ken dilanian declined comment for the intercept's story. today, bobdlines brain has detained --bahrain has detained abdulhadial-khawaja after she tried into the country. abdulhadial-khawaja says customs officials told her she no longer holds citizenship. she was trying to visit her ailing father who remains on a hunger strike in prison. bahrain is a key u.s. government ally, hosting the navy's fifth fleet. the comedian joan rivers has died at the age of 81. she passed away thursday for days after going into cardiac arrest during an outpatient procedure. new york authorities are investigating the clinic where she was undergoing the operation, but no wrongdoing is suspected. those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. before we go on to our first started yesterday, 51,000 students in new york city? >> a big day in new york city public school system. the largest e