 And those are some of the headlines. This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman. And I'm Nermeen Shaikh. Welcome to our listeners and viewers across the country and around the world. We begin today's show in Kenya, where police in the capital, Nairobi, have erected roadblocks and fired tear gas at protesters calling for President William Ruto to resign. Demonstrations are continuing even after Ruto made a dramatic reversal Wednesday,