Longtimeodds were 201, socialist Jeremy Corbyn is elected to head britains labor party on an antiausterity, antiwar platform. After giving his acceptance speech, he raced off to address londons refugees welcome rally. We will go to london to speak with new left review editor tariq ali. He has known Jeremy Corbyn for years. Then is oklahoma about to execute an innocent man . We will look at the case of Richard Glossip and speak to sister Helen Prejean it was played by Susan Sarandon and dead men walking. Clear, i do not want to be a martyr, i want to live, but of the worst happens, i want my death to not be in vain. If my execution ensures no other innocent man is and death chamber, im prepared to die for that cause. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. European Union Officials are holding emergency meetings on the influx of refugees following germanys unprecedented decision to institute temporary controls on its border with austria sunday. Germany shut down trains between germany and austria and instituted a spot check on cars after as many as 20,000 people fleeing violence in their home countries arrived in munich over the weekend. Other countries have also taken steps, including austria, which has announced it is dispatching more than 2000 troops to its borders in hungary which is expedite criminalizing that the border crossing. German interior minister thomas de maiziere spoke about the temporary border controls sunday. This step became necessary. The great willingness to help the germany has shown in recent weeks by fulltime employees, especially, by the many thousands of volunteers, must not be overstrained. The measures taken are also a signal to Europe Germany is taking on its you monetary and responsibility, but the burden caused by the huge number of refugees must be distributed with solidarity in europe. Amy the tightening of borders comes as a record 8500 people are said to have entered macedonia between saturday night and sunday morning. At least 34 refugees, nearly half babies and children drowned , when their boat sank off the coast of greece on sunday. Meanwhile, conditions at a hungarian refugee camp in roszke have sparked outrage after videos showing officers throwing food to people detained in pens went viral over the weekend. One syrian woman detained at the camp told Human Rights Watch that the camp was only fit for animals. Meanwhile, british Prime MinisterDavid Cameron is visiting refugee camps in lebanon today, where he is pledging an addition 150 million in aid to help Syrian Refugees hosted in the region. More than one million Syrian Refugees live in lebanon making up a full quarter of lebanons population. Camerons visit comes as the United Nations warns the conditions for refugees in lebanon and jordan are so dire, some are considering returning to syria. Ahead of camerons visit to lebanon, tens of thousand of people marched in london saturday to demand england do more to help refugees. Long time and austerity, antiwar lawmaker Jeremy Corbyn spoke at the rally just after he was elected leader of the opposition labor party. We has ordinary, decent people stand up and say to our government, recognize your obligations in law. That would be good. Recognize your obligations to help people which you are required to do by law. That would be great. But above all, open your hearts and open your minds and open your attitude towards supporting people who are desperate, who needs somewhere safe to live, want to contribute to society, and are human beings just like all of us. He first announced his candidacy three month ago, odds makers initially put Jeremy Corbyns odds at 201 to win. On saturday, corbyn received 59 of the vote to secede ed miliband, who quit after the conservatives retained power. Well have more on Jeremy Corbyn s victory later in the broadcast. Meanwhile, tens of thousands more people rallied across europe over the weekend to take part in what organizers were calling a european day of action for refugees. Danish police say as many as 30,000 people had gathered in copenhagen, shouting refugees are welcome. In italy, hundreds of people gathered at the venice waterfront, removed their shoes, and marched barefoot. As the Venice Film Festival was underway. Crowds also rallied in spain, ireland, austria, greece, finland, norway, turkey, france, and iceland. Hundreds also gathered in new york city to demand that the United States commit to accepting significantly more refugees from syria and elsewhere. Protester Linda Sarsour spoke out. We shouldnt be asking whether we welcome these people and our country, we should be demanding for the u. S. Government, one of the worlds superpowers we have enough resources in this country not , theto help our own here homeless on our streets, but also welcoming and at least 100,000 Syrian Refugees. And we need to be able to tell the u. S. Government how to use our money. I would rather use my money to shelter a syrian family than to kill an iraqi family. Amy in texas, mothers facing deportation after arriving at a Health Care Clinic for her annual gun logical exam. The Houston Press reports that clinic staffers at the northeast Womens Health clinic called borrego,es on blanca an undocumented mother. After waiting two hours, she was led into an examination room where she was arrested for allegedly using a false form of identification. At least 107 people were killed on aa crane collapsed shrine. The crane was knocked over by strong winds and heavy rain. In egypt, at least a dozen people visiting from mexico have died after Egyptian Security forces mistakenly fired on a group of tourists and guides. Egypts interior Ministry SaidSecurity Forces were chasing terrorist elements in the Western Desert when they accidentally engaged 44wheel drives belonging to a mexican tourists group. Egyptian Prime Minister and his cabinet resigned over the weekend days after the agricultural minister was arrested over corruption. In yemen, tribal Officials Say the u. S. Drone killed four people when it struck a car in northern yemen on saturday. Officials say the dead are suspected members of al qaeda. In afghanistan, taliban militants reportedly stormed a mud hut being used as a prison, freeing more than 400 prisoners, and killing four members of the Security Forces. Officials said 80 prisoners were recaptured but most remain at , large. In barcelona, spain, more than half a Million People marched in favor of Catalan Independence on catalonias national day. The rally friday also marked the launch of a campaign by separatist leaders to secure a majority in catalonias Regional Parliament during elections on september 27. In northern california, rapidly burning wildfires have consumed multiple towns, killing at least one person, destroying hundreds of homes, the fires forcing thousands of people to flee. California governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency for lake and napa counties sunday, two days after declaring a state of emergency for two other counties as fires burn across the state. The fires have spread rapidly amid the worst drought in californias recorded history. This comes as california lawmakers sent a weakened version of a bill to address Climate Change to california governor jerry brown. The bill requires utilities to provide half of their electricity from renewable sources in 15 years. Following industry pressure, lawmakers omitted a key provision to cut oil use in half by 2030. California lawmakers also approved a bill friday to allow doctors to prescribe drugs to help terminally ill patients die. It is unclear whether Governor Brown will sign the assisted suicide bill, which is modeled on a similar law in oregon. The Justice Department has dropped charges against a chineseamerican professor accused of sharing technology with china after officials misidentified key evidence in the case. In may, fbi agents stormed the home of Temple University physics professor xi xiaoxing, an american citizen, and arrested him on accusations of sending protected blueprints for a device called a pocket heater to scientists in china. But after xi had been placed on administrative leave, lost his chairmanship of the Physics Department at temple and faced , what he described to the New York Times as a nightmare, it turned out the blueprints didnt actually show a pocket heater. The case is seen as part of a widening crackdown on u. S. Citizens of chinese descent. In new york, police have released Security Camera footage showing an undercover officer slamming retired tennis star james blake to the ground. The footage shows blake, who is biracial, standing outside his Manhattan Hotel when officer James Frascatore approaches him, wraps an arm around his neck, tackles him to the ground, and digs his his knee into his back, and handcuffs him. Police say they mistakenly identified blake as a suspect in a credit card fraud probe. New york city mayor bill de blasio and police chief William Bratton have personally apologized to blake. The officer has a pattern of Excessive Force complaints against him. He has been accused of punching and pummeling a man in his own driveway, punching a man in the face after stopping him for a broken tailight, punching a man outside a bodega and calling him a racial epithet, and manhandling a woman who told the New York Times he was really rough. It was akin to a kidnapping. James blake has called for officer frascatore to be fired. In news from alabama, prosecutors say they plan to seek a retrial after a jury deadlocked in the trial of Madison Police officer in a case that left an indian grandfather partially paralyzed. In february, officer eric parker and other officers approached Sureshbhai Patel as he was taking a walk, after a neighbor called to report a skinny black guy in the neighborhood. Dash camera Footage Shows Police slamming patel from a standing position face into the ground. First on friday, a judge declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked on a single charge of against the officer of violating patels civil rights. In news from the campaign trail, former Texas Governor rick perry has become the first candidate to drop out of the 2016 president ial race. Perry suspended his bid for the republican nomination friday, just days before the second republican debate. As he announced his departure, perry took aim at republican candidate Donald Trumps remarks calling mexican immigrants rapists, although, perry did not mention trump by name. Our obligation after loving god with all her heart, with all our mind, with all our soul is to love our neighbors as ourselves. Regardless of where they come from. Demeaning people of hispanic heritage is not just ignorant, it betrays the example of christ. We can enforce our laws and borders and we can love all who live within our borders without betraying our values. Amy on the campaign for the democratic nomination, a new poll shows vermont senator Bernie Sanders leading Hillary Clinton in the key primary and caucus states of New Hampshire and iowa. A yougov cbs news poll shows sanders with 52 support among democratic primary voters in New Hampshire, 22 points ahead of clinton. In iowa, sanders leads clinton by 10 points, with 43 support. In puerto rico, thousands of Public Sector workers protested against an austerity friday plan proposed to address the commonwealths debt crisis. The plan would raise the tuition at university of puerto rico, contract forprofit companies to run public roads and ports and freezing collective bargaining agreements. In return, the plan calls for debt restructuring that would require hedge funds and other creditors to voluntarily accept reduced payments. In florida, a man has been accused of plotting to detonate a pressurecooker bomb at a memorial in kansas city, missouri, on the 14th anniversary of september 11. 20yearold Joshua Ryne Goldberg was arrested on thursday morning after authorities stormed his house. He is charged with distributing information related to explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. And in kentucky, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis is returning to work today where she will have to decide whether to comply with a court order to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples. Davis had stopped issuing all marriage licenses rather than comply with the Supreme Court ruling that legalized samesex marriage nationwide. She was briefly jailed in Early September after a federal judge ruled her in contempt of court. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We begin todays show in britain, where a longtime socialist mp Jeremy Corbyn has just been elected leader of the labour party after running on an antiwar, antiausterity platform. When corbyn first announced his candidacy three months ago, odds makers put the odds of winning at 200 to one. But on saturday, corbyn won in a landslide receiving 59 of the , vote. He will succeed ed miliband, who quit after the conservatives retained power in mays election. He addressed supporters at a victory celebration on saturday. This week the tories will show what they are really made of. On monday, they have the trade union bill designed to undermine the conventions and shackle democratic unions and destroy another element of democracy within our society. We have to oppose that. Theyre also pushing the welfare reform bill, which will bring such misery and poverty to so many of the poorest in our society. I want us as a movement to be proud strong and able to stand up and say, we want to live in a society where we dont pass by on the other side of those people rejected by an unfair welfare system, instead, we reach out to end the scourge of homelessness and desperation the so many people face in our society. Were Strong Enough and big enough and able to do that. That is what we are about. [applause] there are many, many issues we face and many people face respiration and other parts of the world desperation in other parts of the world. I think is quite incredible the mood of europe has changed in the past few weeks, of the understanding that people fleeing from wars, theyre the victims of wars, the generational victims of war, the intergenerational victims of war and and up and aspiration, terrible places, and of trying to gain safety and and up trying. O exercise the Refugee Rights theyre human beings, just like you, just like me. Lets deal with the refugee crisis with humanity, with support, with help, with compassion to try to help people who are trying to get to a place of safety, trying to help people who are stuck in refugee camps that recognize going to war creates a legacy of bitterness and problems. Let us be a force of change in the world, a force for humanity in the world, a force for peace in the world, and a force that recognizes we cannot go on like this with grotesque levels of global inequality, grotesque threats to our environment all around the world, without the rich and powerful governments stepping up to the plate to make sure our world becomes safer and better. And those people dont end up in poverty, in refugee camps, wasting their lives away when they could be contributing so much to the good of all of us on this planet. We are one world, let that message go out today from this Conference Center here in london. Amy after his victory speech, Jeremy Corbyn went to the welcome rally where he called on more to do more to help the refugees seeking safety in europe. Their generations of refugees around the world that are victims of various wars. Those desperate people in camps in lebanon and jordan, libya and so many other places, desperate people trying to cross into turkey and other places, they are all, in a sense, victims of wars. Surely, surely, surely am a our objective ought to be to find Peaceful Solutions to the problems of this world. Amy Jeremy Corbyn has been a member of the house of commons since 1983. He has a long history of voting against his labour party, which