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Transcripts For LINKTV Democracy Now 20171113

Governorsors, mayors, who are staging an antitrump revolt here at the u. N. Climate summit, declaring we are still in the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Accord. But what exactly do they mean . We will speak with senator markey and hawaiis senator brian schatz. But first, President Trump meets with philippines president rorodrigo o duterte in manila. A. Pres. Trump this has been very successful. We have many meeeetings todawith many o oth l leaders. Conferences hahave been handled beautifully by the president of the philippines and their representatives. I really enjoyed beingng here. E. Amy wellll speakak with tetet lauron, a former member of the Philippines Climate delegagatio, about the significance of trumps meeting with d duterte. And we w will talklk about the threats climate e change poses o our nations with an activist and warrior of fiji. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. More than 330 people have died in iran after a powerful magnitude 7. 3 earthquake hit the Western Province of kermanshah near the iraqi border. More than 4000 people were injured. The death toll is expected to rise as rescue workers reach remote regions. At least six people died in iraq as well. During the last stop of his asia trip, President Trump openly praised filipino president Rodrigo Duterte, saying the two had a great relationship. Since duterte was elected in 2016, more than 7000 people have been extrajudicially killed by police or vigilantes. According to dutertes spokesperson, trump did not raise any concerns about dutertes human rights record. There was no mention of human rights, illegal killings. There was only a rather lengthy discussion about the philippines war on drugs with president duterte doing most of the explaining. Amy but trump and duterte alsoo refused to takake questions from the media. When reporters attempted to ask about human rights, duterte told reporters you are the spieies which r reportedly made trump p laugh. Prior to trurumps arrival in te philippines hundreds of protesters gathered outside the u. S. Embassy. Police fired Water Cannons to disperse the protesters. This is renato reyes, the head of the new patriotic alliance. Trump is no friend of the filipino people. He brings war. He wants to bring u. S. For an terror to the philippines. Backnts to bring [indiscernible] these are things that are not beneficial to the filipino people. Amy President Trump was in manila for the opening of a summit of the association of Southeast Asian nations or asean. The regional body is facing criticism for failing to address the crisis in burma where the United Nations has accused the burma ofobama of waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the rohingya muslims. Burmese leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi spoke in manila but did not mention the crisis. Aung san suu kyi was once a critic of aseans policy of noninterference. In 1999, when she was fighting for democracy in burma, she wrote this policy of noninterference is just an excuse for not helping. In this day anand age,e, you cat avoid interference in the matters of other countries. In other news from asia, the u. S. And north korea openly traded insults over the weekend. North korea described trump as a warmonger and an old lunatic. Trump responded on twitter by writing why would kim jongun insult me by calling me old, when i would never call him short and fat . former cia director john brennan and james clapper, the former director of national intelligence, have openly criticized President Trump after he cast doubts on the intelligence communitys findings about russian meddling in the 2016 election. During a conversation with reporters aboard air force one, trump said he believes russian president Vladimir Putins denials and questioned the conclusions of the cia and other u. S. Intelligence agencies. Trump said about putin every time he sees me, he says, i didnt do that, and i really believe that when he tells me that, he means it. Trump went on to describe brbrennan and clapper as politil hacks. Trump later walked back his remarks, saying he accepts the opinion of the u. S. Intelligence agencies. In news from europe, over 750,000 supporters of Catalan Independence marched in barcelona on saturday calling on spain to release eight members of the deposed Catalan Government. Am here because there are Political Prisoners that should not be in jail. Because ofy and mad the situations, because people dont deserve it. We do things peacefully with the desire to fill the country and without any desire to hurt anyone. Amy the catalan leaders were jailed by spain after the Catalan Government declared independence on october 27. The regions former president carles puigdemont, who is now in belgium, also faces charges. Meanwhile, spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy traveled to barcelona on sunday for the First Time Since imposing direct rule on catalonia. He vowed to end what he described as separatist havoc. On saturday poland witnessed one of the largest rallies by fascists in europe in years. Some 60,000 people took part in a farright march in warsaw to mark polish independence day. Demonstrators threw red smoke bombs and chanted pure poland, white poland and refugees get out onone banner reaead pray forr islamic holocaust. The polish interior ministry called the event a beautiful event. In other news from europe, a german newspaper has published the names of over 33,000 migrants and refugees who have died attempting to reach europe since 1993. The german paper der tagesspiegel published the list on november 9, the anniversary of the kristallnacht when german nazis launched a wave of violent antijewish pogroms. According to the u. N. International organization for migration, 2016 was the deadliest yeyear to date for migrants attempting to reach europe, with more than 5000 deaths. Another 3000 people have died so far this year. Lebanon remains in a state of crisis more than a week after its Prime Minister Saad Alhariri unexpectedly resigned while on a trip to saudi arabia. Lebanons president michelel aon and others have accused d saudi arabia of kidnapping hariri. And forcing him to resign against his will. On sunday, hariri gave his first televised interview since arriving in saudi arabia. On friday, hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan nasrallah condemned saudis interference in lebanese politics. In news from africa, the u. S. Has carried out at least three drone strikes in somalia since saturday in an intensification of the u. S. Campaign against the militant group alshabab. Some 400 u. S. Troops are also now operating in somalia, quadruple the number from when donald trump took office. In alabama, Republican Senate candidate roy moore is facing increasing calls to drop out of the closely watched race after at least four women accused him of making sexual advances on them while they were teenagers. On saturday, moore defended himself. But several of roy moores former colleagues have publicly acknowledged it was Common Knowledge that when moore was in his 30s, he would date teenagers. Meanwhile, axios is reporting steve bannon has dispatched two breitbart employees to go to alabama to dig up dirt on the women who publicly spoke out against moore. The entertainment, political, business and athletic worlds continue to be rocked by new reports of sexual abuse and misconduct by prominent men. On friday, the Comedian Louis ck admitted reports were true that he mistreated women and masturbated in front of fellow female comics. Other men facing accusations of Sexual Misconduct include the actors steven seagal, richard dreyfuss, and george takei, former fifa president sepp blatter, Warner Brothers tv executive andrew kreisberg, Film Producer gary goddard, and jesse lacey of the band brand new. Meanwhile, the threetime olympic gold medal gymnast aly raisman has revealed that she was sexually abused by larry nassar, the former doctor of the u. S. Womens gymnastics team. She spoke on 60 minutes to jon lapook. More than 130 women and girls have now accused larry nassar, the former doctor of the u. S. Womens gymnastics team, of abuse. He is currently in jail awaiting sentencing on child pornography charges. Meanwhile, in hollywood, california, hundreds took papart in the me too survivors march on sunday. Participants included 21 year old Tara Mcnamara of los angeles. Every woman in my life that ive ever known has been sexy assaulted or sexually harassed. I have been raped. I have been sexually assaulted multiple times throughout my life. It has affected me in every aspect of my life. It has given me major depression. Outways have tried to speak about these things. Arizonas been this kind of awkwardness around it or hesitation of people to speak about it. This is cleansing. Amy and those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Yes, we are broadcasting live from the u. N. Climate summit in bonn, germany, where representatives from nearly 200 nations have gathered for negotiations aimed at bolstering the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Accord. This year, fiji has made history by becoming the first small island nation to preside over the u. N. Climate summit, although the event itself is being held in bonn because of the logistical challenges of hosting 25,000 people in fiji at the start of the South Pacific cyclone season. But it is still being called the islands cop. Climate change poses a particularly devastating threat to lowlying island nations like fiji. A new report says fiji would have to spend 4. 5 billion over the next decade to adapt to Climate Change a sum equivalent to its entire annual gross domestic product. Meanwhile, a new report released today shows Climate Change threatens one in four Natural World heritage sites, from the Florida Everglades to Mount Kilimanjaro in tanzania. This years Climate Change conference comes after President Trump has vowed to pull the United States out of the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Accord. Last week in bonn, the syrian syria signed on to o the paris deal, meaning thatat if presidet trump p fulfills hisis vow to pl the u. S. Out of the deal, the United States would become the only nation on earth that is not a party to the agreement. There are a number of u. S. Delegations here it in bonn. One is a coalition of u. S. Lawmakers, universities, companies and faith groups that is staging an antitrump revolt by rejecting trumps vows and declaring we are still in. Well, on saturday, a group of protesters, many of whom were native american, disrupted california governor jerry browns speech here at bonn, calling on california to ban fracking. The protesters yelled keep it in the ground. I wish we couldld have no pollllution, butut we have to he auautomobiles. In the grouound. I agree with you, in the ground. Lets put you in the ground so we can get on with the show here. Anyway amy that is california governor jerry brown on saturdays and lets put you in the ground. I questioned Governor Brown about his comments today. A group of protesters disrupted your event and call for a ban on fracking. They called for a ban on all oil production. Amy they said, keep it in the ground. You responded by saying, lets put you in the ground. Can you explain what you meant . That was a joke. Dont use your media outlet for this kind of silliness. That was an ironic remark in the face of a noisy demonstration when it is very hard to even hear, much less keep your thought. Amy it was native americans and they took it very seriously. Do you apologize for that comment . No, come on. In california, we have the strongest native american policy than any in the country. We have the most toughest rules on oil. I dont think we should shut down oil in california and take a from venezuela or places where the rules are even w worse. We have to stop the cars. We have to get electric. We have to get public transportation. We need d better land use. We have to solve the problem. I understand because we deal with protest all the time. In california, we are cutting our Oil Consumption to make greenhouse gases. , notis what we have to do just a slogan or march around or talk talk. Im talking about reality. California has the storms Oil Reduction rules in america. We are the leader all stop if someone wants to say, oh, get rid of oil. You, get rid of our cars . You would have a revolution and there would be shooting in the streets. Amy they were calling on a ban on fracking like new york and maryland will stop but also fracking. What is your approach to that . I dont think it makes sense to import oil by train. It is very dangerous. Say, dont take oil out of your ground, bring a by train or boat, that is far more dangerous. The answer is stop using oil in cars and trucks. You need a renewable vehicle grid. That is the answer. I think anything else is not intellectually honest. Amy are you considering a ban on fracking . Were considering a ban on oil over the next 25 years. We are it. That is pure rhetoric. Amy new york and maryland did it. We have to go. They dont have the same situation. And so then you did not do it. This is just killing a little leftwing group here. Amy i dont think fracking is. Fracking is a serious issue. Fracking is very serious. Horizontal fracking uses 10 times the water. In california, it is a small part. We would like to get of all get rid of all oil drilling. We have to do it in a systematic way and reducing the demand, or we will get the supply by boat and train and that is really dangerous. In the bringing in a oil. That is the honest truth. I dont know of that is something you want to deal with, but i am telling you the way it is. Amy so that was california governor jerry brown. Meanwhile, on saturday afternoon, here in bonn, thousands of people took to the streets for a rally and march to demand an end to fossil fuel extraction. Bonn youthm the movement. Change is notte just one cause, not just the Carbon Emissions or cold, it is everything. It is Nuclear Power. Destroyingay we are water all over the planet. The way our Economic System is working for a few. I came from puerto rico to be here. Part of the reason i may h heres puerto rico got hit with major hurricanes. We had unusually high activity of hurricanes, part of the effects of increased temperature due to Climate Change. While we are living and struggling through the effects of Climate Change, the decisions that are causing the are being made here. Were hoping by being here we can highlight the struggles we are going through, what Climate Change is doing in the now. This is not something to be preparing for in the future. Were dying at this moment. We lost power into medications. We lost drinking water. Our economy is collapsing due to that. We need climate reparations. One of the things were demanding, ending the jones act. In the colonial rule of promis of. What to build a work and trade with our Sister Islands like they have offered to help, but the u. S. Has told them no. We want to transition into renewables. Not just rebuilding the puerto rico of old that led us to be in e positions for some amy as we flew here, we saw whatever power was restored to san juan when we were there, there were some pockets of electricity. Once again, san juan has been plunged into darkness. That is just in san juan, which is been the most successful in restoring electricity. Correct. That is one of the most painful things being here, seeing the little bit of progress that was made, we took steps back. That was the one line that whitefish fixed and whitefish got the contract because their owner or someone was a trump donor. It highlights the need for whatever transition we demand, and needs toe just be toward renewable, not just fixing a decaying infrastructure. The other thing that happened while we were here, just today, fema is going to relocate at least 3000 Puerto Ricans out of puerto rico when we have so much housing that is available and has to have humans. They are moving our people out systematically. The gentrification it was already happening is now being official lies by the u. S. Government, and that is unacceptable. My name is monica. Im here representing cooperation jackson, mississippi, as well as the Climate Justice alliance. I am here to stand in solidarity with the Indigenous People, communities of color whose waters are being polluted and land is being taken over. We are showing support. My name is chief ninewa. I am from brazil. I came to bring a message from the forest to this climate conference. This message is of life, love, peace, and hope. We believe that nature should not

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