i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ.> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. the u.s. has launched airstrikes in syria, targeting militants from the islamic state as well as members of a separate group known as the khorasan group. the pentagon says the was fired 47 tomahawk land attack missiles . in addition coming u.s. air force navy and record fighters, bombers and drones, took part in the airstrikes. syrian observatory for human rights, at least 20 islamic state fighters were killed in strikes that hit at least 50 targets in raqqa and deir al-zor provinces in syria's east. u.s. central command said bahrain, jordan, qatar, saudi arabia and the united arab emirates had either participated or supported the strikes against the islamic state, which has seized swathes of syria and iraq. >> meanwhile the united states acted alone against the khorasan group. in a statement u.s. central command said -- the syrian government said the united states had informed it of the pending at

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> on wednesday, egyptian president abdel fattah al-sisi delivered his inaugural speech to the united nations general assembly meeting in new york. he applauded his nation for "revolting against corruption and despotism was goat and vowed that egypt under his rule would respect freedom of opinion and religion. >> from this podium, i first support the great people of egypt that made history twice over the past few years. first, when they revolted against corruption and despotism and claim the right to freedom, dignity, and social justice. then when they held onto their identity and enthused by patriotism, they rose up against exclusion, refusing jessica to tyranny of the factions, who, in the name of legend, but there interests before the interests of the people. egypt, as to build in state that represents its rights and freedoms, honors its duties, and ensures coexistence of its citizens without exclusion. a state that represents an of forces the rule of law, guarantees freedom of opi

i'm amy goodman.ong kong is facing its largest political unrest in decades as pro-democracy protesters have refused to leave the streets. tens of thousands of people have defied a police crackdown to continue their calls for greater political freedom. the protests began last week over china's recent rejection of free elections for hong kong. we will go to hong kong for more after headlines. afghanistan is expected to sign an agreement to keep 10,000 us troops in the country after inaugurating its new president on monday. --the deal came after a day came one day after. hamid karzai, refused to sign. white house counselor john podesta praised the new afghan government on monday. >> i encourage all afghans to corporate with the new government. the united states looks forward to supporting the unity government and the afghan people. to that end, we look forward to the signing of the agreement, an important step in strengthening the strategic agreement between the countries. the united states remains commi

i'm amy goodman. the united nations says levels of greenhouse gases responsible for global warming have reached a record high. according to the un's world meteorological urbanization, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rose by nearly three parts per million from one he 12 to 2013, the largest single year increase since teachout records began three decades ago. blaster concentration of carbon dioxide reached italy 400 parts per million, the highest level in at least 800,000 years as

i'm amy goodman. violence continues in eastern ukraine putting government forces and russian-backed separatists following a day of confusion over cease-fire. ukraine initially claimed it had reached a cease-fire with russia, only to retract the claim after russian president vladimir putin said his government isn't a party to the conflict. his ownen unveiled seven-point peace plan, which ukraine intern dismissed as a ruse. speaking during a visit to estonia, president obama squarely blamed russia for the fighting and vowed to defend baltic states is adjusted are threatened by moscow. >> it is going to take time for us to be able to roll them back, and it is gone to take time for us to be up to form the regional coalition that will be required so that we can reach out to sunni tribes in some of the areas that isis has occupied. and make sure that we have allies on the ground in common nation with the airstrikes that we have already conducted. so the bottom line is this. our objective is clear. and that

i'm amy goodman. fighting continues to rage in eastern ukraine amidst a worsening standoff between kiev and moscow. separatist rebels have taken from ukrainianas forces. ukraine says russian forces are directly involved, with president poroshenko accusing moscow of "direct and open aggression." on monday, russian renewed calls for cease-fire between the ukrainian government and the separatist, but ukraine has vowed to continue the fight saying a cease-fire would mark a russian victory. in a statement, the cranny defense minister said -- the continued violence in ukraine comes ahead of a nato summit in britain later this week. nato officials said they plan to uproot a 4000-member force that can be rapidly deployed to eastern europe in response to "russia's aggressive behavior." president obama has notified congress of new u.s. airstrikes on iraq really one month after they began. over the weekend, u.s. warplanes bombed targets around the iraqi city of amerli. iraqi forces and shiite fighters rebel to b

i'm amy goodman. the white house is asserting president obama already has authority for the expandability or a campaign against the islamic state he is asked congress to approve. the message was delivered to lawmakers ahead of obama's address to the nation tonight. he is expected to outline his strategy for what the white house calls the grading and ultimately destroying the terrorist group. leaked details forecast a long-term campaign that will extend u.s. airstrikes from iraq to syria where isil has established a foothold battling syrian president bashar al-assad. obama speculation's are said to include how to intervene without assad the us on -- regime. speaking to reporters, the white house press secretary says obama's plan is informed by the mistakes of the iraq war. our priorities are implants include and what our plans don't include. it is in porton to note that the president come as much as anyone else, presently learned the lessons that are evident from previous military activities in iraq, s

i'm amy goodman.president obama has confirmed he will not fulfill his pledge to take executive action on immigration reform by summer's end. obama had promised a broad overhaul in the face of republican obstruction, including a potential new reprieve to slow his record-breaking deportations. it over the weekend, the white house cited what it called house republicans extreme politicized and of this issue for forcing president obama to wait until after the midterm elections. obama had faced calls from a number of democrats to delay action so as not to hurt their election chances this november. in an interview with chuck todd, president obama denied democratic midterm success as his motivation. instead, he said he needs more time to convince u.s. public on the merits of his approach. >> i'm being honest about the politics of it. this problem with unaccompanied children that we saw a couple of weeks ago where you have from central america a surge of kids who are showing up at the border , got a lot of att

i'm amy goodman. ukraine has retracted an earlier claim to have reached a cease-fire with russia. the office of ukrainian president poroshenko initially said he agreed with russian counterpart vladimir putin on steps toward a cease-fire with pro-russian rebels in eastern ukraine, but the kremlin then tonight a cease-fire agreement saying it is not in a position to make a deal because it is not a party to a deal. ukraine has accused russia of direct involvement in the violence amidst the recent escalation. the confusion comes as president obama visits the former soviet republic of estonia had of a major nato summit in wales. more than 2600 people have been killed in eastern ukraine since april, the majority by ukrainian forces. the un's has more than one million people have been displaced over one quarter internally. more after the headlines. the militant group islamic state has released a video which appears to show the second beheading of u.s. journalist in as many weeks. steven sotloff is seen weari

i'm amy goodman.> secretary of state john kerry is in turkey in an ongoing effort to drum up support for a u.s. military-led campaign. inthursday, john kerry was 10 arababia where countries -- egypt, iraq, jordan, lebanon and six gulf states, including saudi arabia and qatar, agreed to help the united states fight the sunni militants that have seized swathes of iraq and syria. >> arab nations play a huge role in our roles. the foreign fighters, which isil requires to thrive, and certainly the effort to recruit it once and for all the dangerous, the offensive, the insulting distortion of islam tot isil propaganda attempts spread through the region and the world. >> retired marine general john allen has been kept to oversee the campaign. he previously served as a top u.s. commander in an. the pentagon has announced they will -- in afghanistan. the pentagon has announced they will start airstrike missiles -- airstrike missions. present dilemmas facing key questions about striking without ande house appro

i'm amy goodman with fleming shaikh.n to comments made by the leader of hezbollah. >> we are against action in syria, whether it was about the regime, islamic state, or other. it is a matter of principle. this american administration is not ethically qualified to present itself as a fighter of terrorism or as a leader of international coalitions targeting terrorism. it is nothing to do with fighting terror. obamaoalition, as expresses in his speeches, is defending american interests. >> that was leader of hezbollah, hassan nasrallah. patrick cockburn, could you respond to what he said, and the suggestion that you have made in a recent piece that any prolonged air campaign in syria allies wouldnd its have to rely on those fighting isis on the ground, among them, hezbollah. >> yes. it is a messy situation because there is no doubt that those syria a thes in syrian army, hezbollah, the whose parent organization is labeled as a terrorist by the u.s. and the european union. so, if the u.s. and others are and trying to degrade

i'm amy goodman. as many as 400,000 people turned out in new york city on sunday for the people's climate march, the largest environmental protest in history. the turnout far exceeded expectations, with a massive crowd filling the streets to demand action on global warming. other marches and rallies were held in 166 countries. more protests are planned today. climate activists are gathering this morning in downtown manhattan for a mass sit in dubbed flood wall street. the march was time to coincide with the united nations climate summit in new york on tuesday. new figures show global emissions of greenhouse gases rose last year to record levels. greenhouse gases increased 2.3% overall. u.s. emissions were up 2.9% after declining in recent years. the head of the talks, the obama ministry confirmed it will not pledge any new money to a global fund helping poor nations deal with global warming. in a move coinciding with the climate summit, the heirs to the rockefeller oil fortune are announcing they will

i'm amy goodman. moment of bipartisan unity, house lawmakers have voted to authorize the arming and training of syrian rebels fighting the islamic state. the senate is expected to pass a legislation today. the obama administration has lobbied heavily for the measure as part of its ramped up offensive against the islamic state which has claimed swaths of both iraq and syria. the vote came as president obama sought to provide reassurance the offensive will not involve ground troops in iraq. be clear.to the american forces that have been played to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. support iraqi forces on the ground as they fight for their own country against these terrorists. as your commander-in-chief, i will not commit you and the rest of our armed forces to fighting another ground war in iraq. >> obama's comments came one day after general martin dempsey, of the joint chiefs of staff, acknowledged ground troops may be needed in iraq in the future. the islamic state has released a video t

i'm amy goodman.he most senior u.s. military officer has said u.s. ground troops may be needed in iraq as part of the obama ministrations offensive against the islamic state. general martin dempsey testified before the senate armed services committee tuesday. >> as i said in my statement, my view at this point is that this coalition is the appropriate way forward. i believe that will prove true. but if it fails to be true and if there are threats to the united states, then i would go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use of u.s. military ground forces. >> his remarks can less than a week after president obama told the nation "we will not get dragged into another ground war in iraq." obama is expected to visit headquarters today to discuss strategy in iraq and syria. the house is expected to vote today on a request from obama authorization to arm and train moderate syrian rebels. we will speak with congress member jim mcdermott later in the broadcast. tuesday senate h

i'm amy goodman.ters in scotland have opted not to form an independent country. with a record turnout of 84%, about 55% of voters chose to remain in the united kingdom, while 45% chose independence. in the wake of the vote, british prime minister david cameron has vowed to give scotland more independent powers as part of a process known as devolution. >> the people of scotland have spoken, and it is a clear result. they have kept our country of four nations together come and like millions of other people, i am delighted. as i said during the campaign, it would have broken my heart to see our united kingdom come to an end. >> the u.s. senate has voted 78-22 in favor of a plan by the obama administration to train and equip syrian rebels as part of an offensive against militants known as the islamic state. just 10 democrats and 12 republicans voted against the plan. the measure passed the house of representatives earlier this week, but 85 democrats and 71 republicans voted against it. president obama pra

i'm amy goodman. the obama administration launched what it calls the first strikes of its expanded military campaign against the islamic state. the pentagon says u.s. warplanes bombed isis positions south of baghdad in support of iraqi forces under fire. the u.s. had carried out previous strikes under the stated mission of safeguarding u.s. personnel, helping refugees, and protecting infrastructure. the strikes in iraq come as the u.s. won pledges to fight isis at an international summit in paris. some 30 countries signed on to a statement vowing to defeat isis "by any means necessary." the u.s. did not invite iran to the summit, but confirmed it had reached out with an unspecified offer of cooperation against isis will stop there many in government rejected the u.s. overture as "hollow and self-serving" and marred by "evil intentions." france had wanted to invite iran to the talks in paris, but secretary state john kerry said saudi arabia and the united arab emirates would have boycotted. secretaryh

i'm amy goodman. more than 400 fast food workers and their supporters have been arrested in a national day of action for $15 and our minimum wage. workers staged a one-day strike of 150 cities across the united states thursday in las vegas to chicago and detroit to little rock, arkansas and here in new york city. >> we are gaining awareness and showing people in albany we deserve to be in a union and we are angry about minimum wage. we don't believe in minimum wage, we believe in a living wage. >> we're demanding -- we're not asking for so much. we're just asking for enough to live and survive in new york. >> those arrested engaged in nonviolent civil disobedience by blocking streets during rush hour. in addition to a living wage, workers are also seeking the right to unionize and improve workplace conditions, including assistant working hours. more on the fast food workers strike later in the broadcast. a federal judge has ruled the oil giant bp was grossly negligent in the lead up to the 2010 deepwa

i'm amy goodman. president obama has authorized u.s. airstrikes for the first time in syria and their expansion in iraq against the militant group islamic state. in a primetime address, obama vowed to hunt down islamic state militants wherever they are. >> we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country wherever they are. that means i will not hesitate to take action against isil in syria as well as iraq. this is a core principle of my presidency. if you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. i want the american people to understand how this ever will be different from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. it will not involve american combat troops fighting on foreign soil. this counterterrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, rely less effort to take out isil wherever they exist, using our air power and our support for partners forces on the ground. >>'s plan includes over $500 million to arm and train syrian rebels. one group that has cast doubt on aiding the certain opposition is the family of steven sotloff, the a

i'm amy goodman. >> u.s. continues to expand military operations in iraq and syria with new deployments and bombings. overnight, us-led warplanes hit grain silos and other targets in northern and eastern syria. the syrian observatory for human rights says the attacks killed a number of civilians, though the toll is unknown. videos emerged of a pair three cities.s in one claimed the bombing had residential neighborhood. us-led offensive hit islamic state positions around the town which has come under a relentless isis assault. the shelling appeared to intensify over the weekend, forcing more residents to flee. more than 150,000 syrian kurds have sought refuge in turkey over the past week. meanwhile in iraq, the pentagon has deployed a division headquarters unit for the first time since the u.s. withdrawal in 2011. the 200 soldiers from the army's first infantry division headquarters will join the estimated 1200 u.s. troops already inside iraq. speaking at the pentagon, the trip the joint chiefs of staf

i'm amy goodman.the united nations says levels of greenhouse gases responsible for global warming have reached a record high. according to the un's world meteorological urbanization, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rose by nearly three parts per million from one he 12 to 2013, the largest single year increase since teachout records began three decades ago. blaster concentration of carbon dioxide reached italy 400 parts per million, the highest level in at least 800,000 years as oceans absorb the increased, it has reached a level unprecedented at least over the last 300 million years. in a press release, the agency's secretary-general called the data a scientific base for global action on climate change. "we are running out of time" he said. report comes ahead of the yuan, summit and the people's climate march here in new york later this month. study on climate change has warned the southwestern united states is at an increased risk of devastating drought. cornell university profe

i'm amy goodman. an international summit on combating militants from the islamic state has opened in france bringing together around 30 countries from the us-led coalition. the obama administration says several arab league countries have signed on for airstrikes in iraq and syria but no sustained campaign is imminent. speaking at the white house, josh earnest said the u.s. is at war with isil. way that we are at war with al qaeda and its affiliates around the globe, we are at war with isil. i am not just talking about the united states but this broader coalition including allies around the world who are united in confronting this threat. >> president obama has already asserted he does not eat congressional approval to expand airstrikes into syria. on friday, the administration said it derives legal authority from the war on isil both from the 2001 terror resolution and the 2002 vote authorizing the iraq war. the claimhouse made despite president obama's previous call for appealing the war authorizatio

i'm amy goodman.oday, a special with henry siegman, long described as one of the nation's big three jewish organizations along with the american jewish committee and the anti-defamation league. he was born in 1930 and frank for, germany. three years later, the nazis came to powerful stop after fleeing nazi troops in belgium, his family then eventually moved to the united states will stop his father was a leader of the european zionist movement that pushed for the creation of a jewish state. in new york, siegman studied the religion and was ordained as an orthodox rabbi by yeshiva torah vodaas, later becoming head of the synagogue council of america. after his time at the american jewish congress, siegman became a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. he now serves as president of the u.s.-middle east project. over the years, henry siegman has become a vocal critic of israel's policies in the occupied territories and has urged israel to engage with hamas. he has called the palestinian stru

i am amy goodman. we are on the streets of new york city where maybe hundreds of thousands of people from around the country and around the world are gathering for what could be the largest -- one of the largest political marches in history and certainly the largest people's climate march. we are in new york city at columbus circle. interesting that it is columbus circle, considering the march will be led by hundreds of people that came from around the country and around the planet. right now to layout the scope of what is taking place today in this historic moment is the founder of one of the organizations that organized this mass march today. welcome to democracy now. >> thank you so much for being here and for documenting what will be a pretty remarkable day. i think what you said is right. there hasn't been a political gathering about anything this large in this country for many years. i think it demonstrates that climate change is at the tip of people's consciousness. >> why don't you layout what

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