i'm amy goodman. iraqi, kurdish, and u.s. forces have launched a massive operation to retake mosul, iraq's second largest city which was seized by the self-proclaimed islamic state in june 2014. the united nations is warning as many as 1 million people may be forced to flee their homes due to the offensive which has been , described as one of the biggest military operations in iraq since the 2003 u.s.-led invasion. three members of a kansas militia known as the crusaders have been arrested for plotting to blow up an apartment complex in the western kansas town of garden city. the apartment is home to many somali refugees and a mosque. all three militia members were white men in their late 40's. according to the fbi, the militia supported anti-muslim, anti-immigrant, and anti-government beliefs. tom beall is the acting u.s. attorney in kansas. >> it is alleged they had surveillance, stockpiled firearms, and you nation, and explosive components, even prepared a manifesto describing their beliefs to be p

i'm amy goodman. republican presidential nominee donald trump's campaign is facing increasing turmoil as house speaker paul ryan told fellow republican lawmakers monday he would no longer campaign for trump following the release of a 2005 videotape showing trump boasting about sexually assaulting women. amy: that was donald trump, speaking with tv host billy bush in the 2005 video recorded by nbc's "access hollywood," as the two prepared to meet a star of the soap opera "days of our lives." the video has caused widespread outrage and further fracturing of the republican party. on monday, house speaker ryan did not fully un-endorse trump, but he did tell republicans he would no longer campaign for him. ryan's spokeswoman also said -- "the speaker is going to spend the next month focused entirely on protecting our congressional majorities." in response, some republican lawmakers lashed out at ryan, saying he should not concede the presidency to hillary clinton. one republican lawmaker, arizona congressm

amy: democracy now! will be broadcasting the third and final debate live, with commentary both before and afterwarards. from 8:30 our special to 11:30 p.m. eastern time at democracynow.org. tune in for our to our expanding the debate special. the final debate comes as early voting has begun in georgia where tens of thousands of people have waited for hours in long lines to vote. local officials say they h have never seen so many people turn out for the early days of early voting. has confirmed that it has temporarily cut off internet access in its embassy in london amid accusations that he has been interfering with the u.s. presidential election. this comes after wikileaks released atrophic of e-mails revealing how the democratic hillary clinton and worked behind the scenes to discredit and defeat bernie sanders in the presidential primaries. wikileaks has released a trove of e-mails from the account of hillary clinton campaign advisor john podesta. hundreds of thousands of women are slated to join a wom

i'm amy goodman. we are just back from north dakota where on monday, hundreds -- i appeared in court -- we're just back from north dakota where on monday i was supposed to appppear in couourt to face a riot c charge for democracy now! reporting on an attack against anti-pipeline protesters. we filmed security guards working for the dakota access pipeline attacking protesters. the report showed guards unleashing dogs and using pepper spray and featured people with bite injuries and a dog with blood dripping from its nose and mouth. democracy now!'s report went viral online and was viewed more than 14 million times on facebook and was rebroadcast on cbs,outlets, including nbc, npr, cnn, msnbc, and the huffington post. days after democracy now! published the video, morton county issued an arrest warrant for me. i was initially charged with criminal trespassing. on friday, as i flew into north dakota, that charge was dropped for lack of evidence. but it was replaced by a charge of writing. on monday, nort

visit ncicap.org] amy: good afternoon. i'm amy coveno. right now, we are awaiting autopsy results on a body police believe is that of a missing teen from nashua, where grief counselors are meeting with students at this hour. the body was found yesterday in the merrimack river right over the state line in tyngsborough, massachusetts. 16-year-old jacob goulet disappeared friday during the heavy rains, and police are operating on the assumption he fell into an open storm drain. nashua with our top story. ray: nashua's mayor said they have never had anything like this happen and don't know how it could have happened. nashua police say that they should be ready to release more information later today, as jacob goulet's friends mourn his loss. at the site where 16-year-old jacob goulet is believed to have including a sneaker brought by nicholas brown. >> he usually wears converse everyday to school. i haven't seen him not wearing a pair since three years ago. ray: nicholas brown stopped by last night to pay homage to one of his best friends. br

i'm amy goodman. in colombia, voters have rejected a peace agreement between the government and the farc rebels in a shocking turn of events that threatens to prolong the nation's 52-year-old civil war. the few still lost by margin of 49.8% to 50.2%, a stunning upset for referendum expected to pass overwhelmingly. in havana, where peace talks have taken place over the past four years, farc leader rodrigo londoÑo promised his movement would continue to work towards peace. maintains its willingness for peace and reiterates its position use only words as weapons to work toward the future. to the colombian people who dream of these, you can count on us. peace will win out. amy: colombian president santos sent his negotiating team back to havana for talks and said a ceasefire with the farc would remain in effect. many of those voting no objected to the peace deal's offer of amnesty, limited immunity from prosecution, and reduced sentences granted to farc rebels. we'll have more on sunday's historic no vot

i'm amy goodman. the pentagon has confirmed u.s. special forces are on the ground in iraq and taking part in the battle to retake mosul, iraq's second largest city which fell to isis two years ago. despite president obama's pledge against having boots on the ground, the pentagon said u.s. special forces are on the front lines and finding targets for u.s. airstrikes. the offensive to take mosul is expected to take weeks, if not months. iraqi forces reportedly captured 20 isis-held villages on monday. aid groups fear the fighting will force over residents of one million mosul to flee. courtney lare works with the norwegian refugee council in the iraqi city of erbil. massives preparing for waves of displacement coming out of mosul. we are expecting up to $200,000 individual and around 700,000 total fling in the coming months. this miniature and committed is desperately trying to prepare but this any people is extremely challenging. amy: in news from syria, russia and syria have temporarily halted airstri

amy: yes. this is rob reiner who played archie bunker's son-in-law on the iconic show "all in the family" talking about the reaction to this series. it is followed by a clip of "all in the family." >> the headline is, "all in the family" introduces the world to film out archie bunker. cbs rolled the dice last night with the new situation comedy "all in the family" which will either be the biggest hit of the season or the biggest bomb. so, there you go. that is what it says. we did eight seasons. >> you know you are right, archie? the british are a bunch of pansies. pansies, fairies, and disease. the mexicans are bandits. amy: and you politics -- prologues are meatheads. pollocks areu meatheads. amy: talk about "all in the family." >> those people who thought archie had it right and wrote letters and we received, you know, thousands of them, i can't recall a single letter that on, archie, that wasn't followed by you sons of [ bleep] or what if you come back read came from you jew commie. nobody

i'm amy goodman. the haitian government, local organizers and international aid , organizations are continuing to provide emergency assistance in the wake of the devastating category 4 hurricane matthew, which has killed more than 1000 haitians with the death toll expected to continue to rise. the haitian health ministry says at least 320 fatal cases of cholera have been reported since the storm. the world health organization says it is sending one million doses of cholera vaccines to haiti. the united states has announced it's suspending deportations to haiti in the wake of the hurricane. this comes as e-mails show atop a two hillary clinton gave priority after the 2010 haiti earthquake to aid contractors marked fob, that his friends of bill clinton, or wjc vips by that is william jefferson clinton. one who was coordinating incoming assistance offers been forwarded from the clinton foundation read "need you to flag when people are friends of wjc, most i can probably id, but not all" she said. meanwhi

i'm amy goodman. in north dakota, hundreds of heavily armed police with military hardware raided a resistance camp established by native american water protectors in the path of the proposed $3.8 billion dakota access pipeline. on thursday afternoon, over 100 officers in riot gear with automatic rifles lined up across north dakota's highway 1806, flanked by armored personnel carriers, a sound cannon, humvees driven by national guardsmen, an armored police truck, and a bulldozer. water protecters say police deployed tear gas, pepper spray, tasers, concussion grenades and bean bag rounds against the native americans, and shot rubber bullets at their horses. >> out of the roadway. [bleep] >> the police protecting and serving a pipeline and fossil fuel profits over human beings. they are macing people in the face. amy: water protectors used cars to blockade a highway and set fire to hay bales and tires. police arrested two people they accused of firing gunshots. four people locked themselves to a truck pa

i'm amy goodman. republican presidential nominee donald trump campaigned in ohio thursday and announced that he will accept the results of the november's election under one conditition. mr. trurump: i i want to make ea major announcement today. i would d like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and suppororters a and to all of the people of the united states that i will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election if i win. amy: donald trump's remarks come one day after the final presidential debate when he refused to say if you will accept the relate -- election results. president obama and other leaders have sharprply criticizd trump's remarks. pres. obama: that is dangerous. when you try to sow the seeds of doubt in people's minds about the legitimacy of election, that undermines our democracy. amy: on thursday night, trump and hillary clinton both spoke here in new york at the alfred e. smith memorial foundation dinner in new york to raise money for catholic ch

i'm amy goodman. in election news, republican party leaders are facing pressure to withdraw support for donald trump from the party's own donors amid a series of accusations from women that trump sexually assaulted or harassed them in cases that stretch back decades. "the new york times" reports republican donors david humphreys, bruce kovner, william oberndorf, and others are all calling on the party to abandon its presidential nominee. kovner, a new york investor who has donated $2.7 million to the republican party since 2012, called trump "a dangerous demagogue completely unsuited to the responsibilities of a united states president." on thursday, first lady michelle obama issued a scathing criticism of donald trump and the recently surfaced 2005 video that shows trump boasting about sexually assaulting women. mrs. obama: because this was not justst a lewd conversation, this wasn't just locker room banter, this was a powerful individual speaking freely and openly about sexually predatory behavior.

. ♪ [music break] amy: amy: "vietnam" by phil ochs. we end today's show with an extended address by tom hayden, who spent decades shaping movements against war and for social justice, and has died at the age of 76. tom hayden was the principal author of the port huron statement, the founding document of students for a democratic society, or sds. the statement advocated for participatory democracy and helped launch the student movement of the 1960's. in 1968, hayden became one of the so-called chicago 8 and was convicted of crossing state lines to start a riot after he helped organize protests against the vietnam war outside the democratic national convention. we're going to turn to a clip of tom hayden now. forget that never of course it was the vietnamese resistance and their sacrifice that led to our awakening along with civil rights movement at home. it began with handfuls of young people, black students who let freedom rides, citizens, the student nonviolent corn any committee was the first resist the war. ,ulian bonds was sitting

amy: because? >> because he is taking up a stick position, unless he personally blesses "the new york times google writing a story about his income tax returns, we're committing a crime. he told "the new york times" first of all, his father was not arrested at a kkk rally with police in 1927 and did not live at that address. then he said, there were no charges, he should not write about it. he is set at campaign rallies, we're going to change these laws and sue these journalists and get rich. he said at other rallies, they should not be allowed to write things if you do not think that is what they should be. the democratic process. this is the language of someone who believes he is a dictatorial king or would be. amy: what to the trump campaign you when you reached out to them before you published this? , i mean, what is interesting is, the first response like official , or this letter from this high-priced lawyer threatening to reign legal hell on as if we went forward -- 30 minutes later, the sec

amy: the gloves are off. donald trump steps up his attacks on hillary clinton, republicans, and the media, while his democratic challenger deals with new questions about hacked emails. im amy walter, in for gwen ifill, tonight on "washington week." >> these vicious claims about me of inappropriate conduct with women are totally and absolutely false. amy: a defiant donald trump takes fresh fire over multiple allegations of inappropriate contact with women. >> these claims are all fabricated. they're pure fiction and they're outright lies. these events never, ever happened. >> i can't stop thinking about this. it has shaken me to my core in a way that i couldn't have predicted. enough is enough. amy: declaring himself unshackled, trump is lashing out at the clintons, the media, and even his own party. when mile, the clinton campaign is accusing russia of being behind the release of hacked campaign email, many of them politically damaged -- damaging on wikileaks, but she's trying to keep focused on the finish li

amy: dr. xenakis, the similarity between the prisoners, x prisoners you examined and soldiers you treated decades ago coming back from vietnam but suffered horrific abuse? >> that was what was stunning and perhaps even in some ways obvious. i as a young doctor in the 1970's to the vietnam war had evaluated returnees from vietnam, former prisoners of war, and we saw these people were really suffering as well. there is a record of that. i mean, the department of defense had tracked these pows for many years. we knew that these people were affected. it made her lives extremely difficult. there was no surprise that if we and fact subjected these men that now we have during the iraq-afghanistan war to those kinds of circumstances and situations, that they, too, would suffer long-term consequences. and in fact, there is a vast similarity. people are people. their psychology is the same. amy: james risen, at this point, with these prisoners, what recourse do they have? is there any way to get compens

i'm amy goodman. the death toll is continuing to rise in haiti after the massive category 4 hurricane matthew hit the island over the weekend. more than 330 bodies have been discovered so far as the waters recede. hurricane matthew was the most powerful storm to hit the caribbean in a decade. across the country, 15,000 people have been displaced and 350,000 more are in need of assistance. the ststorm knocked out most electricity and phone service across haiti. it also washed out a major bridgeonnecting g southern htiti to the rest of t the country. haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere and still recovering from the devastating earthquake six years ago that left more than 300,000 dead and in twice as many displaced. we will have more on haiti after headlines with edwidge danticat. hurricane matthew is now b bearg down on the florida coast. the tropical storm's wind gusts of 107 miles per hour and torrential downpours have already knocked out power for 300,000 people. meteorologists are

amy: yes. this is rob reiner who played archie bunker's son-in-law on the iconic show "all in the family" talking about the reaction to this series. it is followed by a clip of "all in the family." >> the headline is, "all in the family" introduces the e world o film out archie bunker. cbs rolled the dice lalast night with the newew situation comedy "all in the family" which wilill either be the biggest hit of the season or the e biggest bomb. so, there you go. that is s what it says. we did eight seasons. >> you know you are righght, archie? the brbritish are e a bunch o of pansnsies. pansies,s, fairies, anand disea. the mexicans are bandits. amy: and you politics -- prologues are meatheads. pollocks areuou meatheads. amy: talk about "all in the family." >> those people who thought archie had it right and wrote letters and we received, you know, thousands of them, i can't recall a single letter that on, archie, that wasn't followed by you sons of [ bleep] or what if you come back read came fro

. ♪ [music break] amy: amy: "vietnam" by phil ochs. we end today's show with an extended address by tom hayden, who spent decades shaping movements against war and for social justice, and has died at the age of 76. tom hayden was the principal author of the port huron statement, the founding document of students for a democratic society, or sds. the statement advocated for participatory democracy and helped launch the student movement of the 1960's. in 1968, hayden became one of the so-called chicago 8 and was convicted of crossing state lines to start a riot after he helped organize protests against the vietnam war outside the democratic national convention. we're going to turn to a clip of tom hayden now. forget that never of course it was the vietnamese resistance and their sacrifice that led to our awakening algg with civil rights movent at home. beganith handfu of youn people, ack studentwho l freem rides,itizen the stent noiolent corany committee s the fit resist the wa ,uli bonds w sitting here was rected aer beinglected to the

. ♪ [music break] amy: amy: "vietnam" by phil ochs. we end today's show with an extended address by tom hayden, who spent decades shaping movements against war and for social justice, and has died at the age of 76. tom hayden was the principal author of the port huron statement, the founding document of students for a democratic society, or sds. the statement advocated for participatory democracy and helped launch the student movement of the 1960's. in 1968, hayden became one of the so-called chicago 8 and was convicted of crossing state lines to start a riot after he helped organize protests against the vietnam war outside the democratic national convention. we're going to turn to a clip of tom hayden now. forget that never of course it was the vietnamese resistance and their sacrifice that led to our awakening algg with civil rights movent at home. beganith handfu of youn people, ack studentwho l freedorides,itizens,he stent noiolent corany mmittee s the fit resi the r. julianonds wasitting here was rected aer beinglected to the grgi

amy: as u.s. accuses russia of bombarding civilians in syria, we will speak with bassam haddad , director of the middle east and islamic studies program at george mason university. then we take a look at undercover firsthand account of border militias -- loosely organized networks of armed men -- who sometimes collaborate with border patrol agents on their missions to catch undocumented immigrants. >> i was surprised to see how much the border patrol was cooperating. to be inside of that world and see the ways these guys are talking about hunting mexicans. and then to see federal law enforcement, not only tolerate them, but kind of use them in a certain way. amy: mother jones senior reporter shane bauer joins us to tell the story of how he went undercover in california, arizona, colorado, to report on the right-wing militia movement, which surged under president obama. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. at least

i'm amy walter in for gwen ifill. onight on "washington week." >> we are 11 days out from perhaps the most important national election of our lifetime. the american people deserve to get the full and complete facts immediately. >> i have great respect for the facts. that the f.b.i. and the department of justice are now willing to have the courage to right the horrible mistakes that they made. amy: down in the polls but not out. donald trump continues to attack hillary clinton about her private email server. the breaking news shifts the spotlight away from hillary clinton's frontrunner status to the reopened criminal probe that won't wrap up until after the election. we'll get analysis on the presidential race and find out why washington gridlock may be inevitable, regardless of who wins the white house. joining us tonight, michael, washington bureau chief for "time" magazine, ashley, political correspondent for "the new york times," and political correspondent for the "the washington post" and reid wilson, congression

i'm amy goodman. states of emergency have been declared in florida, georgia, the carolinas as hurricane matthew barrels towards the southeast coastline. more than 2 million people have been urged to evacuate their homes. the record-breaking storm has already killed at least 26 people in haiti, four in the dominican republic. the storm is expected to soon hit the bahamas and strengthened to a category 4 as it moves toward florida. meteorologists predicting matthew could be the strong is turkey to hit the u.s. wilma in 2005. hurricane matthew was the first category 4 to hit haiti and over half a century. the storm displaced thousands across haiti, still recovering from the devastating 2010 earthquake. haiti's presidential election scheduled for sunday has been postponed indefinitely. many meteorologists are saying climate change has intensified hurricane matthew because warmer ocean waters helped create stronger hurricanes. we will have more on hurricane matthew after headlines. the fbi says the agency

-amy: hi, i'm amy. lemonis: amy. how are you? lady: i'm so glad you're wearing jeans. -lemonis: you didn't think i would come to a jean bar with jeans? lady: belly up. lemonis: so, what's "belly up" mean? lady: our slogan is, "you belly up to the bar, and we'll cover your ass." when someone walks in, we always say, "belly up to the bar, and we'll help you." so you basically tell the jean tenders, these lovely folks, how you like your jeans to fit. amy: so you tell me straight cut, bootcut, relaxed, darker or lighter, and then what size you think you are, and i can help guide you to, like, the best-fitting jean. lady: the basic premise of the store is that you can't, you know, touch the jeans without us. lemonis: do they actually say to the people, "you can't touch the jeans without us"? -lady: yeah. -amy: mm-hmm. lady: they can't walk behind the bar. lemonis: okay. amy: hi, ladies. welcome in. lemonis: have you guys shopped here before? woman: i pop in every once in a while. you know, i just live down the street. lemonis: have you done this whole, like, "belly up to th

i'm amy goodman. nato is seeking to station more troops in eastern europe in what reuters reports could be the biggest military build-up on russia's borders since the cold war. as part of the u.s.-backed plan nato is planning to send battle , groups to poland, lithuania, estonia and latvia with forces , ranging from armored infantry to drones. this comes as tension mounts between russia and the united states over the crisis in syria. on tuesday, u.s. national intelligence director james clapper said he fears russia could shoot down a u.s. aircraft if a no-fly zone were imposed over syria. meanwhile donald trump warned in , an interview on tuesday hillary clinton's policy on syria could lead to world war iii. mr. trump: she has no plan for syria. with her, you will end up in world war iii. she doesn't know what she is doing. just like with libya and with everything else she has done. so syria now is no longer syria. syria is russia and the new iran that we built through the iran deal, which is one of t