As over 5,000 people attend the funeral of the three Muslim Students murdered in chapel hill, we will hear one of the victims, yusor abusalha, in her own words. Last year, she went into a storycorps booth to record an interview with her third grade teacher. Then to the case of Jessica Hernandez, the 16yearold girl shot dead by Denver Police last month. Five teenagers, no reason for you to open fire on any teenager a matter what. I understand if someone pulled a gun or something, but there was no incident whatsoever. He got hit by a car. My cousin got shot dead. We will also go into a Denver Church where a mexican undocumented immigrant has sought sanctuary in an attempt to stay in the United States with his nineyearold and 15yearold daughters and wife. And we will speak to david sirota on the plot against pensions. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Thousands gathered in North Carolina on thursday for th
Not in a time of war. And why is the phrase islamic extremism not front and center at the house. I want to begin with the american sniper trial. Ed lavendera has that rr he says im soer in rouse about what is happening in my life today. I dont know what is happening. I have been so paranoid and he said ralph appears agitated in the video. He squirms around in the backside. Other times, he rests his head. People who know him say the former marine changed before the killings. I did notice a change several months before all of this took place. Its hard to describe exactly. It just seemed like he was a little bit more jumpy. I got a woman and a kid 20 yards out. Moving towards the convoy. The legend of chris kyle was well established by the time he took ral tof the country side gun range. But ralph seemed to be more frustrated than annoyed with the two men who tried to help him. The range of weapons were shown to the jury five long rifles and several handgun, one of kyles rifled labeled am
Good evening from california tonight where there is new concern this evening over americas tallest dam with a major storm set to hit, but we begin with the swirling storm in washington. Tonight, the new reports that members of president Trumps Campaign team before the election were repeatedly in contact with people believed to be russian intelligence and why was there any contact with the russians leading up to a president ial election . At the white house today, with israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the president wouldnt take questions on his advisers, during the campaign with russians. Donald trump did defend the National Security adviser he just fired, general michael flynn. Blaming the firing not on flynn, but u. S. Intelligence and their leaks. Abcs Jonathan Karl leading us off. Reporter today President Trump welcomed the third foreign leader at the white house in less than a week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But overshadowing the visit the sudden fir
Being surrounded by aggressive media, hes about to enjoy the company of thousands of his supporters. That should provide him a welcome distraction from declining Approval Ratings and turmoil in the white house that inspired this magazine cover from time. National security adviser Michael Flynn has been ousted, i have three critical questions about contact with russian officials and we need answers. And a mother here illegally is hold up in a church to avoid deportation. So what should the government do . Plus, people are placing roommate ads saying no Trump Supporters allowed. Is that Good Chemistry or intolerance . And the president calls the press the enemy of the American People and wants to prosecute anyone leaking to reporters. He actually makes me proud to be a newspaper columnist and ill tell you why. First, after a turbulent week that included resignation of the president S National Security adviser, the withdrawal of labor secretary nominee, and press conference for the ages,
Because i sort of enjoy this back and forth. How many times do i have to answer this question . I do get good ratings. You have to admit that. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. Today, we learned the length of the president s fuse 28 days. After four weeks of being blocked by courts, challenged by congress, and held to account by the public, President Trump called a hasty News Conference and went on offense with the familiar tools that built his career bluster, bravado, exaggeration, and a few loose facts. I turn on the tv, open the newspapers, and i see stories of chaos, chaos. Yet, it is the exact opposite. This administration is running like a finetuned machine. Pelley and with that machine, mr. Trump boasted he has accomplished more in less time than any president in history. But the media, he said, are blinded to that by hate. Over the hour and 15 minutes, mr. Trump defended mike flynn, the National Security adviser he fired. He sai