We will play excerpts from the testimony and host a roundtable discussion will stop the first to britain, where Prime Minister theresa may suffered a major setback when she lost a majority in parliament will stop she says she will form a Coalition Government. There are increasing calls for her resignation. This is labor leader Jeremy Corbyn. Ive spoken at events and rallies all over the country. You know what . Politics has changed. And politics is not going back into the box where it was before. Amy he ran on the platform of for the many, not the few and said the voters are turning their backs on austerity. We will go to london for the latest. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In the united kingdom, british Prime Minister theresa may suffered a major setback thursday in an election that saw her conservative party lose its majority in Parliament Less than two weeks before the country is scheduled to begin talks over exiting from the European Union. May called the snap election three years early, expecting to win a large mandate to negotiate with european leaders over the terms of leaving the union. But thursdays election instead left the conservatives without a clear majority and a hung parliament. Minutes ago, Prime Minister may said from 10 downing street her party would form a Coalition Government with the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland. What the country needs more than ever is certainty. And having secure the largest number of votes in the greatest number of seats in the general election, it is clear that only the conservative and Unionist Party has the legitimacy and ability to provide that certainty by commending a majority in the house of commons. Amy the British Elections on Jeremy Corbyn and his labour party make big gains that shocked even veteran poll watchers. Corbin, who ran on a progressive platform of war the many, not the few, said the results are evidence may should step down. What happened is people have said they have had quite enough of austerity politics. Quite enough of cuts in public expenditure, underfunding our health service, underfunding our schools and our education service, and not giving our young people the chance they deserve in our society. Amy after headlines, we will go to london for more on yesterdays historic u. K. Election. On capitol hill, recently fired fbi director james comey told lawmakers thursday President Trump tried to derail an investigation into National Security adviser Michael Flynns links to russia and accused trump of lying about why he was fired. The comments came during dramatic testimony before the Senate Intelligence committee. Although the role required to reside at all to fire an fbi director, the administration then chose to defame me and more important, the fbi. By saying the organization was in disarray. That it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. Those were lies, plain and simple. Amy comey told senators he believed he was fired by trump because of his investigation into russias meddling in novembers president ial election and whether any top Trump Officials colluded with russian officials. Comey detailed how trump repeatedly cornered him in oneonone meetings, asking him to declare his loyalty to the president and pressuring him to back off the investigation into michael flynn. Comey testified he documented every meeting he had with trump. I was honestly concerned he might lie about the nature of our meeting, so i thought it really important to document. Amy at the white house, president ial Spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared the president is not a liar. Trumps personal attorney, Marc Kasowitz, suggested comey perjured himself during congressional testimony. The president never informed or substance, directed, or suggested, that mr. Comey stop investigating anyone, including the president never suggested that mr. Comey let flynn go. Amy in a tweet early this money, President Trump wrote more than two days of twitter silence, writing despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication. And wow, comey is a leaker for more and james comeys Dramatic Senate testimony, well host a roundtable discussion later in the broadcast. The house of representatives voted along party lines thursday to overturn obamaera rules aimed at preventing a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. The house repeal of the doddfrank act faces an uphill climb in the senate, where republicans hold a slim 52seat majority. In yemen, medical groups warned thursday an outbreak of cholera has infected more than 100,000 people. The World Health Organization says the waterborne illness has claimed the lives of nearly 800 people, and oxfam estimates cholera is claiming one life every hour in yemen. The who says the number of cases could reach 300,000. The epidemic comes amid a u. S. Backed saudiled Bombing Campaign and naval blockade thats left the countrys sanitation, water, and Health Infrastructure in shambles. The u. N. Warns some 19 million of yemens 28 Million People need some form of aid, with many of them at risk of famine. Meanwhile, the Associated Press is reporting three children and their grandmother were killed today after the saudiled warplanes bombed their home in yemens capital sanaa. Their neighbor, bassem al raghy, said there were no military targets nearby. Exactly 12 15 after midnight, the Saudi Led Coalition bombed residential houses, which led to the debt of four who were martyred, along with dozens of injuries. Spreading fear. This is not a military base, nor a government building. They are all civilians. Amy the United Nations monitors have warned previous saudiled attacks on yemen could constitute crimes against humanity. During a visit to riyadh last month, President Trump signed a series of arms deals with saudi arabia totaling a record 110 billion. And cutter, in qatar, aljazeera said thursday it was resisting a massive cyberattack that forced the Satellite Tv Network to temporarily shut down its website. The cyberattack came two weeks after hackers published a fake news article on qatars state news Agency Website which falsely cited qatars leader making friendly statements about iran saudi arabias regional opponent. The fake news story inflamed tensions between qatar and other arab nations, including saudi arabia, bahrain, egypt, yemen, libya, and the United Arab Emirates all of whom broke off relations with qatar this week, accusing it of backing militant groups, including isis and alqaeda. In somalia, hundreds of fighters with the militant Group Alshabab overran an army base in the Northern State of puntland thursday, killing as many as 70 people and wounding dozens of others. It was the deadliest attack on Somali Security forces in several years. Back in the United States, louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards is poised to sign legislation that would cut the states prison population by 10 over the next decade. The state estimates the measure will save taxpayers more than 260 million over the next 10 years by shortening prison time for certain nonviolent and drug offenders. Louisiana imprisons more of its residents per capita than any other state in the country, leading critics to declare it the incarceration capital of the world. In sylvester, georgia, high 900 High School Students have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit, alleging they were groped after the local sheriff ordered schoolwide patdown searches. The student say on sheriffs april 14, deputies searched hundreds of students for drugs, with some officers groping students breasts and gitalia. In an interview with local media, worth county sheriff jeff hobby said he believed the searches were legal because School Administrators were present. The patdowns did not yield any illegal drugs. In new jersey, video has emerged showing Jersey City Police assaulting a man shortly after he emerged, in flames, from a burning car wreck caused when a suspect in a highspeed pursuit crashed into his vehicle. The graphic video was first broadcast by univision. It shows 28yearold Miguel Felizrodriguez rolling on the ground to extinguish flames that had engulfed his upper body. Moments later, hes kicked repeatedly by officers who then drag him into the street. It was apparently a case of mistaken identity. The officers had been in pursuit of another suspect, leo pinkston, firing repeatedly at him during a highspeed pursuit that ended in a fiery crash. Felizrodriguez is reportedly fighting for his life, with facial injuries and burns on 30 of his body. A jersey city spokesperson said the city will seek to fire the officers and press charges against them. In augusta, georgia, u. S. Intelligence contractor Reality Leigh Winner pleaded not guilty thursday to charges she leaked a topsecret document to the intercept. Winner was charged for allegedly leaking a top secret document claiming Russian Military intelligence conducted a cyberattack on at least one u. S. Voting Software Company just days before last novembers election. Prosecutors told a judge winner had plans to reveal more classified files. A federal judge denied bail to winner pending her trial on charges she violated the espionage act. Winner was led away in shackles, wearing an orange jumpsuit. She faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. And in new york city, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton delivered a commencement address thursday to graduates of the Medgar Evers College in brooklyn. Outside clintons speech, members of the Haitian Human Rights Group komokoda held a protest, saying the Clinton Foundation stole money intended for haitis reconstruction after the 2010 earthquake. The protesters also blasted clintons record of public service. This is protester dahoud andre. Hillary clinton, the clinton family, the harm they have done to our people in haiti, in africa, in libya, in honduras, right here in the United States, the 1996 crime bill criminalizing, incarcerating mass incarceration of our youth, that she called super predators. We said, whatever donald trump can do, whatever harm he can do, it cannot be worse than what the clintons have already done to our people. 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 the united kingdom, where british Prime Minister theresa may has suffered a major setback thursday in a snap election that saw her conservative party lose its majority in Parliament Less than two weeks before the country is scheduled to begin talks over exiting the European Union. May called the snap election three years early, expecting to win a large mandate to negotiate with european leaders over the of the socalled brexit. At thursdays election left the conservatives without a clear majority and a hung parliament. And its ago, Prime Minister may said from 10 downing street that her party would form a Coalition Government with the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland. With the country needs more than ever is certainty. And having secure the largest number of votes in the greatest number of ses in the general election, it is clear that only the conservative and Unionist Party has the legitimacy and ability to provide that certainty by commending a majority in the house of commons. Amy this comes as the Labor Party LeaderJeremy Corbyn had said the results are evidence may should step down. Corbyn ran on a platform of for the many, not the few. He said thursdays Election Results show voters are turning their backs on austerity. What happened is, people have said theyve had quite enough of austerity politics. They have had quite enough of cuts in public expenditure, underfunding our health service, underfunding our schools and our education service, and not giving our young people the chance they deserve in our society. Amy in the late stages of the election campaign, britain was hit by two militant attacks claimed by isis that killed 30 people in manchester and london. The shift to focus onto Security Issues hurt may in part becaus she oversaw cuts to the number of Police Officers during her previous role as interior minister. With the conservative partys parliamentary majority wiped out, may is expected to turn to Northern Irelands Democratic Unionist Party to provide her with the number of seats required for a narrow working majority. She is meeting with the queen this morning. For more, we go to washington, d. C. Mehdi hasan, an , awardwinning british journalist and broadcaster at al jazeera english. He is host of the program upfront and a columnist for the intercept. He is author of ed the milibands and the making of a labour leader and the debt delusion exposing ten tory myths about debts, deficits and spending cuts. And from london, we are joined by paul mason, a columnist for the guardian and a filmmaker based in london. His most recent book postcapitalism a guide to our , future. We welcome you both to democracy now we turn first to washington, d. C. , to mehdi hasan , your take on what has just taken place in britain . I think it is an absolute humiliation for the Prime Minister of the united kingdom, theresa may. She had a 25 point lead when this Campaign Began and ended with a hung parliament, having lost seats in parliament, of against the labor leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has increased bowsher are the biggest margin i think since 1945. It is very bad news for her. She is been Prime Minister for less than a year. How much longer she will survive, we dont know because the tory party does not like losers. The sharks are already circling. There will be an assault on her leadership im sure very soon and asked for her government, i mean, you mentioned her dep, who was the political wine 18th centuextremely reactionaryd bigoted party with ties also to the paramilitaries. The irony of forming a Coalition Government with them when she ran a campaign in which she repeated in every speech that she would bring about strong and stable government. In the last thing she has given the u. K. This morning is strong and stable government. It is an embarrassment for a probably the end of her political career. Amy paul mason, you are right there in london. The Prime Minister has just spoken from 10 downing street. Explain what is taking place right now. So the Prime Minister theresa may did not need to call the selection. She called it. Instead of getting a next her majority that would help her get through her legislator program and the socalled hard break with europe, the brexit, she failed. She lost more seats than she gain. She is had to go for this alliance with this rightwing, religiously sectarian party. Whether it is stable or not, it removes one of her key negotiating positions. It is a bit arcane for american viewers, but this party in Northern Ireland once there to be no border between Northern Ireland and the irish republic after brexit. To do that, you have to have a deal. Theresa mays negotiating position relies on the threat of walking away without a deal. So as of right now, she cant do that. It is an inconsequential threat and the negotiating partners in europe and the other 27 countries completely understand it. Completely weak interim position. Amy is it a done deal she will form a coalition with this Northern Irish party, the Democratic Unionist Party, and explain ex