amy: dr. bandy lee, thank you for being with us forensic , psychiatrist on the faculty of yale school of medicine, and an internationally recognized expert on violence editor of the , best-selling book "the dangerous case of donald trump: 27 psychiatrists and mental health experts assess a president." when we come back, brett kavanaugh objects to being held accountable for his behavior in high school. we will look at the criminalization of black and brown students that has led to what is known as the school to prison pipeline. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as brett kavanaugh hopes to be -- objectsts to being held accountablble for r his behavion high school, we look at the criminalization of black and brown's didn't but is led to what is known as the school to prison pipeline. the movement saw a setback on sunday when california governor jerry brown vetoed a bill that would have expanded a statewide ban o

i'm amy goodman. residents of the gulf coast are acacing for d deadly winds anand massive ooooding, as hururrica michael approach t the flori panhane asas a mor catategy 4 storm. thee hurricane is forecast to make landfdfall betweeeen panama joe joeeach and port saint this afternoon as a category 4 being hurrrricane withth sustaid winds of 140 miles per hour. ahead of the strong, florida governor rick scott urged residents to heed evacuation orders. >> you cannot hide -- your is no way to hide from storm surge. it is impossible. give prepared and get out if in evacuation is ordered. every famimily must be prepared now. amy: officials warn the low-lying florida panhandle is t to stormulnerable suee w witthe geograraphy thatat could concentrtrate vast amounts homomes andaters in bunesssses the e orm cocould deliver upup o eight chches of rain in rts ofof flolorida andnd may spawn torna. climate scientist say global warming from human activity is rising oce temperatures, making s storms like hurricane mi

i'm amy goodman. in central america, at least 13 people have died aftfter torrential downpoursrs from hurricane michaeael hit thehe a, causing major floodining and landslides. the monster hurricane is expected t to make landfalll ine floridida panhandle as a categoy 3 storm wednesday. florida gov. rick scott declared a state of emergency and 35 counties. alabamama governor declaring a state of emergency for the whole state. this is governor scott. >> storm surge, rain, floods, tornadoes. listenthe weather and when they say to evacuate, you have to evacuate and don't wait until the last minute because this is different from a lot of storms we have seen. it is fast. amy: president trump visited florida ahead of the storm monday. he made no mention of climate change or the u.n. landmark report that humanity has only a dozen years to mitigate climate change or face global catastrorophe. we will hahave more on the clime repoport later in the broadcast. president trump hosted a ceremonial swearing-in of sup

i'm amy goodman. the senate will vote this morning on whether tend debate on the nomination of brett kavanaugh to the u.s. supreme court, setting up a confirmation vote as early as saturday. key republican senators, including susan collins of maine, jeff flake of arizona and lisa murkowski of alaska, have yet to announce their position on the vote. on friday, both senators flake and collins said that the recent fbi background report into kavanaugh was thorough and did not corroborate accusations against the nominee. democratic leaders said the report, which was withheld from the public and was made available in a single copy to senators on thursday, was incomplete. this is ranking member of the senate judiciary committee senator dianne feinstein. >> the most notable part of this .eport is what is not in it as we noted by the white house, the fbi did not interview brett kavanaugh, nor did the fbi .nterview dr. blasey ford what we heard from numerous people over the last few days seeking to provide info

i'm amy goodman. authorities are continuing to investigate suspicious packages containing homemade bomb devices targeting high profile democrats as well as the cnn news network. investigators say the bombs may have originated in southern florida and were sent through the u.s. postal service. the 10 packages beining examined had a rereturn addreress f f fla representative debbie wasserman schultz. three packages were intercepted thursday, two headed for vice president joe biden in delaware and a third to actor robert de niro in manhattan. other targets of the packages are billionaire philanthropist george soros, the obamas, the clintons, congressmember maxine waters, former u.s. attorney general eric holder, and former cia chief john brennan -- whose package was delivered to the offices of cnn. this is fbi assistant director william sweeney. days, 10he last few suspicious packages were located at multiple locations in new york, maryland, florida, delaware, and los angeles. andenforcement responded each

i'm amy goodman. president trump has announced plans to pull the united states out of a landmark nuclear arms pact with russia in a move that could spark a new arms race. president ronald reagan and former soviet leader mikilil gorbachev signed thehe intetermediate-range nuclear forces, or inf, treaty in 1987. the inf banned all nuclear and non-nuclear missiles with short and medium ranges. the treaty helped to eliminate thousands of land-based missiles. trump spoke about his decision on saturday. pres. trump: russia has violated the agreement. they have been violating for many years, and i don't know what president obama did not negotiate or pullout. and we're not going to let them violate a and go out and do weapons and we are not allowed to. we're the ones that have stayed in the agreement. and we have the agreements that russia has not, unfortunately, under the agreement so we're going to terminate the agreement. amy: president trump did not offer details on how russia was violating the deal. over

i'm amy goodman. "this one just looks like a bomb dropped." that's how one search and rescue worker described the catastrophic devastation wrought by hurricane michael, the category 4 storm that has killed at least six people and has devastated communities across the florida panhandle. michael is the third most powerful storm to ever hit the u.s. mainland. meteorologists say it is supercharged by warmer-than-usual water in the gulf of mexico. some of florida's seaside communities, like mexico beach, are completely flattened, with homes destroyed and fishing boats flung ashore by the 155-mile-an-hour winds. ththis is emily a and elizabeth hansen, residents of mexico beach. >> everybody we know lost their house. and our jobs. close evacuate? , we stayed in her home. it was terrible. it was scary. we lost our chimney, so we have some -- one >> flooding damage. amy: o on thursday, michael was downgraded to a tropical storm as it barreled through the carolinas. states of emergency have been declared in ala

i'm amy goodman. at least two people died after hurricane michael hit florida and georgia on wednesday as a category 4 storm. nearing category 5. with winds reaching 155 miles per hour, michael is the third most powerful storm to ever hit the u.s. mainland. the carolinas are now bracing for more flooding just weeks after the region was devastated by hurricane florence. meteorologists said the hurricane michael was supercharged from the warmer than usual water in the gulf of mexico. there was almost no mention of global warming on the cable news networks. advocacy groups say the florida department of corrections has not evacuated at least a dozen in mandatory evacuation zones as of wednesday. this comes as in spain, torrential rains and flash flooding have killed at least 10 people on the island of mallorca. nine inches of rain fell in just two hours with meteorologists calling it "one in a thousand years" event. meanwhile, in indonesia, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook the islands of east java and bal

i'm amy goodman. the fbi has completed its limited, supplemental investigation into sexual misconduct claims about supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, with u.s. senators set to review the fbi's summaries of interviews with witnesses today. the report will not be made public. instead, senators from each party will take one hour turns to review a single copy of the fbi document in a secure room in the basement of the capitol. fbi agents did not interview dr. blasey ford or judge kavanaugh for their investigation, nor do they interview a third kavanaugh accuser, julie swetnick. democrats have blasted the fbi's limited scope and short timetable for the investigation. they are also questioning the impartiality of fbi director christpher wray, who was two years behind kavanaugh at yale as an undergraduate and at yale law school, and they both work together on the ken starr that led ton president clinton's impeachment trial. that led to president clinton's impeachment trial. on wednesday evening, senate m

i'm amy goodman. saudi arabia will allow turkey to search its consulate in istanbul monday afternoon, nearly two weeks after prominent jojournalist and "washington po" columnist jamal khashoggi entered ththe consulate on octor 2 and has not been seen since. this news comes amid mounting international demands that saudi arabia explain the shocking disappearance after turkish officials accused the saudis of assassinating khashoggi, dismembering him, and smuggling body parts out of the consulate. in an interview with cbs's "60 minutes come copresident trump said saudi arabia would suffer severe consequences if was found responsible. but trump has repeatedly said he opposes ending u.s. weapons sales to the kingdom, which he claims are worth $110 billion to u.s. companies. pres. trump: there are many other things we could do, but $110 billionaway of purchases from our country, that h hurts our workers, our factories, hurts all of our companies -- you are talking about 500,000 jobs. so we do that, we are re

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from california. federal authorities have launched an investigation afterr papackages containing pipe bom's were sent to prominent democrats come all kenexa president trump. -- all critics of president trump. to targets were sent president obama, michelle obama, hillary clinton george soros, , former attorney general eric holder, congresswoman maxine waters, and former cia director john brennan. several of the bombs had listed democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz as thehe retun address. cnn was forced to evacuate its new york studios in manhattan wednesday morning after it received what police described as a live explosive device. it came in a package addressed to brennan that also held an envelope containing white powder. police are also investigating a suspicious package found early this morning that was mailed to actor robert de niro's restaurant in new york. de niro has frequently publicly criticized president trump. no one was hurt in any of the c

i'm amy goodman. the fbi is contitiing its reopened investigation into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the focus of the probe is on allegations made by dr. christine blasey ford that kavanaugh attempted to rape her in 1982. but the fbi has also reached out to deborah ramirez, a former classmate of kavanaugh's at yale who says he thrusted his genitals into her face during a party. the fbi probe was launched after republican senator jeff flake of arizona announced he would not support kavanaugh's confirmation on the floor without a new investigation into the allegations. >> i have been speaking with a number of people on the other side. we have conversations ongoing for a while with regard to making sure that we do due diligence here, and i think it delay theroper to floor vote for up to, but not more than, one week in order to let the fbi continue -- to do an investigation, limited in time and scope, to the current allegations that are there. limited in time to no more than one week. and i will

i'm amy goodman. president trump said monday he wants the fbi to expand the scope of its investigation into brett kavanaugh, even as he said he supreme court nominee had been treated unfairly by the media and promised the bureau would work quickly to complete its probe. prpres. trump: i want themem toa very comprehensive investitigatn . whwhatever that means accordingo the senators and republicans and the republican majoritity. i want them do that. i wanted to be comprehensive. amy: the washington post" reports the slightly expanded investigigation will now includa look into allegations by a third kavanaugh accuser, julie swetnick, who says she observed kavanaugh at high school parties in the 1980's joining efforts to inebriate girls so they could be gang-raped. the fbi won't have much time to complete its work. republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said he's planning a vote on kavanaugh's confirmation by the end of the week. this comes as nbc news is reporting kavanaugh and his team worke

amy: the ongoing u.s.-backed, saudi-led bombing campaign in yemen has come under renewed scrutiny in the wake of the saudi murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. german chancellor angela merkel has said she will halt a arms exports toto the sau kiningdomut other leaders have yet to follow . amnesty international france has urged french president emanuel macron to halt arms sales to the saudis while prime minister justin trudeau faces similar pressure in canada. trudeau said he is unlikely to cacancel a 2014 deal with the saudis for the sale of armored vehicles. president trumpmp has said d hel not hold weapons s also saudi arabia. president trump p spoke out tuesday on journalist jamal khashoggi's murder, callining ia "worst cover up ever." pres. trump: they had a bad original concept. it was carried out poorly. in the cover up was one of the worst in the history of coverups. very simple. bad deal. should never have been thought up. somebody really messed up. amy: on tuesday, secretary of state mike pompeo

i'm amy goodman. pittsburgh, pennsylvania, is in mourning after what's being described as deadliest anti-semitic attack in u.s. history. on saturday, a 46-year-old white man named robert bowers allegedly stormed the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh's squirrel hill neighborhood, yelling "all jews must die" as he opepened fire on worshipers preparing for shabbat services. swat officers arrived on the scene of carnage 20 minutes after the rampage began and detained bowers after a shootout. bowers had an ar-15 semiautomatic assault rifle and at least three handguns at the time of his arrest. the 11 victims ranged from 54 to 97 years in age. six others were injured, including four policemen. on sunday, some 2500 people gathered for memorial services to pay their respects and call for healing. this is pittsburgh mayor bill peduduto. >> i think the approach that we need to be looking at is how we take the guns, which is the common denominator of every mass shooting in america, out of the hands of those t

i'm amy goodman. brett kavanaugh was sworn in saturday as an associate justice of the united states supreme court just hours after the senate voted to confirm him. the 53-year-old's lifetime appointment cements a right-wing majority on the court for the foreseeable future. the vote was 50 in favor, 48 agaiainst, and 1 present. republican senator lisa murkowski, who had promised to buck her party and vote "no" on kavanaugh, voted "present" so that repepublican senator steve daines of montana could attend his daughter's wedding. republican senator susan collins of maine, who was seen as a possible swing vote on kavanaugh's confirmation, announced her support for the candidate on friday afternoon. cloaked despite the turbulent, bitter fight surrounding his nomination, my fervent hope is workbrett kavanaugh will to lessen the divisions in the supreme court so that we have far fewer 5-4 decisions, and so that public confidence in our judiciary and our highest court is restored. mr. president, i i will vote

amy: the u.s.acked saudi-uae-led coalition in yemen has sent more than 10,000 additional troops towards the hodeidah. according to yemeni i government officials, a new milititary offensive in the region is expected to start within dayays. the u.n. warned 14 million people in yemen face possible famine. this comes as defense secretary jamemes mattis and secretary of state mike pompeo have called for a yemen ceasefire. the u.s. is the largest supplier of arms to the saudi-uae military coalition in yemen. in august, a bomb that appeared to be manufactured by u.s. company lockheed martin killed over 40 schoolchildrdren in an airsrstrike. inin sri lanka, ovover 10,000 protesters took to the streets in the capital colombo tuesday amid an unfolding constitutional crisis. the unrest b began friday when i lanka's president ousted prime minister ranil wickremesinghe, then immediately replaced him with the former president mahinda rajapaksa, who has been accused of human rights abuses and corruption. the oust

i'm amy goodman. "the new york times" reported thursday the saudis are considering blaming a top adviser to crown prince mohammed bin salman for the killing of saudi journalist "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. the saudis will claim that killed al-assiri khashoggi. he served as a spokesman for the u.s.-backed saudi led coalition in yemen. turkish officials say khashoggi was tortured and murdered by a squad of 15 saudi hit men shortly after entering the saudi his symbol october 2. video and on your recordings from inside the consnsulate reportedly show khashoggi was beaten, tortured,d, dismembered, beheaded with h his fingers cut off. four of the men implicated in khashoggi's thahat are repoporty linked to mbs's security detail. president trump said thursday he now believes khashoggi is dedead and acknowledged allegations against the saudis. it certainly looks that way to me. it i is very sad. >> what are e you considering fr possible consequences? pres. trump: it will have to be very severe

i'm amy goodman. president trump said monday he will sign an executive order ending the constitutional of protected birthright citizenship for children of non-citizens born on u.s. soil. trump was speaking with reporters for the documentary series "axios" on hbo. pres. trump: how ridiculous -- we're the only country in the world where a person comes in, has a baby, and baby is essentially a citizen n of the united states for 85 yearsrs wih all of ththose benefits. it is ridiculous. it is ridiculous. it has to end. >> have you talked about that with counsel? pres. trump: it is in the process. it will happen. amy: trump's executive order would violate the 14th amendment of the constitution, which states -- "all persons born or naturalized in the united states, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the united states and of the state wherein they reside." this comes as the white house and the right-wing media is continuing to focus at of the midterm elections on the caravan of central a

i'm amy goodman. the united states received a $100 million payment from saudi arabia tuesday, the same day secretary of state mike pompeo met with saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman and his father king salmon in saudi arabia to discuss the disappearance washington post journalist jamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in his symbol. while the $100 payment had been brokered earlier this summer, and is related to u.s. military efforts in syria, the timing of its delivery appeared highly suspicious, with one u.s. official telling "the new york times" -- "the timing of this is no coincidence." turkish officials have said khashoggi was tortured and murdered by a squad of 15 saudi hit men who dismembered his body. video and audio recordings from inside the consulate reportedly show khashoggi was beaten, tortured, and beheaded, with his fingers cut off, and his body dismembered. this is secretary of state mike pompeo speaking about his visit to saudi arabia. >> they made no exceptions to who they wou

i'm amy goodman. fbi is continuing its reopened investigation into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and allegations made by dr. christine blasey ford that kavanaugh attended to rape her in 1982. say kavanaugh committed perjury, lying during his testimony. a friend of kavanaugh's from yale as accused him of lying about his striking habits and college in testimony must for testimony. charles ludington said -- "when brett got drunk, he was often hundred and aggressive. on one of the last occasions are purposefully socialized with him, not by diffusing the situation, but by throwing a beer in the man's face and starting a fight with that ended with one of our mutual friends in jail." a number of kavanaugh's remake -- classmates at yale have made similar remarks about kavanaugh's drinking. group of alumni from kavanaugh's all-male school high school has issued a call for fellow graduates to come forward if they have information about any sexual assaults possibly committed by the supreme court nominee,

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez.uan: would continue our discussion on tomorrow khashoggi as gruesome new details emerge in the disappearance and probable death a at the saudi journalilist and "washington po" columnist. he was reportedly still alive when his body was dismsmemberedn the is simple consulate more than two weeks ago. a turkish sources it took in seven minutes to die. "the new york times" reports four of the 15 saudi men implicated in the killing are directly linked to crown prince mohammed bin salman's security detail. amy: for more, we're joined by sarah aziza investigative , reporter who's been reporting from saudi arabia with the pulitzer center for crisis reporting. her latest piece for the intercept is headlined "jamal khashoggi wasn't the first -- saudi arabia has been going after dissidents abroad for decades." it is great to have you with us. we were just speaking with jamal elshayyal. if you can add to what he was saying, what you think it is important for people to understand at this point will

i'm amy goodman. secretary of state mike pompeo has wrapped up a trip to the saudi arabian capital riyadh, where he met with king salmand and crown prince mohammed bin salman as internationall condemnation grew over the apparent murder of jamal khashoggi. he has not been seen since the insert dish into the saudi consulate october 2. after the meetings, pompeo said the saudi leadership strongly denies any knowledge of what the this be's whereabouts. there reportedly audio recordings showing khashoggi was dragged screaming from the office, forced onto a table in a neighboring room, and injected with an unknown subs and's. khashoggi was reportedly then dismembered by a saudi forensic dr. and autopsy expert who allegedly listened to music on headphones as he used a bone saw to cut a still breathing khashoggi into pieces. "the new york times" reports four the alleged hitmen are linked to mom and bin salman's sickening detail. one of the men has traveled frequently with the crown prince, including on his re

-amy: hi, i'm amy. lemonis: amy. how are you? lady: i'm so glad you're wearing jeans. -lemonis: you didn't think i would come to a jean bar with jeans? lady: belly up. lemonis: so, what's "belly up" mean? lady: our slogan is, "you belly up to the bar, and we'll cover your ass." when someone walks in, we always say, "belly up to the bar, and we'll help you." so you basically tell the jean tenders, these lovely folks, how you like your jeans to fit. amy: so you tell me straight cut, bootcut, relaxed, darker or lighter, and then what size you think you are, and i can help guide you to, like, the best-fitting jean. lady: the basic premise of the store is that you can't, you know, touch the jeans without us. lemonis: do they actually say to the people, "you can't touch the jeans without us"? -lady: yeah. -amy: mm-hmm. lady: they can't walk behind the bar. lemonis: okay. amy: hi, ladies. welcome in. lemonis: have you guys shopped here before? woman: i pop in every once in a while. you know, i just live down the street. lemonis: have you done this whole, like, "belly up to th

i'm amy goodman. turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has directly accused saudi arabia of the premeditated murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. he called it a political killing orchestrated by saudi officials. khashoggi was last seen alive entering the saudi consulate in istanbul, turkey october 2. , erdogan said a team of saudi officials had planned khashoggi's murder days in advance. during a speech in the turkish parliament today, erdogan called for the saudi suspects to be tried in turkey. >> and now there is official acknowledgment there was a murder. where is the body? why to we still not have the body? if the information that the body was given to a local co-conspirator, and this is information by an authority, by the way, now my question is, who is this local co-conspirator?r? amy: president erdogan's remarks directly contradict saudi arabia's claim that khashoggi died during a fistfight in the consulate. turkish officials have claimed audio and video recordings show saudi officials

i'm amy goodman. saudi officials are preparing to say that after nearly two weeks of denials, prominent saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was killed by mistake during an interrogation gone wrong. the change in the official saudi narrative over khashoggi's disappearance came as turkish for an sick investigators wrapped up the research of saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul nearly two weeks after prominent journalist and "washington post" columnist entered the building and vanished. turkish officials have said khashoggi was tortured and murdered by a squad of 15 saudi hitmen, who dismembered his body. video filmed outside the consulate monday showed workers carrying buckets, mops, cleaning products, trash h bags, and a cacarton of blea i into ee buildingng hours ahehead of the arrival of turkish crime scene vestigators,s, who repororted ty smelleled cleaning chemicals w n they arrived on n the scene. on monday, president trump said he'd spoken by phone with saudi king salman who denied any knowledge of

amy traces her to going back to hillary back a decade, and draws parallels between amy's career choice and life trajectory with hillary's ben's book ricochets back and forth with a special emphasis on the moment in the middle of thedd century when franklin roosevelt reformed the government contract withed the american people. books and i we have a lot of opportunity a. so let's get to it. could for the folks in the audience who have not read your books, could you each give a ldquick summary of what your bok is about? ch. >> amy: my book is a personal memoir about cover hillary clinton and a national political reporter at the "new york times" took over every personal decision on my life am. i got engaged on the campaign trail, should we have a baby. so i think of it as julia and julia, do you remember that movie and book? butnd politics instead of cooki. so you know i do think you coming way with an inside account and of why she lost, and elshe a predominantly female press core, but it's a very personal book as well. >> ben: "beautiful country, bore figuring out why thinks happen as the

amy, you're up first. amy: hello. great to be here with you. wonder if you can start out by talking about what we're going to see these next four weeks in the final stretch of these mid terms where the hottest race is, where are there surprises and then how do you think that the sort of drama and actual ultimate of the brett kavanaugh confirmation process affect what we're going to see these last few weeks. emily: let me start by putting in context where we're headed into the next 3 1/2 weeks. and it starts with the fact we have a record number of women running for office and at "emily's list" we've endorsed more women this cycle than we ever have in a single cycle. we've endorsed 70 women for the u.s. house and 53 in seats that could and likely will flip from red to blue. we're endorsed in 12 u.s. senate races and eight governor's races and as of today, more than 550 state and local races. as we head in the homestretch we have women on the ballot and women engaged in levels we've never seen before. and in the kavanaugh hearings, the trauma of

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congratulations, amy. >> and the very bottom of the list reads, i'm pregnant, amy schumer. she married her husband, chris fischer, earlier this year. >> congratulations to them. >>> unconvent >>> people living in san francisco's neighborhood. >> especially the elderly and handicap community is saying they have a hard time getting around them because the dog's leash is in the way or the group ofs d eyet mo pavg ahme. of requesting nehbodrowns hertuents call poli complain. >>> the newest vehiclisce cream truck for patrol. kids in silicon valley were the first in line. they are using the ice cream truck to strengthen their relationship with the community. officers will give out free ice cream at different locations like parks, schools and community events. >>> let's get an update on willa. you can see it churning just to the north of purt t it's category 4. it's going to go right through mexico. look where it ends up. dumping more rain in those areas flooded last week in texas. not good news there. sue? >> we're taking a look at your morning commute in the south bay this morni