A san Antonio Walmart parking lot. The youngest victims were just 15 years old. We will get the latest. Then 50 years ago, rebellions broke out in the cities of newark and detroit. 43 people died in detroit, 26 and newark. Thousands were arrested. In 1967 alone, there were 160 rebellions that made when you have resistance at that level, you cannot call it a riot. It is people rebelling against oppression and against exploitation. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On capitol hill, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has scheduled a vote on the republican Healthcare Plan today after multiple previous efforts to put the republican legislation to a vote failed amid dissent within the republicans own party. Arizona republican senator john mccain is set to return to washington, d. C. , for the vote, only a week after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. The senate will technically be voting to proceed with a version of the republican healthcare bill passed narrowly by the house, and then the senate floor will be open to debate and amendmts on the legislation. s nocleaif republins even have enough votes to proceed to a debate. If they do, they can vote on the house ll, which would cause 23 Million People to lose their Health Insurance over the next decade, to plan to repeal the Affordable Care act without replacement legislation, which could lead to 32 Million People losing insurance over the next decade. Trumps soninlaw and Senior AdviserJared Kushner is returning to capitol hill today for a second day of testimony in front of the Senate Intelligence committee amid the Ongoing Investigation into trumps ties Trump Campaign ties to russia. On monday, kushner testified for twohours during a closeddoor session. He then spe to reporters outside the white house. Let me be very clear. I did not collude with russia, nor do i know if anyone else in the campaign who did so. I had no improper contacts. I have not relied on russian funds for my businesses. And i have been fully transparent in providing all requested information. Donald trump had a better message and ran a smarter campaign, and that is why w heon. Amy after kushner left the Senate Intelligence committee hearing, he was confronted by a protester, ryan clayton of the Group Americans take action. I am here today because that man right there conspired with the russians to steal an american election. That should be acceptable. Why are we letting foreign governments and foreign agents of people conspire with them stand in the white house next to the president . It is despicable. We must do something about this. Impeach this president. Amy trumps eldest son, donald trump, jr. , and trumps former Campaign ManagerPaul Manafort are slated to testify before the Senate Judiciary committee tomorrow. It will be a closeddoor session in which they were reportedly not be under oath. President trump is attacking attorney general Jeff Sessions over the Ongoing Investigations into trumps ties to russia. On monday night, trump tweeted so why arent the committees and investigators, and of course our beleaguered a. G. , looking into crooked hillarys crimes russia relations . Then during a twitter rant this morning, trump lashed out at both sessions and mccabe, tweeting attorney general Jeff Sessions has taken a very weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes intel leakers he also tweeted problem is that the acting head of the fbi the person in charge of the hillary investigation, andrew mccabe, got 700,000 from h for wife this comes after trump said last week he never would have nominated Jeff Sessions to be attorney general if he had known sessions was going to recuse himself from a Justice Department investigation into Trump Campaign ties to russia. The Washington Post is reporting trump and advisers are considering replacing sessions. Ted cruz center dot giuliani are being considered ted cruz and Rudolph Giuliani are said to be considered for replacements. In iowa, two catholic workers said monday they had carried out multiple acts of sabotage aimed at stopping the construction of the 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline, which stretches from north dakota, through south dakota, iowa and into illinois. Jessica reznicek and ruby montoya said that on election day last year, the two set fire to five pieces of heavy machinery being used to construct the pipeline. The two then taught themselves how to destroy empty pipeline valves and moved up and down the pipelines length, destroying the valves and delaying construction for weeks. The two said they are claiming responsibility for the sabotage in order to inspire more to take action. This is catholic worker jessica reznicek. We are speaking publicly to empower others to act boldly to dismantle the infrastructure which denies us our rights to water, land, and liberty. We have seen repeated failure of the government and it is our , risking our own liberty for the sovereignty of us all falls out sovereignty of us all. We never threaten human rights nor personal property. We did fight a private corporation that has run rampantly across our country seizing land and polluting our nations water supply. Amy and that was catholic worker ruby montoya. The two were speaking in front of the Iowa Utilities Board Office after they deliver their statement the two used a hammer , and a crowbar to damage the letters of the iowa utilities board sign in protest of the boards decision friday to reject a lawsuit by environmental groups seeking to have the pipelines state permit revoked, which would have forced the pipeline to shut down. The two women were arrested monday for damaging the sign, and are being held on 1000 bond. Oil is now flowing through the Dakota Access pipeline after the project was greenlighted by the president trump, despite months of massive nationwide resistance led by the Standing Rock sioux of north dakota. Meanwhile, in california, two protesters were arrested monday as a dozen people blockaded the gates of the Kinder Morgan oil terminal in richmond monday morning to protest the companys plans to expand the trans mountain tar sands pipeline in canada. Activists locked themselves to oil barrels and a 12footlong mock oil pipeline that read no consent. No pipeline. Kinder morgans proposed trans mountain pipeline expansion has also faced widespread resistance from First Nations in canada. In san antonio, texas, truck driver James Matthew bradley, junior, was charged with transporting undocumented immigrants for the purpose of private financial gain after dozens of undocumented immigrants were discovered packed into the back of a sweltering tractor trailer he had been driving. When the group of migrants were discovered in a walmart parking lot in san antonio, eight men were already dead. Two more men died later and 29 remain hospitalized. Authorities say they are investigating it as a Human Trafficking case. Survivors say as many as 200 people were sandwiched into the back of the truck at times during the deadly journey, and that the trucks cooling system was broken. As the temperature soared in the back of the truck, survivors say they banged on the walls to try to get the drivers attention, but the truck did not stop. Migrants began to pass out, and then die from asphyxiation and heat exposure. The youngest victims were just 15 years old. The truck driver claims he was unaware that people were packed into the back of his tractortrailer until he parked outside the walmart to use the bathroom and heard loud banging noises. If convicted, bradley could face the Death Penalty or life in prison. Well go to san antonio for more on the story after headlines with eddie canales, director of the south Texas Human Rights Center, and pulitzer prizewinning journalist Sonia Nazario. In pakistan, at least 26 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a Vegetable Market monday. The attack claimed by the taliban was targeting Police Officers and killed at least nine officers. Israel is removing metal detectors from a mocks in jerusalem after massive protest by palestinians who say the security measures were part of an effort by israelis to seize the control of the holy site. The move comes after the Un Security Council held an emergency meeting over the mounting protests and violence. At least seven people four palestinians and three israelis have been killed since friday. This is u. N. Middle east envoy mickolay mladenov. And i call on the parties to refrain from provocative actions, show restraint and work toward finding a solution. It is extremely important a solution to the Current Crisis be found by friday this week. I think the dangers on the ground will escalate if we go through another cycle of friday prayer without a resolution to this Current Crisis. Amy israel says it will replace the metal detectors with another form of security measures. According to the website electronic intifada, some rightwing israeli extremists have been calling for the expulsion of muslims from the alaqsa mosque entirely. They said we must liberate the temple mount from the murderous islam and return it to the people of israel. Meanwhile, a rabbi and four other members of an interfaith delegation to israel and palestine were blocked from boarding the plane to israel, in people who support the boycott, divestment sanctions, or bds, movement, an International Campaign to pressure israel to comply with International Law and respect palestinian rights. Rabbi alissa wise, Deputy Director of jewish voice for peace, said we were told at checkin that the airline has a letter from the Israeli Government saying we are not allowed to fly to israel. Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte vowed to continue his bloody drug war during his state of the nation address monday. The fight will be unremitting, but it will be unrelenting. Despite international and local pressures, the fight will not stop until those [applause] understand that they have to cease. They have to stop because the alternative are either jail or hell. Amy filipino Security Forces and vigilantes have killed more than 7000 suspected drug users and dealers since duterte launched his socalled war on drugs one year ago. During his state of the nation, duterte also attacked multiple filipino media outlets, including the popular filipinoowned website rappler, which duterte falsely accused of being americanowned. On sunday, the Philippines Congress also granted dutertes request to extend martial law in the Southern Region of mindanao until the end of the year. President trumpby the duterte to the white house. Back in the United States in michigan, federal judge Mark Goldsmith has halted the deportation of more than 1400 iraqis, ruling the immigrants could face torture or death if returned to iraq. The ruling gives the immigrants more time to try to convince courts to overturn their deportation orders. The immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency, known as ice, has rounded up hundreds of iraqi immigrants in michigan in recent months after u. S. In a wreck reached an agreement that would allow the u. S. To deport iraqis even if they dont have valid travel documents. In mississippi, a former navy sailor has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for murdering 25yearold African American transgender woman dee whigham in a hotel room in 2016 after learning she was transgender. The autopsy shows Dwanya Hickerson slashed whighams throat and stabbed her more than 100 times. Hickerson originally faced the possibility of life in prison or the even the Death Penalty, but he received a plea deal, which whighams mother says is a slap in the face. Before her murder, dee whigham had just begun her medical career working as a nurse. And in baltimore, a group of High School Students are tackling the Drug Overdose epidemic by building a cell phone app that alerts people when a toxic batch of heroin is being distributed in their area. The students, who are mostly African American, helped design and build bad batch alert, which sends Text Messages to alert baltimore residents when people in their area are overdosing at a higher rate, likely from a tainted batch of the drug. The app also allows users to for to text for help, allowing drug users an alternative to calling 911 in the event of an overdose. 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. We begin todays show in san antonio, texas, where at least 10 undocumented immigrants died from heat exposure and asphyxiation after they and dozens of others were crammed into the back of a sweltering tractortrailer as part of their journey to enter the United States from mexico. When the group of migrants were discovered in a walmart parking lot in san antonio, eight men were already dead. Two more men died later and 29 remain hospitalized. Authorities say they are investigating it as a Human Trafficking case. This is San Antonio Police chief william mcmanus. We are looking at Human Trafficking crime here this evening. Department of Homeland Security is involved. They are working with us. Homicide will work with them to thismine the origin of horrific tragedy. Amy survivors say as many as people were sandwiched into the 200 back of the truck at times during the deadly journey. The youngest victims were just 15 years old. On monday, truck driver james federal law against knowinglyd transporting people who are in the country without documentation. He claimed he was unaware that his tractortrailer contained human cargo until he parked it outside a Walmart Store to use the bathroom and heard loud banging noises. Bradley told investigators he then opened the back doors of the trailer and was surprised when dozens of spanish people ran out. He said he later noticed the dead bodies, saying there were bodies just lying on the floor like meat. If convicted, bradley could face the Death Penalty or life in prison. We are joined now by two guests. Us bycanales is joining video stream. And in los angeles, were joined by Sonia Nazario, a pulitzerprize winning journalist and author of enriques journey the story of a boys dangerous odyssey to reunite with his mother. She is a board member of kids in need of defense. We welcome you both to democracy now eddie, lets begin with you. Tell us what you understood took place beginning well, we can start before this, but in laredo. That is a scenario probably played out on a very regular basis for the person the driver to say he was not aware is preposterous. People are forced to try to theumvent the checkpoints, border and the checkpoints, on a regular basis to try to make it into the United States and reach a destination. So that scenario, i mean, for 200 people to be in a tractortrailer like that and him being unaware is highly unlikely. A lot of reports say he was picking up people and there was a lot of different stops. So this is something that, you know, is very it contributes to the crisis we have in the border in terms of Migrant Deaths. We have a humanitarian crisis that has been going on for about 15, 20 years now of people dying on the border trying to get through. It is the result of the return policy that this country has regarding trying to stop people from coming in at the borders and with the checkpoints. Juan speaking of that crisis, on friday, you found the body of a male migrant when you are when who was dead you are checking a water station at a ranch in rural Brooks County. And you talk about the unbelievable toll of migrants found dead