Last year he was barred from entering a migrant child jail inside an old walmart in brownsville, texas, where over 1000 children were being held. He is out with a new book americas better than this trumps war against migrant families. There is nothing darker than the deliberate mistreatment of Migrant Children as a strategy to determine immigration. Literally mistreating children is not acceptable under any moral code o or religious tradition. We have to stop his new plan of indefinite incarceration of these children. Amy are houses is on fire. As the french president declares the devastating fires i in the amazon to be an N International crisis at of the g7 summit, we will look k at how the policiesf brazils far riright president Jair Bolsonaro are destroying the amazon. Bolsonaro needs to face stop the bururning, that we will not tolerate deforestatition. We will fight the crimes that destroroyed the forest. He attacks inspectors and scientists in the indigenous. He criticizes them all, all those who protect the amazon. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United Nations is calling for the protection of the amazon amid fears that thousands of fires raging across brazil are rapidly destroying the Worlds Largest rainforest and paving thehe way f for a clilime catatastroph on thursday, u. N. Secretarygeneral Antonio Gutteres tweeted in the midst of the Global Climate crisis, we cannot afford more damage to a major source of oxygen and biodiversity. The amazon must be protected. The fires have spread a vast plume of smoke across south america and the Atlantic Ocean thats visible from space. Theyre unprecedented in recorded history, and environmentaliststs say most of the fires were d deliberately st by illegal minerers and cattle ranchers. Frfrench presisident emmananueln called the amazon fires aN International crisis and said they should top the agenda this weekend as leaders of the g7 countries gather in pariris. Mamacron tweeted, our house is burning. Literally. Indigenous people in amazoninia say the government of farright presidident Jair Bolsonaro is encocouraging the destruction. This is indigenous leader Handech Wakana mura. And with each passing day, we see the destruction advance. Deforestation, invasion, logging. We are sad because the forest is dying at e every moment wewe fel the Climate Change. We need thee forest and our children need the fororest. Amy bolsonaro has long made racist comments about Indigenous People. In 1998, a brazilian newspaper quoted him as saying its a shame that the brazilian cavalry hasnt been as efficient as the americans, who exterminated the indians. In the United States, senator Bernie Sanders on thursday proposed a sweeping 10year, 16trillion plan that would rapidly transition the u. S. Energy sector to renewables in order to mitigate the climate crisis. Its the most ambitious plan laid out by any president ial candidate to date. Sanders announced his Green New Deal while touring paradise, california, a town that was completely incinerated in a Massive Wildfire last year. Speaking at a town hall, he defended the price tag of his proposal saying the cost of inaction would be far higher. Us thatmists have told the cost of inaction inaction on Climate Change, will cost some 69 trillion throughout the globe. These scientists have told us that the cost of inaction on Climate Change will put the entire planet and life as we know it on earth in serious jeopardy. Because what we have been told is that if we do nothing, the effects s of Climate Change will lead to over 250,000 deaths every single year across the globe from factors including malnutrition, he stress, malaria, and other diseases. And that is a very conservative number. Amy sanders plan calls for all u. S. Homes and vehicles to be powered by renewables by 2030, with Massive Public investment in solar, wind, and geothermal electricity. It would ban fracking, mountaintop removal coal mining, and International Trade in fossil fuels. It would also see the u. S. Rejoin the 2015 Paris Climate Accord and pay 200 billion to the Green Climate fund. And it would guarantee transition for employees. Sanders says his Green New Deal would create 20 Million Union jobs over a decade. In san franciscoco, leaders of e Democratic National committee, the dnc, voted to reject a resolution calling for a president ial candidate debate on the climate. It failed on a vote of 8to17. After the roll call, about two dozen young activists with the Sunrise Movement who were attending the Committee Meeting rose from their chairs, stood on their seats, and began a protest. We are afraifor our ves. We arefrfraid for an uninhabitablee planet. Please, please, please, use the microphone you have. Amy the resolution committees vote thursday is not the final say on the matter. The full Democratic National committee could still vote to change its rules to allow a climate debate when it meets on saturday. As President Trump departs for paris this evening to attend the g7 summit, Amnesty International is wanting french authorities have severely restricted public assemblies and enhanced judicial measures to arrest and prosecute protesters. At least 13,000 police will guard the summit, as thousands of protesters are expected to take to the streets. The protesters set up an activist Training Camp ahead of the summit this week, and theyre rejecting claims by french authorities that theyre planning for violence. This is laura, one of the protesters. I think it depends a lot on what we mean by violence. What exactly is violence . When thousands of people die by drowning in the sea because they are hungry because they do not have a home . Is it when thousands of animals, thousands of species die when we cut down factors and hectors of amazon forest . Or is it when four people break into a bank to protest this violence . I dont think we have a real sense of violence. Amy in syria, Government Forces have surrorounded a cluster of towns inin hama province, the countrys last major rebelcontrolled stronghold. Syrian officials said they would open a socalled humanitarian corridor for civilians to flee the siege of their communities. The u. N. Says the russianbacked syrian offensive on idlib and hama has killed more than 500 civilians, wounded hundreds more, and displaced some 400,000 since it began in april. The United Nations says burmese soldiers had genocidal intent when they waged a campaign of Sexual Violence against women and girls in as part of a 2017 broader assault on members of the Rohingya Community in burma. A u. N. Factfinding panel found soldiers routinely and systematically employed rape, gang rape and other violent and forced sexual acts against women, girls, boys, men and transgender people in blatant violation of International Human rights law. The panel recommended top burmese officials be prosecuted for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The violence drove at least 730,000 rohingya to flee to neighboring bangladesh, where they settled in vast refugee camps near the coast. Most of ththem remain there tod. Indonesia has deployed 1200 additional troops to west papua and cut off f internet access, s thousands s of protesters in the indonesian territory have stepped upheir demanands for independence. The latest protests came after a group of ethnic papuan students were accused of desecrating an indonesian flag and taunted by nationalists as monkeys, pigs, and dogs. They were then tear gassed in ththeir dormititories byby secuy forcrces. The incident sparked protests in at least six areas of west papua, with proindependence groups setting fires to government buildings, including a prison where some 250 prisoners escaped. In russia, opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been freed from jail, 30 days after his arrest for promoting protests demanding democracy. The demonstrations earlier this month were crushed by riot police, who beat protesters in the streetets of moscow and arrested over 800 people. This is navalny speaking to reporters just after his release today. Lies and fraud are not enough for them. It is not enough for them to ban candidates from an election. They dont really want to arrest dozens and beat up hundreds. This shows there is no support for this regime. They feel this and they arare afraid. North koreas foforeign mininisr on thursday called u. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo a diehard toxin and poisonous to diplomacy between the two countries. This comes as north korea and the United States continue to negotiate the dismantling of north Koreas Nuclear and missile programs. Denuclearization talks have stalled for months since a failed second summit between President Trump and north Korean Leader kim jongun in hanoi in february. The two leaders met again in june at the interkorean border where they agreed to reopen negotiations but that has not happened. The u. S. Test of what it said missile. N it was the first test of its kind since the Trump Administration formally withdrew from the landmark 1987 intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty, the inf, earlier this month. French p president emanuel macrn is defending his call for a global tax on Technology Giants including apple, facebook, amazon, and googogle, which employed complex tax dodges to avoid paying tens of billions of dollars. Ahead of this weekends g7 talks, macron told reporters the global tech players do not contribute financially to the funding of the common good. It is not sustainable. The justice depapartmentnt senae email to all employees of u. S. Immigration courts this week that included a link to an article from a White Nationalist web site attacking Immigration Court judges. Buzzfeed news reports the email, sent by the justice Departments Executive Office for immigration review, featured a link to a blog post on the site vdare attacking the judges with an antisemitic trope. Justice Department Officials blamed a thirdparty vendor for including the link to the racist article, telling buzzfeed the department condemns antisemitism in the strongest terms. This comes as Trumps Justice Department is seeking to decertify the union reprpresentg Immigration Court judgeses. The e union has been protetestig the strict quotas placed on judges, expecting them to process 700 cases a year and tying Job Performance evaluations to how quickly they close cases. Former White House Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders will join fox news as a paid contributor next month. As trumps chief spokesperson, sanders repeatedly lied about basic facts, belittling members of the White House Press corps and even promoting a doctored video to imply that Cnns Jim Acosta physically assaulted a white house intern. She frequently went weeks or even months between n press conferences. Sanders move to fox news continues the Trump Administrations revolving door relationship with the farright cable network. More than n 20 people have held jobs both at fox and in the Trump Administration. Meanwhile, Sarah Sanders predecessor as press secretary, sean spicer, will be paid to appear on the next season of abcs dancing with the stars. Variety reports the deal could earn spicer close to 300,000. One disgruntled abc staffer, speaking anonymously to cnn, said its a slap in the face to those of us who had to deal with his baloney and the consequences of the ongoing lies and Disinformation Campaign at the white house. In fresno, california, the Legendary Union organizer and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta was arrested along with seven other Union Members tuesday as they demanded better pay for 500 Home Healthcare workers who havent had a raise in over a decade. Huerta, whos 89 years old, joined members of the Service EmployeesInternational Union as they chanted and rang cowbells outside the doors of a closed session of the Fresno County board of supervisors. She was led away in handcuffs after refusing a police order to disperse. The supervisors have offered to increase the workers pay by 10 cents an hour. They currently earn californias minimum wage just 12 an hour. Union members are demanding a dollaranhour raise. Dolores huerta later told reporters all of these supervisors make over 100,000 a year, while these people have gone without a wage increase for 11 years, and its time. In hong kong, at least 5000 people, including accountants, marched in the territorys financial district today. Some of the protesters wore masks to hide their identities from their employers as china continues pressure hong kong businesses to denounce antigovernment demonstrations. Prodemocracy protests have been ongoing all summer, with millions of people taking to the streets of hong kong. And here in n new york the death of the longest serving woman in the states prison system is sparking new calls for parole reform. Valerie gaiter died from cancer last week at age 61 after 40 years in prison. Gaiter was serving a 50 year sentence for a gruesome murder she mmmmitteat a age1. She went on b becoma bebelod ment and trained serviceogogs for woundevevetera. Ev pririsoguardsdsupported her release. But t e was ineligible to appe before theararole ard d fo other 10 years. At a protest in nhattan tuesy,y, she was remembered by her form p partn kikiki analloyd, and Donna Robinson whosinincarcateded dghter r s mentored by gaiter when you walk throu t these gates, she helped it music, she helpeditith pale ball. She ss the best. Her hearwawas ma off gold. You haveo o knowhat. T. We did our time. Person is the same peperson ththey we a a moh ago . O . Two years ago 41 years . It has to stop. Amy also the prottt were two state laakakers o ininoduced a bill to prevent more pplple fr dyiyingn prisis by giving those aged5 5 and oldea chchan to apapar before the palele boa aftfterervingng at lea 15 yeyes of their sentenen. And ose are me of th headline this idemocracnow, demoacynow. O, the waand peace rert. Im amy odman. E trump ministration is mong to infinitelyetain miant chilen and tir famies, rersing dades o u. S. Picy. The department of Homeland Security and the department of health and Human Services is expected to issue a new rule today to withdraw from a 1997 federal Court Settlement known as the flores agreement, which put a 20day limit on migrant family detentions. If the administrations new rule goes into effect, Migrant Children could be detained for months and even years while their immigration cases are heard. On wednesday, acting g Homeland Security secretary kevevin micah linton said d the new rule would serve e as a deterrent. Child should be a pond in the scheme to manipulate our immigration system, which is why the new rule eliminates the incentive to exploit children as a free ticket, or is one tournament in guatemala, a passport to the United States. Amy the proposed rule change drew intense condemnation from immigrant Rights Groups and human rights organizations. Amnesty international tweeted, this is more than cruel. Its beyond logic and humanity. We are joined today by democratic senator jeff merkley of oregon, who has become a leading critic of trumps immigration policy. Last year he made headlines after he was barred last year from entering an old walmart were the government was detaining around 1500 imMigrant Children in brownsville, texas also senator merkley writes about the experience in his new book america is better than this trumps war agains