Ththe democraticic National Committee hahas rejejected hissl for the party to host a primary debate solelely focused on the clclimate e crisis. He is a accused the dnc of tryig to silence the voices of those who want to debate what he describes as the existential he will jointime us in the studio to talk about the climate crisis, suing the trump administration, and vowed to help a Record Number of refugees. Then to australia were press freedom groups are sounding the alarm after police raided the headquarters of the Australian Broadcasting corporation after the network revealed Australian Special forces soldidiers may he committed war cririmes in afghghanistan. 9000 4ey have d downloaded documents. I counted them. And thehey are now goi through them. They have set a huge screreen and theyeyre goioing through el byby email. Itit is ite exextraordininary. Iive nevever seen an assault n the media as savage as this what were seeing today. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A damning your report by the intercept reveals that the judge overseeing the case that put former brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da silva behind bars likely aided federal prosecutors in the Corruption Cases against lula another high profile resilient figures. Brazilian figures. Leaked cell phone messages among brazilian Law Enforcement officials and other data obtained by the intercept point to an ongoing collaboration between judge sergio moro and the prosecutors, whom he advised on strategy throughout what is known as operation car wash, which resulted in the jailing of hundreds of executives, politicians, and other parties. Lula was considered a favorite in the lead up to the 2018 president ial election until he was jaililed and forced out of e race on what many say were trumped up corruption charges. The jailing of lula helped pave the way for the election of the far right jair bolsonaro, who then named judge sergio moro too be his justice minister. In the United States, the Justice Department and House Judiciary Committee have reached an agreement for the handover of some of the underlying evidence in the mueller report, related to potential obstruction of justice by President Trump. House judiciary chair jerry nadler said the house would hold off on a vote to hold attorney general william barr in contempt overer his refusal to turn over the full, unredacted report. A vote will still proceed today on a resolution authorizing the committee to enforce its subpoenas against barr and former white House Counsel don mcgagahn in federal court. As President Trump continued to tout his immigration deal with mexico monday, the Mexican Foreign minister refuted trumps twitter claim of a yettoberevealed agreement between the two countries. Marcelo ebrard said the two parties agagreed to reevaluate e migration situation in the coming months to determine whether further action is needed. Meanwhilile, trumpmp threatenedo imposese a further 25 tariff on 300 billion of chinese goods if chinese president xi jinping fails toto appear at the g20 summit in japan later this month. The guardian is reporting a Real Estate Company part owned by president ial soninlaw and trumps Senior AdviserJared Kushner has received 90 million in investments from unknown foreign sources since kushner entered the white house in 2017. The company, cadre, received money through an offshore vehicle in the Cayman Islands run by goldman sachs. Kushner maintained a stake in cadre after he joined his fatherinlaws white house team. His stake is now worth an estimated 50 million. Kushner did nonot disclose this information in his initial ethics d disclosure form. Unnamemed soururces told the guardian that funds receceived y cadre came i in large part from other offshore tax havens, as well as from saudi arabia. Kushner was denied a security clearance when he joined the trump administration, reportedly over concerns about his outsidie business interests and foreign influence. Politico is reporting transportation secretary elaine chao has been using her office to bolster projects benefiting her husband, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. According to the report, secretary chao designated a special liaison to handle grant applications and other priorities for mcconnells home state of kentucky, resulting in at least 78 million in federal funds approved for local projects. Mcconnell is running for reelection next year in kentucky. Walter shaub, former director of the Office Government ethics and a Senior Adviser at citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, tweeted this is the sort of thing that should lead to the impeachment of a corrupt official that is, if her corrupt husband werent in a position to block that impeachment. We are now a fullfledged banana republic. We have nothing to teach the rest of the world except what not to be. In immigration news group of , a migrants told the san Diego Uniontribune they were held for 18 days in c cramped, tiny portofenentry holding cecells after attending Court Hearings on their asylum cases. The group is part of trumps cocontroversiaial remain inin policy, which sends asylumseekers who entered the u. S. Viaia the southern borderer backck to mexico while their cas make their way throuough u. S. Immigrgration courtsts. Ththe imprisoneded migrants were reportedly only allowed to leave for 20 minutes each day to eat and had to wear the same clothes for 2. 5 straight weeks. The detention facilities are intendnded for s stays of just several days. In reproductctive rights news, a missouri judge granted a temporary injunction to planned parenthood monday that will keep the states only Abortion Clinic open for now. The order sets a deadline of june 21 for the Missouri Department of health to make a decision on whether it will renew planned parenthoods license to perform abortions. In related news, model and Television Host karlie kloss, took to instagram to urge her fans to support planned parenthood in the fight against state abortion bans. She is married to joshua christian, brother of Jared Kushner much of its s Senior Adviser and son in law. A want to talk to about what is happening in my beloved home state of missouri and arouound e country. We are in an Urgent Public Health crisis and for the first timeme since roe v. Wade, more than 1. 1 million women of reproductive age in missouri could be left without access to a Single Health center in our state that provides safe abortion care. Across the country, these bands are attacking our rightsts that affect our bodies and d our health. Amy karlie kloss, the wife of joshua kushner, who is the brother of Jared Kushner. Canada will ban many common sickle use plastic items by 2021. Prime minister Justin Trudeau the plan monday, which follows similar moves by the European Union and the u. K. In recent months. Plastic straws, cotton swabs, plates, cutlery, and some plastic bags are on the list of soontobebanned single use products. Under canadas plan, companies that manufacture or sell Plastic Products or products packaged in plastic will be responsible for the collection and recycling of their Plastic Waste. Only around 9 of plastic is recycled and the u. N. Estimates there are 100 million tons of Plastic Waste in the worlds oceans. In mali, at least 95 people from an ethnic dogon village were killed monday in an overnight raid. The attack comes less than three months after armed men with a group identified as dogon, killed nearly 160 people from a fulani community. No group has claimed respononsibility for the latest attack, but local officials noted the increase in interethnic conflict betwtween the dogon and fulani as the backdrop for thehe mass killing. An indian court has sentenced three men to life in prison for the rape and murder of asifa bano, an eightyearold muslim girl, in 2018. The brutal crime took place in the disputed Northern State of jammu and kashmir, inflaming interreligious tensions and setting off protests around the country. The u. S. Ambassador to israel dadavid freeman t told the newk times that israel has the right to annex parts of the west bank. In april, Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahus made a Campaign Promise to annex the territory. Before becoming ambassador, friedmann worked as trumps bankruptcy lawyer and had no prior diplomatic experience. His comments came just two days after five democratic senators, including 2020 hopefuls Elizabeth Warren and bernie sanders, introduced a resolution, condemning an israeli plan to annex the occupied west bank. The u. S. Has submitted its formalal extradition request for wikileaks founder Julian Assange according to media reports. An indictment filed in may charged assange with one count of conspiring to hack into a government computer and 17 counts of violating the espionage act, in the first ever case of a journalist or publisher being indicted under the world war iera act. Assange is currently behind bars at Londons Belmarsh prison for skipping bail in 2012 after being forcibly removed from the Ecuadorean Embassy by British Police in april. His lawyers and the u. N. Rapporteur on torture have warned of assanges deteriorating health due to his ongoing detention and years of psychological torture. California is poised to become the first state to offer healthcare coverage to undocumented adults. In california, democratic lawmakers agreed to extend healalthcare coveragage throughe states Medicaid Program to some lowincome undocumented residents. Ththe plan wililcover an eststid 90,000 adults between the ages of 19 and 25. The measure, which is included as part of the latest state budget, is expected to be sisigd into law by governor gavin newsom later this week. California would help fund the expansion by imposing a penalty on people who dont have health insurance, similar to the individual mandate feature of the Affordable Care act, which was eliminated as part of the 2017 republican tax reform. A new expose by the Washington Post reveals the National Rifle association has directed vast sums of money to 18 people on its 76member board over recent years. The beneficiaries include a former pro Football Player who was paid 400,000 for Public Outreach and training, while musician ted nugent received 50,000 for public appearances. Experts say the payments demonstrate a lack of oversight and possible conflicts of interest. The latest revelations come after new yorks attorney general Letitia James launched a prprobe into the nras taxexemt status in april and democratic lawmakers also weigh possible investigations into the group. And in new york city, hundreds gathered monday evening to demand justice for layleen polanco, a transgender afrolatinx prisoner, who was found dead in a cell at Rikers Island on friday. Her familys lawyer told the crowd she suffered from a seizure disorder and had been held in solitary confinement prior to her death. Activists gathered called for rikers to be shut down immediately. This is Cecilia Gentili speaking at foley square. Layleen loved New York Post up you could not get her out of here. She loved the vibe. She loved the people of new york city. And ultimately, it has been this city who led to this circumstance. And we need to ask for answers. Amy and those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Juan and im juan gonzalez. Welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. The democratic National Committee is facing criticism after the committee rejected calls for the party to host a debate solely focused on the climate crisis. The dnc is also threatening to blacklist any candidate who takes part in a nondnc debate on the issue. Dnc chair tom m perez recently told climate activists that it is not practical to hold debates on specific issues. Washington governor jajay inslee was the first democratic president ial candidate to call for a climate focused debate. Last week, he accused the dnc of attempmpting to silelence the vs of those who want toto debate wt he described as the existential crisis of our time. Amy usustoday repeports thata number of heher democrcratic candidates have since backed the call, including former texas congressman beto orourke, former obama housing and urban Development Secretary julian castro, along with senators Elizabeth Warren, bernie sanders, kirsten gillibrand, and michael bennet. Meanwhile, more than 50 voting members of the democratitic National Committee have submitted a resolution supporting a climate debate. We are joined now by democratic president ial candidate and washington governor jay inslee. He launched his president ial campaign in march with a pledge to make defeating Climate Change his number one priority. Governor inslee has also vowed to allow in a Record Number of refugees and to end President Trumps muslim travel ban. Inin 2017, washington became the first state toto file a lawsuito challenge trumps initial travel ban. Governor inslee, welcome to democracy now thanks for bringing a little democracy. Amy so your response to the dnc not only saying they will not but theyimate debate, will ban any president ial candidate from official debates if you anger in a nonofficial debate on this. Engage in a nonofficial debate on this. It sounds unusual in a democracy. Our party has to carry the torch on defeating Climate Change and so far i have been carrying that amongst the candidates. The reasason is this is s our lt chance to defeat Climate Change. We will not hahave another chane after the next administration. We will either act now or it will be cut at present in our nation. Theres only one party that is going to offer a solution to that and our party needs to pick the right nominee who has the full vision and the fulull experience in the full plan to defeat Climate Change. In the people need to see the candidateses put forward their visions and plans. If we do not have a full debate on this, that is going to be impossible. You cannot they to a candidate, how are you want to save thehe planet and totally mobilize the us economy and you have 60 seconds. It is not adequate to the task. We welcome people all over the country, nine state chairs are going to bring resolution to require this debate. There are about 50 members of the National Committee and thousands, tens of thousands are bombarding the committee to have this debate will stop the additional outrage to try to stifle and blacklist those who want to have the debate to say you cannot have the debate and a different for them. That is not exactly democracy with a small or d and that needs to change as well. I appreciate everyone telling the committee would need t to have this debat. It is the existentiaial crisis. I have the experience and plan that would probably do pretty well on the stage, but it is not about me. It is about people having access to make the right decision. Juan we would like you to expound on why you think first of all Climate Change is the central issue and the specifics about what your plan would do. I think thihis is a particularly special moment, a moment of trtremendodous urgenct also a moment of tremendous promise economically to be able to build a C Clean Energy econo. The moment of urgency is something i have experienced in some sense firsthand. I was in davenport, iowa, a couple of weeks ago i met a woman who built a nonprofit that took care of single mothers and victims of domestic violence. She served about 1500 people a year, women a year. Then the flood comes over the dike, destroroys her nonprofit, she loses everything. Her nonprofit is out of business and you have 150500 women left high and dry, so to speak. When you watch that person crying about the loss of her vision and dream, you know we have got to do something about Climate Cha