bombs in yemen. he made the omission during a hearing of the senate armed services committee last month. your response? >> the use of these weapons. when it comes to issues of violations of international humanitarian law, when you have mass sibling casualties where we know u.s. bombs have been used because you can take up the remnants on the ground. i have been into a house that was a residential home were two children were killed and found the bomb remnants there, traced the serial numbers, and they were american-made. it is very easy now for people on the ground to do that. they know where these weapons are coming from. for the u.s. not to know what is the uses, -- end use makes the u.s. complicit. people should be deeply concernened about thatat. have saidhe saudis they will carry out t their own investigations into the strikes where thehere have been claimsmf violations of international humanitarian law, there have been no real independent inquiries now on to what is going on on the ground. for t

in yemen, a u.s.-backed saudi-led coalition airstrike tore through a wedding party late sunday, killing at least 20 people. most of the dead were reportedly women and children who were gathered in one of the wedding party tents. the bride was also among those killed. medics and residents said more than 30 others were also injured in the attack in the bani qais district in northern yemen. at the scene of the attack, one man lashed out at saudi arabia. >> they always target weddings. they kill children and innocent people, so we can only complain to god, not in human rights or any country in the world. amy: more than 15,000 people have been killed since the u.s. like saudi led coalition intervened in yemen in march 2015, backed with u.s. intelligence throw weapons, and munitions. saudi-led airstrikes have devastated yemen's health, water and sanitation systems, sparking a massive cholera outbreak and it is believed one million people have color in yemen. and pushing millions of yemenis to the brink of s

in yemen, a u.s.-backed saudi-led coalition airstrike tore through a wedding party late sunday, killing at least 20 people. most of the dead were reportedly women and children who were gathered in one of the wedding party tents. the bride was also among those killed. medics and residents said more than 30 others were also injured in the attack in the bani qaisis district in northern yemen. at the scene of the attack, one man lashed out at saudi arabia. >> they always target weddings. they kill children and innocent people, so we can only complain to god, not in huhuman rights or any country in the world. amy: more than 15,0000people have been killed since the u.s. like saudi led coalition intervened in yemen in march 2015, backed with u.s. intelligence throw weapons, and munitions. saudi-led airstrikes have devastated yemen's health, water and sanitation systems, sparking a massive cholera outbreak and it is believed one million people have color in yemen. and pushing millions of yemenis to the brink

citizen in yemen whose daughter has cerebral palsy. despite her condition and her need of desperate medical attention, the u.s. has denied her injury. -- her injury. then we air a secretly taped audio recording revealing a leading democratic party official pressuring a progressive democratic to drop out of a congressional race. then we look at how aid agencies are scrambling to relocate thousands of rohingya refugees from crowded camps in southeastern bangladesh ahead of the monsoon season's heavy rains. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s. supreme court appears poised to uphold president trump's travel ban, which blocks most people from seven countries including iran, libya, somalia, syria, and yemen from entering the united states. during oral arguments on wednesday, justice anthony kennedy, who is often seen as a swing vote, appeared to side with the conservative wing of the court. u.s. solicitor general noel francisco argued the travel restric

citizen in yemen whose daughter has cerebral palsy. despite her condition and her need of desperate medical attention, the u.s. has denied her injury. -- her injury. then we air a secretly taped audio recording revealing a leading democratic party official pressuring a progressive democratic to drop out of a congressional race. then we look at how aid agencies are scrambling to relocate thousands of rohingya refugees from crowded camps in southeastern bangladesh ahead of the monsoon season's heavy rains. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s. supreme court appears poised to uphold president trump's travel ban, which blocks most people from seven countries including iran, libya, somalia, syria, and yemen from entering the united states. during oral arguments on wednesday, justice anthony kennedy, who is often seen as a swing vote, appeared to side with the conservative wing of the court. u.s. solicitor general noel francisco argued the travel restric

in the case of yemen, the u.s. is arming the saudis and their allies are causing one of the greatest humanitarian disasters outside of syria in the region. i would say that the effect is actually as stephen kinzer said. we h have 3.5 dysfunctional countries in this region, largely as a result of e externl interventionon. libya, yemen, syria and to a certain extent, iraq. all of these places by the u.s. and allies and foreign powers have metal. they have created an unholy mess. want to ask begg i about the us military prison at guantanamo were your help. open by president george w. bush when he was launched its so-called war on terror. president obama pledged to close the prison as one of his first acts after taking office in 2009, but republicans repeatedly blblocked his effoforts. this is obama speaking in 2016 there's this is president trump speaking. trumka secretary mattis, during a great job. thank you. to re-examine our military detention policy and to keep facilities intion guantanamo bay. i am asking congre

in the case of yemen, the u.s. is arming the saudis and their allies are causing one of the greatest humanitarian disasters outside of syria in the region. i would say that the effect is actually as stephen kinzer said. we have 3.5 dysfunctional countries in this region, largely as a result of external intervention. libya, yemen, syria and to a certain extent, iraq. all of these places by the u.s. and allies and foreign powers have metal. they have created an unholy mess. want to ask begg i about the us military prison at guantanamo were your help. open by president george w. bush when he was launched its so-called war on terror. president obama pledged to close the prison as one of his first acts after taking office in 2009, but republicans repeatedly blocked his efforts. this is obama speaking in 2016 there's this is president trump speaking. trumka secretary mattis, during a great job. thank you. to re-examine our military detention policy and to keep facilities intion guantanamo bay. i am asking congress to ens

the war has devastated yemen's healthth, water, and sanitation systems, sparkining a massive cholera outbreak and pushing millions of yemenis to the brink of starvation. in indian-administered kashmir, at least 20 people died and 70 others were wounded over the weekend as clalashes erupted between government forces and pro-independence militias. among those reportedly killed were three indian soldiers and 13 militants. meanwhile, in srinagar, a curfew remains in effect today after police opened fire with live rounds on thousands of demonstrators protesting for an end to indian rule, killing four people and wounding dozens of others. in costa rica, victory in a presidential election that was widely seen as a referendum on marriage equality. alvarado quesada won over 60% of the vote, beating out conservative candidate fabricio alvarado muÑoz, who made his anti-abortion views and opposition to lgbtq rights a centerpiece of his campaign. alvarado quesada has promised to abide by last year's ruling by the inter-american court of human rights that member countries should respect marriage

-backed saudi-led airstrikes have devastated yemen's health, water, and sanitation systems, sparking a massive cholera outbreak with a million people now suffering from cholera and pushing millions of yemenis to the brink of starvation. in afghanistan, afghan military aircraft bombed a religious gathering in the northern province of kunduz monday, killing at least 70 people and wounding 30 others. the airstrikes, as about 1000 people have gathered at a graduation ceremony for students at a madrassa, or religious school. a spokesman for the afghan defense ministry defended the attack, saying it killed 21 "terrorists." but eyewitnesses said the assault killed only civilians. this is abdul fatah, a relative of one of the airstrike's victims. >> all of those killed were children. children and civilians have been targeted. no television were among those killed in the incident. -- no television were among those killed in the incident. amy: egypt has formally declared authoritarian president abdel fattah el-sisi the winner of last week's election with 97% of votes, which observers have blas

in yemen, a huge fire tore through a warehouse belonging to the united nation's world food program on saturday, incinerating food, fuel, and other supplies bound for victims of a three-year civil war. among supplies destroyed by the fire were hundreds of thousands of mattresses meant for people made homeless by a u.s.-backed, saudi-led bombing campaign against houthi rebels. the war has devastated yemen's health, water, and sanitation systems, sparking a massive cholera outbreak and pushing millions of yemenis to the brink of starvation. in indian-administered kashmir, at least 20 people died and 70 others were wounded over the weekend as clashes erupted between government forces and pro-independence militias. among those reportedly killed were three indian soldiers and 13 militants. meanwhile, in srinagar, a curfew remains in effect today after police opened fire with live rounds on thousands of demonstrators protesting for an end to indian rule, killing four people and wounding dozens of others. in costa rica, victory in a presidential election that was widely seen as a referendum o

we cannot separate palestine from the greater issues in the region, whether it is area or yemen or egypt or libya. these are regions that have been attacked and bombed by various forces and the impact of israel's policies against the palestinians goes beyond palestinians. it impacts palestinians first and foremost, but in syria, for example, the golan heights is still occupied by israel. israel has claimed again and again that the scene regime claims the ball at the forefront of resisting israel. in fact, their border with " border with israel" has been the quietest order for decades. syrians were making fun of the regime of the revolution for started in area in 2011 and tanks were sent to shut down -- freedom writing we want slogans on walls of their schools. the regime sent tanks and torture these children and wanted to really put down the uprising from the start. people made fun of the regime telling him, golan height is that way, why are you sending your military here? liberate our land that you claim to be. i think we need to talk as we see and are inspired by the palestinian people

if you look at yemen, saudi arabia is using u.s. fighter planes and bombs and missiles to commit harangued us war crimes endous were crimes, resulting in famine and major disease outbreaks. there are cases where obama should not have sold -- or trump certainly should not sell, the case of yemen, obama finally held back on a scale of precision munitions bombs and trump and merely reverse that and there was resistance in congress. 47 senators voted to block the deal. nonetheless, trump is moving full speed ahead. he entered kushner have a very tight relationship with the saudi crown rents. juan: didn't they restrict sales to bahrain but trump is loosening it? >> bahrain, nigeria, were obama held back on human rights grounds and trump immediately waived those and moved forward with the sales. amy: and restricted weapons and saudi arabia. >> yes. basically anything obama had done to rein in any kind of weapon sales, trump immediately reversed. amy: there was just a month ago after his election in 2016, trump took to twitter and criticiz

united nations is appealing to international donors for $3 billion to combat hunger and disease in yemen as the u.s.-backed saudi led coalition continues, campaign that has killed more than 15,000 yemenis and devastated yemen's heah, water, sanitation systems. this is the un's secretary-general. >> every 10 minutes a child under five dies of preventable causes. arely 3 million children actually malnourished. childrenlf of our between six months and five years old are chronically malnourished and suffer from stunting, which is causing reduced ability to learn throughout their entire lives. amy: last month 10 senate democrats joined him geordie of republicans at a 44 to 50 50 that rejected a bill seeking to end u.s. military involvement in u.s.-backed saudi led war. a warning to listeners and viewers, this next headline contains disturbing content. in north carolina called the city of asheville has released body cam video showing a white police officer beating him a choking, taser and johnnie rush, a 33 euros african-american man, after officers stopped him for jaywalking. rush had alleged

our bodies are being devastated, just like they are in iraq and palestine and yemen. we all nd help. and th requis, ally, an inteational bilizati of people becauseverythinelse is hrendous. don't you think so? amy: let me ask you last question. president trump making this decision as he is embroiled in various sex scandals, accusations -- the special counsel robert mueller is moving 's homeim, his lawyer and offices and hotel are rated. reportedly there are recordings taken by the authorities. why raise this as you are dealing in syria with the possible chemical weapons attack, the number of people killed over these years is because this decision might not actually being made because of what is happening on the ground in syria. but the internal politics of what is happening here in the united states and wantinto stract attention. >> that could certainly be so. whatever trump does come he can do. but let's not forget behind trump is a whole system in place, right? it is not just trump. we're talking about a political military system within the united states, just like w

if you look at yemen, saudi arabia is using u.s. fighter planes and bombs and missiles to commit harangued us war crimes endous were crimes, resulting in famine and major disease outbreaks. there are cases where obama should not have sold -- or trump certainly should not sell, the case of yemen, obama finally held back on a scale of precision munitions bombs and trump and merely reverse that and there was resistance in congress. 47 senators voted to block the deal. nonetheless, trump is moving full speed ahead. he entered kushner have a very tight relationship with the saudi crown rents. juan: didn't they restrict sales to bahrain but trump is loosening it? >> bahrain, nigeria, were obama held back on human rights grounds and trump immediately waived those and moved forward with the sales. amy: and restricted weapons and saudi arabia. >> yes. basically anything obama had done to rein in any kind of weapon sales, trump immediately reversed. amy: there was just a month ago after his election in 2016, trump took to twitter and criticiz

this is sadek alsaar, the head of the group salam for yemen, which organized the protest. hasolt the embargo which caused a lot of deaths, nearly 10,000 people, one third of which are civilians. more than 63,000 children have died due to the embargo. several from those deaths from combat. we're taking advantage of the visit to sasay stop the massacr, upon theembmbargo yemenis. amy: the united nations is continuing to warn of a worsening humanitarian crisis in the democratic republic of the congo, saying 4.5 million have been displaced and 2 million children are facing severe malnutrition amid a surge in violence as president joseph kabila tries to hold on to power, more than a year after the end of his term. this is filippo grandi, the united nations high commissioner for refugees, appealing for more international aid. >> i want to make a strong appeal to the international community. africa is far away. it is far away from the rich countries. many of these refugees will not track for thousands of miles and cross the sea and arrivive in europe through my the world of their

we cannot separate palestine from the greater issues in the region, whether it is area or yemen or egypt or libya. these are regions that have been attacked and bombed by various forces and the impact of israel's policies against the palestinians goes beyond palestinians. it impacts palestinians first and foremost, but in syria, for example, the golan heights is still occupied by israel. israel has claimed again and again that the scene regime claims the ball at the forefront of resisting israel. in fact, their border with " border with israel" has been the quietest order for decades. syrians were making fun of the regime of the revolution for started in area in 2011 and tanks were sent to shut down -- freedom writing we want slogans on walls of their schools. the regime sent tanks and torture these children and wanted to really put down the uprising from the start. people made fun of the regime telling him, golan height is that way, why are you sending your military here? liberate our land that you claim to be. i think we need to talk as we see and are inspired by the palestinian people

our bodies are being devastated, just like they are in iraq and palestine and yemen. we all need help. and that requires, really, and international mobilization of people because everything else is horrendous. don't you think so? amy: let me ask you last question. president trump making this decision as he is embroiled in various sex scandals, accusations -- the special counsel robert mueller is moving 's homeim, his lawyer and offices and hotel are rated. reportedly there are recordings taken by the authorities. why raise this as you are dealing in syria with the possible chemical weapons attack, the number of people killed over these years is because this decision might not actually being made because of what is happening on the ground in syria. but the internal politics of what is happening here in the united states and wanting to distract attention. >> that could certainly be so. whatever trump does come he can do. but let's not forget behind trump is a whole system in place, right? it is not just trump. we're talking about a political military system within the u

this is sadek alsaar, the head of the group salam for yemen, which organized the protest. hasolt the embargo which caused a lot of deaths, nearly 10,000 people, one third of which are civilians. more than 63,000 children have died due to the embargo. several from those deaths from combat. we're taking advantage of the visit to say stop the massacre, upon theembargo yemenis. amy: the united nations is continuing to warn of a worsening humanitarian crisis in the democratic republic of the congo, saying 4.5 million have been displaced and 2 million children are facing severe malnutrition amid a surge in violence as president joseph kabila tries to hold on to power, more than a year after the end of his term. this is filippo grandi, the united nations high commissioner for refugees, appealing for more international aid. >> i want to make a strong appeal to the international community. africa is far away. it is far away from the rich countries. many of these refugees will not track for thousands of miles and cross the sea and arrive in europe through my the world of their exist

trump administration's third travel ban, which blocks most people from iran, libya, somalia, syria, and yemen from entering the united states. the supreme court is expected to rule on whether the travel ban is constitutional by the end of june. sesenate lawmakers have indefinitely postponed dr. ronny jackson's confirmation hearing as secretary of veterans affairs, eveven as president trp is continuing to defend jackson, his pepersonal w white house physician. on tuesday, montana senator jon tester said jackson is known within the white house as "candy man," because he hands out prescription pills as if they were candy. reports have also surfaced of dr. jackson drinking on the job and once drunkenly banging on the hotel room door of a female employee during an overseas work trip. that was in 2015. the interim director of the consumer financial protection , -- bureau, mick mulvaney, told a group of over 1000 bankers and lobbyists that they should give more money in campaign contributions if they want to weaken the power of the consumer financial protection bureau, which is tasked with regulatin

travel ban, which blocks most people from seven countries -- including iran, libya, somalia, syria, and yemen -- from entering the united states following oral arguments wednesday, in which justice anthony kennedy appeared to side with the conservative side of the court. lower courts have repeatedly ruled against versions of trump's travel ban, saying they were unconstitutional and in violation of federal immigration law. among those who have asked the supreme court to rule the travel ban unconstitutional are the children of japanese americans who were interned during world war two.o. joining us now is one of those children, karen korematsu, daughter of civil rights icon fred korematsu who was jailed for refusing orders to be sent to an internment camp set up for u.s. residents of japanese ancestry. his case went all the way to the supreme court. last year karen korematsu wrote the "washington post" writing -- i believe we will soon see that are found to be unconstitutional . for morere we go to austinin, t, where karen korematsu joins us founder anand executive director , of the fred t. kore

travel ban, which blocks most people from seven countries -- including iran, libya, somalia, syria, and yemen -- from entering the united states following oral arguments wednesday, in which justice anthony kennedy appeared to side with the conservative side of the court. lower courts have repeatedly ruled against versions of trump's travel ban, saying they were unconstitutional and in violation of federal immigration law. among those who have asked the supreme court to rule the travel ban unconstitutional are the children of japanese americans who were interned during world war two. joining us now is one of those children, karen korematsu, daughter of civil rights icon fred korematsu who was jailed for refusing orders to be sent to an internment camp set up for u.s. residents of japanese ancestry. his case went all the way to the supreme court. last year karen korematsu wrote the "washington post" writing -- i believe we will soon see that are found to be unconstitutional . for more we go to austin, texas, where karen korematsu joins us founder and executive director , of the fred t. koremats

they barely talked about palestine, the conflict in yemen which the u.s. is supporting saudi arabia. they were overwhelmingly focused on russia because there was a you'd be tohat philly to rush and democrats were angry about the hacking scandal and so forth. i think with pompeo, he has a level of into egoism toward russia that i think capital probably takes a lot of pleasure in, but i think the point of the views i wrote is that if you look at the policy of the trump administration has followed in the first year and a half or year in office, they have been more antagonistic toward russia and president obama was. they went ahead and approved lethal arms sales to ukraine. they appointed a very anti-russian you and now butting heads in syria. --u.n. and now butting heads in syria. normally russians and a mac and still suffer from the escalation, but other people do. many people in ukraine and syria , you know, should president trump escalate in syria and started attacking the syrian government -- which would be illegal, by the way, without the and congress. b

they barely talked about palestine, the conflict in yemen which the u.s. is supporting saudi arabia. they were overwhelmingly focused on russia because there was a you'd be tohat philly to rush and democrats were angry about the hacking scandal and so forth. i think with pompeo, he has a level of into egoism toward russia that i think capital probably takes a lot of pleasure in, but i think the point of the views i wrote is that if you look at the policy of the trump administration has followed in the first year and a half or year in office, they have been more antagonistic toward russia and president obama was. they went ahead and approved lethal arms sales to ukraine. they appointed a very anti-russian you and now butting heads in syria. --u.n. and now butting heads in syria. normally russians and a mac and still suffer from the escalation, but other people do. many people in ukraine and syria , you know, should president trump escalate in syria and started attacking the syrian government -- which would be illegal, by the way, without the and congress. b

trump administration's third travel ban, which blocks most people from iran, libya, somalia, syria, and yemen from entering the united states. the supreme court is expected to rule on whether the travel ban is constitutional by the end of june. senate lawmakers have indefinitely postponed dr. ronny jackson's confirmation hearing as secretary of veterans affairs, even as president trump is continuing to defend jackson, his personal white house physician. on tuesday, montana senator jon tester said jackson is known within the white house as "candy man," because he hands out prescription pills as if they were candy. reports have also surfaced of dr. jackson drinking on the job and once drunkenly banging on the hotel room door of a female employee during an overseas work trip. that was in 2015. the interim director of the consumer financial protection , -- bureau, mick mulvaney, told a group of over 1000 bankers and lobbyists that they should give more money in campaign contributions if they want to weaken the power of the consumer financial protection bureau, which is tasked with regulating the