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Warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial levels a key goal of the Paris Agreement scores of civil society groups condemned governments and the European Union Australia Canada and the u.s. For blocking progress at the talks all the NIH or strategy chief at the Union of Concerned Scientists said quote Never have I seen the almost total disconnect we've seen here at cop $25.00 in Madrid between what the science requires and what the climate negotiations are delivering in terms of meaningful action and fry the climate negotiator for the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu whose existence is threatened by rising sea levels called out the United States for watering down the final document even though President Trump is withdrawing the us from the Paris agreement this is an absolute tragedy and a travesty on those affected by the impacts of climate change there are millions of people all around the world who are already suffering from the impacts of climate change. Denying this fact. Could be interpreted by some to be a crime against humanity thank you and the lesson indigenous leaders blasted the United Nations for marginalizing civil society groups over 2 weeks of negotiations while welcoming polluters at the climate summit this is cure a sure way to Reagan I'm Our representative from the indigenous peoples organizations at the cop. When you silence us you deny yourselves the learning from our ways and you continue to sideline those who have real solutions for all communities we are experts on climate we have a clue the stewards of nature we know the legitimacy of our voices and it's about time that you recognize that. Here are stories learn our history stop taking up space with you'll fall solutions and get out of our way we'll have more on the failures of cop $25.00 climate summit will be joined by said Raman from London as well as tossing pool is executive director of the Climate Action Network from Cape Town South Africa on Capitol Hill the House Judiciary Committee has reached its report explaining its decision to charge President Trump with 2 articles of impeachment for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress the 658 page report released this morning details Trump's efforts to withhold military aid in order to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political rival true Biden on Wednesday the full Democratic controlled House is expected to vote to impeach President Trump sending the charges to the Republican controlled Senate which will then hold a trial on whether to remove Trump from office on Sunday Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer proposed terms for an evidentiary trial that would start on January 7th and go beyond the investigation conducted by the house witnesses who could be called to testify include former national security advisor John Bolton and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney this comes as top Republican senators face calls to recuse themselves from Trump's impeachment trial late last week Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told Fox News he was quote taking my cues quote from the White House and on Sunday Republican Senator Lindsey Graham was questioned by Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan about coordinating with the White House on Impeachment should Republicans in the Senate really be taking their marching orders from the person being investigated you know I understand the president's for us Gratian but other it was best for the country is to get get this thing over with. Clearly made Obama and I'm not trying to hide the fact that I have disdain for. The accusations in the process Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he may not have any witnesses at the Senate trial we'll have more on Trump's impeachment later in the broadcast with Ralph Nader long time consumer advocate corporate critic and former presidential candidate the trumpet ministrations reportedly planning to withdraw 4000 u.s. Troops from Afghanistan with President Trump set to make an announcement as early as this week the drawdown would leave between 8 and 9000 u.s. Troops in Afghanistan continuing to fight the longest war in u.s. History now in its 19th year this comes just days after a major exposé by The Washington Post revealed senior u.s. Officials allied throughout the war in Afghanistan about progress while hiding evidence that had become unwinnable in India the death toll from a crackdown on demonstrations has risen to 6 this massive protests rage against the citizenship amendment bill which many have denounced as a major step toward the official marginalization of India's 200000000 Muslims among the dead were 4 people shot dead by police in some states biggest city go hati where government imposed curfews closed schools and brought commerce to a halt the citizenship bill passed by the upper house of the Indian Parliament provides a path to citizenship for immigrants from Afghanistan Bangladesh and Pakistan unless they are Muslim in Bangladesh at least 10 people were killed after a fire tore through a factory near the capital Dhaka Sunday a local fire official said the 3 story building clearly had no safety measures the deadly blaze came just 4 days after a fire to Dhaka plastics factory killed 1000 people in Lebanon government forces fire tear gas and water cannons at thousands of protesters who flooded the streets of Beirut for a 2nd straight day Sunday just bursting a peaceful rally calling for an end to official corruption and economic inequality protesters responded by throwing rocks. Oxon setting trash cans on fire dozens of people were arrested this is protester 905 the thickness of the room but we will not leave until they submit to our demands they are the ones who stole the country they're the ones who brought us to this point not us we are citizens who want our rights what we are asking for is not something that the political elite own it is actually our own rights that they took away from us Lebanon has been rocked by weeks of massive anti-government demonstrations that forced Lebanese Prime Minister Saad had 80 to resign back in the United States a state judge in Wisconsin has ordered 234000 names to be purged from the voter rolls ahead of the 2020 Alexion and a move to cry by critics as a Republican backed effort at voter suppression under the ruling registered voters who did not respond to a letter within 30 days asking them to confirm their home address will be forced to reregister or will be ineligible to vote next year according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel a majority of the voters who were sent the letters were in districts that lean Democratic in the 2016 presidential election Donald Trump won Wisconsin by fewer than $23000.00 votes that year then we're clear the chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party called the purge a quote product of a right wing legal and political strategy to prevent eligible voters from voting adding it should be a concern to anyone who believes in the core idea of democracy he said New Jersey Democratic Congress member Jeff friend who will switch parties and become a Republican then Drews announcement came over the weekend after we met President Trump at the White House Friday after news of his defection broke 5 adventurers top staffers resigned in protest venture who is opposed to the impeachment of President Trump and media news the hallmarks Channel says it will resume airing advertisements from the wedding planning companies Zola that feature same sex couples hallmarked initially banned for. Ads featuring brides kissing each other while accepting 2 similar ads that featured heterosexual couples after a backlash Hallmark c.e.o. Mike Perry reversed course and apologized Sunday night saying in a statement we are truly sorry for the hurt and disappointment this has caused Pentagon officials say they're investigating students at the Army's West Point Academy and the u.s. Naval Academy after they were filmed flashing white power hand gestures at the Army Navy football game in Philadelphia Saturday army cadets and Navy midshipmen in the stands were seen repeatedly making the signs which resemble an Ok gesture and one such incident was broadcast live by e.s.p.n. Last year the u.s. Coast Guard reprimanded an officer who used a similar hate symbol during a t.v. Broadcast and executives at Boeing are reportedly considering ending production of the troubled $737.00 Max passenger jet and an announcement could come as early as this afternoon after markets closed Boeing 737 Max airplane has been grounded worldwide after 2 crashes and Ethiopia and Indonesia killed all 346 people on board the 2 planes last week former Boeing manager Edward Pearson testified to the House Transportation Committee he tried to warn executives about safety concerns 4 months before the 1st steadily crash as well as before the 2nd crash but his warnings were ignored or risk requests that I want to warn to do with the general manager on July 18th I repeated my recommendation to start on the far through for a brief period of time. When I would mention that I've seen operations in the military so down for lesser safety concerns I will never forget his response which was the military isn't a profit making organization. We'll get response from consumer activist Ralph Nader who lost his grannies salmiya still know who was on the Ethiopian flight and those are some of the headlines This is Democracy Now Democracy Now dot org The War and Peace Report I mean the good thing we are just back from the trade Spain were cop 25 the United Nations climate summit ended in a monumental failure Sunday afternoon shaders failed to agree to a deal that would limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial levels a key goal of the Paris Agreement scores of civil society groups condemned governments and the European Union Australia Canada and the United States for a deal that requires far less action than needed to avert catastrophic climate change all than Meyer the strategy chief of the Union of Concerned Scientists said quote Never have I seen the almost total disconnect we've seen here at cop 25 in Madrid between what the science requires and what the climate negotiations are delivering in terms of meaningful action in fry the climate negotiator for the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu whose existence is threatened by rising sea levels due to global warming called out the United States which worked to water down the final agreement even though President Trump is withdrawing the u.s. From the Paris agreement. It is an absolute tragedy and a travesty on those affected by the impacts of climate change there are millions of people. Around the world who are already suffering from the impacts of climate change. Denying this fact. Could be interpreted by some to be a crime against humanity Thank you. Environmentalists and degenerates leaders blasted the United Nations for marginalizing civil society groups over 2 weeks of negotiations at the climate summit sometimes kicking them out of the summit while welcoming polluters this is cure a sure way to Reagan and now really representative from the indigenous peoples organisations at the cop when you file an OS you deny yourselves the learning from our ways and you continue to sideline those who have real solutions for all communities we are experts on climate we have a kite the stewards of nature we know the legitimacy of our voices and it's about time that you recognize it. Post here our stories learn our histories stop taking up space with you'll follow solutions and get out of our why for more on the outcome of the un climate summit we're joined by 2 guests who are there now in London said Raymond is executive director of War on Want and from Cape Town South Africa has a name is executive director of the Climate Action Network International She's joining us via democracy now video stream we welcome you both to Democracy Now test me let's begin with you you were there right through to the end you organized the response on Sunday when the final cop closed Can you talk about why it's being described as a monumental failure even by negotiators and then though the success or the. Unprecedented level of organizing that's going on coming out of the summit. Yes Amy thank you very much for having me on the show this is. For once I think across the board many parties and civil society organizations and activists from different constituencies that sage union movement indigenous peoples women and gender have had one voice about the outcome of this cup and that it is the failure the clear gap between that he added to the outside of this process whether that is the science that's become clear with the 1.5 report whether it is the voices of many citizens in many countries across the world demanding a sponsor to the climate emergency and in addition to that the impacts already being felt in countries across the world the disconnect inside the halls of the unit to pull seed with cheap countries like the u.s. Australia Japan was phenomenal and not only where the you know these countries the key drop is in the process we also Brazil added to that mix as well and so it's very clear that the commitment to addressing this climate emergency and in fact the commitment to the pad is the beauty Mint was not demonstrated at all and the outcome clearly points in that election you mentioned Brazil now let's talk about the history of this particular crop conference of parties the 25th conference of parties was supposed to be held in Brazil but then a man many call the trump of Brazil the right wing president Jay your boss or not oh and one of his 1st sax cancelled the cop and Purcell moved to Chile and the right wing president there in the midst of a social upheaval like Chile hasn't seen and decades the protests that are going on . There he canceled the cop but the but chill I still presided over the cops in Madrid Spain it was last it was moved there in the last weeks so you have your boss or not a climate denier and you have President Trump now Trump is pulling the us out of the Paris climate agreement it would officially be pulled out the day after the election next year yet how did they wield so much power at this cop. Well this still have to they're not out of the process yet that will happen next year. And they really did a lot of problems there was stories about negotiators in the loss and damage negotiations saying they were literally being bullied by the u.s. Negotiators so they've played an extremely destructive role particularly in the loss and damage negotiations that pertaining to finance for loss and damage and so you know this is unbelievable enter the line I'm always trying to break down u.n. Language loss and damage Well this is the impacts of climate change the losses that you would have as we already witnessing across the world whether through 3 lads the damage that is. Expedience to do Davis taking typhoons as we've seen for example in the Philippines they devastation caused by fires as we have seen in Australia so the losses and the damage is related to that it's not only about the extreme like these that cause loss and damage but something called slow onset so sea level rise for example would be a slow. Unset it's not an extreme event that that wins all at once and this is exactly what the small. And states are talking about in terms of their survival or lady experiencing sea level rise and many have been forced to move so displacement and mind and see is also part of the impacts of climate change that would need to be addressed I said Raman we're speaking to you in London you actually left a few days before the end of the summit yesterday because you went back to London to deal with well the election that took place there the landslide election for the prime minister Barr stance and over the Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn what some like George Monbiot have called the Climate election others called at Breck set but can you talk about any your time there and we see every year at these climate summit the significance of why this year was so devastating and so monumentally. A failure. Well I mean we come into these climate talks with governments having an unprecedented mandate from their citizens if we remember millions of people have been marching on the streets calling on their governments to take action to take action on the climate of birds and see We've seen the scale of the impacts fill our television screens in every single country in the world we've seen the impacts of floods and droughts of means and of course at the same time we've also seen unprecedented protests taking place around the world economic inequality it's clear that the world is broken governments need to act so you would have expected governments to comb knowing that this was a critical moment and to come with ambition and instead we saw the United States aided and abetted by other rich developed countries take a wrecking ball to those icons So 1st of all covenants came not willing to take action in terms of the last decade when they've literally done nothing in the previous decade which has meant that the critical actions that are required in the coming decade are much much harder they came from attempted to block any support for poor developing countries if you just heard from it as need I mean this is absolutely average is what they were actually asking for not just the United States but the European Union as well is basically to have life nor liability for the damage that their inaction is causing and more he needs than that is not only are they not putting anything on the table in terms of genuine emission reductions or the desperately need to finance what they wanted was loopholes so that their big polluting companies could continue to pollute loopholes that would basically bust the budget for the $1.00 degree guardrail so we come in here with governments with no willingness to act and actually acting not in the interests of their own citizens but acting in the interests of that big polluting companies and it was an absolute disaster so the question now we must ask ourselves What will it take for us. Our voices to be heard now the climate talks move to the u.k. In 2020 it's an unprecedented moment we're at the end of the decade the last decade and now we're in the beginning of the new decade if governments don't come with that willingness that which we can all be as citizens force them to hold our own governments to a counter to a national level so that they come with the right mandates I think we're talking about not just losing the 1.5 degree but the 2 degree and just to put that in context as I totally agree with you sometimes these climate words don't quite have the residence but the difference between the Ice Age and now was only 4 degrees and already in the pledges that we've got for the Paris agreement we see warming that will lead to 3 degrees we have absolutely no idea of what the world will look like but all we can say is that the impacts of the poorest people on the most vulnerable run the world will be absolutely devastating urine the committee for Glasgow next year where Cup 20 secs will take place so explain the significance of this 5 year period from Paris climate accord and what it means if President Trump succeeds in pulling the u.s. Out it will be a day after the election will be for the Glasgow summit. Yes it will be before the Glasgow service so the Glasgow summit is seen as the as the as a critical moment when he the governments will come to with a promise to increase their wheat pledges that for the 20202030 which is formally when the so-called Paris agreement kicks in they have to come with more willingness to be able to put finance on the table and to recognise that the support that's needed the so-called loss and damage needs to be moved forward what even after 4040 hours of extended climate negoti

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