therere is a lot off concernrn e cocountry. the cocountry y is still under a state e of emergency. a lot ofof policemenen are depl. you can see e them every day in the street. there is a lot of discussion ababout the statas being s set o wawatch the gamemes without gogo the stadidi. these will be hihighly protecte. it w will be difficult to prprot everybody at any point inin t te becaususe there will b be so may crowds a at so many y different places i in frarance. people are certainly concerned about that. reporter: frank and lisa, thank you. we turn to other news now. germany's figure head of state is set to bow out of political office. the president says he will not seek a second term in 2017. the former east german pastor and human rights activist made a popular figure. but at 76, he says it is time to step aside. reporter: blue skies in berlin. the official residence of germany's president. today, he announced after much reflection he is not seeking to extend his term. >> today, i would like to inform you i have decided not to run for the office of german president for a secon

. >> he cicided to fleththe cocountry, but thahat ant ririsg death. north korea's borders are secured with watchtowers and barbed wire. >> my father escaped first, and then the rest of my family left. i stayed behind. i was 18. i thought if i stayed behind like a hostage, my family would be able to escape safely. the authorities expected my father to return home because he d a daughter there. they were always monitoring me. >> if f the police had known abt her plan to escape, she'd have ended up i in a so-called re-educacation camp. drawings by former inmates depict torture and brutatality. marzuki darusman from indonesia, currently un special rapporteur on north korea, collects such evidence. >> for the moment, we do have to recognize that thehe democratic people's republic of korea continues to pose a challenge to the international community in terms of its continuing practice of totalalitarian rereession of s people. we do have satellite imagery that clearly corroborates the existence of these camps. between 180,000 to 200,000 inmates are being inc

and months, but i do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our cocountry to itsts next destina. a negotiation with the european union will need to begin under a new prime minister. and i think it's right that this new prime minister takes the decision about when to trigger article 50 and start the formal and legal process of leaving t e eu. >> article 50 of the lisbon treaty stipulates rules for eu exit. cameron has been in office since 2010. he said he wants the new prime minister in place by the time of his party's conference in october. he reassured britons and europeans that, despite the referendum result, there will be no immediate changes to their lives. election officials say 51.9% of voters in the uk chose to leave the european union, and 48.1% voted to remain. cameron had campaigned to stay and said a decision to leave would damage the country's economy. people against staying say it imposes too many regulations, and they say the free movement of people within the bloc has brought too many migrants to britain. they accuse them of taking jobs and r

one of the worst decisions ever made by a cocountry. you look at what's happening throughout the world now. it all started with that really dumb decision to go in. and obama made a horrible decision when he got out, by not leaving troops interest, et cetera. and then isis took over. and then iraq is taking over iraq. with the oil, this is better than the iranian deal. we've got these absolute animals cutting off heads, steel cages going into the water and drowning people. this is an unbelievable situation. we have to knock the hell out of them. it's unbelievable. we have to go in. i didn't want to but we have to do sothing. ideally our so-called allies which are not really our allies because every time a bullet is fired, they run. we have to get rid of isis, we have no choice and the reason is because of the power of weaponry and the things they can do. we have to beat them over there before they come over herend atheir're coming here already. hillary wanted 500% more to come in as does obama. it's the ultimate trojan horse. hillary wan

. >> we hahave been floaoating ths cocountry on credidit for hundrs of yeaears, yo.xtracting a a coulter, i've dollars, our entertainment like oil -- black gold. amy: finally, climate chaos. record, we year on go to west virginia, where historic floods have killed at least 23 people. to california, deadly wildfires rage. all that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in the most significant victory for abortion rights in a generation, the supreme court has struck down provisions of a sweeping anti-choice law in texas. justice anthony kennedy joined stephen breyer and all three women justices, striking down the restrictions as an undue burden on access to abortion. the lead plaintiff in the case celebrateded the ruling g outsie the court. >> from day onone, whole women's health rejected ththe insulting premise ofof house bill 2. we took on the bully politicians and we have struggled againstt anti-choice reregressiveve polis and our opposition's efforts to shut us down and we won. totoday, we make hi

i hope that folks will join the local chapters all across the cocountry. hope that people will stand up and fighght for us because we ae the ones saving black lives. we're the ones fighting for black lives. contrarry to what people like, you know, racacist president of the minneapapolis police union says, we are not terrorists. we are protesters and we're fighting to save black lives. amy: melina abdudullah, thank yu for being with us coco-founder d , organizer of the minneapolis chapter of black lives matter. as we turn now to california, this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: we go now to pasadena, california, where black lives matter organizer jasmine does organizer is facing up to four years in state prison after she was convicted of a rarely used statue in california law known up until recently as felony lynching. jasmine richards was arrested and charged for felony lynching last september after police accused her of trying to de-arrest someone at a peace march. at the time, sh

if corbynn survives this leadership change, from a big cocountry -- i'm absolutelyly se these challenges to corbyn are being called by the political representatives of big business ttip and free trade. that is s who is behind it. who o they put up to challenge him, we will find out b by thee next 24 hours. amy: can you talk about who could be the next prime minister? mp,ell, this conservative former mayor of london boris johnson, became the figurehead of the leave campaign. he is come out this morning with a very emily a position. the leave campaign was saying, let's walk way from europe and sign a free-trade deal and go global. today johnson is saying, let's not luckily from europe. he has implied t that dishshoney go market deal witith europe tht would keep them within most of the european union's regulations. i think he is looking like the favorite. from the remaining -- remain side, there's a female minister who is our justice mininister righght now. i inink she will b be the one wo puputs up - -- ultimately, thisa shattered partrty. they just destrtroyed -- they're called the conons

of decision made by adults that just want to get rid of them, and to change the policies in their cocountrye a girl, when a girl is born in africa, has no identity. you belong to your father. they can marry you off with anyone he wanted to. they can change that. those girls can transform that. africa need the girls secondary education and tertiary education for our economy to boom because the women invest better and differently. walter: well, you are undoubtedly a change agent. you're a delight to talk to. thanks so much for stopping by "full frame." kidjo: thank you. walter: coming up next, i'll be joined by another legendary songstress and unicef ambassador whose work is making a global impact. judy collins is an award-winning singer/songwriter. she's captivated audiences with her signature sublime voice and social activism for more than 4 decades. her 1968 single, "both sides now," won a grammy award for best folk performance, and in 2003, she was inducted into the grammy hall of fame. she's been called "the voice of american folk music," and there's no disputing that she's deserving of

of decision made by adults that just want to get rid of them, and to change the policies in their cocountryuse a girl, when a girl is born in africa, has no identity. you belong to your father. they can marry you off with anyone he wanted to. they can change that. those girls can transform that. africa need the girls secondary education and tertiary education for our economy to boom because the women invest better and differently. walter: well, you are undoubtedly a change agent. you're a delight to talk to. thanks so much for stopping by "full frame." kidjo: thank you. walter: coming up next, i'll be joined by another legendary songstress and unicef ambassador whose work is making a global impact. judy collins is an award-winning singer/songwriter. she's captivated audiences with her signature sublime voice and social activism for more than 4 decades. her 1968 single, "both sides now," won a grammy award for best folk performance, and in 2003, she was inducted into the grammy hall of fame. she's been called "the voice of american folk music," and there's no disputing that she's deserving o