we will speak to journalists iona craig and jeremy scahill. then to guatemala. in a major victory for human righ activists, a former guatemalan police chief has been found guilty for ordering the spanish embassy to be set on fire in 1980. 37 peasant activists and student organizers died in the fire. we will speak to nobel peace prize-winner rigoberta menchÚ. her father died in the massacre. >> we have been denied the truth for 35responsibility for mr. garcia is clear and also that of all of the people that remained in the hearing, many of whom have already died, but also responsibility of the state. i think this is what makes us the most happy and due process makes us happy, too, because we have the patience to reach this moment and we are really excited. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. islamic state militants have posted a new video threatening to execute two japanese hostages. the militants demanded japan pay a $200 million ransom without 72 -- within 72 hours, the same amoun

iona craig, welcome to democracy now! talk about what has taken place. >> i think what we have seen in the last few days is pretty unprecedented in terms of yemen. i think what is happening now with hadi henning and the resignation, the prime minister and the, is really probably the smartest thing they could of done. it were backed into the corner by the houthis. they obviously or had not taken them on militarily and a fight they were unlikely able to win. this is the only way for them to turn around the houthis and say no, this is enough. now we have the prospect of an emergency meeting in the parliament on sunday when hadi's resignation will be put forward. they have the option to reject the resignation, which means hadi would still be president after that unless he then hands his resignation and again within three months. it may actually be hadi stays and manages to survive all of this. >> iona, given the constant turbulence within the country, what is the impact on some of the regional powers? obvious the, iran and th

walnut creek police on sunday arrested 23-year-old iona bastane and say she's accused of shoulder surfingey call when people steal people's p.i.n. numbers by standing behind them at an atm machine. she used those numbers to steal money, allegedly but aren't saying how much was stolen. they say a sting operation caught her in the act. police are now hoping other possible victims will come forward. >>> add another unhappy raider cheerleader to the list of those seeking damages from the nfl. former raiderette suze chance sez is filing her own claim against the league. she says she and other cheerleaders were denied basic minimum wage. she's not satisfied with the proposed $1.25 million settlement proposed last year that split amongst the cheerleaders. the more senior cheerleaders get more. two former raiderettes have also rejected the current proposed settlement. >> we've done some coverage of that on our website, nbcbayarea.com. an interesting story if you have time to read it. >>> today marks 70 years since the liberation of the auschwitz concentration camp in poland and more than 1 millio

pled because i went on a trip to scotland and tom went on a trip to scotland and tom went to the mar iona islands with jack, i didn't. the question, is that an illegal trip in itself? i don't know. the closest to jack abramoff -- jack did tom's daughter's, paid for the baby shower. tom's former chief of staff received a filtered through million dollars through jack abramoff into some type of foundation or some such thing that ed buckham received. are those all indictable? i don't know. i'm not alberto gonzales. but my point is if a jury in texas in the state, in fact, convicted tom delay, what happened here with the justice department? if these are peanut things as jack abramoff comes to the conclusion, well they couldn't indict bob, i guess we were all indictable or we all weren't. >> let me show you a picture of you standing over on saint andrew's golf course with the group. look at this picture. you are how heavy there? >> well, when i went into prison, i was 234 pounds. i ballooned completely up. i was probably 212 there. >> what are you now? >> i'll tell the truth. i was 168 when i c