General. Then we go inside the exxon annual meeting where the granddaughter of a former exxon scientist questioned the oil giants ceo. M my grandfathther tolold exn executives a about thehe risk of climatate changnge in 197777. Most 40 years ago. That is how long exxon has known. Amy we will speak to Anna Kalinsky and to 350. Org cofounder Bill Mckibben who was just named by Bernie Sanders to serve on the Platform Committee at this years Democratic National convention. And then transgender rights under attack. Two hours ago, ththe state of texaxas filed d a lawsuit againt u. S. Department of education and the department o of justice regarding their direrective to open up all School Bathrooms to people of both sexes. Amy texas and 10 other states sue the Obama Administration claiming the president has overstepped his constitutional authority. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. An internal government watch
He stands just inches from clinching the nomination. Meanwhile, the tone gets even nastier, the warfare appears to be underway. Guests are here to break it all down for us. Lets begin with Jason Carroll and the antitrump violence. Trump said during his speech that he is doing great with hispanics, and going to win them over. Clearly, he has not won over those who protested in the streets last night, nor has he won over new mexicos republican governor. Overnight, police in riot gear, blasting pepper spray. And using smoke grenades to disburse antidonald trump protesters outside his rally in albuquerque, new mexico. Hours after the presumptive gop nominees speech. Dozens of protesters, stomping on police cars. And throwing rocks and bottles at police, injuring several officers. Earlier during trumps speech at the citys convention center, protesters breaking through the metal barriers surrounding the venue, some making their way inside. Only to be dragged out by security. Inside, trump cr
Jim acosta joins us now, youre now on the streets of albuquerque. So what is the latest with police as they try to remove these protesters from the streets . Reporter yeah jon, were in the middle of downtown albuquerque, this entire intersection was shut down, was basically controlled by these antitrump protesters, but now you can see quirk police starteding to move in. They are on horse back and they are pushing these protesters out of this intersection where they were basically in control. With just a few moments notice, just a few moments ago, they started moving these bicycle rack barricades toward the crowd, and then these Police Officers in riot gear on horse back started pushing this crowd out of of this area. Thank you, sir, thank you. As you can see, there are protesters protesting against donald trump scattered throughout this area, they are dominating the scene right now. But jon and isha, the Albuquerque Police department are starting to get control on the situation. Okay.
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