i'm amy goodman. the confederate battle flag that has flown on the south carolina statehouse grounds for more than 50 years comes down today. governor nicky haley signed a bill thursday to permanently remove the flag, after the house and senate overwhelmingly approved it earlier this week. the flag is scheduled to come down at 10:00 a.m. today, just over three weeks after the massacre of nine african-american churchgoers by suspect dylann roof, who embraced the confederate flag. we'll have more on south carolina with the granddaughter of the late south carolina senator and segregationist strom thurmond after headlines. as south carolina lawmakers vote to take down the confederate battle flag, republicans in the u.s. congress blocked a measure to remove any flag with confederate symbols from national cemeteries. they were true the best-selling protest by democrats. >> the members of the republican conference to support the confederate battle flag apparently argue that this is about heritage and traditi

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i'm amy goodman. in news from ohio, former university of cincinnati police officer ray tensing has been released on a $1 million bail after pleading not guilty to the murder of sam dubose. tensing, who is white, fatally shot the 43-year-old african american man on july 19 after stopping him for not having a front license plate. two additional officers, phillip kidd and david lindenschmidt have been placed on administrative leave. meanwhile, new information shows that officer phillip kidd and another officer on scene during the dubose shooting were involved in the death of an unarmed african american man five years earlier. according to documents revealed by the guardian, phillip kidd and officer eric weibel were part of a seven-officer team that tased and shackled a mentally ill man who was having a psychotic episode. the man died three days later. we'll have more from cincinnati after headlines. in news from portland, oregon, law enforcement officers have removed greenpeace activists who spent 40 hou

i'm amy goodman.he united states and cuba have reopened their embassies in each other's capitals, marking another historic step toward the normalization of relations between the two countries. on monday, secretary of state john kerry hosted cuban foreign minister bruno rodriguez at the state department, the first time a cuban foreign minister has visited the office in 54 years. we'll have more on this story after headlines. we're covering the raising of the cuban flag on the cuban of the sea grounds in washington, d.c. in breaking news from senegal, the trial of chad's former dictator hissÈne habrÉ has been postponed until september 7 after habrÉ's lawyers did not show up to court for the second day of trial. habre has been charged with crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture related to his eight-year reign in chad during the 1980's. we'll have more on this story later in the show. a memorial service is being held today at prairie view and him university for sandrabland who died last week in a

i'm amy goodman. iran has reached a historic deal with the united states and five major world powers capping more than a decade of negotiations. under the deal, sanctions imposed on iran would be lifted in return for iran agreeing to long-term curbs on its nuclear program. we'll go to vienna for more on the nuclear deal after headlines. greek prime minister alexis tsipras is facing protests from members of his own syriza party after accepting harsh austerity measures in exchange for an international bailout. in order for the deal to move forward, the greek parliament must accept pension cuts and other reforms by wednesday, 10 days after voters rejected similar reforms in a referendum. hundreds gathered in athens monday to protest the deal. >> prime minister alexis tsipras and the government betrayed the greek people. he asks them a question, the greek people answered. what we have today is a betrayal. it is bordering on a coup. this coup was not up -- was not brought about solely by brussels who said

amy: goodman. >> goodman. amy: yeah. >> are you jewish?omebody told me that was a jewish name. >> take it down! >> take it down! take it down! >> >> what's the problem? >> my name is tom clements, and i live in columbia, born in savannah, georgia. amy: who's your great-great-grandfather? >> well, i did this was -- i did this in 2008 when i came down on confederate memorial day, but i had a great-great-grandfather that was captured at the battle of spotsylvania, at the bloody angle -- and i've been there, which was just an awful, awful horrific massacre, basically. i've another -- amy: wait, and he was a confederate soldier? >> he was confederate from georgia. he was in this division, and they had this flag, which wasamy: the 31st georgia volunteer infantry. >> yes, from central georgia. he had five brothers. so there were six of them. three of them were killed in the civil war. amy: so you're here with the folks that are waving the confederate flag? >> oh, no, absolutely not. no, i'm totally against what they stand for. and i find that the

i'm amy goodman. greek voters have rejected the term seven international bailout . with a march of 61% to 39% greeks said no to further budget cuts from great creditors. the prime minister said his country had refused to succumb to blackmail. >> today, all of us together signed a bright page in modern european history. even under the most difficult circumstances, democracy cannot be blackmailed. today considering last week's difficult circumstances, you made a brave choice. however, i am fully aware of the mandate here to strengthen our negotiation position to seek a viable solution. amy: polls had indicated a narrow vote, but the no side swept districts across greece. thousands of people flocked to athens' main square in celebration. greek voters have rejected measures that helped cripple the economy, but also turned down a financial lifeline for the struggling banks. the banks will remain closed as they consider new emergency loans. tsipras says he will seek a new round of talks to restructure the g

i'm amy goodman. congressional republicans are vowing to fight the obama administration's historic nuclear deal with iran and five other world powers. the agreement reached tuesday will see iran reduce its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by 98% and remove two-thirds of its centrifuges. in exchange, iran will see a lifting of economic sanctions that have battered the economy causing food insecurity and medication shortages. republican house speaker john boehner vowed to oppose the agreement. >> billions of dollars in sanctions relief while paving the way for a nuclear iran. this is an about democrats or republicans, not a partisan issue at all. it is about right versus wrong. and we're going to do everything we can to get to the details if in fact it is as bad of a deal as i think it is at this moment we will do everything we can to stop it. amy: congress will have 60 days to review the deal. president obama has vowed to veto any attempt to block the agreement through legislation. to override his vet

i'm amy goodman. in a major victory for low-wage workers, new york state has cleared the way to raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour. a special wage board recommended the wage hike wednesday. it is now expected to be approved by the state's labor commissioner. the wage hike will be phased in by 2018 and new york city and by 2021 across new york state. andrew cuomo praised the recommendation. >> when new york acts, the rest of the state follows. that is the new york a. we have always been different. we have always been first. we have always been the most progressive. this statement today is going to radiate all across the country. and seiu and the community organizations can go all across the country, that if new york can do it, why can't you do it? amy: the move comes three years after fast food workers in new york city launched the fight for 15 campaign, which quickly spread across the country. in related news, the university of california also announced wednesday that it, too,

trish: i want to jump in because we're talking about bergdorf goodman's. i don't care if it is 150 which is lowest price haircut. we did research or whether it is $600. it is bergdorf goodman's which is synonymous with luxury. you shut down the salon? i mean can't you at least have the deasy to have the hairdresser come to the hotel if you're hillary clinton. >> like i said, i think country would be better off by having a conversation about her policies. and you know everyone else. the one thing i do want to dispute she is not falling in the polls. she still leads all of the republican candidates. she still leads bernie sanders in all the. trish: let me show you new hampshire, poll, craig. where she has significantly slid and you know what? bernie sanders now is giving her a serious run for her money. i got to tell you, i'm from new hampshire. democrats in new hampshire should not really like bernie sanders. i say this because democrats in new hampshire tend to be fiscally conservative and we know that the socialist is anything but that. so why is bernie s

i'm amy goodman. four u.s. marines were killed and three people were injured in shootings at two separate military sites in chattanooga thursday tennessee. the shooter has been identified as 24-year-old mohammad youssuf abdulazeez, a u.s. citizen who was born in kuwait. he attended high school and college in chattanooga. president obama spoke after the shooting. >> i would ask all americans to pray for the families who are grief stricken at this point. i want everyone to understand we will be thorough and prompt in figuring out exactly what happened. amy: in a press conference last night, the fbi said the agency does not have "anything that directly ties" the suspected shooter to any international terrorist organizations. in news from colorado james , holmes has been convicted of multiple counts of murder for the 2012 aurora movie theater shooting that left 12 dead and dozens wounded. holmes had pleaded not guilty by reasons of insanity, but the jury rejected that argument. prosecutors are seeking the death pen

i'm amy goodman. protests erupted in athens wednesday night after the greek parliament approved harsh new austerity measures in exchange for a third european bailout. greek prime minister alexis tsipras won the parliamentary vote by a vote of 229 to 64 but 32 members of his own syriza party voted against the deal, including former finance minister yanis varoufakis. greece's deputy finance minister nadia valavani resigned ahead of -- resign in protest. before the vote, tspiras said he was being forced to accept the austerity measures even though he didn't believe they would benefit the greek economy. >> i will admit the measures we're tabling are harsh and i don't agree with them. i don't believe they will help the greek economy. i say so openly. but i also say i must implement them. that is our difference. amy: meanwhile, tens of thousands of migrants are stranded on the greek island of lesvos as the flood of people fleeing to southern europe from syria, afghanistan, and other war-torn regions continu

i'm amy goodman. in turkey, the military has carried out its heaviest assault on kurdish militants in northern iraq since air strikes began last week effectively ending a two year truce. turkey has launched combat operations on two fronts. one against the self-proclaimed islamic state in syria, and another against the kurdish worker's party, or pkk, inside turkey and in northern iraq, where the pkk has been fighting against iso-for the past year. during an emergency session in brussels tuesday, nato offered support for turkey's military campaigns, although some member states expressed unease over the crackdown against the kurds. we'll have more on turkey later -- after headlines. president obama has wrapped up his historic visit to kenya and ethiopia with an address to the african union. in his speech, obama called on the continent's long-entrenched leaders to step aside, saying quote "nobody should be president for life." the address marked the first time a us sitting president has spoken before afri

i'm amy goodman. greece and its european creditors have reached a deal that will force greece to accept sweeping, german-backed austerity measures in order to receive a third bailout and remain in the eurozone. provided the greek parliament accepts the terms the deal paves , the way for a three-year bailout worth up to $96 billion. after european leaders pressed greece to accept an austerity package seen as amounting to a surrender of fiscal sovereignty, the hashtag #thisisacoup trended on social media. talks continued overnight until greece agreed to immediately implement measures including pension reform and the privatization of its energy transmission network. the deal comes after the greek parliament voted saturday to accept austerity reforms proposed by prime minister alexis tsipras, just days after greek voters rejected similar terms in a historic referendum. speaking earlier today, german chancellor angela merkel said she would recommend the german parliament to back the bailout deal. >> i thin

i'm amy goodman.uropean creditors have given greece five days to reach a deal to bail out its floundering economy. on sunday, greek voters overwhelmingly rejected further budget cuts and tax hikes in exchange for the bailout. as greek banks remain closed european leaders have given greece until the end of thursday to present a detailed reform plan ahead of a summit in brussels on sunday. donald tusk, president of the european council, said this week's deadline is final. council president tusk: we have only five days to find the agreement. until now i have avoided talking about deadlines, but tonight i have to say the final deadline ends this week. all of us are responsible for the crisis and all of us have a responsibility to resolve it. amy: iran and world powers have extended talks on a nuclear deal for another few days after missing a self-imposed deadline tuesday. u.s. officials are still hoping to secure a deal by thursday the last day before a mandatory congressional review period jumps from 30

i'm amy goodman. greece has missed a $1.8 billion payment to the international monetary fund as it faces the brink of a financial meltdown. the deadline coincided with the end of greece's international bailout, leaving it without an infusion of the money it needs to meet its obligations. on tuesday, european creditors rejected a last-minute proposal from greek prime minister alexis tsipras for a new financial lifeline. the head of the eurogroup of finance ministers, jeroen dijsselbloem, said a new bailout program could be negotiated, but only if the greek government backs down from its rejection of austerity demands. >> what we can change is the political stance of the greek government that has led to this unfortunate situation. and what we could consider but we will have another conference call tomorrow, is for the talks on a new program. but given the current political position that the greek government is taking, it is very difficult to have constructive talks. amy: the financial times is reporting

i'm amy goodman. greek prime minister alexis tsipras has arrived in brussels for an emergency euro zone summit two days after greek voters overwhelmingly turned down the terms of an international bailout in a historic rejection of austerity. on sunday, greeks by a 61 to 39% margin voted against further budget cuts and tax hikes in exchange for a rescue package from european creditors. tsipras is scrambling to present a new bailout proposal as greek banks remain shut down. if greek banks run out of money and the country has to print its own currency, it could mean a state leaving the euro for the first time since it was launched in 1999. speaking ahead of today's summit european commission president , jean-claude juncker said the ball is in greece's court. >> the ball lies in the court of the greek government and the greek government must explain in brussels today how it sees us extricating ourselves from the situation. the president of the european commission and the european commission are ready to d

i'm amy goodman n. yemen, at least 130 people are dead after saudi-led air strikes pummeled a residential neighborhood in the western port city of mohka late friday. the strikes at a housing complex for power plant workers flattening building that is spread throughout the neighborhood and burned alive women, children, and the elderly. a resident described the onslaught. >> there were continuous air strikes without any breaks, and we have no military men, no doubles. we don't even have gunmen around here. we couldn't get to our children. there were some 20 bodies that i pulled out with my own hands and counted. who is to blame for this? >> they killed women and children and elderly and young ones. how is this the fault of these innocent people? there are no hutsis here and no military bases. there is nothing here. amy: following the strikes, the saudi-led coalition agreed to a five-day cease-fire to allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid and medical supplies in yemen. the cease-fire took effect monda

i'm amy goodman. in lafayette, louisiana, at -- three people were killed when a gunman opened fire in a packed movie theater. the shooter, described by authorities as a "lone white male," killed two people and wounded nine others before fatally shooting himself. the shooting came the same day a jury in colorado unanimously concluded james holmes could face the death penalty for his mass shooting in an aurora movie theater, which left 12 people dead almost exactly three years ago. just hours before the shooting in louisiana, president obama told the bbc the failure to pass gun control laws in the united states is his biggest frustration. >> if you ask me where has been the one area where i feel that i have been most frustrated and most stymied, it is the fact that the united states of america is the one advanced nation on earth in which we do not have sufficient common sense gun safety laws, even in the face of repeated mass killings. and, you know, if you look at the number of americans killed since 9

i'm amy goodman. house lawmakers in south carolina have passed a measure to remove the confederate flag from the grounds of the state capitol. the final vote was 94 to 20. south carolina republican governor nikki haley has vowed to quickly sign the bill into law. that will give the state 24 hours to take down the flag and move it to a museum. the vote came early this morning, almost exactly three weeks to the day after a white suspect who embraced the confederate flag massacred nine african-american worshipers at a church bible study in charleston. among those to speak during a heated debate was republican state representative jenny horne. >> i cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful such as take a symbol of hate off these grounds on friday. and if any of you vote to amend you are ensuring that this flag will fly beyond friday. and for the widow of senator pinckney and his two young daughters, that would be adding insult to injury. amy: that is republicans

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: yesterday, your covering martin o'malley who came to new york. juan: o'malley had a roundtable with immigrant advocates in new york city, some of them from maryland, his home state of maryland, to announce his bold new immigration policy as presidential candidate. he got a lot of support from a lot of the immigration advocates. he is proposing to go even further than president obama has if elected president, in terms of using executive action to offer some kind of support to the 11 million undocumented in the country. he is proposing to extend the coverage of the federal health care act obamacare, to undocumented immigrants. and he is also proposing to sharply reduce the number of immigrants held in detention pending resolution of their immigration status and to sharply cut the population now under the -- detention. that is probably the boldest plan of any presidential candidate in terms

but goodman was done with the company. he left a.o.l. for "the international business times." after her piece in slate went viral, fei started hearing from others who'd been blamed by their bosses for having costly medical care, like cancer treatment or major surgeries. >> the truth is until recnetly, i was one of those people whose eyes would glaze over at a term like health privacy. >> reporter: deanna's book -- "girl in glass"-- is both a memoir and an impassioned plea to not let what happened to her family happen to others. >> they are risks that are extraordinary for any individual family, but they are completely predictable in the aggregate. and that's the point of health insurance. >> reporter: lawrence gostin is a professor of global health law at georgetown university. >> the lesson is that you have no business knowing that confidential health information of your employees, that you should make sure that there's a strong firewall between you as the employer making employment decisions and healthcare decisions, and health insurance decisions. that needs to be separated