when goodman turned herself in, her son was placed in the custody of his father over goodman's objections>> do you feel good he's safe right now? >> in a way. i wanted cris to have him. because he's been with him. >> goodman's boyfriend cris richardson has stood beside her and visits frequently. >> i only get to see her tuesday, thursday and saturday. so when i get off work. this is where i come. counting down the minutes to get out of there and come here. >> hi boo. >> hello. >> i'm worried about her doing some serious time. but i'll be here. i'll be writing or going to visit wherever she's at. >> even if she does prison time? >> yep. i'll be there. all the way through it. for her. >> i don't need anymore time in here. this place is getting to me. oh why did i turn myself? >> so you can get it done and get it over with. so when you get out you can be clean. >> it didn't go to my plan though. >> i know. >> my plan was for you to have my kid and then i would be fine. >> i know. >> it makes me so mad that didn't work. >> i know. >> did you even get ahold -- did you even get ahold of him? >>

that is andrew goodman. andrew goodman is going to become very, very important in about five minutes when we talk about what is going to happen to the volunteers in mississippi. he is a volunteer from new york. music, very important to the civil rights music. we talked about it a lot, but have not heard a lot. we will spend a day listening to civil rights music to read we will have almost a whole class session devoted to civil rights tunes. i may force you to sing along a little bit. is there a problem with that? music was very important to the civil rights movement. here is a great picture of staunton lynn, very famous historian and lawyer, worked for leftist causes, heavily involved in the civil rights movement. his parents did the famous study of muncie, indiana and middletown. he was their child. this is then the second week of working with those freedom school teachers headed to mississippi in the second week. really interesting. john doerr, the assistant attorney general, came and spoke to the voluntee

i'm amy goodman. secretary of state rex tillerson has wrapped up a visit to moscow where he met with russian president vladimir putin and russian foreign minister sergey lavrovov. the meetings come at a time of increased tension between washington and moscow. on wednesday during a press conference with nato's secretary general, president trump said relations with russia had reached a new low point. pres. trump: i it would be wonderfufu a as we were discussg just a litittle whilile ago if o and our country could get along with russia. riright now we're not getting along with rurussia at all. wewe may be atat an all-time lon termss of relatioionship with russia. this has built for a long period of time. amy: trump's comments came a day after the white house accused russssia of attempting to coverp the role of the syrian government in the recent chchemical attack in syryria ttt killed 87 pepeople. russia has rejected the claim saying the u.s. has been too quick to blame syrian president bashar al-assad.

i'm amy goodman. the british-based monitoring group the syrian observatory for human rights reports dozens of people have been killed in more than 200 wounded and suspected chemical weapons attack the rebel held town in idlib province also the observatory reports at least 11 children under the age of eight were killed in the attack. afp is reporting a few hours after the alleged gas attack, a rocket hit a nearby hospital where victims were being treated. the observatory says it does not know whether the attack was carried out by the syrian government or its ally, russia. the syrian government has denied using chemical weapons during the six-year conflict, although the u.n. says the syrian government used the chemical weapons at least three times in 2014 and 2015. while speaking at the united nations on monday, u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley said the us does not think the syrian people want to be ruled by president assad any longer, though on friday she said "our priority is no longe

i'm amy goodman. u.s. defense secretary james mattis arrived in saudi arabia tuesday for the first stop on his week-long trip to the middle east and north africa. speaking on the plane to rereporters, m mattis hailed the u.s.-saudi arabia relationship. way to firstour stop is saudi arabia. as you know, this is a nation that has been a key security i since 1994. they remain a pillar of our security framework for the region and for american interest. amy: in riyadh, secretary mattis called for a political solution to the ongoing war in yemen, where the u.s.-backed saudi-led coalition has been fighting houthi rebels. more than 10,000 people have been killed, the majority killed by the saudi bombing campaign. while in riyadh, mattis also called north korea's recent failed missile test reckless. the guardian is reporting the u.s. military is considering plans to shoot down future north korean missile tests, and that mattis has briefed congress on the possible escalation. meanwhile, in somalia, the united n

i'm amy goodman. in afghanistan, the united states military on thursday dropped its most powerful nonnuclear bomb ever, the masses ordnance air blast or moab, nicknamed the mother of all bombs, on the achin district near the pakistan border. the 21,600-pound bomb reportedly unleashed an explosion equivalent to 11 tons of tnt with a mile-wide blast radius. bill roggio of the foundation for defense of democracies told the military times -- "what it does is basically suck out all of the oxygen and lights the air on fire." white house press secretary sean spicer acknowledged the attack. it is a large, powerful, accurately delivered weapon. we targeted system of tunnels and caves that isis fighters used to move around freely, making it easier for them to target u.s. military advisers and afghan forces in the area. the u.s. took all precautions necessary to prevent civilian casualties and collateral damage as a result of the operation. amy: thursday's blast was so powerful, it shook the ground in neighborin

i'm amy goodman. the nation's capital, it is expected to be one of the hottest april 29 in history in d.c. right now i am joined by maura, the -- attorney general of massachusetts. -- : it is great to be here >> it is great to be here. amy: why are you here? >> climate change is the most important issue of our time. i think about the work that we're doing is a state on the front lines to o hold the trump administration accountable. i mentioned today in -- to anyone in the administration, we have come too far. this is about a president who seems set on dismantling protections put in place. we're on the right road, we have but as theo do, state attorney general i will do what i can to protect our state. in the northeast, in massachusetts in particular, we have seen the benefits of lowering carbon emissions. we have seen the benefits of growing a clean environment will economy. this is not just about protecting the planet, but the economy. that is why i am here. amy: along with eric schneiderman, the att

i'm amy goodman. in france, former investment banker emmanuel macron and far-right politician marine le pen are headeded for a runoff after ththe first round d of vog in the french presidential elections sunday. macron came in first place in sunday's vote, with marine le pen in a close second. the results were a stunning rebuke of france's established parties, marking the first time in six decades that neither of the france's two main parties advanced a candidate to the second round. on sunday, marine le pen, who has campaigned on an openly xenophobic and racist platform, claimed the survival of france is at stake in the may 7 runoff. >> we made the first step, which will take the french people to the palace. this result is historicacal. it can mean the immense responsibility of defending the french nation, impunity, it security, its prosperity, and its independence. the french people should see the historic opportunity opening up to them because what is at stake in this election is globalization, whi

i'm amy goodman. president trump is slated to announce his tax plan today. the plan proposes to slash the corporate tax rate from 35% to a mere 15%. the plan would also grant the 15% tax rate to companies known as s corporations, which include both small family businesses and massive corporations, such as hedge funds and real estate empires, such as trump's own companies. "the washington post" reports that some of the biggest winners of trump's proposed tax cuts would be construction and retail companies. the tax plan would sharply increase the national deficit. a tax foundation analysis found the proposed cuts to the corporate tax rate alone would reduce revenue by $2 trillion over 10 years. democrats have vowed to refuse to work with president trump on any tax plans until he agrees to release his own tax returns. turkey carried out a series of airstrikes in iraq and syria tuesday that reportedly killed up to 20 u.s.-backed kurdish fighters. u.s. officials say they are deeply concerned autut the turk

i'm amy goodman. secretary of state rex t tillern is in moscow meeting with his russian foreign minister sergei lavrov, amid mounting tensions between the u.s. and russia over the war in syria. on tuesday, white house officials accused russia of trying to cocover up the s syrin government's role in last week's alleged chemical attack, which killed 86 civilians, including dozens of children. while the u.s. asserts the syrian g government carried out the attack, russia has blamed it on the anti-governrnment rebels. the russian foreign minister has called the u.s. rhetoric primitive and loutish. russian president vladimir putin has signaled he may meet with tillerson during the secretary ofof state's visit, a reversal from putin's earlier position. meanwhile, people are calling for white house spokesman sean spicer's resignation after spicer tried to drum up support for more u.s. military attacks against the syrian regime by comparing assad to hilter and falsely claiming hitler never used chemical weapon

i'm amy goodman. global tensions are rising following the united states' missile atattack on a syrian airbase late thursday night. president trump said the attack on the shayrat air base, which came without u.s. congressional approval, was a response to a chemical weapons attack the syrian government allegedly launched from this base last week. this attack in khan sheikhoun killed 86 civilians, including dozens of children. international allilies of the syrian government, including russia, iran, and hezbollah, have vowed to retaliate against any future attacks against the syrian regime. on sunday, the group issued a joint statement saying -- "the aggression against syria oversteps all red lines. we will react firmly to any aggression against syria and to any infringement of red lines, whoever carries them out." over the weekend, russia also sent a warship armed with cruise missiles to the coast of syria in response to the u.s. attack. meanwhile, u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley now says preside

i'm amy goodman. the state of arkansas has killed prisoner ledell lee just hours thursday, after a flurry of court activity cleared the way for his execution, in what could be the first of four death sentences carried out in arkansas this month. prisons officials injected lee with the sedative midazolam, the anesthetic vecuronium bromide, and the toxin potassium chloride. he was pronounced dead at 11:56 p.m., four minutes before his death warrant was set to expire. lee was convicted of murdering debra reese in little rock more than 20 years ago. he went to his death proclaiming his innocence. lee's killing came after newly confirmed u.s. supreme court justice neil gorsuch cast the deciding vote in a 5-4 ruling that paved the w way for arkanss to proceed with ththe execution. it was arkansas's first since 2005, but officials are seeking to execute three more prisoners next week before arkansas supply of midazolam expires at the end of april. arkansas initially planned to carry out eight executions this

i'm amy goodman. in syria, the death toll has risen from a suspected chemical weapons attack in the northern province of idlib. at least 72 people have died, including 20 children. hundreds more were wounded. it's been described as the largest chemical attack in syria since 2013. the united states, france, and britain have accused the assad -- syrian government of carrying out the attack and have proposed a united nations security council resolution condemning it. russia is claiming the gases were released after an airstrike hit a depot where rebels were making chemical weapons. on tuesday, white house press secretary sean spicer said the chemical attack will not change u.s. new policy that the u.s. priority is not getting assad out of power. >> today's chemical attack against innocent people, including women and children, is reprehensible and cannot be ignored by the civilized world. there is not a fundamental option of regime change as there has been in the past. i think we would look, to some degre

i'm amy goodman. british prime minister theresa may announced this morning she'll call for early elections, shocking the country as she tries to secure a stronger mandate for the controversial plan for britain to leave the european union, known as brexit. >> tour opponents believe because the government's majority says marcum our results will weaken and they can force us to changee course. they are wrong. they underestimate our determination to get the job done. and i am not preparered to let them in danger the security of millions of working people across the country. because what t they're doing jeopardizes the work we must do to prepare for briggs it at home -- exit at home and it weaeakens the governmentnt's negotiating position in europepe. amy: the early elections are set for june 8. prime minister may officially initiated the two-year brexit process last month. meanwhile, in more newews on european elections, france's left presidential candididate jean-luc melenchon, who has been compared to be

i'm amy goodman. vice president mike pence has made an unannounced visit to the demilitarized zone separating north and south korea following north korea's attempted missile launch and a massive military parade celebrating the birthday of the country's founder on saturday. speaking at the border, vice president pence warned that the u.s. will consider a military response to north korea and said the recent u.s. strikes in syria and afghanistan show the strength of president trump. gov. pence: since 1992, the united states and our allies have stood together for a dean incorrect korean peninsula. we hope to achieve this objective through peaceful means , but all options are on the table. weeks, the past two world witnessed d e strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in syria and afghanistan. north korea would do well not to test his resolve or the strength of the armed forces of the united states in this region. amy: vice president pence's visit comes at a time when tension between the

i'm amy goodman. the white house on wednesday outlined a tax plan that would add trillions of dollars to the u.s. deficit while overwhelmingly benefiting the wealthiest cororporations and individuals, including president trump. the skeletal plan, w which the white house unveiled as a single-page document, would lower the corporate tax rate to 15%, though corporations rarely pay the current rate of 35%. trump's plan would also end the estate tax, referred to by opponents as the death tax. this is white house economic adviser gary cohn. >> we are going to repeal the death tax. the threat of being hit by the death tax leaves small business owners and farmers in this country toto waste countlessss s and resources on complicated estate planning to make sure their children are not hit with a huge tax when they die. no one wants to see their children have to sell the family business to payay an unfair tax. amy: irs statistics show the estatete tax is s paid by jujuse wealthiest 0.2% of americans. trump's tax

i'm amy goodman. the state of arkansas on thursday carried out its fourth execution in eight days, injecting 38-year-old kenneth williams with a three-drug cocktail that paralyzed him and stopped his heart. an associated press witness said williams' body jerked 15 times in quick succession as he was administered the drugs, before slowing for a final five movements. he was pronounced dead at 11:05 p.m. a spokesperson for republican governor asa hutchinson, who did not witness the execution, called williams' movements an involuntary muscular reaction. an attorney for williams called the claim a whitewash and called for an investigation. arkansas rushed to carry out an unprecedented series of killings as its supply of the sedative midazolam was set to expire at the end of april. midazolam has repeatedly failed to make prisoners unconscious in other executions, leading to painful deaths. arkansas carried out kenneth williams' execution after the u.s. supreme court declined to intervene. ahead of thursday'

i'm amy goodman. arkansas carried out a double execution monday night, marking the first time in nearly 17 years that any state has killed two people on the same day. at 7:20 p.m. arkansas time 52-year-old jack harold jones , was pronounced dead in the death chamber at the cummings unit state prison. infirmary workers had spent more than 45 minutes unsuccessfully trying to put a central line into his neck. according to a court filing, during jones' execution, he "was moving his lips and gulping for air," which suggests he continued to be conscious during the lethal injection. the controversial sedative midazolam is administered as part of a cocktail of execution drugs to make prisoners unconscious, but it's repeatedly failed to do so during other executions, leading to painful deaths. ahead of monday night, jones' lawyers had argued his medical condition was likely to reduce the sedative's effectiveness, leading to an unconstitutionally painful death, but this argument was rejected by a court. before

i'm amy goodman. u.s. warships fired a barrrragef missileses into syria thursday evening, in the first direct u.s. assault on the syrian government sinince the start of civivil war six years ago. the pentagon said a pair of naval destroyers in the eastern mediterranean fired 59 tomahawk cruise missiles at a syrian air base in homs province. syria's government said the strikes killed six people, and condemned the u.s. attack as an act of aggression. in a short address from the trump mar-a-lago resort in palm beach, florida, president donald trump said the assault was retribution for a syrian chemical weapons attack earlier this week that killed scores of -- 86 civilians, including 30 children. pres. trump: tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. vital, national security interest of the united states to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. amy: the attacks came without a declaration of war or any other

i'm amy goodman. the longtime fox news star bill o'reilly is out after more than half dozen women accused him of sexual harassment. his departure follows a similar ouster of longtime powerful fox news ceo roger ailes, who was also forced out this past summer after more than 20 women accused him of sexual harassment. over 50 advertisers had boycotted the "o'reilly factor" over revelations o'reilly and fox paid $13 million to settle lawsuits by five women who accused o'reilly of sexual harassment and inappropriate sexual behavior. a sixth woman, dr. wendy walsh, has also accused o'reilly of harassing her and then retaliating against her professionally when she refused to have sex with him. on tuesday, a seventh woman, who remains anonymous, accused o'reilly of harassing her for months with sexually and racially offensive comments and actions. o'reilly has called the claims unfounded. on wednesday, protesters gathered outside the news corp.'s headquarters handing out flyers reading "danger sexual predato

i'm amy goodman. secretary of state rex tillerson is heading to russia today, where he's meeting with foreign minister sergey lavrov amid increasing tensions between the u.s. and russia over the ongoing war in syria. russian president vladimir putin will not meet with tillerson -- a move that points to increasing conflict between the two countries following the u.s. decision to launch 59 mimissiles at a syrian government air base last w wee the u.s. says that strike was in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack allegedly carried out by the syrian government, which killed 86 civilians, including dozens of children. on monday, sean spicer signaled the u.s. may take further military action in syria, not only in retaliation for chchemil weapons attack, but also to attacks like errol bombs. -- barrel bombs. >> i think the president has been clear that there were a number of lines that were crossed. not just syria, but with the world saw is a president that is going to act decisively and proportionally a