Enforcement as a whole, i think, has been unfairly maligned and deeds of aacceptable few bad actors. Amy plus, as the Trump Administration an Aircraft Carrier in several warships for the korean peninsula, and issues new warnings to syria, we will look at who profits when the u. S. Goes to war. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is heading to russia today, where hes meeting with foreign minister Sergey Lavrov amid increasing tensions between the u. S. And russia over the ongoing war in syria. Russian president Vladimir Putin will not meet with tillerson a move that points to increasing conflict between the two countries following the u. S. Decision to launch 59 missiles at a Syrian Government air base last week. The u. S. Says that strike was in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack allegedly carried out by the Syrian Government, which killed 86 civilians, including dozens of children. On monday, sean spicer signaled the u. S. May take further military action in syria, not only in retaliation for chemical weapons attack, but also to attacks like errol bombs. Barrel bombs. I think the president has been clear that there were a number of lines that were crossed. Not just syria, but with the world saw is a president that is going to act decisively and proportionally and with justification when it comes to actions like that. I will tell you, the answer is that if you gas a baby, if you put a barrel bomb to innocent people, i think you will see a response from this president. Amy Rex Tillerson spent monday in italy for the g7 meeting where the Foreign Ministers discussed the ongoing syrian war. Outside the meeting, demonstrators protesting the g7 were attacked by italian police. This is one of the protesters. The people in europe and the middle east need to wake up and find a way to make their real enemies paid a price for what is being done. Our real enemies are the governments come the banks come the big multinational arms manufacturers who make profit with the blood of each one of us. This is the only solution there is. We think the only solution is not to expect anything more from these governments. Amy we will have more on syria including on how President Trump from they profited bombing of the airbase. Meanwhile, u. S. Led Coalition Airstrikes targeting isis militants in syrias raqqa governorate continue to kill civilians. The journalistic Monitoring Group airwars says that on friday, a u. S. Led Coalition Airstrike on a house reportedly killed at least five civilians, while another strike that same day on an internet cafe reportedly killed at least nine civilians, including three children. The following day, a u. S. Led Coalition Airstrike reportedly killed at least seven civilians, including six children, when the strike hit a boat on Euphrates River the family was traveling on. And on sunday, a u. S. Strike on a market reportedly killed three civilians a married couple and their son. North korea is warning the United States its ready for war following the pentagons decision to send an Aircraft Carrier, known as the carl vinson, and three guidedmissile destroyers and cruisers to the korean peninsula. A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman told the staterun news agency we will hold the u. S. Wholly accountable for the catastrophic consequences to be entailed by its outrageous actions. North korea is ready to react to any mode of war desired by the u. S. In San Bernardino, california, residents gathered monday night for a vigil to mourn the deaths of 8yearold Jonathan Martinez and Elementary School teacher karen elaine smith, who were murdered monday morning when smiths estranged husband walked into her special education classroom at north park Elementary School and began shooting at his wife with a highcaliber revolver. The man, cedric anderson, had a history of Domestic Violence and karen elaine smiths mother says she was planning to divorce him at the time of the shooting. Anderson shot and killed himself in the classroom after murdering his wife, fatally wounding 8yearold martinez, and injuring a 9yearold student. This is San Bernardino police chief jarrod burguan. Cedric into the classroom in what we understand was without saying anything come armed with a large caliber revolver, opened fire on his wife. She was killed in that exchange. There were two students in the classroom behind the teacher that were struck by gunfire. One of those children is identified as Jonathan Martinez. He is eight years old. He was taken to the Medical Center via helicopter, airlifted out almost immediately as soon as we could get resources there. Tragically, he has passed away. Amy a new investigation by Global Witness has revealed that Oil Giant Shell knowingly participated in a massive bribery scheme that ended up robbing nigerians of more than a billion dollars. In 2011, shell and Italian Oil Company eni paid a combined 1. 1 billion for access to a massive offshore oil block. Newly revealed internal emails show shell executives knew the money would be stolen by nigerias former oil minister, a convicted money launderer, who used the stolen money to bribe government officials and to buy a private jet, armored cars, and firearms. Shell has long denied knowing anything about the corruption involved in the deal. In charleston, south carolina, convicted murderer and white supremacist dylann roof pleaded guilty to nine counts of murder in state court on monday. Roof has already been convicted and sentenced to death on federal charges of murdering nine black worshipers, including pastor clementa pinckney, at the historic Emanuel Ame Church in charleston in june 2015. A Houston District Court judge has ruled that texas 2011 voter written with the specific intent to suppress the votes of African American and latino residents. This is now the fifth time a judge has ruled that texas voter id law is discriminatory. The law created a list of ids required to vote that skewed heavily toward ids carried by whites, such as concealed carry permits, while excluding ids ids often carried by people of color, such as Government Employee ids and Public University ids. The ruling comes after the Justice Department dropped part of its legal objection to texas strict voter id law in february, saying it would no longer argue the law had a discriminatory intent. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley resign as he faced the first day monday of impeachment hearings over accusations he was having an affair with his senior political adviser, and then used public money and resources to try to cover up the relationship. Bentley will be succeeded by lt. Governor kay ivey, the second female governor of alabama in history. Meanwhile, seattle mayor ed murray is facing multiple accusations he molested and had sex with underaged boys in the 1980s. Two wells fargo executives are being forced by the companys board to pay back 75 million in compensation over a massive scandal in which wells fargo workers created 2 million fake accounts in order to meet grueling sales targets. Wells fargo former ceo john stumpf, and the former head of Community BankingCarrie Tolstedt are forced to return a combined 75 million in pay, making it the largest clawback in u. S. Banking history. Wells fargo has fired a staggering 5300 lowlevel workers over the creation of the fake accounts. People nationwide also continue to protest wells fargo over its role in funding the 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. United airlines is facing widespread criticism after video surfaced of a doctor being forcibly dragged off a plane by Security Officers on after united overbooked the sunday flight and then demanded some passengers disembark. When no one volunteered, they chose four people to get off the flight. The 69yearold man was selected to be forced off the plane. He protested, saying he was a doctor who needed to be at the hospital in kentucky the following morning. The Washington Post reports fellow passengers that he said more or less, im being selected because i am chinese. Multiple Chicago Department of aviation Security Officers then began dragging him through the aisle as fellow passengers screamed. I have to go home. I have to go home. I have to go home. I have to go home. After being removed, the man who was bloodied by the first removal, attempted to run back onto the plane. He was then forcibly removed a second time. United airlines ceo has apologized for having to reaccommodate these customers. Some people in china have begun calling for a boycott of United Airlines. The Pulitzer Prizes have been announced. The New York Daily News and propublica won the top Public ServiceJournalism Award for a joint investigation into new York Police Departments use of eviction rules to force people of color out of their homes. The Washington PostDavid Fahrenthold won for his investigation into how President Trump lied during the campaign about donating millions of dollars to charities to help veterans. The International Consortium of investigative journalists, mcclatchy, and the miami herald also won for the reporting on the massive Panama Papers leak that revealed how the panama base law firm set up a Global Network of Shell Companies for heads of state another ealys to store money offshore to avoid taxes and oversight. Art cullen of the tiny, familyrun newspaper the storm lake iowa times won for his editorials that challenged the corporate agricultural industry, including the koch brothers, cargill and monsanto. Cullen is not only the papers editorial writer, but also the papers editor and parttime reporter. His brother, john, is the papers publisher. The Pulitzer Prize for biography went to hisham matar for the return fathers, sons and the land in between, which chronicles the authors return to libya, where his father had been imprisoned by Muammar Gaddafi two decades earlier. And the Pulitzer Prize for history went to Heather Ann Thompson for blood in the water the attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy. This is thompson speaking on democracy now about her investigation into the decadeslong coverup about how armed state troopers raided the prison to break the standoff, firing more than 2000 rounds of ammunition, killing including 29 prisoners and 10 guards. For 45 years, the majority of the records for attica remain sealed by the state Attorney Generals Office or at least very difficult to get. And the reason is that for all of the deaths at attica, no member of Law Enforcement was ever held responsible. So the book was the journey to figure out who had created so much trauma, what had happened in the Governors Office to lead to this retaking, who were the members of Law Enforcement that not only shot their weapons, but indeed the highest levels of the state police who worked very hard to tamper with evidence, to conceal evidence, and to protect their own. And that was a key journey for finding out also to see our full theseiew with journalists, you can go to democracynow. Org. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Juan and im juan gonzalez. Welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. Funerals have begun in egypt for victims of two bomb attacks targeting coptic Christian Churches on sunday. At least 49 people were killed and over 100 people were injured. Isis has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which targeted the st. Georges Coptic Church in the Northern City of tanta, and the st. Marks cathedral in the Northern City of alexandria where Coptic Pope Tawadros was celebrating palm mass. Sunday the pope was uninjured in the attack. Amy one of the coptic parishioners who survived the attack in tanta described what happened. It was a little after 9 00 a. M. The prayers were being held and everyone was sitting in their places, but the pews were not full yet. I was sitting the front and all of a sudden, everything went dark. I passed out and someone pushed me off my seat. If you minutes later, i got up and saw bodies. And got out using a side door. I heard screams of people saying get out. Amy egyptian president Abdel Fattah Alsisi responded by declaring a threemonth state of emergency. Several steps are to be taken. The first of which will do the declaration of state of emergency after the necessary legal and constitutional procedures are complete, for threemonth in egypt. We are announcing this state of emergency only to protect our country and secure it and prevent any interference with it. Juan the state of emergency gives alsisis government even further power to continue its crackdown against human rights activists and journalists. It allows the government and its Security Forces to surveil all communications, confiscate property, arrest anyone suspected of violating the state of emergency laws, and shut down media outlets. On monday, egyptian authorities blocked distribution of the newspaper al bawaba because it included an article blaming the interior ministry for security lapses in the church bombings. Amy to talk more about the situation, we go to cairo, egypt, to speak with democracy now correspondent sharif Abdel Kouddous. Can you talk about what happened and the state of emergency in response . Be, as, this seems to you mentioned, a security failure in egypt. The Islamic State group back in december had to signaled its intention to escalate the attacks on the christian minority in egypt with a bombing in a church in cairo, issued a video in january saying it was going to attack christians. Hundreds of christians were forced to flee their homes following a campaign of assassination and intimidation against them. Then on this palm sunday, one of the most important religious celebrations for Coptic Christians, we have this coordinated wave of attacks. It speaks to the failure of the governments highly powerful intelligence agencies for not anticipating these kinds of attacks. Less than two weeks ago, there was a bomb found in the very one church that was bombed palm sunday. It was disarmed. Clearly, this church was the target. And despite that, the bomber managed to evade security measures, get by a metal detector, walk into the church and blow himself up right near the altar. Were celebrating palm sunday. So this really sent shockwaves through egypt. It was the deadliest day of violence that egyptian christians have seen in many decades. Egypts 90 million people, about 10 are christians. Generally speaking, are the Coptic Christians seen as supportive of the sisi regime or not . Certainly, the leadership was. The pope sat next to sisi in 2013 when he ousted mohamed morsi. Coptic members of parliament and prominent figures have all been very supportive of it. There was a real threat that the Coptic Community saw from the Muslim Brotherhood, which to its discredit, engaged in a lot of sectarian language to cater to its far right elements and its constituency. They saw the military coming in as saving them from that. I think it is important to note there is widespread and everyday discrimination against Coptic Christians in egypt, both legal and social. For example, when there is religious crashes or coptic homes are burned down in upper egypt, authorities will