there may 17 covering the release of oscar lopez rivera. now to another sentence. ile president obama shortened the sentences of chelsea manning and oscar lopez and tuner nine prisoners, no action was taken on 71-year-old native american activist leonard peltier. peltier is a former member of the american indian movement who was convicted of killing two fbi agents during a shootout on south dakota's pine ridge indian reservation in 1975. he has long maintained his innocence. martin garbus joins us here. >> we just received confirmation that yesterday a letter from the vatican went to the white house. it win in in the afternoon. -- it went in in the afternoon. on behalf of letter peltier, i want to thank you. i want to thank you what has happened as a result of this show. i was on three weeks ago. and james reynolds, was the prosecutor in the peltier case, saw the show and as a result of the show, decided to come out after 40 years of silence and write a letter to the white house saying that the prosecution was flawed and asking for clemency for leonard peltier. it i

oscar lopez rivera is a former leader of puerto rican nationalist group known as the faln, responsible more than 140 bombings on u.s. soil in the 1970s and 1980s. tonight, lopez's controversial past is coming into question for bread for more on that, we go to trace gallagher. >> hi, martha. oscar lopez rivera is a puerto rican nationalist to move to chicago when he was 14 and later became convinced that puerto rico was a u.s. colony. he then became a leader of faln, a spanish acronym that translates to armed forces of national liberation, a table group that fought for the independence of puerto rico and overthrown the u.s. government. in the '70s in '80s, faln was behind more than 140 bombings attacking government buildings, financial institutions, and corporations, new york, chicago, and d.c. the attacks killed six, wounding more than 100, including several police officers. lopez rivera was never convicted of killing or injuring anyone but explosives were found in an apartment and linked to him. as of last year, he is still believed in his cause, telling npr, "there were resolutions o

en la actualidad, lÓpez rivera se encuentran los precios de indiana. a por liberarlo, lÓpez siempre mantuvo un tono cauteloso. una de las cosas es que tampoco le gusta literal sus divisiones. bajo los procesos rutinarios, la liberaciÓn de lópez rivera no iba a ocurrir. asegurando que todos los seres humanostienen derecho a creer que su paÍs puede ser libre y soberano. la abogada de lÓpez ha dicho que su cliente estÁ sumamente aparecido agradecido, y lo convertirÁ en un hombre libre en mayo. urbanizaciÓn que se responsabilizÓ por expulsiones en los estados unidos en los 70 y en los 80. marÍa: se acaba de conocer una decisiÓn. un dÍa histÓrico comÚn y aquesto oyera mucho de regocijo, son ya 35 aÑos de que mi familia ha estado ausente de su presencia fÍsica y, sin duda alguna, el gran apoyo que ha contado su liberaciÓn. desde papa francisco hasta los presidentes de amÉrica latina. mÁs de 200,000 peticiones que hemos entregado a la casa blanca. marÍa: por supuesto, la reacciÓn mÁs esperada es el mismo prisionero que se ha negado a aceptar una conmutaciÓn de

y no deberÍa de ser. >>> para muchos mi padre es un presiÓn polÍtico. >>> lÓpez rivera serÁ liberadoesidente electo donald trump toma posesiÓn y nuestra comunidad reacciona. >>> ojalÁ que no nos efecto. >>> un especial del noticias telemundo lo que piensan los latinos en estados unidos cÓmo responden? >>> que vea por nuestra gente. >>> y el impacto que estÁ causando en sus vidas. >>> quÉ oportunidades nos da este presidente. >>> los hispanos y si estás usando esta crema dental probablemente esperas dientes visiblemente más blancos, pero sólo remueve manchas superficiales y estudios muestran que sólo da medio tono de blanqueamiento. colgate optic white high impact white es diferente. con peróxido de hidrógeno, un ingrediente blanqueador recomendado profesionalmente. va más allá de las manchas superficiales... para blanquear profundamente. blanquea cuatro tonos, eso es una diferencia visible en blanqueamiento. ¿qué estás esperando? colgate optic white high impact white. usty juntos,ró el amor de sus sueños... tuvieron el hijo de sus sueños. ahora puede llevarlos en el auto de sus sueño

el indulto del presidente obama a oscar lÓpez rivera revivio una propuesta que el presidente de venezuelao. reportero: una propuesta de libertad que terminÓ siendo un chiste. asÍ reconociÓ en conferencia de prensa nicolÁs maduro sobre el ofrecimiento que eligieron presidente obama de liberar al lÍder opositor leopoldo lÓpez en un canje con el independentista lÓpez rivera. >> el caso de lÓpez, mÁs alla del comentario jocoso que hice en su momento, estÁ en manos de la justicia venezolana. reportero: hace aÑos maduro hizo el ofrecimiento para la liberaciÓn de lopez, condenado a 14 aÑos de cÁrcel en una prisiÓn militar por la muerte de dos personas en una manifestaciÓn que convocÓ. >> lo que tengo para liberarlo es para montar en un aviÓn, lo dejÉ ya y me entreguen a rivera, hombre a hombre. reportero: pero ese ofrecimiento resulto no ser serio. resulto un indulto del presidente obama que lo pondrÍa en libertad posiblemente la esposa de lÓpez pidio a maduro cumplir su palabra, >> lo que puedes pedirles que cumpla con su palabra de hombre. reportero: pero maduro no parece dispuesto cumplirlo.

lopez rivera was never convicted of harming anyone.he left described him as a political prisoner who was wrongly convicted. tucker. >> tucker: trace gallagher. thanks a lot, trace. obama's clemency makes sure manning will only serve seven years. what kind of message will it send to other soldiers who might feel tempted to reveal other secrets? we are joined by former green beret ben collins. nice to see you. first, the macro question, two clemencies granted on the same day, one for chelsea manning, who betrayed the country, and one for aed puerto rican terrort who sought to wage war against the country. what are these have in common? other than the obvious that they're both anti-america. >> both are anti-american. like a last kick in the teeth, at least, for obama. to be able to look at president trump and look at what has occurred over the last election cycle to say, look, this is my final gasp of, you know, look, here is my legacy, right? that we are bowing down to organizations. 130 bombs across multipleow cits across the u.s., like

mÁs controversiales estÁ la conmutaciÓn de la sentencia del independentista puertorriqueÑo Óscar lopez riverael por conspiraciÓn sediciosa. lÓpez querÍa liberar a la isla del encanto del control estadounidense, como parte de las fuerzas armadas de liberaciÓn nacional. para muchos era un terrorista. para otros un preso polÍtico. en 1988 fue sentenciado a otros 15 aÑos de prisiÓn por intento de fuga. >> siempre he vivido esperanzado. una de las cosas es que tampoco me gusta llenarme de ilusiones. reportero: cuando se referÍa a la posibilidad que obama le concediera la clemencia. en 1999 bill clinton ofreciÓ lo mismo, este se negÓ a aceptarlo si no se ampliaba a sus compaÑeros. el 17 de mayo serÁ liberado. >> entiendo que vendrÁ a chicago a darle las gracias a esta comunidad que lo ha apoyado tanto. reportero: en puerto rico, a pesar de que faltan mÁs de 4 meses para la liberaciÓn de su compatriota esta noche comenzaron las celebraciones en la plaza de san course. se sugiriÓ cambiar a leopoldo lÓpez. >> lo que tengo para liberarlos para montar lo en un aviÓn y que me entreguen a oscar lÓpez rive

we are talking about oscar lopez rivera.ole in a puerto rican nationalist group linked to 100 bombings in new york and other cities in the 1970's and 1980's. he had been serving a seven-year sentence after me convicted of numerous charges, including seditious conspiracy. he was linked to the radical flan, one of more than a dozen group members convicted in the 1980's. his prison sentence will expire may 17. there's dozens of pardons announced yesterday as well. chuck in alabama. opposes the president's actions. caller: first of all, what happened with this chelsea manning is very low level. people talk about treason. treason is when the president of andunited states goes out takes people from guantanamo and turns them loose. you must be getting paid for releasing these people because i don't think any president would even consider returning these people. host: chuck is our last caller in this segment of "the washington journal." coming up, we would be joined by james cuapretta and spiro on obamacare, the affordable care act,

puerto rican terrorist oscar lopez rivera who helped bomb u.s.cities like chicago and new york and retired general james cartwright who lied to the fbi of iran's nuclear program. lawmakers on both shocked. >> i think he's dead wrong, absolutely dead wrong. that's treason. i think they are wrong. >> they can put individual operatives at risk, our national interest at risk with other countries. >> could computation pave the way to other whistle blowers to get off the hook. just last week wikileaks tweet ing about assange, assange will agree to u.s. extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of doj case. he's been in ecuadorian embassy to avoid espionage charges. what the white house is saying coming up at 5:30 back to you. heather: we will talk more about this coming up. president obama ordering freedom for manning after condemning russia, fox news contributor and founder and editor in chief laura ingram calling him out for his hypocrisy. >> a radical move by a president who tens of millions of americans who thinks at various points in his admin

oscar lopez rivera was known as the latin american nelson mandela, and tonight, we talked to people who helped lopez get a sentence commuted. >> reporter: the joy hard to contain for leaders in the puerto rican community. for 35 years, they stood in solidarity with organizations and effort to cross the country, pushing for the release of political prisoner oscar lopez rivera. >> we were in washington, d.c. a week ago, submitted 100,000 petitions to the white house. >> reporter: the sentence was commuted last week just days before president obama left office. in 1981, the political prisoner was convicted on weapons and conspiracy charges including attempting to overthrow the government by force. lopez was accused of being the leader of a puerto rican nationalist group that took responsibility for fatal bombings in chicago and new york in the 1970s and '80s. no evidence linked lopez to the bombing. >> oscar was not charged with any crime against any person. he was charged with an idea crime which is the idea that we should be -- >> reporter: it made him a national hero. >> he's somebody t

supporters of army whistleblower chelsea manning and puerto rican independence activist oscar lopez riveralebrating after president obama commuted their sentences in one of his last acts in office

queda sorprendiendo a mÁs de uno cono mutoÓ sentencia de para mÁs de 2000 presos entre ellos Óscar lÓpez riveraa de inteligencia del ejÉrcito. manning ha cumplido seis aÑos de 35 y serÁ libero nada mayo. >>> y poco antes de tomar la decisiÓn el presidente barack obama llegaba como vemos por sorpresa a la Última conferencia diaria de su secretario de prensa. >>> el mandatario se apareciÓ para agradecerle pÚblicamente por sus aÑo de servicio y aplaudir la integridad, inteligencia y madurez dijo barack obama de el seÑor en ese papel. >>> y es un hecho la tienda del cadenas en pantalla que usa mano de obra inmigrante va a desaparece ayer con ello el empleo de cientos de hispanos por que cerrada y tiendas no todo el paÍs. los empleados estÁn enojados y hoy salieron a protestar en los Ángeles y edgar estuvo allÍ. >>> notificaciÓn de finalizas del pleo. >>> asÍ lee su carta y cobrÓ su Último cheque despuÉs de trabajar en la fÁbrica que cerÓo sus puertas en los Ángeles. >>> tengo que buscar otro trabajo que quizÁs no lo un encuentre ahorita pronto pero tengo que buscarlo. >>> descenso de empleados de l

we will talk about the push for president obama to grant clemency to oscar lopez rivera. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peacace report. i'm amy goodman. potentially explosive news surfaced yesterday of unsubstantiated reports which have already been presented to president-elect donald trump, president obama, and the nation's top lawmakers, and have now been published online by buzzfeed that claim russia has compromising information onn trump p and that trump's the new about alleged leaking of democratic party emails during the 2016 presidential campaign. the allegations were summarized in a two-page appendix to a report on russian interference in the election, which trump was briefed on last week. the summaryry is babased on thes compileded by a former british intelligence operative. the information,hich is nonot been independently verified by the f ei, nor any major media alleged, includes claims that trump representatives met multiple times with russian officials during the 2016 campaign and discuss the hacking of

one getting attention in the puerto rican press because it involves oscar lopez rivera, considered to be one of the longest held political prisoners in the u.s. he spent 36 years in jail, including 12 in solitary confinement. he was sentenced for essentially trying to plot against the u.s. are applauding the fact that his sentence has been commuted. you can see the article on el voeocero. were papers saying there tears of joy, and international victory. >> lets end on a quick word of something that the brits love to talk about, the weather. some of the lowest temperatures in recent memory. >> pretty chilly these days. not only on the weather, but what the weather feels like. that is what is interesting. the channel do not only to you what the weather is but what it feels like. you can see what we are expecting in the city of nimes today. -4 today but it feels like -13. about that to know difference in temperatures, there is a handy graphic to explain. if it is really -5 and the wind is blowing at 10 kilometers an hour, it will feel like -8. you can see the little guy getting toppled o

anotherfigure given clemency by president obama is the puerto rican nationalist 0scar lopez rivera.longed to a group which campaigned for independence from the united states and which claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings in several american cities during the 1970s and ‘80s. after months of waiting, britain got some clarity today on what exit from the european union will actually mean and it's going to be the option known as brexit max. prime minister theresa may set out 12 key objectives she hopes her negotiators will secure, as they negotiate the uk's withdrawal. she hopes her negotiators will secure, as they negotiate the uk's withdrawal. key among them, that the uk will leave the european single market but still seek a free trade deal with it. sterling rose on the news but the plan has also been criticised. the bbc‘s andy moore reports. it was billed as the most important speech of her term in office. it was certainly the clearest exposition yet of what britain wants from brexit. not partial membership of the european union, associated membership of the european unio

they are those pushing to free oscar lopez rivera.t for puerto rican independence. what are the chances of the president making one of these big symbolic pardons? >> i wish i had a crystal ball. what i can tell you is that if we look at how the president has used the power of the pen and has looked at pardons and clemency from a policy perspective and what his legacy should be, i think if we look at it in that sense, i think there's a good chance that it will happen. i have to add if we look at marcus garvey, you know, and talk about this in terms of immigration. you know when i talk about jamai jamaica, i always will, but marcus garvey born in jamaica. in this country when we talk about immigration reform, we often think of it only as a latinan issue and it's not. immigration affects the entire united states. all of these leaders, marcus garvey, some of the other people you've talked about, are people who have been activists, who have been steadfast in their belief in human rights and their conduct at human rights activists was crimi

people will return to crime but it does send a message if you are considering for instance oscar lopez riveraaceous act against this government to maybe do under the right president you will serve your prison sentence and still make a political statement. >> absolutely and that's a great point because recidivism, the return to crime to their old ways certainly they will and when we are talking 504 of these who are sentenced to a life sentence, that's the magnitude of this. these are people who made one mistake. many of these cases they have a full series in their criminal record and for the president just to release them certainly we are going to meet these people again and those crimes should be on the president had. charles: gentlemen thank you for your expertise. i appreciate it. the dowd jones industrial average is down for days straight but do not fret. the market commentary is next and also tweet me about the idea of maybe cutting down the size of the federal government and we will talk about that too. [vo] quickbooks introduces rodney. he has a new business teaching lessons. rodney wan

lopez rivera was convicted of seditious conspiracy to overthrow the u.s. government.e became a cause celebre, a freedom fighter. >> president obama has really shown that we have to reach a level of reconciliation. >> joe is not so ready to forgive. >> there are no political prisoners. united states does not hold political prisoners pray these people were terrorists. >> cuts the sentence for 5:30 four years. he will walk out of the federal prison on may 17th. president trump, by law, cannot reverse his predecessor's decision. >> bret: thank you. the wife of the manual killed 49 people in an orlando nightclub last summer's pleading not guilty to charges that she aided and abetted his support of isis and hindered the investigation into the attack. noor salman was in court. prosecutors say she knew of her husbands intentions ahead of time. the senate armed services committee has overwhelmingly approved president-elect trump's choice of retired general james mattis as defense secretary. the panel vote was 26-1. nomination now goes to the full senate. a lot of tough questio

the president also pardoned oscar lopez rivera, what these cases have in common other than both offendershat, up ahead. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight," good evening. the inauguration looks like it will have thousands of anti-trump agitators. 20 cities have been promoting protesters to come to d.c. to interrupt the inauguration.

unidos llegaron hasta la casa blanca con mÁs de 01 mil peticiÓnes para pedir la libertad de oscar lÓpez rivera luchaba por la independencia de puerto rico por eso lo consideran un presiÓn polÍtico. >>> quiero ser claro, a Él nunca lo acusaron de la muerte de nadie. de nadie y, nunca ha sido convicto por eso. >>> otros piensan que moralmente serÍa lo correcto. >>> es casi uno oportunidad que Él hace algo para nuestra comunidad mÁs 2 millones de deportaciones no le ha dado la libertad a Óscar es hora que el presidente barack obama cumpla con nuestra comunidad. >>> y de su lado varios ganadores el premio de la paz di plomo ricky martin tambiÉn ha distrito cartas a su favor y berni sounders ha abogadoado por Él. >>> y dicen que barack obama ha cono mutoado sentencios de un nÚmero rÉcord de personas igual ha perdonado a otras. >>> y pidieron compasiÓn. >>> quiere irse para la casa si no perdonado lÓpez rivera tendrÍa que esperar Éis aÑos mÁs para su libertad condicional. >>> en washington lori montenegro para las noticias telemundo. >>> mÁs adelante regresamos mas noticias ahora continuamos con el

[cheering] and oscar lopez rivera. we also say free leonard peltier.e will be called upon to intensify our demands for social justice, to become more militant and our -- in our defense of vulnerable populations. those who still defend the supremacy of white male hetero-patriarchy had better watch out. the next 1459 days of the trump administration will be 1459 days of resistance. resistance on the ground, in the classrooms, resistance on the job, resistance in our art and in our music. this is just the beginning. in the words of the inevitable ella baker, we who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes. thank you. [cheering] >> ladies and gentlemen, you may have read a story that said we are not marching. i am here to tell you we are marching. [cheering] we are marching and we are going to use constitution avenue. please use the numbered streets to march to your north, which is this way. march to the north. gets tough -- get to constitution avenue and turn left. go to the washington monument and turned to the right. you will see the elipse, and th

. >>> el presidente obama con muÓo la sentencia de 200 presos como o oscar lÓpez rivera y tambiÉn a (ncÚn se convirtiÓ en campo de batalla, atacando a la fiscalÍa. el ataque dejÓ 4 personas sin vida. las autoridades hicieron al menos 5 arrestos y ahora investigan si la motivaciÓn de este crimen fue la disputa territorial entre grupos criminales. este nuevo capÍtulo de violencia en esa zona costera de mÉxico en quintana roo ocurre luego de playa del carmen con 5 muertos. raÚl torres tiene lo ultimo en este caso. >>> apenas dejÓ las flores y comenzÓ el llanto por los muertos. sÓlo dijo de ser amiga de la canadiense encargado de la seguridad del festival de mÚsica electrÓnica quien murio la madrugada del lunes durante el ataque. segÚn los testigos un hombre solitario comenzÓ los disparos y todos corrieron, llenos del pÁnico salieron y 5 personas murieron. angel es paramÉdico y festejaba su cumpleaÑos en el club y le salvaron la vida. >>> una persona que tenÍa un balazo en la cara, otra dos en el pecho >>> segÚn el gobernador de quintana roo todo se debiÓ a una pelea de dos hombres >>> ha

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ambos sectores de la sociedad puertorriqueÑa celebran la inminente liberaciÓn de óscar lÓpez rivera. el gobierno, de la que cumpliÓ aproximadamente la mitad. las reacciones no se hicieron esperar. >> cuando supe que oscar fue indultado, mi reacciÓn inmediata fue llorar, llorar de alegrÍa, de alivio, de saber que por fin oscar llegarÁ la casa, como tantos y tantas anhelamos, que por fin estarÁ de regreso en su casa con su hija, con su familia, con sus hermanos. satcha: entre los indultos mÁs sobresalientes, tambiÉn se encuentra el de la oficial de inteligencia chelsea manning, quien recibiÓ una condena de 35 aÑos por filtrar mÁs de 700.000 documentos confidenciales al portal de internet wikileaks. donald trump pisa el acelerador hacia su investidura como presidente, y como parte de las actividades previas a la toma de posesiÓn, el futuro mandatario encabezÓ una cena de gala con mandatarios extranjeros. hoy tiene lugar una audiencia adicional de confirmaciÓn para el gabinete presidencial. marÍa eugenia: el presidente electo donald trump hizo una visita fugaz a washington d.c. para part

we oscar lopez rivera but limit health care. free shakur.he supremacy of white male patriarch i can have better watch out. he next 1459 days of the trump administration will bebe 1459 ds of resistance. rinse -- resistance on the ground, resistance in the classrooms. resistance on the jobs, resistance in our art and in our in music. this is just the beginning. ella the words of the baker, we who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, you may have read a story that said that we are not marching. i am here to tell you we are marching. we are marching and we are going to use constitution avenue. please use the number streets to march to your north, which is this way. march to the north. get to constitution avenue and turn left. go to the e washington m monume- i got it -- go to the washington monument and turn to the right. you will show the ellipse annd then we can go home. we have people from here to the ellipse. we have already achieved our goals but we are marching. [applause] >> make sh

oscar lopez rivera has been freed. he has been in prison since 1981. chelsea manning was freed.be freed. so many others but let's welcome the puerto rican nationalist party. >> how are you doing? they are going to be free in may, they were given clemency but we have to be vigilant. we have to keep up the struggle and keep calling for their release and other political prisoners release. puerto rico has had an economy for 119 years so today we don't get a new president, we get a new dictator. puerto rico has no ability to trade, no ability to make commerce, has been exploited for 119 years, murdered for 119 years. and we keep on the struggle, organized to go into the streets and have a national campaign and international campaign and the government was reluctant to give us that. we have to keep on for puerto rico, for the control board to supersede the local government laws and rules and budget and make decisions, most of the people chosen by the u.s. congress, we have a strong campaign for that. every dollar for puerto rico is brought here to reinforce the establishment. freedom