liz fink served as the lead attorney for the former attica prisoners after the 1971 prison uprising.he rebellion lasted from september 9 to september 13, 1971, and ended after new york state troopers opened fire on the striking prisoners. 43 men died. more recently, liz fink represented the cyber activist jeremy hammond. this is elizabeth fink speaking about the crackdown by state troopers in the film the ghosts of attica. >> state troopers just took their clubs and beat them down the stairs. brooke people's legs, hit them on the tibia. on their back, on their head, in her genitals, on their front. you know, wherever they could hit them, that is where they beat them. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. pope francis heads to capitol hill today to become the first pope ever to address congress. on he spoke at the white house, wednesday, then addressed hundreds of u.s. bishops at the

. >>> in mates took over the attica prison on this day in history.k workers hostage for four days. negotiations broke down after they demanded to leave the country. police finally stormed the place, tier gassed and dozens died, including inmates and hostages. investigators called it the single bloodiest battle civil war. it is one of the most notorious prison riots after chaos hit attica 44 years ago today. >>> i got this notice from mcdonald's today. they're going to use cage free eggs for the next decade. cage -- when were eggs in a cage? and why were they in a cage? this would explain the drop in the dow, wouldn't it? the dow was all green this morning. then what happened? oil prices went down, apple down 2% on news about the iphone. i don't know. what is this, neil? >>> never, ever, ever have i seen any transaction so incompetently negotiated as our deal with iran. we are led by very, very stupid people. >> no more talk, no more show boat. get it done. stop this deal! >> this is a mess. welcome, everybody. i am neil cavuto. you're watching your w

the ability of the technical sanction to work is not the same as it being effective or necessary to attica to what we would like to accomplish. >> i know you have been in the region there. he seems to me one of the challenges here is confidence. confidence that it will be safe. making sure that your child can sleep safe that night. that is what mr. netanyahu was trying to ensure. is there any putting together of a plan is says to iran, not one more inch? as we move forward, you will see there will be massive retaliation if there is action and we will make sure that they have success and will be viable and strong against whatever efforts iran has in iraq? to lay out the plan of let people know, let iran know in advance i think would help create a better sense of confidence that there is a reason to stand with us. >> i think that is extremely important. that is what countries are looking for. that continued commitment of the united states to help them are tech themselves so they could sleep well at night and maintain the regional role and counter iran's malign influence and activities. the r

he is scheduled to 11 jfk for philadelphia at 8:40 in the morning the at 10:30 mass held attica that he had rall basilica of saint peter and pall. then he will visit independence mall with liberty bell is at 4:45 and attend the festival of family at 7:30. >> bay area family among the injured from deadly duck boat and bus crash in seattle. 3 31-year-old katie moody of fremont recovering in seattle hospital tonight. katie and her father greg were thrown from the duck boat. they were if seattle to celebrate a birthday. >> remember waking up on the freeway and i saw people running toward us from the car cars. to check on us. >> t t.and everyone was actually really saw some. some lady helped me find my mom. make sure we were okay. is. >> kaed and her mom both suffered broken collar pwochbility her dad had cut to the face and bruises. 4 other people died in yesterday accident on washington aurora bridge. more now from ryan owens. >> stunning image and staggering casualty count. 4 are dead. 50 others taken to the hospital. >> mass destruction. >> tonight the ntsb arrived in seattle. lacking

. >> and today in history, in 1971, the attica prison riots, more than 1,000 inmates at the maximum security correctional facility started rioting, taking control of the prison. 42 people were killed before the siege was over four days later. hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. ulmalyth'shy ge50egioinrn, &ho srtg 9. aon. uset30ba.rr oernd ptbe19. geouofheas g fs. >>> here's a list. bird droppings. not exactly the things you expect to find in your >> no. but -- these and other ingredients apparently can help your skin. we take a closer look at "ugly beauty." >> reporter: snail slime not that unusual on a sidewalk. but on someone's face? >> the secretion left behind from a snail is slimy and gooey but ultra-high demonstrating. sometimes beauty ingredients are ugly. >> my mother told me about this treatment. >> reporter: manhattan spa owner miss bernstein created a facial using nightingale droppings. >> i prefer it. >> reporter: this client says the bird excrement which bernstein says was first used hu

he his nerve problems and ski attica and difficult walking.to the aides, and that is it a challenge to keep up the ardous extraordinary pace. but he knew in the changing society and culture, where there is not a real focus on the family by government, government is ignoring the family in fact. he felt an obligation and a responsibility morally to come to the united states and participate in the world conference of families. i talked to the person who headed it up in the vatican. a great friend mine, he and i worked together. he was in rome when i was a united states ambassador. he is a social justice profit. he put it together. and he was so proud and worked so hard to make it happen. this is a high priority for the holy father. and yes, of course, immigration and persecution of the christians and catholics is high on the agenda, but so are the families. the family when you think about it is the foundation of society. and if the family is in disarray and the family is not strong, society will not be strong and that's when dictators and terrori

the ability of the technical sanction to work is not the same as it being effective or necessary to attica to what we would like to accomplish. >> i know you have been in the region there. he seems to me one of the challenges here is confidence. confidence that it will be safe. making sure that your child can sleep safe that night. that is what mr. netanyahu was trying to ensure. is there any putting together of a plan is says to iran, not one more inch? as we move forward, you will see there will be massive retaliation if there is action and we will make sure that they have success and will be viable and strong against whatever efforts iran has in iraq? to lay out the plan of let people know, let iran know in advance i think would help create a better sense of confidence that there is a reason to stand with us. >> i think that is extremely important. that is what countries are looking for. that continued commitment of the united states to help them are tech themselves so they could sleep well at night and maintain the regional role and counter iran's malign influence and activities. the r

this happened two years after the attica revolt where i think about 41 people were killed. so these were very violent times in our prisons and the name curran-fromhold honors those two correctional leaders that were killed. this is a complicated issue. we don't want to write off the fact that there are some dangerous people in there. we don't want to write off the fact that this can be a very difficult job for our correctional officers to keep order in these facilities. i mean i think they would want more modern facilities and less crowding as much, if not more, of the inmates. >> will, i welcome you into our conversation. i hope you'll stay with us and join us. george weigel, is our nbc news senior vatican analyst who's been with us throughout this last week pretty regularly. i want to speak to you about the make-up of the prison population. i understand it is one-eighth catholic. about one-third muslim. about one-third christian. 70% african-american. talk about the pope's ability to transcend as he seems to have done here. he speaks to christians, to jews, to muslims. i