At a Factory Manufacturing ivanka trump brand shoes. The men worked for china labor watch, which says the supplier forced workers into excessive overtime, verbally abused them and paid wages below chinas legal minimum. We will get the latest. President trump kicks off his infrastructure week by announcing plans to privatize air traffic control. Pres. Trump i am proposing new principles to congress for airtraffic control reform, making flights quicker, safer, and more reliable. Crucially, these reforms are supported by air Traffic Controllers themselves. Amy we will speak with the consumer advocate group flyers rights, which says trumps proposal amounts to giving the airlines control over a core Public Access for free and would allow them to extract new fees and increased taxes from passengers. Then we look at the Opioid Epidemic and the new crarackdown by the t Trump Administration. For americans under the age ofof 50, Drug Overdoses s are te leading cacause of d death. Thosee statiststics aree devastating. Every y one of those overdose victims represents a lost parent, child, or friend. Amy Drug Overdose deaths surged in 2016, killing nearly 60,000 americans. Now many cities have filed lawsuits to hold Drug Companies accountable for the Public Health crisis. We will speak with professor dr. Andrew kolodny, director of physicians for responsible opioid prescribing. All that and more, coming up. Wewelcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In breaking news from iran, at least 12 people have been killed and dozens more injured in two separate attacks in tehran this morning. The attacks on the Parliament Building in the tomb of the republics founder of the worst attacks in tehran in decas. The attackers opened fire, took a number of hostages, but for all four attackers were killed by security f forces. At lst o onettacacker carrieied out a suicidide bombing. Isis has claimed responsibility. We will have more later in the broadcast. President trump has tweeted you will be nominating Christopher Ray to be the next fbi director. Trump tweeted this morning he served as assistant attorneny general from 20032005 under president george w. Bush. Since then, he has been working as a private lawyer at a law firm. Tensions are mounting between President Trump and attorney general Jeff Sessions, one day ahead of the much anticipated Senate Committee testimony of former fbi director james comey thursday. Multiple news outlets are reporting sessionsns and trump have had a series of tense exchanges in recent weeks, and that sessions offered to resign at least once. The white house is refusing to say whether sessions still has trumps support. This comes as the New York Times is reporting in february, while still serving as fbi director, james comey told attorney general Jeff Sessions he did not want to be left alone with President Trump. Comeys plea to sessions followed a private meeting between trump and comey, in which trump reportedly pressured him to drop the fbi investigation into possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. Sessions have been in the oval office during the meeting, but trump asked him to leave so he could speak to comey alone. It has also been reported that director of National Intelligence dan coats told associates that trump asked him to pressure comey to stop the investigation into former National Security adviser general Michael Flynns ties to russian officials. Coats is testifying today before the Senate Intelligence committee, alongside acting fbi director andrew mccabe, National SecurityAgency Director michael rogers, and Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein will face questioning about his participation in the firing of james comey. Meanwhile, yahoo news is reporting lawyers at least four of the nations most powerful law firms are refusing to represent donald trump in the Ongoing Investigation into trumps ties to russia. All this comes as comey is slated to testify to the Senate Intelligence committee on thursday, in which he is expected to reject trumps claims that comey told trump he was not under investigation. Hes also expected to face questioning about why he didnt not tell Jeff Sessions that President Trump had pressured him to end the fbi investigation. On tuesday, former director of National IntelligenceJames Clapper said the watergate scandal now pales in comparison to the crisis currently engulfing washington. I lived throughghatergate. I was on activive duty been in e air force. In the air force. It was a scary time. I have to say, compare the two, that watergate pales really, in compared to what we are confronting now. Amy the parents of nsa contractor Reality Leigh Winner are speaking out after their daughter was arrested and charged with espionage for leaking a topsecret document to the news media. Winner was charged less than an hour after the publication of an intercept expose that reveals Russian Military intelligence conducted a cyberattack on at least one u. S. Voting Software Company just days before the u. S. President ial election last november. This is winners mother, billie winnerdavis. She came home from the grocery store. She was followed into her driveway at her home by fbi agents. She said she was very scared. Surprise. Her by she was not expecting any of this. She said they were all armed. They took her into the back room of her house, which is a room she never goes into for reasons anyway, basically, she was arrested from that point. We did not have any information with regard to the chargeses or anything until after the hearing on monday. s motherity winner was speaking to Anderson Cooper on cnn. Nsa whistleblower Edward Snowden has spoken out about winners arrest, saying to hold a citizen incommunicado and indefinitely while awaiting trial for the alleged crime of serving as a journalistic source should outrage us all. Meanwhile, the intercept has published a statement, saying wwhile the fbis alallegations against winner have bebeen made public through the release of an affidavit and search warrant, which were unsealed at the governments request, it is important to keep in mind that these documents contain unproven assertions and speculation designed to serve the governments agenda and as such warrant skepticism. Winner faces allegations that have not been proven. The same is true of the fbis claims about how it came to arrest winner. President trump has exacerbated tensions in the persian gulf by saying he was behind saudi arabias recent move to cut diplomatic ties with qatar. On tuesday, President Trump tweeted during my recent trip to the middle east i stated that there can no longer be funding of radical ideology. Leaders pointed to qatar look qatar is a major us military ally, home to two major u. S. Command posts. Pentagon officials, meanwhile, are trying to show their commitment to qatar amid the regional diplomatic crisis. On monday, a pentagon spokesman said the United States and the coalition are grateful to the qataris for their longstanding support of our presence and their enduring commitment to regional security. Meanwhile, there are news reports that russia might have been behind a cyberattack two weeks ago that was used to publish a fake news article on qatars state news agency website. The article, which has exacerbated tensions in the region, falsely cited qatars leader making friendly statements about iran saudi arabias regional opponent. A new investigation by forbes has revealed that Donald Trumps son eric trump used his foundation to funnel at least 100,000 in donations for children with cancer into revenue for the trump organization. The fundraisers were to raise money for st. Judes Research Hospital in memphis. The investigation also reveals donorsic trump lied to who gathered for fundraisers at the Trump National golf club in westchester county, new york, saying that more money could go to children because he was able to use his fathers golf course for free. In fact, donald trump billed his son eric trump for the use of the golf course for the fundraisers. In yemen, nearly 700 people have died from an ongoing cholera outbreak as the u. S. Backed, saudiled Bombing Campaign has devastated the countrys health, wawater, sewage, andnd sanitatin systems. Unicicef says it fears as many s 300,000 people could become infected with chcholera in yemen next month. Meanwhile,e, more nenews from yemen, the New York Times reports that americacan aid coordinator scott darden was secretly working for a u. S. Military contractor to oversee shipments of cargo beieing transported to elite military commandos atat the same titime e was coordinating aid deliveries for r the red cross and unicef. Darden was kidnapped in yemen and held for six months before beining freed in 2015. The u. S. Has launched airstrikes against a group of prosyrian Government Forces who were amassing near a u. S. Military base in southern syria where u. S. Soldiers train Syrian Opposition forces fighting isis. The Coalition Says it destroyed artillery and an antiaircraft weapon, but did not say whether it had killed or injured any soldiers. It is the second time the u. S. Has launched airstrikes against syrian Government Forces in a military base. In a statement the u. S. Led Coalition Said the coalition does not seek to fight Syrian Regime or proregime forces but remains ready to defend themselves if proregime forces refuse to vacate the deconfliction zone. In paris, france, a man attacked a Police Officer with a hammer outside and nonotredame cathedl tuesday, reportedly shouting this s is for syria during the attack. The attacker was killed. The Police Officer suffered only minor injuries. France is part of u. S. Led coalition launching airstrikes against isis in syria. Airwars says theyre r responsie for killing thousands of civilians in iraq and syria ends 2014 since the chair of 2014. Amnesty international in turkey has been arrested by police, along with 22 other human rights lawyers. Amnesty said the fact that turkeys postcoup purge has now dragged the chair of amnesty International Turkey into its web is further proof of just how far it has gone and just how arbitrary it has become. Taner kilic has a long and distinguished record of defending exactly the kind of freedoms that the turkish authorities are now intent on trampling. In colombia,a, resident of point of interest coverage to do with the colombian government after a massive threeweek long general strike in the afro colombian city. Under the deal, the government pledges to invest 1. 5 billion to fund basic ever structure for clean water, health care, and sanitation services. The deal will spur an investigation into Human Rights Violations committed by police and soldiers against the Peaceful Protesters during the general strike. Organizers said ongoing vigilance will be needed to ensure the terms of the deal are met, but called it major and , not only forent the people, but for the black movement of people in colombia. Back in the United States, hawaii has become the first u. S. State to enact laws to carry out the landmark 2015 paris climate accord. On tuesday, hawaiis governor signed into law two bills designed to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions statewide and to improve soil health and promote carbon sequestration. The move comes after President Trump announced he was pulling the u. S. Out of the paris accord sparking widespread domesticic d , international outrage. In San Francisco activists were , seven arrested inside the immigration and Customs Enforcement building monday at a protest to demand freedom for two undocumented immigrants who were arrested by ice while they were doing a construction job on the Travis Air Force base in may. Hugo mejia and Rodrigo Nunez are facing expedited deportation to mexico. This is hugos wife, yadira munguia, speaking at the rally on monday. Feel. Ple ask me how w i mymy children and i are desestr. We feel sasad and abandon. I have not had a rest since this happenened. I am reeling fm the crueuel separation from a husband. As a mother, i have to stay strong for my kids and hugo. My kids are heartbroken, as an eye. Amy more than 100 painters, carpenters, and other construction workers showed up for mondays rally in san for cisco San Francisco to support hugo mejia and Rodrigo Nunez. Meanwhile, in new hampshire, hundreds of faith leaders and supporters gathered for a vigil tuesday outside the immigration and Customs Enforcement office in manchester to support a group of more than 70 undocumented immigrants from indonesia who had scheduled ice checkins. The new sanctuary Coalition Says all members of the group were alallowed to checkin and then return home to their families. And in jackson, mississippi, social justice activist and attorney Chokwe Antar Lumumba has been elected to be jacksons next mayor after winning in a landslide. Lumumba is the son of late jackson mayor chokwe lumumba, a longtime black nationalist organizer and attorney dubbed americas most revolutionary mayor before his death in 2014. This is mayor elect lumumba, celebrating his election victoty tuesday night with supporters. [indiscerernible] when i become mayoror, you becoe mayor. 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 china , which is refusing to release three activists arrested while investigating Labor Conditions at a factory that manufactured ivanka trump brand shoes. The three men were working with the new yorkbased nonprofit, china labor watch. The group was reportedly planning to release a report next month revealing that factory workers at the supplier, huajian international, were forced to work excessive overtime, verbally abused, and paid wages below chinas legal minimum. China accuses the three investigators with using illegal surveillance equipment and interfering with the operation of the factory. China labor watch denies the allegations and says this is the first time in nearly two decades of its existence that any of its investigators have been detained and faced criminal charges. Amnesty international has joined in demanding the release of the trio. On monday, china rejected a state Department Request to release the men in a statement that also marked the first time the government has confirmed their detention. This is chinas Foreign Office spokesperson. The people you mentioned work summoned and investigated on suspicion of interfering with the companys normal operations and production activities. Public Security Officials found they were in illegal possession of and under suspicion of using wiretapping or other for vestal surveillance equipment. They were detained in accordance with the law. The case remains under investigation. Amy the ivanka trump brand has declined to comment on the case. The arrest came just weeks after ivanka trump secured three new exclusive trademarks in china the very same day she and her father, President Trump, had dinner with chinese president xi jinping at trumps private resort in florida. Ivanka has also recently filed numerous additional chinese trademark applications. According to the wall street journal, 14 applications were filed by her business on 28 march, a day before she was named a white house adviser. Her company has said the applications were filed to prevent others from profiting from her name rather than as an attempt to boost sales in china. Ivanka trump no longer manages her 50 million company, but she retains an ownership stake so can still benefit from the companys profits. It was not ivanka trump herself that filed for the trademarks in china, but it was the company. To talk more about what this inn