Then to the keystone xl pipeline. On friday the house approved construction, the senate is expected to vote tomorrow. The bill is backed by louisiana democratic senator who is facing a runoff next month. If the bill passes, will obama veto it . We will speak to naomi klein, author of, this changes everything capitalism vs. The climate. You look at obama who for three years has been spinning his wheels over the keystone xl pipeline. You just cant bring himself to just say no to this project that now has so many liabilities and isnt necessary to fuel the u. S. Economy, but it just seems like the word no cant seem to escape his mouth. And then meltdown terror at the top of the world. We will hear the story of seven american hikers who win on a Wilderness Adventure the polar bear country in Canadas Arctic tundra. Everything changed about polar bears for me. Polar bears have become such an icon for global warming, but they are cute and adorable and furry and that is not who they are. They are the top of the food chain. They are predators. As we destroy their habitat, were destroying this am believably magnificent animal. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Islamic State militant group has beheaded us aid worker peter kassig. A video released sunday shows the mass beheadings of a group of syrian soldiers, followed by an image of kassigs severed head. Unlike four previous videos involving american and british hostages, this video does not show the actual execution or any statement by kassig. The shift has caused speculation kassig may have resisted and managed to disrupt the filming. Kassig, who was 26, converted to islam in captivity and was also known as abdulrahman. He was a u. S. Army ranger who deployed to iraq in 2007 and later founded an aid group to help syrian refugees. Obama called the killing pure evil. A top u. S. Military officer joint chiefs of staff general martin dems he made a surprise trip to iraq over the weekend. History came two days after he told a house panel was considering sending combat troops back to iraq. A new analysis of mainstream tv news has found there was almost no debate about whether the United States should go to war in iraq and syria. More than 200 guess that appeared on Major Networks and found that of the more than 200 guests who appeared to discuss military options in iraq and syria in in afghanistan, a female Parliament Member who advocates for womens rights has survived an assassination attempt. Shukria barakzai was slightly wounded and three other people, including a young girl, were killed in the suicide bombing. In a separate incident, a u. S. Soldier was killed in kunduz province, reportedly from small arms fire during a combat operation. In burkina faso, a former foreign minister and ambassador to the United Nations has been tapped to lead the countrys transition to elections following a military takeover. The army seized power on last month amidst mass protests that ended the 30year rule of president blaise campaore. Michel kafando will serve as interim president until elections to be held within the next year. In texas, federal investigators have launched a probe after a toxic chemical leak killed four workers at a dupoint plant. The workers were killed by a leak of methyl mercaptan, which is used to make insecticides. Plant manager Randall Clements said the cause of the leak is unknown. Crooks is with deep regret im here today to inform you that today we lost four of our family members. We had the incident this morning that resulted in exposure of five employees, four of which were fatally exposed. The fit is in the hospital and expected to make a full recovery. We will continue to cooperate with local authorities and make sure we investigate this fully. We will find the cause. House lawmakers have passed legislation to approve the Keystone Xl Oil pipeline, which would bring carbonintensive Tar Sands Oil from Alberta Canada to the texas gulf coast. The senate is expected to vote this week on a similar measure. Well have more on keystone later in the broadcast with journalist and author naomi klein. Another crude oil train has derailed in casselton, north dakota. The town was the site of a prior derailment in december when a train carrying volatile oil from the bakken shale caught fire, prompting the evacuation of half the town. This time the oil cars were empty, so there was no explosion. Halliburton has agreed to buy baker hughes in a 34. 6 billion deal that will see the two Major Oil Companies merge. The company will keep the name halliburton and be led by halliburton ceo david lesar. The state department shut down its email system in an unprecedented move following a data breach. The breach follows similar attacks announced in recent weeks at the white house, postal service, and National Oceanic and atmospheric administration. In japan, voters on the island of okinawa have elected a new governor who opposes the construction of a new u. S. Military base. Takeshi onaga, a former mayor, has ousted the current governor, hirokazu nakaima, who was backed by japans ruling party. Nakaima supported plans to move futenma airbase to a new, stateoftheart facility. But onaga says the base should be expelled from the island. Okinawa is home to about twothirds of the 50,000 u. S. Troops stationed in japan. For decades, residents have called for the expulsion of u. S. Troops, citing Environmental Concerns and sexual assaults. World leaders have wrapped up the g20 summit in brisbane, australia, where economic Climate Change top the agenda. President obama unveiled a 3 billion pledge to help poorer countries deal with Climate Change, a step friends of the earth called, a step in the right direction [that] falls far short of what is actually needed. French president Francoise Hollande said leaders made progress ahead of next months u. N. Climate summit in lima, peru. Lima, the location of the next Climate Change conference, will be a very important step, to be achieved before we all meet in paris to fund a global agreement, which gives a chance for our planet to avoid the warming which could reach three or four degrees celsius, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change experts, which could trigger disastrous and even wars. Way to avoid conflict and disasters is to make decisions. Russian president Vladimir Putin left the g20 summit early amidst criticism over russias involvement in ukraine. In india, victims of the deadly bhopal gas leak have won a major victory weeks before the disasters 30th anniversary. Five women launched a Hunger Strike last week to demand the Indian Government expand its compensation claim against Union Carbide over the catastrophic leak at its pesticide plant. Amnesty International Says an indian official agreed to demands including a revision of the governments claim only about 5,000 people were killed and another 5,000 disabled. Campaigners say the actual death toll is about 23,000, with more than half a million more poisoned. The toxic legacy continues to this day as both Union Carbide and its current owner, dow chemical, have refused to pay for cleanup. A new report finds the federal government has fast expanded its use of undercover agents with officers from at least 40 agencies posing in roles ranging from welfare recipients to protesters. The New York Times reports these of undercover officers has expanded to virtually every corner of the federal government, including the department of education, nasa, and the smithsonian. Police disguise themselves as due to protesters at demonstrations over issues like abortion. Ferguson, missouri newly released video footage , shows the Police Officer who shot unarmed africanamerican teenager Michael Brown threatening and arresting a resident for filming him last year. The video posted to youtube shows officer Darren Wilson after he arrived at a home to serve a summons. The resident asks his name and wilson threatens to lock [his] ass up. Listen carefully. What is your name, sir . [inaudible] sir, i am recording this incident, sir. Do i not have the right to record . Come on. Sir, you just the resident, mike arman, was then arrested. The st. Louis postdispatch meanwhile has released Police Dispatch audio from the day Michael Brown was shot. It shows the Fatal Shooting took place in less than 90 seconds. The paper also released Surveillance Footage which shows gear and wilson leaving the Police Station for the hospital two hours after the shooting, the returning a few hours later. Attorneys for Michael Browns family say it shows initial claims wilson was injured in the counter were exaggerated. The grand jurys decision on whether to indict Darren Wilson the shooting come any day now. And those are some of the headlines, this is democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman with juan gonzalez. Welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. We begin todays show with news that president obama is considering taking an executive action that would protect up to five million undocumented immigrants from deportation. According to news reports, obama obamas executive actions will not provide any formal, lasting immigration status but many immigrants will receive work permits, which will give them Social Security numbers and allow them to work legally under their own names. Another key component could prevent the deportation of parents whose children are u. S. Citizens. Speaking at a News Conference in burma obama vowed to take action , by the end of the year. I believe america is a nation of immigrants. Everybody agrees the system is broken. There has been ample opportunity for congress to pass a bipartisan immigration bill that would strengthen our borders, improve the Legal Immigration system, that millions of people out of the shadows so they are paying taxes and getting right by the law. It passed out of the senate. I gave the house over a year to go ahead and at least get a vote to the senate bill. They failed to do so. I indicated to Speaker Boehner several months ago that if in fact commerce failed to act, i would use all Lawful Authority that i possess to make the system work better. And that is going to happen. That will happen before the end of the year. President obama speaking friday. Republican House Speaker john boehner has vowed to fight any such action tooth and nail. Meanwhile, last week, the National Day Laborer organizing network filed a lawsuit against the department of Homeland Security over obamas Record Number of deportations. The group says the agency violated the law by failing to respond to a rulemaking petition seeking relief for millions of undocumented immigrants. Before we go to our first guest, juan, talk about the significance of president obamas words and plans. The president clearly made he made the statement right after the election that this is the direction he was going to go to. But what happened on friday, it is becoming clearer it is going to happen sooner rather than later as we head to the end of the year. But i think the key thing being missed is the numbers being bandied about between 2. 7 and 5. 3 million undocumented, that number includes the 1. 2 million young people that are already under a protected status or deferred deportation under daca. It is a much more modest number we are talking about. And the difference is, it is still a question of what plan president obama takes. Whether he will require the parents of u. S. Citizen children to have been here at least 10 years or five years, which would affect the final number. And whether he will include the parents of the daca young people who have artery received a deferred deportation situation. And of course, this is tempered because congress can change it at any moment. I think it is a pretty modest proposal, whichever way president obama goes because even at the most expansive plan, which would be about 5. 3 million people, that is still less than half of the undocumented that are in the country currently. President obama having said in the past he is not king, sort of raising questions about whether he would issue an executive order. He certainly has changed his tune. I think there is been no question that he signaled from the beginning of the year, pretty much, that he was at some point going to act if congress did not. So i think he is merely following through on what his initial promise to the congress was, if the republicans could not pass an immigration bill remember, the senate bill that was passed more than a year ago, if there is not in a company bill by the house by the end of december, that bill will be void. And both the senate and house would have to start all over again in january. For more we go to chicago where we are joined by two people who could be directly impacted by president obamas executive order on immigration, Rosi Carrasco and her daughter, Ireri Unzueta carrasco. Rosi carrasco is a member of organized communities against deportations. We first interviewed her when she was about to get arrested at the Democratic National convention in 2012, calling for president obama to stop deportations. Here to ask president obama what his legacy will be. Will he be president that has the courage that must people in u. S. History or will he recognize our dignity and our right to organize . Arrest. , were risking that was Rosi Carrasco in 2012. At that point, she had lived in the United States for 18 years. Now it has been 20 years. She is originally from mexico, and came out as undocumented after her daughters did so first. She is one of the parents of the socalled dreamers who could potentially benefit from obamas executive action proposal. And Ireri Unzueta carrasco is an undocumented immigrant and recipient of the deferred action program. Shes also a member of organized communities against deportations and undocumented illinois. The daughter of rosi. Welcome both of you to democracy now. Can you respond to the latest news of the possible issue of executive order by president obama . For having us. This is something that we have been fighting for. Weve been organizing for. I think it is a step in the right direction. President obama will do what he needed to do a longtime. I know he can grant the deferred action. It tolly, he will expand cover as many people as he can. We are happy to get to this moment and we will continue fighting to stop deportations of everyone, not only the parents a citizens and the parents of daca recipients. I would like to ask Ireri Unzueta carrasco, what is this meet you, the first order of the president , the doctor order that was issued a couple of years ago . What has been the impact on you and other young people like yourself that are in similar situations . Good morning. Been ay, i think it has good experience. On one hand, ive had access to jobs and opportunities that i did not have before. Right now i have a job that i love working with young people here in chicago. I remember owing to one of my first days when i was signing my contract and i had to bring in my work permit, my little piece of plastic that i did not have for over 18 years. At the same time, ive been able to see a lot of people who have not had access to that who are still seeing doors being closed to them about these opportunities that i believe everyone should have, like the right to be able to work according to your abilities and to be able to have better opportunities. For me, it has been a bittersweet experience. I am happy that other people will have these opportunities now, but i also know were going to have to keep fighting to make sure that everyone has access to well and if i jobs. And your concern over the last year as president obama first promised to take action, then held back and promised again, then held back, and now has promised this week, finally, the third time he has promised to take action your concern over this back and forth from the white house . Honestly, for me, every time that president obama does this, it is a little bit sad. We are here in chicago where he was a senator and then he became our president. Just to see while congress was debating and while president obama was delaying action that he could have taken, we lost a lot of Community Members to deportation. Some are back in the countries they came from. Some are figuring out what to do while they are in detention. This action cannot come soon enough. Republicans in congress have vowed to fight president obamas plan to change immigration laws through executive action. This is House Speaker john boehner. The president is threatening to take action on immigration, even on the path he is ma