we will speak to vijay prashad and sharif abdel kouddous. plus, we will hear the latest on the al jazeera journalists released on bail in cairo. they await yet another trial in egypt. then as greece rejects an extension of its european bailout, an anti-austerity party called podemos is on the rise in spain. we will speak to the party's leader, pablo iglesias, who could become spain's next prime minister. >> my country has three big problems -- inequality, unemployment and debt. the socialist party and the popular party my country, must do the best way without austerity. after five years, or even more six years, the situation is worse than before. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. egypt has opened a new front in the war against the islamic state. on monday, egyptian warplanes bombed northeastern libya after cairo to vowed to avenge the killing of 21 coptic christians, shown in an isis video. egypt says it hit isis sites "precisely." but at least seven civilian

role in ongoing conflicts, we are joined by vijay prashad.essor of international studies at trinity college, he is the author of several books including "arab spring, libyan winter" and, most recently, "the poorer nations: a possible history of the global south.". his new piece for the hindu is called, "the architects of west asia's chaos your." welcome to democracy now! let's talk about benjamin netanyahu coming not to the white house, not invited by the white house, but i -- represented by the opposition to the white house and congress. john boehner, he is going to be addressing a joint session of congress. >> well, i mean, this has been a drama are several years. the so-called -- netanyahu-obama clash. this is not the first time he has decided to stop -- this is not the first time the republicans have invited him to speak in congress against the wishes of the white house. but i think there's a little too much being made of this particular event and a little too little at the same time. it is a little too much because i think there is been