i'm amy goodman. six days after new zealand suffer the worst mass murder in its history, new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardern announced thursday her government will crack down on weapons of mass murder like those used by a white supremacists gunman in attacks at two mosques in christchurch that left 50 people dead and four dozen others injured. >> today am announcing that new zealand will ban on military style semiautomatic weapons. we will alsoban all assault rifle's. we will ban all high-capacity magazines. parts with the ability to convert semiautomatic or any other type of firearm into a military style semiautomatic weapon. amy: the weapons and will take effect immediately to prevent from from -- buyers hoarding outlawed weapons. ardern said her government would launch a buyback program t to allow gun n owners to surrender now-outlawed weapons for cash. the announcement came as funerals continued for victims of the march 15 massacre. on thursday, mourners buried 14-year-old sayyad ahmad mil

i'm amy goodman. homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen defended the trump administration's immigration policies wednesday, telling lawmakers border officials were on track to detain more than 900,000 migrants at the u.s.-mexico border this year. nielsen push backs and they routinely denies migrants a chance to apply for asylum in the u.s., claiming no one would be turned away adding was or to been true. the claim prompted democrats of the house homeland security committee to reply "you're either lying to this committee, or you don'know what is happening at the border." asked how many children are detained at the border, nielsen replied she did not have the number handy. and she denied migrant prisoners are being held in cages. this is new jersey congressmember bonnie watson coleman questioning nielsen. fence, is a chain-link enclosed into a chamber on a concrete floor represent to you? is that a cage? that is a detention space has existed for decades. >> does it differ from the cages you put yo

i'm amy goodman n with juan gonzalez. the u.s.ome back, blocking members of the international criminal court. stay with us. ♪ [mumusic brbreak] amy: thihis is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: we turn now to the trump administration's decision on the barring entry of international criminal court investigators to the u.s. in september, national security advisor john bolton threatened u.s. sanctions against icc judges if they continued to investigate alleged war crimes committed by u.s. troops in afghanistan. a 2016 report by the icc accused the u.s. military of torturing at least 61 prisoners in afghanistan during the ongoing war. the report also accused the cia of subjecting at least 27 prisoners to torture, including rape, at cia prison sites in afghanistan, poland, romania and lithuania. secretary of state mike pompeo announced friday that the u.s. will start denying visas to members of the icc who may be investigating alleged war crimes by the u.s. mili

i'm amy goodman. israel carriried out a new wavef airstrikikes in gaza mononday in retaliation for rocket israeli authorities say was fired by hamas which destroyed a house there tel aviv and injured at least seven people. the airstrikes, which injured at least seven people in gaza and destroyed several buildings, were met by additional rocket strikes from gaza. an egyptian-brokered truce between hamas and israel was announced late monday, but gaza residents reported more explosions and a build-up of tanks by the separation barrier with israel on tuesday. this is gaza resident yousef abu shaban speaking among the wreckage of monday's airstrikes. >> i do not know what to tell you. where are we supposed to go? where we supposed to live? our children and families have become homeless. we do not know where to go anymore. amy: the escalating attacks came as president trump officially recognized the golan heights as israeli territory at a signing ceremony with prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the white

i'm amy goodman. a federal judge in virginia has sentenced donald trump's former campaign chair paul manafort thursday to 47 months in prison for eight counts of bank fraud and tax evasion, far less than the 19-to-24-year prison term recommended by federal sentencing guidelines. u.s. district judge t.s. ellis, who was nominated to the bench by president ronald reagan, called the sentencing guidelines outlined by special counsel robert mueller's to excessive and said manafort had led and otherwise blameless life. in response, new york congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeted -- "paul manafort getting such little jail time for such serious crimes lays out for the world how it's almost impossible for rich people to go to jail for the same amount of time as someone who is lower income. in our current broken system, 'justice' isn't blind. it's bought." paul manafort faces a second sentencing hearing at a federal court in the district of columbia next week on two additional counts of conspiracy. the

i'm amy goodman. president trump declared thursday the u.s. is ready to recognize israeli sovereignty over t the occupupied golan hei, which it seized from syria in 1967. trump announced the move via twitter, writing -- "after 52 years it is time for the united states to fully recognize israel's sovereignty over the golan heights, which is of critical strategic and security importance to the state of israel and regional stability!" after a meeting with secretary of state mike pompeo, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu hailed t trump's announcement. has just maderump history. i called him. i thanked him on behalf of the people of israel. he did it again. amy: israel annexed the golan heights in 1981, though the international community does not recognize its sovereignty. the syrian state news agency responded to trump's vow to overturn decades of u.s. policy by saying it showed the blind -- "the blind bias" of the u.s. towards israel, and that his comments had shown contempt for international law

i'm amy goodman. president trump hosted brazil's far-right president jair bolsonaro at the white house on tuesday. bolsonaro has been dubbed the trump of the tropics. trump announced he would designate brazil to be a major non-nato ally, opening the door for brazil to receive more u u.. militatary aid.. trump also suggested brazil could even become a member of nato. the two leaders both criticized what they called the fake news and discussed increasing efforts to topple venezuelan president nicolas maduro from office. president trump threatened to further intensify crippling u.s. engines on venezuela, which is already facing a humanitarian crisis. prpres. trumump: we really not e done the tough sanctions yet. all options are open, so we may be doing that. but we have not been the toughest sanctions. amy: we will have more on brazil after headlines. in a major blow for immigrant rights, the supreme court ruled the government can detain immigrants with past criminal records indefinitely and without due

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh.ermeen: democratic lawmakers are continuing to push for the impeachment of president donald trump despite house speaker nancy pelosi speaking out against impeachment in an interview earlier this week. impeachment rumors have been swirling since the democrats regained control of the house in january. but nancncy pelosi told "the washington post" monday she is not planning on launching impeachment proceedings against trump, saying "he's just not worth it" and that it was too divisive. she called trump "ethically and intellectually unfit" for the presidency but said congress would require an overwhelming and bipartisan reason for impeachment. some democratic lawmakers have pushed back on nancy pelosi's comments. saidnal jaipal congressional investigation should determine the appropriate course of action and evidence of a "consistent pattern of abuse of power or of obstruction of justice would be grounds for impeachment." she did to leap of michigan said she would continue with plans to fo

i'm amy goodman. a united nations inquiry found thursday israeli forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by targeting unarmed protesters in gaza with lethal force, including children, journalists, and the disabled. the report by the u.n. human rights council looked at israel's bloody response to weekly great march of return demonstrations launched by palestinians in gaza nearly a year ago, targeting israel's heavily militarized separation barrier. the report found israeli forces killed 189 palestinians -- almost all of them with live ammunition. ththis is saraosossain, a mememr ofof the u.n. inindependent commisission that led the investigation. >> intentionally shot children, intentionally shot people with disabilities, they have .ntentionally shot journalists children, but many of them are. the journalists were all marked with press vests that we investigate it. the people with disabilities said there was a double-amputee in a will chair dish will chair. they are being shot

i'm amy goodman. the house judiciary committee launched a wide-ranging investigation monday into president trump, his businesses and his allies as lawmakers probe possible obstruction of justice, corruption and other crimes and abuses of power. the committee requested documents from at least 81 people or groups, who now have a march 18 deadline to respond. the list includes his sons donald trump jr. and eric trump, his son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner, wikileaks and julian assange, the department of justice, the fbi, trump's charities, and founder of private security firm blackwater, erik prince, who is also the brother of education secretary betsy devos. an explosive new piece in the new yorker details trump's long-standing and far-reaching relationship with fox news. among the revelations in the explosive report, investigative reporter jane mayer writes that in 2017, trump directed then-top economic adviser gary cohn to put pressure on the justice department to block at&t's $85 billion ac

i'm amy goodman. in new zealand, at least 49 people have died and dozens have been hospitalized with gunshot wounds after a gunman attacked two mosques in the city of christchurch during friday prayers. it was the deadliest shooting in new zealand's history. police have arrested and charged a 28-year-old australian man named brenton tarrant who has been described by authorities as a right-wing extremist. tarrant livestreamed the attack on facebook and published a manifesto in which he praised president donald trump as "a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose." three other people -- two men and one woman -- were detained nearby, but at least one of them has already been released. new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardern called it one of her countries darkest days. >> many of those who will have been directly affected by this shooting may be migrants to new zealand. they may even be refugees here. they have chosen to make new zealand their home, and it is their home. they are us. the pe

i'm amy goodman. executives at boeing have tacitly admitted that software in the company's 737 max airplanes may have played a role in two recent deadly crashes inn inindonesia and ethiopopia. on wednesday, boeing executives laid out plans for new software updates to the 737 max plane, giving pilots more control of the aircraft. many aviation security experts believe faulty autopilot software was to blame for the crashes of lion air flight 610 and ethiopian airlines flight 302, which killed a combined 346 people. this comes after "the new york times" reported both those flights lacked optional safety features that could have prevented the deaths. on capitol hill, acting faa administrator daniel elwell on wednesday defended his agency's oversight of boeing. he was questioned by massachusetts senator ed markey. >> i find it hard to believe that a safety company like an airline would save a couple thousand dollars on an option that might improve safety -- >> it may be hard free to believe, but it is happ

i'm amy goodman. special counsel robert mueller has ended his 22 month p probe concluding president trump and his aides did not conspire or coordinate with russia i in ordr to influence the 2016 elelectio. has yet toull report be made public, attorney general william barr sent a four page letter to congressional leaders sunday laying out his interpretation of the findings. trumpr examine whether could be criminally charged for obstructing justice, but he did not come to a definitive conclusion. barr said "while this report does not conclude the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him." in his letter barr, who became attorney general just last month, announced that he and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein had concluded there is not sufficient evidence to "establish that the president committed an obstruction-of-justice offense." president trump responded to barr's letter by tweeting "no collusion, no obstruction, complete and total exoneration. keep america great!" democratic l

i'm amy goodman. in the vietnamese capital hanoi, talks between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un came to an abrupt end thursday after the leaders -- trump walked out of the talks. their second summit fell apart over kim jong-un's demand that the u.s. lift all sanctions on north korea in e exchange for te ososure of o one nuclear facaci. thisis is prpresident trump speg at a press conference. pres. trump: basically, they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety and we could not do that. denuke a willing to large portion, but we cannot give up all of the sanctions so we continue to work that we will see. we had to walk away from that particular suggestion. we had to walk away from that. amy: the summit's collapse comes just days after house democrats introduced a resolution to formrmally end the koreaean war after nearly 70 years of conflict. after r headlines, we'll go to hanoi to speak with christine ahn, founder and executive director of women cross dmz, a global movement of w

i'm amy goodman. new york state announced a sweeping lawsuit against members of the sackler family, the owner of purdue pharma, which makes oxycontin, the highly addictive drug at the center of the opioid epidemic. new york attorney general letitia james accused the sacklers of masterminding a scheme that "literally profited off of suffering and death." this is james speaking at a news conference thursday. opioidsce more and more , the sackler family transferred wealth toore and more their personal accounts. held uphe lawsuits have against the sackler family and purdue in their role in this crisis, they continue to move and yes,o trusts, offshore accounts. amy: purdue pharma and t the sackler family are facing multiple lawsuits. a group of over 500 0 cities, counties, and native american tribes filed a a lawsuit against the sacklers last week, accusing them of lying about the dangers of oxycontin and deceitful marketing of the drug. the new york suit names five other opioid manufacturers, including jo

i'm amy goodman. an ethiopian airlines s flight traveling from the ethiopian capital addis ababa to nairobi, kenya, crashed sunday morning, killing all 157 passengers and crew on board. the boeing 737 was carryining passengers of 35 different nationalities, including 8 americans. the e un confirmed at least 19 f itits staffers were on boaoard e plane. ththis iththe second f fatal crh of a boeing 737 max 8 in the past fivive months. that is aftft a donation lion air flight 610 crashed last year in october, killing 189 people. indonesia, and ethiopia are corrupting the aircraft after the crash. u.s. army whistleblower chelsea manning has been sent back to jail after refusing to answer questions before a grand jury friday. manning had been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors in virginia's eastern district to appear for questioning about her 2010 release to wikileaks of hundreds of thousands of state department and pentagon documents about the u.s. wars in iraq and afghanistan. manning was imprisoned from m

i'm amy goodman. the state of oklahoma has reached a $270 million agreement with purdue pharma, the makers of oxycontin, settling a lawsuit that claimed the company contributed to the deaths of thousands of oklahoma residents by downplaying the risk of opioid addiction and overstating the drug's benefits. as part of the settlement, more than $100 million will fund a new addiction treatment and research center at oklahoma state university in tulsa. this is the first settlement purdue has made amid some 2000 additional lawsuits connecting its painkiller oxycontin to the opioid crisis.s. after headlines, we'll spend the rest of the hour looking at the opioid crisis. the house of representatives failed tuesday to overturn trump's veto of a resolution nullifying the president's declaration of a national emergency at the u.s.-mexico border. just 14 republican lawmakers joined tuesday's 248-to-181 vote, which failed to muster the two-thirds majority needed to override the first veto of donald trump's preside

i'm amy goodman. one week after trump's former lawyer and fixer deliver that explosive testimony, new y york state regulators are investigating insurance claims and policies and have subpoenaed -- the truck regulation -- the trump administration regularly inflated -- rerequested documents from 80 group -- 81 groups and people. in sacramento, california protesters continue to take to the streets following the saturday that the sacramento county district attorney would not file criminal charges against the 2 police officers who shot and killed 22-year-old unarmed african american stephon clark in his grandmother's backyard last year. on monday night, police arrested 84 protesters, including local religious leaders. tanya faison, founder of the local black lives matter chapter said there was heavy police presence prior to the monday crackdown, which she attributed to the demonstration taking place in a wealthy neighborhood. demonstrators are now occupying a local police station, in an action called by bl

i'm amy goodman. house judiciary chairman jererrd nadler is expected to submit -- request documents for over 60 people and groups tied to president trump and his business today. congressional probes will look into some of trump's s closest business p partners, i including allen weisselberg, the cfo of organization, donald trump son, as well as the justice department. this i is congressmemberer nadln "abc this week." >> it is very clear. 1100 times he returned to the mueller investigation as a witchhunt. he fired -- you try to protect the swing from being best edition -- to be investigated. he ordered comey to stop the rurussian thing, as he told thte news. amy: nadler's statements come as other democratic committees have also indicated they are investigating trump on multiple fronts. house oversight chairman elijah cummings s said last week he wod like to question weisselberg and trump's children awewell, andd the house ways andnd means committee is reportedly planning to request trump's past tax retu

i'm amy goodman. mourners gathered over the weekend in new zealand and around the world to pay tribute to the victims of friday's deadly terrorist massacre at two mosques in christchurch, new zealand. the death toll has reached 50, with at least 50 people injured. police have arrested and charged 28-year-old australian brenton tarrant, who they say acted as a lone gunman and is described as a right-wing extremist. tarrant livestreamed the attack and published a manifesto in which he praised president donald trump as a "symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose." in the wake of the horrific attack, the deadliest shooting in new zealand's history, prime minister jacinda ardern vowed to reform the country's gun laws. >> we cannot be deterred from the work we need to do on their gun laws in new zealand. they need to change, regardless of what activity may or may not have happened with than retailers they will change. amy: meanwhile, president trump came under fire for refusing to acknowledge the

i'm amy goodman.he president presented his proposed 2020 budget monday, which includes $8.6 billion to fund a wall on the u.s.-mexico border, more than six times what congress approved for border projects in each of the past two years. the budget also includes an almost 5% increase in military spending while calling for cuts to domestic spending, including for both medicare and medicaid over the next 10 years, as well as to federal student loan programs and the supplemental nutrition assistance program, or snap. funding for the environmental protection agency would be slashed by 31% and the interior department's budget by 14%, while providing over $900 million in law enforcement funding for the agency, which would be directed toward border security. democrats blasted the budget. house speaker nancy pelosi said, "the cruel and shortsighted cuts in president trump's budget request are a road map to a sicker, weaker america." we'llll have more on the e 2020 budgdget with investigative reporter david cay

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