On the Road to Rochester, New York, this is Democracy Now.

I appeal to the parties, open the strait, let ships pass, no tolls, no discrimination,

let trade resume, let the global economy breathe.

U.S.-Iran talks remain at a standstill as the U.S. is continuing to blockade Iranian ports

and Iran has largely halted shipping traffic in the strait of Hormuz.

We'll speak with Jeremy Scahill of Dropsite News.

Then the United Arab Emirates has pulled out of OPEC and a move to increase

its oil production capacity. We'll look at what the Iran war means for the push to transition

away from fossil fuels. And finally, the Supreme Court here's a case that could determine if thousands of cancer patients can sue Roundup's manufacturer Bayer.

We'll speak to Mother Jones reporter Nate Halverson about his new investigation.

It's headlined, we are bombarding America's forests with Roundup.

For decades, Monsanto, the original maker of Roundup,

has insisted the product is safe when used as directed.

But in 2015, the World Health Organization released a landmark assessment

saying glyphosate is probably carcinogenic.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the Warren Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman.

President Trump and his national security team are reportedly skeptical of Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for tabling

nuclear talks. U.S. officials say President Trump expressed doubts Monday that Iran was acting

in good faith. Iran has so far refused Trump's key demand that it

end all nuclear enrichment and formally renounce nuclear weapons. In his latest post on

truth social, Trump threatened Iran to, quote, better get smart soon, unquote. Earlier on Tuesday,

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