hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. juan: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: we begin today's show with a warning. a warning to our audience, this segment contains graphic footage and accounts of police violence. protests are continuing in the minneapolis area after a white police officer shot and killed a 20-year-old black man, daunte wright, during a traffic stop sunday afternoon in the minneapolis suburb of brooklyn center. the deadly shooting took place about 10 miles from where former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is on trial for killing george floyd. on monday, police fired tear gas, rubber-coated bullets, and stun grenades as protesters defied a curfew and took to the streets brooklyn center for a second straight night. police said 40 people were arrested. more than a dozen were arrested during protests in minneapolis. just before he was killed, daunte wright called his mother to say he was being pulled over -- allegedly because an air freshen

juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is entering its eighth day. chauvin is charged with second- and third-degree murder, as well as manslaughter for killing george floyd last may. over the past three days, numerous members of the minneapolis police department accused chauvin of violating department policy by kneeling on floyd's neck for 9.5 minutes while ignoring pleas from floyd that he could not breathe. minneapolis police chief arradondo testified against his officer in a rare move. here he is being questioned by prosecutor steve schleicher. >> when do you believe or do you have a belief as to when this restraint, restraint on the ground, should have stopped? >> once mr. floyd -- and this is based on my viewing of the videos. once mr. floyd had stopped resisting and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that, that should have stopped. there is

hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. jury deliberations have begun in the trial of derek chauvin, the former white minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter for killing george floyd by kneeling on his neck for over nine minutes last may. floyd's death sparked international protests calling for racial justice. authorities in minnesota are now bracing for a verdict in one of the most closely watched criminal trials in years. during closing arguments, state prosecutor steve schleicher repeatedly reminded jurors this case was solely about chauvin's actions, not about policing as a whole. >>'s use of force was unreasonable. it was excessive. it was grossly disproportionate. it is not an excuse the shocking abuse you saw with your own eyes. and you can believe your own eyes. this case is exactly what you thought when you saw it first, when you saw that video. it is exactly that. you can believe your eyes. it is exact

hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: more than a year into the pandemic and the economic crisis it generated, many workers continue to be excluded from receiving any government relief. these excluded workers include undocumented people -- many of them in essential services -- and people recently released from prison. well, on monday in new york, hundreds of excluded workers from across the state marched through the capitol of albany in a final push to demand lawmakers support a $3.5 billion fund that would be the first of its kind in the united states to provide financial relief and healthcare to those shut out of the current system. embattled governor andrew cuomo is now in final negotiations with legislators on a budget bill that was due last month. new york assemblymember marcela mitaynes has joined excluded workers in a weeks long hunger strike urging support for the fund. she addressed monday's rally. >> there is plenty of

hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. president biden is addressing a joint session of congress tonight for the first time. it comes on the eve of his 100th day in the white house. biden is expected to unveil his $1.8 trillion american families plan to expand educational opportunities, childcare, and paid family leave. biden is proposing to fund the plan in part by raising the capital gains tax for the nation's wealthiest households and cracking down on wealthy dodgers. while much of tonight's speech is expected to focus on domestic issues, we spend the hour today looking at biden's foreign policy record -- both as president and the past half-century. the intercept has just launched a sweeping project examining a half century of biden's stances on war, militarism, and the cia going back to the early 1970's when biden was first elected senator in delaware. the project is called "empire politician." it was created by the award-winning

hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. juan: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: a jury in minneapolis has convicted former police officer derek chauvin on three counts for murdering george floyd by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds lastde may. chauvin is the first white police officer in minnesota to ever be convicted of killing a black person. the jury reached its decision after 10 hours of deliberation. just after 5:00 p.m. eastern time, judge peter cahill read the jury's decision. >> we the jury as to count one, unintentional second be murder while committing a felony, find the defendant l2. we the jury as to count two, third degree murder perpetrating dangerous act, find the defendant guilty. we the jury as to count three, second-degree manslaughter, creating an reasonable risk of a find the defendant guilty. amy: moments later, derek chauvin was handcuffed and taken into custody. he will be sentenced in two months. he faces up to 40 years i

juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets of elizabeth city, north carolina, for a fifth day to protest last week's police killing of andrew brown, a 42-year-old black father. on monday, authorities allowed brown's family and attorneys to watch a 20-second video clip of the shooting. the family says it shows andrew brown was shot in the back of the head while his hands were on the steering wheel of his car. his son khalil ferebee described the shooting as an execution. >> it is like we are against all odds in this world. my dad got executed just by trying to save his own life. he was not -- the officers was not in no harm of him at all. it is messed up how this happened. for real. for real. he got executed. it ain't right at all. amy: chantel cherry-lassister, an attorney for andrew brown's family, described what she saw in the 20 second video. >> andrew brown was in his driveway.

[juan jesus speaking spanish] [juan jesus speaking spanish] [both speaking spanish] [muro speaking spanish] fernandez: cuba'international medical program began in 1960 when it sent a health brigade to chile in response to a deadly earthquake. since then, cuba has sent more than 400,000 medical personnel to 164 countries. for decades, cuba's medical missions were purely humanitarian. the gornment didn't charge a penny. today, cuba still sends thousands of doctors to poor countries in africa and latin america at no cost. but in the last 20 years, cuba has so began charging wealthier countries. reporter: ok, so the allegation is that cuban doctors are being sent around the world to work in different places. woman: these cuban medical missions, if you'll call them, are really just disguised human trafficking. pompeo: we've noticed how the regime in havana has taken advantage of the covid-19 pandemic to continue its exploitation of cuban medical workers. barsa: this business of forced labor is the functional equivalent of modern-day slavery. fernandez: usaid offered $3 million in grants to inve

juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: the biden administration has unveiled plans to withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan by september 11, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. biden will formally outline his plan today during a speech in the treaty room at the white house -- the same room where president george w. bush announced the start of the u.s. invasion of afghanistan nearly 20 years ago, beginning what has become the longest war in u.s. history. the war has killed more than 100,000 afghan civilians and over 2300 u.s. service members. it also cost the u.s. trillions of dollars. nato forces are also expected to withdraw its 7000 troops by september 11. white house press secretary jen psaki discussed biden's plan on tuesday. >> the president has been consistent in his view that there is not a military solution to afghanistan, that we have been there for far too long. that has been his view for some time, well reported

and was interviewed by juan gonzalez about president obama's drone war program. clark had just finished defending the hancock 38 -- a group of peace activists arrested at a u.s. drone base your syracuse, new york. >> the day after i testified, "the new york times" had an article, a man had met with the family a day before and -- not the day before -- he left to go back to frontier territories. 11-year-old boy was killed in the crossfire. 20 plus troops, soldiers, pakistan killed by drones. incredible. the assassination and muer weaps, they create more fear and anger. you don't feel safe any place. you are notafe any place. they will chase you down anyplace. it is a weapon that ought to be prohibited. it is a criminal -- juan: president obama said yesterday he will not apologize for the attk. the issue of these drones and what is happening around the rest of the world as they see the willingness of the united states to basically go to any country they feel necessary to do so with these drone attacks? >> totally disregard the sovereign territory. big country. pakis

prosecutors say he was also involved in at least two murders and that honduran president juan orlando hernandez was a co-conspirator in the quote “state-onsored drug trafficking. in hong kong, a court convicted media tycoon jmy lai, veteran politician martin lee, and five other notable pro-democracy activists for participating in an unauthorized peaceful protest in 2019. the activists could face up to five years behind bars. hong kong politician cyd ho is another one of theonvicted activists. >> the freedom of information, the freedom of expression are now banned in hong kong. noit is a deterrence of our progress. amy: here in the united states, the biden administration had reaffirmed the position taken by the trump administration that hong kong is no longer autonomous from china, a should not benefit from preferential trade terms. in media news, the bbc's china correspondent john sudworth has left beijing for taiwan, after describing increasing threats, surveillance and obstruction from chise authories. sudwth has won awards r his reporting on the plight of the uyghur population in

a federal court in new york has sentenced tony hernandez, the brother of honduran president juan orlando hernand, to lif in prison for drug trafficking. tony hernandez, a former congress member, was convicted in 2019 on wide-ranging charges, including massive bribing schemes. u.s. prosetors say he was also involved in at least two murders and that honduran president juan orlando hernandez was a co-conspirator in the quote “state-onsored drug trafficking. in hong kong, a court convicted media tycoon jimmy lai, veteran politician martin lee, and five other notable pro-democracy activists for participating in an unauthorized peaceful protest in 2019. the activists could fa up to five years behind bars. hong kong politician cyd ho is another one of theonvicted activists. >> the freedom of information, the freedom of expression are now banned in hong kong. it is a deterrence of our progress. amy: here in the united states, the biden administration had reaffirmed the position taken by the trump administration that hong kong is no longer autonomous from china, and should not benefit from pref

the bill imposes sanctions on honduran president juan orlando hernandez and suspense u.s. security assistance and weapons for the honduran police and military. this comes as hondurans continue to flee the dire social and economic conditions at home. but many are not granted the opportunity to apply for asylum if they reach the u.s. on wednesday, 85 honduran migrants were deported from the u.s. >> yesterday, i was deported at 5:00 p.m. i was not told i was being deported. nothing. i was suddenly asked to get ready in five minutes. i was told i would be picked cap but i was taken to the airport at 3:00 a.m. and then i was reported. amy: in colombia, indigenous governor sandra liliana peÑa was gunned down in the cauca region. days before her murder, she publicly condemned the increasing amount of illicit crops being cultivated locally. rights groups say she was at least the 52nd social leader killed this year and that over 1100 activists and land defenders have been killed since the 2016 peace deal was signed. a warning to our audience, the next story contains graphic descri

cohost juan gonzalez. and in chicago, we are joined by mateo zapata, an independent journalist, photographer, and community organizer. he recently wrote an op-ed for “the chicago tribune” titled "we are adam: for many youth across chicago's south and west sides, adam toledo's life trajectory is too familiar.” we welcome you both to democracy now! mateo, talk about the issues being raised and the original circumstances of this 10-year-old white adam toledo's death. >> good morning. the original circumstances around the fact that chicago police department actively tried to cover up everything about this case. and copa to delayed the release of the footage. that is the police accountability entity in chico. they are responsible for handling all of the evidence and processing everything around people that are murdered by police. amy: so the murder happened at the end of march, but it took a few weeks for this video to be released. so the police and the city-shaped the narrative at the beginning. yeah, no

-backed opposition leader juan guaido and that decisions were made to reinforce guaido's credibility. the burmese military has launched air strikes against rebels from two ethnic groups, the kachin and karen, who have been seeking greater autonomy for decades. at least 2000 burmese refugees have already crossed into thailand seeking safety. this comes days after karen rebels seized a burmese military base near the thai border. meanwhile, protests against the burmese military junta continue. over 750 protesters have been killed since the junta seized power in a coup in february. the republican-controlled legislature in florida has approved a sweeping voter suppression bill that is being compared to george's new voting law. the florida bill would limit the use of mail ballot drop boxes, make it harder to vote by mail, and criminalize the distribution of food and water to people waiting in line to vote. republican governor ron desantis has signaled he will sign the bill into law. kara gross of the american civil liberties union of florida criticized the bill, saying -- "there was no prob

. >> and blank recognizi juan guaido as the president who was not elected? >> it's -- it's silly, too. cause it has no future. it did not have any future with trump. it will not have any future now. unless some kind of violt overthrow of majuro. they will have to dialogue -- back into 2003 with full support of the republicans. you talk about the group of friends venezuela. in relation to cuba, the sanctions are something totally obscured. it is still the cold war mentality which has nothing to do. it doesn't need to be friends with ca but i mean just respecting the national law. t have unateral sanctio. e declaration on bivia was very mucworrying because it points to the wrong direction. what should he do in latin america? obama in some respects try t wo in a better way in relati to cuba. even with venezuela they had indirect dialogues and certainly - asking f a diogue with the organization of south american countries. i think respect, i think what the united states -- there is diversity in latin america. and plurality. and, of course, desire to work indepen