplomatic breakthroughs on the korean peninsula after headlines. in afghanistan, a double suicide blast in kabul this morning that

i'm amy goodman. a fefederal judge hahas ruled te trump administration must keep in place daca, that's the deferred action for childhood arrivals p program that gives hundreds of thousands of youngng undocumented people permission to live and wowork in the united states. trump tried to cancel daca last year, but judge john bates in washington, d.c., ruled tuesday that trumpmp's efforts toto canl the program were based on virtually unexplained claims. the judge said that if the administration cannot better exexplain its reasononing, it mt contntinue to accept both new ad renewed daca applications. the trump administration has 90 days to respond. it's the third time trump's effort to cancel daca has been blocked by a court. this comes as the supreme court is hearing arguments today about the trump administration's third travel ban, which blocks most people from iran, libya, somalia, syria, and yemen from entering the united states. the supreme court is expected to rule on whether the travel ban is const