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as ahey retu off woman who attended a segregationist high school, talked about a public hanging, posted a picture on facebook effort self wearing a confederate soldiers have been holding a rifle. she captioned the photo "mississippi history at its best ." we will speak toto the reverend william m barber about tuesday's runoff senate election between senator cindy hyde smith and mike sb. then the trump administration attends to bear in alarming report that directly contradicts we presidents denial of climate change report concludes climate change will only worsen and could shrink u.s. economy i as much as 10% by the end of the century. we will speak with one of the reports authors kristie ebi as well as bill mckibben of 350.org. nevermate change, we will get another crack at. the years we waste here are

years that are to bring us into a kind of permanent climate chaos. we should stop acting surprised when bad things happen as a result. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in tijuana, mexico, u.s. border patrol officers fired tear gas sunday on a crowd of desperate central american asylum-seekers as they tried to push their way through the heavily militarized border with the united states. among those attacked were mothers and small children who were left gagging and screaming as tear gas spread. mexican federal police officers in riot gear moved in and arrested dozens of the migrants. mexico's government says they'll be deported to central america. the group had broken away from a peaceful protest of thousands of migrants demanding entry to the u.s. where they hoped to win asylum. the migrants are from honduras, guatemala, and el salvador and

are fleeing widespread violence, poverty, and mass unemployment. this is 37-year-old honduran asylum-seeker, saul hernandez. >> my message to the united states president is not to scare people because he is showing mexico that he has the military power. hehe is also frightening mexico. please, remove your troops. amy: in response, the trump administration temporarily closed the san ysidro border crossing, one of the busiest ports of entry in the world, with more than 90,000 people crossing each day. meanwhile, the administration of mexican president-elect andres manuel lopez obrador denied it had made any deal with the trump administration to force asylum-seekers to remain in mexico while their u.s. asylum claims are processed. the denial contradicts tweets by president trump p and a report n "the washington post" on in satuturday. tucson, arizona, a jury has found border patrol agent lonnie swartz not guilty of involuntary manslaughter for shooting and killing 16-year-old jose elena rodriguez through the

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e white use quietly releed major neclimate-ange report fday that sms too dictly conadict itown environmtal polies. thcongressnally-maated sty by 300cientistacross 13 fedal agencs warns at human-driven climate change threats s to sink k thu.s. onomy by as muchss0% by th end of the century. it dailsls h the c csequences of climatehahange e hittinon sevel fronts -- including increasingng wilireses, umblinin inastructu, worsrsing air qualit failingrorops, d momore equent disease outbreaks e more-than-1600age natiallimate aessment s made public the whi house on blackriday, causing many to question the timing of its release. later in the broadcast, we'll speak with the report's lead author kristie ebi, along with environmental leader bill mckibben of 350.org. in california, the death toll in the states deadliest ever wildfire has risen to 85, with nearly 300 people still reported missing.

as firefighters say they finally contained the 150,000 acre so-called camp fire. their r efforts were helpeped by much-n-needed rain, but the stos have slowed the work of recovery workers looking for human remains. in ukraine, russia's navy captured three ukrainian ships sunday as they tried to enter a narrow waterway separating the russian-annexed crimean peninsula from the rest of russia. ukraine says six of its sailors were injured when the ships were fired on and then boarded near the kerch strait, which separates the black sea from the sea of azov. it's the biggest escalation in tensions between the two countries since russia invaded and illegally annexed crimea in 2014. ukraine's president president petro poroshenko called a meeting of his war council sunday and asked parliament to impose martial law. the decision could delay march's presidential election, when the highly unpopular poroshenko is seeking re-election.

president trump is continuing to deny the cia's findings on the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. the cia reportedly found with high confidence saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman was directly involved in ordedering khashoggi's killing. this is trump on thanksgiving day. ," they did not conclude. they did not conclude. i'm sorry. >> you said -- pres. trump: no, they didn't conclude. they did not come to a conclusion. they have feelings certain ways. i have the report. amy: democratic and republican lawmakers have since rebutted the president's claims. this is adam schiff speaking sunday on cnn. briefefed by the cia. while i cacannot discuss the contents of the briefingng, i cn sasay i think the president is beining dishonest witith the american people.e. amy: "the washingtonon post" columnist jamall khashoggi enter

ththe consulate october 2 or he was mumurdered b by saudi agents fulltop saududarabia has acknowledged the mururder but continues to deny involvement of the saudi royal family. in yemen, the united nations envoy has arrived in yemen hoping to reststart peace talkls aimed at ending a a war between houthi rebels and the u.s.-backed, saudi-led coalition, which has sparked the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe in a half century. the u.n. is urging warring parties to meet for peace talks in sweden next month. in the united arab emirates, british academic matthew hedges has been pardoned. hedges, a phd candidate at durham university in the united kingdom, was imprisoned for months without charge, denied sufficient medical and legal assistance, and held for prolonged periods in solitary confinement. last month, the uae charged him with spying. hedges has denied charges. the european union has approved a brexit agreement outlining the terms for the united kingdom's withdrawal from the european union in march 2018. this is european commission president jean-claude juncker, speaking with t bbc.

>> this is the deal. this is s the deal. day neverer changing mymy minin after r day. this i is the best d deal poible for its.s. anand this is ththe only deal possible. so if the house would say no, we would have no deal. amy: british prime minister teresa may still has to get the deal approved in british parliament, where members of both her conservative party and the opposition labour party have publicly condemned the agreement. in france, over people took to 100,000 the streets across the country saturday in ongoing protests against mounting fuel prices, calling for french president emanuel macron's resignation. some protesters gathered in the 8000 capital paris, where 5000 police officers were deployed. protesters and police clashed on on the champs-elysees where police used tear gas and water cannons on protesters and 19 people were reported as injured, 40 people were arrested. people marched in cities across the world over the weekend to

mark the international day for the elimination of violence against women. marches took place in greece, the dominican republic, ecuador, italy, spain, and france with some bringing out tens of thousands of people demanding an end to sexual violence, domestic violence, and the suppression of reproductive rights. in pakistan, authorities arreststed muslim cleric khadim hussain rizvi and over 1000 of his supporters in a crackdown on protests over the recent acquittal of a christian woman previously sentenced to death for blasphemy. aasia bibi was released last month after originally being convicted in 2010. massive protests followed the release, led by rizvi's tehreek-e-labbaik party, disrupting major cities and thorough fares across pakistan. in more news from pakistan, three militants attacked the chinese consulate in the southern port city of karachi friday, killing two police officers and two civilians before the attackers were shot and killed by security. the baloch liberation army claimed responsibility for the attack.

the group has been fighting pakistan for independence for the province of balochistan, in the southwest of pakistan. china is building a major corridoror through the balocochn region as part of its multi-billion dollar invnvestmes in the region. in afghanistan, the islamic state claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a mosque in an army base in the eastern khost prprovince that t killed t least t 27 soldiers frayay. the attack c ce just thrhree das after a suicide bomber targeted a religious gathering in kabul, killing at least 50 and wounding more than 80 others. back in the united states, in alabama, protesters marched at a mall where 21-year-old emantic fitzgerald bradford, jr. was shot and killed by police thursday. police officers responding to a shooting at riverchase galleria mall in suburban birmingham, fired on bradford after falsely believing him to be responsible for the shooting, which left two injured, including a 12-year-old girl. the gunman is still at large. bradford's family say they were not notified of their son's

death and found out through social media. bradford was carrying a licensed gun at the time of the shohooti, which is permitted by alabama law. in charlottesville, virginia, jury selection begins today for james fields, the self-described neo-nazi charged with killing 32-year-old heather heyer and injuring 35 others. 21-year-old fields is charged with first-degree murder for plowing his car into a crowd of anti-fascist protesters at last year's deadly unite the right rally in charlottesville. and ray hill, a co-founder of pacifica radio station kpft in houston, texas, died saturday from heart failure. he was 78 years old. after his release from prison in 1975, ray helped organize houston's first gay rights groups and the first national march on washington for lesbian and gay rights in 1979. as general manager of kfpt in 1980 he created "the prison show." >> radio station kpft houston, proudly presents "the prison

show" on friday nights between 9:00 and 11:00. it talks about the biggest industry that eats up your tax dollars, prisons. amy: ray hosted "the prison show" for 20 years, combining news with on-air phone calls from families and friends so they c could speak to their lovd ones behind bars. ray hill's tombstone will reference his proudest achievement u.s. supreme court , a ruling in 1987 that he was unconstitutionally arrested for interrupting police officers performing their duties after he yelled at them to stop beating a man in his front yard. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president trump is heading to mississippi today, one day before voters head to the polls for mississippi's hotly contested runoff senate election. incumbent republican senator cindy hyde-smith is facing off against democrat mike espy, who is attempting to become mississippi's first african-american senator since

reconstruction. espy is a former congressman who served as secretary of agriculture under president clinton. cindy hyde-smith has served in the senate since april following the resignation of republican senator thad cochran. although trump won mississippi by 20 percentage points two years ago, the senate race has become much closer than expected. cindy hyde-smith has come under fire for racist remarks and a stream of revelations about her background. on friday, the jackson free press reported that hyde-smith attended and graduated from lawrence county academy, an all-white segregationist high school. hyde-smith is shown in photos from a 1975 yearbook as one of the cheerleaders at the school. the school's mascot is dressed as a confederate colonel holding a rebel flag. this comes after photographs surfaced showing hyde-smith wearing a confederate army cap and posing with a vintage rifle, sword, and other confederate artifacts. the photos were from a facebook post hyde-smith published in 2014, which she captioned, "mississippi history at its best!"

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