Then to the bahamas. There are parts of abacao in the bahamas that dont show a great deal of damage and then there are clusters and communities that were devastated. Almost as though Nuclear Bombs were dropped on them. The suffering and the devastation. Amy as the death toll from Hurricane Dorian continues to rise in the bahamas, we will look at how Major Tv Networks ignored the connection between the deadly storm and Climate Change. According to one count, broadcast news covered dorian 216 times and mentioned Climate Change just once. Plus, we will go to tennessee where an undocumented immigrant was shot last week by an immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a traffic stop. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump announced on twitter saturday he was calling off a secret meeting between himself, the afghan president and taliban leaders, that may have led to the withdrawal of thousands of u. S. Troops from afghanistan. Trump said his decision was due to a taliban car bomb last thursday that killed 12 people, including a u. S. Soldier, in kabul. Trump also said all further negotiations were being called off. The u. S. And taliban had appeared close to an agreement after holding nine rounds of talks in doha, even though the Afghan Government had not taken part in those meetings. The new y york times reports trump wanted the deal to be announced at the camp david meeting so he would be perceived as the dealmaker who pulled the peace deal together. But according to the times, taliban n negotiatators had agrd to come to the United States only after a deal was announced and only to meet with the american side. There are also questions about why trump canceled the secret meeting. Well have more on this story after headlines. People are confirmed dead and the number is expected to soar exponentially as the bahamas continues to reel from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Dorian. More than 70,000 on grand bahama and the abacao islands have been left homeless and thousands remain missing. On saturday, a cruise ship brought more than 1500 bahamians to a port in florida. But sunday, more than 100 people seeking aid and refuge in the United States were turned away after boarding a ferry bound for florida. Before the boat left the bahamas, passengers were told to disembark if they didnt have visas to enter the United States. This is renard oliver, a father who was forced to take his Young Children off the boat after the announcement. At the last minute, it was kind of disappointing. Atching my daughters cry it is what it is. Amy in tennessee, the fbi is investigating the shooting of an undocumented immigrant by an immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a traffic stop last week. The shooting occurred thursday at a supermarket parking lot in antioch after ice agents attempted to detain an unnamed 39 yearold mexican man. The man reportedly attempted to flee in a white truck when one of the agents shot him twice. A local news channel has released a closed circuit video of the incident t showing the white Truck Driving away from the scene and one agent raising his firearm and pointing at the truck. The injujured man managed to fle the scenene, but later surrended to fbi agents and was treatedd anand released f from a locall hospital. He hasas not been n arrested or chararged with a c crime. Well have more on n this story after headlines. Huffpost reports that the Trump Administration is failing to provide legal aid d for locked p Migrant Children in at least three separate facilities, a violation of federal law. Without the required legal services, Migrant Children are forced to navigate complicated Legal Proceedings alone and are more likely to be deported to potentially lifethreatening situations. Raices executive director Jonathan Ryan told huffpost our government is engaged in premeditated, deliberate acts of cruelty against children. I dont think one has to be a conspiracy theorist to believe that the government is attempting to systematically dismantle every framework of support for any immigrant in this country. Meanwhile, a lawsuit filed last month challenging the Trump Administration over its termination of the flores agreement has highlighted the dire conditions faced by locked up Migrant Children. Among the many violations, migrant girls reported being denied sufficient menstrual products and having to keep wearing g soiled c clothing throughout their periods. In more immigrant rightsts new, the associateded press reporortn eieightanddahalf month p prt woman from el salvador was sent back to mexico by immigration authorities, even after being treated in a u. S. Hospital after experiencing contractions. She is one of over 38,000 Asylum Seekers forced out of the u. S. As part of the highly contested remain in mexico policy. Immigration and medical experts say pregnant migrants in mexico often do not have access to medical care or even sufficient food and clean water. At least six pregnant migrants have been sent back to mexico by u. S. Authorities according to oregon senator jeff merkley, who is demanding an investigation intoto the issue. The u. S. Air force has ordered a review of how international stopovers are chosen following a recent report by politico pointing to possible emoluments violations linked to military spending and President Trumps turnberry resort in scotland. Politico reported friday that the House Oversight committee is investigating why millions of dollars were spent refueling u. S. Military planes at prestwick airport, near trumps gold resort. Military planes typically refuel at u. S. Bases, where the price of gas would be cheaper than a commercial airport. U. S. Military members have also stayed at the trump resort and were offered free rounds of golf at turnberry, according to an earlier report by the guardian. New york city congressmember alexandria ocasiocortez tweeted in response to the news, the president is corrupt and must be impeached. Meanwhile, as members of congress return to the capitol this week after their summer recess, the House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote wednesday on a resolution to establish guidelines for impeachment proceedings against President Trump. In climate news, Scientists Say a massive area of the northeastern Pacific Ocean is five degrees fahrenheit hotter than average in a warming event rivaling the socalled blob of 2014. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warns its the secondworst marine heat wave observed since the agency first began collecting satellite data in 1981. The warm waters threaten to spawn a massive algal bloom and could decimate fish populations, threatening sea lions, endangered orcas, and humpback whales. In gaza, palestinians mourned the deaths of two palestinian teenagers shot and killed friday by Israeli Forces during weekly protests along the separation barrier with israel. At least 70 protesters were wounded more than half of those by israeli gunfire according to gaza health officials. Palestinians have now been demonstrating for 18 months in gaza under the banner of the great march of return, calling for the right to return and an end to israels blockade on n te besieged t territory. In el salvador, 21yearold rape survivor evelyn hernandez, who was acquitted last month on aggravated homicide charges for having a stillborn birth in 2016, might face a third trial. Hernandez had been sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2017. But that conviction was annulled in august. Salvadoran prosecutors announced last week they will appeal hernandezs acquittal. Abortion is illegal in el salvador. Russia and ukraine swapped dozens of prisoners saturday a move that many are hailing as a major step forward in easing tensions between the two nations following russias 2014 annexation of crimea. This is ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. We have agreed on the first stage of unblocking of our dialogue and on the first step of ending the war, the return of prisoners of war, our soldiers, sailors, and our territories. Ukrainian filmmaker oleg sentsov amy was one of those freed in the exchange. Amnesty International Said in a statement oleg sentsov and many others jailed following russias occupation and illegal annexation of crimea are simply victims of politicallymotivated prosecution and they should never have been imprisoned in the first place. While it is a relief that they are now free, it is a travesty to see them being used as human bargaining chips in political deals. In more news from russia, prokremlin candidates retained the majority in sundays local elections but suffered notable losses following weeks of political unrest. The ruling united russia party, which backs president vladimir putin, lost around a third of its seats in the moscow legislature. Protesters have been taking to the streets over the summer after opposition candidates in moscows City Council Elections were barred from running. Police arrested thousands of people, including political candidates. And Opposition Leader alexi novotny. Navalny, who was one of those arrested, urged supporters to vote strategically in the elections to limit the kremlins power. Colombias human rights Ombudsman Says that more than half the country is at risk of violence related to the upcoming local elections. The warning comes after the death of mayoral candidate karina garcia, who was brutally murdered along with at least four others while campaigning earlier this month in the cauca region. Meanwhile, two more indigenous activists have been killed in recent days. Glabely gomez and aida trochez. Both victims advocated for indigenous womens rights in the cauca region. Back in the United States, former South Carolina governor and Congressmember Mark Sanford has entered the republican 2020 primary race. He made the announcement sunday on fox news ahead of a formal launch later this week. As a Republican Party, we have lost our way, he told fox news host chris wallace. Sanford has highlight Government Spending and federal debt as key issues. Sanford is a trump critic who lost his congressional seat in 2018 after being defeated by a protrump challenger in the primaries. Democrat Joe Cunningham eventually won the seat. He is the third republican to challenge trump for the 2020 nomination, joining former Massachusetts Governor bill weld and former illinois congressmember joe walsh. Sanford however will be able to run in a primary in his own state since the South Carolinana Republican Party voted to skip the president ial primary next year to save money and throw the states support behind the trump campaign. President trump is set to appoint another judge to the 11th Circuit Court of appeals. One of the courts judges said last week he will take senior status, meaning trump can appoint a new judge to succeed him. Last month, another judge also announced he will also become a senior judge. In total, trump will have appointed five of the 12 judges on the court, which covers alabama, georgia, and florida, and hears many civil rights cases, as well as Death Penalty and Voting Rights cases. Since trtrump came into office,e has appointed nearly one out of four of the nations federal Appeals Court judges 70 of those arare white men. Two more black transgender lives were murdered over the past week, bringing the total reported number of transgender women killed in the u. S. To at least 18 so far this year. In south florida, the body of 23year old bee love slater was identified last week after being burned beyond recognition. Her friends told media she had been threatened on facebook and targeted because she was transgender. Meanwhile, in baltimore, 17yearold Bailey Reeves was fatally shot last monday. At a vigil organized in her honor, iya dammons of the transgender rights nonprofit baltimore safe haven called out the cycle of violence against trans women, adding, the first step to fighting violence is unity. In media news, the progressive news site think progress shut down after it failed to secure friday funding. Think progress was created in 2005 as a project of the center for American ProgressDemocratic Party action fund but was editorially independent. Journalist zach carter said in a tweet the collapse of thinkprogress demonstrates that the Democratic Party establishment and its donor base have little to no interest in sustaining centerleft media outlets, even in the age of trump. The election of donald trump and the rise of an american authoritarian movement seem not to have changed many minds among wealthy democrats. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Orgrg, the wawar ad peace report. Im amy goodman. We begin todays show in afghanistan. This week and President Trump publicly called off a secret meeting at camp david with the taliban and the president of afghanistan that aimed to end the 18yearwar, the longest in u. S. History. Trump tweeted on saturday i immediately cancelled the meeting and called off peace negotiations. What kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position . They didnt, they only made it worse if they cannot agree to a ceasefire during these very important peace talks, and would even kill 12 innocent people, then they probably dont have the power to negotiate a meaningful agreement anyway. How many more decades are they willing to fight . The United States and taliban had appeared close to signing an agreement after holding nine rounds of talks in doha all, but the negotiations took a surprise turn when President Trump suggested a camp david meeting that included afghan president ashraf ghani who had not been involved in the previous talks. The New York Times reports trump wanted the deal to be announced at camp david so he would be perceived as the dealmaker who pulled the Peace Agreement together. But according g to the times, tataliban negotitiators had agad to come to the united atates only after a deal was announce and only to memeet with thee amererican side. Theew york mes r rorts trump m have caeled a a meeting that the key particantsts we not planning tottend. There aralso questions about the premise behind why the United States cacanceled the secretet meeting. Trtrump blamed it on the recent killing of a u. S. Soldier in afghanistan, but he made no reference to the m mass killings being carried out by u. S. Forces. On sunday, secretary of state mike pompeo acknowledged that the united statetes had killed more than 1000 members of the taliban in the past 10 days just as the two sides were close to signing a peacace deal. There have been attacks in the last 10 days alone, killed over 1000 taliban. We been fighting and talking in a way that america often does not do. It is what has driven us to have the success of the negotiating table. Amy well, for more, we go now to kabul, afghanistan where were joined by ali latifi, a freelance journalist. And in washington, d. C. , were joined by matthew hoh, a senior fellow with the center for International Policy. In 2009, he resigned from the state department in protest against the obama administrations escalation of the war in afghanistan. We welcome you both to democracy now matthew hoh, what do understand was going to happen at camp david and then what President Trump called off in fact, most people only learn the risk when to be a secret meeting when President Trump tweeted it had been called off. Thank you for having me on. It is difficult to wrap your head around what is h happening that this is the reality of u. S. Politics and then its affect on the afghan war. It should be noted, the afghan war, for the afghans, is not 18 years old, it is more than 40 years old. It begins a 1973 when the king was deposed from the same year i was born. If i was an afghan,n, my whole life i wouould know nothing but war or it best political conflict. Now you have the situation where it appeared thehe peace talkskse Peace Agreement, the deal to bring u. S. Forces out of afghanistan in exchange for some limited ceasefire within the country was predicated on Donald Trumps desire to live up to his Campaign Promise t