amy: marian kupu is a reporter for broadcom broadcasting in the capital of tonga, nuku'alofa.xt up, saturday marked the 40 not anniversary of roe v. wade, the supreme court decision legalizing abortion. many questioned if the supreme court will strike down the landmark ruling before it turns 50. we will look at a new documentary at the sundance film festival called "the janes" about life before roe when a collective of women in chicago built an underground service for women seeking an abortion. could this be what post roe looks like as well? stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: tongan musicians halamangaono group. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. saturday marked the 49th anniversary of the landmark supreme court decision in roe v. wade that legalized abortions in the united states. willoughby overturned by this summer? as a supreme court signals its support for extreme restrictions . on friday, thousands of people joined the annual anti-choice march for life in washington, d.c., and celebrated a possible end to the constitutio

i'm joined now by marian kupu who is a reporter with in tonga.s like clean drinking water.— without essentials like clean drinking water. without essentials like clean drinkin: water. . , drinking water. sauckelwe have been -- so far we — drinking water. sauckelwe have been -- so far we have _ drinking water. sauckelwe have been -- so far we have been _ drinking water. sauckelwe have been -- so far we have been receiving - —— so far we have been receiving clean drinking water and aid from australia and there is a shipment coming in by plane and ship from japan, the uk, china, most big countries. when the aid arrives on our shores, we still apply a policy of covid because in the meantime we still have to be careful and cautious because covid is still out there in the world. the process of all these supplies and aid is left in a secure place for three days quarantine before we can actually take them out from these places for distribution. it take them out from these places for distribution-— distribution. it appears that importing _ distribution. i

marian kupu is a reporter with broadcom broadcasting in tonga. have been receiving clean drinking water from nz and australia and there is a shipment coming in by plane and ship from japan, the uk, china, most big countries. when the aid arrives on our shores, we still apply a policy of covid because in the meantime we still have to be careful and cautious because covid is still out there in the world. the process of all these supplies and aid is left in a secure place for three days quarantine before we can actually take them out from these places for distribution. it appears that importing covid is a huge concern which is also affecting humanitarian assistance for those affected by the eruption as well as the tsunami. yes, it is. we've just been told that we are expecting flights coming in from new zealand, but it is cancelled now. at three o'clock today the government will have a press conference updating on what is happening and where do we stand in terms of aid and supplies and how these supplies are being distributed throughout tonga and th

marian kupu is a reporter with broadcom broadcasting in nuku'alofa, tonga.ave been receiving clean drinking water aid from new zealand and australia. we also learned that there is a shipment coming in by plane and by ship from japan, the uk, china. basically most countries out there in the world. when they arrive on our shores, we still apply a policy of covid—19 because in the meantime we still have to do the careful. we have to be cautious because covid—19 is still out there in the world. the process of all this aid and supplies are left in a secure place for three days quarantine before we can actually take them out from these places for distribution.— distribution. indeed. it appears _ distribution. indeed. it appears covid-19 - distribution. indeed. it- appears covid-19 possibility is appears covid—19 possibility is appears covid—19 possibility is a huge concern which is also affecting humanitarian assistance for those affected by the eruption as well as the tsunami? , by the eruption as well as the tsunami?— tsunami? yes it is. we have 'ust tsunami? ye

we can go live now to journalist marian kupu based in the tongan capital, nuku—alofa. first ship has now arrived, and only now really is the rest of the world beginning to understand what you have been going through for the last week. what are the main priorities, the main concerns now? ., ~' , ., priorities, the main concerns now? ., ~ , ., ., now? thank you. the main concern — now? thank you. the main concern right _ now? thank you. the main concern right now - now? thank you. the main concern right now is - now? thank you. the main concern right now is to - now? thank you. the main i concern right now is to clean the dust here in the country, because we have been experiencing dust everywhere. there is no rain and we have been told to expect rain on saturday onwards, but we have been experiencing that. another concern is our drinking water, i have been reporting this over the past few days, that we really do worry about clean drinking water as our tanks have been filled with dust, and we need clean water because these tanks, we collect rainwater for drinking, these t

this is local journalist marian kupu. >> when the first explosion happened, our ears were rinng. we could not even hear each other. we are pointing to our families, get up and get ready to run. so that is what we did. amy: in arizona, a federal judge ruled indigenous activist amber wednesday ortega was not guilty for her 2020 protest which she blocked construction on the u.s.-mexico border. ortega's supporters cheered as they greeted her outside the tucson courthouse. ortega, who is from the hia ced and tohono o'odham communities, successfully argued the border wall and its construction violated her religious and spiritual beliefs and practice. a warning to our audience, this -- the following two headlines contain descriptions of sexual assault and deadly violence. the university of michigan has agreed to pay $460 million to over 1000 survivors of sexual assault at the hands of former university doctor robert anderson. another $30 million will be set aside for additional survivors who come forward over the next year and a half. anderson, who died in 2008, was found to have repeat