The table. Amy is the official death toll in gaza tops 3500 30,500, Vice President , harris calls for ceasefire. The move comes after Israeli Soldiers opened fire on palestinians desperately seeking food aid in gaza city. We will go to rafah to speak with akram alsatarri, whose brother was at the aid convoy would Israeli Soldiers opened fire. The two russia to update after thousands gathered for the funeral of Opposition LeaderAlexei Navalny who suddenly died in an arctic prison last month. I came to remember a good man who is deprived of his life. His family was deprived of love. We had hopes for him. It is very unfortunate. We are very worried. Amy add to alabama where Reproductive Health and medical groups have requested the Alabama Supreme Court revisit its february ruling that frozen embryos should be considered children. Alabama republicans blocked a bill that would create federal protections for in vitro fertilization, introduced by tammy duckworth, who had both of her daughters using in vitro fertilization. Women willing to go through expensive, painful medical treatment just for a chance to experience the smallest moment of parenthood. Just have a new board to swaddle, a baby who needs to be changed, a toddler who needs shoes to be tied. If you believe they have the right to be called mom without also be called a criminal let as past this should be obvious legislation. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Health officials in gaza say at least 16 children have died in recent days from starvation and dehydration as israels assault on gaza continues. Unicef is warning the number of child deaths will likely rapidly increase unless the war ends. Pediatricians in gaza say they have nothing to give malnourished children. Malnutrition plays a major role in number of children that come to us in the number of deaths there are. When a child supposed to eat three meals a day and ends up eating one meal, that is not enough. Her your body becomes deficient. It goes into severe dehydration state. We cant even deal properly with 60 of the cases we receive because we have nothing to give them. The most we can do is either give them sailing solution or sugar solution. Amy on sunday, u. S. Vice president Kamala Harris called for a ceasefire in gaza. She made the comments in a speech in selma, alabama, marking the 59th anniversary of bloody sunday. Vice pres. Harris and given the immense scale of suffering in gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire. [cheers] for at least the next six weeks, which is what is currently on the table. A make of the u. S. Vice president s remarks came three days after the United States blocked a u. N. Security Council Statement condemning israel after Israeli Soldiers opened fire at palestinians seeking aid in gaza city in a massacre that left 112 dead. Over 700 were injured. On sunday, officials in gaza accused Israeli Forces of killing and wounding dozens more aid seekers who had gathered at the kuwaiti roundabout in gaza city. Facing growing international criticism, President Biden on friday announced the u. S. Would begin air dropping food aid into gaza. While reading from an index card, biden twice mistakenly referred to ukraine instead of gaza. Pres. Biden in the coming days, were going to join with our friends in jordan and others with airdrops of additional food and supplies into ukraine and seek to continue of other avenues into ukraine, including the possibility of delivering large amounts of humanitarian assistance. Amy on saturday, u. S. Air force and Royal Jordanian air force dropped 38,000 readytoeat meals into gaza, and i for about 1. 6 of gazas population. Humanitarian groups say far more aid is needed in gaza where a quarter of the population is on the verge of famine. Major protests against israels assault on gaza were held saturday in a worldwide day of action. In san francisco, police fired pepper spray and hit protesters with batons as a march passed the israeli consulate. Thousands also marched in new york, washington, d. C. , baltimore, albuquerque, charlotte, and other cities. Protesters in washington, d. C. , included the longtime peace activist kathy boylan with the dorothy day catholic worker who called on biden to stop arming israel. We are dropping some food and were dropping the bombs and the tanks and the bullets and Everything Else at the same time. That is what he has got to do, stop sending the money and the weapons. Amy negotiations for a temporary ceasefire faced another setback sunday when israel boycotted talks in cairo after israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu accused hamas of failing to provide a list of all living israeli hostages. On saturday, thousands of israelis marched in tel aviv against netanyahu. Israel is being controlled by a coalition of fascist people who dont have the courage of the people in their hearts. We are being misled and led into this enlist war endless war. Our government doesnt care about the hostages held in gaza right now. Our government doesnt care about the people of israel, they only care about their interests. They are criminals and they need to go out. Amy on sunday, israeli war cabinet minister benny gantz arrived in the United States in whats being described as an unauthorized trip. Gantz, who is seen as a rival to netanyahu, is scheduled to hold talks with Vice PresidentKamala Harris and other top officials. Netanyahu has reportedly lashed out at gantz for making the trip without his approval. The Israeli Embassy in washington has been instructed not to facilitate gantzs trip. In more news from the region, israel repeatedly attacked southern lebanon on saturday killing at least Seven Members of hezbollah. There are reports the dead included a grandson of hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah. Meanwhile, in the red sea, a u. K. Owned cargo ship the rubymar sank on saturday days after it was attacked by houthi forces from yemen. Greenpeace has warned the sinking could result in a major Environmental Crisis since the ship was carrying 21,000 metric tons of fertilizer and a large amount of fuel. The rubymar is the first ship to sink in the red sea since the houthis began attacking ships to protest israels assault on gaza. Nikki haley beat donald trump in the republican primary in washington, d. C. , on sunday. Haley won about 63 of the vote, making her the first woman to ever win a republican primary. But her victory came just a day after trump easily won republican caucuses in michigan, missouri, and idaho, giving him a commanding lead in the race ahead of super tuesday. 15 states will hold primaries and caucuses tomorrow. In ukraine, at least 12 people have died after a russian drone struck a ninestory Apartment Building in the city of odesa saturday. The dead reportedly included at least five children, the youngest being four months old. In other news on ukraine, the German Military has launched an internal probe after a russian news outlet obtained tape of a private meeting where german officials discussed providing ukraine with long range missiles that could be used to destroy the kerch bridge, which links russia to occupied crimea. During the leaked call, one german general is heard saying, there is no real reason to say we cant do this. It only depends on the political red lines. In russia, crowds are continuing to lay flowers at the grave of Opposition LeaderAlexei Navalny who was buried on friday after thousands attended his funeral in moscow. Navalny died two weeks ago at an arctic prison. According to one count people , 45 were arrested across russia for publicly paying respects to navalny. We will have more on russia later in the program. The United Nations human rights chief has called on the warring sides in sudan to give safe access to humanitarian agencies as the crisis worsens. Volker turk spoke on friday. Sudan has become a living nightmare. Almost half of the population, 25 million people, are in urgent need of an medical aid. Some 80 of hospitals have been put out of service. The apparent deliberate denial of unimpeded access for humanitarian agencies into sudan itself constitutes a serious violation of International Law and may amount to war crimes. Amy volker turk speaking in geneva on friday. Lawmakers in pakistan have elected Shehbaz Sharif to serve as pakistans new Prime Minister for a second time despite protests by supporters of imran khan, the imprisoned former leader of pakistan who was ousted in 2022. Allies of khan won the most seats in februarys election but fell short of a majority, allowing sharif to form a coalition government. Khans supporters say the election in february was rigged to prevent them from winning more seats. This is zartaj gul who served in khans government. Shehbaz is not elected by the people of pakistan. He has stolen the word of pakistani people. He cannot deliver. Amy haiti has declared a state of emergency for after armed 72 hours groups stormed haitis two largest prisons, freeing as many as 4000 prisoners. The jail break came as haitis unelected and deeply unpopular Prime Minister ariel henry was visiting kenya to sign an agreement that would allow the deployment of thousands have Canyon Police officers to haiti as part of a u. S. Backed security plan. One of the most powerful gang leaders in haiti, jimmy cherizier, who is known as barbecue, has openly threatened to topple henry who has ruled haiti with the backing of the u. S. Since the assassination of president Jovenel Moise in july 2021. Cherizier spoke on friday. We ask the Haitian National police and military to take responsibility and arrest henry. Once again, the population is not our enemy. The armed groups are not your enemy. You arrest and refer the countrys liberation. These weapons we have are not here to hurt our brothers who came with the same milliueu as is. We will liberate the country and these weapons will change the country. Amy the largest wildfire in texas history, the Smokehouse Creek fire, continues to grow and has spread into oklahoma. As of sunday, the fire was only 15 contained and had burned a size of land larger than the state of rhode island. Homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the blaze, which occurred amid record heat, is a sign that the nation must be better prepared for extreme weather caused by climate change. In health news, the centers for Disease Control and prevention has dropped its guidance that individuals who test positive for covid19 should isolate for five days. Under the new guidelines, the cdc urge people to stay home until symptoms improve and they have been feverfree for 24 hours. The new guidelines are similar to cdc recommendations for other respiratory viruses. Federal authorities are investigating the death of nex benedict, a 16yearold nonbinary high school sophomore, who died in february a day after they were assaulted by three girls in a high school bathroom. The u. S. Education Department Said friday it had opened a probe into whether the owasso Public Schools district failed to appropriately respond to alleged harassment faced by nex. Family members said nex faced bullying since last year. Their cause of death has yet to be determined. And a judge in colorado has sentenced a paramedic to five years in prison for his role in the 2019 death of elijah mcclain, a 23yearold black man who was walking home from the store when he was tackled by police, placed in a carotid hold, and later injected with ketamine, a powerful sedative. The sentencing of Peter Cichuniec comes after a colorado judge found him and another paramedic to be criminally negligent homicide for mcclains death. During the trial, an Expert Witness testified there was no reason for the paramedics to give mcclain ketamine. They were also found to have failed to provide medical care to mcclain after they drugged him and he lay handcuffed and unconscious on the ground. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We begin todays show in gaza where Palestinian HealthOfficials Say at least 16 children have died in recent days from starvation and dehydration as israels assault continues. Unicef warns a number of child deaths will likely rapidly increase unless the war in. Palestinians in rafah searched under the rubble of the family home hit by an israeli strike the night before that killed as many as 14 people, including a father and twin babies born in the last few months. We want the United States to get away from us. We dont want anything from the United States. They are lying and conspiring against us. Amy here in the United States, Vice President harris sunday called for ceasefire in gaza. She made the comments in a speech in selma, alabama, marking the 59th anniversary of lettie sunday. Vice pres. Harris and given the immense scale of suffering in gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire. [cheers] four at least the next six weeks, which is what is currently on the table. This will get the hostages out and give a significant amount of aid in. This would allow us to build something more enduring to ensure israel is secure and to respect the right of the Palestinian People to dignity, freedom, and selfdetermination. Hamas claims it wants a ceasefire. Well, there is a deal on the table. And as we have said, hamas needs to agree to that deal. Lets get a ceasefire. Lets reunite the hostages with their families. And lets provide immediate relief to the people of gaza. Amy Vice President harris spoke three days after the United States blocked a u. N. Security Council Statement condemning israel after Israeli Soldiers opened fire on palestinians seeking aid in gaza city in a massacre that left at least 118 people dead. On sunday, officials in gaza accused Israeli Forces of killing and wounding dozens more aid seekers who gathered at the kuwaiti roundabout in gaza city. Facing growing international criticism, President Biden friday announced the u. S. Would begin air dropping food aid into gaza. Negotiations for temporary ceasefire faced another setback sunday when israel boycotted talks in cairo after israeli Prime Minister netanyahu accused hamas a failed to provide a list of all living israeli hostages. Meanwhile, israeli war cabinet minister benny gantz is in the u. S. For what is being described as an unauthorized trip to hold talks with Vice President harris, tony blinken, and other top officials. He is seen as a rival to netanyahu. All of this comes as the official death toll in gaza has topped 30,500. For more we go to rafah for an update from akram alsatarri, the gazabased journalist. Your brother was at the aid convoy went Israeli Soldiers opened fire. What did he explain to you happened, what is now being called the flour massacre, for the flo people wereu coming to get to make breadr . [no audio] [no audio] amy Israeli Forces they said did that attacked the convoy but most of the fatalities were caused by a stampede. At the same time the director of the hospital told United Nations some 80 of the wounded brought into the hospital had been shot. If you could respond further . [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] expecting more of the misery and death and displacement so the International Community is failing and i dont think the palestinians trust any statements made by the israeli army about her limited investigation because there were many preliminary investigations to be done but they were never done and many expected to be done for the palestinians but was not done. Amy if you can comment on the United States working with the Jordanian Air force dropping 38,000 readytoeat meals, largely on the beach in gaza if you can respond we just played clips of mass protests around the world but one person in washington, d. C. , commented on the fact the u. S. Is providing is dropping this food, they should stop providing israel with the bombs a drop on palestinians. The clear analysis of the situation when it comes to the relationship between israel and the misery the palestinians have been living, 103 planes were dropping food on the palestinians while countless numbers of f16s, f15s, f22s and f35s with the most advanced munition provided by United