i'm amy goodman. in israel, benjamin netanyahu is poised to become prime minister for a third time, 16 months after he was ousted from office amid a series of corruption scandals. results from tuesday's election show netanyahu's likud party and its far-right allies won 64 seats in the knesset, enough to form a parliamentary majority. a key member of his government will likely be itamar ben-gvir, an ultra-nationalist lawmaker who openly supports the ethnic cleansing of palestinians. this comes as israeli security forces killed four palestinians in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem on thursday while israeli fighter jets bombed the gaza strip. israeli forces have killed at least 130 palestinians in the west bank this year. we'll have the latest from israel and the occupied palestinian territories after headlines. u.s. intelligence officials say russian troops are poised for complete withdrawal fromkherson. russian forces have withdrawn to the eastern bank. earlier today, vladimir putin said civil

i'm amy goodman. representatives of ethiopia's government have reached a deal to permanently halt hostilities with people in northern tigray region. the peace deal announced wednesday capped a week of african union-mediated talks in south africa aimed at bringing an end to a two-year-old war that's sparked one of the world's worst hunitarian crises. former nigerian president olusegun obasanjo led the peace -- the negotiations. >> [inaudible] >> [indiscernible] amy: all parties to the tigray war have been accused of war crimes. the peace talks did not include eritrea, whose forces joined ethiopia's assault on tigray. eritrean troops have been accused of massacring hundreds of civilians and other war crimes, including widespread rape, sexual assault, and looting. the united nations says 5.2 million people in tigray are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. by some estimates, up to 800,000 people have died as a result of the war, which erupted exactly two years ago today. we will get theatest later

i'm amy goodman. as we continue to broadcast from u.n.summit in sharm el sheikh, egypt, we are joined now by the prominent russia environmentalist vladimir slivyak. he is co-chair of the russian environmental group ecodefense. last year he won the right livelihood award, the alternative nobel peace prize, for defending the environment and mobilizing grassroots opposition to the coal and nuclear industries in russia. he is now living in exile in germany but is joining us here in sharm el-sheikh, egypt. welcome back to democracy now! it is great to have you with us. you have been to every single climate summit since the first one back in 1995 in berlin? >> yeah, that's true. amy: can you talk about your experience here? a bit different from the past with your own country russia at war with ukraine and what that means when it comes to climate catastrophes? >> first of all, i can say russia -- there were a couple of events but officials don't want to risk or get into trouble with ukrainian people and they are afraid of them. the only governme

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. we are broadcasting from cairo, egypt. week vice president kamala harris wrapped up a two-day visit to the philippines that included a meeting with president ferdinand marcos, jr. amy: in a speech aboard a philippine coast guard patrol ship docked at the edge of disputed waters of the south china sea, harris said the u.s. would defend the philippines "in the face of intimidation and coercion" from china. amy: she vowed to expend the u.s. military presence in the country. amy: last friday, i had a chance to speak with yeb saÑo. he is a well-known filipino climate activist. we sat down together at the u.n. climate summit in sharm el sheikh, egypt. he used to be the climate negotiator. but after he made an emotional plea in 2013 at the climate summit in warsaw, poland, after typhoon haiyan devastated the philippines, well, we will talk about what happened next. this is what he said. >> what my country is going through as a result of this climate event is madness. the climate crisis is madness. mr. president, we can stop this m

i'm amy goodman. in this special broadcast, we begin the show with the indigenous scholar and activist nick estes. he is a co-founder of the indigenous resistance group the red nation and a citizen of the lower brule sioux tribe. his books include our history is the future which tells the history of indigenous resistance over two centuries, offering a road map for collective liberation and a guide to fighting life-threatening climate change. estes centers this history in the historic fight against the dakota access pipeline at standing rock. i asked him to talk about the two thanksgiving stories he writes about at the beginning of his book. nick: the first thanksgiving story is -- begins with the pequot massacre by members of the massachusetts bay colony, which really marks sort of -- in my opinion, marks sort of the mythology of the united states as a settler-colonial country founded on sort of genocide to create, ironically, peace. and then i begin with another story of a prayer march that we led in

i'm amy goodman. three days after u.s. voters cast ballots in a critical midterm election, the balance of power in congress rests on the outcomes of three yet-to-be-determined senate contests and 30 congressional races. in georgia, democratic senator rev. rafael warnock kicked off a renewed re-election campaign on thursday after he fell just shy of the 50% of votes needed to prevent a runoff on december 6th against his republican opponen the trumbacked fmer football star herhel walk. >> so, i need you to fight like the future of georgia and the future of america depends on it. because it does. are you already to fight? are you ready to g this done? amy: senator rafael warnock . in nevada, republican adam laxalt -- a 2020 election denier -- leads incumbent democratic senator catherine cortez masto by fewer than 9,000 votes with about 100,000 mail-in ballots still to be counted. in arizona, incumbent democratic senator mark kelly leads trump-backed republican blake masters by more than 110,000 votes, wi

i'm amy goodman.e are broadcasting from the u.n. climate summit in sharm el shaikh, egypt. democrats have held onto the u.s. senate after incumbents mark kelly of arizona and nevada's catherine cortez masto won their midterm races over the weekend. if senator raphael warnock beats republican challenger herschel walker in georgia's december 6 ruff, democrats will expand their majority with 51 total senate seats, meaning they may not need to rely on vice president kamala harris to break a tie, and can afford to lose a single vote when confirming executive and judicial nominees, or passing certain measures through reconciliation. control of the house is still undecided as neither party has secured the necessary 218 seats. demoats now 204 hold house seats while republicans have 212. in washington state, two democrats won their races over the weekend. newcomer marie gluesenkamp perez beat trump-backed joe kent, while kim schrier held on to her seat against republican matt larkin. in neighboring oregon, rep

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from cairo, egypt. in sharm el sheikh, delegates at the u.n. climate conference agreed on sunday to establish a landmark loss and damage fund to help the global south deal with the worst effects of the climate catastrophe, largely caused by rich countries. the u.s., historically the world's worst polluter, was the last major holdout on the idea bere finally agreeing to the fund on saturday. but it's unclear how these commitments will be enforced. in the u.s such fus would need to appropriated by a now-split congss. meanwhile, activists, the u.n., and vulnerable nations have condemned the lack of action on lowering emissions in order to reach the goal of keeping global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels. this is alok sharma, president of last year's cop26, speaking sunday. >> mission speaking before 2025. clear follow-through on the phasedown of coal, not in this text. clear commitment to phase out all fossil fuels, not in this t

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from cairo, egypt. in colorado, the gunman suspected of shooting and killing five people at club q, an lgbtq+ nightclub in colorado springs saturday night has been indicted on murder and hate crime charges. colorado officials have identified the five victims as daniel davis aston, a 28-year-old trans man who had moved from tulsa, oklahoma, two years ago and worked at the bar club q, kelly loving, a 40-year-old trans woman who had also just moved to colorado, 38-year-old derrick rump, a bartender at club q whose mother described her as "a loving person who had a heart of gold," 35-year-old ashley paugh, who leaves behind an 11-year-old daughter devastated by the loss of her mother, and 22-year-old raymond green vance. richard fierro, a retired military veteran, has been identified as the person who confronted and disarmed the shooter. fierro was there to watch a drag show with his wife, his daughter, and raymond green vance -- who was his daughter's boyfriend. >> i

i'm amy goodman. the balance of power in congress is still up in the air after democratic candidates outperformed expectations in much of the country in tuesday's midterm election. with ballots still being counted in many key races, it remains unclear which party will control the senate or the house. in one of the mostly closely watched senate races, pennsylvania democrat john fetterman has declared victory over his trump-backed challenger dr. mehmet oz to fill the senate seat held by republican pat toomey. fetterman's election victory came six months after suffering a stroke just before the democratic primary. he addressed supporters early this morning. >> i am proud of what we ran on, protecting a woman's right to choose, raising our minimum wage , fighting the union way of life , health care as a fundamental human right. it saved my life and it should all be there for you should you need it. amy: control of the senate now rests on four states -- wisconsin, georgia, arizona, and new mexico. in georg

i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by democracy now! o-host juan gonzalez in new brunswick, new jersey. hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: the supreme court heard arguments monday in two cases that aim to end race-conscious admissions decisions by colleges and universities. during nearly five hours o arments, the court's far-right supermajority indicated it is open to ruling that the consideration of race in the admissions process violates the equal protection clause of the constitution and the civil rights act. the two cases involve harvard and the university of north carolina. in both cases, the plaintiffs argued the school's admissions process discriminates against white and asian-american applicants by giving extra preference to black, hispanic, -- latino, and native american applicants. in the harvard case, the plaintiffs argued asian-american applicants faced specific discrimination. this is supreme justice clarence thomas, the only conservative ju

i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by democracy now! co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey. hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we begin today's show in egypt at the u.n. climate summit where climate justice activists are calling on the egyptian government to free alaa abd el-fattah, one of egypt's best-knownoliticalrisoners has been hunger strike for six months, stopped drinking water on sunday as the u.n. climate summit began in egypt. he has now gone over 50 hours without water. his family says they no longer know if he is still alive or if he is being force-fed most of the family is appealing to the british government for help since alaa has british citizenship as well as his egyptian should assume ship. -- egyptian citizenship. his sister spoke inside the u.n. climate summit. >> thank you very much for the global campaign and for hosting me. my family and i have been so moved to see the huge support that alaa has had from organizations across

i'm amy goodman. protests have erupted in beijing, shanghai, and other chinese cities over china's strict zero-covid policy. the protests were triggered by a deadly fire thursday at an apartment building in urumqi, the capital of xinjiang. unrest had been brewing in recent weeks with rare public protests against the government's restrictions. there are reports that local protocols prevented firefighters from reaching residents trapped in the burning building resulting the deaths of at these 10 people, including children. on friday, crowds took to the street in urumqi. protests then spread to other large cities and campuses, including tsinghua university in beijing where chinese leader xi jinping studied. many of the protesters held up blank pieces of white paper. when man in beijing told reuters, "the white paper represent everything we want to say but cannot say." on saturday night, hundreds gathered in shanghai for a candlelight vigil for the victims of the urumqi fire, where clashes with police wer

i'm amy goodman, joined by my democracy now! co-host nermeen shaikh. hi, nermeen. nermeen: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: the balance of power in congress remains in play two days after the midterm elections. control of the u.s. senate rests in the hands of three states -- nevada, arizona, and georgia. if the democrats win two of the states, they will keep control of the senate. meanwhile, republicans have not yet won enough house seats to regain the majority. there are still over 30 house races not yet decided. on wednesday, president biden held a news conference at the white house about the midterm results. pres. biden: while the press in the pundits are protecting a giant red wave, it did not have been posted democrats had a strong night. we lost fewer seats in the house of representatives than any democratic president first midterm election in the last four years and with the best midterm for governors since 1986. amy: many analysts say if democrats lose control of the house, it may largely be because of ne

i'm amy goodman. secretary of state antony blinken and his nato counterparts are meeting in romania to discuss ways to provide ukraine with more military aid, including air defense systems. ahead of the meeting, nato secretary general jens stoltenberg accused russia of using winter as a weapon by targeting ukraine's energy infrastructure, leaving millions of ukrainians without heat or electricity. earlier today, stoltenberg vowed nato would continue to support ukraine. >> create the conditions for lasting peace which ensures ukraine pervades as an independent sovereign state, we must continue to provide military support to ukraine. our message is that nato continue to stand with ukraine for as long as it takes. we will not back down. amy: the nato meeting is taking place as politico is reporting some european officials are privately accusing the united states of profiting from the war in ukraine. one senior european official recently told politico -- "the fact is, if you look at it soberly, the countr

i'm amy goodman. political candidates and their supporters made their final pitches on the campaign trail over the weekend, just days ahead of tuesday's midterms. in the pivotal state of pennsylvania, three u.s. presidents took to the stage saturday. in philadelphia, president biden and former president barack obama made a rare joint appearance to get out the vote for democratic u.s. senate candidate john fetterman and gubernatorial candidate josh shapiro. meanwhile, trump rallied with fetterman's opponent mehmet oz and republican gubernatorial candidate doug mastriano east of pittsburgh. democrats have zeroed in on threats to democracy and rising political violence. some 300 republican candidates have denied or questioned the 2020 election. this is biden speaking sunday while campaigning with new york governor kathy hochul. pres. biden: we all know in our bones that our democracy is at risk. the latest polls a 76% of american people worry about maintaining our democracy. we know this is your generati

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from the u.n. climate summit.he united nations general assembly has approved a resolution calling on russia to pay reparations for its invasion of ukraine and other violations of international law. a little less than half of the general assembly's 193 members voted in favor of the resolution, while 14 voted against it, including russia, iran and china. 73 countries abstained, including brazil, india and south africa. ahead of monday's vote, ukraine's u.n. ambassador said it was time to hold russia accountable. >> the atrocities committed by russia are murder, rape, torture. millions of ukrainians left their homes to take shelter elsewhere. if we don't start rebuilding the country, -- amy: president biden said monday he does not believe china is preparing to invade taiwan. biden's remark at the g20 summit in bali, indonesia came after his first face-to-face meeting as president with chinese leader xi jinping. speaking to reporters after their three hour talk biden , dismissed his critics' claims that u.s. military

i'm amy goodman. the house has passed the respect to marriage act protecting interracial marriage at every level. this is senator tammy baldwin, the first openly gay person elected to the senate. sen. baldwin: i want to recognize the millions of same-sex and interracial couples who have made this moment possible by living their true selves and changing the heart and mind of people around the country. many of these same-sex and interracial couples are fearful. they are worried that rights, responsibilities and freedoms they enjoy through civil marriage could be stripped away. amy: the law would not stop individual states from banning same-sex marriage if the conservative-led supreme court overturns obergefell v. hodges, buit would fce those states to recognize marriages from from another state. of the 12 republicans who voted in favor of the bill, wyoming senator cynthia lummis said she was "vilified" for supporting the measure. the bill will now go back to the house, which is also expected to pass it,

i'm amy goodman. russia has announced it is rejoining a deal allowing for grain shipments from ukraine's ports. this comes just four days after russia withdrew from the deal sparking fears it could worsen the global hunger crisis. turkish president recep tayyip erdogan said the renewed deal would prioritize grain shipments to somalia, djibouti, sudan, and other african nations. russia said it rejoined to the deal after ukraine agreed not to use the sea corridor to attack russian forces. water and power have been restored to much of kyiv folling a seri of russia attacks onkraine's infrastructure. scheduled blackos are ongoing due to a srtage of electricity. meanwhile, russia has expanded a mandatory evacuation order for ukrainians living in parts of occupied kherson ahead of what is expected to be a major battle . the founder of one of russia's largest banks has given up his russian citizenship. in a statement on instagram, the billionaire oleg tinkov called russia a fascist country and denounced it fo

i am amy goodman.we continue with our zinntenial, celebrating the life and legacy of the late howard zinn who was born 100 years ago in 1922. howard zinn was a regular guest on democracy now! from the time we went on the air in 1996 up until his death. in 2005, he joined us in our firehouse studio. downtown community television and lower manhattan. it is great to have you with us. >> well, it's nice of you to invite me. i was worried. amy: well, you just came from bedford hills correctional facility? >> well, actually, yesterday afternoon i spoke at the bedford hills, euphemistically called, correctial facility. they hardly correct anything, but i spoke to prisoners there, women prisoners, mostly prisoners of color. i spoke to them yesterday afternoon before i gave this talk last night at manhattanville college. amy: and what did you talk about with the women? >> well, they had been using my book. they have classes and they are using my book "a people's history of the united states." i talked to them a

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from the un climate summit in sharm el-sheikh, egypt.ato representatives held an emergency meeting in brussels today following a deadly blast tuesday on the border with ukraine. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy initially blamed russia for the missile strike. this is the polis president duda . >> nothing indicates that this was an intentional attack. it was not intentional. it was not a missile targeted at poland. it was not an attack on poland. amy: on tuesday russian forces pounded ukrainian cities and energy facilities causing widespread blackouts in what kyiv reported was the largest missile attack since the start of the nine-month old invasion. earlier in the day, president volodymr zelensky asked g20 memberto support his peace plan to bring the war to an end. the white house said cia director william burns met with the russian head of foreign intelligence earlier this week and warned against using nuclear weapons, in the highest-level in-person meetings yet between the u.s. and russia. burns then traveled to kyiv to reaffirm

i am amy goodman. we are outside the u.n. cup plenary.just came from the people's plenary were hundreds gathered to call for justice that signed off on a statement, the foreign minister egypt just passed by. part of the statement is calling for freedom for the political prisoner alaa abdel-fattah and other political prisoners held in egypt. behind us there linking climate justice human rights. they are shouting, what we want? shut it down. there calling for climate justice, for defense of land, air, and sea. well, as we continue to cover the u.n. climate summit, we spend the hour with indigenous activists and land defenders across the americas. we begin with two guests. tom goldtooth, executive director of the indigenous environmental network. he is a member of the dine and dakota nations and lives in minnesota. he also happens to be the father of a hollywood start dallas goldtooth. also with us is eriel tsekwie deranger. she is a member of the athabasca chipewyan first nation and the executive director of indigenous climate action. tom a