i'm amy goodman. the bahamas have been left utterly devastated after the category 5 hurricane dorian ravaged the island nation. the death toll has gone up to at least seven people in the bahamas as the island continues its rescue efforts. dramatic images reveal the extent of the damage, with entire neighborhoods decimated . on the islands of abaco and grand bahama, as many as 13,000 homes have been destroyed or heavily damaged. some reports say 70% to 80% of the affected areas remain underwater, including the grand bahama international airport. alexander acosta cortez tweeted about the disaster. she said this is what climate change looks like. it hits vulnerable community's residents of florida, georgia first. and the carolinas are now bracing for the storm as it heads towards the u.s. as a downgraded category 2. we'll have more on hurricanee dorianan after headlines. meanwhile, tropical storm fernand formed in the western gulf of mexico tuesday and is expected to make landfall in northeastern mexico

i'm amy goodman. a gunman killed seven people and injured 22 others on saturday in the city of odessa in western texas. the injured included a 17-month-old girl. police have identified the gunman as 36-year-old seth ator and say he went on the rampage just hours after he was fired from his trucking job. police say the massacre began after it an officer pulled him over for failing to use a turn signal. he then reportedly opened fire using an ar-15 style weapon before speeding away. soon after, he began shooting at random residents and motorists, at one point, ditching his car to hijack a postal truck. he killed a woman driving the truck. he died in a shootout with police outside a movie theater in odessa. a neighbor of the alleged gunman said she reported him to police after he threatened her with a rifle, but police apparently never visited his house because they could not find the property on gps maps. the shooting came less than a month after 22 people were shot dead in a walmart in el paso. less th

i'm amy goodman. president trump faces the biggest political crisis of his career after the publication of bombshell complaints accusing the president of abusing his power for personal gain. in the nine page document, and i named whistleblower was been identified as a cia official, writes -- "the president of the united states is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 u.s. election." the complaint corroborates a rough transcript of a july 25th phone call -- released by the white house on wednesday -- showing that trump repeatedly pressured ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky to launch a corruption probe into trump's campaign rival joe biden and his son, hunter biden. the complaint also revealed details about how the white house attempted to "lock down" all records of trump's phone conversation soon after it happened by moving a transcript of the call to a standalone computer system reserved for code word-level intelligence information. on thursday,

i'm amy goodman. as m many as 4illion people to to thetreets around the world fight in t the largest avenue action focused on the climate crisis. students across the globe participated in a climate strike inspired by the 16-year-old swedish activist greta thunberg, who began her weekly school strike for the climate just over a year ago. this is greta speaking friday. >> we will rise to the challenge. we will hold those who are the most responsible for this crisis accountable. and we will make world leaders act. we can and we will. [cheers] and if you belong to that small group of people who feel threatened by us, then we have some very bad news for you. [cheers] because this is only the beginning. [cheers] change is coming whether they like it or not. amy: we will have more voices from the streets of neww york after headlines. meananwhile, thehe u.n. releasen alarming new report warning that the e five-year period from 2014 to 2019 is the hottest on record, markeded by accelerating sea-level rise and

i'm amy goodman. iran has rejected possible talks with thehe united states as tensions between the two countries continue to mount following weekend drone attacks on major oil facilities in saudi arabia. this is suprememe leader ayatolh ali khamenei. >> if the u.s. took back its word, the repepent and return to the e agreement they breacached, they became a membmber countryr, the jpcoa. iran republic o of. amy: the joint conference of plan of action is mostst commony known as the iran nuclear deal. the trump administration has blamed iran for the attack, which was claimed by houthi rebels in yemen, though trump had also suggested he might meet with iran's president hassan rouhani at the united nations general assembly. trump then went on to attack the media for quoting him, calling it fake news. on monday, trump said the u.s. was "locked and loaded," but waiting to hear from the saudis. the saudi government has stopped short of outright blaming iran for the attack, though they say iranian weapons were

i'm amy goodman. calls for commerce secretary wilbur ross to resign are mounting after reports emerged monday he e threatened to fire staff at the national oceanic and atmospheric administration for pushing back on president trump's false statements about hurricane dorian and its risk to alabama. on september 1, trump's -- trump incorrectly tweeted that alabama "would most likely be hit much harder than anticipated." the statement was swiftly denied by the national weather service. last friday, noaa issued a statement disavowing the national weather service's denial. "the washington post" reported over the weekend noaa warned its staff not to publicly contradict president trump's false statements. the agency reportedly sent a similar message after trump showed a doctored hurricane prediction map last week with a hand-drawn extension added by black marker to include alabama. noaa's acting chief scientist told coworkers friday he is investigating whether the agency's response to president trump's dorian

i'm amy goodman. hurricane dorian is continuing its long path of destruction, lashing north carolina's outer high with heavy winds, seas, and flash floods. it triggered tornadoes in south carolina as the eye of the storm crept slowly up the east coast just out to sea. by friday morning, dorian had been downgraded to a category 1 hurricane, but will threatens coastal residents with life-threatening storm surges. this comes as the death toll from dorian in the bahamas has risen to 30 people will stop the actual number is expected to be far higher with hundreds, if not thousands, still missing. the island nations health minister said the number of dead "could be staggering. after the headlines, we will go to the bahamas. as bahamians real l from the historic devastation of hurricane doriaian, "the washington post" reports that president trump personally used a black magic marker to alter a map showing the storm's projected path in an effort to support his false claim last weekend that alabama might be hi

i'm amy goodman. the u.n. climate action summit kicked off in new york monday with world leaders calling for action to prevent apocalyptic climate change. u.n. secretary general antonio guterres said his generation had "failed in its responsibility to protect our planet." 16-year-old swedish climate activist greta thunberg fought off tears as she gave an impassioned address. plus you have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words and yet i am one of the lucky ones. people are suffering. .eople are dying enter ecosystems are collapsing. we are in the beginning of a mass extinction. and all you can talk about is the money and fairytales of eternal economic growth. how dare you! amy: president trump later mocked the now world-renowned activist on twitter, writing -- "she seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. so nice to see!" meanwhile, youth climate activists filed an official complaint under the convention on the rights of the child, calling on world l

i'm amy goodman. students across the world are walking out of class today in a global climate strike. some of the first strikes occurred in australia where an estimated 300,000 people took part in rallies across the country. participants include gina hale a student in brisbane. >> in school i am learning about the effects of climate change and i'm learning that we need to do something yet i'm seeing people in charge and the people running our country are not doing anythihing. to me this s is confusingng. so i'm here to stepep up and say nono more. amy: in thailandnd, hundreds o f young pepeople staged d a die-it the environmental ministry, demanding government action on climate change. here in new york, the 16-year-old swedish climate activist greta thunberg, who inspired the movement, will take part in a massive march this afternoon. meanwhile, workers at amazon, microsoft, and other large firms have also pledged to take part in today's strike. on thursday, facing pressure from his own staff, amazon

i'm amy goodman. secretary of state mike pompeo is blaming iran for weekend attacks on saudi oil facilities, describing them as an act of war. pompeo was speaking from jeddah, where he met w with saudi crown prince mohamed bin salman to discuss the attacks, which left heavily damaged one of the world's biggest oil-processing facilities. pompeo's visit came as saudi military officials in riyadh showed reporters remnantnts of what they described as iranianan drones and cruise missiles, saying they could not have been launched by yemen's houthi rebels, even though the houthis have claimed responsibility for ththe attacks. iran has denenied responsibilil, bubut foreign minister javadad f told cnn his nation was prepared to defend itself against any attack by the u.s. or its allies. >> what would be the consequence of new market and saudi military attack on iran now? >> an all out war. >> you make of your serious statement. >> i make a very serious statement about defending our country, that we don't want

i'm amy goodman. president trump says the u.s. is locked and loaded following drone and cruise missiles attacks that struck major oil facilities in saudi arabia saturday. the u.s. accused iran behind the attacks which were claimed by houthi rebebs. pompeo said d they carried out what he called a an unprecedentd attack on the world's s energy supply. iran has denied d any involveme. the forereign minister javavad f tweeted -- the attacks sentnt oils prices soaring after they reporortedly hahalved saudidi oil productiony -- in the immediate aftermath. the attack came just ahead of the united states general assembly in new york. last week mike pompmpeo said president trump is open to meet with the iranian president with no preconditions. but on sunday, trump lane 20 called the fake news for essentially reporting what pop have publicly said. we will have more after headlines. thely 50,000 members of netted autoworkers have launched a strike, walking out of over 50 general motors facilities at 11:59 last n

i'm amy goodman. the democratic-led house is quickly moving ahead with its impeachment inquiry of president trump for abusing his power for personal gain after an intelligence whistleblower revealed trump had pressed the president of ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden and his son hunter. on sunday, house intelligence chair adam schiff revealed the anonymous whistleblower would soon testify before the committee. of there taking all precautions we can to make sure that we do so, we allow that testimony to go forward in a way that protects the whistleblower's identity because, as you can imagine with the president issuing threats like we have to treat these people who expose my wrongdoing as we used to treat traitors and spies and was to execute them, you can imagine thehe security concerns here. amy: on saturday, lawyers for the whistleblower wrote a letter to the chairs of the house and senate intelligence committees expressing fears for their client's safety after trump compared the

i'm amy goodman. in texas, the ten leading democratic presidential candidates appeared for the first time on the same stage together thursday night at a debate at texas southern university in houston. it was the third debate of the primary season but marked the first time former vice president joe biden and senator elizabeth warren shared the stage. biden repeatedly defended the policies of former president obama as he clashed with his rivals over immigration and health care. biden and other candidates targeted vermont senator bernie sanders over his medicare for all bill, as well as massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, who supports it. sanders had the current health care system is a disaster. >> we need a health care system that guarantees health care to all people as every other major country does, not a system which provides $100 billion a year in profits for the drug companies and the insurance companies. tell you how absurd the system is tonight on abc, the health care industry will be adverti

i'm amy goodman. israel is facing political turmoil as tuesday's election remains too close to call with 92% of the vote counted. benjamin netanyahu's iran party and'benny gantzs blue party appeared to be about type. the election was called after netanyahu failed to build a coalition government following an april election. it also came as netanyahu is facing posossible indictments sr multiple corruption cases. he promised to annex nearly one third of the occupied west bank in violation of international law if elected. earlier this year, gantz threatened to bomb gaza back to the stone agages. we will have the latest on the israeli election after headlines. in climate news, a new study warns the global average temperature could rise by as much as seven degrees celsius, or 12.5 degrees fahrenheit, above pre-industrial levels by the end of the centutury unless nations move r rapidly to slashh greenhouse gas emissionsns. the starark warning comes as wod leaderers are preparing to gathr at united nations he

i'm amy goodman. ten 2020 hopefuls took to the stage in new york city one by wednesday night for a climate one town hall hosted by cnn. in a seven-hour marathon, the candidate each discussed their climate plans, the fossil fuel industry, the green new deal, fracking, hitting carbon brutality and more. climate activists have been pushing for a dedebate on the crisis but the democratic national committee rejected the proposal. in one of the night's most memorable moments, vice president joe biden was asked about his plans to attend a fundraiser hosted by fossil fuel goodman todayew despite signing the no fossil fuel money pledge. >> there is a fundraiser tomorrow night given by andrew goldman. he does hedge funds and stuff but he also has a covenant called western lng. and the biggest project is a floating liquefied facility for natural gas from also because of british columbia, i'm going to provide canadian guest reports of northern asia. what andrew is saying is if you're going to do a fundraiser give

i'm amy goodman. house democrats moved rapidly forward with the impeachment inquiry into president trump after the white house released a wednesday rough transcript of a phone call showing the u.s. president repeatedly p pressured ukraine's leader to launch a corruption probe into trump cacampaign rival joe biden. in the five-page transcript, dated july 25, president trump alludes to $400 million in military aid to ukraine that he had ordered cut off just days prior to the phone call, before telling ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky "the united states has been very, very good to ukraine. i wouldn't say that it's reciprocal necessarily. " president zelensky responds by praising past u.s. aid to ukraine, saying he's interested in purchasing more javelin anti-tank missiles, which ukraine has used in its fight against russian-backed separatists. trump responds, "i would like you to do us a favor though." he goes on to urge zelensky to work with attorney general william barr and trump's personal attor

i'm amy goodman. president trump announced on twitter saturday he was calling off a secret meeting between himself, the afghan president and taliban leaders, that may have led to the withdrawal of thousands of u.s. troops from afghanistan. trump said his decision was due to a taliban car bomb last thursday that killed 12 people, including a u.s. soldier, in kabul. trump also said all further negotiations were being called off. the u.s. and taliban had appeared close to an agreement after holding nine rounds of talks in doha, even though the afghan government had not taken part in those meetings. "the new y york times" reports trump wanted the deal to be announced at the camp david meeting so he would be perceived as the dealmaker who pulled the peace deal together. but according to "the times," taliban n negotiatators had agrd to come to the united states only after a deal was announced and only to meet with the american side. there are also questions about why trump canceled the secret meeting. we'll

i'm amy goodman.resident trump has ousted national security advisor john bolton, one of the most hawkish members of his administration. trump claims he fired bolton but bolton says he first offered to resign. bolton was a fierce critic of diplomacy within the white house. he opposed negotiations with north korea, iran as well as the taliban in afghanistan. bolton also strongly backed trump's decision to pull out of the iran nuclear deal and openly called foror bombing iran. bolton was also a key supporter of the attempted u.s.-backed coup in venezuela and a supporter of regime change in cuba and nicaragua. bolton becomes the third national security advisor to be ousted by trump so f far. in a tweet announcing bolton's ouster, trump wrote quote "i disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the admdministration, he said. secretary of mike pompeo later made a similar comment. >> there with many times that we disagree. . that's to be true but that's true for lots of people who would

i'm amy goodman. point of 2 2500 peopople after therricane dorian hit bahamas. a category five e storm. warmed minister wewednesday the number is likely to soar, compounding the bahamas misery is a massive oil spill that spread d off the southern coast of the island after hurricane dorian blew the lid's off of six giant crude oil tanks. this comes as multiple news outlets reported the trump administration has decided not to grant temporary protected status to bohemians which would allow them to work and live in the united states until it is safe to them to return home. in response, the national immigration law center tweeted, for the trump administration to denied gps for those seeking shelter r is yet another example of their sheer cruelty, they said. on wednesday, the miami herald reported a 12 euro bohemian grove's home was destroyed by the hurricane was separated by -- from her family by u.s. authorities. the girl had arrived with her godmother and at airport in west palm beach and was taken into the custody of the health and human services department and mo

i'm amy goodman. the house of representatives is launching a formal impeachment inquiry against t president dond trump who becomes just the fourth u.s. president to face impeachment. on tuesday, house speaker nancy pelosi accused trump of betraying his oath of office, the country's national security and the integrity of the country's election system. >> i'm announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. i am directing are six committees to proceed with their investigations under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry. the president must be held accountable. no one is above the law. amy: for monthths, speaker peloi had resisteded calls progressive democrats to back impeachment, but that changed after president trump publicly admitted he urged the president of ukraine to open a probe into the dealings of his potential 2020 presidential rival joe e biden and his son hunter, who served on the board of one of ukraine's largest natural gas companies. trump has als

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