Pres. Trump africa has tremendous business potential. I have so many friends going to your countries, trying to get rich. I congratulate you. They are spending a lot of money. Amy as President Trump brags about his friends going to africa to get rich, he praises the fictional country of nambia. He meant to say namibia. We will speak with a leading journalist from namibia who was jailed and had her office firebombed. Plus, we will speak to Tarja Halonen, the first female president of finland. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from paris, france. In puerto rico, hospitals report theyre at capacity and struggling to maintain operations, part of a growing humanitarian catastrophe more than a week after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. The pentagon says the majority of puerto ricos 69 hospitals do not have enough fuel to Power Electric generators, as the islands entire electrical gr
Something that is beyond the pale. We are going to continue with the over 60 nations that are compounding isil and going to go after them. Amy then in the race for the white house, Hillary Clinton wins big in arizona as sanders takes utah and idaho while trump utah in thekes republican race. All that and more coming up greeting welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Belgium has begun three days of mourning after at least 31 people died and more than 230 others were injured tuesday in bombings targeting the Brussels Airport and a crowded subway station near the headquarters of the European Union. Isis claimed responsibility for the bombings and claimed more would follow. The attacks took place just days after authorities arrested Salah Abdeslam. A massive manhunt is now underway for belgian man named Najim Laachraoui. He suspected of being involved above tuesdays attack as well as the paris bombings. Belgian media has reported two brother
Isis has claimed responsibility. President obama responded during his trip to cuba. The notion that any political agenda would justify the killing of innocent people like this is something that is beyond the pale. We are going to continue with the over 60 nations that are compounding isil and going to go after them. Amy then in the race for the white house, Hillary Clinton wins big in arizona as sanders takes utah and idaho while trump utah in thekes republican race. All that and more coming up greeting welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Belgium has begun three days of mourning after at least 31 people died and more than 230 others were injured tuesday in bombings targeting the Brussels Airport and a crowded subway station near the headquarters of the European Union. Isis claimed responsibility for the bombings and claimed more would follow. The attacks took place just days after authorities arrested Salah Abdeslam. A massive manhunt
Bernardino, california, the worst since sandy hook. 14 People Killed and 17 people wounded, the two suspects are shot dead by police. I know one of the Big Questions that will come up repeatedly, is this terrorism . I m still not willing to say that we know that for sure. I am in shock that Something Like this could happen. Amy its the 355th mass shooting in the u. S. This year, averaging more than one per day. Well speak with California Senate president kevin deleon about gun control and the nra. We will also ask deleon about the possible backlash against the Muslim Community. And here in france, as the authorities announce there have been more than 2200 raids since the november 13 paris attacks, well speak with muslim civil rights leader Yasser Louati about islamophobia and a community under siege. We have several disturbing cases. Example, seven mosques, at least three got crushed by the police when they were searching them. We all know that mosques are under high surveillance, so w
Paris attacks killed in police raid on a paris apartment that resulted in eight arrest in two deaths. His remains were just identified. Meanwhile, french lawmakers are debating a proposal to extend the state of emergency. The measure would grant president hollande a sweeping extension of state powers, including easing police raids without a warrant and allowing the government to strip citizenship from dual passport holders convicted of terrorism. Well get reaction from Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Glenn Greenwald. Well also discuss what hes called the cias exploitation of the paris attack after cia director john brennan said revelations about mass spying have made it harder to find terrorists. In the past several years because of a number of unauthorized disclosures and a lot of handwringing over the governments role in the effort to try to uncover these terrorists, there have been some policy and legal and other actions that are taken that make our ability collectively, internatio