People fleeing the ravages of war sinks off the libyan coast, we look at whats best described as one of the worst refugee crisis since world war ii. Some 2500 people are believed to have died or gone missing trying to reach europe this year alone. We will go to sicily, which has been inundated with people fleeing conflicts in syria and nigeria, libya, and other countries. We will also go to geneva to speak with the International Organization for migration. In new york, kenneth roth joins us. Then weeks after giving shell final approval to drill in the arctic, president obama warns heads to the Alaskan Arctic, warning about the damage Climate Change is already causing in the region. Is the president sending a mixed message . Glacierss are melting. If we do nothing, temperatures are projected to rise between six and 12 degrees by the end of the century. Changing all sorts of industries forever. Amy into cairo for egypt has sentenced three al jazeera tv journalist to three years in prison. Mohamed fahmy and Baher Mohamed have been taken back into custody. Either journalist, peter greste, spoke out from australia. Is, we did nothing wrong. There was no evidence of wrongdoing. Are innocent men and innocent men are in prison. That is what this is about. Never mind the sentences. One day in prison would be unjust. Amy we will get the latest from shrev sharif kudos in cairo. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The European Union has called for emergency talks to address the rapidly growing number of people fleeing to europe to escape violence and unrest in the middle east and north africa. On 37 people died when a boat sunday, capsized off the libyan coast. This came just days after another boat capsized off the libyan coast killing more than 200 people. Meanwhile, investigators in hungary and austrian authorities are continuing to probe the deaths of 71 people who were found abandoned last week inside inside a truck on the main highway between budapest and vienna. Melissa fleming, a spokesperson for the u. N. Refugee agency, said the number of refugees and migrants crossing the mediterranean to reach europe has passed 300,000 this year. The number of refugees and migrants in the mediterranean this year has now exceeded 300,000. That includes 200,000 people lending in greece and 110,000 in italy. This represents a large increase from last year when about 219,000 people across the mediterranean during the whole of 2014. Amy well have more on the migrant crisis after headlines. We will go to geneva and to sicily. President obama arrives in alaska today for a threeday trip, becoming the first sitting u. S. President to visit the arctic. Obama is expected to emphasize the impact of Climate Change on the heels of his administrations decision to allow shell to resume oil drilling in the arctic, a move environmentalists warn will fuel Climate Change. Well have more on the visit later in the broadcast. On the you of his trip obama , will also change the name of north americas tallest Mountain Peak from Mount Mckinley to denali its traditional alaska native name. Ohios congressional delegation had found to defend the name, which honors former president william mckinley, who was from ohio. But alaska natives have long viewed the name Mount Mckinley as imperialist. Obamas trip to alaska comes amid the latest extreme weather fueled by global warming. Tropical storm erika battered the caribbean island of dominica late last week, killing at least 20 people and leaving 31 missing. Dominica Prime MinisterRoosevelt Skerrit said the island had been set back 20 years by the damage, which he described as monumental. Scientists have warned Climate Change will cause tropical storms like erika to intensify. In yemen, a saudiled airstrike has killed 36 civilians working at a bottling plant in the Northern Province of hajjah. Another attack on the yemeni capital sanaa hit a house and killed four civilians. The news comes amid new evidence the saudiled forces have used Cluster Munitions in yemen. Human rights watch said it found u. S. Made Cluster Munition rockets likely used in at least seven attacks in hajjah between late april and midjuly. Dozens of civilians were killed or wounded, both during the attacks and later, when they picked up unexploded submunitions that detonated. Neither the United States, saudi arabia, or yemen have joined the Global Convention banning the use of Cluster Munitions. In egypt, al jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed and peter greste have been sentenced to three years in jail for spreading false news that harmed egypt following the 2013 military coup. The three were initially arrested as part of a crackdown on al jazeera following the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi in 2013. Fahmy and mohamed were led away to begin their sentences after saturdays verdict. Greste was tried in absentia. The sentencing came as egypt announced it will hold longawaited parliamentary elections in october. Well go to egypt to speak with democracy now correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous later in the broadcast. In syria, the selfproclaimed Islamic State has reportedly destroyed part of the most important temple in the ancient city of palmyra. It remains unclear how much of the 2000yearold temple of bel was destroyed by a large explosion reported in the area. Isil has occupied palmyra since may and recently destroyed another ancient building, the temple of baalshamin. The news came after turkish warplanes joined the u. S. Led coalition against isil for the first time friday, carrying out strikes in syria. In japan, as many as 120,000 people took to the streets of tokyo to protest new legislation to let japanese troops fight abroad for the First Time Since world war ii. Prime minister shinzo abe has backed the effort to rewrite japans pacifist constitution. On sunday, in one of the largest demonstrations in japan since world war ii, protesters, including mami aoji, called for peace and abes resignation. Japani were to describe with one phrase, it would be a peaceful nation. The right now the unimaginable is happening. Peace is being destroyed. It is being cast upon the station right now. Amy in malaysia, tens of thousands took part in protests against Prime Minister najib razak, calling for him to resign over a financial scandal. Organizers said 300,000 people turned out to protest reports the Prime Minister received about 700 million in his private accounts, which he has said came from a donor in the middle east. Najib fired a number of people critical of him, including the attorney general investigating the transfer. In texas, a man has been arrested and charged with murder for allegedly shooting a sheriffs deputy at a gas station in the houston area. Shannon miles is accused of approaching Harris CountyDeputy Darren goforth while he pumped gas, and shooting him from behind. While no motive has been identified, Harris County sheriff ron hickman appeared to blame the shooting on recent protests over police brutality. Our system of justice absolutely requires Law Enforcement be present to protect our community. So at any point when the rhetoric ramps up to the point were calculated, coldblooded assassination of Police Officers happen, this rhetoric has gotten out of control. We have heard black lives amy that is Harris County sheriff ron hickman. The suspect had been arrested on a series of misdemeanor charges several years ago. He had served time at the Harris County jail, which is run by the sheriffs office. In other news from texas, bystander video appears to show sheriffs deputies near san antonio fatally shooting a man friday just after he raised his hands in surrender. Cellphone footage broadcast by a local abc station shows a man suspected of Domestic Violence raising his hands in the air. The station froze the footage just before deputies opened fire, killing the man. Bexar county sheriff Susan Pamerleau acknowledged the video is cause for concern. An investigation is underway. In news from the west bank, footage of an israeli soldier pinning down a 12yearold boy, while the boys female relatives fight to free him, has gone viral. The video and photos were taken friday in the west bank village of nabi saleh at a protest against israeli settlement , which is considered illegal under international law. The footage shows the soldier putting Mohammed Tamimi in a headlock and pinning him down. The boys mother, aunt and sister scuffle with the soldier. At one point, the sister appears to bite the soldiers hand, and he eventually releases the boy. The israeli army said the child was throwing stones, a claim denied by witnesses. On the campaign trail, vermont senator Bernie Sanders has continued to surge in popularity against hillary clinton. A new poll in iowa shows sanders running just seven points behind clinton with 30 percent support. 30 support. Clinton has lost a third of her supporters since the last survey in may, while sanders has nearly doubled his share of the vote. An earlier poll in New Hampshire showed sanders leading clinton in that primary state by seven points. On the republican side, donald trump has continued his lead, surging to 23 support in the iowa poll. On saturday, hundreds of immigrants rallied outside trumps speech in nashville, tennessee, protesting trump for vowing to deport all undocumented people and for calling mexican immigrants rapists. Fellow republican candidate new jersey governor Chris Christie, meanwhile, told an audience in New Hampshire saturday he would track immigrants like fedex packages. So heres what im going to do as president , im going to ask fred smith from fedex, come work for the government for three months. Just come for three months immigrations Customs Enforcement and show these people to move because guess what, of the 11 Million People here illegally, 40 of them did not come in over the southern border. 40 of them came in legally with a visa and overstayed their visa. We need to have a system that tracks you from the moment you come in and then when your time is up, whether it is threemonth or six month or nine months or 12 months, however long your visa is, then we go get you. Amy republican president ial contender and former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has also made headlines with his most recent remarks on immigration, telling nbcs meet the Press Building a wall between the United States and canada is a legitimate issue for us to look at. In virginia, a mentally ill, africanamerican man has been found dead in his jail cell after he spent four months behind bars for allegedly stealing 5 worth of food from a 7eleven. The guardian reports jay Michael Mitchell was arrested by Portsmouth Police in april for allegedly stealing a mountain dew, a snickers bar, and a pastry. A judge had ordered mitchells transfer to a mental hospital, but when there were no beds available, he was kept behind bars without bail. He was found dead august 19. His family believes he starved to death after refusing medication and food in jail. He was 24 years old. Jozef wesolowski, the former Vatican Ambassador to the dominican republic, has died while awaiting trial for sexually abusing boys. Wesolowski was accused of abusing and taking pornographic photos of poor, shoeshine boys poor shoeshine boys in the dominican capital, santo domingo. He would have been the first highlevel cleric to stand trial before a vatican tribunal on charges of child sexual abuse. He was found dead in his vatican home friday of what Officials Say appear to be natural causes. He was 67. And the renowned neurologist and author oliver sacks has died at the age of 82. He wrote the bestselling book the man who mistook his wife for a hat among other works. He announced in february he was in the last stages of terminal cancer after melanoma in his eyes spread to his liver. He died at home in manhattan on sunday. And as new orleans marked the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this weekend, former president george w. Bush return to new orleans prompting , protests over his delayed response to the disaster at the time. One protester held a sign with a photograph of bush, days after katrina, looking out of an airplane window at the destroyed city. The signs caption read, youre early come back in a week. As bush attended a memorial event friday at Warren Easton charter high school, protesters outside chanted, he let new orleans drown. Inside the school, footage showed bush dancing to a marching band. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The European Union has called for emergency talks to address the rapidly growing number of people fleeing to europe to escape violence and unrest in syria and afghanistan, iraq, Subsaharan Africa and other regions. According to the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, approximately 2500 people are believed to have died or gone missing trying to reach europe so far this year. On sunday, 37 people died when a boat capsized off the libyan coast. This came just days after another boat capsized off the libyan coast killing more than 200 people. Meanwhile, investigators in hungary and austrian authorities are continuing to probe the deaths of 71 people who were found abandoned last week inside a truck on the main highway between budapest and vienna. On friday, u. N. Secretary general ban kimoon called on governments to take action on the migrant crisis in europe. I am horrified and heartbroken as refugees and migrants are losing their lives in the mediterranean, europe, and beyond. We have seen countless tragedies, most recently the grim discovery of more than 70 people who suffocated inside a truck in austria. So many people have also drowned in the mediterranean and also elsewhere. We must understand why people are risking their lives. They are fleeing political instability and insecurity to seek a better future. Amy hungary has responded to the situation by building a 109milelong razorwire fence on its southern border. Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports scenes of blatant racial profiling at budapests main train station. Authorities allowed white and lighterskinned people to pass through but stopped and demanded , papers from virtually all darkerskinned people. On saturday alone, hungary detained 3000 people. Over the weekend, French Foreign minister Laurent Fabius accused hungary of adopting a scandalous policy toward refugees. He made the remarks during an interview. With regard to all those people who are politically chased out of their country, wartorn countries, we have to be able to welcome them. It is called the plea for asylum in every country has to respond to that. France, germany, others. That when i see certain European Countries that do not accept these groups, i find that scandalous. Which countries are you speaking about . Hungary, for example, what do you think of what is going on there . They are harsh. Hungry as part of europe. We do not respect those values by putting up fences. Amy to talk more about the by joelwere joined millman spokesman for the , International Organization for migration. Kenneth roth is the executive director of Human Rights Watch. We also hope to go to the coast of sicily where migrants are pouring into the coastal towns. A are going to start right now in geneva. Joel millman, talk about the extent of the crisis. I think it is one of people in the United States are not very well aware of. We are to three under 22,000 people crossings into europe 322,000 people crossing into europe. With four months to go and is ear 2015, we are 100,000 above last year. These are people fleeing handful of a countries. Syria summer one, somalia, in afghanistan has become prominent as well. Generally, merritt consideration for asylum. The tragedy is being treated as refugees by europe under a list any circumstance, risking their lives for the opportunity to petition the most countries think they already deserve. Fuelingk about what is this mass migration. From africa, from the middle east, from around all of the surrounding countries around europe. We cant be naive. What is feeling it is the conflict in a few societies. However, it is a lawlessness of places like syria and libya right now that deny europe and the