LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Comienzan audiencias de confirmación de Roberts
• Hallan 45 muertos en hospital de Nueva Orleans
• Michael Brown renuncia a dirección de la FEMA
• Ex jefe de bomberos de Miami a la dirección de la FEMA
• El 72% de afroestadounidenses piensan que Bush no se preocupa por ellos
• Bush niega factor racista en los esfuerzos de rescate
• FEMA establecerá comunidades de casas rodantes para alojar a 200.000 personas
• Desastre ambiental: Basural tóxico permanece bajo agua
• Atentado estadounidense/ iraquí deja 200 muertos en Tall Afar
• Abogados de Frances Newton piden suspensión de ejecución
• Periodistas liberados de prisión haitiana
• Fondo Nacional para la Democracia da 100 mil dólares a opositores de Chávez
• Sindicato de trabajadores Unite Here podría abandonar la AFL-CIO
• Israel se retira de Gaza, poniendo fin a 38 años de ocupación

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Roberts at High Court Confirmation Hearing: "I Have No Agenda"

  
  

  The Senate opened confirmation hearings Monday for John Roberts to become the nation’s 17th chief justice. If confirmed, Roberts would be the youngest chief justice in two centuries and would be positioned to lead the court for decades. We play Roberts’ opening remarks. [includes rush transcript]

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• Senate Dems Call For Open Questioning of Roberts as GOPs Encourage Nominee to Avoid Controversial Topics

  
  

  During the opening day of confirmation hearings of John Roberts as chief justice, Democrats repeatedly said all questions to the nominee were fair game, including about issues such as abortion and civil rights. Republicans encouraged Roberts not to answer questions about his views on controversial topics. We play excerpts of the hearing. [includes rush transcript]

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• Honduran Immigrants in New Orleans: Fleeing Hurricanes Mitch, Katrina and Now the U.S. Government

  
  

  It is estimated that 120,000 Hondurans lived in the New Orleans area. Many were refugees from Hurricane Mitch, which devastated Honduras in 1998 killing up to 10,000 people. While many Honduran immigrants were granted temporary legal status, others are undocumented and fear deportation. Democracy Now! travels to Louisiana to speak with some of the Honduran survivors there. [includes rush transcript]

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• After Katrina, Where Have All the Prisoners Gone?

  
  

  A makeshift prison has been set up in the Greyhound bus and train station in downtown New Orleans. The nearby prison, was flooded after hurricane Katrina. What happened to the prisoners there and in other parish prisons in New Orleans? A writ of habeas corpus was recently filed for an accounting of the prisoners. We speak Louisiana defense attorney Phyllis Mann. [includes rush transcript]

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