Town hall hosted by cnn. It was held after the dnc rejected a push to allow for a debate focused on the Climate Crisis. We will host a roundtable discussion and hear highlights from last night town hall. Fort is about a new deal people who work. It is about justice for people whose communities have been destroyed. It is about Racial Justice on environmental issues. It is about worker justice. Amy then to india. Nearly 2 Million People in the northeast state of assam are at risk of beining rendered statels after inindia effectively stripd them of citizenship in what has been described as the biggest exercise and do some franchise meant in disenfranchisement in u. N. History. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Ten 2020 hopefuls took to the stage in new york city one by wednesday night for a climate one town hall hosted by cnn. In a sevenhour marathon, the candidate each discussed their climate plans, the fossil fuel industry, the Green New Deal, fracking, hitting carbon brutality and more. Climate activists have been pushing for a dedebate on the crisis but the Democratic National committee rejected the proposal. In one of the nights most memorable moments, Vice President joe biden was asked about his plans to attend a fundraiser hosted by fossil fuel goodman todayew despite signing the no fossil fuel money pledge. There is a fundraiser tomorrow night given by Andrew Goldman. He does hedge funds and stuff but he also has a covenant called western lng. And the biggest project is a floating liquefied facility for natural gas from also because of british columbia, im going to provide canadian guest reports of northern asia. What andrew is saying is if youre going to do a fundraiser given apart by this guy who is a pulling upt is natural gas, are you the right guy to go after this . I did not realize he does that. If you look at the sec filings, he is not listed as onone of the executives. That is s what we look at, the c filings, who are the executives. Amy later in the evening, Elizabeth Warren was questioned by cnn chris cuomo about whether she would mandate the type of lightbulbs americans use as president. This is exactly what the fossil fuel industry hopes were all talking about. That is what they want us to talk about. This is your problem. They want to be able to store up a lot of controversy around light bulbs, straws, and your cheeseburgers. , of 70 of the pollution the carbon were throwing into the air, comes from three industries and we can set our by 2028, 2030, and 2035 no more. Amy those three industries are buildings, electric power and oil, warren said. And Bernie Sanders pledged to reject Nuclear Energy and invest in wind, solar, and geothermal instead. At the town hall, he took aim at military spending. Ofmaybe, just maybe, instead spending 1. 5 trillion every single year on weapons of destruction designed to kill each other, maybe we pool those resosources and we Work Together against our common enemy, which is Climate Change. Amy well host a roundtable discussion about the climate town hall after headlines. In britain, the showdown between Prime MinisterBoris Johnson and Parliament Continues to ratchet up as johnson suffered another major blow wednesday when lawmakers voted to block a nodeal brexit. Later in the day, members of parliament rejected johnsons bid to call a snap election. Boris johnson is the first british Prime Minister to lose their first three votes in parliament in johnsons case, the triple defeat occurred in ununder 24 hours. Amid the brexit chaos, members of parliament applauded sikh labour lawmaker Tanmanjeet Singh dhesi as he condemned Boris Johnson as racist. He called on johnson to apologize for telling a newspaper last year muslim women who wear hijabs look like letterboxes and bank robbers. Johnson refused to apologize. After ravaging the bahamas, hurrrricane dorian i is continug its path northward up the southeastern u. S. Coast as a category 3 storm. At least 73,000 people in georgia and South Carolina were without power this morning. Officials in the carolinas are warning of powerful storm surges and flooding, and North Carolina governor roy cooper urged residents to follow any evacuationrdrders ey r recve. The death llll in e babahas has rched a least wednesday 20 as the nationowow graless withngngoingescucue forts s d the immense task orerecove after largswswatheof t the islands we l left terlrly decimated. Bahamian pri minister hubert minnisaiaid thunprprecentedd hurricane had caused generational devastation. Meanwhile, President Trump on his fall claim that alabama would be hit by Hurricane Dorian. Over the weekend, trump tweeted alabama would be hit, which was swiftly corrected by the national w weather service. Reporters fromto the oval office wednesday, trump held up a map which appeared to show an altered projection of dorians path to include alabama. The hurricanes path was extended with a black marker. Altering official government weather forecasts is illegal. The presidident in the white hoe refused to say who altered the map he showed. Yahoo news is reporting the fbi has been monitoring groups protesting u. S. Immigration policy at the border. The fbi Phoenix Office has reportedly been tracking the social media accounts of targeted groups and sent an intelligence memo to other Law Enforcement agencies saying the protesters were armed and using lethal force. But almost all the evidence presented in their report involved nonviolent activity. In more news from arizona, volunteers with the aid groups no more deaths, border angels, and people helping people in the border zone found the human remains this weekend of an estimated seven people who died while trying to cross the arizonamexico border. According to no more deaths, human remains of at least 8000 migrants have been recovered along the u. S. Mexico border since 2000. To see our recent special report from arizona, death and resistance on the u. S. Mexico border, go to democracynow. Org. The state department confirmed it offered millions of dollars to the captain of an Iranian Oil Tanker to divert the vessel to a country that would be able to use it on behalf of thehe United States. The Financial Times revealed state Department Official brian hook sent any now that read i am writing with good news before attempting to bribe the captain of the adrian daria 1. The tanker became the focus of growing diplomatatic tensions bebetween iran and the u. S. Over the summerer after it was impounded by british authorities in gibraltltar in july, on suspicion of transporting oil to syria. It was released last month after gibraltar rejected a u. S. Request to keep detaining the ship. Iranian foreign minister javad zarif responded to the report by tweeting having failed at piracy, the u. S. Resorts to outright blackmail deliver us irans oil and receive several Million Dollars or be sanctioned yourself. Sounds very similar to the oval office invitation i received a few weeks back. The news came as the u. S. Imposed yet more sanctions on iran wednesday, blacklisting an oil shipping network. A senior trump official also indicated the administration would likely reject a french proposal to partially relaunch iranian oil sales in an effort to salvage parts of the iran nuclear deal. Meanwhile, iranian president Hassan Rouhani on wednesday removed all limits on Nuclear Research and development. In mexico, one of the primary sususpects in the 2014 disappearance and presumed murder of 43 students from a Teachers College in ayotzinapa, guerrero, has been acquitted. Hildardo Lopez Astudillo who was believed to have ordered the kidnapping as the head of an organized crime unit was released after a judge determined he had been tortured to obtain evidencece in the cas. International experts say y the mexican military and federal police also played a role in their disappearance. Mexicos undersecretary of human rights, alejandro encinas, condndemned the courts decisio. As well as setting a precedent so acquittal sentences can be established for the others involved, it is strengthening a trend that has only been registered. Amy mexican president Andres ManuelLopez Obrador has vowed to challenge the decision to release Lopez Astudillo. Lopez obrador established a truth and Justice Commission to investigate the ayotzinapa case in january, shortly after taking office. The commission has not yet uncovered any further information about what happened to the students. Starting next year, denmark will become the first country in the world to ban pfa is chemicals from food packaging. The socalled forever chemicals are linked to cancer, high cholesterol, and decreased fertility. They do not break down in the environment. Meanwhile, germany announced wednesday it plans to ban glyphosate, the chemical pesticide, the popular roundup weed killer, manufactured by monsanto, and has been found by the World Health Organization to lead to cancer. It has also been found to wipe out insect populations crucial for ecosystems and pollination of food crops. The ban is set to go into effect by the end of 2023. The Trump Administration is rolling back plans that would have seen American Consumers start using more energyefficient lightbulbs starting next year. The announced move reverses legislation passed by congress in 2007 to phase out inefficient incandescent and halogen bulbs, replacing them with leds or fluorescent light bulbs to meet new efficiency standards. Jason hartke, of the alliance to save energy, said Wasting Energy with inefficient light bulbs isnt just costly for homes and businesses, its terrible for our climate. Oregon is investigating a recent death that could be the second vapingrelated casualty on record. Oregon Health Officials say the person succumbed to an unspecified respiratory illness in july. Last month, the first vapingrelated death was reported in illinois. Several hundred people around the country have been confirmed or suspecteded to have conontrad the critical lung condition. Michigan, meanwhilile, will be e first state to ban the sale of flavored ecigarettes. Demomocratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer said ecigarette manufacturers are using deceptive marketing and candy flavors to hook children on nicotine. Reregulatotors have fined youtue ovover 170 million for violatig the privacy of children by collecting their personal data without parental consent. The federal trade commission and new yorks attorney general say youtube, which is owned by google, illegally gathered and used the data to target underage users with advertising. The record settlement must now be approved by a judge. Authorities sasay the governmemt ofof west texas was barred from purcrchasing firearms because he was deemed mentally y unfit. T. He felt a firearmrms backgrgroud check in 2014. He failed a firearms background checkck in 2014. Investigators believe they may have identified the individual who made a private sale ofof the gun used in the rampage which killed people and injured at seven least 25 others. The survivor of a rape that sparked widespread outrage in 2016 due to the leniency of the punishment for the rapist brock turner has revealed her identity as she prepares for the publication of her new memoir, know my name, later this month. Chanel millers name was unknown until this week, but her words were heard by millions thanks to her powerful victim impact statement in court. This is a part of that statement as read by miller on 60 minutes. Youou dont know me, but you have b been inside me. Wasnewspapers, my nameme unconscious, intoxicated woman. 10 syllables and nothing more than that. I had to force myself to relearn tor real name, my identitity, relearn this is nonot all that i am, that im not just a drunk victim at a frat party found arend a dumpster while you the allamericanan swimmer at a top university, innocent until proven g guilty. Amy judge a aaron persky sentenced brock turner, a white man, to a sixmonth prison term for sexually assaulting miller while she was unconscious behind a dumpster. Turner only served three of those months. Judge persky was recalled by voters in 2018. And noted sociologist and economic historian Immanuel Wallerstein died over the weekend at the age of 88. Wallerstein was best known for his World Systems analysis, in which he contends all political and social structures in the modern world operate under the capitalist order. Wallerstein emphasized the need for alternative, more humane systems. In 2010, he sat down for a conversation with the late civil rights activist and philosopher Grace Lee Boggs at t the u. S. Social forum in detroit. If you want to undererstand rightwing populism in the United States or in europe or in other parts of the world today, understand it in terms of people panicking. They dont know how to protect themselves. They do see they are in a shaky situation and they lash out at whatever. , you know,e enemy where it does not solve any of your problems but it makes you feel better for a few minutes until the next time. Amy that was Immanuel Wallerstein speaking in 2010. He died this weekend at the age of 88. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Nermeen and im nermeen shaikh. Welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. 10 democratic president ial hopefuls took to the stage in new york city wednesday night for a climate town hall hosted by cnn. The event was held less than two weeks after the Democratic National committee rejected a resolution that would have allowed candidates to participate in a debate focused on the Climate Crisis. For months, the Sunrise Movement and other environmental groups pushed the dnc to hold a climate debate butut the party refused. Amy at wednesdays event, each candidate appeared on stage alone and took questions from cnn hosts and the audience. Several candidates, putting senator Elizabeth Warren, voiced support for the Green New Deal. It is about a new deal for people who work. It is about justice for people whose communities have been destroyed. It is about Racial Justice on environmental issues. It is about worker justice. At the cnn climatee town hall, senator Bernie Sanders call for the nation to rethink its spending priorities. Maybe, just maybe, instead of spending 1. 5 trillion every single year on weapons of destruction designed to kill each other, maybe we pool those resources and we Work Together against our common enemy, which is Climate Change. Amy just hours before the town hall, the intercept reported that former Vice President joe biden was planning to attend a highdollar fundraiser tonight in new york by the founder of a fossil fuel company. During the town hall, isaac larkin, a 27yearold ph. D. Candidate at northwestern, asked biden about this. I know that you signed a no fossil fuel money pledge, but i have to ask, how can we trust you to hold these corporations and executives accountable for their crimes against community when we know that tomorrow you are holding a high dollar fundraiser hosted by a fossil fuel executive . He is not a fossil fuel executive. Is the fact of the matter that what we talked about is what are we going to do about those corporations . What have we done . Everywhere along the way, for example, have argued and pushed for us suing those executives who are engaged in pollution, those companies who are engaged in pollution. I have never walked away from that. Amamy later, Anderson Cooper brought up the same issue. Mr. Vice president , isaac earlier mentioned the fundraiser going to clare, clarify, Andrew Goldman is one of the sponsors of the fundraiser, hit a Company Cofounder of a Company Called western lng. He currently does not have daytoday responsibilities. What i was toldld by my staff is he did not have any responsibility relating to the company. You was not on the board. He was not involved at all and operation of the company at all. It if that turns out to be true, then i will not in any way except his help. The point in my the point i was told by my staff, and we check every single contribution. That is why we dont list them immediately. We go through every contribution to make sure we are not accepting money from