Of systems. Today you can do it. But we have to have a border. We have to have a wall. We cannot let what is happening to this country happen. Amy into the case of imprisoned puerto rican independence activist Oscar Lopez Rivera. I think the fact i was charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government of United States for itself, but the charge in reference to puerto rico amy more than 100,000 people have addition president obama to pardon Oscar Lopez Rivera who has been held for 35 years. We will speak to oscars brother and the speaker of the new York City Council. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President elect donald trump raised the prospect of a new global arms race on thursday, after he suggested on twitter he would increase the size of the u. S. Nuclear arsenal. Trumps tweet read the United States must greatly strengthen and expand its Nuclear Capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. At the state department, the outgoing Obama Administrations spokesperson john kirby was asked about the tweet. I cant speak for what the nuclear viewsts or his policy going forward. That is for him and his team. What i can speak to is the approach that this administration has taken to try to get us on a path toward without Nuclear Weapons. Amy despite president obamas call for an end to Nuclear Weapons, his administration has been quietly upgrading its Nuclear Arsenal to create smaller, more precise Nuclear Bombs as part of a massive effort that will cost up to 1 trillion over three decades. Speaking to Msnbc Rachel Maddow, Kellyanne Conway defended the tweet pointing to president obamas nuclear plans. Mika as the president elect would he have the opportunity, what his position was on trying to clarify the tweet yesterday regarding the Nuclear Arsenal in the president elect told you what . Let it be an arms race. We will out match them at every them all. Utlast amy that was like, it made this morning. Lets go to Kellyanne Conway. I do not think the tweet was groundbreaking in this regard. It seems president obama has called for an upgrade in our capabilities. I read in one or two articles come up to 1 trillion is the price tag. We all know president obama, president elect trump, everyone shares the same core value in their first duty is to try to keep us all safe. We know it is a dangerous world. Amy that was Kellyanne Conway who trump named yesterday as counselor to the president. This morning, msnbc host Mika Brzezinski said she spoke briefly to president elect on the phone and asked him about his Nuclear Weapons comments. Brzezinski recounted trumps response during a conversation with cohost joe scarborough. We are going to play that clip again. Theika asked president elect, woody of the opportunity, what his position tweetying to clarify the yesterday regarding the Nuclear Arsenal, and the president elect told you what . Let it be an arms race. We will out match them at every pass. And a last them all. And outlast them all. Amy yes, they were in their pajamas will stop according to the campaign, about 93 of all Nuclear Warheads are owned by russia and the United States, which together have about 14,000 warheads stockpiled. The Obama Administration has moved to formally end the National Registry program for immigrants from majoritymuslim countries, known as the National Security entryexit registration system, or nseers. The department of Homeland Security on thursday submitted a rule change in an effort to dismantle the Legal Framework for the registry, apparently in order to prevent donald trump from reviving it. The move comes only one day after trump appeared to reiterate his pledge to reinstate the registry. The registry was created after the september 11 attacks. The department of Homeland Security idled the program in 2011 under massive pressure from civil rights groups. Donald trumps Transition Team is ordered the state department to detail which of the agencys jobs and programs focus on gender equality and ending violence against women, in a move thats raised alarm among womens rights advocates in the foreign service. The order came in a onepage memo with the subject heading, genderrelated staffing, programming and funding. The memo comes a week after the trump Transition Team asked the department of energy to name employees working on Climate Change. In breaking news, police in milan, italy, say they have shot and killed anis amri, the main suspect in an attack on a market in berlin earlier this week. Police say amri opened fire on officers after he was asked to show his id during a routine traffic stop. They say one officer was wounded in the shoulder before another officer shot and killed amri. The 24yearold tunisian was accused of hijacking a truck, killing its driver, and then ramming it into a crowded Christmas Market on monday in an attack that left 11 more people dead and dozens wounded. At the United NationsSecurity Council on thursday, egypt abandon a resolution that would have ordered israel to halt all construction of jewishonly settlements on occupied palestinian lands. Egypts move came just hours before a planned vote amidst heavy lobbying against the measure by israeli officials. The measure was opposed by donald trump, who took to twitter to call for a veto of the resolution. Trump spoke by telephone with egyptian president sisi thursday. Israeli officials reportedly contacted trumps Transition Team after they learned the Obama Administration might abstain on a vote condemning settlements a move that would have cleared the way for the measure to pass. In medical news, a new study finds an experimental vaccine was 100 effective in protecting west africans against the ebola virus during an outbreak in 20142015, raising the prospect that the future spread of the deadly disease could be halted. The finding was reported thursday in the british medical journal the lancet. An assistant directorgeneral of the World Health Organization said the study compared about 6000 residents of guinea who received the vaccine with a similarsized group who hadnt. We have shown that the vaccinated people, we had zero case of ebola, while at the same time we have had 23 cases for the people who were not vaccinated with ebola. You compare zero to 23, and you contacted late that you have a vaccine which has shown what had percent effective. 100 effective. Amy researchers caution that the vaccine has unpleasant side affects and that it only appears to work only on one of the two most common strains of the ebola virus. An Ebola Outbreak in west africa in 2014 claimed more than 11,000 lives. Critics say those lives could have been spared if researchers had poured more resources into finding a vaccine years ago. In financial news, Deutsche Bank is set to pay 7. 2 billion in fines over its role in the u. S. Housing market collapse, in a tentative settlement with the u. S. Department of justice. Between 2005 and 2007, Deutsche Bank packaged toxic mortgages into securities it sold to investors. The tentative deal is barely half of the 14 billion fine the Justice Department was seeking. The wall street journal reports the Obama Administration scrambled to secure the deal before Donald Trumps inauguration next month. Trump has about 300 million in outstanding debts to Deutsche Bank, and its not clear whether his administration would have pursued a settlement. Meanwhile, the Justice Department filed suit against British Bank Barclays and two of its former executives thursday, charging they misled the public over the sale of tens of billions of dollars in mortgagebacked securities. In the mediterranean, a hijacked libyan airliner with more than 110 people on board landed today in the island nation of malta. State television reported the plane remains on the tarmac at maltas international airport, and that two hijackers were threatening to blow up the plane with hand grenades. The flight took off from the libyan city of sabha bound for tripoli. Its not known if the hijackers have specific demands. In iraq three suicide car bombs , driven by members of isis killed at least 15 civilians and eight Iraqi Police Officers on thursday as the battle to retake the city of mosul raged into its third month. The attacks came in a suburb east of mosul that iraqs military claimed to have captured weeks ago. The fighting came as many residents of mosul remained in their homes despite the fierce battles nearby. Many said conditions in camps for displaced people were so poor they would rather risk , death. This is abdullah murad, who left a camp east of mosul on wednesday. Necessitiessimplest are unavailable. We are surrounded by mud. Look at us. Atent caught fire. It was indescribable. Then it was in gold in flames in 20 seconds of people died. It is cold, very cold during the night. Were going to try and stay with relatives or in some home. It will be better than the camp. Amy the canadian government has formally declared highspeed Internet Access a fundamental right, calling it necessary to the quality of life of all canadians. The declaration came as canadas Telecommunications Agency said this week it aims to provide broaand internet to 100 of canadians, including those in rural areas and in First Nations communities. Meanwhile, in the u. S. , proponents of the open internet say the Incoming Trump administration is poised to do away with Net Neutrality the principle that internet providers should not be allowed to charge Media Companies for preferential treatment, such as faster speeds for their products and content. Donald trumps picks for the federal Communications CommissionTransition Team, former sprint lobbyist mark jamison and former verizon , consultant jeff eisenach, both oppose Net Neutrality. In texas, a Fort Worth Police officer has been placed on restrictive duty after an online video showed him violently arresting a woman and her teenaged daughter after the woman called police to report an assault on her sevenyearold son. Video of the incident went viral after it was posted to facebook on wednesday night. The video shows 46yearold Jacqueline Craig, who is african american, telling a white Police Officer that a white man choked her son after the boy supposedly threw a piece of paper on the ground. The officer, who has not been named, responds why dont you teach your son not to litter . Cooks he told me my son littered. It doesnt matter if you did or didnt, it doesnt give him the right to put his hands on him. Amy the video next shows Jacqueline Craig arguing with the officer over the alleged assault on her son, before the officer tackles and handcuffs craig while pointing a weapon at her and at her teenaged daughter, who he had already grabbed. The officer then tackles and arrests the girl as well. In a statement, the Fort Worth PoliceDepartment Said it has launched an internal Affairs Investigation into the arrest. And in chile, family members of those killed or disappeared under the u. S. Backed dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet held a protest outside santiagos main cathedral on thursday ahead of a planned catholic mass today for jailed members of the former regime. The protesters wore photographs of their loved ones and held signs reading, never forget. This is carla pellegrin, whose brother raul was disappeared under the dictatorship. The human rights violators of this country are going to ask for forgiveness to obtain prison benefits. We absolutely reject a pardon because were neither for forgiveness nor forgetting. Basically, that is because the missing are still missing. Because our loved ones who were tortured, who were killed, are no longer here which happened in many cases. And there is still much impunity, such as in the case of my brother, certainly, and because there is a pack of silence. Amy on september 11, 1973, democratically elected president Salvador Allende was toppled in a u. S. Backed coup, ushering in 17 years of brutal dictatorship under Augusto Pinochet. 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. The Obama Administration moved to formally end the National Registry program. Trumps tweet said it came on the same day russian president Vladimir Putin said his country needed to strengthen the military potential of Strategic Nuclear forces. According to the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons, about 93 of all Nuclear Warheads are already owned by russia and the United States, which together have about 14,000 warheads stockpiled. A makeup this morning, msnbc host become brezinski said she spoke briefly to the president elect on the phone during a commercial break and asked him about his Nuclear Weapons comments. She recounted trumps response to a conversation with her cohost joe scarborough. Mika asked the president elect, what his position was on trying to clarify the tweet yesterday regarding the Nuclear Arsenal, and the president elect told you what . Let it be an arms race. We will out match them at every pass. And outlast them all. Outlast them all. Amy yes, they were sitting in a fire as they vote. They had just spoken withtrumps spokesperson. When trump called him on the phone at break, that is when he spoke to make a burzynski and she relayed that conversation after. Joining us now is Annie Leonard. A new Nuclear Arms Race . Can you talk about the significance of this . It is absolutely frightening. Everyday trump says something that makes us worried that this may be the most terrifying yet. And the arms race is the last thing the world needs. I think about Climate Change and economic inequality, i think about all of these major threats that we are facing as a country and as a world. Why would we add on top of that a totally manufactured, necessary threat. We already have so many Nuclear Weapons. We have over 7000 Nuclear Weapons in the United States. Were the biggest ella terry spender in the world. A new Nuclear Arms Race is the last thing the world needs. It is longlasting our country needs. It also demonstrates to be both complete the responsibility on trumps part in reasons to be forgetting his campaign promises. During his campaign, he talked about bringing back jobs, Economic Security, the way you bring back jobs from the vote Economic Security promote Economic Security is investing the trillions of dollars to having wasted on Nuclear Energy into a clean energy economy. That is i you get real security. Not wasting trillions of dollars that will increase insecurity and fear in our country and globally. The situation where both the president elect of the United States and the president russia, on the same basically,