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

amy: dr.ert bullard teaches at tsu, historically black .ollege university, former dsu he is considered the father of the environmental justice movement. this year marks the 30th anniversary of his book "invisible houston." that does it for our show. a special thanks to anna massoud and renee feltz with me in houston and a hometown. hurricane irma has been upgraded to a category 5 storm. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy y now! p.o. box 693 ne

amy: dr.ert bullard teaches at tsu, historically black .ollege university, former dsu he is considered the father of the environmental justice movement. this year marks the 30th anniversary of his book "invisible houston." that does it for our show. a special thanks to anna massoud and renee feltz with me in houston and a hometown. hurricane irma has been upgraded to a category 5 storm. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy y now! p.o. box 693 ne >> this week, "global 3000" heads to the west coast of africa, where plastic trash poses a chchallenge for thte island state of sao tomé and principe. what's the solution? in toronto, artists can rent affordable spaces in expensive city districts. we find out more. but first, we go to a zambian forest that draws millions of migratory fruit bats every year. >> they're like precisely choreographed dances -- flocks of birds in mo

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

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

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

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

i'm amy goodman. hurricane irma, the most powerful atlantic storm ever recorded, laid waste to parts of the caribbean overnight, pummeling turks an turks and caicos. the storm's death toll rose to 18, but officials warned that figure will increase as rescue workers search or the rubble of islands that have seen over 90% of all buildings destroyed. irma we can slightly as it pushed west and was downgraded friday from category 5 to category 4. it remains dangerous with sustained winds of 155 osprey our. the storm lashed the northern dominican republic and flooded thursday parts of haiti overnight, but irma's eye passed ,ell north of hispaniola sparing the two countries from the worst of the hurricane's wrath. in south florida, freeways jammed with cars thursday and friday as officials ordered the evacuation of over half million people. the eye of the storm is projected to strike florida early sunday morning as a category 4, delivering storm surge of 10 feet or higher. in miami beach, which averages thre

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

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

amy: dr.arry edwards, you're certainly speaking from personal experience. you are in advisor to colin kaepernick. for people who have not been following the whole controversy around him after he first took 49er's star, now not being able to get a job. i am talking to you from new york where 1000 people came out protesting outside of nfl headquarters. talk about collins response to what we're seeing, the mass protests across the country. >> colin kaepernick is getting ready to play football. i ththink thatat has beenn his commitment from all of this discussion about whether he wants to play, is he willing to offer an apology -- an apology for what? he plays football. he is an activist in the struggle for human righthts, injustice in american society. those two things are not contradictory. this notion that perhaps he doesn't want to play anymore, perhaps he wants to be a civil rights leader -- i mean, those two things are not contradictory. a lot of that is simply rationalization for a reaction

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

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

i'm amy goodman. at least four people have died and nearly 6 million people are without power in florida after hurricane irma made landfall on sunday on the florida keys as a category 4 hurricane. the storm also flooded the streets of downtown miami, turning the city's main strip brickell avenue, into a , three-foot high raging river. its arrival sparked one of the largest mass evacuations in u.s. history, with nearly 7 million ordered to leave their homes. before hitting florida, irma caused widespread devastation across the caribbean, killing at 37 people and leveling nearly 90% of all structures. it displaced more than 100,000 haitians and destroyed crops in the north of haiti. cuba has dispatched more than 750 health workers to caribbean nations to help assist in the aftermath of the most powerful storm ever recorded over the atlantic ocean. irma, now downgraded to a category 1 storm, is now barreling across more of florida and then on to georgia, alabama, and mississippi. we'll have more on irma

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

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

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

amy? >> amy: i think democrats are trying to politicize this. they are wedge issues touching on race and i think it's a way for democrats to try to then use their own dog whistle to accuse president trump of being racist that he's not sympathetic to the victims of the puerto rico hurricane, not sympathetic to the hurricane. >> neil: he never does that with me. he agrees. >> amy: i think it's interesting that democrats keep invoking comparisons to katrina. why not comparison to the bp oil spill when president obama didn't go down to the gulf for days and days and was getting criticism and even the new york times reported the obama administration underestimated continuously the impact of the b p oil spill. that never gets brought up. >> neil: it's an interesting point. then you were saying to this she raises a good point, these other issues like the nfl and this and whether the president is doing enough for puerto rico is it meant to get the eye off other issues or what? >> ben: i think the point that i was applauding when amy was talking was that

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

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

amy: from the u.s. virgin islands to puerto rico to florida, millions remain without power following hurricane irma. we will look at how puerto rico's economic crisis has heard the islands recovery and at how cuba has responded to the storm. eveven though renee:e: was a catetegory 5 and when he hit cu, the gogovernment reports just 10 people have died. we will look at why many nations study cuba's hurricane preparedness. according to one study, a person is 15 times as likely to be killed by hurricane in the united states as in cuba. and even though they were hard doctorsa spent over 750 and health professionals throughout the caribbean during the storm. then to a storm of silenence. >>>> catastrophihic flooding.g. >> the monumental floodidingnd humanitarian disaster r continu. >> houstonians are still under siege in the city still under water. publicgot a new study by citizen looks at how much of the corporate media failed to mention climate change during its coverage of hurricane harvey. then we go to