04/27/16 04/27/16 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from albuquerque, new mexico, this is democracy now! is over.g and it as far as i am concerned, it is over. why would i change? if you have a football team in your winning and you do to the super bowl, you don't change your quarterback, right? i am not changing. amy: it was a big night for the residential front runners. donald trump sweeps all five states while hillary clinton wins four of the five primaries. >> trump accused me of playing the "woman card." well, if fighting for women's health care and paid family leave and equal pay is playing the woman card, then deal me in. amy: and bernie sanders takes rhode island. as we broadcast from the upcoming primary state of new mexico, we will host a roundtable discussion with four guests including the state's former republican governor gary johnson, now a libertarian candidate for president. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. tuesday was another big night for donald trump and hillary

04/26/16 04/26/16 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from santa fe, new mexico, this is democracy now! >> this has been a very difficult time for the rice family. there is no price that you can of the loss of a 12-year-old child. amy: $6 million. that is how much the city of cleveland has agreed to pay the family of tamir rice to settle a federal lawsuit after cleveland police shot the 12-year-old boy dead. at the time, tamir was in a park by himself holding a toy pellet gun. but under the settlement the city admits no wrongdoing. we will speak to the family's attorney. then a year ago this week, a new york prisoner named samuel harrell died after as many as 20 corrections officers kicked, punched and threw him down a , flight of stairs. the officers were known as the beat up squad. a year later, no one has been charged in his death. >> he was my friend. he was more -- so much more than just an inmate who was brutally been the debt by 20 corrections to death bybean 20 corrections officers. we are here today because of those officers and what they took from us. amy: we

attempted to cross the u.s.-mexico border together to call for authorities to end their separation. mirna lazcano has been unable to return to her husband and children in new york since returning to mexico in 2013. when she attempted to reenter the united states through the arizona desert, she was captured and deported. this week, lazcano's children came to join her in mexico as she traveled with the caravan for peace, life and justice, a group that has traveled through central america and mexico calling for an end to the war on drugs. lazcano spoke out after reuniting with her daughters in mexico. >> i thank god that i have my daughters here, that i can touch them now. and i thank all of you who have helped me to bring my daughter's here this time, and i also want to announce that they're going to join the caravan starting today. they're going to economy to el paso tomorrow until i turn myself into immigration. amy: on thursday, with a daughter on each hand, lazcano turned herself in to immigration authorities in laredo, texas. meanwhile in mexico, two soldiers face military charg

today. then he was choked and swung. the result was throughout the world, especially in mexico, but in england and ireland and france and italy, the eight-hour movement became an international movement of workers all over. that is the origin of the red side. because later, the socialist movement, the anarchist and any communist parties, they took it -- they were forced to take it by workers all over your demanding an eight hour day. men and women, black and white, ,sian and european -- all over celebrate that day. and the chicago ideal for the chicago ideal was again eight hours work, eight hours rest, eight hours for what you will. this is why we celebrate it. amy: and why don't we celebrated in the united states as an official holiday? day, yet called law there is a labor day in september? >> it is a contest, amy. it is a confrontation. the rulers of the united states, rats, thehe slave-o-c billionaires, and the police forces behind them -- this is at the end of the 19th century. together in order to separate may day and that workers struggle from the rest of the world. and grover cl

the interior department for 45 million acres in the offshore gulf of mexico for new oil and gas drilling. for more we are joined her in denver by reporter antonia juhasz. her new report in rolling stone headlined "six years after bp , gulf oil spill, residents demand 'no new drilling," and she has a piece in newsweek headlined "paris was just a way , station in the climate change fight." you can read her feature article in "ms." magazine about, "women take on climate change." her most recent book is, "black tide: the devastating impact of the gulf oil spill." it is great to have you back with us. these ree thin are converging. it is earth day, the paris climate agreement that will be signed at the u.n. today, the sixth anniversary of the bp oil spill. most important thing for the sixth anniversary of the oil spill is at this point, government, industry, the public have learned the lessons of this disaster. and for, those first two categories, government and industry, are not implementing any of those lessons. president obama is expanding offshore oil drilling dramatically in the

04/25/16 04/25/16 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from santa fe, new mexico, this is democracy now! >> a small number of american special operations forces are already on the ground in syria and the expertise has been critical as local forces have risen isil out of key areas. given the success, i have approved the deployment of up to 250 additional u.s. personnel, including special forces to give up this momentum. amy: as president obama expands the u.s. military presence in syria and iraq, we speak to cool it's a prize-winning journalist seymour hersh who has been writing an alternative history of the u.s. war on terror from the wars in iraq and syria to the assassination of osama bin laden to the fall of gaddafi. >> i think what happened in libya, including the president, should have been a clue that when you depose a dictator, you have to be aware of what is going to and you have to think long and hard about what you are doing. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president oba

headlines. meanwhile, donald trump has said he would force mexico to pay for a border wall by threatening to block immigrants living and working in the united states from sending money to their families back in mexico. that is unless the mexican government makes a one-time payment of $5 billion to $10 million for the wall. trump says he could cut off the flow of money, known as remittances, by changing a rule under the u.s. patriot act. experts disagree that trump would have the legal authority to block remittanc in this manner. experts have also cast doubt on the overall feasibility of trump's border wall. in mexico, the idea of blocking remittances was met with widespread ridicule and opposition, including from senator padierna luna. >> these remittances are private. there be migrants property. there is to authority to decommission them or to take them. it is theft. he will be stealing, which is something no one can accept. amy: iceland's prime minister has resigned, becoming the first major casualty of the panama papers revelations. leaked documents from the panama-based la

the americas have converged on mexico city as part of a caravan calling for an end to the u.s.-backed war on drugs. the caravan for peace, life and justice departed honduras last month and has traveled through el salvador, guatemala and much of mexico, with the goal of reaching new york city ahead of a u.n. special assembly on drugs next week. among the activists is erika llanos, whose son went missing in mexico. >> it is children and women who are the main victims of this criminal war that has seen this become an armed conflict. amy: in canada, a small first nations community has declared a state of emergency after 11 people attempted suicide in a single day. the attawapiskat first nation in ontario saw 28 suicide attempts last month within a population of 2000 people. 11 attempts on saturday alone. canadian first nations people suffer from higher levels of poverty, addiction and , incarceration. local parliament member charlie angus said indigenous communities need aid. >> if these were not aboriginal children, all of the resources would be in their schools. youiginal childr

a mexico, environmental activist gustavo castro soto held his first press conference monday since returning to mexico, a montnth after he survived an assassination attempt that left fellow honduran activist berta caceres dead. at the time of her death, caceres was campaigning against a hydroelectric project in honduras. castro said she and her indigenous activist group copinh were targeted for their political activity. anothere case of copinh example of how multinationals and major parties who have an interest in mining are involved --the criminal criminalization and death of indigenous peoples. we support the request of the family for a group of independent experts to have an exhaustive investigation, not just for berta's murder, but for the deaths and massacres against copinh. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the biggest leak in the history of dated journalism just went live, and it is about corruption. that is what nsa whistleblower edward snowden tweeted about the panama papers. relea

entire length of the u.s.-mexico border and to force mexico to pay for it, a proposal which experts have said is not feasible. some major companies are reportedly reconsidering whether to sponsor the republican national convention in cleveland in july. "the new york times" reports apple, google, and walmart are all reassessing their plans amid increasing turmoil in the gop race. under pressure from activists, coca-cola has already dramatically reduced its sponsorship of the event from $600,000 in 2012 to only $75,000 this year. this comes as cleveland is purchasing thousands of sets of police riot gear in advance of the rnc, using a $50 million federal grant. cleveland is also planning to rent enough interlocking steel barricades to stretch for three miles. in chicago, protesters rallied thursday to denounce the police union for hiring a former police officer jason van dyke to work as a janitor after he was dismissed from the police department over the 2014 fatal shooting of african-american teenager laquan mcdonald. officer van dyke shot 17-year-old laquan mcdonald 16 times while t

honduran authorities anhas returned to mexico -- a month after he survived an assassination attempt that left fellow honduran activist berta caceres dead. early in the morning of march 3, armed gunmen entered caceres' home, killing her and shooting castro soto twice. he was then detained by honduran authorities for nearly a month without cause. many feared his life was in danger. on friday, he was allowed to return to mexico. this is castro soto, speaking with radio progreso about the indigenous land struggles in honduras after he returned home to san cristobal de las casas. what we are confronting our forces very powerful, obscure forces filled with ambition. these forces are what the movements are fighting. i think for this as well, this has been an example of the power of the struggle in the am breakable spirit of the comments of the indigenous communities who have marched, who have walked until exhaustion am all to demand respect to the territories and demand their land be free of these megaprojects that are being imposed and are even acting people from their lands. -- evicting

muslims entering the country, and wall to be built along the entire length of the mexico border. meanwhile, democratic mayor david bowers of roanoke, virginia, also sparked outrage last year after he used the internment of japanese-americans during world war ii as a positive precedent to justify suspending the resettlement of syrian refugees to his city. he said -- "i'm reminded that president franklin d. roosevelt felt compelled to sequester japanese foreign nationals after the bombing of pearl harbor, and it appears that the threat of harm to america from isis now is just as real and serious as that from our enemies then." well, to talk more about one of the most shameful chapters in u.s. history we're joined now by , two guests. richard reeves is an award-winning journalist and the best-selling author of several books, most recently, "infamy: the shocking story of the japanese american internment in world war ii." also with us karen ishizuka, a , third-generation american of japanese descent. the cucurator of the nationwide exhibit called, "america's concentration camps: reme

2010 deepwater horizon rig explosion in the gulf of mexico, which killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in u.s. history. he was the last of four former bp employees to be prosecuted for crimes associated with the explosion. none are serving time in prison. this comes as the ceo of bp, bob dudley, is facing growing revolt from the company's own shareholders over his record-setting $19.6 million paycheck for 2015. some shareholders are expected to attempt to block the dudley's pay raise, up 20% from the previous year, during a vote at the annual shareholder meeting next week. meanwhile, the justice department has filed an anti-trust lawsuit to block a merger between energy giants halliburton and baker hughes. they are the second and third largest oilfield service companies in the world. environmental groups heralded the lawsuit. food and water watch head wenonah hauter said -- "it's time for the doj to bust the energy trusts and for the u.s. government to halt the industry's damage to people and the environment." in texas, the san antonio school district has launc

mexico, an explosion at a petrochemical facility has killed three people and injured more than 60 people in the southern state of veracruz. the facility is owned by mexican national oil company pemex. new data shows the u.s. air force is increasingly relying on drones rather than manned aircraft in the ongoing war in afghanistan. in 2015, drones released 530 bombs and missiles in afghanistan. this accounts for 56% of the weapons deployed by the u.s. air force. in contrast, in 2011, drones were used for only 5% of the weapons to floyd by the air force. -- deployed by the air force. president obama had previously said the withdrawal of the majority of u.s. troops in 2014 would "reduce the need for unmanned strikes." in new york city, boston, chicago, and washington, d.c., jews have been staging protests dubbed "liberation seder" to demand u.s. jewish establishment groups end their support for israel's occupation of the palestinian territories. the protests draw on rituals from passover, which begins friday night. 17 people were arrested at a protest inside the new york city offices

with my counterparts around the hemisphere, including secretary espinosa in mexico. we strategized on a plan to restore order in honduras and ensure that free and faiair elections could be held quickly and legitimatelyly, which would render the question of zelaya moot." that was from the hardcover version of hillary clinton's memoir. that section was later removed from the paperback version. the significance of this? things like this -- the fact she would say, we wanted to render the question of wanted to bury the existence of the democratically elected president and act like it did not happen. that is why did so terrifying that on saturday she would say, she would defend this coup is a was in ac and defend her actions in installing thihis horrificaly scary post -- coup regime and cut thatat out of her memoir the paperback version is also very scary. amy: can you talk about the significance of dust hillary clinton's stance then, and let's remember, she was secretary of date serving the president. the president being barack obama. what responsibility does the secretary of state have in