Immigrants in a sweltering tractortrailer in texas, now extend to an Iowa Trucking Company and mexican drug gangs. And tonight Mark Strassmann has new information about the driver. James bradley jr. Should never have been driving the tractortrailer that carried roughly 100 Illegal Immigrants into san antonio. Florida had suspended his commercial driving license back in april. Ten people died including 19yearold, frank fuentes. He graduated from high school in virginia but had been deported. The 60yearold bradleys criminal history dates back 20 years, with felony arrests in colorado, for menacing and assault, and in florida for an escape warrant. He spent a year in a colorado prison. More than a dozen survivors remain hospitalized, some in critical condition. Its never just the driver, by himself or herself. Shane fulton, the special agent in charge of Homeland Security office is leading the criminal investigatin. These organizations consider these people a commodity, dont think of them
The most diverse in the nations history, but not the most aggressive. Who is in and who is out, with john nichols. Then a debate on fracking. Energy selfsufficient and can ensure coming from an area that is tougher from the legacy of industrial pollution, there are all saying, dear Governor Cuomo, we need you to make sure this is an adequate, comprehensive, and it must be completed before any other step in the process moves forward. As new york weighs whether to lift a moratorium on fracking, we will host a debate. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Congress opened its 113th session thursday, swearing in a Record Number of women and people of color. New members include the only africanamerican now serving in the senate, tim scott of South Carolina, the first black republican senator in more than 30 years. Congress now has a Record Number of women in both chambers, 81 in the house and 20 in the s
John nichols. Then a debate on fracking. Energy selfsufficient and can ensure coming from an area that is tougher from the legacy of industrial pollution, there are all saying, dear Governor Cuomo, we need you to make sure this is an adequate, comprehensive, and it must be completed before any other step in the process moves forward. As new york weighs whether to lift a moratorium on fracking, we will host a debate. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Congress opened its 113th session thursday, swearing in a Record Number of women and people of color. New members include the only africanamerican now serving in the senate, tim scott of South Carolina, the first black republican senator in more than 30 years. Congress now has a Record Number of women in both chambers, 81 in the house and 20 in the senate. The house narrowly reelected john boehner as House Speaker despite criticism from Party Conser
Can ensure coming from an area that is tougher from the legacy of industrial pollution, there are all saying, dear Governor Cuomo, we need you to make sure this is an adequate, comprehensive, and it must be completed before any other step in the process moves forward. As new york weighs whether to lift a moratorium on fracking, we will host a debate. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Congress opened its 113th session thursday, swearing in a Record Number of women and people of color. New members include the only africanamerican now serving in the senate, tim scott of South Carolina, the first black republican senator in more than 30 years. Congress now has a Record Number of women in both chambers, 81 in the house and 20 in the senate. The house narrowly reelected john boehner as House Speaker despite criticism from Party Conservatives over his handling of the socalled fiscal cliff. The new Con
Reporter shortly after midnight a walmart employee called 911 after someone approached him in the parking lot and asked for water. Fire chief charles hood said inside a semitruck parked behind the store san antonio paramedics found several dozen overheated people in crisis. Onio paramedics we have eight patients that hre deceased. We had another 20 patients that were either in extremely Critical Condition or very ve ous condition. And theyve been transported to a number of hospitals. Imbeemperatures had climbed well above 100 degrees. No air conditioning, no water. Everyone alive inside had a heart rate above 130 beats per tnute. They were very hot to the touch. So these people were in that trailer without any signs of water. So you are looking at a lot of heat stroke, a lot of dehydration. Reporter in a statement u. S. Attorney Richard Durbin called it an alien smuggling situation gone horribly wrong. All were victims of ruthless sman smugglers indifferent to the wellbeing of their hu