Times were hard. There was no food, no electricity, no water. No medicine. Help was not getting their. We were dying. And President Trump was killing us. With his bureaucracy and his inefficiency. You know, he said he could not get help because we are an island surrounded by water, lots and lots of water, ocean water. From the quote president of the United States. [boos] in the midst of all that darkness, when men came down to visit me and i could tell you i was not a bernie supporter in 2016. I was not. Started feeling the burn when he came down to the city of san juan, or to rico. Cameras, noshow, just a man with a big heart with a lot of passion and a lot of compassion, and he won me over. Expert. Climate change i am a Climate Change survivor. [applause] warm the oceanw is going to get or how hot how high the tides are going to go. Say it louder. Say it louder. Say it louder i do know this one thing. Climate change is real. Climate change kills. 3000 Puerto Ricans did not open their
Amy in the Largest Campaign rally of the 2020 president ial race, senator Bernie Sanders addresses an estimated 26,000 asple in queens, new york, he picks up the endorsement of congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez, san juan mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz, and michael moore. Then seven catholic peace activists go on trial today for breaking into the Kings Bay Nuclear Submarine base in georgia. We will speak to longtime peace activist Liz Mcalister. If convicted, she could spend the rest of her life in prison. That is the end of life on earth. That is the end of life on earth. Say no to that. We dont have that right to destroy gods creation. Amy plus we go to chile where protests have rocked the country. As many as eight people have died in widespread unrest, which began after subway fare hike two weeks ago. The chilean president has declared a state of emergency and the military has been deployed to the streets for the First Time Since the pinochet dictatorship. All of that in more, coming up
has deployed a submarine armed with a low yield nuclear warhead for the first time. will this heighten the risk of nuclear war? we will speaeak with lonongtime joururlist bil arkin who broke the story. then the death toll from the coronavirus has topped 630 peopople in chinwiwith more thtn 31,000 confirmed cases worldwide. we will continue our discussion with pulitzer prize-winning journalist laurie garrett. it is only we who aid and abet and we have seen one epidemic after another, the worst-case one being hiv. it is we humans who aid and abet the spread of disease by carrying out our own discriminatory, racist, bigoted attitude toward other humans rather than tackling the virus. amy: and deported to danger. united states importation policies expose salvadorans to death and abuse. a new human rights watch report says at least 200 salvadoran asylum-seekers have been either killed, raped, or tortured after being deported from the united states. all that and more, coming up.
Prison. The Barrett Brown case is probably one of the most significant threats to suppress freedom that is happening in the u. S. In the last two decades at least. Amy in a democracy now exclusive, we speak with the journalist when greenwald and Barrett Brown himself, still under house arrest in dallas. Then we look at black mamas bail out day, an efforto raise money jeffrey as many africanamerican women from jail as possible before mothers day. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump has once again changed his story about why he fired fbi director james comey. Now admitting on nbc he made the decision in part due to comeys probe russias meddling in the 2016 election. Pres. Trump regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey, knowing there was no good time to do it. Just do it him i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. It is
Massive Voter Suppression and help republicans stay in power. Then we take a look at the case of Barrett Brown, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist t rizzi released after four years in prison. The Barrett Brown case is probably one of the most significant threats to suppress freedom that is happening in the u. S. In the last two decades at least. Amy in a democracy now exclusive, we speak with the journalist when greenwald and Barrett Brown himself, still under house arrest in dallas. Then we look at black mamas bail out day, an effort to raise money jeffrey as many africanamerican women from jail as possible before mothers day. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump has once again changed his story about why he fired fbi director james comey. Now admitting on nbc he made t e decisision in part due to comes probe russias meddling in the 2016 election. Pres. T trump regardless of recommendatio