taina bien aime, executive director of coalition against trafficking in women. this is democracy now! back in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: bob dylan, a very young bob dylan. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. dozens of students who survived last week's school shooting in florida have arrived in tallahassee to push for new gun control measures. it follows last week's mass shooting at the high school. 17 people were killed. the students are holding a rally today outside the florida statehouse just a day after republican-controlled florida house of representatives blocked a bid to bring up a bill to ban sales of assault-style rifles in the state. while the florida shooting has sparked a national debate over guns and the lobbying power of the national rifle association, much less attention has been paid to another aspect of the shooting. the florida gunman, 19-year-old nikolas cruz, was a member of the army junior reserve officer training corps program before he was expelled from the school. he was wearing his jr

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members to vote against a grand coalition. cannot is traveling throughout germany today he's in the town of bishop's time here frank. lots of s.p.d. members want to have their say and there's a big crowd here today. it was tonight the leader of the party's youth organization who launched the debate. about. our election manifesto is no longer sound like s.p.d. principles but a compromise tailored to a grand coalition we know we have few options if we want to get into government we can only do it with the conservatives but isn't this the way it is and that is why we limit ourselves in developing new ideas. it is clear that we've given up and are not willing to come up with real solutions to current issues after what we have reduced our thinking to suit the grand coalition. with. the s.p.d. was part of a grand coalition from twenty thirteen to twenty seventeen the party had to make concessions then to live in last autumn selections the s.p.d. took only twenty point five percent of the vote its worst result in post-war history man

party is campaigning against this coalition agreement you've been recruiting members into the s.p.d. to try to get them to vote against this coalition agreement and scupper the whole deal which would then presumably trigger fresh elections in germany understand some twenty twenty five thousand people have joined the s.p.d. over the past couple of months what how do you think that vote is going to go i think it's going to be a very close call and it's not you can't really say right now how the vote is going to go i think that we have some strong arguments right there and the twenty five thousand people who join most of them i think are supporting us they don't want to keep the great crowd this isn't what you have had for eight of the power of the past twelve years and they really want to change in politics so they joined and they're campaigning with us together against the great and i think that's quite some back out for us some strong support and we have trying to convince every member we can get to vote against the coalition and we won't keep we won't keep quiet until we get the maj

against the grain coalition so you're campaigning for that you're up in opposition to the coalition do you believe that a majority of your fellow s.p.d. members will like yourself defy the party leadership and actually vote against forming another coalition with the conservatives do you think that vote will against it will happen. well i think we had a good chance until yesterday it was quite sure that we could win it but then. when the media reported that the party in the polls beyond the way of de slipped the right wing if the party oh i'm hearing that there's a lot of fear. in the members and so they decide for you to vote for the going coalitional and i still think that it's going to be very short resolved so close very close ok what you would like to see is the s.p.d. go into opposition in parliament is that correct that's correct and that would basically trigger fresh elections of chancellor merkel doesn't have a new coalition partner either that or a minority. government which she hasn't really shown any any desire for do you think that given your party's slide in the polls t

against trump have left some donors to the organization angry with what they see as a waste of money and energy it's also left democratic operatives worried that money is being sent to organizations that are engaged largely in self promotion at a time when resources are needed for midterm election contests and the state advocacy against trump hucksterism flourishes in the political arena when we are no longer really citizens where consumers we want to buy somebody who will. to our work for us i do our advocacy get out there with our placards go out there and vote go out there and agitate and go out there and harass you know not harass but like you know be a citizen and call your congresspeople call your local officials call the party representatives and say do this or do that and said if we want to just like just like with charity which is also filled with hucksterism you send bob geldof ten bucks or you know one of those sort of organizations headed by a celebrity front person you know you send them money and you think like now i feel better and i'm just going to go you know plunder

father and son one for the grand coalition the other against at this s.p.d. event in northern germany there's only one question on everyone's minds should the party risk another coalition with angle america's conservatives it's up to party members to decide including fabby and stake now the critical young socialist and his father the veteran s.p.d. man and takes the lead with the party roush taking or. yeah i believe the majority of members will say yes if we convinced them so we need to use the time i'll try to do my part even save his son fabienne most of the party's younger members it's far from a done deal they want change. that's good to see that we need to be more proactive in forward looking string quartets are ok but we need some heavy metal too and a political keyboard. at home with his statements of course there's plenty of talk about politics the prospect of governing with angela merkel for another four years has triggered a number of arguments between father and son when this shift at the grand coalition doesn't happen i think we'd face a debacle

is youth organisation is justified in this position and in leading the campaign against the grand coalition. i think it's very acceptable in a democratic process of generating political will even when he tried rallying new members to join in vote against the coalition. no that's wrong he was against that at first he said we're campaigning for people to join the party and vote no. no it was the youth socialist leader in north rhine-westphalia who talked about paying ten year as membership for two months afterwards he clearly stated and i agree with him that new members are always welcome by the way we already have very many who want to vote in favor of the coalition out of the front office but they have to commit to social democratic goals for the long term. considering the spectacle we've made of ourselves lately i don't suppose the s.p.d. is particularly vogue right now but we are nevertheless germany strongest party based on membership numbers and i think a large part of the population shares our basic values in that case we lost in the last election for many reasons one of them was the r

the coalition against hunger says the current program works and should not be changed. they say part of the problem is that everyone would get the same box with no consideration to allergies or diet choices. also there wouldn't be any fresh food. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. 20 minutes before 6:00. we've got a very different scenario this morning. the wind is blowing but a very gentle breeze and much warmer breeze that is blowing this morning. we'll see sunshine and a few clouds. we're going to have sunshine and a really nice warmup for valentine's day. today will warm into the 60s. but this evening showers will be arriving in some neighborhoods. the wind barely moving right now, just a 3 mile an hour breeze in wilmington, 5 miles an hour in coatesville. so the temperatures have come down. but with clouds overhead we're not really getting the cold wind we saw yesterday. there are some colder neighborhoods in the suburbs. just below freezing at 31 degrees in west callan township. having seen a few showers overnight to the north, they're out in the poc

against moscow time now the u.s. secretary of state said to finish his relations building two of the middle east with a visit to turkey rex tillerson is due to arrive there thursday in a much anticipated meeting following a souring of ties of late with ankara the two nato allies have been at odds over kurdish forces in syria but washington's rhetoric seems to be softening. through where it's going to. new york there so what's been happening the buildup to this final leg to listens trip take us through it. well in the lead up to the trip of tillerson to turkey we are hearing u.s. officials make statements to the effect of supporting the turkish government and saying that their security concerns are fully legitimate let's take a listen to what we've heard nato or one nation one of our allies. and insurgent shooting inside its own borders and nato and america stand with turkey on an image should curity concern we have never given heavy arms to the wife to do so there is none to take by. now these security concerns that

. >> reporter: kathy fisher is policy director at the coalition against hunger, which helps people sign up for snap benefits. she doesn't think the change is a good idea. >> being able to tailor what you buy that meets your family's needs makes a lot more sense. >> reporter: one administration official likened the budget's new snap proposal to blue apron meal kits. but there's a big difference, because those include fresh foods and produce. >> milk that doesn't have to be refrigeratored. >> that's the stuff in the senior food boxes that are made up here in the philadelphia area and are a model for the new boxes. >> so can people make a request of what they want in their box? >> no, you cannot make requests. you get the box and it is what it is. >> reporter: here at phil abundance, that's part of the big concern. >> so let's say you're a vegetarian or you have an allergy, that doesn't matter. you get the same box of food and you probably might just end up throwing away some pieces that are in the box if you can't consume everything. >> reporter: it could be a new challenge for families t

and the other 72 members of the coalition against isis has spent years. we don't point to find ourselves in the same situation again and again. we need to work together to complete terrorism propaganda and extremist ideologies. leadership means putting aside personal feelings to help the good of the people. it is our hope that gcc can -- the citizens of qatar are resilient people. we can't ignore the historic fight it in the countries of the gcc and the cultural and financial ties that can actually make a stronger. qatar hopes to restore gcc and based on shared interests like trade and security. that gcc would need to have a clear process for racing and resolving the crisis and would need to be force compliance with regard to foreign-policy and domestic affairs. he would need to be governed by impulse and would need to serve in the best interest of all of its members. regarding the middle east region we cannot -- these devastated areas unless more pressure is put on power-hungry players and a security plan is established across the region. the security pl

and partner forces the coalition conducted strikes against attack to repel the act of aggression against partners to repel the act of aggression against partners in the global coalitions defeat dish mission if the situation is like how they describe that they were indeed attacks while fighting isis demi have the right to self defense well if you take them at face value you could think so but the one hundred people they just killed were also fighting isis and recently they had been making much better progress against isis then the united states led coalition or their partner forces the the s.d.f. the syrian government has of course called all of this an act of aggression unwarranted and just but just for you information all of this happened in there is or near a rich oil field and refinery conical it's called it was liberated last year by the u.s. led coalition very quickly and in fact the u.s. partner forces seem to have a knack for liberating areas with the oil under them much quicker than they do those areas that don't have oil under them since. since all the oil rich areas were taken

led coalition has conducted strikes against pro-government forces in syria there have been conflicting reports on the number of casualties u.s. central command described it as a defensive move but russia's defense ministry said the unit was hit as it was carrying out an operation against an eyesore. while carrying out an operation to locate and terminate an eyesore sleeper so near form oil refinery a unit of pro-government forces was suddenly shelled and then hit by airstrikes by the u.s. led coalition vis was overkill pure and simple if the numbers are true i would see a demonstration of she have brute force perhaps you know to send perhaps the send a message that nevertheless the united states says that it's it's in syria and it will defend itself and it has the right to defend itself in this instance in defense of coalition and partner forces the coalition conducted strikes against attack and forces to repel the act of aggression against partners engaged in the global coalition's defeat danish mission if the situation is like how they describe that they were indeed attacks while fig

and other 72 members of the coalition against isis have spent years crushing this. we don't want to find ourselves in the same situation again and again. we need to work together to completely end terrorism financing, recruitment, propaganda and extremist ideologies. wide leadership means put aside personal feelings to help the good of the people. it is our hope that gcc can be rebuilt, the citizens of qatar or for giving and resilient people. we wish for unity. we can't ignore the historic bond between the countries of the gcc and the shared family, cultural, and financial ties that can actually make us stronger. qatar hopes for a restored gcc, which is more transference and based on shared interest like trade and security. this restored gcc would need to have a clearer process for raising and resolving differences, would need to be void of forced compliance regarding foreign policy and decision concerning domestic affairs. would need to be governed by reason over impulse. and would need to serve the west interest of all of its members. regarding the greater middle

against trump over the issue of jerusalem the head of the largest christian denomination and the man who politically at least represents islam. south sudan's warring parties are holding another round of peace talks in ethiopia in capital addis ababa the country's civil war began four years ago when forces loyal to president salva kiir fought with supporters of former vice president riek machar four million people had been displaced sense that gave them organise following events from job there. the second round of talks to revitalize the august twenty fifth in peace agreement is expected to discuss security arrangements and power sharing agreements now let's remember that this has already been outlined in the august twenty fifteen peace deal signed between the president salva kiir and his on the opposition leader rick machar and south sudan's government has made it very clear that they're not going to renegotiate the agreement which was signed in august twenty fifth scene but the opposition under rick my charge demanded forty two percent of government positions as well as the un takin

against i saw and you're right there was talk about the importance of security because now that the sort of international coalition feels they've taken land off advice or the next challenge is how to rebuild and provide security so you can rebuild now there's a lot of concern about how do you provide that security not everybody's on the same page joe only today we've heard statements from for example one of the leaders of the popular mobilisation forces in iraq threatening u.s. security forces in iraq we've seen the tension between the united states of america and the turkish allies over who fills the vacuum in northern syria the turks see american support for kurdish rebels in northern syria to be an act of supporting what they see as terrorist groups so it comes down to this bottom line secretary tellus and yesterday calling for. forces to provide security around communities which are no longer on the ice the rules of the don't fall back into weisel role but there's no consensus over who provides that security whose forces coming to apply elizabeth or right sami thank you very muc

led coalition has conducted as strikes against pro government forces in syria reportedly killing over one hundred u.s. central command described it as a defensive measure in defense of kulish and partner forces the coalition conducted strikes against attacking forces to repel the act of aggression against partners engaged in the global coalition's defeat mission the coalition said the alleged act of aggression targeted the so-called moderate militants no coalition no u.s. personnel though one member of the syria democratic forces was wounded since twenty fourteen amid u.s. led cold that assad must go america's stated focus in syria has been battling eisel however with the terrorists now effectively defeated u.s. officials say the pentagon is preparing to dig in even further. our military policy in syria has not changed our priority remains the defeat of isis whether it's in iraq or in syria that is our intent to defeat isis and not do anything more than that the united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring isis cannot reemerge total withdrawal of americ

led coalition against isis the military operations will switch from combat to sustaining military gains that means a gradual reduction of troops. just last month they said there were 5200 american forces in iraq. >>> time for sports and ducis is here the eagles champs not just the toast of the town but they are getting national exposure. >> a perk of being a super bowl champion. non-stop since the eagles won the super bowl sunday night and nick foles was at disney world and a couple teammates were on jimmy kimmelle. jeff skversky is live at philadelphia international airport where a player arrived back home. >> corey clement says there is no greater feeling to be back in his home town as a super bowl champion. it's a crazy 24 hours and a dominant performance in super bowl lii. he flew to be on jimmy kimmel and finally back home tonight ready to sell brace with his team mads mates. here he is arriving a short time ago and taking lots of pictures and signing autographs for excited eagles fans that saw him on the plane after being on jimmy kimmel with fellow running back jay ajayi, he says

he was joined by the domestic violence koordcoordinating counsel and the delaware coalition against domestic violence. the governor made the same proclamation last year. >>> a local columnist made good on his presuper bowl bet today. he predicted the eagles would lose to the patriots. he wrote a column detailing how it would go down. at the end, he wrote if the birds won he would eat his column. after dousing it in hot sauce, he sprinkled it on his sandwich and chowed down. that's big. >> glenn "hurricane" schwartz he knew they were going to do this weeks ago. he was confident and never had a doubt. >> even when carson wentz went down telling you how good foles was. and what an incredible job that he did. i want a statue of him next to rocky. a statue of him and doug pederson. a first alert out for some different areas. these upper suburbs, western chester, western montgomery upper buck.s county and berks county. that's 4:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. so much of the day affect eded by this. 2 to 4 inches of snow. plus some sleet and snow-covered roads. lesser amount of problems. in philadelphia the o

against human trafficking which is looking to support smes and their understanding of what the challenge is and also to work in the survivor space so that you actually square the circle, so to speak so people are aren't being trafficked for exploitation. >> that's great. thank you very much. you see the importance of corporations getting together globally and addressing this in the way you did, and i appreciate that. let's turn to the amazing work facebook is doing because what you have done is just astounding and what i love about it is the fact that you've partnered with many other organizations to help them combat the issue of trafficking and actually found the signs and represent it. >> first, can you hear me okay? thank you. thank you for having us and including us in the conversation. i just want to say you know, you talk about our work being outstanding, but it's not necessarily our work that's outstanding and it's the partnerships that we have that make what we do powerful, and the organizations are dedicating all of their time to this effort that really deserve the round of appl

led coalition has conducted as strikes against pro government forces in syria u.s. central command described it as a defensive measure in defense of coalition and partner forces the coalition conducted strikes against attack and forces to repel the act of aggression against partners engaged in the global coalition's defeat. the us has been carrying out its anti eisel campaign in syria since twenty fourteen despite never having been actually invited by the country's legitimate government however even after the terrorists were effectively defeated america's top general says u.s. troops are not going anywhere and quote they will fight as long as they want to fight washington a stressed his goal in syria is only to defeat eisold but it looks like this might well change our military policy in syria has not changed our priority remains to defeat of isis whether it's in iraq or in syria that is our intent to defeat isis and not do anything more than that the united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring that isis cannot reemerge total withdra