Aes it will mean to have Climate Change denier in the oval office. July and august were the two hottest months we have ever measured on this plane and the scientist who look at the proxy records from before we had thermometers till is that july and august were probably the two hottest months in history of civilization. Against that backdrop to see a buffet like trump, you know, playing games with Climate Change, is sobering. Amy donald trump has called Climate Change the chinese hoax and has vowed to approve the keystone xl pipeline. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across the United States wednesday to protest the election of donald trump, who surged to victory over Hillary Clinton in tuesdays president ial election. In california, at least 13 people were arrested as hundreds blocked traffic on both the 101 and the 110 highways. Thousands more gathered at Los Angeles City hall, waving where some bird a giant effigy of donald trump. In nearby santa ana, police fired rubber bullets and pepper spray at hundreds of protesters after the crowds took over major intersections. In oakland, California Police , also deployed tear gas and flash bang grenades against crowds of thousands who blocked traffic with their bodies and by lighting fires and trump pinatas. In seattle, thousands took to the streets for a protest called by the socialist seattle city Councilmember Kshama sawant, while in chicago, thousands rallied outside trump tower where at least five people were arrested. Protests were also held in portland, oregon, miami, florida, new orleans, louisiana, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, austin, texas and outside the , white house in washington d. C. In the north east, at least 4000 people descended on the boston commons, more than rallied 1000 outside philadelphias city hall, and as many as 10,000 people surged through new york citys streets and surrounded the barricadedoff trump tower, where donald trump lives. The crowd shouted not my president , while workers in uniform cheered on the marchers. This is one of the protesters in new york city. I think its fixed to the disenfranchisement of the people that somebody like him could he seen as offering anything to the masses. I think hillary is no savior, either. I think shes a very dangerous candidate, but i think Donald Trumps ability to mobilize perhaps racist is incredibly terrifying. Amy crowds also gathered for antitrump protests in britain and the philippines. Students across the country also staged walk outs wednesday to protest Donald Trumps election. In california, thousands of students poured out of high schools across the bay area. Hundreds of high school and College Students also walked out of classes in seattle, phoenix, new york city, portland, oregon, boulder, colorado pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and on the campuses of the university of connecticut and the university of texas. The protests come as donald trump heads to the white house today to meet with president obama in the oval office. On wednesday morning, democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton gave a concession speech at the new yorker hotels grand ballroom in new york city, during which she called her defeat painful, but urged a peaceful transition to power. Mrs. Clinton i know how disappointed you feel because i feel it, too. And so do tens of millions of americans who invested their hopes and dreams in this effort. This is painful and it will be for a long time. But i want you to remember this our campaign was never about one person or even about one election. Donald trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and a chance to lead. Our constitutional democracy enshrines the peaceful transfer of power. Amy analyses of exit polls from tuesdays president ial election shows voters nationwide were dramatically split by race. People of color voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton, including 88 of all African American voters. 58 of all white voters, in contrast, voted for donald trump. Support for trump was more pronounced among white male voters 63 of whom supported him. But white female voters also supported donald trump over Hillary Clinton by a 10 point margin with 53 supporting trump, and only 43 supporting Hillary Clinton. This is kenyanamerican activist and writer agunda okeyo, speaking during a demonstration wednesday outside the Trump International hotel in new york city. I want to Say Something specific to my white woman allies. 53 of the people who voted for donald trump were white women. How does that happen . How did that happen . We need to come together as a Multiracial Group of people that record nice White Supremacy is the greatest disease in this country. Amy exit polls show voters were also divided by age, with the majority of all voters age 18 to 44 voting for Hillary Clinton, and the majority of voters 45 and older voting for donald trump. As donald trump heads to the white house, trumps aides say hes also beginning to assemble his cabinet. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is the head of trumps Transition Team. The New York Times is reporting that likely cabinet members include former new york mayor rudolph giuliani, alabama senator jeff sessions, former House SpeakerNewt Gingrich, and businessman who formerly worked for goldman sachs. He is alsoht say preparing to nominate a Supreme Court justice. In financial news, Global Markets have rebounded after plummeting upon the news of trumps victory. Stocks of some companies surged, including the largest private prison contractor, Corrections Corporation of america which recently changed its name to corecivic and is up 43 since trumps victory. Geogroup, another private prison contractor, is up 21 . The intercept reports stocks also surged for many military contractors, including raytheon, general dynamic, lockheed martin, and boeing. In more results from tuesdays election, Democrat Maggie hassan has beat out republican kelly ayotte in the New Hampshire senate race one of the tightest , and most closely watched races this year. The race cost 120 million a Staggering Amount for the tiny state of New Hampshire. With hassans victory, democrats now have 48 senators to the republicans 51. Louisianas senate rate has not yet been decided. Meanwhile, in maine, voters approved a ballot measure that will transform the way voting occurs in the state and will open the door for more third party candidates. The measure approves ranked choice voting, which means people can vote for their choice of candidates in order. If their first choice candidate does not win, their vote automatically defaults to their second choice candidate, and so on. Maine becomes the first state in the nation to approve this style of voting, which will be used for both state and federal elections. The syrian observatory for human right is reporting a usled airstrike about 25 miles north of raqqa has killed at least 20 civilians and injured at least 32 more. This comes as u. S. Central command says 119 civilians have been killed since 2014 in u. S. Airstrikes in iraq and syria. In more news from iraq, Amnesty International is calling on the Iraqi Government to investigate the execution and torture of civilians by the u. S. Backed Iraqi Government forces near mosul. This comes after an amnesty investigation found evidence the Iraqi Government forces had killed at least six villagers near mosul execution style. Amnesty has also accused militia members of in gauging and torture tying suspected civilians to cars and driving them through villages, beating peoples faces with cables, and holding them in inside poultry cages in public. In afghanistan, the United Nations has launched an investigation into a series of u. S. Airstrikes that killed more than 30 civilians near the city of kunduz one week ago. The u. N. Assistance mission in afghanistan says the majority of the victims were women and children. And in north dakota, a Pipeline Safety expert hired by the Standing Rock sioux tribe has concluded the u. S. Army corps of engineers Environmental Assessment of the 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline was seriously deficient and had underestimated the possibility of pipeline spill into the missouri river. A specialist concluded the pipeline should be rerouted away from an area that is prone to landslides. President obama has indicated the u. S. Army corps of engineers is considering a plan to reroute the pipeline and the u. S. Army corps continues to withhold a permit necessary for the company to drill underneath the missouri. But Energy Transfer partners, Company Behind the dakota pipeline, says it is currently mobilizing equipment to drill oahe even know they have nothing granted a permit required to do so. 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. Not my president. That was the chant at protests across the country wednesday as tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest the election of donald trump, who surged to victory over Hillary Clinton. In california, at least 13 people were arrested as hundreds blocked traffic on two major highways. Thousands more gathered at Los Angeles City hall, waiving mexican flags and burning a giant effigy of donald trump. In nearby santa ana, police fired rubber bullets and pepper spray at hundreds of protesters after the crowds took over major intersections. In oakland, police also deployed tear gas and flash bang grenades against crowds of thousands of protesters. Amy in seattle, washington thousands took to the streets , for a protest called by the socialist seattle city councilwoman kshama sawant, while in chicago, thousands rallied outside trump tower where at least five people were arrested. Protests were also held in portland, oregon, miami, florida, new orleans, louisiana, richmond, virginia, in austin, texas, and outside the white house in washington, d. C. In new york, thousands surrounded the barricadedoff trump tower, where donald trump lives. Here some of the voices from the protest in new york. We reject the president elect i think it speaks to the disenfranchisement of the people that he could be seen as offering anything to the masses. Savior. Hillary is no i think she is a very dangerous candidate, but i think Donald Trumps ability to mobilize perhaps racist is incredibly terrifying. You and that we cannot really change anything, we have to accept what happens, we want them to know that we are [blee] this is awful. It feels good to stand together with my brothers and sisters of people that share my believes and let everyone know we are not ok with this. He is the academy of a system that is broken down into Virtual Reality where were going on these false notions of premises that nobody knows what is real or whiny more or a lie anymore. It is the painful underbelly that we need to go away. He is a racist, a sexist. He is a neonazi. She does not deserve to run our country. Amy people protesting outside the residence of donald trump at trump tower in new york on wednesday night. Nermeen today president elect donald trump is heading to the white house today to meet with president obama two days after his shocking victory. On wednesday, obama vowed to work with trump to ensure a smooth handover of power. Pres. Obama the peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. Over the next two months, were going to show that to the world. Amy meanwhile, trumps Transition Team has assembled a short list of who would make up trumps cabinet. Former new york mayor Rudy Giuliani and new Jersey Governor Chris Christie are among those in consideration for attorney general. Christie is also being considered for Homeland Security secretary as is milwaukee , sheriff david clarke. Secretary of the interior might go to former Alaska Governor sarah palin or Oil Executive forrest lucas. Former u. N. Ambassador john bolton and former House SpeakerNewt Gingrich are in the running for secretary of state. Donald trump is also expected to quickly nominate a conservative Supreme Court justice to fill the seat left vacant by the death of antonin scalia. To talk more about the election of donald trump, we are joined by the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald. One of the founding editors of the intercept. Recentecent fees, keys democrats, trump, and the , ongoing, dangerous refusal to learn the lesson of brexit. Why do you start off by sharing your response to what took place this week here in the United States, the election of donald trump and the defeat of Hillary Clinton. A shockingviously outcome, in particular because not just polling data, but all of the self proclaimed experts in data journalism, this new field of journalism that claims to only view politics through an empirical lens rather than through the 30 ideologies or partisan biases that everybody else is burdened with, assured everybody that it was overwhelmingly likely that clinton would win. Every model had her at 85 to 90 , yet she lost and lost pretty resoundingly, at least on the level of the electoral college. She won the popular vote, but that is not what matters. There is a shock about the fact all of our empirical models, the ways in which we try to predict the future, have failed. It then there is an even greater shock over the fact that somebody who stands so far outside of the norms of our political traditions and ideologies is now the president elect of the United States. In in two months, will be sitting behind the large desk in the oval, commanding a massive military in fact, the most powerful and destructive military ever created in human history, as well is a gigantic Nuclear Arsenal that could destroy the world many times over. A massive spying machine that exists both on foreign soil but also domestically. And this huge apparatus of power that has been built up by both parties over the last 15 years is now in the hands of somebody who, by pretty much all metrics, is clearly an authoritarian without much regard to the constraints of constitution or law. I think what were seeing in the aftermath of this is an attempt by democrats who nominated a candidate, Hillary Clinton, despite knowing how weak and how deeply unpopular she was across many sectors in the country, who nonetheless insisted on nominating her in the face of all sorts of empirical evidence that she would not only lose, but could literally lose to anyone those very same people who insisted on marching behind her are now attempting to blame everyone they can find, except of course, themselves, for this debacle. I think if were going to have any kind of constructive discussion in the aftermath of trumps victory, it has two include first and foremost a discussion about why the become sucharty has a small minority party, a minority in the house and the senate, lost control of the white house to someone like donald trump, is obliterated on the state and local levels. What is it about the Democratic Party that has causeds huge portions of the american voting population to turn its back to it and reject it. I think missing democrats thatbling trying to avoid discussion by casting blame on everyone else. I think that will only ensure this kind of event will consider desk to replicate itself in the future. Nermeen Bernie Sanders issued this statement on trumps election. People are tired of working longer hours for lower wages, of seeing decent paying jobs go to china, and other lowwage countries, billionaire stopping any federal income taxes, and not being able to afford a College Education for their kids. All while the very rich become much richer. Senator Bernie Sanders, who opposed Hillary Clinton in the democratic primary went on to say to