Refugees into europe since world war ii. We head to a refugee camp in calais, two hours north of paris, filled with thousands of refugees from syria, afghanistan, iraq, sudan, and other countries a map of the targets of u. S. Bombing campaigns. The refugees have come to try to make passage through the channel tunnel to england. The u. S. Is increasing the war. To finishont want the war. It is their game. It is the game of george w. Bush, obama, and all the european union. War. Then, climate activists defy frances ban on public demonstrations during its state of emergency. By taking to the streets, we will be clearly and unequivocally rejected the true conan and opportunistic draconian and opportunistic fans on marches, protests, and to most rations. Amy journalist and activist naomi klein, author of this changes everything capitalism vs. The climate. And we get an update on the negotiations here at the u. N. Climate summit with climate scientist saleemul huq. This is climate countdown. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from paris, france. Republican president ial frontrunner donald trump has doubled down on his call for a total and complete ban on muslims entering the United States, despite condemnation from around the world and within his own party. In an interview with abcs george stephanopoulos, trump defended his proposal by comparing it to the detention of japanese americans, germans, and battalions under Franklin Delano roosevelt, during world war ii. Fdr was solution for germans, italians, japanese, you know, many years ago. Interment camps . Is a highly respected president by all. He was it was far worse. Amy donald trump said his proposal to ban muslims from entering the United States would not apply to u. S. Citizens. His remarks were condemned across the political spectrum, including by his fellow republican candidates. Retired neurosurgeon ben carson called it unconstitutional, South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham called it downright dangerous, new Jersey Governor Chris Christie called it ridiculous and Florida Governor jeb bush called trump unhinged. Florida senator marco rubio tweeted that trumps habit of making offensive and outlandish statements will not bring americans together. Texas senator ted cruz rejected the proposed ban but praised trump for focusing americas attention on the need to secure our borders. Trump also faced witticism from democrats, including white house spokesperson josh earnest. The fact is what donald trump said yesterday is disqualifies him from serving as president. And for republican candidates for president . Just a mother pledged to support mr. Trump . That in and of itself is disqualifying. Amy donalds critics also included st. Petersburg, florida, mayor rick kriseman, who tweeted he would bar trump from entering st. Petersburg until we fully understand the dangerous threat posed by all trumps. Author jk rowling compared trump to the villain in her bestselling harry potter series, tweeting, voldemort was nowhere near as bad. In a series of interviews tuesday, donald trump also falsely claimed there are areas of london and paris that have become so radicalized that police are afraid for their lives. He made the claim in an interview on msnbcs morning joe. Paris is no longer the same said it was. They have sections of paris that are radicalized, where the police refused to go there. They are petrified. We have places in london and other places that are so radicalized, that the police amy here in france, where the farright, antiimmigrant National Front led by Marine Le Pen has surged in regional elections, french Prime Minister manuel valls tweeted trump, like others, stokes hatred and conflations our only enemy is radical islamism. Meanwhile, london mayor Boris Johnson rejected trumps claims about radicalization in london, saying the only reason i wouldnt go to some parts of new york is the real risk of meeting donald trump. Trumps comments about muslims come amid increasing signs of islamophobia in the United States. In philadelphia, the fbi and police have open in investigation after a bloody pigs head at the door of a mosque. The pigs head was found monday morning at the alaqsa islamic society. Pork is considered forbidden, or haram, in islam. Here in france, authorities have identified the third suspect accused of attacking the bataclan music hall in paris on november 13. 90 people were killed at the bataclan. 130 people were killed in the november 13 attacks overall. The newly identified suspect, Foued Mohamed aggad, is a 23yearold from strasbourg in eastern france. All of the attackers identified so far were belgian or french. In afghanistan, taliban militants have attacked the kandahar airport, killing dozens of people. At least 46 were reportedly died in the attack, including civilians, security personnel and taliban fighters after suicide bombers penetrated a security gate. The attack comes as afghan president ashraf ghani attends a key conference on Afghan Security in neighboring pakistan. Canada has vowed to set up an inquiry into the disappearances and murders of indigenous women. A demand made by First Nations activists for years. Speaking tuesday, trudeau said he hopes the inquiry would help restore trust between the government and canada First Nations. I know that renewing our relationship is an ambitious goal, but i am legally certain that it is one that we can and will achieve if we work together. Amy meanwhile, the canadian government is preparing for the arrival of thousands of Syrian Refugees. The Prime Minister trudeau has pledged to resettle 10,000 Syrian Refugees by the end of this month, and another 15,000 refugees by march 1. The refugees will immediately become legal canadian residents upon arrival. Greenpeace has revealed that two prominent climate skeptics made themselves available for hire by the hour to write reports that cast doubt on manmade Climate Change and the impacts of global warming. Members of greenpeace posed as consultants for fossil fuel companies and asked a professor at Princeton University and a retired professor from Penn State University to write the reports. Both professors said the reports would cost thousands of dollars to write, discussed ways to obscure the funding source. Two of the Worlds Largest chemical companies, dow chemical and dupont, are considering merging into what could become the secondlargest Chemical Company in the world. Combined, they are worth about 120 billion. This year has been one of the biggest years for massive corporate mergers, which include the 150 billion merger of pharmaceutical giants pfizer and allergan, the 106 billion merger of Beer Companies anheuserbusch and sabmiller, and the 55 billion merger between Telecommunications GiantsCharter Communications and time warner cable. In canada, three activists have been arrested after they forced pipeline giant enbridge to shut down one of its major Oil Pipelines by locking themselves to equipment at a valve site on monday. The pipeline transports more than 12 million gallons of alberta tar sands and Bakken Crude Oil to refineries in the east coast every day. The pipeline has long been opposed by First Nations and environmental activists, who are concerned about spills and the impact of continued fossil fuel extraction on Climate Change. In burkina faso, authorities have charged a general with complicity in the assassination of president Thomas Sankara nearly three decades ago. Dubbed africas che guevara, sankara was killed in a military coup in general Gilbert Diendere 1987. Has now become the most senior official charged in sankaras death. He is already in prison after leading another coup which failed in september. And indigenous activist, poet, and actor john trudell has died in california at the age of 69. John trudell was the spokesman of the American Indian movement during the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco bay, where he set up a radio broadcast called radio free alcatraz. He later served as the head of the American Indian movement for most of the 1970s. This is john trudell speaking in new york city in 1979 from the 2005 documentary trudell. Im a member of the American Indian movement, and i am from the indigenous nations of the western hemisphere. Wethe indigenous people, have watched this thing happen on our hemisphere. We have seen what has happened. We have seen them come in and attack. We understand the issue is the land. The issue is the earth. We cannot change the political system. We cannot change the economic system. We cannot change [indiscernible] and then we take it out of the hands amy that was john trudell speaking in new york city in 1979. He died on tuesday of cancer at the age of 69. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from the u. N. Climate summit in paris, france. Today we start todays show with the global refugee crisis, the greatest exodus of people since world war ii. On monday, the United Nations appealed for 20 billion in additional aid saying that at , present funding levels, the agency is not able to provide even the very minimum in core protection and lifesaving assistance. Un officials cited the wars in syria, afghanistan, iraq, yemen, and south sudan as one of the major reasons there are nearly 60 Million People forcibly displaced worldwide. The largest single displaced community are syrians, with 4 million refugees forced outside syrias borders by the ongoing conflict. Last week after a contentious 10hour debate, the British Parliament voted to authorize airstrikes inside syria. The bombing began within hours. Well, only a few days later, we traveled an hour and a half north of paris to the calais refugee camp. Its the largest refugee camp in france. 6000 to 7000 people are camped out in makeshift tents. Their goal is to reach britain. And each night, people set out along the highway to the channel tunnel where they attempt to cross into britain by jumping on top of or in the backs of trucks or lorries. A few days earlier, a sudanese man named joseph was killed when he was run over by a car on the highway. On saturday, while we were in the refugee camp residents , protested that the police hadnt stopped the driver. People held signs reading, we are humans, not dogs, and what do the survivors of war not have the right to live in peace . Right next to the refugee camp is this overpass. We have heard that a young sudanese man was killed, hit by a car in the garden not stop and the people are angry because the police did not arrest the driver. They are holding up signs in arabic and english that say, our destiny here is unknown. Today, joseph. Tomorrow, who . Europe, do you hear our call from calais can you tell me your name and what youre doing here . I am from syria. Im here like everyone. Im a refugee from the war. Two days ago, some people here killed him on the highway. Amy did they run him over . Yes, they run him over on the highway. It is not the first time. We is the first one have another one in the hospital. Theres a lot of violence here. The treatment of the police, the treatment of the Truck Drivers is not good at all. Amy so what does your sign say . Today is joseph. Tomorrow, who . Maybe me, maybe somebody from my country, my friends or family. Amy where was joseph from . Sudan. Amy where are you from . Syria. Amy when did you come here . Syria. Amy why are you here . To go to the u. K. To the united kingdom. Amy where did you live in syria . Damascus. Amy why did you leave . I escape from the war. I dont want to die. The war it is not my war. Everyone is fighting in my country, yes. I escape from the war. I dont want to be dead for nothing. Amy how old are you . 21. Amy are you a student . No. I was working. Amy what was happening in damascus . In damascus, the assad regime, they have taken over. You must go to the army. Everyone is said attacking our country. Who . Who . Everyone. Russia, america, iran everyone. Amy and so what do you want to do . I just want to live in peace and be human again. To have a family, to be safe. Amy is your family back in syria . Yes. Sisters and one brother, small brother. Amy they stayed . Yes. And my father and mother. Amy what did your parents think about you leaving . Safe. Y just want me to be they send me out. Amy to you think the russians, syrians, french, British Bombing of syria will save it . No, no, no, it is not the solution. You cant protect someone by killing someone else. You know . They cant stop the bombs here when they wont it is not the solution. Amy what is the solution . The solution is not giving weapons to everyone. Theyre giving the weapons to the army, to the assad regime. They just give weapons and money and let them fight for my country. Just stop the weapons. Amy now britain just voted, the u. K. Just voted to bomb syria as well. You want to try to get into britain. Britain or the usa . The government or the people . Who votes . Im asking. I mean, it is not the people. I will go to the u. K. To live with these civilians. Im not going to their government. Has just taken us to the house that him and his friends had built out of you made it out of wood . Yes. Amy and plastic. Plastic and some blankets. How many of you sleep in here . Three. Two on the floor and one in the bed. If you can call it a bed. Amy talk about what happened when you were in syria where you lived with your family, what you did, what your parents do. Family was upstairs and they have a factory. Amy a paint factory. Yes. I was living a good life. Guards and house and the parties. And everything. We lost everything. Amy im surprised you can still smile. Yeah, i have to. Smile, it will be the end of my life. Amy i see on your phone you have a picture of your family. Can you show me . This is my family. My small brother and my father and my sister. Amy how many months or years do people stay here . Most of them there is no specific time. Some people, one week. Some people, one year. Amy is it legal . Will the police come and take you out of this house or this tent . I told you, there is no specific thing to do. It is not legal, but they cant kick us out. It is complicated. They call it where the animals live. They treat us like animals. Amy does the u. N. Know youre here, that this refugee camp is here . I think we are invisible to the u. N. Here. We didnt see anyone from them. And we didnt have any help or anything from them. I saw them in greece and other countries, but here, there is no one. They dont see us. They dont care, maybe. Yes. Amy that was majd, did modest uses for them, fearful for his family back in damascus, syria. He is 21 years old, one of thousands stranded in the calais refugee camp, which many their call the jungle. It is about two hours north of paris. They are hoping to make their way to britain. Back in the refugee camp in a minute. [music break] amy borders, by m. I. A. She directed the video featuring refugees that follows them on their hazardous journey to europe. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting live from changethe u. N. Climate summit. Were going back to the calais refugee camp, about two miles north two hours north by train from paris. It sits outside the northern port city of calais. Many in france and residents themselves call the camp the jungle. Its a maze of windswept, ripped tents and muddy walkways where people informally live in sections according to their home countries. Walking through the camp is like walking through a map of the targets of u. S. And western bombing campaigns iraq, syria, sudan and, of course, afghanistan. By far the Largest Community in the calais camp are afghans who fled the 14yearold u. S. War in afghanistan. Democracy now spent most of our day in the afghan section, where people recounted living through the longest war in u. S. History, which president obama indefinitely extended this past fall. After covering a refugee protest and speaking with syrian refugee majd, we visited the first makeshift restaurant established in the camp to meet with its owner. We are just back from majds tent where he lives with two other men. Were now on the street of, well, makeshift restaurants, a barbershop. This is a cafe. And right here, as we are going in is a map of the whole camp. Lets go inside. We have come to the back of the cafe. It is very warm here in this back room. We want to stick with the owner. Can you tell us your name . [indiscernible] amy can you talk to us about when you got to this camp . More than six months. Amy where did you come from . Afghanistan. I grew up in kabul. Amy why did you leave afghanistan . Because of war, because of americans, politics. They come to my country, use the bombs, warplanes. In my country, we dont have any warplanes, so these warplanes afghanistan is the americans anyone using, using them in my country. There is war in my country and i am here. Amy we just saw a protest about the death of a young man named joseph, a sudanese man who was killed on the highway on the overpass above. Do you know about that . Yeah, i know. Amy what happened . Every day. Ns it is not just this one time, you know . It happens