daily arrivals of thousands of people on greek islands created an ongoing humanitarian crisis. fitting those most vulnerable the hardest. she has been bed ridden for 11/18/15 11/18/15 [captioning made possible by 15 years. democracy now!] she can't move her legs and she can't see. she can't speak and she just moans. we don't know where she will amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! sleep tonight. please, help us. we can't stay out here day and >> when individuals say we night like the others. we can't stay out here with her. should have a religious test and reacht of those who that only christians -- proven greece by sea continue their journey over land to the western christians should be admitted, balkans, encountering police that is offensive and contrary abuse, terrible detention to american values. conditions, and cascading border more potentnk of a closures. many eu governments are focused on preventing arrivals instead of managing the flow humanely. recruitment tool fry's sale -- a plan to relocate tens of for isil than some of the thousands of asylum-seekers from

rhetoric that has been coming out of your during the course of front-line states like greece this debate. and italy have gotten off to amy: as president obama such a slow start, at this rate, criticizes republican efforts to it will take over 180 years to reach the target. syrian refugees in the wake of the paris attacks we , will speak to peter bouckaert, human rights watch's emergencies and months into this crisis with director. winter approaching, volunteers, just back from months in the balkans and greece speaking to refugees escaping the wars in not governments, are still at the forefront providing humanitarian assistance. syria, afghanistan and iraq. , then to congresswoman barbara lee of california. >> september 11 changed the >> do something so the refugees world. our deepest fears now haunt us. won't suffer so much on the way. yet i'm convinced that military we have suffered a lot. we came on foot with small children. action will not prevent further people are going to come here anyway, no matter how difficult. they are determined to come. acts of international terrorism against the united states. >> until now, the response of eu amy: that was 14 years ago when congresswoman barbara lee stood governments to the crisis has alone voting against the u.s. been deeply flawed, defined by invasion of afghanistan. deaths at sea, chaos, and now she is calling on congress distressing humanitarian conditions. to repeal the 2001 and 2002 people should not have to risk authorizations for military their lives or face so many obstacles to reach a place of force saying they have used as

, blank checks for endless war. refuge. the european union has a legal she will join us from washington. then to paris. and moral obligation to fairly climate activists are preparing for a massive march ahead of the process and humanely host asylum seekers and refugees, and u.n. climate talks. will authorities allow it to respect the rights indemnity of happen? all that and more, coming up. everyone who arrives at its border. before the war, damascus was welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. very good. i'm amy goodman. we have money, houses, cars -- in france today, at least seven everything. people have been detained and the war damaged everything. >> so what do you need? two have been killed after a series of gun battles and a police raid on an apartment in a >> peace. northern suburb of paris. eu government should ensure authorities said the operation targeted a belgian man accused of masterminding the paris attacks that killed 129 people safe passage, access to asylum friday. at and within its borders, and abdelhamid abaaoud was initially said to be in syria. make sure human rights and compassion are at the heart of early this morning, french its response to this challenge. police stormed an apartment in >> desperate journey, europe's st. denis, where a woman reportedly killed herself by detonating a suicide vest. refugee crisis, narrated by judith sunderland. still with us is peter bouckaert a second suspect was killed,

. reportedly from gunfire and a peter, the volunteers you grenade. at the time of this broadcast, reference and that we saw in authorities say it's unclear that film, who are they? whether abaaoud was in the apartment. where they coming from? french interior minister >> i think that is one of the discussed the operation. most inspiring aspects of what is happening in europe. since 4:00 this morning, we have apathy by european governments, but volunteers have french special forces police come from all over the world to have carried out an operation to try to help these desperate people. we have spanish lifeguards on neutralize terrorists. the beaches with jet skis rescuing boats when people fall seven people were arrested. two people have died, including a woman by explosives. in the water. just last night, an iraqi man fell off a boat analyst died. they spent 45 minutes looking amy: five police officers were wounded and a police dog was killed in the hours-long operation. for him in the night. meanwhile, authorities in andsraeli dr. revived him belgium have charged two men with assisting salah abdeslam, a treated his hypothermia. it is that kind of coming second fugitive suspect in the together by volunteers which is paris attacks, by driving him to saving. brussels. abdeslam's family has called for amy: in the last woman we saw in him to turn himself in. the pews, where was she from? was she from afghanistan? >> yes. amid security fears tuesday, authorities in hanover, germany, amy: what did she tell you? >> she told me the obstacles abruptly canceled a soccer match following a "concrete tip" about

a planned bomb attack. that we face in europe are not going to stop us. two air france flights bound for we have walked over mountains to paris from the united states get this far and we will get to were diverted over reports of our destination. bomb threats. so the question really is, how difficult do we want to make this journey for people? france, russia, the united because they are determined to bring our children to safety. states have launched fresh amy:, the people a day are lending on less posts? airstrikes against the islamic state in syria. >> on some of the days i was a u.s.-based human rights group there, for 5000 people. amy: a day? russia of bombing at >> yes. least 10 medical facilities in and those people are paying syria last month. physicians for human rights said $1200 for this trip when there totalonicled 16 attacks is a legal fairy doing the same journey for 20 euros, which is on medical facilities in syria -- empty. in october alone, the worst toll amy:p, thank you for being with to date. friday's deadly attacks in paris have set off a storm of calls to us, emergency george for human close borders and reject rights watch. as we turn to washington, d.c., refugees fleeing syria. as paul rayna mitch mcconnell in the united states, house are calling for a pause in the speaker paul ryan and senate u.s. program accepting syrian majority leader mitch mcconnell refugees, i want to bring into have called for a pause in the the conversation commerce member barbara lee of california. u.s. program accepting syrian your response to the crackdown, refugees, and governors of at least 27 u.s. states have said they will not accept syrian now 27 governors are saying they refugees. the white house held a

will not accept syrian refugees. conference phone call with 34 in fact, your theory, peter bouckaert, around the finding of governors tuesday to try to the syrian passport, the false -- and president obama said passport in one of the gunmen in attempts to block refugees are offensive and contrary to american values. paris? >> i think isis, they wanted the >> we are open to hearing actual ideas, but that is not really what has been going on in this passport to be found. debate. when candidates say, we want to they hate refugees more than admit three-year-old orphans, anyone else because these refugees are fleeing from their that is political posturing. self-for claimed caliphate. they would love the door to be shut on his refugees. when individuals say that we amy: congress member barbara lee should have a religious test and that only christians -- proven , what is being called for in congress? your response to the house christians should be admitted, speaker? >> there are some who are that is offensive and contrary calling for a halt, i believe to american values. bigger ryan wants us to come as he said, put a pause in our amy: that is president obama speaking in the philippines refugee policy and resettlement today. we'll have more on syrian policy. refugees with peter bouckaert of human rights watch and california congressmember but i have to say, this moment barbara lee after headlines. really test the character of our nation, amy stop when you look it remains unclear exactly how the upheaval in paris will at the vetting process, impact the united nations

climate change summit, which opens in paris november 30. investigation, the screening, the background checks that occur environmentalists from around as it relates to refugees, especially syrian refugees, those can take up to two years. the world have planned a massive march with 200,000 people homeland security is very expected the day before the talks begin. ahead of the summit, the u.s. senate voted tuesday to block thorough. i am on the appropriations committee and we want to support president obama's new and make sure homeland security regulations to cut carbon has all of the resources it emissions from coal-fired power plants. tods, but i have to say that put a halt into allowing people this all comes after last month to come in who are widows, who are children, who are fleeing shattered records becoming the horrific circumstances? , warmest october ever recorded worldwide. we'll have more on the paris climate talks and the outlook that is not who we are as a for protests later in the broadcast. country. and there are many of us who are not going to accept this type of in nigeria, at least 32 have move to really put a halt in been killed in a suicide bombing this program. this is the moment when we have at a crowded market in the to step up as a country and northeastern city of yola. demonstrate to the world who we it's the latest in a series of are, and we do have two issue -- deadly attacks attributed to the i mean, excuse me, we do have militant group boko haram. our overall national security issues and difficulties that we the attack comes just days after the nigerian president muhammadu have to address, but we must step up as leaders and address buhari visited the area and them in a way that is american. deemed boko haram "very close to defeat." that is the american way to do this. juan: congresswoman lee, and

the obama administration has your response to the fact that announced approval of a $1.29 billion arms sale to saudi this huge refugee crisis, the arabia, despite reports of responsibility of the united possible war crimes in yemen. states given the refugees are the state department approved largely coming from syria, iraq the sale of tens of thousands of come and afghanistan -- bombs, as well as munitions and precisely the countries that our government is involved in other weaponry produced by military interventions and boeing and raytheon. occupations of and have now led the weapons replenish stocks used by saudi arabia in its u.s.-backed bombing campaign in to this chaos and extremism in yemen, where amnesty their own lands? international has warned of apparent war crimes by the saudi-led coalition. meanwhile, executions in saudi >> 14 years ago, i voted against the blank check that authorized arabia have reached a 20-year the use of force that created high with more than 150 people the conditions for what we see executed this year. today. in the united states, a new this was the wrong approach, i believe. report reveals at least 100,000 we see the military actions have women in texas have attended to self-induce an abortion. .ot made the world any safer the groundbreaking study by the texas policy evaluation project and in fact, we need to really comes as the supreme court has begin to look at our overall strategy and look at what are agreed to hear a challenge to a the underlying causes and sweeping taxes -- texas reasons for all of this chaos and all of this violence. anti-choice law. that does not mean we do not since the law passed in 2013, about half of the state's 41 intend to deal with isis and in abortion clinics have closed.

the study found as many as the other terrorist group. 240,000 texas women have tried we cannot look at the world to end a pregnancy without medical assistance, citing through rose-colored glasses. restrictions including a lack of we have to have a comprehensive strategy that is going to funds to travel to a clinic or the fact their local clinic had dismantle and defeat isis. shut down. that doesn't mean we create war and more violent and more in kentucky, the state's last remaining full-time abortion conditions that cause people to clinic has been vandalized for continue to flee. the second time in less than a month. we have to go back to the last week a man threw a rock drawing board, i believe, and come up with a reasonable, through the glass door of emw rational strategy. women's surgical center, just two weeks after another man also, let me say, we have not hurled himself into the clinic's window, shattering it. had a debate. the clinic's executive director we have not had a new authorization to use force. told insider louisville -- "we're not angry, we're not we have not done our jobs as afraid, we're just really sad members of congress to authorize that the mentality out there isn't more understanding and compassionate for women." these new wars. so we need, this point, i think him a full debate on the options, the alternatives, the costs and consequences. a spanish judge has issued an arrest warrant for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and minimally, we should not prevent people fleeing from countries seven other former and current israeli officials over the that are war-torn from coming to our country. we had very strong investigative deadly israeli raid on the 2010 gaza bound aid flotilla. processes will step we do nine people were killed when background checks. israeli commandos stormed the mavi marmara in international homeland security, if they need more resources, i would support waters, a 10th died after four more resources. years in a coma. i think many members what. but we can't allow the character

the case against israeli officials in spain emerged after in the values of our nation spanish activists on board the flotilla sued netanyahu. change under such a terrible the judge's move means netanyahu crisis that is taking place. amy: congress number properly, we want to go back to that could be detained and questioned moment 14 years ago when you cast the sole dissenting vote if he steps foot in spain. president obama faced protests against u.s. invasion of over the role of the u.s. afghanistan. let's go back to that speech military as he arrived in the philippines for the apec summit. three days after september 11 his visit comes as the philippines supreme court attacks. >> september 11 changed the considers a constitutional challenge to a military deal that would grant u.s. troops world. our deepest fears now haunt us. broad access to military bases in the philippines. yet i am convinced that military diego torres was among the action will not prevent further activists who gathered to oppose obama's arrival in manila. today obama will acts of international terrorism against the united states. this is a very complex and complicated matter. arrive in the philippines, and this is our welcome for him, a now this resolution will pass, although we all know that the president can wage a war even protest that rejects his presence because we do not want the leader of the united states, without it. however difficult this vote may the chief architect of aggression and cruelty toward many nations around the world, be, some of us must urge the use to land in the philippines. amy: the norwegian oil company statoil has announced it's of restraint. our country is in a state of ending its arctic drilling program.

while its stakes in the arctic don't expire until 2020. mourning. some of us must say, let's step the move comes after shell back for a moment. let's pause for just a minute and think through the walked away from its oil implications of our actions drilling program in the arctic after spending $7 billion on it. today so that this does not republican presidential spiral out of control. candidate ben carson's own advisers have acknowledged he is now, i have agonized over this struggling to comprehend foreign vote. policy. but i came to grips with it carson, who is the leading today. republican candidate in some and i came to grips with polls, has blundered on the topic of foreign policy, opposing this resolution. including wrongly claiming china is involved military in syria. during the very painful yet very beautiful memorial service. speaking to the "new york as a member of the clergy so times," a top carson advisor said -- "nobody has been able to sit down with and have him get one apple -- eloquently said, as we iota of intelligent information about the middle east." evillet us not become the meanwhile, louisiana governor bobby jindal has ended his campaign for the republican presidential nomination. that we deplore. after failing to gain much traction, jindal said tuesday it amy: that was california congress member barbara lee was not his time. speaking three days after the >> we announced today we're 9/11 attacks. commerce member lee, you are now suspending the presidential campaign. look, i am honored to have had a calling on congress to repeal the 2001 and 2002 authorizations chance to run for the president

of the united states. my parents and their 45 years for military force saying they have been used as link checks ago in search of freedom and opportunity. never in a million years with a have imagined i would be for endless war. can you talk about who is governor, much less on for joining in this call? when you president. this was in our time. made that speech 14 years ago, amy: and those are some of the you got death threats, had to headlines. this is democracy now!, get security around you. democracynow.org, the war and >> amy, those were very peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. .ifficult days juan: welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. friday's deadly attacks in paris have set off a storm of calls to we had been under terrible close borders and reject attack. refugees fleeing syria where we lost many, many people. my chief of staff's cousin over 4 million people have unfortunately was on flight 93. already fled to escape the we lost wanda and all of the war-torn country. less than 24 hours after the paris attacks, poland's incoming european affairs minister said victims of the horrific attacks of 9/11 -- we still think about poland would pull back from a and pray for and wonder how this could happen. believe you me, during that european union-wide commitment moment, we had, i believe, then, to relocate refugees. the anti-refugee sentiment was quickly echoed by other the chance to step out and right-wing leaders across europe. in france, marine le pen, the continue with our mourning as head of the national front party demanded a "immediate halt of anger, but as members of congress, with the rational all intake of migrants in approach to address terrorism in france."

in the netherlands, geert wilders, the head of the a way that did not cause more people's party for freedom and wars, more terrorist attacks, democracy, called on the and more violence. having said that, in the iraq country's prime minister to close the borders entirely. resolution came forward the next year with this resolution as the amy: meanwhile, in the united states, house speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch basis for the iraq resolution. mcconnell have called for a pause in the u.s. program and at this point, we ask the congressional research service accepting syrian refugees, and governors of at least 27 u.s. states have said they will not last year to conduct a survey for us -- unclassified -- to accept syrian refugees. determine when and where these a syrian passport which appears to be fake was found near the body of one of the paris authorizations have been used. attackers, whose fingerprints matched someone who passed well over 30 something times they have been used in somalia through greece and the balkans. and yemen -- all around the world, for the use of force or but all the attackers identified so far are european nationals. four other types of detention -- guantanamo, wiretaps, you name amy: president obama said any attempts to block entry of syrian refugees to the united it. and so we need to go back. this is a new day, another war that the united states is in, states is "offensive and contrary to american values." when are not well served and in fact, i think the public is demanding that we debate this, look at the consequences, in response to a terrorist and -- intofend debate whether or not we should authorize another use of force. i'm not saying we should or should not, but minimally, are

fear and panic. we don't make good decisions if constitutional responsibility warns that we do that will step hysteria or an now, we're many members of congress who have supported this effort. sometimes i have amendments to the appropriate bills and -- exaggeration of risks. that would say, let's repeal these authorizations. mcgovern and others in a and i think the refugee debate bipartisan way have stepped up is an example of us not being and offered these amendments. well served by some of the and we probably get between 150 commentary that has been taking and 170 boats. in the house, takes about -- 218 place by officials back home and in the media. votes and we have not gotten to hearing are open to that point yet. but i believe the more we talk about it, the more the public is actual ideas, but that is not going to demand that they really what has been going on in this debate. understand what is taking place we wanteddates say, and engage and make us engage in doing our jobs the proper way -- won't admit three euros and engage in a debate. orphans, that is political because three days after the posturing. horrific attacks of 9/11, i think we had a one hour debate, when individuals say we should amy, on the use of force. have a religious test and that only christians -- proven that, to me, was wrong. it advocated our responsibility. we should have waited.

christians, should be admitted, that is offensive and contrary we should have come up with a to american values. conference of strategy in our more -- morek of a response to 9/11. so i think we need to go back now and have that debate that we never had before, quite frankly. potent recruitment tool for juan: congresswoman lee, your assessment of how president isil than some of the rhetoric obama is dealing with the situation currently? that has been coming out of here obviously, he came into about during the course of this debate. amy: that is president obama two in the wars in the middle speaking in the philippines. east. now he has extended the troops for more we're joined by peter bouckaert, human rights watch's emergencies director. he has spent the last few months -- ground troops in afghanistan in the balkans and greece speaking to refugees coming through the end of his war. mostly from syria, afghanistan and reinserted 50 more or 50 and iraq. ground troops now into syria. , posting messages and images on twitter bouckaert has helped your sense of how he is chilling expose the realities of life for with things? refugees fleeing violence at >> first, he certainly has home. shifted direction from the bush he was one of the first people to share images of aylan kurdi - the three-year old syrian boy administration. of course, i am extremely concerned about the additional who had drowned off a turkish troops. beach. i don't support the use of peter bouckaert, welcome back to ground troops. democracy now! we understand this has to be a regionally led commitment to as you come back just in the the two days, dealing with dismantle and disable and read

the world, quite friendly, of refugees, documenting what is vices, but it has to be happening on the ground, your response to what is being said regionally led. in the united states about not i think the president is tried accepting refugees? to calibrate this in a way, and >> it is morally referenceable he has said he is not going to send ground troops in, but i and factually wrong to equate don't want to see this mission these people with terrorists. occur on his watch. he did send forward a resolution they are fleeing from the terrorists and phase horrors of under speaker boehner last year iraq, syria, and for us to debate and vote on. and speaker boehner never brought this resolution before afghanistan. many are tried to bring their families to better future in europe and they should be us. so we have never even had a chance to look at what the welcomed. president has done or is doing they will contribute to our and really have congress either society and have a right to asylum. they should not be having to risk our lives and take all of back it or not back in. this humiliation on this journey just to get what is legally so i think what the president is saying now is very important their right. when he talks about the refugee juan: you have interviewed many crisis and how we should not shift our policy and how we need of the refugees. to continue to step up and do could you talk about some of their experiences and what they have told you about what they are fleeing? the right thing as americans. so the president, i think, needs some actually fled after being to have congress weigh in on his subjected to bombings from western powers as well. >> yes my many of them have come strategy. because if we don't weigh end, we have abdicated our directly from syria. they have tried to state in responsibility to the administration and then the syria for as long as possible. public will never know what

it is not like this was their first choice. they really love their country. be whichs will would they face bombing from the west and from russia as well, especially by the al-assad is the escalation of use of regime. force in the region, which we many have lost family members to have not authorized. those bombings. the u.s. has just killed i have met a lot of young men and women who have lost their legs and other limbs to these the obama administration yet bombing raids, and who have been another arms deal with saudi arabia. carried this whole journey to in the last year, signed the safety in europe. amy: i would to turn to comments biggest arms deal in the history of the world with saudi arabia. made by house speaker paul ryan of therabia behind a lot regarding admitting syrian refugees to the u.s. >> the national defense bill i militant activism from al qaeda will sign later today requires to isis. the president to come up with a plan for defeating isis, not do you condemn these sales? just containing, but defeating >> first, we need to reduce the isis. the containment plan is not enough. that has failed. sale of arms throughout the world. in addition, the majority leader , for when you look at and our committee chairs are example, trying to read koran of the ability to develop nuclear developing a plan to address the syrian refugee crisis. our nation has always been weapons, we engaged in a strong welcoming him a but we cannot robust diplomatic effort. let terrorists take advantage of our compassion. many years ago i introduced the this is a moment where it is first resolution calling for the end of no contact policy for better to be safe than to be sorry.

so we think the prudent, the special envoy impressed to begin to negotiate with the responsible thing is to take a pause in his budget aspect of this refugee program in order to elimination of their program of verify that terrorists are not developing nuclear weapons. so far, those negotiations and trying to infiltrate the refugee that iranian deal has worked. population. in the end, the ultimate so i think we need to move in solution to this crisis is a that direction in terms of diplomacy, in terms of trying to strategy to defeat isis. all of this rises above seek global peace and security politics. to all selling arms this is not about politics. this is about national security. countries. because what you will have is an and so we will invite all of our arms buildup throughout the world. and then weapons will be pointed at each -- each country will colleagues, republicans and have weapons. democrats, to work with as of course, nuclear weapons is quickly to address the urgent the ultimate weapon -- pointed nature of the situation. in all directions. amy: can you talk about what so we need to determine ways as paul ryan is calling for? >> i think it is absolutely misguided. a president has done with regard to iran, ways in which to engage yes, there is a struggle to to reduce the threats and to defeat isis, but it is not just reduce the sale and the use of a military struggle, it is a struggle for the height -- force and armaments and military hearts and minds of the people of the middle east. and that struggle is the most important component of what we weapons, because these can only make the world more dangerous. have to accomplish. and by shutting the door on the

juan: i'm wondering what advice you might have to refugees fleeing from isis and parliamentarians in france now as france is going through the from the horrors of the war in same kind of crisis that this syria, we're doing no favor in country went through after the .ttacks of 2001 terms of winning the hearts and minds of these people. the reality is that any syrian refugee coming to the united the president is now seeking states already goes through four authorization from the french different levels of security parliament for extraordinary review by different u.s. measures in his country. what advice might you give to agencies, so the danger of the parliamentarians of france? >> first, my thoughts and anybody coming in under the prayers go out to the people of guise of refugee status and france. they are really in a moment of being a terrorist is absolutely miniscule. we admit 70,000 people already sorrow and pain. we feel the tragedy and the pain every year, many of them from their suffering. iraq and some are you, and there has not been a single incident of course, france is one of our of a person turning out to be a oldest -- is our oldest ally. terrorist. juan: can you talk about the and we have many, many reaction in europe to the refugees, both before the connections, many relationships. our foreign policy. we have many similarities to the attacks in paris and now subsequently afterward? french people, so we have to >> i think one of the reasons really feel what is taking place and support the french people why these two crises, the paris throughout this terrible, attack in the refugee crisis, have become conflated is because difficult moment. my only suggestion would be to it europe has not felt in charge

of this crisis because they have not had clear and coherent debate this, to listen, to look at all of the alternatives, and policies toward these refugees. to not rush to judgment -- it has been chaos in europe, and whatever the parliament decides, i think it takes a methodology it is really important instead of shutting the door on these and strategy that really will people, that we come up with coherent policies which allow keep the country safe and will people to claim a silent in a way which is safe and protect ensure that violence is reduced, their rights. rather than engaged in actions juan: why has it been so that would create more havoc and chaotic, given the fact this is more violence. but i tell you, that is up to been going on for at least a the french parliament and the year or more? french people to determine how >> still on the beaches of best they want to respond as a country. an option, were not there are still drownings every day. many of the humanitarian needs congress member lee, the u.s. spending actually trillions of dollars on war when you look at of these desperate people are being met by volunteers and not by you institutions because there are no eu policies for all of the costs, including soldiers coming home deeply these people. the eu cannot agree to a common wounded and being cared for for the rest of their lives, not to policy on how to combat these mention the havoc on the ground people and that is why we have in the middle east from chaos. it is really important europe afghanistan to iraq and syria. and the world takes charge of what is the option? this crisis or otherwise was the crisis will take charge of europe. what is the foreign policy that you would design? amy: speaking tuesday, the czech >> foreign policy that i would

president milos zeman said that young migrant men should be "fighting for their country against islamic state." design, and i have legislation that sort of sets out, for example, a roadmap to a strategy in the middle east would be as >> the majority of these illegal it relates to isis, and that is looking at not the military option as the first option, amy. migrants are young, well supported men. that is always going to be there. but looking at how we can and i am asking, why these men support and enhance a are not fighting for the freedom regionally-led strategy that of their country against the islamic state? would lead to a political and diplomatic -- people have to be empowered. they have to feel their why are they not working for countries are including them in their country and its the government and in all of the improvement so that their country overcomes its current ofelopment and the fabric state of underdevelopment? amy: that is the czech president their governance. that is not happening in many speaking tuesday. peter bouckaert, your response? countries in the world. >> a lot of these men are and so we have to have a regionally led strategy. fleeing because they do not want to fight for assad. my legislation lays that out. they do not want to be part of as i said earlier, the military the killing machine. option is always going to be and many are fleeing because there. we can said the use of force or military action is never they do not want to be forced by acceptable. iran to fight for assad in but we have to try other methods syria. i think that is a noble reason to not want -- to flee, to not of first if we really want to

achieve global peace and security. and i think that is what many want to be a killer. but it is important on the other members of congress are saying. hand these people are, dated, regardless of the extremely that the chilling can be educated. there are 400,000 syrian right-wing responses. children out of school in turkey alone. if we do not revive him with the we as leaders have to really lay out a vision and an alternative education, there is no future for syria because nobody will be and hopefully, have a debate on able to run the country the what those alternatives are because our veterans have come future. amy: what is the u.s.'s responsibility for the refugees home -- many can't even get a and the original cause? >> we are faced with a job. many are homeless. generational crisis in the i am the daughter of a veteran. i am telling you, our veterans have paid a very heavy price. middle east. these conflicts really are a challenge to our generation. and we need a global response. they have served this country well. we all need to do our part, they have done everything we including the u.s. and canada have asked them to do, yet we and australia to accommodate these refugees, to provide them cannot seem to figure out ways to ensure their health, the with safe refuge, to help mental health, their security. educate their children, and ultimately, to help resolve the of course, we are done much better under this administration . and when, of course, as i have conflicts in syria, iraq, and to say, when speaker pelosi was afghanistan. amy: how to the crisis get started? >> it is absolutely true speaker during those years, we did invest more in our veterans afghanistan was invaded by the united states in 2001 and iraq and in their security, economic security, health care in mental was invaded in 2003. health. we haven't a never thing we

many the stakes remain in terms should do. we need to do more for our of the policies adopted, so we veterans. i am on the veterans do also have a moral responsibility for these people fleeing the consequences of our subcommittee of the appropriations committee and actions come to some degree. believe you me, we need many more efforts and many more amy: we're going to go to break resources put into the veterans and then come back to play a initiative. report by human rights watch, have 30 seconds. the refugees on the ground, then barbara lee will also be joining us, congress member barbara lee. on a different issue, the supreme court has just agreed to and we will go to paris to talk hear the challenge to the texas with climate activists. law, abortion law. lamarche is be allowed after the in july, you introduced a bill paris attacks -- will marches be to expand abortion access by repealing the hyde amendment, which gives or forbids any kind allowed after the paris attacks? stay with us. ♪ [music break] of federal funding of abortion. where is that going and your response to the supreme court looking at this law that could close three quarters of the abortion clinics in texas? >> let me say behind him him it was instituted in the 1970's. he prevented a full range of access through protective health services including abortions for low-income women, many of which are women of color. congress has stepped up in the past two try

to repeal that amendment. young women around the country have developed a movement, several years ago, to say, we're not going to allow this to continue without having a full debate on it and without having an effort to repeal this hyde amendment. i have to apply all of the members of congress, pro-choice caucus, leader pelosi and the women, especially, around the country who said that introduce and a bill -- a bill to repeal it. we have 103 cosponsors in just months. i think the country understands amy: this is democracy now!, the right-wing is try to take democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. away women's rights. friday's deadly attacks in paris there is a war on women. have set off a storm of calls to we're not going to let that close borders and reject happen. refugees fleeing syria where we have to fight back. we are on the offense. over 4 million people have and one day -- and i think it already fled the war-torn country. so far this year, more than will be sooner than later -- 800,000 asylum-seekers and we're going to make sure that refugees have arrived in europe low-income women have full access to reproductive health by sea. we're going to turn to a video services and that is the way you by human rights watch capturing ensure liberty and justice for this journey to europe. all women. the film is to raided by judith amy: commerce member barbara sunderland. lee, thank you for being with us. we will be back in a minute will

-- narrated by judith sunderland. stop wait! take the baby, please. ♪ [music break] >> during our ride, the rubber boat started tipping. kids were falling on top of each other and women were falling on top of each other. the whole boat filled with water and then it stopped. we were calling for help. we contacted the greek coast guard and they saved us. life isn't safe anymore. we can't live in syria anymore. >> over 800,000 asylum-seekers and migrants reached europe by sea this year. more than 200,000 arrived on the greek islands in october alone.

most of them come from countries where conflict, repression, and fear forced people to flee for amy: "what do you go home to?" by explosions in the sky. their lives. warned us ton this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. leave or our lives would be in juan: we end today's show in danger. they killed seven of my friends. paris, by looking at the impact they mostly targeted women. of friday's attacks on the upcoming u.n. climate change conference. and did they threaten you organizers from around the world have been planning demonstrations and actions personally? throughout the two week they said to you, you have to conference, including a massive go? march scheduled for november 29, >> yes, because i was educating the day before the talks begin. as many as 200,000 people are people about violence against women in different provinces. expected to attend. that is why i was threatened. amy: but now french authorities >> over 3400 people, including are threatening to curtail public demonstrations and marches in the wake of friday's many children, have died at sea attacks. trying to reach european union for more weaker directory to this year. paris to alix mazounie, the international policies despite the risks, they keep coordinator at climate action network france. coming. >> my daughters and i suffered on tuesday, she was part of a so much, the decision to make meeting yesterday with french foreign minister laurent fabius to discuss ways the marches and demonstrations could go forward.

alix, welcome to democracy now! was difficult. we knew it was a death journey. we knew our lives were at stake, what came of this meeting and but it didn't matter we lived or died, the risk was better than to continue living as syrian refugees in turkey. >> where are you going now? then i would like to ask you to describe what the climate is how many days? like in paris now. >> when did you leave? ofso indeed, a number >> human rights watch sent teams of researchers to document the [indiscernible] what could come out, dangerous journey and the hardships upon arrival. what, mobilizations would still be authorized not just on spoke to syrians, afghans, november 29, but also across iraqis, and somalis. both weeks of the conference. many things were planned. story, we heard the political signal he sent us that the only way out of is we want to maintain a form of violence and terror at home and public expression across those weeks while looking into options unbearable conditions in neighboring countries was to resort to smugglers and flee , always the, the main concern is safety of the french people through dangerous crossings. and of all of the people in the streets of paris, international's, nationals. and express themselves. when we were taken through he sent us an important the mountains in iran, my son political signal but he is the fell and fractured his leg and minister of foreign affairs, not my sister fractured her the minister in charge of safety concerns.

forehead. what we are waiting for now is a definite response from the prime we were going through the mountains and the smugglers were minister tonight or tomorrow pushing us. if we did not run, we would have morning to tell us exactly what form -- we hope there will be a been shot. the smugglers forced us onto the boats. form of political expression. the question is not whether or we were scared. we did not want to go on the boats. not there will be won, but which safe and legale one there will be, taking into account the security constraints. juan: in terms of the situation routes to seek refuge in a far fewer people would be at the with the borders and the people mercy of the smugglers. who would not becoming from other countries, coming into >> did you go to an embassy to france, will there be increased difficulties in that sense? apply for asylum? >> i e-mailed the canadian peopletes we were told embassy, but they did not reply. with visas would still be up to witnessed scenes of get through the borders and it was only a matter of security checks at the borders regularly chaos and many borders -- at so people would have to have all of their documents with them, many eu borders. but normally, apart from a few extra challenges, it should not stop international groups from coming to paris. a very important signal of solidarity, we need them to be in paris with us throughout the cause and march with us on the 29th and support as also across the world, not just in paris.

we know a number of artists will be organized in different places across -- marches will be organized in different places across the continent and we want them to march in solidarity on our behalf and in our name. we hope the message will be sent across to everyone. amy: we're speaking just hours after another raid on a paris apartment and this resulted in seven arrest and two people dead . it is not clear how much more these kinds of actions will be going on. why do you feel it is still important to march november 29, not to mention have actions throughout the two weeks of the climate summit? the discussions we have been having among french groups and with international groups is more than ever before, we need to tackle climate change. if there is one more that needs done, it will increase social stability, make sure people have food in their stomachs, make sure people can live with they are and don't live in a climate of fear or

instability. in that context, we want a strong climate agreement in paris. we want to make sure more and more people mobilize on the issue of climate change but more generally, around solidarity, unity, and peace which are all very connected issues. the city of paris, i don't know it translates into english, says, we can cope with waves, but we will never sink. more than ever, people across the world paris the to stand up and say that our fearless and what their rights to freedom of speech and that climate change can express way we this. that is why we need people to mobilize across paris and across the world and solidarity with us. juan: are you worried the national leaders, now so much focus after the worldly events of last three in fighting terrorism -- last week in fighting terrorism, might not be as focused on the issue of the

negotiations that occur at the summit? concern,s a major indeed. we know leaders are coming to paris, but we're not sure whether climate change will be the one and only priority on their agenda. and understandably so. at the same time, climate change is a symptom and the causes and consequences of climate change are connected to all of this terrorism that is fueling terrorism, feeling the social instability in which we live today. to us, it makes sense to discuss even more so what we need to tackle climate change, why we need a strong agreement in paris, why we need strong, action everywhere, solidarity, financial support from developed to developing countries, a vision with no fossil fuels in the picture and a world where there are jobs being created things to renewable energy and energy visions a. all of these issues must connect in paris. now we have more of a leverage to get a strong climate agreement in paris. , thank youazounie

for being with us. you're standing in front of place de la république the place de la république or people are showing the solidarity with those who died on friday. alix mazounie is international policies coordinator at climate action network france. and that does it for our broadcast. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] óo'm john cleese,

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