Mollys interim president and promises to hand over power within 18 months plus. He. Was. Still breaking barriers the u. S. Congress on as Ruth Bader Ginsburg the 1st woman to lie in state in the capitol. And he simply disappeared including a big win for the l. A. Lakers in the n. B. A. Playoffs bron james and his teammates beat the Denver Nuggets to move just one game away from the finals. Were going to begin this hour with developments from egypt where protesters are defying a crackdown on dissent to demand the resignation of president. Most of the process of being held in smaller cities like giza and departure from past demonstrations has been rising over the worsening economy and rampant corruption in the city of media protesters tore down posters belonging to the president Security Forces made dozens of arrests when they raided homes on friday morning more detentions have taken place during demonstrations on the streets of demi at well our correspondent has reported extensively from egypt is joining me now jamal just give us an idea why you think this is happening now given that these circumstances have been in place for quite some time well just before we go into that rob i was just getting some information from our sources in gears and theyve reporting that at least 3 antigovernment protesters have been killed by Security Forces in the past hour where Security Forces went in through disperse protests in the neighborhood of. Giza which is a sign together with some of the videos that are just emerging now of Security Forces in. The crackdown that is taking place is a lot stronger today on friday than it has been over the past few days why this is happening right now well there is a number of reasons and were going to hear from many different analysts as they look at it but there are certain facts that speak a certain truth regardless of which angle people are look. Thats a not what weve been looking or trying to examine from a journalistic perspective the fact of the matter is that egypt now isnt in an Economic Situation as far as the working class and those under the poverty line are concerned that it has never witnessed before youre talking about a time where people are struggling to go day by day to that youve had the latest decision by the government to demolish entire neighborhoods. Across the country and these neighborhoods are where the poorest of the poor live in the shanty towns and so forth with the excuse that these were neighborhoods where buildings were built without proper licenses even though all of these places have electricity and water supply to them by their states which begs the question as far as a lot of the people who are living there are concerned. Why is the governments of claiming that these arent licensed if they have been giving the infrastructure true it and more skeptical people are saying its because the government has been such a is is so cash strapped that the demolition orders of come with a condition that either those living in them pay up certain amounts of money to the government or their homes would be demolished if the idea behind it was to try and restructure and re grid different cities in cairo they wouldnt be the option for people to stay on so a lot of them see this as a shakeup obviously youve had their comic downturn of covert and coronavirus if you look about where these protests are as you mention in smaller towns and villages not necessarily the metropolis is there is 2 reasons for thats one that from a safety perspective they find it easier to gather in those areas because the roads are smaller and tighter its easier to get around the huge squares that we saw and to hear an alexander and other places are very easily approached by Security Forces or at least blocked off from cordoned off whereas the smaller one. Arent but also these towns and villages are across the nile all the way from us one down. Yesterday we saw the footage of one protester being beaten by about a dozen Security Officers so all those towns across the nile up even. Out those are the rule people of egypt people who depend on the land a century to survive for their livelihood and when you look at for example the threats through their livelihood because of the if you open them because of the governments inability to provide for them because of the lack of investment that you realize that there is a sense of desperation thats made people feel that unless they get onto the streets that they are going to buy anyway and thats the equation thats kind of been a Tipping Point over the past few days jim thank you very much indeed for that jamal has been reporting extensively for from egypt for many years now jamal to. Me is assistant professor of Political Science at Long Island University and a member of the egyptian rule of Law Association shes joining me now by skype from new york good to have you with us jamal was giving us an outline there of all the economic and social situations that may have contributed towards these protests but has there actually been an identifiable trigger do you think that has brought people onto the streets of these smaller cities particularly at this time. You know it really that the rural areas but also easier does a whole arm according to the world bank 70 percent of all egyptians 70 percent live under either under poverty or on the brink of poverty thats a situation thats untenable at to that the social and political constraints just this week 2500 people have been arrested according to Amnesty International and just yesterday 150 appeared before the state Security Court on charges of terrorism because they were protesting in the street we know that terrorism charges in egypt are the ways with which the state clamps down on any voices of dissent and so the economic social and political situation lend egypt today to be a place where its become a tuner box now when we look at protests in the past especially just this this month last year but also protested as their t. V. Show in 2011 they were led by the city is the protests happening today are in the rule areas the places where the pain is felt most acutely where people feel the state has not just turned their back on them but abandoned them and so the Economic Situation social situation and the political constraints where people feel that the price of going into the street is worth the extreme repression gives us a signal of whats happening now add to that the the mohammed ali factor at this former government insider who is you know the whistleblower who emerged last year who is telling the the poor egyptians in their own language that this president who has pushed austerity measures that has floated the egyptian currency that is taxed even more than ever before is actually using that wealth to enrich himself and to rich in rich those around him now that kind of narrative is very different because egyptians have not heard from the inside from someone who says i am. A professed former corrupt individual im telling you how the system is working rigged against you and is calling for them to enter the streets from the outside is also an Interesting Development because it says that there can be an external trigger that ignites what has been a very long time internal upset and so the mohammed ali external trigger the fact that this is taking place in the prefer in the rule areas could ignite the cities in a way which with this regime cannot really control it we appreciate you giving us your thoughts on this diet family thank you very much as always. Thousands of farmers in india have blocked roads and rail lines to protest against new laws approved earlier this week theyre worried theyll no longer get guaranteed prices for their grain the government wants to loosen rules on who can buy wholesale projects farmers say the changes could allow a large private buyers like supermarket chains to control the market and drive down prices but has more. Promise in india angry thousands across the country are protesting against new legislation they say will expose them to exploitation by private buyers of their produce and by big business. Blocking roads and Railway Lines theyre demanding that screen bills already approved by parliament on not signed into law. Is a dangerous ardan intended demand has been immediately. Stopping database and roads if the government doesnt pay heed then youll be forced to take even most gating actions. The Agriculture Sector contributes nearly 15 percent of indias 2. 00 trillion dollar economy and employs around half the 1300000000. 00 population. Under the 1964 agriculture producing markets in Committee Act farmers have to sell their produce of government regulated markets such as this one theyre known as mandys when middlemen help farmers sell their harvest to either state run companies or private buyers most farmers lease or own less than 2 hectares of land and have suffered for decades really have been driven into debt by increasing costs of fertilizers and their inability to secure competitive prices for they produce. The main opposition a Congress Party accuses Prime MinisterNarendra Modi of making farmers slaves of capitalists modis on the pressure to increase private investments in a sense that economists say has stagnated he says the new loans are historic. We need. For the 1st time farmers have got actual rights over their projects the reforms in agriculture will benefit small and marginal farmers the most there are 85. 00 out of 100. 00 farmers in the country that belong to this category. The government says mondays wont be shut down for them and has to end and he says the socalled minimum support price which the government buys farm produce wont be scrapped. Maharaj seeing is a farmer who saw pradesh state he grows rice on the hearth ahead which he leases from a landlord he says the governments regulated system was failing but hes worried about how much protection the new laws will offer farmers against big corporate interests. What can i see the crops are can be sold for peanuts the middleman and the business run the show they decide the farmers dont have any choice and theyre unable to meet therefore the lasers of course sometimes these middlemen who offer luhansk i dont the big corporations will do that actually we dont know if they would support the farmers its up to our government and lets see what decisions they make. Winning support for change among such a vast and important population is indias pharmacys proving difficult for Prime Minister modi who won the last election promising to improve their lives chance transferred onto their. Mali has a new interim leader and 5 weeks after the military ousted president able him. Bond was inaugurated in the capital bamako the retired colonel and former defense minister is promising to hand over power in 18 months when nationwide elections are planned the ecowas organization of west african neighbors says sanctions wont be lifted until a civilian Prime Minister is named. Sunni. I am ready for all that comes before me and i will conduct my duties with constitutional legality with a look to the authorities with legitimate representation i have no other mission or intention i have to act and each of us have to bring forward our break of contribution towards our National Building because our common house has been burnt weekend in the humiliated and has crumbled in its foundation for at least a decade. There is the so how director for crisis group and he says the military may not be best equipped to address mannings problems. I think that they have indicated that they are very willing actually to address you know that deep and structural programs you know of money the point is that you know if you look at money right now its as much a security issue as it is a governance issue. And actually you know everybody of wonder whether military people are truly the best position to address issues in governance and not just an issue with the fact that actually. Marty you know. A lot of issues you know that i also related to to the fact that you know the citadel you know the you cause us closer borders and also the fact that many donors are unable to continue you know funding a lot of projects with the authorities so would they have the money would have the resources with which to address. The issues of money thats thats the question and by michael the protest off stopped and thats a sign you know that people are not taking any more the streets so thats an indication that theyre giving this you a chance a chance to do something but on the other hand in the countryside what we have been seeing in the last few months or even a few years is actually increasing abuses against civilians by the Security Forces and thats not likely to stop you know anytime soon and thats thats a serious concern. 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The family of Brianna Taylor has condemned the decision not to bring home a side charges against any of the Police Officers involved in the raid that led to her death the familys lawyers have called on kentuckys attorney general to release transcripts from the grand jury a statement from tennis mother said a lack of investigation had failed her daughter protesters have been defying overnight curfews to express their anger well john hendren is live for us in louisville john i saw some pictures of the press conference that was held earlier on with the family and also their lawyers it was easy to see the anger and frustration that theyre feeling what were they saying when they were there. And trying to leave earlier for the family Benjamin Crump said that he wants to see the transcript of what the attorney general gave to the grand jury because he was concerned that perhaps he did not recommend charges against the officer for actually firing the bullets that killed Brianna Taylor as we know the only charges that have been levied have been reckless and dangerous charges and there were 3 counts of that for firing into the neighboring apartment of a white family 3 so no charges have been levied for the killing of Briana Taylor and that is what Benjamin Crump was talking about he wants to see the transcript and. Find out if the prosecutor even asked for charges to be levied against the officers for that and then of course there was the mother of Briana Taylor to mika palmer and i know from interviewing her in the past that shes a very shy woman so she didnt actually give a statement her sister did her sister read the words that brown his mother spoke from the heart of this is a little of what she had to say. What i had hoped is that he knew he had the power to do the right thing that he had the power to the healing of this city that he had the power to help me over 400 years of oppression what he helped me realize is that it will always be us against them that we are never say when it comes to them. The reveal has seen 2 nights of curfews dont whats the mood like in the city at the moment as we go into day 3. And day 3 of protests here in louisville and things are surprisingly tranquil as you can see what i have behind me here this is the Briana Taylor memorial people come here to leave flowers in the street they chant her name but so far since no one has been held responsible for her killing demonstrators say they will remain here in the streets until someone does and you can see theres a stand with some food the protesters have been supplying themselves with food and water and then you can see a small number of people sitting here waiting for the protest really should begin and what tends to happen is that in the evening things chica the protesters march and on night one the police made it very clear that they were going to act aggressively at one point way before curfew they told the crowd they were in a Legal Assembly and then within 5 minutes they cracked down and began arresting them and then in this very square that night on wednesday they issued an order to disperse after curfew and when people didnt disperse they arrested them everybody here they surrounded them with police and horses and most of the 127 people who were arrested on the 1st night of this protest were arrested right here last night interestingly this square was largely empty peop