Airbnb scores a victory in San Francisco. Then to banning the box. The federal government, i believe, should not use criminal history to screen out applicants before we even look at the qualifications. We can dismiss people out of handsomely because they made a mistake in the past. Amy president obama announces a stearic series of steps to help former prisoners readjust to society as the Justice Department freeze 6000 inmates jailed on drug charges in the largest onetime release of federal prisoners. One third of those prisoners are expected to soon be deported. We will speak with two former prisoners on the difficulty of transitioning back to freedom. The Pulitzer Prize winner New York Times reporter charlie savage. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Tuesday was no election day the United States as voters decided Ballot Initiatives and elected city and state leaders. In one of the most closely watched
Countries to review emissions targets every five years. They also declared their intention to release their own National Strategies within the next five years to develop lowcarbon economies by 2050. Translator the joint statement delivers the positive message that the two sides are working to improve the process on Climate Change so as to make cop21 a great success. President hollande was pleased with the commitment from the Worlds Largest emitter. He said the role of china is essential at the conference. The leaders of japan and south korea say their oneonone talks were very significant. Prime minister abe and President Park geunhye sat down together on monday. They agreed to try to resolve as soon as possible the issue that divides them most, those referred to as comfort women. Nhk worlds kengo atamoto reports. Reporter Prime Minister abe and President Park met in the president ial palace in seoul. They spent nearly two hours discussing a variety of issues of interest for both countr
Countries to review emissions targets every five years. They also declared their intention to release their own National Strategies within the next five years to develop lowcarbon economies by 2050. Translator the joint statement delivers the positive message that the two sides are working to improve the process on Climate Change so as to make cop21 a great success. President hollande was pleased with the commitment from the Worlds Largest emitter. He said the role of china is essential at the conference. The leaders of japan and south korea say their oneonone talks were very significant. Prime minister abe and President Park geunhye sat down together on monday. They agreed to try to resolve as soon as possible the issue that divides them most, those referred to as comfort women. Nhk worlds kengo atamoto reports. Reporter Prime Minister abe and President Park met in the president ial palace in seoul. They spent nearly two hours discussing a variety of issues of interest for both countr
We will look at Election Results across the country as ohio says no to legalize marijuana, voters in houston reject a measure to bar lgbt discrimination, and airbnb scores a victory in San Francisco. Then to banning the box. The federal government, i believe, should not use criminal history to screen out applicants before we even look at the qualifications. We can dismiss people out of handsomely because they made a mistake in the past. Amy president obama announces a stearic series of steps to help former prisoners readjust to society as the Justice Department freeze 6000 inmates jailed on drug charges in the largest onetime release of federal prisoners. One third of those prisoners are expected to soon be deported. We will speak with two former prisoners on the difficulty of transitioning back to freedom. The Pulitzer Prize winner New York Times reporter charlie savage. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy good
He also discussed Climate Change , despite a request by louisiana governor bobby jindal not to do so. Making our communities more resilient is going to be increasingly important because we are going to see more extreme weather events as the result of Climate Change. Deeper droughts, deadlier wildfires, stronger storms. Amy we will spend the hour with new orleans native actor Wendell Pierce, best known for his roles in the wire and treme. Monique harden and journalist. Ary rivlin. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Hundreds more people fleeing violence in syria, afghanistan, pakistan, iraq, Subsaharan Africa and other regions have reportedly died en route to europe as the world grapples with whats being described the worst migration crisis since world war ii. As many as 200 people may have drowned when a boat headed to Southern Europe sank off the libyan coast thursday. Another boat with 50 people on bo