09/01/21 09/01/21 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! pres. biden: this decision about afghanistan is not just about afghanistan. it is about ending an era of major military operations to remake other countries. amy: president biden forcefully defends his decision to withdraw troops and overhaul u.s. foreign

policy. we will speak to phyllis bennis and to an afghan doctor who just fled kabul with his wife and four children. then the supreme court has allowed a texas law to go into effect that bans abortions after six weeks in a major setback for reproductive rights. >> texas is th on the fit of september two ban abortions in most all circumstances. this is a clear violation of roe v. wade. amy: plus, we will look at why more than groups are calling on 300 the biden administration to halt deportations to haiti following last month's devastating earthquake. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president biden defended his withdrawal from afghanistan tuesday as he addressed the nation for the first time after the final u.s. troops evacuated from kabul airport, bringing an

official end to the longest war in u.s. history. pres. biden: leave afghanistan or say we were not leaving and commit another tens of thousands more troops going back to war. that was the choice, the real choice between leaving or escalating. i was not going to extend this forever war and i was not extending a forever exit., copresident biden said the withdrawal also marks an end to u.s. nation-building. meanwhile, the taliban held its first press conference after the u.s. withdrawal, saying it was seeking good relations with all nations. >> neighboring countries come islamic countries, all countries, the americans were asked to from our country last night, we want good relations with them also because we are part of the international

community. we do not want our country to be a victim of war or interference. we are on the path of peace with all nations. amy: with the kabul airport now closed for evacuations, border crossings by land are expected to rise, triggering a possible refugee crisis in the region. u.n. secretary general antonio guterres also warned tuesday of an impending humanitarian catastrophe after the taliban takeover, with services at risk of collapsing and nearly half the population in urgent need of aid. in louisiana, around one million people still do not have power essam residents start the arduous path to recovery after hurricane ida. officials say only limited parts of new orleans could have their power restored by tonight. on tuesday, governor john bel edwards told evacuees it was too early to consider returning home. >> many of the life supporting infrastructure elements are not presen are not operating right no

if you have already evacuated, do not return here or elsewhere in southeast louisiana until the office of emgency preparedness tells you it is ready to receive you. these schools are not open. the hospitals are slain. there is not water in your home and there is not going to be electricity. amy: in texas, a near total ban on abortions went into effect at midnight after the u.s. supreme court failed to rule on an emergency petition filed by abortion providers seeking to block the measure. the law bars abortions just six weeks into a pregnancy before many people even know they're pregnant. there is no exception for rape or incest. the law also allows anyone in texas to sue patients, medical workers, or even a patient's family or friends who "aid and abet" an abortion. this includes a cabdriver who mike take a woman to a clinic. -- who mike take a woman to a clinic. until now, no other six-week abortion ban has been allowed to go into effect though other states that have passed similar

legislation. reproductive justice advocates have vowed to keep fighting. the american civil liberties union tweeted -- "this is a racial and economic catastrophe full-scale assault , a on patients, our health care providers and our support systems." we will have more on this story later in the broadcast. in other news from texas, the republican-controlled legislature has passed a sweeping voter restriction bill. the measure bars drive-through and 24-hour voting sites, adds new identification requirements for absentee ballots, bans unsolicited mail-in ballot applications, and gives new authority to partisan poll-watchers. state democrats had successfully stalled the bill for several months by first staging a walkout, then fleeing texas, to deny the house a voting quorum. texas governor greg abbott is expected to sign the bill quickly. pennsylvania is the latest state to enact a statewide mask mandate in all schools as the delta variant continues to fuel a surge in cases nationwide.

in new york, governor kathy hochul also announced new covid measures for schools. >> our school staff, anyone who enters that building, will have to be vaccinated or undergo mandatory testing. mandatory testing. we are in the process of getting the legal clearance for that. amy: governor hochul previously announced a mask mandate in schools. she also said new york may extend vaccine requirements for all staff in congregate and state-run facilities. in more news from new york, the state legislator has convened a last-minute session today where it is expected they will extend their moratorium on evictions during the pandemic which was set to expire yesterday. on tuesday, hundreds gathered outside the office of governor hogle to demand the eviction ban be extended. >> not as a political issue, it is not right or left, this is a

moral issue. amy: meanwhile, pandemic and up limit benefits are set to expire in less than a week on september 6 for millions of unemployed people across the country. in international coronavirus news, the european union said tuesday it has fully vaccinated 70% of all adults. european commission president ursula von der leyen urged unvaccinated people to get their shots as soon as possible to avoid a new wave in cases and stop the emergence of new variants. despite the eu milestone, vaccination rates remain low and infections are increasing in poorer, eastern-european nations. israel is now offering booster shots to all vaccinated people, which includes children aged 12 and older. the world health organization has repeatedly called on wealthy nations to hold off on booster shots until poorer countries receive their fair share of vaccines. meanwhile, less than 10% of palestinians in the occupied territories are fully

vaccinated according to one tracker. the australian state of victoria has extended its lockdown for 3 -- three more weeks as cases continue to mount. the state's leader said restrictions will only be eased after 70% of eligible residents receive their first vaccine dose. new south wales, australia's most populous state, reported its highest daily rise in cases this week. in the philippines, healthcare workers protested in manila against government neglect and unpaid benefits. this is robert mendoza, president of the alliance of health workers. >> it is that many of us have died, many of us became sick, many have resign or opted retired early but we're still dealing before the department of health to receive our benefits. amy: in hong kong, a court sentenced seven prominent activists and former legislators to jail for taking part in a pro-independence protest in october 2019. it's the latest prison sentence to be handed down for organizing against beijing's control over the territory. -- over hong kong. human rights advocates are urging saudi arabia officials to stop the mass firing of yemeni

workers, a move that puts them at risk of being deported to yemen if they cannot find another employer to sponsor them. saudi authorities in july reportedly announced new regulations requiring businesses to limit the number of yemeni and other foreign employees on staff. human rights watch says the policy could put thousands of workers at risk of being sent back to the saudi-led, u.s.-backed war in yemen which has sparked the world's worst humanitarian crisis. back in the united states, virginia governor ralph northam has granted posthumous pardons to seven black men who were executed in 1951 after being convicted for allegedly raping a white woman. the men, who became known as the martinsville seven, were tried by juries made up of only white men and advocates say they were coerced into confessing. northam said the pardons don't address whether the seven men were guilty or innocent but that they're a recognition that they were tried without adequate due process and that the men received a "racially biased death sentence not similarly applied to white defendants."

a warning to our audience, the next story contain descriptions of sexual violence. the federal trial for accused sexual predator and trafficker r. kelly continues in new york. on tuesday, his former assistant suzette mayweather testified the singer exerted extreme control over the women in his life, echoing accounts from the five survivors who have taken the stand over the past week and a half. on monday, a woman named addie testified that she was raped by r. kelly in a dressing room when he invited her backstage after a show. she was just 17 at the time. meanwhile, the first male accuser to testify said kelly offered to help him with his musical career in exchange for sexual favors when he was 17. the biden administration announced it was creating a new office of climate change and health equity, which will deal with the health impacts of the climate crisis and its disproportionate effects on poor communities. assistant health secretary rachel levine laid out the

office's main goals as building community resilience, reducing carbon emissions in healthcare, and recovery and infrastructure funding. and a group of democratic lawmakers, including congressmembers alexandria ocasio-cortez, rashida tlaib, and ayanna pressley, are calling on president biden to replace federal reserve chair jerome powell for neglecting to take on the climate crisis and weakening financial regulations. earlier this year, 350.org joined other climate groups to demand a new fed chair, accusing the agency under powell of bailing out the fossil fuel industry rather than helping impacted communities during the pandemic. howell was appointed by trump. his term ends in february but biden could soon announce whether he will reappoint him or replace him. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by my co-host juan gonzález in new brunswick, new jersey. hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world.

amy: we begin today's show looking at afghanistan. on tuesday, president biden forcefully defended his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan. pres. biden: i was not going to extend this forever war and i was not extending a forever exit. amy: president biden described the u.s. pullout as a "extraordinary success" noting the u.s. helped over 120,000 people flee afghanistan since the taliban seized power to .5 weeks ago. biden called for a new era in u.s. foreign policy. pres. biden: as we turn the page on the foreign policy that has guided our nation the last two decades, we've got to learn from our mistakes. to me, there are two that are paramount stop first, we must set missions with clear, achievable goals.

not once we will never reach. second, must stay clearly -- clearly focused on the interest of the united states of america. this decision about afghanistan is not just about afghanistan. it is about ending an era of major military operations to remake other countries. when i was running for president, i made a commitment to the american people that i would end this war. today, i have honored that commitment. it was time to be honest with the american people against. we no longer had a clear purpose and open in admission in afghanistan. after 20 years of war, refused to send another generation of america's 10 daughters to fight a war that should have ended long ago.

after more than $2 trillion spent in afghanistan, costs estimated would be over 300 million dollars a day for 20 years and afghanistan -- for two decades. yes, the american people should hear this, $300 million a day for two decades. you take the number of one trillion as many said, that is still 150 -- $150 million a day for two decades. what have we lost as a consequence of opportunity? i refuse to continue a war that was no longer the service and the vital interest of our people. most of all, after 800,000 americans serving in afghanistan have traveled the whole country, brave and honorable service -- after 20,744 american servicemen and women injured and the loss

of 2400 61 american personnel, including 13 lives lost just this week, i refused to open another decade of warfare in afghanistan. we have been a nation too long at war. if you are 20 years old today, you have never known in america at peace. amy: president biden speaking on tuesday. we're joined today by phyllis bennis, author and fellow at the institute for policy studies. author of many books. phyllis, if you can respond to president biden's address talking about ending this forever war and stopping a forever exit. >> you know, amy, i think there were a number of things that present biden said in his speech that were both te and important.

the most important of which was it was right and important to get out. he did not say it was wrong to have gone in and in the first place in a war that was illegal, that wasot authorized by th unitedations for self-defense, that violated international law, that justified and normalized terrorism across the understanding of this country. buit was right to get out. the huge problems in terms of how they got out, how the withdrawal happens, he acknowledged only barely -- which is a huge problem -- but i think keeping the focus on the significance of ending the war was very important, particularly because he was willing to acknowledge and focus on the economic cost as well as the human cost. those figures from brown university, which i colleagues have been using for years, we struggled to get those into national consciousness. so having that being said by the

president twice, $300 million a day, to $20 is more than anyone can -- $2 trillion is more than anyone can understand was wasted on the war. he implied this was the end of the global war on terror. i think that is something clearly not true. the u.s. is still waiting more in host of other countries, including iraq, for whose the afghanistan war was initiated in the first place. it raises the question of whether he and his own view the u.s. were policy is shifting away from wars against so-called terrorism toward potential wars with china, perhaps russia -- the rise of the new cold war tensions with russia is very serious. he did not reflect on that in this beach but it was important he spoke of the legitimacy and significance of pulling out. i think we should be clear there

is a lot of talk and i think it is very justified about afghans feeling abandoned by the united states because of the nature of this chaotic and insufficient withdrawal. in all of that is true. i think what is also true is united states abandoned the people of afghanistan long before this withdrawal. they abated the people of afghanistan when they occupied their country, when they impose a government that was based on u.s. understandings of what a government should loolike and have nothing to do with the history, the political culture of afghans themselves. they abandoned women went after 20 years of u.s. war and occupation come afghanistan is still number one in infant mortality in the whole world, meaning it is the worst place in the world for a woman to give birth and have her child live to her first birthday. this is what a big amount of women looks like. so i think we need to be talking about a new era indeed.

we need a new era of refugee protection. we need a new era of turning away from spending $.53 of every discretionary federal dollar directly on the military. we need to move away from all of that. weeed to wait from any notion -- we need to move away from any notion that war is vengeance. we should be clear, this was never about justice, never about bringing the perpetrators to justice. this was about vengeance and preparing the people of this country for going to work in a much more dramac and urgent and worse way in afghanistan just two years later. amy: iraq. >> sorry, iraq. juan: i want to ask you about the refugee issue. the press coverage of the plight of those trying to get out, the civilians -- the afghans trying to get out of the country in the last few weeks.

it seems to me there is enormous hypocrisy involved in this kind of coverage. first of all, there is no retreat from a lost war is going to be orderly and well-managed, but the issue of refugees -- there have been an estimated by the united nations over 6 million refugees from afghanistan, about 3.5 million internally displaced at ather 2.6 million who are outside of afghanistan and other countries, and of those united states has only taken in 20,000 over the last 20 years. we have countries like pakistan has 1.4 million afghan refugees. iran, 780,000 refugees. even germany, 180,000. the united states, which started the war, prosecuted the work,

maintain the occupation, so far has only taken 20,000. so this refugee problem is not a new one, it is now only now being focused on by the press. >> not only being just cused on by the press, just being focused on by the government, i a whole host of forces across this country. you are right, this is enormous levels of hypocrisy. it is hard to measure how far it goes. certainly on the question of refugees that suddenly now the refugees that are coming out refugees who are -- the peopl who did in many ways benefit, womein particular, kabul kabul they lived in. th benefited in certain ways in a temporary since from access to education, health care and jobs that were not available. that is real andhe u.s. id make promises that you should have kept the way this

withdrawal was carried out was not best disorganized committee was badly planned. it was terribly done, in my view. but that does not go to the question of the hypocrisy on what was the u.s. obligation to those refugees, to the countries like pakistan and iran were hosting for years millions ofi these. riran and one point had 2.5 million. we're hearing now for example from the head of the afghan network who said yesterday she felt an absolute sense of release -- relief seeing the u.s. forces leaving. she said we are now able to figure out what we're going to do in this new era. i think have an enormous debt not only to the refugees coming out this month, but to the people of afghanistan's country

we have so devastated. where we have killed tens of thousands of their citizens. so we owe a debt of reparations. we'll compensation. we do not owe continued drone strikes. we do not owe continued attacks from over the horizon, guaranteed to maintain a level of violence and extend the cycle of violence we have seen in these last 20 years. but certainly, the present should be in every one of these articles should be focusing on the relationship of all of the refugees, the idp, those who are seeking some kind of protected asylum in ways this country has not been willing to provide. amy: we're going to wrap up in a minute but i wanted to get your comment on president biden referencing china twice in his speech. pres. biden: here is a critical thing to understand.

the world is changing. we are engaged in a serious competition with china. we are dealing with the challenges on multiple fronts with russia. we are confronted with cyber attacks and nuclear proliferation. there's nothing china or russia would rather have, would want more and it is competition, the united states to be bogged down another decade in afghanistan. amy: as we wrap up, clearly, the u.s. is concerned about china and russia come as he says. china and russia, stepping into the breach in a different way as the u.s. pulls out soldiers. just to be clear, there is an army of counterintelligence, of mercenaries. that is not ov. the forever war is not exactly over. what abouthina and russia, phyllis? >> i think what we saw in 20 years in war in afghanistan proved once again there is no

military solution to terrorism. if our relationship with china andussia can be based on competing for who can provide the most and the best aid and assistance to the country of afghanistan that has been so devastated by outside powers led by the u.s. for so many years -- not just this 20 years, but 20 years before that -- that would be a victory for those who fought against this were for 20 years. if we can see a competition between russia and china and u.s. for who can provide the most vaccines instead of what the u.s. is doing right now, preventi the imf from giving out $450 million that was pledged for vaccines and care that would be a great thing. that is the kinof competion we should have that wealthy countries are competing with each other to see who can provide the best and most effective aid to those in need. amy: thank you, phyllis bennis, and fellow at the institute for author and fellow at the institute for policy studies.

coming up, we speak with an afghan doctor who just led kabul -- fled kabul with his wife and four children. we will hear his story. ♪♪ [music break]

amy: coming up, we will talk about the most total abortion and i just went into effect in texas last night at midnight. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. we continue to look at afghanistan as we are joined by an afghan doctor who fled afghanistan last week with his family. the family was airlifted to doha, qatar, after spending days trying to get into the kabul airport. they flew to germany and then united states, arriving saturday. we are joined now by dr. wais aria. he is the founder of tabish, a non-profit that provides mental health care to traumatized afghans. he and his family have been in afghanistan since june visiting

family. he is joining us finally from his home in alexandria, virginia. doctor, welcome to democracy now! can you describe your journey, how you got out of afghanistan with your family? >> thank you for having me. me start on my journey, i am not the first one -- victim of the changes in ahanistan. the international community and other people in the near future, victims of the changes which happen in afghanistan. it is my belief. our journey started from a normal day and afghanistan. we never expected very soon kabul would be captured by taliban. i was busy with my humanitarian work.

i collected donations in the community. the items used -- the kabul fall debt and taliban capre. immediately we moved from one place to another place. it was scary for me because i used to work withnited states and implemented many projects and provided mental health support for contractors of u.s. military and afghanistan. this was a b concern for me. our family and friends advised me to move in a safe place. then i moved to a safe place and i left my own home in oer to protect oursves. then i tried to come to the airport when i received the news --

[indiscernible] a lot of violence at the airport. the next day we try. same issue. i contacted the u.s. embassy and sent an email. i did not receive response for a couple of days. finally, i received an email thatou should go at midnight in front of one of the secret gates of the airport and someone will escort you. unfortunately, it was not -- i went to another gate. there were thousands of people with their passports for travel documents. again, it was the same scenario. the taliban pushed back people.

they shoot directly and indirectly on people. it was a disaster for me. i wabitten by the taliban in front of my children and my children screamed for that. we lay down in the streets. we had a little bit of food. we just had our clothing and shoes, nothing more than that. i had water and a little bit of food with us. finally, after two days, it was a chance one of the taliban soldier said, ok, allow those with documents. then by chance, i entered to the gate with my four children and my wife and we worked for 45 minutes inside the ministry of the interior. we saw a lot of broken car, furniture, office equipment but no one was inside the embassy.

we worked for 45 minutes to catch the last gate of the airport, which there was a u.s. soldier. they welcomed us and gave us water and checked our passports. then we enter the airport to the military terminal. and after passport control, it wanot like official control, just they checked id that a person should have an idea. and in front of the ramp -- we spent almost nine to 10 hours. very tragic for me. i don't remember the exact time, but it was all day we spent. there was no shadow. no place to protect the children. honestly, it was a disaster. finally, late night, air force

plane pain and we got that and moved to qatar and we spent four hours in qatar and a u.s. base and then to gmany. from germany, finally, we catch we came home. almost fe days from kabu to u.s. it was a disaster for me and my children. juan: dr. aria, i want to ask you in terms of the fall of the afghan government that came so rapidly, you had flown into the country in june. were you shocked and surprised by not only the way the taliban overran must -- most of the country, but the fact the government leaders fled and left the people to fend for

themselves? >> i think the government infrasucture was not stable for pple. inside of the government, people were disappointed, especially in mr. afghani. people nev expecd in a very short timthe system would fall down and everything we totally change. taliban never expected it would be easy to capture kabul. amy: dr. wais aria, we reached your eldest son last night to ask him about fleeing kabul. >> i a in nintgrade. we just came fm afghanistan. we went through a lot of trauma.

i wanted to bring my piano because i play music -- i s ally afraid to bringt, so i just left it there. when the taliban came, i was scared to play it. sometimes they would get angry -- we were scared of them. the taliban could literally do anything to us. jill ellis, seriously -- kill us, serusly hurt us, not allow us to leave thcountry. i was pretty much -- in my head, i had the picture of me getting hurt. amy: that is dr. wais aria's 13-year-old son who is an accomplished pianist.

as we wrap up, you treat traumatized afghans. after these 20 years of the u.s. war and occupation, how do people recover? >> i think we have to be optimistic, but to be honest, there is no hope, especially for myself. i spent all my life to help people stop but when i came out of afghanistan, i can with a bunch of -- my children, myself. i cannot talk anything about the situation. a doctor from columbia university helped us a lot and i should talk and speak -- i believe, there is no hope for the future.

the taliban do not change. we already noticed what they're doing. unftunately, they become more empowered -- powerful authorization at the moment. whatever they want, they can decided. there is no hope. even just talk in front of media, ok, we will give women's rights, human rights, civil rights. but i am not optimistic. one of the example is my 13-year-old child, she could not play basic music. i became aggressive. he wanted to play on thursday when the taliban were in the country. we put it in a safe place. the music is something that gives people calm and relaxed.

we did not listen to music. the women could go out to work. at the moment, the womenre at home. they're not going to work. they're not going to university. what is the reason? there is no excuse to keep them at home. they allow them into go to work and already announced everyone can come to work and resume their jobs, but why are they not call for women? this is one of the issues. ey do not respect human rights. so we have a big independent commission of human rights. no one is working for that. at the same time, the media, democracy -- politics, these things are collapsed at the moment. we will support this but this under islam, entire policy, legal framework. what is that? america we want to thank you, dr. wais aria.

we will continue to follow what happened. dr. aria is a medical doctor that just evacuated from kabul with his four children and his wife. he is the founder of the non-profit organization tabish, which helps marginalized communities in afghanistan as well as youth soldiers recover from the psychological trauma of war. next up, the supreme court has allowed a near total ban on abortion to go into effect in texas. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break]

amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. we turn now to a major setback for reproductive rights. as of midnight last night, the supreme court allowed a texas law to go into effect that bans abortions after six weeks. no other six-week ban has ever gone into effect. at six weeks, many people do not even know they're pregnant. conservative justice samuel alito refused to rule on an emergency petition filed by abortion providers seeking to block the so-called heartbeat act, which was signed into law by texas governor greg abbott in may. the law is seen as a direct challenge to roe v. wade, the landmark 1973 then mark law that

enshrined the right of women to choose to have an abortion when it struck down several texas laws that criminalized the procedure. the new texas law is unique. it empowers private citizens, not government officials, to file a civil lawsuit against patients, medical workers, even a family or friends who "aid or abet" an abortion or a taxi driver who drives a woman to a clinic. if a case is successful, the person who filed it is awarded at least $10,000, plus attorneys' fees. for more, we're joined by nancy northup, president and ceo of the center for reproductive rights. can you talk about the gravity of the threat to roe v. wade? is this the most extreme law that has ever been enacted in the united states, nancy? >> it is the most extreme that has ever gone into effect. this morning, partially in texas, clinics cannot be opened to provide abortion city later

than six weeks. 85% of people seeking abortions in texas do so after six weeks since many people don't even know they are pregnant yet at six weeks. this is the most extreme law to go into effect. we have gone to the supreme court. we filed papers righ up to 8:00 last night we are waiting for the court to act. it really should step i what texas has done his blanket unconstitutional. it is not the state of texas to overturn roe v. wade. unfortunely, that power doe land with the supreme court and we are fightinanother day in the supreme court from mississippi on that very same question where mississippi has asked the supreme court to overturn roe v. wade. roe v. wade is love the land. it has been for 50 ars. right now clinic doors cannot be en. our client -- it was open until 11:59 last night seeing patients

because people wanted to get in and exercise the right and make the decisions right up to the midnight hour. juan: some people say this case could determine the fate of roe v. wade via the courts's shadow docket. could you explain what the shadow docket is? >> absolutely. in ordinary cases like the case in mississippi, the supreme court will hear about the mississippi ban. a party applied to your case. the court decides whether they will or not. they announce that. months later, we file briefs. then there is oral argument in the court renders a decision. what the shadow docket is is things like now where we have a motion practice going on at the supreme court from here, texas constitional law -- there's no question about that.

i want to make sure your viewers understand, there's no question a ban on anbortion at six weeks violates the constitution that somethg like this because of the way the court o appeals did not let the district court go ahead and render his decision in the case, the laws and affect -- we go up on emergency motion to the supreme court. if they don't act, which is where we are this moment, the supreme court has not acted, the law goes into effect. what they mean by shadow docket, instead of a full hearing in public view, we know it is coming, overnight, literally, midnight last night, abortion can't be accessed for most people in texas. it is very disturbing. the supreme court still can act in this case. our papers are still pending with the court. we are on pins and needles waiting for the court to act. " the court could stop it at any

point. if you could explain further how extreme this law is. people may not understand, a person on the street can say "i see her walking that women's health clinic. i am going to sue her." they don't know who this person is. explain what this means. just a cabdriver driving someone -- we're even wrong and sank six weeks. it is court of -- it is called heartbeat bill. if they hear heartbeat, they can be stopped even at five eks. >> that's right. because this is unconstitutional while you can't ban at six weeks, courts have struck it down easily. texas did something undeanded, they said we are not gng to enforce this in the state of texas, we going to empowered individuals, the anti-choice activists in texas, empower them to enforce this and they can do thaty, she pointed out, suing

anyone. they can to the doctor, that ca sue a clinic staff and who checks a patientn. they can sue your sister who drives you to your appointment. they could sue a friend who loves you some mon to be ae to get the procedure. it is absolutely crazy. they can see you. you have an abortion in dallas, they can see you in houston and drag you intoourt far from where you live. they can file lawsuits against you in over 200 jurisdictions in texas. this is clearly intended to harass, obvioushe providers, but also the support system of a person seeking an abortion, out of being able to help them at all. and to put even more outrage on this, there are $10,000 that these vigilantes were going to

be enforcing this unconstitutional ban. they are entitled to $10,000 when they go to court and you would have to pay their attorneys fees if you are the sister who drug your sister to the clinic, you he to pay their attorneys fees and $10,000. a course it doesn't work the other way around. when you went in a court because of this, your attorneys fees are not paid. it is really designed to circumvent, nber one, ditional review, just why we are stuck right now in the supreme court. second, it is designed to both stop providers from being able to provide services and also fries, families, and supporters. just to underscore again, is is constutionally protected. you can't vote right? we are going to enforce that by vigilantes who sue you if you vote. juan: nancy northup, i wanted to

ask you, what happens now in texas right now if a woman believes she needs to have an abortion, will she go out of state? if so, can this law -- can people sue them even if they go out of state to have an abortion? >> first let me just say for listers in texas, you are in this position, call your local clinic. they are open because there is this small period in which you can get an abortion and they do wa to help the patients. before you do anything, call your local clinic. secondly, u can leave t state. they cannot criminalize yo leaving the state to have an abortion. for so man people, they don't have the means to do that. not only have to have the financial means, have to be able to take time off from work, tentially have childcare. most women in texas who have

abortions do have children. their whole host of circumstanceshat will make that very difficult. everybody needs to be up in arms about this. it is been a very busy new cycle legitimate big news in afghanistan and hurricane ida, but this is important for people to understand need to be quite vocal, that we arnot going to go backward in this country. amy: nancy northup, thank you for being with us, president and ceo of the center for reproductive rights. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. two weeks after a massive earthquake hit southern haiti, survivors are growing desperate as they continue to face shortages of food, shelter, and medicine. this is a resident of les cayes. >> my house was destroyed by the

earthquake. several of my family members died. i had 13 codes. i have two left. i came to the market for cpac in so the two that remain. we need help. amy: as haitians cope with the earthquake's aftermath and the assassination of president jovenel moïse in july, a coalition of over 300 rights groups in the u.s. sent a letter monday to the biden administration urging it to halt all deportations to haiti and expand tps, tempora protected status. they say more haitians have been deported since biden took office than during all of fiscal year 2020. we go now to guerline jozef, co-founder and executive director of haitian bridge alliance. welcome back to democracy now! these are very, very dire times in haiti. can you explain what is happening? are ople actually being depoed to hti right n?

>> good morning, amy. thank you fo having us back. we are getng a lot of calls fr our clients in immiation detention saying they're being told to pack tir things because they're getting ready to deport them. it is extremelylarming ven thfact, as you mentioned earlier, we are barely starting recoverrom the earthake. and the hurcane that litally ravaged the untry to ask ago followed -- to ask ago followed by the assassition of jovenel moïse back i july. we are extremely concern as the biden adminiration d promise ty were n going t be having any deportion to haiti. what we are hearing from our clients is alarming becau they are being told they will be deported soon. we have toe alarme because

literally a month afr the sassinion a two dayprior to the earthque, they did send two planes to hai full of asylumeekers, including childr and babies. over 135 people were deported back to haiti literally a few weeks after the assassination. juan: can you talk about the issue that asylum-seekers are having in terms of -- if they attempt to come in through mexico, a more recent route that tient asylum-seekers have been tang? >> yes, since 2015, we started seeing haitian migras arriving at the u.s.-mexi border. at was under president obama. the majoty of them were put detention and visually funneled in. onugust 28, 2016, we s a

turn of eventwhere there were no longer given humanitarian -- were put in immigration detention and then deported. things got really hard under president trump where the border got closed indefinitely and the use of title 42 last year, mpp literally closing the entire border. what we started seeing is because of policy in the united states, the wall kept moving further down all the way to panama, all the way to guatemala, all the way to nicaragua where people were blocked from continuing their journey. very deadly journey. what we continue to advocate on behalf of the people who themselves at the u.s.-mexico

border since 2015, 2015, 2016, who have been waiting for over five years just to get access to be able to come and ask for asylum. we also see new arrival of people coming by boat. we understand how vice president harris and president biden keep telling people, doot come. if they ce, they will be intercepd and tued back. but howo you ll someone not come when they are dealing not only with man-made cris, polical csis, and on top of it, natural disasters like the earthquake and the storm that devastated the country two weeks ago? juan: speaking of the earthquake, what are you hearing is the assistance of the international community providing, especially

considering the terrible scandal over the last major earthquake in haiti of all the stolen aid and corruption that ensued and supposed intnational assistance? >> we are really advocating against -- so we don't see a repeat of what happened in 2010. for example, how do we work directly with community members on the grounto provide direct assistance for them? what the haitian alliance and many other communities within the diaspora are doing is working hand-in-hand with organizations, patient organizations on the ground, local community members to provide humanitarian assistance into how we can help rebuild structural, sound structure so we can make sure now that we know how prone haiti is to

natural disasters -- we are looking at the aftermath relief where we have direct assistanc th haitian bridge alliance giving direct assistance in the hands of the most vulnerable so they can rebuild, so they can be able to bury their loved ones. a man speaking about losing everything, including his goats. that is his livelihood. that is what they used to send their children to school. what we're doing is providing direct assistance to those people so they can at least be able to survive the next few months. but at the same time, how do we make sure we provide assistance that will beong-lasting, mak sure we have -- were something like that happens again, we are able to quickly reach the people in the most remote locations. and we make sure we have schools

and hospitals to treat those who are victims of natural disasters and man-made disasters. what we're doing right now is -- what we're going through right now is dire. amy: you have a country that is facing perhaps massive hunger from climate change, from the hurricane, from the disruption of people's lives. is there a functioning government? we are also coming out of the assassination of the president of haiti, assassinated by among them, colombian mercenaries, some of them trained by the united states. has that also been put on hold, that investigation as this latest crisis is developed? amazingly, people are being sent back this catastrophe. >> amy, thank you for bringing that up.

we have been pushing through recovery, search-and-rescue. from what we are seeing, the haitian gornment i almost nonexistent. we are getng dailyriefings of what is happening on the ound frothe goverent. once again, e people on the grnd are the one trying push through and maksure peoplere ok. i am noan expert on that matter. however, based on what we are seeg, we not have functiing governmentwhich we all knew after the assassination of the president -- en before th. amy:ust 15 seconds. >> we weretrugglinto recov from- rightow we're asking for support on the ground to b le to moveorward whe the's disters, bth man-made and natural disasters. as you mentioned, we are still not seeing the help we need for

the haitian government right now. amy: guerline jozef, thank you for being with us, cofounder and executive director of haitian bridge alliance. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or?okó

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