Caceresdaughter as well as Lilian Esperanza lopez with copinh. Then as the u. S. Congress holds more hearings on lead poisoning of the water supply of flint, michigan, Governor Rick Snyder testifies for the first time. Tomay ask you repeatedly come to flint, you admit you did not show up for more than seven after he asked you. Im not familiar. I would have to check my schedule. That is what he said, you did not put october until 2015, is that right . I dont know if that is right or not. Amy well get reaction from two flint residents. Nayyirah shariff, coordinator with Flint Democracy Defense League and melissa maze, of water you fighting for, a flint, michiganbased research and Advocacy Organization founded around the citys water crisis. She and her three children suffer from longterm exposure to heavy metals. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In the 2016 race for the white house, leading Republican Party establishment members met in washington, d. C. , thursday to continue efforts to try to block a donald trump nomination. Led by redstate. Com founder erick erickson, the group is calling for a unity ticket that could prevent trump from winning the 1237 delegates he needs to secure the nomination outright. This comes as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general Joseph Dunford described some of Donald Trumps military proposals as illegal. Speaking to the senate armed dunford answered questions from South Carolina senator lindsey graham, who did not mention trump by name, but asked about tactics he has proposed. What effect if any would this have on the war fighter if we started telling our men and women in uniform to intentionally target civilians, noncombatants, engage in techniques such as waterboarding are more extreme forms of interrogation . Our men and women, and we should be proud of it, when they go toward the google war with the values of our nation. Those kind of activities that you described are inconsistent with the values in our nation, quite frankly, it would have an adverse effect as many adverse effects would have, one would be on the morale of the force. Frankly, what use testing are things that are not legal for them to do anyway. Amy meanwhile, on the democrat side, president obama reportedly threw his weight behind former secretary of state Hillary Clinton by telling a group of democratic donors last friday to unite behind her. The New York Times reports obama made the comments during a private meeting with donors after a fundraising event in austin for the Democratic National committee. This comes as sanders is favored to win a string of upcoming caucuses in idaho, alaska, hawaii, washington and wyoming. , clinton currently leads sanders in the delegate count 1139 to 825. , u. S. Lawmakers called for michigan Governor Rick Snyders resignation during congressional hearings thursday over the ongoing crisis of lead poisoned water in flint, michigan. This is pennsylvania congressman Matt Cartwright. I have had about enough of your false contrition and your phony apologies. Susan from the epa bears not 1 10 of the responsibility of the state of michigan and your administration and she resigned. And there you are dripping with guilt, but drawing or paychecks, hiring lawyers at the expense of the people, and doing your dead level best to spread accountability to others and not being accountable. It is not appropriate. Pretty soon, we will have men who strike their wives saying, im sorry, dear, but there were failures at all levels. People who put dollars over the fundamental safety of the people do not belong in government. And you need to resign, too, Governor Snyder. Amy the pentagon says at least a dozen u. S. Military members have received administrative punishments as a result of the october 2015 u. S. Airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, which killed 42 people but none are facing criminal charges. The pentagon continues to call the attack an accident, although a report from Doctors Without Borders concluded the view from inside the hospital is that this attack was conducted with a purpose to kill and destroy. Human rights watch has called for a criminal investigation. Doctors without borders has called the strike a possible war crime. Secretary of state john kerry says isil is committing genocide against christians, yazidis, and Shiite Muslims in iraq and syria. This comes less than a week after u. S. Central command chief general lloyd austin told congress the pentagon wants more resources in the fight against isil. Though he stopped short of explicitly calling for more u. S. Troops to be deployed to iraq and syria. There are currently more than u. S. Soldiers in iraq, and at 4000 least 50 u. S. Soldiers in syria. In news from yemen, the United Nations said at least 119 people were killed in a u. S. Backed saudiled airstrike on a market on three times the previously tuesday, reported death toll. The strike hit a crowded market in the northwest hajja province. At least 22 children were killed in the strike. European Union Leaders are proposing a controversial new plan which would entail deporting all refugees who reach greece back to turkey. Human Rights Groups have criticized the plan, saying it mass deportations violate international law. While the plan also calls for European Countries to commit to resettling syrians currently living in turkish refugee camps, there does not appear to be provisions for what do to with refugees coming from any other wartorn countries in the middle east and north africa. This comes as british Prime MinisterDavid Cameron has sparked controversy with his calls for more patrol ships to intercept boats in the mediterranean and send the refugees back to libya, where human Rights Groups say refugees face violence in the ongoing conflict and imprisonment by the government. On thursday, the libyan coast guard intercepted 122 refugees at sea and returned them to the capital tripoli, where they were detained. The United States and cuba continue to ease diplomatic and financial relations ahead of president obamas Upcoming Trip to havana next week. Barack obama will become the first sitting u. S. President to visit cuba in 88 years. On wednesday, direct Postal Service between the two countries resumed after a half century. On thursday, Cuban Foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez said cuba would remove a 10 tax on u. S. Cash dollars as soon as it verifies that the United States has lifted currency restrictions against cuba. Seaworld has announced it will stop reading killer whales nearly three years after the , documentary blackface sparked intense criticism of seaworlds treatment of the animals and their trainers. Since the documentary aired, seaworld has faced increasing pressure from Animal Rights activists, including peta, people for the ethical treatment of animals, to end the killer whale breeding program. Seaworlds announcement comes only weeks after the theme park operator has acknowledged that it sent an employee to pose as an Animal Rights activist to infiltrate peta. According to peta, seaworld employee paul mccomb took part in numerous peta protests against seaworld while undercover and repeatedly used social media in an effort to incite other activists, stating that its time to grab pitchforks and torches and time to burn seaworld to the ground. And in france, as many as 150,000 students and Union Members participated in mass protests across the country over the governments proposed labor reforms, which would lengthen the french work week and make it easier for bosses to fire employees. University student Arnaud Carbone spoke out. This is the law that will allow employers to do whatever they want with us and to decide our lives. And that is simply not possible. Already, studies are a struggle. Today, students are struggling. Students are forced to get a job on the side, which makes them flunk out. We cannot allow them to worsen job instability. Amy 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 honduras, where another indigenous environmentalist has been murdered less than two weeks after the killing of renowned activist Berta Caceres. Nelson garcia was shot to death tuesday after returning home from helping Indigenous People who had been displaced in a mass eviction by honduran Security Forces. Garcia was a member of copinh, the Civic Council of popular and Indigenous Organizations of honduras, cofounded by Berta Caceres. She won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize last year for her decadelong fight against the Agua Zarca Dam , a project planned along a river sacred to the indigenous lenca people. She was shot to death at her home on march 3. In a statement Honduran Police said the two killings were unrelated. They called Nelson Garcias murder a isolated act. But honduran activists disagree. On thursday, thousands converged in tegucigalpa for the start of a mobilization to demand justice for Berta Caceres and an end to what they say is a culture of repression and impunity linked to the honduran governments support for corporate interests. 10 buses of indigenous and black hondurans were reportedly stopped on the way to the capital. Activists said some began walking toward tegucigalpa after being forced to leave the buses. In the capital, demonstrators walked past the Mexican Embassy to show solidarity with gustavo castro, the sole witness to Berta Caceres murder. Who remains inside the embassy. After caceres died in his arms, castro was interrogated and blocked from leaving honduras to return to his native mexico, even though he was accompanied by the mexican ambassador. He was shot twice himself. One of Berta Caceres daughters, olivia, spoke to democracy now at the mobilization in tegucigalpa. Today we are here to demand justice and a nation for the crime of the death of my mother, Berta Caceres. Im her oldest daughter and we have launched a struggle, a battle at the International Level to exert pressure in order to demand the aid agencies that fund these multinational corporations come to plunder and exterminate our people, disposal two still our blood, that they stopping financed. And that they leave our country because we dont want International Companies that come to finance debt, blood, and extermination and our communities. Amy in a victory for Berta Caceres supporters, the Dutch Development bank, fmo, and the Finnish Development bank finnfund, said they would suspend their funding of the Agua Zarca Dam. In a statement, fmo said the company was shocked by Nelson Garcias murder and would halt all activities in honduras. Meanwhile in washington, d. C. , two activists scaled an art installation in front of the u. S. Agency for International Development on monday to oppose the agencys support for the dam. They unfurled a banner reading, stop funding murder in honduras. Honduran activists say eight members of copinh working to stop the Agua Zarca Dam have been murdered since construction began in 2013. On wednesday at another action and washington, d. C. , two activists interrupted a meeting at the council of the americas. They targeted the u. S. Ambassador to honduras, james nealon, saying he has blood on his hands. You have the blood of Berta Caceres and Nelson Garcia amy in new york city thursday, hundreds of people, most of them women, gathered outside the honduran mission to the United Nations chanting berta no se chanting berta didnt die; she multiplied. Among those who participated was one of Berta Caceres three daughters, also named bertha. Were going to speak with her shortly. But first, in an exclusive, we turn to new footage filmed by copinh members and its supporters in the hours before and days after caceres assassination. The video begins with Berta Caceres herself, conducting a training on march 2, only hours later she would be assassinated. We have to understand why these projects are so important. The government has all of its in the editions of the service of these companies because theyre capable as an real blog oh and the defense we had, because these businesses are capable of moving antiterrorism commandos, the military police, the national police, security guards, hitmen, etc. It is not a civil thing. There has to be Something Else deeper underneath the surface that moves all of that power. We want to understand that better. We have to understand him because we have the obligation is members of copinh to have these debates anywhere. Demand that the immediately investigate and that they not say things that are not true and that they stick to the truth of what happened to my sister. Have been a frequent voice on the local radio station. After her death, fellow activist took to the airwaves to denounce the murder. We have to be alert. We are not to be brought to our knees. At no point will we surrender. At no point will they sell us. , if theictatorship executives of the company and the hitmen, if they are thinking copinh theyre going to stop the struggle of our organization, ladies and gentlemen empower, you are wrong. Amy the news of her assassination spread quickly and on march 5, thousands gathered for her funeral. We reject the victimization honduran state and the state in the region want to impose on us. We, the women and the people, reject it together, brothers and sisters, we reject it because we are criminalized women were also living under death traps for this power. Amy people took to the streets across honduras to do now turned killing and to accuse the state of being complicit in her murder. Streetsras took to the in honduras. Activists said authorities have repeatedly ignored the reports of death threats. Only come to the Public Prosecutors Office, i bid present many times when people come to report complaints. Have come here to company comrades in the Public Prosecutors Office where the people work here say that they are rabblerousers and that they are against development. What kind of development, my friends . Killing friends . Is that development . [chanting] amy one of the activists to denounce the murder was a leader of the community in honduras. They are descendents of indigenous caribbean people and african slaves. We want our children to breathe clean air for generations to come. We want to have rivers. We dont want to just wash our clothes, we want to be a belligerent the water, to be able have water in our homes. That is the struggle we are fighting. For that, they kill us. For that they killed Berta Caceres. Amy one of Berta Caceresthree daughters resolved her mothers fight would continue. Not beenher has killed. My mother has been planted and she is born and reborn in this, which they tried to put out today, this fire that is the struggle of the people. The only thing they did was ignite it more because they try to put out the fire with gasoline. Amy that was Berta Caceress daughter speaking after her mothers death in honduras. When we come back from the break, we will be joined by bertas daughter Berta Zuniga Caceres and we will be joined by Lilian EsperanzaLopez Benitez with copinh. That is the group that Berta Caceres founded. We will be back in a minute. [music break] amy the house of justice. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are talking about honduras where another indigenous environmentalist has been murdered. This less than two weeks after the killing of the renowned environmental activist Berta Caceres. Nelson garcia was shot to death tu