and dalia al-najjar is razan's cousin. she is co-founder of xyla water, an organization dedicated to making clean water accessible around the world. we will end the last photograph photo moments before she was killed. this is democracy now! when we come back, we go south in the united states to atlanta, georgia, this week with the democratic candidate for governoror of georgia. if she win in november, she will become e the first african-american woman governor in u.s. history. we will be speaking with stacey. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goododman. now to, well, the rececord 42 women running for the 19 seats in the senate. currently, there are 23 women senators. beyond the senate, victories for female candidates in democratic raceces have become a trend sise the primary season began march six, prompting some to predict the 2018 election will be aa major yearar for democratitic w. before this year, the last major boboom in female nomineeees wa

they enjoyed the same things. >> dalia is a real estate agent?attracted him to her. >>> this is "dateline." >> i learned that he was arrested. i was shocked. i was so confused. i didn't think it was real. >> in the rarefied world of the ivy league, he was a total package. star student, gifted athlete, wildly popular. >> he is one of the nicest guys ever. >> so one could understand how a weekend visit to his parents' house -- >> you have -- >> yes. >> ended in

dalia is 24, and she crossed the border with her little boy. why did you come?he says gang members left a note at her home threatening to kill her and that is when she decided to flee. are you afraid they will separate you from your children? yes, he is my son you and i love him, she says. i have carried him throughout my journey. dalia says she did not know that she might be separated from her son once she was taken into custody in the united states. but she says i have nothing in honduras. the families are loaded up and taken away unsure of what happens next. let's now bring in navid, an immigration attorney, joining us from los angeles. good to have you with us. i'd like to get started by clearing up confusion. this false narrative that these are people who cross the border illegally because that is not entirely the case. >> it is not the case. you're right. and this is a very important point. most of the stories we hear paint these immigrants with a broad brush claiming that they are all illegal. i'll tell you a good number of them are law-abiding immigrants

dalia is 24 years old and she crossed the border with her little boy. why did you come? she says gang members left a note at her home threatening to kill her and that's when she decided to flee. are you afraid they're going to sprayed you from your son? yes, he's my son, and i love him, she says. i have carried him throughout my journey. dalia says s did not know that she might be separated from her son once she was taken into custody in the united states. but she says, i have nothing in honduras. the families are loaded up and taken away, unsure of what happens next. and the question now is what happens to these particular children. i was able to speak with the mother of jonathan that you saw there in the piece. she told me she was able to get a phone call from him yesterday shortly after he was taken into custody, but she's still waiting to hear what the next steps are to reunite with him. as far as for the other two adult women and their children, we just don't know what their situation is and whether or not they will be separated and prosecuted by federal prosecutors

. >> reporter: dalia takes center stage at latino service providers' monthly meeting in santa rosa. the second year college student is talking about tough subjects, depression, anxiety, even suicide. >> i think it's made an impact. >> reporter: a promoter, part of a year long pilot program for advocacy. they train in mental health first aid and reach out to other latinos through presentations, peer to peer counseling, social media. >> it's really scary. >> reporter: the program coordinator and students rising above alum says lack of money, insurance, cultural barriers as basic as language are big deterrents for seeking treatment. encouraging young latinos to do mental healthcare work in their communities is key. >> they don't know how to present. at the end of the term they're super confident and have this passion about giving back. >> reporter: a passion shared. the former students rising above scholar says her work with students is paying it forward. >> if i didn't have the mentors i had when i was growing up, i wouldn't be where i am. >> reporter: she's in a great place now but t

they were the wives of the boko haram fighters he is a common dalia. the women told the fighters and the girls were rounded up again the girls say they were caned by their kidnappers the nigerian government managed to negotiate their freedom the school where they were kidnapped to since reopened and martha says she had no desire to return but her parents convinced her. to want to get to you know my father said why did i spend so much money on your education if you just throw it all away with it and that will tell you just wasted all these years what. think about your future and how much we're helping you. he he wasn't getting as well so i decided to go back to school and find the. united . center a few. soldiers stand guard outside the school in now and checkpoints have been set up. not all students have the same courage like. to go back to school and even openly talk about it before the attack more than one hundred students attended the girls' school now only one third continued many prefer to stay at home because they . freight. that zuma is too scar

breakthrough in one of most problems but interest on the offs if european prime minister ahmet say dalia this month he was ready to on all the times of a peace deal and of the country's one thousand nine hundred eight to two thousand conflict he suggested if the appeal would be willing to give up its claim to disputed land raising hopes of a settlement toughest getting over their common border with revealing nets. every train and ethiopian people are brothers and sisters relationship goes way beyond the border dispute peace between our two countries will be helpful to the people of the horn of africa and the entire continent at a tray and president assad is a forward a key in a surprise move last week welcome what he called if he appears positive messages and decided to send his first official delegation to addis ababa form a province of ethiopia eritrea bolted for independence in one thousand nine hundred thirty its oppression from ethiopia declared its will landlocked resit broke away with the portal as someone must so what. five years later the two countries went to warm up over the p

meanwhile the warring sides of exchange prisoners in the southern province of dalia the spokesman says seventy four of their fighters were released in exchange for forty five years for the coalition. the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees is warning it's facing an unprecedented funding gap and these weeks away from cutting emergency assistance the agency would ask for more than two hundred fifty million dollars at a donor conference on monday it says it's struggled since the u.s. kept contributions earlier this year the head of the agency says there's a desperate need for assistance in gaza. argentinian labor unions are leading a national strike against the government of your must create group about his economic policies which would cause the local currency to drop in value and inflation to hit thirty five percent as more from one of cyrus. when a friend is completely paralyzed there's no buses subways trains or lights the city is completely empty as the largest labor confident ration in the country has called for a national strike early on monday morning left wing groups were blocki

children were killed meanwhile the warring sides of exchange prisoners in the southern province of dalia who flee spokesman says seventy four of their fighters were nice in exchange of forty fighters from the coalition. well now the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees is warning it's facing an unprecedented funding gap and is weeks away from cutting emergency assistance the agency is asking for more than two hundred fifty million dollars at a donor's conference in new york saying it's a struggle since the u.s. cut contributions earlier this year diplomatic editor james frey's joins us live now from the united nations in new york what's likely to happen at this meeting. well the meeting is now underway in one of the main chambers here at the united nations short time ago we heard from the president of the un general assembly and from the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists i think that shows you the seriousness with which the u.n. is taking this issue we are now hearing from the commissioner general of honor of the head of this agency that is a lifeline for many palestinians i

dalia is 24 and crossed the border with her little boy. why did you come? gang members left a note at her home threatening to kill her. that's when she decided to flee. >> reporter: are you afraid they're going to separate you from your children? >> translator: yes, she's my son and i love him. i have carried him throughout my journey. >> reporter: she said she did not know she might be separated from her son in the united states. but she says i have nothing in honduras. the families are loaded up and taken away unsure of what happens next. and wolf, i was able to speak with jonathan's mother. he gave me her phone number. she said she's spoken with him and federal authorities told her they would speak with her tomorrow to figure out what is next. what is unclear is the other part of the group, the two adult women with their children and what happens to them is not exactly clear. even though the trump administration has talked about this being a zero tolerance policy, not everyone is being separated from their children. but federal officials that we spoke wi

that attack when while the warning warring sides of exchange prisoners in the southern province of dalia the spokesman says seventy four of their fighters were released in exchange for forty fighters from the coalition. u.s. backed forces controlling the syrian city of raka have declared a state of emergency and imposed a three day curfew commanders say they have information that i saw fighters who infiltrate the city planning a bombing campaign i saw was pushed out by the syrian democratic forces last october the people of rocca have been complaining about discrimination from the s.d.f. which is dominated by kurdish fighters. and elsewhere in syria at least six civilians have been killed in the southern province of daraa with activists reporting dozens of ass trucks and barrel bombs government forces are making advances in the rebel held territory bordering jordan by russian support it's supposed to be a deescalation zone where there's no fighting. reports. government helicopters continue to drop barrel bombs on the rebels last stronghold in southwest syria. the free syrian army or f.s.

that attack but it comes as the warring sides have exchanged prisoners in the southern province of dalia the spokesman says seventy four of their fighters were released in exchange for forty fighters from the code of. syrian government helicopters have dropped barrel bombs on city extending an assault in southwest syria which has driven thousands from their homes along with the barrels crammed with explosives the helicopters of dropped leaflets urging people to leave before an upcoming government offensive it's one of the last two areas still held by rebels who are promising to keep fighting mohammed jump jhoom as this. endeavor on the bombs kept falling villages struck from the sky as government forces continued their advance attempting to take over the city known as the cradle of the syrian uprising. in violation of a truce that was brokered by russia and the united states in efforts to bring an end to the seven year war for its part the free syrian army remains defiant announcing the establishment of a central operations room in the south of syria. more notes are to let them know that

meanwhile the warring sides of exchange prisoners in the southern province of dalia huth east postmen says seventy four of their fighters were released in exchange for forty coalition fighters now the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees is warning that it's facing an unprecedented funding gap and is just weeks away from cutting emergency assistance the agency is asking for more than two hundred fifty million dollars at a donor's conference in new york it says it's struggled since the u.s. kept contributions earlier this year and the force that has more from the job as a refugee camp in the occupied west bank. over the course of sixty nine years the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees has become an essential part of life for millions of people palestinians who fled or were forced from their homes in historic palestine and their descendants this year services such as emergency food provision and education have come under intense pressure at the united states delivered only sixty million of its pledged three hundred sixty five million dollars in funding about h