amy: croatia? >> croatia. .ungary amy: then austria.s is quite a geography lesson that you lived. her was dora and 12-year-old daughter. after we left their camper, just as we were heading out of the camp, a young man ran after us. he said he wanted to tell us his story. from afghanistan, kabul. working in the home on province. amy: when? >> it was 2011. amy: what were you doing? >> [indiscernible] the operation base. amy: how long did you work? >> i was working with them seven years -- seven months, yeah. amy: and also for u.s. contractor? >> before that, yeah, i was also working in a construction company. they were running a project by the name of "crowded house." it was from the dod side. they were creating coverts, bridges, and retaining walls for the people. and so did you apply for immigration to the united states? a specialyed for immigration visa, but because i was working just for seven months, the government refused to give me a visa because they said you just worked for seven months, not one year. letter from the creative int

i'm amy goodman.in san bernardino, california thousands gathered thursday , night at a local stadium for a candlelight vigil to mourn those killed in wednesday's mass shooting at the inland regional center, a facility that provides services to people with disabilities. president obama ordered flags lowered to half-staff at public buildings across washington d.c. the fbi counterterrorism unit is overseeing the investigation, although the agency has said it has not yet determined whether terrorism was a motive in the shooting. one of the suspected gunmen in wednesday's shooting, syed rizwan farook, was a county health department employee who had attended a department holiday party at the center earlier in the day, and left after some kind of dispute. he allegedly returned to the party with his wife, tashfeen malik, and a cache of weapons and opened fire. it was the worst mass shooting in the united states since the shooting at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut, when a gunman killed 20

i'm amy goodman. nearly 200 nations agreed in paris saturday to a global accord to rein in rising greenhouse emissions that are warming the planet. the deal involves voluntary commitments to begin cutting emissions as well as billions more dollars to help poor nations cope with the transition to a greener economy powered by renewable energy. president obama hailed the deal even while of knowledge and it is not enough to stop global warming. >> even if all the initial targets set in paris are met, we will only be part of the way there when it comes to reducing carbon from the atmosphere, so we cannot be complacent because of today's agreement. the problem is not solved because of this accord. it make no mistake, the paris agreement establishes the enduring framework the world needs to solve the climate crisis. amy: many scientists and them terminal groups say nations need to be far more ambitious to rivet global temperatures from rising. thousands of people took to the streets of paris saturday to dema

amy: and as u.n. negotiators reach a draft climate agreement, indigenous leaders fear their people will be left unprotected. the first onslaught of the settlers came with bayonets, with rifles, but now they come with refining, with fracking, with pipelines. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from paris, france. in a rare live speech from the oval office sunday night, president obama called wednesday's mass shooting in san bernardino, california, an act of terrorism. the shooting killed 14 people at the inland regional center, a facility that provides services to people with disabilities. obama said in response to the attack, he will increase airstrikes against isis in iraq and syria, even though he acknowledged there was "no evidence" that isis had directed the attack. >> so far we have no evidence that the killers were directed by a terrorist organization overseas or that they were part of a br

amy: the u.n. climate summit has been extended, and civil society groups are calling the latest draft agreement a massive disappointment. we'll have a roundtable on cop21 with chee yoke ling of malaysia, ruth nyambura from kenya, and u.s. indigenous leader kandi mossett of north dakota. then glaciologist jason box on the melting ice in greenland and antarctica, rising sea levels, and exxon's cover-up -- what they knew as early as the 1970's about climate change. >> they were doing some of the best science in the discipline, and they then defunded those programs and then started to actively fund disinformation campaigns to punctuate your profitability. amy: and british climate expert and former world bank chief economist lord nicholas stern weighs in on presidential candidate donald trump's denial of the human impact on climate change. there is a u.s. presidential campaign underway. the republican presidential candidates led by donald trump say climate change is not a problem in that it is not human

i'm amy goodman. an ohio grand jury has decided there will be no charges in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old african-american boy tamir rice. 22, 2014, more than year ago, tamir was playing with a toy pellet gun in a cleveland park. a 911 caller reported seeing him with a weapon, but noted it was probably fake in the individual was probably a juvenile. that information was not relayed to the responding officers. after the police cruiser pulled up in front of tamir, officer timothy loehmann shot him within two seconds. either loehmann or his partner admitted -- administered any first aid. they tackled his 14 year old sister to the ground and handcuffed her as she ran to her brother's side. they put her in their cruiser as the boy lay dying on the ground. tamir died of his injuries the following day. after more than a year-long investigation, the grand jury returned a decision monday not to indict. the prosecutor recommended the outcome citing a perfect storm of human error and miscommunication. >> the

i'm amy goodman.e're broadcasting live from paris, france, where diplomats, heads of states and climate , negotiators are beginning the second day of negotiations for the 21st united nations climate change summit. on nearly 150 heads of state monday, gathered here in paris for what organizers called the largest-ever gathering of its kind. outside the cop21 facilities, protests continued to be banned across france as the cop21 continues. french president franÇois hollande condemned the protests over the weekend, calling it scandalous that they would protest at the place de la republique, even though democracy now! original video footage shows the police, not the protesters, were the ones to trample on the flowers and candles commemorating the -- those who died in the november 13 attacks. >> this is why these protests are not authorized. we knew there would be troublemakers who, by the way, have nothing to do with climate activists are those who want the conference to succeed and who are there only to c

i'm amy goodman. the gunman in the planned parenthood shooting rampage has admitted his guilt while expressing anti-choice views. at a court hearing where he was charged with 179 counts, john dear acknowledged attacking the clinic, calling himself a "warrior for the babies." >> to protect the babies. the babies who are supposed to be born that day, could you add that to the list? amy: the attack in colorado springs killed three people and left nine wounded. defense attorneys have suggested they may seek an insanity defense. pro-choice activists have called for the obama administration to treat the attack as domestic terrorism. the fbi says the couple behind the san bernardino shooting massacre were radicalized years before meeting in person and before the rise of the self-proclaimed islamic state. fbi director james comey told a senate hearing that the agency believes suspects syed farook and tashfeen malik were inspired by foreign extremists, but that no evidence has emerged that isil or other groups

amy: as u.n.-brokered peace talks near collapse in yemen's nine-month-old civil war, we'll speak with sharif abdel kouddous who is just back from the country. his latest article "with u.s. , help, saudi arabia is obliterating yemen." but first, "navy seals, a beating death and claims of a cover-up." the new york times reveals the 2012 incident in afghanistan when three navy seals dropped heavy stones on the detainees' chests, stomped on their heads, and poured bottles of water on their faces in a modified form of water-boarding. one of the detainees was beaten so badly, he died from his injuries. the seals were cleared of any wrongdoing. we will speak with "new york times" reporter nicholas kulish. he broke the story. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in california, federal officials have indicted 24-year-old enrique marquez for several terrorism related charges, claiming that marquez purchased the firearms that we

amy: why?ortant we demonstrate we can lead good lives, carry out our jobs without high carbon footprints. i am just one person, but it is a symbolic message that it sends. attitude onfferent some of the academic colleagues who also take a similar approach, try to avoid flying where they reasonably can. he can make things difficult, but we have to make that effort. amy: why are you here? >> there's a scientific andrtant message to be made can relate to not just policy makers and the people here but to why society, civil society to discusss, even amongst the scientists here as well. amy: what is that message? >> the voluntary submissions that are being put ford by all other countries, when you add all of these up, they are far, far above the level of what we call dangerous climate change. all of our leaders have committed to to avoid going rise,this two degrees c about six degrees fahrenheit. when you add all of the commitments countries are making, it is far, far above tot three or four degrees

amy: u.s. officials have admitted that a man who has been imprisoned for 13 years at guantÁnamo bay was captured in a case of mistaken identity. pentagon officials conceded they wrongly believed 37-year-old mustafa al-aziz al-shamiri had played a more significant role in al-qaeda because they confused him with others who had similar names. despite this acknowledgement, he is still imprisoned and it is not clear if and when he may be freed. this comes as the white house has rejected the pentagon's draft plan for closing the guantanamo military prison saying it is too expensive. , the pentagon's plan called for more than $600 million to close the prison and construct a new us-based facility to hold remaining prisoners, at an annual operating cost of $300 million. the annual cost of operating the guantanamo detention facility now is about $400 million. in chicago, police chief garry mccarthy has been ousted as protests continue over the police killing of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald, who was shot 1

i'm amy goodman. a police shooting in chicago has killed two unarmed african-americans, sparking new calls for change at a police department already under heavy scrutiny. early saturday morning, the father of a 19-year old college student, quintonio legrier, called police to report his son was behaving oddly and carrying a metal bat. the father also called the downstairs tenant, 55-year old bettie jones, to alert her that police would need to enter through her door. when police arrived, quintonio legrier allegedly confronted them in the foyer. both legrier and bettie jones were killed when police opened fire. on sunday, legrier's mother, janet cooksey, spoke as family and friends gathered outside the home. >> no mother should have to bury her child. and especially under these circumstances. you call for help, the police are supposed to serve and protect us and yet they take the life. what is wrong with that picture? it is a badge to kill? i mean, where do we get our help? amy: bettie jones was the mot

i'm amy goodman.president obama has claimed progress in fighting the self-proclaimed islamic state while urging u.s. allies to do more. speaking after a national security meeting at the pentagon, obama touted the gains of the u.s.-led military coalition in iraq and syria, claiming it's hitting isil harder than ever. >> this continues to be a difficult fight, as i said before, isil is including carbon areas and they hide behind civilians using defenseless men, women, and children as human shields. so even as we're relentless, we have to be smart, targeting them surgically with precision. we are hitting isil harder than ever, coalition aircraft, fighters, bombers, and drones have been increasing the pace of airstrikes. nearly 9000 as of today. amy: secretary of state john kerry is in moscow to lay the ground for possible peace talks on syria. we'll have more on syria after headlines. in the philippines at least , three people have been killed and millions are without power melor.oon in preparation for t

amy: the u.s. justice department has dropped the manslaughter charges against two bp rig supervisors over the 2010 deepwater horizon rig explosion in the gulf of mexico, which killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in u.s. history. in total, four former bp employees faced criminal charges after the disaster. two of the cases have already been resolved without the employees serving prison time. on wednesday, prosecutors dropped the involuntary manslaughter charges against the other two employees, donald vidrine and robert kaluza. in zurich, swiss authorities have arrested a handful of top fifa officials in a series of pre-dawn raids on luxury hotels in zurich. the top officials were arrested on charges of taking millions of dollars in bribes. at least two are being extradited to the united states. their arrests are part of a massive corruption scandal that has led to the arrest of about two dozen top officials and the suspension of fifa president sepp blatter. south africa's top a

i'm amy goodman. today, we pay tribute to yip harburg. his name may not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world, like jazz singer abbey lincoln. >> being crosby saying that. yip harburg wrote it. ♪ i built a railroad i built a railroad, now it's done brother, can you spare a dime ♪ ♪ amy: and tom waits. >> ♪ bricks and mortar ♪ amy: judy collins, and dr. john from new orleans. and peter yarrow. is al jolson, and our beloved odetta. dime you spare a ♪ you spare a dime amy: "brother, can you spare a dime?" may well be a new anthem for many americans. the lyrics to that classic american song were written by yip harburg. he was blacklisted during the mccarthy era. during his career as a lyricist, yip harburg used his words to express anti-racist, pro-worker messages. he's best known for writing the lyrics to "the wizard of oz," but he also had two hits on broadway -- "bloomer girls," about the women's suffrage movement, and "finian's rainbow," a kind of immigrants' anthem

good afternoon, i' m amy coveno. justin kane was arrested last night after eluding police for hours. wmur' s ray brewer is live in salem with what we learned in court. >> mr. kane is a marine veteran. he is battling issues with ptsd. sunday afternoon. he got into an argument with his mother and his mother locked him out. he came back. >> he got a tank of gasoline, courted on the back deck and making statements of going back to jail now. search that included the state helicopter. he was arrested. this is a duplex. the prosecution says he put several lives at risk and --. >> there was a family with children in the home next-door. >> i don' t have a job in i am living off my disability. ray: he said his medication was not working and he has done struggling with personal issues. day. ray: the prosecutor be asked for bail to be set at $50,000. over his head. >> he was convicted of firearm while impaired in a bar. that. there were some members of his want to say anything. he is charged with six felonies. a second arrest ha

i'm amy goodman. a new investigation by the pulitzer-prize-winning outlet insideclimate news suggests that nearly every major u.s. and multinational oil gas company was aware of fossil fuels' impact on climate change as early as the late 1970's. earlier exposes by insideclimate news and the "los angeles times" have revealed that exxon scientists knew about climate change as early as 1977, and for decades exxon concealed its own findings that the burning of fossil fuels cause global warming, alter the climate and melted the arctic ice. now, internal documents obtained by insideclimate news reveal the entire oil and gas industry had similar knowledge. from 1979 to 1983, the oil and gas industry trade group the american petroleum institute ran a task force to monitor and share climate research. the group's members included senior scientists and engineers from not only exxon, but also amoco, phillips, mobil, texaco, shell, sunoco, sohio and standard oil of california and gulf oil, the predecessors to chev

amy: which was?> i wrote in the article there was no direct contact, that the whole purpose was to use the cutouts, that there was no withpt to directly engage bashar al-assad or his regime. amy: and what did the u.s. get in return? >> well, there was an understanding, obviously, conveyed by our allies and the understanding was we were going to give this and if a sharp would agree to an election, a monitored election once the war was over and presumably he had ar, there's abash lot of talk about the success of islamic groups. controlashar doesn't what hundred percent -- i'm not sure the number, but 50% less than the opposition groups, large swaths, 30%, 40%, but he does control as much as i've -- 86% of theent thatation and the notic notion most despise them is not true. many are very moderate people who believe they would be in trouble if islamic force -- the islamic groups came into power because they would go and seek out those fellow muslims i don't agree with their extreme views. so he does have

i'm amy goodman. nine leading republican presidential candidates squared off last night in las vegas at the venetian casino, owned by republican billionaire backer sheldon adelson. it was the first debate since donald trump shook up the race by proposing to ban muslims from entering the united states. trump has gained an all-time high in a recent national poll. as he criticized the obama administration's wars in the middle east tuesday night, trump was interrupted by protester kai newkirk, who decried billionaire politicians. >> in my opinion -- [indiscernible] trillione spent $4 dollars trying to topple various people that frankly, if they were there and we could have spent that $4 trillion in the u.s. to fix roads, bridges and otr problems, airports and other problems we have, we would have been a lot better off. governor jeblorida bush, who has been trailing in the polls, took aim at trump's proposals, including his proposal to ban muslim immigrants. >> this is not a serious proposal and it will pu