the civil rights activist yuri kochiyama has died at the age of 93.rights,pioned civil protested racial inequality, and fought for causes of social justice. her activism began after the bombing of pearl harbor, which in her family were held in a japanese american internment camp. she medially saw the parallels between the oppression of black people and the treatment of japanese americans. in the 1960's and 1970's, she and her husband bill were deeply involved in the civil rights movement and other liberation struggles. she was with malcolm x the day he was gunned down in harlem's audubon ballroom, cradling his head as he lay dying on the stage. to see our interviews with yuri kochiyama, 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. specialocracy now! today, we spend the hour with richard clarke. he served as the nation's top counterterrorism official under president clinton and bush. a year before the september 11 attacks, he pushed for the air