launched into why a french mayor refused her a place in the town cemetery. the u.s. justice department has charged two u.s. citizens of conspiring to carry out a coup against gambia s president. we ll get an update from our correspondent in washington, d.c. but first let s remind you of what happened. on december 30th, a group of soldiers attacked the presidential palace and four people were killed. it s president returned to the country from neighboring chad the following day saying things were back to normal. he announced the failed coup was based by disdidn ts in the u.s. u.k. and elsewhere. reporter: the authorities arrested two men who are described as finance financier and leader of the conspiracy, and another man with gambian descent descent, and according to the criminal affidavit the two men were members of approximately 10 to 12 members of the conspiracy who entered the gambia in an attempt to carry out the coup and hopefully to inspire other dissidents inside t
anti-government rallies in germany. opening day win details later in the program. the u.s. justice department has charged two u.s. citizens with conspiring to carry out a coup against gambia s president. let me remind you what happened on december the 30th. a group of soldiers attacked the presidential palace in the capital and four people were killed. president yah yah jameamay returned to the capital and announced the attack was based on disdenlts from thedissidentsin the u.s. rob reynolds, tell us about this. two dissidents came back from gambia and were arrested by u.s. authorities. their names are papa foul and cherno njae. a texas businessman. he according to alleged co-conspirators was to have assumed the presidency of gambia if the plot had succeeded. he also financed the operation and purchased weapons to be sent to gambia. the plotters were trying to overthrow, as you mentioned yaya jamae who has ruled gambia with something of an iron fist for 20 years as part
and we begin in boston, jury selection good afternoon today in the case of dzhokhartsarnaev. a man accused of setting off a bomb in 2013. tsarnaev s lawyers tried to have the trial is moved saying their clients couldn t get a fair trial. john terret is here. john. tony, good afternoon the defense council had asked to delay the start and move the trial away from boston, both denied by the judge. but that doesn t mean we ll get a verdict any time soon. because just choosing the jury alone in this trial is expected to take several weeks. to his accuseers dzhokhartsarnaev confessed to the bombing in a note he left night the boat. the youngest victim to die on april the 15th, 2013 but to his defenders dzhokhartsarnaev is the victim of an overbearing older brother now dead who intimidated him into taking part in the attack. almost two years on and boston is a city that wants the trial to start and be over. but can the youngest tsarnaev brother get a fair trial in a city where he
many under the control of things ganga that kidnap people and extort people and now mexico is a very dangerous safe place. as president obama hosts mexican president pena nieto at the white house, we speak to a mexican journalist living in exile who just exposed how federal police in mexico were involved in the disappearance of 43 students in iguala, guerrero. we will speak to anabel hernandez. first, we go to boston where jury selection has begin in the trial of accused bostomarathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the new u.s. congress convenes today with republicans in control of both houses for the first time in eight years. republicans now have 246 seats in the house, their largest majority in nearly 70 years. the new congress is also more diverse than ever before, with a record 104 women, including utah representative mia love, the first black republican w
we will speak to mark potok of the southern poverty law center. then to narcoland. now in mexico, there many, many under the control of things ganga that kidnap people and extort people and now mexico is a very dangerous safe place. as president obama hosts mexican president pena nieto at the white house, we speak to a mexican journalist living in exile who just exposed how federal police in mexico were involved in the disappearance of 43 students in iguala, guerrero. we will speak to anabel hernandez. first, we go to boston where jury selection has begin in the trial of accused boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the new u.s. congress convenes today with republicans in control of both houses for the first time in eight years. republicans now have 246 seats in the house, their largest majority in nearly 70 years. the new congress is also more diver