and every one of those cases they would shout out attica. >> those letterhead the corrections. then cannot go far enough for good somebody approaching and as a character? because wearing is rockefeller? thank and what we also feel this is a conspiracy but he is a guy from wisconsin and believes they need to be listened to. but also frazzled but not enough to give me one more shower. and calling for them to be resigned and to send death threats fed is emblematic of this period. but between where this would have been very difficult. >> i will ask this. from the fund is self frustrated so you know what will happen. and then rather moments you were actually frustrated? >> many of the guys in the yard that they have listed up will speak for them from the of black panther party but it is not a very flattering portrait but he does not want to endorse them. summit is one of the moments where is the lesions bottles of i hope what people feel is the unexpected but then realize is this more complicated. >> with the sheer scale to literally have autopsies. to make sure the constant intimid

and the pulitzer prize for history went to heather ann thompson for "blood in the water: the attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy." this is thompson speaking on democracy now! about her investigation into the decades-long cover-up about how armed state troopers raided the prison to break the standoff, firing more than 2000 rounds of ammunition, killing including 29 prisoners and 10 guards. >> for 45 years, the majority of the records for attica remain sealed by the state attorney general's office or at least very difficult to get. and the reason is that for all of the deaths at attica, no member of law enforcement was ever held responsible. so the book was the journey to figure out who had created so much trauma, what had happened in the governor's office to lead to this retaking, who were the members of law enforcement that not only shot their weapons, but indeed the highest levels of the state police who worked very hard to tamper with evidence, to conceal evidence, and to protect their own. and that was a key journey for finding out -- also to see our full theseiew with journal

and the reason is that for all of the deaths at attica, no member of law enforcemement was ever held responsible. so the book was the journey to figure out who had created so much trauma, what had happened in the governor's office to lead to this retaking, who were the members of law enfnforcement tht not only shot their weapons, but indeed the highest levels of the state police who worked very hard to tamper with evidence, to conceal evidence, and to protect their own. and that was a key journey for finding out -- also to see our full theseiew with journalists, you can go to democracynow.org. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. funerals have begun in egypt for victims of two bomb attacks targeting coptic christian churches on sunday. at least 49 people were killed and over 100 people were injured. isis has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which targeted the st. george's copt

her recent look blood in the water, the attica prison uprising in 1971 and its legacy has just been awarded a prize in american history. this book prize and a j surprise -- it was also a finalist for the national book awards and is currently a finalist for the soon to be announced los angeles times book prize and history. attica was also named on the 14 best books for 2016 including those supplied by the new york times, newsweek come out -- and the boston globe. detroit inbook on the election of 1960 -- the 1967 development -- rebellion. this one has just been released with no instruction by cornell university press. next will be taking elma cryer. danielle is an award-winning author book at the darkened of the street, race command resistance. is an associate professor of history at wayne state university and is working on it about the lg is murders and trade. i give you the order run. beth first, mike second, heather thompson fourth. please welcome beth bates. [applause] >> thank you. i want to thank you all for doing all you had to do to make it here for one of the first panels of the fir

and then coming up in about an hour, heather ann thompson will recount the attica prison uprising of 1971, "blood in the water," winner of the pulitzer prize for history. >> welcome back. everybody. let's get started.get i'm leyla, i'm your room host for the day. wearing a little weary by this time, but glad to be here. i'm also chair of the brickle avenue literary society. turn your cell phones off, please. thank you all for coming. let's thank our sponsors. we need to do that in every session, because they are soan important to the success of the fair. so big thanks to knight foundation, ohl, the bachelor foundation, the degroot foundation. as always, thank you to all the friends of the book fair. we hope everybody who's in thisr room will be a friend by next year so you can enjoy all thee activities that are available for friends during the year. we thank our volunteers, we thank the staff of the book fair and super big thanks to miami-dade college. [applause] okay, thanks so all. [applause] we have a big crowd, so let me start by introducing our author's introducer. she has been,

they all worked together attica seen kn -- at casino matrix in san jose. >>> save injection sites aree drug users would be able to shoot up under supervision. the "san francisco examiner" says the board president will push to form a task force to study this issue. seattle plans to open the country's first safe injection site this year. >>> the san jose city council will consider a recommendation to donate cars to good l in an effort to replace flood victims' cars. they want to donate up to 20 cars to goodwill of silicon valley. the city council will meet at 1:30 this afternoon. >> well, let's talk temperatures, orinda, castro valley, some of your warmer temperatures along the east bay. we're around 50 to 51, san carlos, san jose. 48 plea 50 in santa rosa, napa. today mid to upper 60s half moon bay, san francisco, oakland, the rest of us 71 to 61. lighter breezes if you're on the water. watch out for the pollen. you can see sunshine in the south bay, oak, pine, juniper, birch and mull bur mulberrmulber the big story coming up, thursday, friday and saturday, look at those chances of rai

they all work together attica see know matrix in san jose. >>> the san jose city council will consider recommendation to donate cars to good l in an effort to replace flood victims' damaged cars. san jose wants to donate 20 surplus cars to san jose of silicon valley. the cars would be distributed to flood victims who lost their cars during the coyote creek flood in february. >>> san francisco supervisors take up the issue injection sites. those are places where intravenous drug users can legally shoot up under supervision. the "san francisco examiner" says the board president will push to form a task force to study the issue. officials estimate there are 22,000 people who inject drugs in the city. seattle plans to open the country's first safe injection sites this year. >>> drivers in california could be facing a big hike in the gas tax by the end of the week. democrats are rushing to put the bill up for a vote in the legislature by thursday. that's when lawmakers go on spring break. governor brown says the 12 cents a gallon hike will generate $52 billion over ten years and that money

and then coming up in about an hour, heather ann thompson will recount the attica prison uprising of 1971, "blood in the water," winner of the pulitzer prize for history. >> welcome back. everybody. let's get started.get i'm leyla, i'm your room host for the day.