military occupation of both haiti and the dominican republic. we know that the u.s. occupation of haiti did not end until the administration of franklin delano roosevelt, circa 1934. we also know that in the dominican republic there was ample support for the dictator, raffaella who ruled for decades until he met his maker and assassination attempt that may have had u.s. but what's interesting is is the color phobia that persists and exists in the dr. that is to say you might recall in the 1930s the dominican government massacre, as number of patients. >> .. this is not necessarily a pecular of sammy sosa. it's more of a reflection of culture, a culture not unlike like the culture of the united states that tends to privilege white supremacy and tends to downgrade and degrade those who happen to be dark skin. that's a legacy of the history of slavery and i dare say that if you want to understand how i begin remarks, you want to understand recent report from the chicago authorities that pointed out how the chicago police department is riddled with antiblack racism with

and the dominican republic and haiti, particularly the expulsion of haitians from the dominican republic and also the role of particularly the united states' ngos since the earthquake and role in the u.s. in terms of haiti's internal affairs -- [inaudible] >> well, as you probably know, the latter point -- that is to say, the u.s. role since the january 2010 earthquake -- is getting considerable attention. not least because of the presidential run of secretary of state hillary hillary clinton wa pivotal role in the, quote, restoration, unquote, of haitiment her spouse, foremanner u.s. president bill clinton, was a kind of viceroy in haiti. there have been many reports about what happened to the all the money that was contributed by many u.s. nationals and nationals from all over the world to haitian relief and what happened with regard to the kind of housing that was going to be built for haitians, many of whom are still in very poor conditions. secretary clinton is receiving quite a grilling from certain audiences as we speak, and i think deservedly and understandably so. and i would as

because so many people in the dominican republic told me they weren't black. "who's black?" they'd go, "the haitians, but nobody here," no matter how black they were. so i said, "well, when did you learn you were black?" he said, "oh, that's easy, when i was in new york." ( laughing ) "when i went to new york, all the white people told me i was black." >> hinojosa: well, so how do we... how do we... we're trying. i mean, we're doing this show, we've got you here. what needs to happen? how do we... how do we engage in this conversation? i mean, i try to make it happen with everyone that i meet. >> i think in... let's remember that the history of this country is always the history of going from one end to another; from extremes, like a pendulum, in both parties-- in issues that have to do with opening the borders or closing the borders. so we are going through a period that has to be seen in context. there have been others that have been similar. we have been also through better moments. i am not so sure, maria, that this moment is against a color as it is again

. >>> terrifying ordeal for passengers to pittsburgh on a flight from the dominican republic. forcing the plane to land in ft. lauderdale. four people hospitalized for injuries described this morning as non-life threatening. everyone on that plane said it sure felt like a near death experience. >> i thought it was over. i thought we were all going down. the plane just dropped. it was like it nose dived and dropped out from underneath. >> it was like in the movies when you see a crash and everyone flies up. >> it dropped. everybody flew in the air that wasn't in a seatbelt. people, the flight attendant in front of the plane, i saw her go up and hit the top of the plane. >> two attendants in the back really -- their faces were smashed. one got a cut nose and in the forehead. one had blood coming down her face. >> nothing like having that feeling of not having any control whatsoever. two nurses among the 137 passengers on board. they were able to start treating the injured flight attendants while the pilot was landing in florida. >>> severe weather ahead for the weekend. meteorol

billion to 3 million and took three or four years to recover and americans started going the dominican republic, jamaica, mexico. last year we had out of the 68 million trips or the money involved, almost half of it went to mexico alone so we stay local and if we do go overseas, it's in the caribbean or the staycation. there's no doubt the average person watching this who can still make a choice for the summer vacation, between the dominican republic and europe they may say the domesticcan republican. >> or the poco knows to catskills. >> you don't want nobody know your secret spots. >> thank you, my friend. two hours away from his fine show and will try to make seasons this craziness. we are as well. it does raise a lot of questions. this started in paris. a lot of stops before paris. why homeland security chairman is worried about paris and supposedly safe europe. and only harken back to attacks in the city but in brussels. it has happened and reports today that isis wants to make it happen all over again. h becomes part of a club you definitely want to be in. real cheese people would never e

special gun permits, police escorts, and banks themselves had an interesting trip to the dominican republice service on a private plane. chartered by two developers who contributed heavily to the campaign which is what led investigators to deblasio's doorstep. close confidant's got their homes raided by the fbi two weeks ago. something is going on, and for our recently had a message for both, making a television reference. bill: this is not like the games i thought were going on. the feds are in. there isthere is an investigation. homes are being rated and evidence is being collected. >> the next up is to get people, put them up on charges, and flip them. bill: thanks. >> check out this cool half-court shot. granny style. ♪ sometimes we use k-y ultragel to enhance my body's natural moisture so i can get into it a bit quicker. and when i know she's into it, i get into it and... feel the difference with k-y ultragel. bill: coming up next, face your fear. >> my older brother would always, you are a sissy, was see, all these words. ♪ >> check out this crazy video of the kangaroo attacking a car

. >>> did you hear about the tarantula's on a flight from the dominican republic up to montreal. >> no passengers started to feel stuff on their legs, tarantulas, i'll find that story. >> i want to hear it now. >> i want to talk about kyle lowery he went to what high will school, cardinal dougherty. he went off last night, it was great for raptors. he end series to cavilers and they did. >> they had a slow start to the series. >> yes good but he has turn it on past two games. >> first half last night scoring 15 points in the second quarter alone. wow finish with 35 points, including a crucial lay up, that became out of reach with just 22 seconds in the fourth quarter. they is. >> yes. >> it put raptors up by six. now series is tied two-two. game tomorrow night in cleveland. we will talk about that yesterday, you think cleveland will get in. i think raptors. >> you think they can go in there and beat cleveland. they were beaten by double ding tonight cleveland. if there is another game in toronto game six. >> that within good. >> yeah. >> in town. >> intense. >> yeah. >> not intense. >>

>> primarily, the philippines, mexico, and the dominican republic.nce a when a person calls verizon, they will get someone in the philippines. >> depending on the tech support they're getting. people in the philippines are making $1.70 an hour, being forced to work overtime because of the strike without getting any overtime pay and where women are testing monthly to save their pregnant because tele tech, the company that operates the all centers for verizon in the philippines, doesn't want pregnant workers on the job. amy: because? >> i don't know. that is the policy. we sent a delegation of strikers over to meet with the tele tech workers and got a tremendous response. in fact, there have been job actions by the filipino call-center workers -- slowdowns, increasing the amount of time it takes to handle a call, refusing overtime. and when our delegation tried to meet with verizon management over there, the people running the call centers for them, they were ejected by verizon security and then a swat team from the filipino police came and attained ou

but, come on, kids in the dominican republic play baseball with milk cartons. milk carton. >> but here in the united states, a lot of kids go through travel ball and you have to spend thousands of dollars not only in fees but disprorgz hotel rooms. >> larry: and if some of the kids go missing have to put them on the milk carton. >> i don't think it's an elitist sport. i think anybody can play baseball. >> larry: but it used to be america's sport. that's something that comes across so clearly. it's clearly not an american sport anymore, right? >> i still think it's the greatest game that's ever been invented. ( applause ) it's the only game in which the defense has the ball. the only game in which there's no-- team sport where there's no clock and it isn't the ball or the puck or whatever that crosses-- it's the man who crosses it. >> larry: yeah. >> it's a really great sport in that way. but when jacque came up, there was just in and maybe college football buzzing around, and now we have all these different competitions which is okay, but still there's nothing

it took off from the dominican republic and later hit air turbulence and passengers were tossed from their seats and one flight attendant hit her head on the ceiling. and some passengers thought they would die. >> the plane took a nose dive. >> one lady flew over head and hit the overhead compartment. the airline arranged other flights but some decided to head home instead. another check of the dreary forecast as we look outside from sky 6 hd showing you the ben franklin bridge. melissa magee has an update from accuweather and sunshine in the accuweather forecast. when "action news" comes right back. every friday, mr. lewis connects with his friends at the senior center to enjoy a nutritious, hot meal. which gives him the energy he needs to connect with his grandson, so he can teach him how to land the big one. when older pennsylvanians make the most of programs supported by the pennsylvania lottery, like hot meal programs, we all benefit. learn more at palottery.com. the pennsylvania lottery benefits older pennsylvanians every day. >>> a $300 million research ship will not be called

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it's just days after a flight out of the dominican republic also had seven injured in rough air. and a week after those dramatic pictures of passengers praying as they hit turbulence approaching jakarta. nearly 50 injured in just a week by turbulence. david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> we're learning flu details this morning about events leading up to prince's death. the music icon was seen by a doctor on april 20th, the day before he died. according to a search warrant, the doctor arrived at the singer's home with test results on april 21st but prince was already serious certainlies the singer's home again on tuesday. the doctor had also seen prince on april 7th. >> black west point cadets under scrutiny for a controversial photo will not be punished. the 16 fee fail mail cadets raised their fists in a pregraduation photo. the military academy found that the group photo did not violate any rules against political activity. a mentor for the women said they were simply celebrating the graduation. >> a lab operated by the cdc has reportedly had its operating permit secretly su

it was en route from the dominican republic to pittsburgh made an emergency landing in ft.auderdale yesterday. it hit rough air near the bahamas. passengers and crew were slammed around the cabin. >> just normal turbulence and suddenly the plane just was taking a nosedive. felt like i was on a roller coaster going straight down. >> thought i was going to die, it felt like. really scary. >> the injured, three passengers and four crew members, were treated at a hospital. >>> for the first time, the federal government is regulating the electronic cigarette industry. the devices will no longer be sold to anyone under 18 and require new health warnings. hundreds of brands will now have to get fda approval. the vaping industry says many small businesses will be forced to close. kenneth craig has our report. >> reporter: she's worried the new fda rules could ruin her business. >> horrifying. potentially disastrous. >> reporter: manufacturers of most electronic cigarettes will now have to undergo federal review to stay on the market. >> these regulations are common sense. people wh

his fiancée, annie, was back home in the dominican republic, not knowing if he would live or die. >>ve all the opportunity at that time to say, "i think i -- i don't gonna be able to handle that." instead of that, the only thing that i got from her is that "i will continue with you until the end of my days." >> the recovery was long and grueling. >> penetrating traumatic brain injury that left me legally blind among other things. >> back home, annie became hugo's support system, helping him recover. >> it takes an exceptional person to love a warrior, especially a warrior whose war will never cease. >> they married and had three beautiful daughters. hugo heard about the group building homes for heroes. building homes for heroes builds and gives mortgage-free homes to severely injured vets. the group was started by andy pujol, a long island businessman who watched the twin towers fall. and he vowed to dedicate his life to helping american veterans. >> we're on target for 50 homes in 2016. and, uh, we have high hopes of doing the same in 2017. >> i call him my personal war hero because

ground after seven people were hurt on this allegiant airlines jet, a flight from the dominican republic to pittsburgh which diverted to ft. lauderdale after hitting what the airline called unreported clear air turbulence. first responders saying four flight attendants and three passengers were taken to the hospital. some with head injuries. that incident on the heels of this dramatic turbulence which had passengers praying. the woman who took this video says there was no warning of the severe turbulence. >> everything just shock. the plane went up and down. a lot of people on the plane, they didn't wear seat belts, you know. so they're like flying. >> reporter: pictures of the aftermath showing a cracked ceiling, aisles littered with debris. 31 people were hurt, nine taken to the hospital from the flight to jakarta. turbulence injuries are relatively rare in the u.s., but these incidents can be david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> coming up in our next half hour, there were laughs all around at joint base andrews as president and mr. obama kicked off the 75th anniversary of the uso.

the plane was headed to pittsburgh from the dominican republic yesterday when it encounteencounteredevere turb. seven people were hurt. but none of the injuries were life threatening. >> the british research ship that the public wanted to be named boat tee mcboat face is back in the news it it will not get that name but all is not lost. all right. >> okay. >> instead the vessel will be named in honor of natural lift and broadcaster sir david attenborough. a support submarine will get the boat tee mcboat tea name. it won the contest to name the ship. the bosses decided it should just be a suggestion. >> at least my vote counseled. get ready for warm welcome the next time you shop at wal*mart. the door greeters are coming back. the nation's largest retailer eliminated the position four years ago but decided to try again after successful pilot program. the roll out is expected to be complete by mid summer and in addition to welcoming guests greeters in some stores will check receipts to cut down on shoplifting. >> i love the door greeters. you won't find this rock at wal*mart. tennis ba

it's just days after a flight out of the dominican republic also had seven injured in rough air. and a week after those dramatic pictures of passengers praying as they hit turbulence approaching jakarta. nearly 50 injured in just a week by turbulence. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> david, thank you. >>> overseas tonight, and from germany, a knife attack on a commuter train near munich triggering terror fears this morning. one witness said the attacker shouted "god is great" in arabic as he stabbed four people on and around the train. one of his victims has now died. he later surrendered peacefully. investigators say there was no apparent tie to islamic extremists. >>> next tonight here, to a very rare look inside north korea. tonight, marking the end of an historic political meeting that cemented the authority of its secretive young leader. and our chief foreign correspondent terry moran found himself right in the middle of it all. here's terry's report. >> reporter: just after dawn, we head towards pyongyang's central square. it seems the whole city is on its way. after

it was a flight from the dominican republic to pittsburgh, which diverted to ft. lauderdale, after hitting what the airline called unreported clear air turbulence. first responders saying four flight attendants and three passengers were taken to the hospital, some with head injuries. that incident on the heels of this dramatic turbulence, which had passengers praying. the woman who took this video says there was no warning of the severe turbulence. >> everything just shook. the plane went up and down. a lot of people on the plane, they didn't wear seat belts, you know, so, they are like flying. >> reporter: pictures of the aftermath showing a cracked ceiling. 31 people were hurt. nine taken to the hospital from the flight to jakarta. turbulence injuries are relatively rare here in the u.s., just 21 last year. but these incidents can be frightening and dangerous. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> david kerley, thank you. >>> and next tonight, to the escaped prisoner, still on the loose at this hour after slipping away from the prison wing of a psychiatric hosp

relationship with haiti and the dominican republic. on afterwards, don watkins discusses income inequality. his book is, equal is unfair. is unfair. we finish up our primetime programming at 11:00 p.m. with veteran who talks about roosevelts address. that happens tonight on c-span two, book tv.. untran first. was first up is a look at mental

relationship with haiti and the dominican republic. on afterwards, don watkins discusses income inequality. his book is, equal is unfair. is unfair. we finish up our primetime programming at 11:00 p.m. with veteran who talks about roosevelts address. that happens tonight on c-span two, book tv.. untran first. was first up is a look at mental health. >> book passage is honor to welcome new york times a best-selling author, doctor david kessler and his new book, capture. capture. unraveling the mysteries of mental suffering. what we think, feel, and acted in ways we wish we did not. in his not. in his new book, our author explores the question, over the course of the investigation he identifies underlying factor behind much of our emotional struggles and mental suffering. it's the first new theory on mental illness in 50 years. capture is an intimate exploration of the most enduring mind of all. please, give a warm welcome. >> .. i had to learn everything i could about nicotine, about addiction. then i became very interested in overeatin

this is fidel castro of cuba, lamumba of the congo, and dominican republic, south vietnam, and renee schneider of chilli. they had received evidence about a couple of other plots. indonesia and haiti, but they didn't take those on. to its credit, unlike many other congressional investigations, they were dogged in pursuit of the fact of these five cases. we learned a great deal about the genesis of the plots, who was involved with them, and the command and patrol or lack thereof many some cases. the church committee reached in some areas and solid conclusions in other areas the full truth was quite elusive, and they were willing to admit that in their report. >> they fought deadly poisons and four or five people on this list are dead. only castro survived. the committee itself ab solved the cia and u.s. authorities of direct responsibility in all four of those deaths. >> the cia did dispatch poifbs to congo, and he was killed instead by congolese rivals. the dominican enemies were supplied with pistols and car bombs by diplomatic, but the committee said there's conflicting evidence co

has been the other zero men and land and the gas is the war as rental giant engines in the dominican republic possibly stolen someone's care reform he says don't worry a to a rental van is not strong this in the cabin crews are trying to hide or tie safety and a statement the vote in the case at hand was an unusual isolated event there reacted promptly and efficiently. >>grant lodes: the woman behind the sex and others what in the east bay but she told kron 4 about the connection not only to open police department but officers and another department. >>pam moore: the former girlfriend of a missing their brand is one of our people are arrested and accused in the murder. >>reporter: his body was discovered may 11th in the field will hills burn for he was at the millbrae pancake house meeting with his ex-girlfriend who was also the mother of his two children sat that woman as well as a color boy friend child protective services is also involved he said charges would never filed because he gave false information to police. >>reporter: not charged in 2015 court documents indicate that he was convi

. >>> an idyllic day filming humpback whales off the coast of the dominican republic suddenly turns to horror. >> that one whale came up right underneath me. i'm looking like, oh, my god, he's going to hit me. >> i mean, you've got a couple tons of whale tail coming at you that fast, and it's barnacle and bone. it would have been like getting hit with a baseball bat the size of a tree. >> the day starts out calmly for two experienced divers, danny morrow and jim cosmic. morrow's had his share of close encounters. as we just witnessed, a massive octopus put the squeeze on his good friend, doug pemberton. that close call turned out okay as doug clawed his way to freedom at the last second. morrow has been around the world and back again, filming the wonders of the world's oceans. his goal on this expedition is to videotape mating humpback whales in the waters of the silver banks whale sanctuary. >> literally on the last day of the trip, we stumbled onto a young male and a young female and they were courting, and they were oblivious to us. they just let us do what we wanted. they weren't

efforts to cap pensions, cut benefits and outsource work to mexico, the philippines and the dominican , republic. under a deal announced monday, workers will receive a nearly 11% raise over four years. the deal also decreases verizon's ability to outsource work. last week, verizon worker pamela galpern spoke with democracy now! about the strike. >> for a company as profitable as verizon, i think it was clear that that wasn't right to month that it is not right that they want to take so much from the workers who have helped make this company so profitable. this strike is about keeping good jobs here, and it is about our families. 39,000 workers on strike. the families of all of those workers. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in a historic ruling, the former dictator of chad hissene habre has been convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison. the former u.s.-backed leader is accused of killing as many as 40,000 people during his eight years in power in the 1980's. at the landmark t

an airbus a-300 takes off from jfk airport to santo domingo in the dominican republic.takeoff, the plane encounters turbulence. it rolls, pitches, and suddenly, the tail snaps off. the plane nosedives into a residential area in queens new york. >> all the people on that airplane went for a very harrowing ride in the last minute of flight going into the ground. >> all 260 people on board are killed, as well as five people on the ground, leaving investigators wondering how and why the tail would snap off an airplane. >>> november 12, 2001, it is a bright sunny fall morning as american airlines' flight 587 climbs into the sky. in the cockpit are two experienced pilots, co-pilot stan molen and captain ed states. >> he loved to get in the airplane. he loved to be in charge and respected everybody's job, everybody's role. >> the co-pilot is flying the plane and is about five miles behind a 747 on its way to japan. >> we're climbing to 5,000. >> since the airbus is climbing faster than the plane in front of it, flight 587 quickly climbs into the 747's wake, causing the america

he was drafted into the army in 1953 and in early 1965 he joined the dominican republic expeditionary force as a liason to the airborne corp and later that year commanded the first calvaries division company a., 229th assault helicopter battalion in vietnam. he received many awards including the bronze star medal, the distinguished flying cross with one oak leaf cluster and the medal of honor. dr. tone johnson jr. went to vietnam in 1963 as part of the seventh calvary regiment of the first calvary division. in november 1965, his unit was ambushed by the vietcong and all but destroyed. he received the bronze star for his achievement and in the recognition of his bravery during the campaign. later, recovering from the hospital, he was inspired by the care he received to pursue a career in medicine. he later became a family practitioner and started a combat medical training program for infantry soldiers to learn first aid. colonel joe marm enlisted in the army in 1964 and graduates from officer candidate school as a second lieutenant. he was then reassigned to the first calvary division

if you took a poll of all voters, republican, democrat, independent, that meant that dominican republic was racking up the worst numbers across the board of any nominee. it also meant, because it had never been tested before, that a large chunk of the republican party that resonated with and made him the nominee. the media, it wasn't fawning coverage, it was donald trump crossing what had been the boundaries in american politics over and over again and if a candidate said that, they'll get attention. and the reason he's the only one, because everyone else said, that's suicide. >> attention itself is such a rare commodity, between the tv and the phone, if you can monopolize it, even if it's negative, it's positive. and the campaign of anthony weiner, he dominated the attention. there's a great counterexample of someone who, during that race, dominated attention, but a, it wasn't on his terms, and b, it was negative attention and it negatively impacted him. >> you can't compare anthony weiner to donald trump. two vastly different humans beings and politicians. but donald trump is a charmi

after a pittsburg- bound passenger plane hit turbulence yesterday after the flight left the dominican republicas forced to land in fort lauderdale, florida. >> my first thought was this is it. i never experienced this before this type of, um, turbulence before. so it was really, really scary. >> another plane later brought the passengers to pittsburgh. >>> this mother's day is an extra special time for a first time mother in new york. she is fighting a major health crisis while welcoming her new daughter into the world. hena daniels has her story >>> reporter: sarah is grateful for her little girl sasha and her own health this mother's day. >> such a good girl. >> reporter: in november, she and her husband received shocking news. >> we found out that we are having the baby with the home pregnancy test and a week later found out we had cancer. >> reporter: the 3 had-year-old needed a series of scans right away involving radiation. >> we decided after weighing the risks and the benefits that it was more beneficial to get the mammogram so we shielded the baby. >> it's highly suspicious. >> report

international shows the difficult daily struggles of kids in the philippines kenya ugandan the dominican republicit will tug at your heart strings but it does leave you at the end with a feeling of hope. >> much more still to come on "action news" tonight. in health check it is fitness friday. >> a new program created in philadelphia giving those with parkinson's a fighting chance. ali gorman explains the science behind it when "action news" comes right back. >> ♪ >> health check tonight it is fitness friday. exercise of course good for just about everybody but for some folks it may help slow the progression of a disease. >> ali gorman joins us with those details tonight. >> hi guys. when you think of boxing and parkinson's disease you may think the first may lead to the other but in this case the training boxers do to get ready for a fight can help people with parkinson's. that's the goal of a program called rock steady boxing. 52-year-old susan quinn is fighting back against the disease that has slowly weakened her right side. she's always been active. >> biking, hiking, everything. >> reporter

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. >>> an idyllic day filming humpback whales off the coast of the dominican republic suddenly turns tor. >> that one whale came up right underneath me. i'm looking like, oh, my god, he's going to hit me. >> i mean, you've got a couple tons of whale tail coming at you that fast, and it's barnacle and bone. it would have been like getting hit with a baseball bat the size of a tree. >> the day starts out calmly for two experienced divers, danny morrow and jim cosmic. morrow's had his share of close encounters. as we just witnessed, a massive octopus put the squeeze on his good friend, doug pemberton. that close call turned out okay as doug clawed his way to freedom at the last second. morrow has been around the world and back again, filming the wonders of the world's oceans. his goal on this expedition is to videotape mating humpback whales in the waters of the silver banks whale sanctuary. >> literally on the last day of the trip, we stumbled onto a young male and a young female and they were courting, and they were oblivious to us. they just let us do what we wanted. they weren't full-g