don jr. and eric trump boast testified in the civil fraud case with the future of their family business at stake. today was eric trump s second day on the stand, and nbc reporters note that eric trump seemed more nervous today than in yesterday s testimony. they report that he was often leaning back and forth in his chair and fidgeting, and they also described him as agitated and defiant. the civil prosecutor spent part of today asking eric trump about allen weisselberg s severance package. weisselberg served three months at rikers island for tax fraud and was removed from cfo of the trump organization. when he left he was given a $2 million severance package with strings attached, including a provision specifying that weisselberg could not communicate with, provide information to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with any other person or entity. and weisselberg has been true to his word. he has never cooperated with manhattan prosecutors in donald trump s stormy daniels hus
Host youve written an incredible book. Talk a little bit about why you wrote it. Im a big believer in that when you hit the Broadway Musical hamilton came out i was very pleased with how popular it became. Its not a utopian civilization by any means but there were interesting people who set in motion the government that would last for the ages and would foster the development of the greatest civilization ever kno known. I wanted to reconnect the American People with some of our founders. Host i want to ask about that but hamilton have you seen it . Guest yes ive listened to the soundtrack and waiting for the price of the tickets to go down. Host it is worth seeing because the key word thats what you were saying with hamilton makes clear thats what i see in your book there is a lovely rendition and many tha of the fs havent heard for so you cover people like that but then you also have those that are most remarkable to me and you have chapters on each of these people and i want to talk
We will speak to ravi ragbir and look at how federal judges across the country are resisting the Trump Administrations deportation orders. Then we remember asma jahangir, pakistans leading human rights attorney. She died this weekend at the age of 66. Youheres something inside telling you to do it. And it comes because you have heart. Up. The courage to stand amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Tensions across Northern Syria have escalated sharply, amid a series of clashes between external powers, including israel, iran, turkey, and the Syrian Government. On saturday, israel shot down what it claims was an iranian drone that had entered israels airspace after being launched in syria. Israel mounted an attack on iranian command center in syria from where the drone was launched. One of the israeli f16 military jets was then downed by a Syrian Government antiaircraft missile. Israel then carried out a se
His. All of the sports including jason day is in contention for a major once again. We have action from the us pga championship later this hour. Hello. Well, its the worlds newest country. South sudan is just four years old. But for nearly half of that time, its been embroiled in civil war. Its a deal to stop fighting, if it isnt agreed by monday, International Sanctions could apply. But the peace talks in ethiopia appear to be in disarray. How did we get here . Well, so south sud ans president and the rebel leader are veterans of a decades long conflict which led to south sudan splitting from sudan back in 2011. Now, the current fighting erupted after kier fired his deputy in december, 2013. Mashar went on the run and under his leadership, rebel faxes captured a string of regional towns including oil hubs while president kiir used ugandan troops to try to crush the re b rebebbion. Several attempts at peace deals have failed i mean, what is actually whats the reaction to this news . Re
Punjab province and 10 other people. The pressure is on as south sued an ease rival fact factions talk about ending the war. First in syria, Government Air strikes targeting a rebel helgd town have kill held town have killed 100 people according to al jazeera sources. They say more than 200 others were wounded in the attack on a crowded market in doumas north of damascus. We get the latest from beirut. The Second Attack in a week but most of the casualties, because it was a market, were civilians. And the opposition is calling it a massacre. Dozens killed, dozens wounded. It targeted a market place, a rebel strong hold not far from the syrian capital, the city center of damascus. There was an air strike and people gathered at the site of the impact to help evacuate people and more raids hit. That is why there is such a high death toll. This area regularly comes under attack by syrian war planes. Some are linking this to the recent developments on the ground. Yesterday a number of oppos