security forces kidnap haitian president aristide?will speak with congress member maxine waters and aristide's close friend randall robinson. >> he said the mattel the world it is a coup. it's a coup. was in aristide handcuffs, claiming the marines were part of a two. could either one of you comment on her claim? >> i'm trying to pick the right words. if you're asking me did that happen, the answer is, no. >> any and bella schmidt? >> i think not today. >> [inaudible] amy: it has been in a stork 48 hours, haitian president aristide has defied washington, returning to the caribbean. i return to new york last night where i trip complained officials who set off from miami, florida, on a mission to escort president aristide and his wife mildred back to the caribbean. on the plane, i asked president aristide why he believes the u.s. wants him gone. i can have opinions, but i cannot answer for that. for instance, we're the first black independent country in the world. those who want to invest in killing democracy, and bloodshed , they don't

we will speak with congress member maxine waters and aristide's close friend randall robinson. >> he said the mattel the world it is a coup. it's a coup. was inrisde ndcuffs,laiming e marine were pt of a two. could either one of you comment on her claim? >> i'm tryi to pickhe right rds. if yo're aing me did tha happenthe answ is, no. >> any and bella schmidt? >> i think not today. >> [inaudible]

longtime pro-democracy activist and haiti's former secretary of state for public security under aristide, has died at the age of 66. in 2011, he spoke to democracy now! from port-au-prince on the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake. >> it is going to take time, but i do believe the earthquake is also a signal for us to build haian democracy unsound foundation, which means the neighborhood committee, the grassroot organization, instead of trying to build a democracy from the top down, that is how we build our houses in port-au-prince and you saw what happened. amy: patrick elie died of internal bleeding at a hospital in port-au-prince on friday. he was 66. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. with saturday's death of justice antonin scalia, the most important conservative voice on the court in decades, the nation may be heading into a constitutional crisis. senate republicans are vowing to block pre

he is a man that used to be former president aristide's minister of interior.e was detained in 2004, accessed of pes cuting and killing some of the political opponents. that's something he has denied. he called himself a political of the back entering he has close links to former president preval. a man that's considered to be a moderate. he has the support of one of the strongest parties in this country that has widespread support among the country's poor. he also has the backing of international community. we were talking to an ambassador for the region telling us that their very optimistic about what is happening in haiti today. the big question is whether he will be able to guide this country towards free and fair elections expected to take place later this year. >> will the appointment of the interim leader help calm the great tension haiti has been experiencing? that's what almost everyone here would like to know. initially, as i said before, he had support among several parties in this country. has the support of the strongest party in this country. he h

reporter: he's a man close to former president rey anyway are preval and close to jean bertrand ayer aristide. >> can make something into change the situation, the people live if now. >> privert was officially sworn in on sunday at haiti's national palace where he vowed to reinforce democracy in the westerwestern hemisphere's poort country. president privert is supposed to stay in office for 120 days, and in that time, he needs to guide the people to free and fair democracy. in fact many people leading the protests showed up at the swearing-in ceremony. >> we didn't really want that solution. we wanted more the justice system. that the president issued some of justice system but after eight days we know the president i think is better for the country to have a president. >> reporter: privert also enjoys the support of the international community. the united states ambassador says he's optimistic. >> we really welcome the election of the provisional president, mr. privert and other steps will be put in place as well according to the calendar that was agreed to no the accord. >> reporter: haiti