Activists. Recently, an organization used secretly recorded, heavily edited videos to make outrageous claims. I want to be really clear the allegation that planned parenthood profits in any way from tissue donation is not true. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In news from ohio, former university of Cincinnati Police officer ray tensing has been released on a 1 million bail after pleading not guilty to the murder of sam dubose. Tensing, who is white, fatally shot the 43yearold African American man on july 19 after stopping him for not having a front license plate. Two additional officers, phillip kidd and David Lindenschmidt have been placed on administrative leave. Meanwhile, new information shows that officer phillip kidd and another officer on scene during the dubose shooting were involved in the death of an unarmed African American man five years earlier. According to documents revealed by the guardian, phillip kidd and officer eric weibel were part of a sevenofficer team that tased and shackled a mentally ill man who was having a psychotic episode. The man died three days later. Well have more from cincinnati after headlines. In news from portland, oregon, Law Enforcement officers have removed greenpeace activists who spent 40 hours suspended from a bridge in order to block an icebreaking ship commissioned by Oil Giant Shell from leaving for the arctic. Hundreds of activists have been gathering on the bridge and in kayaks since tuesday night in efforts to stop shells plans to drill in the remote chukchi sea. Early thursday morning, the suspended greenpeace activists successfully forced shells ship to turn back to port in a showdown that grabbed international headlines. Greenpeace activist Kristina Flores discussed watching the ship turn around as she stood on top of the bridge thursday. Kristina this morning was quite the adventure. It felt really, really great to watch them turn around and go back to port. It was a great sign that we are winning, that we are strong, and that when the people come together we can win and we will win. Amy an alaska judge ruled greenpeace had to pay fines for every hour activists remained suspended and if the protests continued into friday, the judge ruled the fines would escalate to 5,000 an hour, and then 10,000 an hour on saturday. After Portland Police and enforcement officers removed enough suspended protesters for the ship to pass, shells ship navigated its way through the bridge and headed en route. The department of the interior has said that there is a 75 chance of quote one or more large spills once shell begins drilling. The Worlds Largest group of psychologists is reportedly poised to ban future involvement with u. S. Military interrogations, ending the associations longrunning complicity in post9 11 torture. According to james risen of the new york times, the board of the American Psychological association is expected to recommend the new ethics rules at its annual meeting next week. The new rules come after top apa officials lost their jobs earlier this month following an independent investigation documenting how the association covered up its close collaboration with officials at the pentagon and cia. The new rules would prohibit psychologists from participating in any interrogations that also involve military or intelligence personnel. In news from the west bank, a palestinian baby has died after Israeli Settlers reportedly threw firebombs into the familys home early this morning. Graffiti scrawled on walls near the homes read revenge in hebrew. The childs parents and fouryearold brother were also severely injured. President netanyahu called the firebombing quote an act of terrorism in every respect. Meanwhile, in jerusalem, an ultraorthodox man stabbed six people during a gay pride parade thursday. Netanyahu denounced the attack saying everyone in israel had the right to live in peace. Mr. Netanyahu in israel, everyone has the right to live in peace and we will defend that right. Amy in news from pakistan, the taliban has reportedly named Akhtar Mohammad mansour to be the groups de facto leader after confirming reports of former leader mullah omars death. The leadership shake up has led to a delay in the peace talks between the taliban and the u. S. Backed afghan government. Meanwhile, in eastern afghanistan, two u. S. Drone strikes have reportedly killed 20 suspected militants from the selfproclaimed islamic state. The strikes come as the United States steps up its aerial attacks in afghanistan, despite president obamas declaration of an official end to the u. S. Combat mission in the in afghanistan. In related news, a federal judge has rejected a guantanamo prisoners lawsuit arguing that his imprisonment is no longer legal now that president obama has declared an end to the u. S. Combat mission in afghanistan. The prisoner, muktar yahya najee alwarafi, is a yemeni citizen who has been held in guantanamo since his capture in afghanistan in 2002. His legal challenge hinged on a 2004 Supreme Court opinion saying imprisonment under the authorization for the use of military force is only permitted as long as quote active hostilities continue. But thursday, a federal judge ruled alwarafis continued detention legal because there is quote convincing evidence that u. S. Involvement in the fighting in afghanistan, against alqaida and Taliban Forces alike, has not stopped. In hawaii, negotiators from 12 countries are attempting to reach an agreement over the terms of the Trans Pacific partnership by the end of the day. The sweeping trade deal, known as the tpp, would encompass 40 of the worlds global trade. This week, disagreements over farm exports and intellectual Property Rights for new drugs have kept the more than 600 negotiators from reaching a final deal. Meanwhile, outside the talks hundreds of demonstrators gathered on the beach in maui wednesday to protest the ongoing talks. Marti townsend, the director for the sierra club of hawaii, spoke out against the trade pact as protesters blew shell horns in the background. Dir. Townsend i do not like bullying and i feel that corporations right now are using their power to bully people around. They are not collected and they are not decisionmakers. People are elected and people are decisionmakers and people need to feel their own power and recognize they can stand up to this kind of bullying. Amy in india, authorities has have executed yakub memon for his role in 1993 bombings in mumbai, which killed 257 people and wounded hundreds more. The bombings were some of the deadliest in indias history. Memons became the fourth person to be executed in india in 15 years. Before his hanging thursday, hundreds protested against the death penalty, many arguing that muslims are unfairly punished in the majority hindu nation. Leaders of island nations gathered for a highlevel United NationsSecurity Council meeting thursday to discuss the accelerating impact of Climate Change. The meeting comes two weeks after james hansen, one of the worlds leading climate scientists, published a report saying that sea levels could rise as much as 10 feet by the end of the century. Samoas Prime Minister spoke about the threat of Climate Change thursday. They recognized that the clevel rise and other adverse impacts of Climate Change continue to pose significant risks to small island developing states, and for many, represent the greatest threat to their survival, viability including the loss of territory. Amy an antichoice group has released another highly edited video alleging that planned parenthood is selling fetal tissue, a claim that the organization has repeatedly denied. This comes from the antichoice group the center for medical progress. This comes as republican lawmakers are vowing to push ahead with efforts to defund the organization. We will have more later in the broadcast. Puerto rico is facing a 58 million Debt Repayment deadline saturday as lawmakers are backing a federal bill to allow puerto rico to declare bankruptcy. Earlier this week, a hedgefundbacked report called on the island to raise taxes and cut funding for education in order to repay its debt. Thursday, protesters gathered outside the offices of hedge fund of bluemountain capital, a hedge fund that protesters say has bought puerto ricos debt at a discount and has funded lobbyists to oppose proposed legislation to allow the puerto rico to declare bankruptcy. Renata pumarol of new york communities for change, spoke out. Renata they have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to ensure Puerto Ricans have no right to file for bankruptcy and they are pushing for other measures. The latest was that puerto rican schools close endocyte schools and fire teachers. It would be devastating for puerto rico. Former employees are suggesting that puerto rico cuts its minimum wage by one. , a country that already has 40 poverty. No one can survive on 2. 13 minimum wage. Amy and the International Olympic committee has chosen beijing as the host city for the 2022 winter games. Beijing beat out the only other candidate city almaty, kazakhstan, in a vote friday. The four other possible cities oslo, norway, stockholm sweden, krakow, poland and lviv, ukraine had all pulled out of the running. Beijing hosted the summer olympics in 2008, amid a flurry of allegations over human rights abuses tied directly to the events, including forced evictions and labor abuses of migrant construction workers. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We begin todays show in portland oregon, where Law Enforcement officers have removed greenpeace activists who spent 40 hours suspended from a bridge in order to block and giant shell from leaving for the arctic. Hundreds of activists have been gathered in efforts to stop shells plans to deliver drill in the sea. Suspended activists successfully forced shells shipped to turn back to port. Greenpeace activist Kristina Flores describes watching the ship turnaround. Kristina this morning was quite the adventure. It felt great to watch it turn around and go back to court. It is a great sign that we are winning, we are strong, and when the people come together, we can win. We will win. Amy joining us is Annie Leonard, director of greenpeace usa. We spoke to a couple of days ago as greenpeace activists suspended, trying to stop the shell from going rig from going through. Can you tell us what happened since . Annie yesterday was a display of people power. There were hundreds of kayaks in shifts failing the rivers. In the morning, shell got a hearing in the court in alaska taking out a preliminary injunction prohibiting us from going within a certain distance of them and prohibiting us from interfering with their work. The court found us in contempt of court and ordered us to get off of the bridge and find us starting at 2500 at 20 500,000 2500 an hour. We met with those on the bridge it was their decision first and foremost, and we decided to stay on the bridge. It was worth more than the monetary fine. We stayed put. Around 3 00 in the afternoon the police came out on the bridge and began to escort the anchors off the anchors the people each climber had on the bridge to ensure their safety, and stayed there 24 7. They took him away, give them minor citations, and release them, and then forced the climbers down. In an incredible display of absolute chaos, the police and the coast guard came, forced the climbers down, and began to take them all away. They did not take all of them. They opened up an opening large enough for the shell shipped to come through. Dozens through themselves in front of the ship. People jumped in front of their kayaks. The coast guard ran over one of the kayakers. It was absolute mayhem. The coast guard managed to pull all of the kayakers away one by one in a dangers situation clearing just enough space for shell to squeak through. It came so close to the remaining climbers. People on the shore literally started crying. It was heartbreaking to watch this thing go through because we know the climate implications. It squeaked through to head up the arctic sea to start the drawing process. Amy lets talk about why the ship came into court in portland. In fact, it was already out at sea it was already in the arctic, but got a hole in it somehow. Sprung a leak . Annie it is a good point. The arctic is a dangerous place to drill and the other companies have dropped out saying it is too dangerous, too expensive and this ship is required to be there when the drilling happens. It ran into something and got a 39inch hole. It could not be fixed in alaska presumably could not go back to seattle. It came to portland on a tight deadline to repair it and get back up to the arctic. That is why the blockade was so powerful. Any delay that we could have shortened the amount of time shell could drill. I have such a short window they have such a short window. Amy how long did it take this ship that sprung a leak, which makes you nervous about other things that could have been the arctic that could involve oil spill it took it Something Like 12 days to make it down this narrow window, get fixed turned around, and go back . Annie that is right, and presumably it will take another 12 days to get back up there. Amy what about the people that suspended themselves from the bridge can you talk about exactly what they did . The action called rappel shell is pretty astounding. The action of doing Something Like this it is sort of like i thought of renew some, who climbed bree newsom, who climbed the flagpole to take the Confederate Flag down, but they went the other way. Annie they went up in the middle of the night, secure themselves safely they are professionals. Greenpeace knows what it is doing on the technical front. They had hammocks, bs of equipment, and they stayed in there for 40 hours. I cannot explain to you what the conditions were like. Portland is having rord heat. It was over 100 degrees during the day and very cold at night. They stayed there until the end and they wanted to stay because their commitment to keep the arctic oil in the ground was stronger than human frailty is at the moment. They absolutely wanted to stay. Amy i wanted to go to for a moment this is not incidental when you talk about the record heat. From accuweather. Com record breaking temperatures will bake oregon and many valley locations of the interior northwest. Can you talk about the recordbreaking heatwave and why greenpeace is doing what it is doing . Annie it is so baking hot in portland. I grew up in the region. It is unprecedented. I was worried about the climbers physical health. Ironically, it was Climate Change that drove them there, and it could be Climate Change that brought them down. Scientists have said we need to keep 40 of th known fossil reserves underground if we are going to stay below the two degree threshold Scientists Say will be absolute catastrophe. Scientists have looked at what oil reserves me to stay in the ground and the arctic is at the top of the list. It is really well documented at this point. Extracting arctic oil from the region, putting it into the market and burning it will guarantee that we go over two degrees. This is a situation where shell is not just threatening an ecosystem, or a beautiful forest or river. This is a situation where shell s Arctic Oil Drilling is threatening everything and everyone we love and we want to do anything we can to stand up and stop it. Amy now, Annie Leonard shell cannot do this on their own. Explain how the Obama Administration is involved. I saw some of the banners yesterday from the people hanging from the bridge and they had obamas name on them. Annie that is because shell does not have the final permit needed to drill. Even though they spent about 4 billion and have their equipment on the way up there, they still need one final permit, so the future of the planet, in so many ways is in obamas hands. He has time to deny the permit and in a way we are doing him a favor, buying him extra time holding the ship back and stand up to be the real climate leader he says he wts to be. It is crazy they granted it at all because the department of interiors own scientists have said if an oil Company Drills in the region where shell wants to drill, there is a 75 chance of a major oil spill. Would you get on an oil on an airplane with a 75 chance of crashing . It is crazy. Amy the judge said he would find greenpeace. Was everyone there involved with greenpeace . The people spontaneously get involved in these actions . Annie a good question the people on the bridge were greenpeace. The people in the water were not greenpeace. They were mosquito fleet 350 rising tide, and everyday acidic everyday citizens, unaffiliated. People were dropping off food and water for the climbers. We got emails of support from around the world. There were a couple of news channels that were live doing this. I get messages from argentina and turkey were people said all around their offices and homes they were gathered around their tv watching this. I have never, in my 30 years of work as an environmental activist, seen this level of support coming in from around the world. Amy the ship made it out. What is greenpeace doing next . Annie we are doubling down on this campaign. The climbers came down, but they passed on the baton. Greenpeace has made this a global priority and we are doubling down to protect the arctic and stop the drilling. Amy thank you, An