and also, the -- i think the amy goodman: this is democracy , democracy now.org. i am amy goodman. foreign policy magazine recently revealed the existence of a recent fbi and department of homeland security bulletin that concluded white supremacisist groups were "responsible for 49 homicides in 26 attacks from 2000 to 2016.....more ththan any otother domestic extremist movement." despite the fbi and dhs findings, the trump administration recently cut funds to groups dedicated to fighting right-wing violence. one of those groups, life after hate, which works to help white nationalists and neo-nazis disengage from hate and violent extremism, was set to receive a grant under the department of homeland security's countering violent extremism program. the grant had been approved by the obama administrationon, but whenen trump homand d security policy adviser katharine gorka released t the final list of grantees in june, life after hate had been eliminated. gorka is the wife of former trump adviser sebastian gorka, who has been linked to a hungarian far-right, nazi-allied group. on the m

i'm amy goodman. today, a democracy now special looking at the fallout from the recent deadly white supracist rally in charlottesville, virginia, where an anti-racist protester named heather heyer was killed when a car driven by a neo-nazi plowed into a crowd of counterprotesters. the white supremacist charged with heather's murder, 20-year-old james alex fields jr., was in charlottesville for the "unite the right" rally, along with several thousand white supremacists, neo-nazis, and ku klux klan members, opposing the planned removal of a statue of confederate general robert e. lee. the night before, rally organizers held a march that was reminiscent of torchlit parades in nazi germany, with hundreds of mostly young, white men chanting "you will not replace us! jews will not replace us!" and the 1930s nazi slogan, "blood and soil!" later in the show, we will speak to a former neo nazi and a north dakota activist, whose uncle marched with the white supremacists in virginia, but first, we look at the gr

i'm amy goodman. north korea carried out its strongest-ever nuclear test sunday, just days after the u.s. and south korea wrapped up their massive joint military drills on the korean peninsula. north korea has long objected to the annual drills, which include tens of thousands of troops. north korea claims it tested a hydrogen bomb, although experts have disputed this claim. on monday, the un security council met to address the test. nikki haley accused north korea of begging for war. president trump tweeted -- "the united states is considering, in addition to other options, stopping all trade with any country doing business with north korea." experts say this proposal is next to impossible since ceasing trade with china, brazil, germany, mexico, and other countries would spell economic catastrophe for the u.s. trump also blasted south korea for being open to initiating peace talks with the north, tweeting -- "south korea is finding, as i have told them, that their talk of appeasement with north under

i'm amy goodman. in mexico, a massive 7.1-magnitude quake struck 100 miles southeast of mexico city tuesday, collapsing dozens of buildings around the capital city, trapping school children, workers, and residents beneath the rubble. the government said this morning at least people are dead, but 217 that number is expected to rise as rescuers with sniffer dogs work to cut through collapsed structures. among the dead are least 21 students at a primary school in southern mexico city and 15 worshipers who died during a catholic mass when the earthquake triggered an eruption at a volcano southeast of the city. the disaster struck just hours after an earthquake preparedness drill held to mark the 32nd anniversary of a 1985 earthquake that killed 5000 people. it came less than two weeks after the most powerful earthquake in a century struck near the coast of the southern state of oaxaca, killing at least 90 people and leveling thousands of homes. in the caribbean, hurricane maria struck the u.s. territory o

i'm amy goodman. we turn now to texas where the death toll continues to rise from hurricane harvey. at least 63 people have now died in the unprecedented flooding. the damage caused d by the storm is staggererg. more than 40,000 homes h have bn lost and as many 1 million cars dedestroyed. meanwhile,e, the long-g-term environmental impapact of the storm is just beginning to be felt. the center for biological diversity reports flooded oil refineries and chemical plants released as much 5 million pounds of pollutants into the air during the storm. on friday night, another large fire broke out at the flooded arkema chemical plant in crosby, texas. then on sunday, authorities set fire to six remaining containers of chemicals in what was described as a controlled burn. the company cocontinues to refue to inform local residents s of what chemicals burned at the site. this weekend, democracy now! headed to texas with democracy now!'s renee feltz and hany massoud, both from houston, to get a closer look at the

i'm amy goodman. in the caribbean, at least 10 people are dead after hurricane irma brought devastation to small islands as it barreled for the dominican republic, haiti, cuba, and south florida. the eye of the category-5 storm struck st. maarten wednesday with sustained winds of 185 miles per hour, leveling more than 90% of alall structures. the prime minister r declared barbuda practicically uninhabitable and warned the entire population may need to be evacuated as another storm, hurricane jose, can strike over the weekend. in puerto rico, more than a million people have lost power as authorities warned some areas could be dark for up to six months, partly because the islands electricacal infrastructure has gone neglected. in haiti, hundreds of residents of a tent city in the capital port-au-prince left homeless after the 2010 earthquake appealed to the government for shelter from the approaching storm. >> i have no place to go. i have to stay here. i will live or die depending on how the storm hit

. ♪ amy goodman: from pacifica, this is dememocracy now! >> i i'm warrenen christian, the great-great-grandson of confederate general stonewall jackson. and my brother and i are calling for the removal of his statue on monument avenue in richmond, virginia, because we believe the monument is an ongoing symbol of white supremacy and racism in the united states. amy goodman: as president trump faces growing outrage over his response to the deadly white supremacist rally in charlottesville, virginia, we bring you an exclusive interview with the great-great-grandsons

i'm amy goodman. in mexico, the death toll from the massive, magnitude 7.1 eartrthquake has risen to o 250 peopople, as rescue workerers cocontinue to o search for hunds of m missing peoeople. the earthquake struck ju hours after residents participated in an earthququake preparedness drl marking the 32nd anniversary of the 1985 earthquake that killed 5000 peoplple. memexican presesident enrique pa nieto has declared three days of national mourning. tuesday's quake caused dozens of buildings and at least one school to collapse. on wednesday, residents gathered at the site of collapsed buildings, hoping for news about their missing family members. >> i am vanessa. i'm m looking fofor my brorothen this building that held down. he worked here and we don't know where he is. they told me he's in a hospital with his wife, that they were able to get out of the building, but that is not true. hihis wife is in critical condition, but we don't know if my b brother wenent to look fory sisister-in-lalaw or where h

i'm amy goodman. at least four people have died and nearly 6 million people are without t power in florida after hurricane irma made landfall on sunday on the florida keys as a category 4 hurricane. the storm also flooded the streets of downtown miami, turning the city's main strip brickell avenue, into a , three-foot high raging river. its arrival sparked one of the largest mass evacuations in u.s. history, with nearly 7 million ordered to leave their homes. before hitting florida, irma caused widespread devastation across the caribbean, killing at 37 people and leveling nearly 90% of all structures. it displaced more than 100,000 haitians and destroyed crops in the north of haiti. cuba has dispatched more than 750 health workers to caribbean nations to help assist in the aftermath of the most powerful storm ever recorded over the atlantic ocean. irma, now downgraded to a category 1 storm, is now barreling across more of florida and then on to georgia, alabama, and mississippi. we'll have more o on i

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from paris, france. in puerto rico, hospitals report they're at capacity and struggling to maintain operations, part of a growing humanitarian catastrophe more than a week after hurricane maria devastated the island. the pentagon says the majority of puerto rico's 69 hospitals do not have enough fuel to power electric generators, as the island's entire electrical grid has collapsed. at san jorge children's hospital in san juan, managers have repeatedly pleaded for diesel fuel as medical teams have faced blackouts of up to three hours. at the white house, a reporter asked president trump wednesday why he's denied requests to waive shipping restrictions under the jones act, which would allow more food, water, fuel and medicine to reach the island. >> why not lift the jones act like you did in texas? thinkingmp: we are about that, but we have a lot of shipments of people that work in the shipping industry that don't want the jones act lifted. have a lot of ships out t

i'm amy goodman. the trump administration ordered new sanctions thursday against north korea over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program, promising to squeeze north korean industries and cut off the country's access to the international banking system. trump said china had agreed to participate in the sanctions -- a potentially major step, since china is north korea's main trading partner -- though chinese officials declined to confirm whether trump's claim was true. the new sanctions come after trump mocked north korean leader kim jong un as "rocket man" during a speech at the u.n. general assembly, threatening to totally destroy north korea, a nation of million people. 25 on friday, korean state television read a statement attributed to kim in which he called trump a frightened dog and a gangster fond of playing with fire. >> i will surely indefinititely tame the m mentally deranged u.. dotted with fire. amy: north korea also said kim was considering a plan to explode a hydrogen bomb over

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i'm amy goodman. in houston, texas, floodwaters from hurricane harvey have begun to recede, revealing human remains and mass devastation to the nation's fourth-largest city. texas officials say at least 44 people were killed by the storm and nearly 100,000 homes are damaged by flooding. more than 30,000 people remain in shelters. health officials are taking steps to minimize the spread of diseases such as cholera and typhoid, and nearly 150,000 homes have been told to boil their water. east of houston, in hard-hit beaumont, drinking water remains completely shut off and emergency workers have begun evacuating the city's main hospital. this comes as a chemical plant about 25 miles northeast of houston in crosby, that is swamped by about six feet of water, saw two explosions early thursdayay morning, sending thik black smoke into the air. the harris county sheriff's office downplayed the threat posed by the plant to michael's, but federal emergency management agenency head brock long said a plume of che

i'm amy goodman. in a breakthrough that could shield 800,000 undocumented immigrants from deportation, top congressional democrats said wednesday they've reached a deal with president trump to protect immigrants who were brought to the u.s. as children. the deal came after senate minority leader chuck schumer and house minority leader nancy pelosi met with president trump over dinner at the white house. in a joint statement, the democratic leaders said trump agreed to support legislation that would enshrine the protections of daca into law. daca is the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, which gives legal protection to young undocumented immigrants to live and work in the united states. but early thursday, president trump cast doubt over any agreement, tweeting -- "no deal was made last night on daca. nasa border security would have to be agreed to." the reported agreement enraged many republicans, including commerce meant steve king who retweeted associated report on the agreement, adding

i'm amy goodman. in a major attack on immigrant communities across the united states, attorney generalal jeff sessionsns has announced the trp administration is rescinding daca -- that's deferred action for childhood arrivals, which gives nearly 800,000 young immigrants permission to live and work in the united states. >> the department of justice has advised the president and the department of homeland security that the department of homeland security should begin an orderly, lawful wind down, including the cancellation of the memo that authorized this program. amy: president obama implemented daca in 2012 after nearly a decade of massive grassroots organizing and direct action protests by undocumented youth across the country. president obama called trump's decision to rescind daca cruel. the administration now says it will begin phasing out the protections in six months, meaning that some daca recipients will be eligible for deportation as early as march 2018. between now and then, congress has the

i'm amy goodman. on capitol hill, vermont independent senator bernie sanders is set to introduce a universal healthcare bill today that would expand medicare coverage to include every american. under emerging details of the plan, everyone 55 and older and children under 18 would qualify for medicare during the program's first year, while the remainder of adults would be phased in over four years. the program would pay for doctors' visits, hospital stays, preventative and mental health care, and prescription drugs, while expanding medicare to include vision, hearing, and dental care. to pay for the expansion, the bill would levy a new 2.2% income tax on all americans, and a 6.2% tax on employers --who would no longer be required to provide health insurance to workers. the measure would also raise taxes on the wealthiest americans. ahead of today's roll-out of the bill, 15 senators comprising a third of the democratic caucus signed on as cosponsors. they include new jersey senator cory booker massachuse

i'm amy goodman. in the caribbean, hurricane maria strengthened rapidly monday over the warm waters of the atlantic, growing from a category 1 to a category 5 stororm in a s single day, threatening puerto ricoco and other r lands alreadady sufferig fr h hurrine irma's lafall earlier ththisonth. on mdaday, t storm's ey passed d directly over domomini, wherprprime nister roooosevelt skerrit wrote online -- "my roof is gone. i am at the complete mercy of the hurricane. house is f flooding." he laterer said he'd been reses, but that the islsland had en devaststated. the e stm also bugught hh winds and oooodingo adeloupethe staging grou for reli e effor foror iands raged byurricane ia earlr this month. hurricane maria now threatens the capital of puerto rico, san juan, with a direct hit as a major hurricane. the storm also prompted hurricane warnings in the u.s. and british virgin islands, where residents scrambled to collect debris from massive damage caused by hurricane irma. officials warn that shards o

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. we continue our conversation with 350.org cofounder bill mckibben. let's turn back to president trump speaking in north dakota on wednesday. pres. trump: i want to take a moment to send our thoughts and prayers to the people of texas and louisiana who have truly suffered through a catastrophic hurricane. [applause] one of the worst hurricanes in our countries history. and guess what? have another one coming. the one coming now, irma come a they're thing is largest in recorded history in the atlantic ocean, coming out of the atlantic, which has big ones. i also want to tell the people of north dakota and the western states who are feeling the pain of the devastating drought that we are with you 100%. 100%. i just said to the governor, i did not know you had droughts this far north. guess what? you have them. but we are working hard on it and it will disappear. it will all go away. trumphat was president speaking in north dakota, as he also talked about pulling out of the paris climate

i'm amy goodman. in puerto rico, governor ricardo rosello has asked for more government aid in order to avert a total humanitarian catastrophe six days after hurricane maria devastated the island. more than 3.4 million u.s. citizens in the territory remain without adequate food, water and fuel. the category 4 storm brought record rainfall and catastrophic flooding, destroyed power lines, and left the entire area in the dark. at least 13 people have died so far. the san juan mayor said -- on monday night, trump appeared to blame puerto rico for its problems, tweeting -- "puerto rico, which was already suffering from broken infrastructure & massive debt, is in deep trouble. it's old electrical grid, which was in terrible shape, was devastated. much of the island was destroyed, with billions of dollars owed to wall street and the banks which, sadly, must be dealt with. food, water and medical are top priorities - and doing well." these were trump's first tweets about the disaster in puerto rico, after tr

i'm amy goodman. this weekend, the professional sports world w was rocked by widespread protests against racism, popolice brutality, and president trump. on sunday, members of the majority of all national football league teams took the knee or locked arms during the national anthem, or even sat out the anthem entirely in the locker rooms. professional baseball players, wnba players, cheerleaders and national anthem singers also protested on sunday. the weekend of the five connector trump lashed out at players who joined a growing protest movement started by former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick against racial injustice while speaking at a campaign rally in huntsville, alabama, trump on friday evening. and i andp: luther everyone in this arena tonight are unified by the same great american values. we are proud of our country. we respect our flag. wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say, get that son of a botch off the field right now? he's fired. h

i'm amy goodman. scores of world leaders are writing in new york city to speak at this year's united nations general assembly. it comes amidst rising tension between u.s. and north korea. president trump is to speak to the general simply tuesday. on sunday, trump called north korea leader kim jong-un rocket man in a tweet as the white house continues to threaten military responses to north korea's recent missile test. trump also claimed there were long lines at gas stations in north korea. it was in response to the fighting of sanctions come although, multiple news reports disputed claims. trump is planning to have a dinner with the presidents of peru, colombia, and brazil a trump tower tonight to discuss venezuela. the trump administration has the right to intervene materially in venezuela to oust president nicolas maduro. ahead of the opening of the u.n. general assembly, the trump administration is putting out conflicting information about whether the united states' plans to pull out of the landmar

i'm amy goodman. on puerto rico, almost all of the island remains without access to power, clean water, food and fuel, a week after hurricane maria devastated the island. puerto ricans are u.s. citizens. many residents are criticizing the u.s. government saying aid is not been arriving fast enough. this is a san juan residents joselyn velazquez. >> they say eight is coming from the united states. but who are they giving it to because i have not received any at my house. no one has stopped at my door and said, here is some rice. amy: president trump held a news conference tuesday in which he congratulated himself on his response to puerto rico's disaster for repeating nearly a dozen times he was doing a great , amazing, tremendous, and incredible job. trump also says he will visit puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands next tuesday. the trump administration has also denied a request from several members of congress to waive shipping restrictions to help get gasoline and other supplies to puerto rico f

i'm amy goodman. north korea fired a ballistic missile across northern japan friday, just days after the u.n. security council approved a new round of sanctions against the north korean regime. the intermediate-range missile triggered air raid sirens across the island of hokkaido, drawing condemnation from japanese prime minister shinzo abe, who called it totally unacceptable. in response to the test, south korea conducted a missile drill of its own, releasing a video showing the launch of missiles capable of reaching any part of north korea. this is south korean president moon jae-in. >> north korea should clearly realize that it is entering a cat of downfall due to a diplomatic and economic isolation. as much as it increases reckless provocation. a makeup at the united nations, the security council is set to hold an emergency meeting on north korea this afternoon. in a statement, secretary of state rex tillerson called on china and russia to take direct action, including new sanctions on oil exports

i'm amy goodman. in puerto rico, a vast stockpile of food, water, medicines piling up at the main court in san juan is a shortage of truck drivers and fuel prevents the aid from being delivered to the island's 3.5 lien residents, many remain without electricity, communication, and clean water more than a week after hurricane maria devastated the island. at least 10,000 shipping containers containing the aid are stockpiled at the port from the 4400 u.s. military members who are scrambling to distribute .o rural areas on thursday, the trump administration said it would waive the jones act for 10 days after puerto rico's governor and others demanded the u.s. and waive shipping restrictions under the law. in san juan, thousands of puerto ricans boarded a royal caribbean crucial thursday him and joining evacuees from the u.s. virgin islands bound for mainland u.s. this is a woman who sent her children off on the ship. >> am sending my children to miami so they can be more comfortable because they don't hav