Temporary retraining order that halts construction in just part of the area and does not protect the area where on saturdaysecurity unleashed dogs and pepper spray on native americans who were trying to protect the ancient burial and prayer ground. Well get an update and well go to iowa where the pipeline is also facing legal resistce. Then, more than 20 immigrant women at the Berks County Residential Center in pennsylvania have resumed their Hunger Strike to call for their release. Some have been held for more than a year while they seek asylum. In an exclusive interview, well speak with a woman just released from berks after nine months. Immigration officials told all she had to do to win her freedom was end her protest. Look, they would put big servings of fruits, of watermelon, of grapes, of all different types of fruit around where we were to entice us to eat. Amy well get reaction from a board member of physicians for human rights who just spent more than a week observing families at berks and hear how activists are now calling on senator tim kaine to request some of the families be allowed to live with relatives in his state of virginia while their cases are pending. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama is continuing his historic trip to laos, the first trip there for u. S. Sitting president , although has , so far refused to issue a formal apology for the secret u. S. Bombing campaign in laos during the u. S. War in vietnam. Between 1964 and 1973, the u. S. Dropped an average of eight bombs per minute on laos, including as many as 270 million cluster bombs. Laos Authorities Say as many as onethird of these cluster bombs did not explode at the time. Some go off even today. President obama has pledged 90 million to help clear laos of the unexploded u. S. Bombs. Pres. Obama for all of those years in the 1960s and 1970s, americas intervention here in laos was a secret to the American People who were distances, avast pacific ocean, and there was no internet and information did not flow as easily. For the people of laos, obviously, this was no secret. Over the course of roughly a decade, the u. S. Dropped more bombs on laos than germany and japan during world war ii. Some 270 million cluster bomblets were dropped on this country. Amy in washington, d. C. , a federal judge has ruled that construction on sacred tribal burial sites in the path of the 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline can continue. Yesterday, u. S. District judge James Boasberg issued a temporarily retraining order that halts construction only between route 1806 and lake oahe, but still allows construction to continue west of this area. The ruling does not protect the land where, on saturday, hundreds of native americans forced Dakota Access to halt construction, despite the companys Security Forces attacking the crowd with dogs and pepper spray. This part of the construction site is a sacred tribal burial ground. As the ruling was issued in washington, d. C. , about 100 native americans again shut down construction on another part of the Dakota Access pipeline by obstructing equipment. Some of them locked themselves to the heavy machinery. Native americans from across the u. S. And canada continue to arrive at the resistance camps. This is defender eagle, a lakota sioux. I think we waited long enough in various ways and means to listen always to the white men tells us to do list up the time is dawning and the age is beginning when we listen again to our indigenous community. I am waiting for the women and im hearing the women keep telling us what to do. They will guide our course. I am tired of waiting. I am tired of listening to the white men tell us different not honoring the treaty which of the law of the land. Amy dr. Jill stein also was on the site of the protest and graffitied the escalating agreement. Excavation agreement. Well go to north dakota and to seattle for an update on the lawsuit and the actions after headlines. We will go to iowa as well. In news from the campaign trail, donald trump and Hillary Clinton will both speak at a public forum on National Security this evening. This comes as Donald Trumps campaign has released a list of 88 retired military leaders who have endorsed trump. The list includes army lt. Gen. William boykin, the far right the rightwing leader of the antilgbtq group the Family Research council. He served as undersecretary of defense for intelligence under the bush w. Bush administration. Hes described the u. S. War on terror as a spiritual battle between a christian nation and satan rhetoric sparked widespread outrage and a rebuke from president george w. Bush. Donald trump continues to face questions about his financial relationship with Florida Attorney general pam bondi. In 2013, trump donated 25,000 to a Political Group backing bondi, only days after her office said it might investigate claims of fraud at trump university. Following the donation, bondis office said it would no longer investigate trump university. Trump also hosted a fundraiser for bondi in 2014 at his maralago beach resort. Trump university is now facing an ongoing lawsuit arguing the defunct forprofit school defrauded students. This comes as new investigations reveal multiple times in which donald trump has been fined over Illegal Campaign contributions. The federal Election Commission fined trump in the 1990s for exceeding the limits on Campaign Contributions by tens of thousands of dollars. In 2000, the new York State Lobbying Commission slammed trump with a 250,000 fine, after he did not disclose hed spent 150,000 on ads opposing a casino in the catskills that he feared would compete with his Atlantic City casinos. Political operative roger stone created the ads. The resulting 250,000 fine was the largest penalty the state lobbying commission had ever imposed. Trump was also subpoenaed by the new York State Commission to testify about his lobbying. In that testimony, he admitted he used 18 different subsidiaries to get around corporate contribution limits. Meanwhile, the fbi says its uncovered at least 13 phones that Hillary Clinton may have used to send and receive email during her time as secretary of state. Yet, the fbi says its been unable to recover any of those phones and that at least two may have been smashed with hammers. This comes as republican lawmakers call for another investigation into Hillary Clintons use of multiple private email servers during her time as secretary of state. Fox has settled a Sexual Harassment lawsuit with fox news host Gretchen Carlson for 20 million. In the lawsuit, carlson said former fox news chairman roger ailes repeatedly made advances toward her, calling her sexy and explicitly asking for a sexual relationship during a meeting in his office. She says that when she rejected his advances, he retaliated against her by cutting her salary, curtailing her airtime and then refusing to renew her , contract. Carlson first filed her lawsuit in july, paving the way for more than 20 more women to also come forward and accuse ailes of Sexual Harassment. Ailes resigned later that month, receiving a 40 million severance package twice as much as carlson has won in her settlement. In afghanistan, at least 35 people have been killed in a series of bombings in kabul monday. The taliban has claimed responsibility for two of the bombings, both targeting the area around the Afghan Defense ministry. In iraq, a car bomb killed 10 people and wounded dozens more in the karada district of baghdad just before midnight on monday. Isis has claimed responsibility for the bombing. In syria, volunteer rescue workers known as the White Helmets have accused the Syrian Government of dropping chlorine bombs from helicopters onto a neighborhood of aleppo. No one died, but a video posted by the White Helmets shows civilians struggling to breathe. The allegations have not been independently verified. In ethiopia, at least 23 people have died under contested circumstances at a prison in the capital addis ababa where many oromo protesters are incarcerated. The Ethiopian Government says the prisoners died of suffocation after a fire broke out, prompting a stampede. But local media is reporting prisoners were actually shot by guards, and that the sound of gunfire was heard at the qilinto prison during the time of the fire. Some believe the fire was set on purpose. For over two years, the oromo have staged massive nationwide protests against the Ethiopian Government. Ethiopian forces have responded with a brutal crackdown against the oromo protesters. Last month, human Rights Groups say nearly 100 people were killed after Government Forces opened fire during a day of nationwide marches. The u. S. State department is calling for the release of prominent human rights activist nabeel rajab, who is reportedly facing new charges after he wrote an oped for the New York Times earlier this week. In his piece headlined letter from a bahraini jail, rajab he was being held in part for having criticized the u. S. Backed saudiled war in yemen. He called for the u. S. To stop backing saudi arabia, writing that the United States unconditional support for saudi arabia and its lifting of the arms ban on bahrain have direct consequences for the activists struggling for dignity in these countries. Rajab was rearrested this past june. Hes been imprisoned multiple times in recent years for participating in prodemocracy protests and for criticizing the government. On tuesday, state Department Spokesperson mark toner called for his release. Were obviously concerned jabs detention and the charges filed against him and we call on the government of bahrain to release him. We have concerns about the states of human rights in general in bahrain and we are engaging with the government of bahrain on all of these issues. Amy bahrain is a close u. S. Ally, home to the navys fifth fleet. A prominent tenured professor at northwestern says shes been banned from campus, in a move she says is retaliation for her activism. Professor Jackie Stevens is a scholar focused on private persons, deportations and , militarism. She has criticized u. S. Universities increasing ties to the militaryindustrial complex. In a 2015 article last year, she criticized her own university, northwestern, for its corporate ties. She also led a Successful Campaign to block retired u. S. Army Lieutenant GeneralKarl Eikenberry from being named the head of one of northwesterns research centers. Northwestern has so far refused to comment on the ban. And in bolivia, transgender activists are celebrating new laws that allow transgender people to receive id cards that match their gender identity. It also allows them to update their names on the id cards. This is pamela geraldine valenzuela, the first transgender woman in bolivia to receive the card. Myi had totally assumed female identity. It took me more than 30 years for this change. In those 30 years, i have suffered so much discrimination, so much psychological, verbal, even physical violence. I believe everything that has happened has born free. I would not let myself stop in my fight until i arrived at this moment, until the state record sized all transgender people in accordance with their identity that we have completely assumed. 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. We begin todays show with an update on the fight by native americans to stop the proposed 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline, which would run from through north dakota, south dakota, iowa, and illinois and could contaminate the missouri river. More than 1000 native americans from more than 100 tribes have traveled to the resistance camps on and around the Standing Rock sioux reservation in north dakota. Its the largest unification of native american tribes in decades. Well, on tuesday, a federal judge ruled on a request for a temporary restraining order to halt some construction until that same judge issues a ruling later in the week on an injunction the tribe filed challenging the u. S. Army corps of engineers over its approval of the pipeline. Yesterday, u. S. District judge James Boasberg issued a temporary retraining order that halts construction only between route 1806 and lake oahe, but still allows construction to continue west of this area. The ruling does not protect the land where this weekends mass protest occurred which is an ancient burial and prayer ground. Jan hasselman, attorney for the Standing Rock sioux tribe responded to the ruling. Were disappointed with what happened here today. We provided evidence on friday on sacred sites that were directly in the pipelines route. By saturday morning, those sites had been destroyed. And we saw things happening out beingnding rock dogs put on protesters that have not been seen in america and 40, 50 years. Amy as the ruling was issued in washington, d. C. , about 100 land defenders shut down construction on the Dakota Access pipeline by obstructing equipment. Some of them locked themselves to the bulldozers. My name is julz rich. Lockedre this morning down because water is life. We need our water to survive. We need to put a stop to this pipeline. Tuesdays limited restraining order does not cans cover this construction site, either. Meanwhile, north dakota authorities said they plan to pursue trespassing and vandalism charges against green Party President ial candidate jill stein for spray painting Construction Equipment at the dakota pipeline action. Joel stein is seen next to a spraypainted message in red paint on the blade of a bulldozer that says i approve this message. Stein, who is antiwar and advocates for clean energy, camped out with the protesters monday evening. Amy for more on tuesdays action and what it means for the Dakota Access pipeline, we are joined by several guests. In seattle, washington, Stephanie Tsosie is an associate attorney with earth justice. She is cocounsel with Jan Hasselman representing the Standing Rock sioux tribe in its lawsuit against the army corps of engineers over the Dakota Access pipeline. Via democracy now video stream, were joined by tara houska, National Campaigns director for honor the earth. We welcome you both to democracy now lets begin with the lawyer, talking about what the ruling means. If you can talk about what exactly the federal judge ruled yesterday. Yes, thank you for having me, amy. Mentioned, we are disappointed. It is important to remember this land is an area that these tribes have inhabited and there are sacred sites around the entire area. What this means is that construction can continue anything continue to and it can continue to desecrate these areas west of highway 1806. The tribe does not get an opportunity to go out and survey these areas for cultural sites. Juan but there will be a hearing, wont there later this week on the claims of the lawsuit . What do you expect to happen there . There will not be a hearing. There will be an order issued on friday that were looking for from judge boasberg on the hearing we had on august 24. But regardless of what happens on friday and which way the order goes, there will still be the overall Legal Process that we have pursued, which has other claims as well. And that will take some time. Amy i want to go to the moment on saturday when the Dakota Access pipeline security unleashed dogs and pepper spray on the native americans who had come onto the site not expecting to see them actively bulldozing it on saturday. They were just going to be planting their tribal flags there, but that is what they found. This is a clip. Maced me in my face. Look, it is all over my sunglasses. Maced me in the face. Threateningple are us with these dogs. That woman over there, she was charging them right in the face. Amy the dog has blood in its nose and mouth. Letting her dog go after over there, that dog i was walking. Even without any warning. Look at this. Amy the dog bit you . Look at this. Amy there you have just a moment of what took place on saturday when the security unleashed the dogs and the pepper spray. One of those dogs, both the mouth and nose dripping with blood. This site that the native americans they dont call themselves protesters, they call emselves protectors. This site, Stephanie Tsosie, is not included in the temporary restraining order . That is correct. And that is exactly why the tr