Reasons. For all of these reasons. Amy the president s friend is accused of embezzling those dollars. In colombia, the government and the farc rebel group says theyve reached a new agreement for a peace deal aimed at ending the nations 52 year civil war. Colombians narrowly rejected an earlier version of the peace deal in a nationwide referendum in october. The new agreement appears to roll back promises that farc members would have guaranteed seats in congress. In ohio, the trial of former university of Cincinnati Police officer ray tensing, who shot and killed 43yearold sam dubose last year, has ended in a mistrial after the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Officer tensing, who is white, fatally shot dubose, who is black, as dubose was running away. Officer tensing had stopped dubuse over a traffic violation. Tensing was wearing a tshirt emblazoned with a confederate battle flag under his uniform when he fatally shot dubose multiple times in the back. In north dakota, water protectors resisting the 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline say an armed white man drove his truck through a crowd of native american protectors, running over one woman and then firing live bullets into the air, during a demonstration saturday at a work site near mandan. Local authorities are investigating the incident. This comes after 37 people were arrested on as water protectors friday maintained multiple highway blockades. The army corps of engineers is expected to make a decision within days about whether it will grant a permit allowing Energy Transfer partners to drill underneath the missouri river. On actions are planned at dozens tuesday, of u. S. Army corp of engineers offices and other government buildings in more than 100 cities worldwide demanding the Obama Administration top the stop the pipeline. Meanwhile, the head of Energy Transfer partners, kelcy warren, has said hes 100 confident trump will support the completion of the Dakota Access pipeline. Warren donated more than 100,000 to Trumps Campaign, while trump has between 500,000 and 1 million invested in Energy Transfer partners. This is warren speaking on cbs. Once he takes over january 20, what are the prospects . Gets0 that the easement granted in the pipeline gets built. Have you spoken to donald trump about the pipeline . Ive never met him. But hes invested in you and you are invested in him. Well, i wish him well. Activists blocked the main gate to Creech Air Force base, one of several homes for the u. S. Militarys legal Drone Program in pakistan, afghanistan, somalia, yemen, as well as other countries. In richmond, virginia, 30yearold transgender woman has died making her at least the 24th transgender woman killed this year, the deadliest on record for transgender people in the United States. Norwood was shot early sunday morning and died hours later in the hospital. And in washington, d. C. , engineer, lawyer, and safety advocate Clarence Ditlow has died. He was the director of the center for auto safety for 40 years. For decades, he championed safety in the automobile industry, forcing manufacturers to recall millions of vehicles. He collaborated with green Party President ial candidate ralph nader on multiple books. Cranston low died thursday at the age of 72. Clarence ditlow died thursday at the age of and those are some 72. Of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Where broadcasting from marrakesh, morocco, here at the u. N. Climate summit. We will soon ring you voices of protest from the front lines in new york. Meanwhile, the Antidefamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center are slamming president elect donald trump for naming Stephen Bannon to become his chief strategist. Bannon is the former head of the rightwing outlet news outlet breitbart media. He took over as Trumps Campaign manager in august. Adl Ceo Jonathan Greenblatt said it is a sad day when a man who presided over the premier website of the altright a looseknit group of white nationalists and unabashed antisemites and racists is slated to be a senior staff member in the peoples house. The Southern Poverty Law Center accused bannon of becoming the main driver behind breitbart becoming a white ethnonationalist propaganda mill. Even former breitbart employees have spoken out about what the site became under bannons watch. The sites former editorinchief, ben shapiro, recently said that staffers are now openly pushing white ethnonationalism. Donald trump announced bannon would become chief strategist on sunday. On trump has also tapped rnc saturday. Chair Reince Preibus to serve as his chief of staff. Steve bannon has also faced questions about domestic abuse. He was charged in 1996 with misdemeanor domestic violence, battery, and dissuading a witness. A santa monica, california, Police Report said bannon grabbed thenwife mary louise card piccard by the throat and arm and threatened to leave with the couples twin daughters. Bannon pleaded not guilty to the charges, which were dropped later that year when piccard did not appear in court. Piccard claimed in Divorce Proceedings that bannon pressured her not to testify. Piccard also said in a sworn 2007 court filing that bannon made antisemitic comments when the two argued over whether to send their daughters to a private school. According to one document, piccard said he said that he doesnt like the way they raise their kids to be whiny brats and that he didnt want the girls going to school with jews. Joining us in new york is richard cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Richard, you got the news with everyone out that steve bannon would be the chief strategist for donald trump. Your thoughts . It was incredibly disheartening, amy. The night that trump was elected, he said that he was going to be the president for all americans, that he was going of division,ounds divisions which he had cause, and now we see him doing the opposite. Appointing someone who was very proud to give a platform to the altright. The altright is nothing more than the rebranding of White Supremacy, white nationalism, for the digital age. Trump says one thing the day he is elected, does Something Else at this point. It is really discouraging, really disheartening. It does not portend well for his administration, im afraid. Amy richard, describe more fully what is the altright . What is the Breitbart News website and the significance of bannon now being the number two man for president soon to be President Trump . When breitbart traditionally was a conservative website, but under bannon, it has become a cesspool for White Supremacy according to one of his former colleagues. Is whiteight nationalism. It rejects multiculturalism. It is opposed to immigration. The godfather of the altright is richard spencer. His motto is, all men are created an equal. Black people are intellectually inferior. He calls for the peaceful, ethnic cleansing of our country. He was ecstatic when trump was elected and i am sure equally ecstatic now that bannon is in the white house. About bannons background. Talk about his operating a Breitbart News. Look, i dont want to talk about bannons personal background. I will talk about what he is done a Breitbart News. Anyone can go and look at the archives and see unbelievable stuff. Two weeks after the charleston massacre, for example, they ran an article talking about how people should proudly fly the confederate flag. They have talked about islam as a religion of a rate coulter. Culture. He mocked women who are victims of Sexual Harassment in the workplace. It is obsessed with the socalled scourge of black on white crime. It is racist, misogynist, antisomatic everything this country should not be. Indigo former breitbart employees have spoken out. This is the sites former editorinchief ben shapiro wrote breitbart has become the withight goto website , yiannopoulos pushing white ethnonationalism as a legitimate response to political correctness, and the Comment Section turning into a cesspool for white supremacist mememakers. This is shapiro speaking to cnn earlier this year. Steve likes to think of himself as a big bear tearing everyone down because he is a power player. It has got him where he is now. Steve bannon imagine one of the worst people you know is heading up her president ial campaign. That is pretty much where i am at this morning. Listening to been richard cohen, your response . Trump knew what he was doing. He ran a racist campaign from the first day he came down the escalator at trump tower. He vilified mexicans. He vilified latinos. He vilified women, black communities, muslims. He brought steve bannon in because deeply steve bannon reflected his views. He has not pivoted despite his words after the election and he is continuing to embrace bannon. I wish you would change. I wish he would change. Amy richard cohen, as president of Southern Poverty Law Center, i ask you first about bannon. What about donald trump and his election and what this means and the report you put out, richard, through the Southern Poverty Law Center of the number of the attacks this week on the Vulnerable People . Overall, your response . You mention 200 attacks. The number is well over 300 now. They are happening everywhere. A lot are happening in schools. Were seeing them in places like walmart, starbucks, at traffic stops where people of color are being harassed by people who are passing them and screaming trump. An ugly thing. Last night, donald trump was on 60 minutes and he said stop it. He also said, it only happened one or two times. He terribly downplayed it. Trump needs to say more than stop it, he needs to speak out forcefully against all forms of bigotry. Then he asked to follow talk with the walk. Yes to stop putting people like bannon in the administration. He has to throw them out and assure the American Public that no one with hate in their hearts is going to have any role whatsoever in our democracy. Amy so these reports around the country of these assaults, as people marching through schools and saying build that wall or make America White again, the reports we have from philadelphia to boston, something unprecedented where the schools are sending counselors into the classrooms because the kids are so frightened after the election of donald trump. They were frightened before the election. They were frightened by the rhetoric that donald trump was spewing. We did a big survey during the election asking teachers what was happening in their schools. We never used trumps name in the survey, but we did not have to. 1000 teachers wrote back and talked about the world will things happening in their school. Incredible increase in bullying and in ugly talk. Heartbreaking stories of Young Children in Elementary Schools really being fearful, coming up to teacher every dancing has he built the wall yet . Are my parents going to be deported . This is just a continuation of what we saw on the campaign, but it has been quite intensified since the day of the election. Amy richard cohen, is there anything you want to add before we go to the voices of the streets of new york, tens of thousands of people continuing to protest . This was before the appointment of steve bannon to be the number two man for a President Trump. I would just urge people to stand strong, be careful, dont give up hope. One of the sad things of the election was 43 million americans who were eligible to vote did not. That is 100 Million People. I dont know how those hundred Million People would have voted, but i think our democracy will be helped when everyone speaks. I hope this energy we are seeing in these demonstrations translates into increased political participation in our country. Finally, howcohen, donald trump has responded to the attacks on people of color, on immigrants around the country . He hasnt done enough. He has minimize the number of attacks. He said one or two, there have been hundreds. His old or ego at breitbart has and fraud. Re a hoax he needs to much, much more if america is going to be a country that embraces all of its citizens. Amy richard cohen, thank you for joining us from new york. Democracy now is in marrakesh, morocco for the u. N. Climate summit. I can tell you every other word out of amounts here from around the planet is donald trump is to another issue is climate denial. Richard cohen is president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. We will link to his latest report democracynow. Org at. When we come back, voices from the streets. Protest in the United States. Stay with us. [music break] amy this is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In marrakesh, morocco, the second weekend of the u. N. Climate talks. There have been major protest. First, were going to what has taken place in United States. Over the weekend, protests around the world voiced opposition to u. S. President elect donald trump. In berlin, germany, italy 1000 people gathered at the brandenburg gate, a short distance from the u. S. Embassy. From our perspective, this election is very dangerous because a Trump Presidency encourages other nationalistic parties to fight harder and people to give their votes to them. Amy here in the United States, demonstrators took to the streets to oppose Trumps Campaign promises to restrict immigration and register muslims, and allegations that he sexually abused women. Protests took place in seattle, portland, los angeles, san francisco, oakland, chicago, oklahoma city, salt lake city, springfield, massachusetts, dayton and cinninnati, ohio, a number of cities in florida, new york, and philadelphia, where a mexican immigrant who is the a father of three u. S. Born children entered sanctuary in a church on and called on sunday president obama to stop his deportation and others. This comes as mayors from seattle to new york say they will refuse to cooperate with Donald Trumps promise to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants, even though he says hell withdraw federal funding from such cities. New york mayor bill de blasio vowed not to hand over the personal data of those who applied for the city municipal id and said he would possibly even destroy the records if federal authorities attempt to use them to target people for deportation. Thousands of working class immigrants marched in manhattan on sunday with their supporters. Im here to support everybody from my community that is afraid and they dont know where the country is going. So together, we could come up with a plan on what we can do next. Beingof things that are talked about and people are trying to reverse the laws that are in place, i am concerned about that because i feel that would put our country back. And i feel we should progress and be inclusive of everybody. Amy sundays protests in new york marked the fifth straight day of protests against trump in his home town. On saturday, an estimated 10,000 people marched to trump tower on as he met with his advisers. Fifth avenue democracy now was there. Protests cant achieve anything practical right now. He doesnt have any policy initiatives on the table. But what i think a protest like this can do is send a message to others in the country who are upset with the new president and also internationally that americans dont support his racist, sexist agenda. Amy were going to go back right now to those protests in the streets in new york. Im reporting for democracy now just outside the iconic Union Square Park, a place for centuries people have gathered for protests. Theres a protest underway right now against president elect trump. Already there is a block of. Eople many, many police and barricades preventing some of the public from joining the protest. We have come in and now were pointed talk to people about what trumps america means to them. I from philadelphia. Trump, america was starting to show signs about a more progressive vendors diversified america and many feel like at a place in this country. With the Trump Administration, makes me feel a bit more on edge about where i stand, my status, ispite my degree and position hold. I feel it is important to show my opposition against that polls against that. I am from new jersey. Im a sophomore in high school. As a person of color, it would negatively affect me and most of the people in my life. A friend i know what to high school on wednesday and people were saying racial slurs, religious slurs. It is definitely prevalent. Im here with maximizing. Were hearing about abuses in ruraleople of color neighborhoods in the United States and that is a really dangerous sign. In new york, diversity is embraced, but you dont know what is going to happen, even in a progressive state like new york and we are really concerned that a Trump Administration