>> i believe so. >> and so it's actually the karns county detention center not the karns county residential center which sounds a whole lot nicer. but the karns county detention center has been accused of being a place where countless women have been raped by male guards. are you aware of those reports? >> i am aware of the allegations. i'm aware -- >> and also, as a residential center families are held in detention. and when i say families, i basically mean women and their minor children. that's who's house that karns detention center, correct? >> yes. i'd like to provide you, sir -- >> i'll let you come back in just a second. they put in a medical isolation room, the child or her children are assigned to that room with her. isn't that a fact? >> are you talking about particular case? i'm not aware of that. >> generally. when a woman is assigned to a medical isolation room, her child would be assigned to that room? as per the reports that i'll put into the record at this point. the mothers and children allegedly locked in a dark room for protesting detention conditions and also that's a th

. >> -- dozens of mothers seeking asylum who are being held at the karnes family detention centre in southern texas have -- launched a hunger strike. the women are asylum seekers who say they have been denied bond despite expressing a credible fear of violence if they return to south america. advocates for the groups including a legal assistant, who was recently interviewed by democracy now, say they have been darned -- barred from visiting karnes. to see the report you can go to democracynow.org. menendez has been charged. he is accused of $750,000 in donations. at a news conference, senator menendez denounced prosecutors and said he would be vindicated. senator menendez: four nearly three years, i have lived under a justice department cloud, and today i am outraged that this cloud is not been lifted. i am outraged that prosecutors at the justice department were tricked into starting this investigation three years ago with false allegations by those who have a political motive to silence me, but i will not be silenced. i am confident -- [applause] i am confident at the end of the da

international weapons inspector scott karnes was in damascus the day of the attacks. >> what witnessticks in your mind as the person you cannot forget? >> there are several a child, 7 or 8 who left most of her family. a woman who lost her husband and all her kids. a man who had 20 family members. he's the only one left alive. >> you can see the report "a crime against humanity". go to cbsnews.com. a warning, many of the images are disturbing to watch. >>> 30,000 runners kick off the boston marathon this morning under heightened security. metal gates line the race route near the starting line. extra security cameras are set up at the finish where twin bombs killed three people and injured more than 260 others in 2013. >> reporter: for 20 year use have honored the memories of your loved ones. you have inspired us with the power of your renewal. you have reminded us that we should all live by the oklahoma standard. service. honor, kindness. >> and former president bill clinton helped honor the 168 victims of the oklahoma city bombing sunday on the 20th anniversary of that attack. >>> we

the north bay coming across karn quiz. let's look at san rafael for a live look. the curve is moving smooth. light volume of traffic. right now of course this will change. it's only 4:55. headed back to you. >> a dose of reality there from mike. thank you. >>> finally out of the water. >> a group of people say shark attacks and hypotherm what to reach a goal most consider it possible. over the weekend marathon participants swam from outside the golden gate to the islands and then back to the san francisco bay. 30 miles. here's the kicker. they did it without wet suits. >> oh, my goodness. you know how cold, icy cold that pacific ocean is. >> i don't want to know. >> we're to the going to find out. this was a chance for teams to raise money for their charities that they were doing this for a good cause. it's an annual challenge which has been around for decades. only a small handful of people have successfully accomplished it. you had me at every part of that except for the sharks in the water. >> the sharks. minus the wet suit, you could handle that? >> hope they

on "60 minutes" scott karnes showed it.e was in damascus the day of the attack. >> what witness sticks in your mind as the person you cannot forget? >> there are several. a child of 7 or 8 who lost most of his family. a woman of -- in her early 30s who lost her entire family her husband and all her kids. a man who of his 20 members he was the only one left alive. >> you can see scott pelley's full "60 minutes" report "a crime against humanity" by going to cbsnews.com. a warning, many of the images are disturbing to watch. >>> 30,000 runners kick off the boston marathon this morning under heightened security. metal gates line the race route near the starting line. extra security cameras are set up at the finish where twin bombs killed three people and injured more than 260 others in 2013. >> for 20 years you have honored the memories of your loved ones you have inspired us with the power of your renewal, you have reminded us that we should all live by the oklahoma standard. service, honor, kindness. >> and former president b

. >> james is an associate in the nuclear policy program at the karn gee endowment for international. >> it represents an accord on the key headlines but if goal now is to go away and negotiate the details of that deal by the end of june. and while i'm generally very, very positive about what's been agreed today, one thing that i would highlight as a possible stumbling block is that the text that was released today of the details of the agreement was released by the u.s. government. it wasn't a u.s. aran joint statement. they might try to weasle out of some of what was agreed today and say that wasn't a joint agreement so that's something to watch for further down the line. >> let's look at what the issues are that they might mess with in the future they are cut from 20,000 to 6,000. and no new building of nuclear facilities. as far as iran is concerned, how that might play back in iran and what are those concessions? what do they mean to the west? >> they are a big deal. you can enrich uranium. the agreement that was reached today does a very effective job if it's fully implemented

included in that sir, is what i want to mention with you is the ig report on the karns sexual allegations that made an investigation and decided there was not sufficient evidence to support those allegations. but i'll include that. >> the gentleman's time expired. the gentleman from iowa is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you, director for your testimony. i appreciate the chairman's remarks about cooperating with the committee prior to this hearing. i understand that you're in a difficult position in this job. i would note the irony that one side is angry when you enforce the law. the other side is angry when you don't enforce the law. and so i have happen to be on the side of the latter. and i'm curious about if a few things here. i noticed in your written testimony that you have participated in high level discussions with mexican government officials discussing opportunities to more rapidly repatriate mexican nationals and then it goes on to the interesting part. i also met with government officials from hohn dur yas, guatemala and el salvador where each pl

so it's the karnes county residential center which sounds so much nicer. by male guards. are you aware of the reports? >> i'm aware of the allegations. >> and also as a residential center, families are held in detention, and when i say families i basically mean women women, i basically mean women and their minor children. >> yes. >> i would like to provide you, sir. >> i'll let you come back in a second. >> when a mother is put in a medical isolation room, the child or her children are assigned to that room with her. isn't that a fact? >> are you talking about a particular case? i'm not aware of that. >> generally when a woman is assigned to al medical isolation room, her child would be assigned to that room. as for the reports, i'll put into the record at this point, the mothers and children allegedly locked in a darkroom for protesting detention conditions, and also that's a think progress article. and also for the record i would like to tender a "new york times" magazine?÷ article entitled a federal judge and hunger strike take on the detention facility

amy: for more on the hunger strike and conditions at the karnes detention center, you can go to democracynow.org. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. low-wage workers in the united states have staged the largest action today to demand a $15 an hour minimum wage with some 60,000 workers walking off the job in over 200 cities. protesters included fast-food workers, home-care aides child-care providers, walmart clerks, adjunct professors airport workers and other low-wage workers. the service employees international union, or seiu helped organize the campaign. in chicago, demonstrators held signs saying, "we are worth more!" while in new york, dozens of protesters temporarily halted business at a mcdonald's by staging a die-in, lying on the ground in front of the franchise. several new york protesters carried signs saying, "we work hard" and "we see wage slavery." protesters included jemere calhoun wh

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. >> and included in that sir, i wanted to mention the ig report on the karnes sexual allegation that made an investigation and decided there was not sufficient evidence to support the allegations. >> i've heard -- >> the gentleman's time is expired. gentleman from iowa, mr. king is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you director for your testimony. >> thank you, i appreciate the chairman's remarks about cooperating prior to this hearing. i understand that you're in a difficult position in this job. i would note the irony that one side is angry when you enforce a law. the other side is angry when you don't enforce a law. and so i happen to be on the side of the latter. but i'm curious about a few things here. and one of them is, i noticed in your written testimony that you have participated in high level discussions with mexican government officials sdising opportunities to more rapidly repatriate nationals. and i've also met with officials where each pledged to do our part to stem the tide of citizens of those countries. i think we understand in this commi

>> i believe so. >> and so it's actually the karns county detention center, not the karns county residential center, which sounds a whole lot nicer. but the karns county detention center has been accused of being a place where countless women have been raped by male guards. are you aware of those reports? >> i am aware of the allegations. i'm aware -- >> and also, as a residential center, families are held in detention. and when i say families, i basically mean women and their minor children. that's who's housed at karns detention center, correct? >> yes. i'd like to provide you, sir -- >> i'll let you come back in just a second. when a mot