Third president ial impeachment trial in United States history. We will get the latest. Then to honduras, where at least 15 women have been murdered in the first 14 days of this year. We will speak with the daughter of honduran indigenous environmental leader Berta Caceres, who was shot dead nearly four years ago. Men were sentenced for her seven murder. First of all, this is a late conviction. It has been almost four years of seeking justice. It is the product of a rather difficult and painful process that has been putting as as victims indirect dispute with the murderers. Amy then we look at a translation crisis at the border. For migrants who speak mayan languages, a Grassroots Group of interpreters is often their only hope for receiving asylum. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. For just the third time in u. S. History, the senate has opened an impeachment trial to determine if a sitting president sh
Third president ial impeachment trial in United States history. We will get the latest. Then to honduras, where at least 15 women have been murdered in the first 14 days of this year. We will speak with the daughter of honduran indigenous environmental leader Berta Caceres, who was shot dead nearly four years ago. Men were sentenced for her seven murder. First of all, this is a late conviction. It has been almost four years of seeking justice. It is the product of a rather difficult and painful process that has been putting as as victims indirect dispute with the murderers. Amy then we look at a translation crisis at the border. For migrants who speak mayan languages, a Grassroots Group of interpreters is often their only hope for receiving asylum. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. For just the third time in u. S. History, the senate has opened an impeachment trial to determine if a sitting president sh
Edwidge danticat. Then to times up thats the rallying cry thats bringing together women from hollywood actresses to housekeepers to demand gender and Racial Justice and a world free of Sexual Harassment and assault. I hope people see the momentum in the energy and the fact we are uniting across all industries and all communities, standing together saying we all deserve workplaces where our work is valued and we can live and work with dignity. Amy we will speak to tarana burke, the founder of the Metoo Movement, actress Shailene Woodley and leading native american Domestic Worker and farmworker organizers. Plus, a prominent immigrant rights activist is detained by ice in new york. You will get all of the details. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President donald trump sparked International Outrage thursday over a racist comment in which he said the u. S. Should limit immigration from haiti, el salvador,
Seattle, washington, were a prominent activist maru moravillalpando has also announced she faces possible deportation. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The New York Times reports the pentagon is proposing widening the permitable use of Nuclear Weapons to include responding to Cyber Attacks and other nonnuclear attacks to u. S. Infrastructure. The pentagon has already outlined this expanded Nuclear Strategy in a draft document sent to President Trump for approval. It comes amid a series of moves by the pentagon and President Trump that have escalated the threat of nuclear war. The wall street journal reports the pentagon is planning to develop two new seabased Nuclear Weapons. The New York Times also reports the pentagon is conducting a series of war games to prepare for a potential war with north korea. This is secretary of state Rex Tillerson warning americans about the escalating threat of war with n
The opening ceremonies at the olympics. Intoday the olympics begin north korean and south korean athletes will be marching together in the Opening Ceremony carrying a one korea flight. This is extraordinary. We would never have imagined this a month ago as tensions reached a boiling point. Unfortunately, as is incredibly hopeful Peace Process is taking place, u. S. Vice president mike pence is there to sew bitterness. Image within the now in the coffin for so many. February 5, 2003, secretary of state general colin powell gave a speech to the are green with evidenceaq causing the was clear Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass distraction. It was based each he would later call a blot on his career. His trump and the same thing with a rant . Generalspeak with powers former chief of staff colonel Lawrence Wilkerson. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Congress has given final approval to a massive budget bi