amy goodman: and above, we see a helicopter. cob johns: the helicopter itself has been following us and taking pictures. and were filming them in return. >> come on, guys! weve got to stop this! amy: people have gone through the fencemen, women and children. the bulldozers are still going. and theyre yelling at the men in hard hats. one man in a hard hat threw one of the protesters down. and theyre marching over the dirt mounds. some of the security have dogs. the six bulldozers are pulling back right now. people are marching forward in their tracks. there are men, women and children. more security trucks are pulling up. there are some protesters on horseback. hundreds of people are coming from the main camp. theyre climbing up the tracks left by the bulldozers, six at least, ive counted, that are now receding. protesters advance as far as a small wooden bridge. security unleashes one of the dogs, which attacks two of the native americans horses. security has some kind of gas. people are being pepper-sprayed. protesters: we are n

i'm amy goodman.p harburg wrote the lyrics to the wizard of oz. ernie harburg: actually, yip did more than the lyrics. when they were -- when yip and harold arlen were called in to do the score of the wizard of oz, it was yip who had this executive experience in his electrical appliance business and also had become a show doctor, so he was -- that is, when a show wasn't working, you would call somebody and try to fix it up. he had an overview of shows and he had an executive talent. and so, he was always what they called a "muscle man" in a show, alright? and he'd already worked with bert lahr in a great song, "the woodchopper's song," and -- amy goodman: wait a second. bert lahr, the lion? ernie harburg: the lion. bert lahr and most of these people were from vaudeville and burlesque. and yip knew them in the '20s, but he actually worked with bert lahr in this light -- walk a little faster and another review. i forget that name, but he and -- yip and arlen gave bert songs to sing, which allowed him to

i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. lcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: you have been looking at the latino vote in this week's election. juan: not only the latino vote, the overall vote, to get a sense of what happened in this cataclysm that we had on tuesday. first of all, i think one thing we have to understand is that fewer people voted in this election and voted in 2012. about 2% drop in the number of votes. and mitt romney actually got more votes and he ran in 2012 ththe donald trump did. a significantly, hillary clinton's vote totalss dropppped dramatically, about 5 million votes, even though she comes out now still the majority of the popular vote. one of the narratives that has been developing, and we have heard it repeatedly in the last few days, is that the failure of the latino community to turn out and the surges of voting that people expected are significant reason why she was not able to succcceed. i want to tetell you, looking at some of the data no

i am juan gonzalez, in for amy goodman. amy is on assignment. president-elect donald trump released a youtube video monday outlining how he plans to immediately withdraw from the transpacific partnership, promote oil and gas extraction in the united states, and roll back regulations. mr. trump: i have asked my transition team to develop a list of executive actions we can take on day one to restore our laws and bring back our jobs. it is about time. these include the following -- on trade, i'm going to issue a notification of intent to withdraw from the transpacific partnership. instead, we will negotiate fair, bilateral trade bills that bring jobs and industry back onto american shores. on energy, i will cancel job killing restrictions on the production of american energy, including shale energy and clean coal, creating many millions of high-paying jobs. that is what we want. that is what we have been waiting for. on regulation, i will formulate a role which says for every one new regulation, two old regulations must be eliminated. juan: despite

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i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. rmeen: we turn now to look at the texas billionaire behind the dakota access pipeline -- kelcy warren, the ceo of energy transfer partners. described by bloomberg as "among america's new shale tycoons" warren is personally worth $4 billion. he has become a major donor to the republican party. during this election cycle he , gave over $500,000 to super pac backing former texas governor rick perry. he also maxed out his donations to house speaker paul ryan, house energy chair fred upton, house majority leader kevin mccarthy, and senate energy and natural resources chair lisa murkowski. kelcy warren owns a small music label and recording company, and is the founder and driving force behind the cherokee creek music festival in texas. later in the show we will be , joined by the grammy award-winning indigo girls who have written an open letter to kelcy warren. but first, i want to turn to sue sturgis. editorial director of facing south. her latest piece is headlined, "meet the texas billion

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from marrakesh, morocco, from the u.n. climate summit. back in the united states, donald trump has chosen alabama jeff sessions. inwas elected the the senate 1990 six. as an alabama senator, he has consistently supported anti-immigration legislation. in 2010, he was a leading proponent of the effort to repeal the 14th amendment, which grant citizenship to everyone born in the united states. jeff sessions is also been a vocal opponent of the voting rights act. in 1986, president ronald reagan nominated sessions for a federal judgeship, but he was denied confirmation because of his history of racist comments, including reportedly saying he thought the ku klux klan was "ok, until i found out they smoked pot." he is also called the naacp and the aclu un-american and communist-inspired. in while, officials from donald trump's transition team have told multiple news outlets that trump has offered lt. general michael flynn the position of national security adviser. flynn

i'm juan gonzalez, in for amy goodman. amy is on assignment. president-elect donald trump held meetings with finalists for high-level cabinet positions at his golf resort clubhouse in new jersey over the weekend. among those who were paraded in front of reporters were retired marine general james mattis, who is considered a contender for defense secretary, former new york city mayor rudolph giuliani, and former massachusetts governor and 2012 republican presidential nominee mitt romney, who are both considered to be finalists for the e secretary of state positi. mamattis is a former commamandef united states central command. giuliani was the architect of new york city's stop-and-frisk program, which disproportionately targeted people of color and was later ruled unconstitutional. giuliani has also called for measures to force muslims on the government's terrorism watch list to wear electronic tracking bracelets, and boasted about how he sent undercover nypd officers to infiltrate mosques. he's been a major supporter of donald trump. romney, mea

i'm amy goodman. the cuban government has declared nine days of national mourning following the death of fidel castro. he died friday at the age of 90. his death came 60 years to the day after he, his brother raul, che guevara, and 80 others set sail from mexico in 1956 to begin what became the cuban revolution to oust the u.s.-backed cuban dictator fulgencio batista. batista fled the island in 1959 and the castros have led cuba ever since. the cuban revolution would inspire revolutionary efforts across the globe and lead castro to become one of the archenemies of the united states. it is said he survived over 600 assassination attempts, many orchestrated by the cia. across the developing world, fidel castro was viewed as a hero who stood up to washington and offered support for anti-colonial struggles. this is bolivian president evo morales speaking on saturday. .> fidel is a man fidel is a brother, a great human being. fidel is a politician, a great revolutionary. fidel castro is a great teacher of

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. een: many musicians, including emily saliers and amy ray, better known as indigo girls, are confronting kelcy warren and help stop the pipeline. in addition to owning the pipeline, warren owns a small music label and is the founder and driving force behind the cherokee creek music festival in texas. amy: the indigo girls began speaking out after september 3 when democracy now! filmed security guards working for the dakota access pipeline company attacking native americans. it showed guards unleashing dogs and using pepper spray and feature people with fight injuries and a dog with blood dripping from its nose and mouth. courts these people are threatening us with these dogs. that woman over there, she was charging them. amy: the dog has blood in its nose and mouth. >> and she is still standing here threatening -- amy: why are you letting her dog go after protesters? amy: in addition to raising awareness and funds for the land and water protectors at standing rock, the indigo girls are

i'm amy goodman. in election news, controversy continues to swirl over fbi director james comey's announcement to congressional leaders that the agency is investigating more emails as part of its probe into hillary clinton's use of a private email server. the emails were discovered as part of a probe into congress member anthony weiner, the estranged husband of top clinton aide huma abedin, who is under investigation after he sent illicit sext messages to an underaged girl. on monday, the fbi says it began to load the emails into a computer program for analysis, although it's still not clear whether the investigation will be finished by election day, exactly a week away. the clinton campaign is attacking fbi director james comey, accusing him of a double standard after claims surfaced monday that comey argued earlier this month against naming russia as meddling in the u.s. election and investigating a potential connection between russia and the truck campaign -- trump campaign because he thought it wa

i'm amy goodman broadcasting from marrakesh, morocco, the site of the u.n. climate summit or cop22, the conference of the parties. thousands of protesters gathered across the united states tuesday for a global day of action against the dakota access pipeline. protests were held in over 300 cities. in new york, dozens were arrested when protesters staged a sit-in outside the u.s. army corps of engineers' office. another 25 people were arrested in north dakota. protesters also rallied outside the white house where senator bernie sanders made a surprise appearance and addressed the protesters. mr. sanders: the issues are very clear. for hundreds of years, the native american people in our country -- the first americans -- have been lied to, have been cheated, and their sovereign rights have been denied them. and today, we are saying it is approach to the native american people, not to run a pipeline through their land. [cheers] and we are demanding that sovereign rights of the native american people the on it enters -- be honored and respected. issue that we ar

i'm amy goodman. donald trump was elected 45th president of the united states defeating hillary rodham clinton , in a stunning upset that reverberated around the world. trump carried at least 279 electoral college votes to clinton's 218, although trump appears to have narrowly lost the popular vote. around 2:50 a.m., trump took the stage at a new york city victory party, saying he had received a phone call by hillary clinton congratulating him on the win. mr. trump: to all republicans and democrats and independents across this nation, i say it is time for us to come together as one united people. it is time. [applause] i pledge to every citizen of our land that i will be president for all americans. and this is so important to me. have chosen not to support me in the past -- of which there were a few people. [laughter] i am reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so that we can work together and unify our great country. amy: the contest pitted the two most unpopular candidates in modern pr

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from cop22 in marrakesh, morocco. a member of donald trump's transition team, kansas secretary of state kris kobach, says the team is moving ahead with plans to build a wall across the entire length of the u.s.-mexico border, and to reinstate a registry for immigrants from majority muslim countries. kobach is an architect of anti-immigrant laws. following 9/11, he helped design the registry for immigrants from majority muslim countries, known as the national security entry-exit registration system, the system was dropped in 2011 after years of criticism from civil rights groups. on wednesday, carl higbie, a spokesman for the pro-trump great america pac, defended the proposed registry by citing world war ii japanese internment camps while speaking with fox news's megyn kelly. >> we did in world war ii with japanese. well it what you will -- >> you're not proposing we go back to the days of internment camps, i hope. >> i'm not proposing that at all. >> that is the ki

i'm amy goodman. here at the u.n.mate talks in marrakesh, morocco, the world bank has just published a new report finding natural disasters are pushing g 26 million p peope into poverty e each year. world bank president jim kim said -- "severe climate shocks threaten to roll back decades of progress against poverty." one of the hardest hit areas byy climate e change has been thee continent t of africa. we are joined now byby one of te leading african environmentalists nnimmo bassey, director of the health of mother earth foundation in nigeria. author of several books including his latest, "oil politics: echoes of ecological wars." welcome to democracy now! it is great to see you. i recall seeing you several years ago being dragged out by security protesting one of the previous u.n. summits. you are a voice inside and outside these summits. when the president-elect of the united states, donald trump, has , by all accounts, threaten to pull out of the u.n. fcc with united nations framework on climate change. can you exp

i'm amy goodman. in marrakesh, morocco, the second weekend of the u.n. climate talks.here have been major protest. first, we're going to what has taken place in united states. over the weekend, protests around the world voiced opposition to u.s. president-elect donald trump. in berlin, germany, italy 1000 people gathered at the brandenburg gate, a short distance from the u.s. embassy. from our perspective, this election is very dangerous because a trump presidency encourages other nationalistic parties to fight harder and people to give their votes to them. amy: here in the united states, demonstrators took to the streets to oppose trump's campaign promises to restrict immigration and register muslims, and allegations that he sexually abused women. protests took place in seattle, portland, los angeles, san francisco, oakland, chicago, oklahoma city, salt lake city, springfield, massachusetts, dayton and cinninnati, ohio, a number of cities in florida, new york, and philadelphia, where a mexican immigrant who is the a father of three u.s.-born children entered sanctuary

i'm amy goodman. tens of thousands of people took to the streets across the united states wednesday to protest the election of donald trump, who surged to victory over hillary clinton in tuesday's presididential elelection. in califorornia, at least 13 people were arrested as hundreds blocked traffic on both the 101 and the 110 highways. thousands more gathered at los angeles city hall, waving -- where some bird a giant effigy of donald trump. in nearby santa ana, police fired rubber bullets and pepper spray at hundreds of protesters after the crowds took over major intersections. in oakland, california police , also deployed tear gas and flash bang grenades against crowds of thousands who blocked traffic with their bodies and by lighting fires and t trump piÑatas. in seattle, thousands took to the streets for a protest called by the socialist seattle city councilmember kshama sawant, while in chicago, thousands rallied outside trump tower where at least five people were arrested. protests were also h

i'm amy goodman. in turkey, the two leaders and at least 10 other lawmakers of the leftist pro-kurdish people'' democratic party, known as the hdp. it's the third largest party in the turkish parliament. social media was also reportedly shut down across the largely kurdish southeast region of turkey. this comes amid a widening crackdown in turkey. less than a week ago, the turkish government fired 10,000 civil servants, ordered 15 mostly kurdish news outlets to shut down, and raided ththe offices and detained a dozen journalists from an award-winning newspaper on terrorism charges. in a afghanistan, up to 30 civilians have been killed by nato-led coalition airstrikes near kunduz thursday morning. the u.s. called for the airstrikes in order to support the u.s. special operations soldiers and afghan troops fighting the taliban in and around the city. later thursday afghans marched , to the local governors office, carrying the corpses of their relatives, which included women and children. this is one of

i'm amy goodman. president-elect donald trump has announced a handful of new cabinet picks. on t tuesday, hehe named billioe steven mnuchin to be treasury secretary. mnuchin has deep ties on wall street, including working as a partner for goldman sachs, where his father also worked. mnuchin's hedge fund also played a role in the housing crisis, after it scooped up the failing california bank indymac in 2008. under mnuchin's ownership, indymac foreclosed on thousands of families, particularly elderly residents trapped in reverse mortgages. he was accused of running a foreclosure machine. the bank, which was renamed onewest, was also accused of racially discriminatory lending practices. in 2015, mnuchin sold the bank for $3.4 billion -- $1.8 billion more than he bought it for. trump has also reportedly picked billionaire private-equity investor wilbur ross to be commerce secretary. ross specializes in flipping bankrupt companies for profit, often buying the u.s. companies at low prices and then selling

i'm amy goodman. fbi director james comey on sunday said hillary clinton will not face charges over newly discovered emails from her private server, ending nine days of speculation that jolted the race and threatened clinton's run for the white house. in a letter to lawmakers, comey said he would not alter a decision he made in july, when he said clinton had been careless with classified materials but would not face criminal charges. clininton campaign spokesperson jennifer palmieri welcomed sunday's news. >> we have seen director comey's latest letter to the hill. we are glad to see as -- that he is found, as we were confident he would, that he is affirmed the conclusion that he reached in july and we're glad this matter is resolved. amy: fbi director comey's announcement is unlikely to quell democrats who have called on him to resign. they charge comey violated the hatch act, which prohibits federal employees from influencing elections. on the campaign trail, hillary clinton enlisted some of the big

i'm amy goodman. today is election day. and across the united states voters are preparing to go to , the polls to cast thr president, senator, governor, a attorneys general, and a slew of other elected officials. on monday, both hillary clinton and donald trump finished off their final day of campaigning. trump held rallies in sarasota, florida, north carolina, pennsylvania, new hampshire. finally, in grand rapids, michigan, where he raised against the outsourcing of u.s. factories. mr. trump: america has lost -- listen to this. .0,000 factories since china entered the world trade organization, another bill and hillary-backed disaster. we are living through the greatest jobs that in the history of the world. there is never been anything like this. our jobs are being stolen like candy from a baby. not going to happen anymore, folks. there are going to be consequences. amy: hillary clinton, meanwhile, held two rallies in pennsylvania , a huge rally in philadelphia of about 20,000 people, another in coul

i'm amy goodman. in syria, government forces aided by kurdish troops launched a major ground offensive and seizeded control of f northeast aleppo monday from t the rebels. the offensive appears to be a major turning point t in the wa, with the syrian government now poised to reretake control of al of aleppo, which was o once syria'a's largest city and its commercial center. the u.n. humanitarian envoy said as many a 16,000 people have fled eastern aleppo in recent days amid the offensive and heavy bombing. anti-government activist zaher al-zaher described the scene as doomsday. if thehe syrian government retas all of aleppo, the antigovernment rebels will be left with little territory, only the northern proper desk province of idlib a and some around damascus. the effects came after eastern aleppo has beeeen besieged for weeks by s syrian government forces and under aerial attack by the syrian air force and russia. cuba has begun its nine days of mourning following the death of revolutionary leader, t