father dan berrigan died saturday. fitch died friday in watsonville, florida after a , battle with parkinson's disease. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are on the road in sarasota, florida. we are headed to atlanta, georgia, tonight. but today we're spending the hour with the intercept's jeremy scahill and glenn greenwald, looking at the stunning new book , "the assassination complex." jeremy, i want to ask about the death of father dan berrigan who died saturday at the age of 94. along with his late brother phil , he played in his terminal role in inspiring the antiwar and anti-draft movement during the late 1960's as well as the movement against nuclear weapons. jeremy, you were a dear friend of dan and phil berrigan. can you talk about the significance of the life of dan berrigan and just tell us who he was and what he meant to you. i actuallyould say may not be here if it was not for dan berrigan. both of my parents are nur

amy: today, father dan berrigan in his own words. we will also speak to his knees frida berrigan, his former attorney bill quigley here new orleans, fellow priest father close friend dan's the actor martin sheen. all of that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in iraq, hundreds of protesters have left baghdad's heavily fortified green zone after taking over the parliament building saturday and staging an overnight occupation of celebration square. it was the latest in a growing number of protests demanding and end to corruption in the appointment of new officials to parliament. before the protesters withdrew, spokeswoman threatened future demonstrations if the changes don't occur. >> if this demand is not met, the people would then use all legitimate means, beginning with storming the headquarters of the three executive branches and going on strike. amy: meanwhile, 32 people died in the iraqi city of samawa sunday after isil militants carried out two suicide bomb

on may 6, , liz gave the eulogy at dan berrigan's funeral. we return now to my 2006 interview with fatather berrigan. after the e trial, you went underground. why did you decide to do that? >> well, the war had worsened, and the spring of 1970, the campuses were aflame. nixon had invaded laos. there was secret bombing going on. the war had widened. it was a bad t time to turn oneself in, and d we were comparing g that r to military induction. it was like saying, "well, i'm going off to war. i'm going to obey them and go off to war. i'm going to take the penalty for what w we did toto make the war evevidently,y, evidently unwinnabable and ununwageable." so a group of us said, "no go," and went underground. amy: and what does that mean when you go underground? >> well, it meant that the fbi was on your tail and ththat hoovever was outragaged and very angry and kept marking up sheets--that we got out, freedom of information, later saying, "get him get him!" and scrawling all these orders around and putting extra people on our tail. amy: but you w

francis xavier in new york friday for the funeral of dan berrigan the , legendary anti-war priest, poetctivist. ,he died on april 30 at the age of 94. dan and his brother the late phil berrigan made international headlines in 1968 when they and six other catholic anti-war activists burned draft cards in catonsville, maryland to protest , the vietnam war. there's a two hour per session beginning at mary house, catholic worker house in the east village. mike burke was there and spoke to participants. >> i believe we're going to start our march now and so i would think that we would want to create some space here, maybe walk together arm in arm, linked again with great energy, with chanting, with song. this is a celebration of dan's life and of life itself. ♪ >> if you could tell us your name. >> i am dar williams. i wrote a song that had to do with the catonsville nine and then every thing changed. as soon as i wrote that song, and that all of the people who are part of that song and here i am 15 years later. >> do you think you could sing a verse of that song right now? >> sure. ♪ god of