they are hoping for at on ami and they have been accusing turkey of committing crimes against civiliansmajor players faface-to-face alg that border. >> protests continue. a political solution needs to be found in the next few days and not weeks to avoid a complete economic collapse. the leadership accusing them of corruption. >> with one kick she became an icon. when she drop kick a bodyguard shooting protesters. it was caught on camera and shared across the country. >> i was not scared. we are dying. i got closer to him and said shoot me. it is not his right to carry weapons against us. walls of women have popped up across the country. knowing both sides are afraid to touch them. manyon maintains discriminator laws. lacks prosecution allows domestic violence to go unpunished. >> when it comes to organizational protesting for our rights, we have e independet women who live by themselves and work for themselves. work ine protesters shifts, some staying overnight. for these women, it is their obligation to fight for their country future. official for the white house is due to testify tues

on to northbound 101 at the interchange there. head down to san francisco or stay on 280. we have amy hollyfield at the scene tracking the situation. we'll try to drive ybring you another live shot. it will be a mess out there as the investigation continues following this horrible accident. >>> thank you very much. for the second straight year the a's are out of the postseason after one game. they fell to the rays 5-1 in the american league wildcard game last night at the coliseum. sean manaea gave up three home runs. after the game he said he let everyone down and he can learn from it and move on. tis is the ninth straight winner take all game that the a's have lost. >> sorry. just didn't work out. >> i know. >> yeah. >>> coming up, 7his know ta your it's been reported that there's a cyberattack on business every 39 seconds. ouch. i don't even want to think about it. comcast business has a solution. we go beyond fast with a cloud-based security system that automatically updates, so you always have the latest protection. phishing. malware. risky sites. it can help block all of that. g

the mind of some people on whether it was necessary to turn the power off at this hour when people could use their electricity to get their day going. reporting live from sonoma, amy hollyfield. >>> the power outage will have an affect on people going to work this morning. >> the napa valley unified school district has closed schools today. laura is there looking at conditions there. >> the main condition we encountered so far is at the freeways. at the highwayswa is tacd up p is tryingafthsoajor thoughfare here. the traffic signals are supposed to keep working even when the power is out. there's a battery backup system. that backup system is not working. so, the chp has had to stand out here and try to get cars to make it through the intersection. the issue is the traffic is backed up for miles. let's show you what's going on over here. this is highway 29 coming up from the fairfield area of vacavil vacaville. i'm told by chp, this is a major thoroughfare and major commute area for folks, especially this time of year. this is harvest season. there are a number of workers, many more actually than normal going through this area in the morning trying to get up valle

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always you can share your thoughts on twitter by tweeting at kings things and using the politicking hashtag i also invite you to follow me on my twitter feed at real amy holmes well that's all for this edition of politicking. aeroflot russian and lights. in a world of big partisan movies lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bats and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. aeroflot russian and lights. who will ever situation little grandchildren her little children ask their great grandparents. is it true that all these cars used to have people driving them. crazy crims. so that's what we do. in 2040 you know bloody revolution to correct the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it you know lawyer i mean your list put video through the . school and you go to the ukrainian president reca

on 4:30. amy hollyfield is live at that fire scene.he's been talking to the fire chief throughout the morning. amy? >> good morning. this fire is out. it burned about 60 acres. they have it mostly contained. they are not leaving the area. they're keeping a close eye on it. they're not letting down their guard but they don't want people to think fire is rushing towards their homes anymore. we have video of what it looked like. it was a scary scene. residents tell us they got out as quickly as they can. there was a huge glow that lit up the night and lit up their homes. these homes just lost power last night. it was 10:45 before pg&e turned the power off. these residents are dealing with the threat of fire and also having to evacuate without power. they say that made it trickier for them.

at 8:52 p.m. then the power came on at 9:36 a.m. amy is asking pg&e is this our future? in continues as people want answers about when and if power will be cut and when it might get turned back on. all right. this next photo from tiffany morgan posted her father jim helping her husband install a generator after they lost power. you can see they've got head lamps on trying to do this in the park. old pros because this is the second out annual they have been through in the past month like so many of our bay area residents. one more photo from healdsburg. firefighters getting the last order of pizza from mountain mike's before the power was turned off. they've got about half a dozen pizzas there to feed all of those hard-working folks, the first responders on the first lines. we want to thank all of you for sharing your stori and if you have photos from the fire zone or power outage share them with the social #abc7now will help us get them on air. >>> of course the mandatory evacuation zones are expanding along with the threat of the fire because we are entering the peak win

it's in a horrible spot on northbound 101 before 280. we have amy hollyfield live at the scene. check out this live shot. it happened just before the 280 connection ramp. you can't get on to 280. northbound 101 all lanes shut down in san francisco before 280 because of a fatal accident that started out with a wrong-way driver early this morning. so i want to show you the maps and show you what you can do to plan around this big traffic mess that will be around for a while. traffic is being detoured off at paul avenue. you can see it is backing up. you can take paul avenue to bayshore boulevard and get back on to 101 at cesar chavez. you may want to take 3rd street and get off a bit sooner right where the backup starts. just past candlestick. or if you want to avoid it altogether, consider 280 as an alternate heading into san francisco and then you can head back to 101 on the connection ramp. we'll have more on this fatal hey, shaq. it's a 30 second tour. no man it's like... now it's 26. welcome aboard. ocean! skyride. mini golf. relax! relax! relax! you take this man to be your h

at you. also, i think the dean of stanford? >> one of the dean o of students worn deputy. amy: at that moment what did you understand? >> all i understood is i have been found passed out and i would later be told someone was acting hinchey around me. so my impression was that there was a man giving off suspicious behavior at this party. i did not understand that he had made any contact with me. that was never made e clear. i just k knew he was taken off e property due to his behavior and that i was somehow wrapped up in it. but i was unaware to the depths of which i wasas involve. amy:y: and you're not wearing yr ownpants? >> correct. amy: and you're missing your underwear. >> correct. yes, my dress was hiked up to my waist. i did not have underwear on and i did not understand why or how they could be gone. and i was given hospital pants. amy: did you ask anyone to explain what is going on? >> no. i figured if there was something that grave, they would tell me more explicitly. i also refrained from asking because i think i knew something was wrong, and i wasn't prepared to hear the answer. i did not want you to tell

on the line. amy: that is chase strangio of the aclu, the plus one with laverne cox at the emmy awards. laverne is the first openly trans actress to be nominated for primetime, and any acting category. use that moment where the world was watching that was an interview on e! describe further the significance of this case and the trump administration's stance, how has it changed? >> as laverne said, tomorrow the supreme court is going to be hearing arguments on these three cases that will transform the peopleandscape are lgbtq -- all women, in particular, but anyone who departs from sex stereotypes. and what is really astounding, particularly in aimee stephens case, the case was filed in 2014 by the eeoc. that is the agency that enforces title vii. that agency brought the case, rguing when aimee was fired, it violated title vii. courts.through the after the election, the presidential election of 2016, the aclu intervened on behalf of aimee because we wewere concernd the agency and the administration would no longer defend the rights of trans people under federal law. and for good reason.

at 11:30 a.m. eastern, and be sure to catch the texas book festival in october and the miami book fair in november or book tv on c-span2. >>> amy mckinnon at our table this morning. she's with foreign policy magazine here to talk about ukraine and the origins of this impeachment inquiry. let's go back to 2014, 2015, 2016, obama administration. what is u.s. policy toward ukraine at this time? >> u.s. policy towards ukraine since ukraine's independent from the soviet union has been fairly consistent in pushing ukraine on anticorruption reform. that's been one of the corner stones of u.s. messaging in ukraine for decades, and that's been fairly consistent, both under barack obama and under president trump, and you know, under the obama administration this was very much carried by his ambassadors to ukraine who have long played a strong role in kiev in working with politicians there to try and convey the message of, look, you need to clean up corruption. >> what was then vice president joe biden's role? >> so joe biden was obama's point person in ukraine, and he really carried that message for the president. he also oversaw the u.s

amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: about 48,000 workers at general motors have entered their fourth week on strike.t is the longest national walkout at gm by the united auto workers in nearly 50 years. workers are seeking higher pay, protection of their healthcare benefits, greater job security, and a commitment from gm to build more cars and parts in the united states. steve goralski is a striking gm worker in bowling green, kentucky. >> we have a company that had 35 billion dollars of profit than the last few years. we have temporaries that have been here over seven years and are still temporaries and theyey're asking for more temporaries. they're moving our plans out of the country. they're taking them to mexico and china. and now they're asking for concessions on our health h car. i donon't know about y you, butt is the only reason i took this job. i used to have my own drywall company. i took it to the benefits. amy: on sunday, uaw offificials announced they had rejected the company's latest offer sayining negotiations had "taken a turn for the worse." in a letter to union members, uaw vice pr

on corruption. amy: and protests are also in lebanon as well. is that right? president the iraqi at united nations and asked him about pressure -- his thoughts about the u.s. putting so much pressure on iran. in the last 10 seconds we have, trump ramping up the pressure in iran, how does that affect a rack? >> it raises the political temperature. it means all this is taking place. it is a crisis which revolves economic

on highway 101. two of the victims were husband and wife. amy hollyfield is live at sfo. ood morning. that couple just arrived here to san francisco. they caught a cab here at sfo and headed north on highway 101. that's where the accident happened. they have been identified. we have a picture of him, 62-year-old judd bergman, ceo of chicago-based company invest net. he was killed in the crash along with his wife, 57-year-old mary miller bergman. their cab driver was also killed. he was identified as berkant ahmed of san carlos. the wrong-way driver also died, 34-year-old emilie ross. cab drivers who knew ahmed say this was a reality check for them. >> it's very sad to hear. it's not safe. it's not the first time. >> invest net released a statement late last night saying we extend our deepest sympathies to judd and mary's family as invest net's founder judd was a remarkable leader whose vision, brilliance and drive built the foundation for invest net's success. investigators say ross, the wrong-way driver, was driving the wrong way on highway 101. they are saying she was im

you had good bank of america earnings but at the same time, you did have the week sales or that few expectations of a rate cut. saying the u.s. it on amin growing at a modest pace. we are to the wait and see mode. here in asia, we did have the topic rise to the highest this year yesterday but sanford bernstein coming out and predicting a dull outlook for asian shares. they should stick to high defensive high-yield shares in challenging macro environments. for the market to break out of this range that seems to be stuck in, you will need to see some sort of clear indications on what we're talking about every day for trade negotiations. we have hong kong at a flashpoint. now they are emerging for investors. yes we are back into this wait and see and investors remain cautious. >> not wait and see when it comes to adding the u.s. debt. biggest foring the an owner of u.s. treasuries. not surprising given the rising amount of negative debt around the world. >> that's right. toan's holdings increase 1.17 trillion dollars in august. that's after buying the most since august 2016 -- 2013. it overtook china as the largest non-u.s. holder of trea

sex means at a minimum sex assigned at birth based on physical anatomy or biological sex. six amys andf you had ask what their sex was at birth, and five say they were assigned female, and one says male, obviously, that person is five --ause discriminate against someone because they are transgender is not discrimination i think falls apart. say i am discriminate against you because you are transgender is to say i am cheating you differently from other people who have the same gender identity because of your sex assigned at birth. we are not asking you to update sex, weute, or redefine accept the narrowest definition of sex, and arguing that you cannot understand what harris did hear without treating her differently because of her sex at birth. as to what the basis of what the firing was, a violation of dress code particularly, or whether it was broader than that, being .ransgender what should we make of that dispute? mr. cole: the fifth circuit expressly said reasons for firing her extend beyond the dress code. counsel for harris homes conceded that she would have been fired if she

at 11:00 a.m. on saturday. this from amyher neighborhood wasn't supposed to lose power and that at 8:52 pfs blacked out and then it came back on at 9:36. she says to pg&e is this our future wondering like so many people are we dealing with the new normal as we're in the midst of our third public safety power outage. this photo from tiffany morgan, you can see her father and her husband they've got their lamps on in the garage trying to install a backup generator to keep the refrigerator going and get some electricity as they wait out this outage which could be several days. and then this last photo our last order of pizza before the power shutout due to major storm. and you can see it is all going to the firefighters who, of course, deserve as much pizza as anyone can possibly give them as they do so much good on the front lines of the kincade fire and so many other fires that are breaking out throughout the bay area. thank you so much for sharing all of your photos on your websites and on social media. if you would like to

at amis that are affordable. >> to the average. right. okay. thanks. you know, i think doubling down on that neighborhood ami point, i know we had a fight about the neighborhood preference legislation, do we even do it, at what point do we draw the line, we came up with 40 percent that worked for hud. there was a lot of resistance probably within this building and other organizations but i really think we need to take a look at that and determine if we need to fund additional neighborhood ami units we need to have a funding source perhaps we can come up with that through some other means but i really want to do that and the supervisor said he was committed to taking a look at that. i also believe as commissioner johnson she stole a lot of my thunder we do need to codify a plan for the neighborhood. this is kind of like the mission 2012 2010. there's a lot more coming. you look at mission street, and outer mission street, 65 height limit and then i looked at the number of single family hopes and you have the three bills that passed on adu the triple number of units on any lot, i think we

at all after 2020? amy: are you still invested in facebook? you're onethe early investors. >>, to conscious choice when i began my activism to hold remain my position, which was substantial to me, because i did not want to be accused of speaking negatively about a stock i had sold. that was a year and half ago. i have recently unloaded almost all of my remaining position. there are a few shares left. but i do not want to be a shareholder any longer. i think -- join amy: we have to leave it there. thank you very much, roger mcnamee, author of "zucked: waking up to the facebook catastrophe." democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning.

amy hollyfield has more on that. amy? it looks like we're having issues hearing amy. we will get back to her. a live look at this. this is more breaking news right now out of southern california. this is a brand-new fire that is threatening homes on a hillside aongside a los angeles freeway. this is a live look at it now near 401. this is by the getty center the. this is the west side of los angeles between santa monica and the brentwood ucla area. people are evacuating including mount st. mary's university and apparently lebron james. the chp says all off-ramps around the fire have been shut down. it's unclear how the fire started. southern california is bracing for the return of santa ana wins as it remains under a red flag warning today and moving forward. >>> vallejo is under a state of emergency after a brush fire. vallejo firefighters spent the night on the scene of this fire. it's almost 100% contained. the fire raced up ast 80 being by intense winds. residents grabbed garden hoses in an effort to save their homes. embers jumped the >>> in the south bay, four homes were damaged by a fire in the area of mary

one of them. amy: you are holding a state of the water town hall on wednesday. where is it being held and what you expect? >> at performing arts center. we want to do this, to update everybody on where we are and to talk about some of the things that people have on their mind. really address some of these thingsgs that i think have been unfair or just straight out not trueue. i think there is a lot of misinformation out on the street, and we need to address it. more town halls we have done -- we have done a series of them. we have been doing them for at least two years on this issue. the more contact we come in with people, the clearer they become and leave with a different sense of what is happening in their mind. amy: ras baraka, thank you for being with us mayor of newark, , new jersey, elected in may 2014. juan gonzalez will be speaking this thursday. for details, visit democracynow.org. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.or

on the stage wants to protect billionaires. not even billionaires want to protect billionaires. we just have different approaches. your idea is not the only idea. >> shannon: democratic presidential candidate at minnesota senator amygreat to be here. >> shannon: you are one of the folks who did not hold back at all and challenging senator warren on a number of her ideas and how you think some of the further left editions of this party are playing with voters out there. what is your concern? >> i have a lot of respect for elizabeth and we do agree on a number of different things, but in this case i got tired of her saying we weren't fighting hard enough if you weren't going for her idea. i think there are other ways to make health care more affordable and to take on the pharmaceutical industry. i've made that very clear from the beginning. this is my opportunity to say out loud what i have said in various ways along the way from the very beginning when i announced in the middle of that. i wanted to make one other point that's key. that is that i don't like how donald trump's been conducting foreign policy. i don't like what he did with the number of things that i don't think is healthy people in the midwest includi

at bp, we see possibilities everywhere. >>> one of the more talked about candidates after the debate, amytook direct aim at senator warren about how she plans to fund medicare for all. >> at least bernie is being honest here and saying how he's going to pay for this and that taxes are going to go up. and i'm sorry, elizabeth, but you have not said that, and i think we owe it to the american people to tell them where we're going to send the invoice. i'm tired of hearing whenever i say these things, oh, it's republican talking points. you are making republican talking points right now in this room by coming out for a plan that's going to do that. >> and senator amy klobuchar joins us now. good morning, senator. thank you for being with us. let me begin by telling you, we had an iowa focus group of eight people with gary tuchman watching this debate and 5 out of the 8 people named you as either the winner or person they were most impressed with or co-winner or co-person they were most impressed with. what did you feel like you did differently in this debate? >> i thought that this was a leng

one of our great companies to go in there and do it properly. but we are protecting the oil. we are securing the oil. that does not mean we don't make a deal at some point. amy: that was president trump speaking on sunday as he also announced the alleged death of baghdadi and a raid in syria. during the speech, he claimed by dotty "whimpering and crying and areaming" before he detonated suicicide vest. ththe new details reveal situatn room livestream of the ray did not have audio. beast reports "where?" washington, lt. col. alexander vindman is slated to testify to congressional lawmakers as part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry into whether president trump withheld military aid from ukraine in order to pressure ukraine to investigate his political rival, joe biden and his son, hunter. vindman is the top ukraine expert on the national security council. he is the first witness to testify who listened in on trump's july 25 phone call with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, in which vindman says trump appealed to zelensky to investigate biden. vindman registered two internal objections over the matter. -- objections at the time. in his statement, vindman

amy: and he was going to face the rest of his life in jail come ellsberg. his trial was going on ats time. >> yes, he was charged with offenses under the espionage act and was facing potential total of over 100 yearars in prison.n. amy: for r releasing the pentatn pages. what was the judge reaction in his trial when he understood what had taken place? result of the investigations by the senate come in the middle of 1973, an enormous number of revelations came out, including those pertaining to ellsberg and what nixon and the administration had done to him that included not only burglarizing ellsberg's psychiatrist, but where taping various people involved in antiwar movement, wiretapping various people who were .uspected of leaking john ehrlichman had actually approached the judge in the pentagon papers case and offered him the directorship of the fbi while he was judging the ellsberg trial. and when all of this came out, the judge dismissed a all chargs against ellsberg because the case had been so prejudiced by the administration's behavior. amy: now we moved to the house judiciar

sheets on antarctica and greenland have just barely begun to respond to the warming that we have already caused. amy: we want to thank you so much for being with us, , benjan strauss, chief scientist at the nenews a s sides organization climatate central. and d harjeet ngngh,, global led on climate change at actionaid. when we come back, we continue on the climate crisis by looking at the fires still raging in california. the congressmember we will speak to is calling for pg&e to become a public utility. then we will speak with a woman who is a former pririsoner who fight fires while incarcerated. we will also talk about the housekeepers and the workers who are going to the states burning -- he states burning where the owners have evacuated, but the people are not told. stay with us. ♪ [music break] this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amamy goodman with n nermeen shaikh. nermeen: extreme winds of up to 60 miles per hour caused new fires to erupt across southern california wednesday, prompting tens of thousands to evacuate. the blazes are just the latest in a spate of climate change-fueled fires threatening the state. in ventura county north of los

at 10,000 acres. on the phone from cal fire we have amy head. tell us right now what the operation is like in smoonoma county. >> the fire is 10,000 acres, zero percent contained. we've been battling the winds throughout the night. that's managed to push the fire very rapidly. they are starting to calm down a bit. we do have those winds to deal with throughout the next day with the red flag warnings in place. >> how close are these flames to peoples homes? have you had to go door to door helping people get out? what's the situation with that? >> there have been evacuation orders in place. the sonoma county sheriff is assisting with that. we evacuated approximately 600 residents, another 200 are under advisory evacuation. it's somewhat sparsely populated. it is out in a rural area. it is burning towards the south, towards the town of geyserville but still a good distance away from the town. >> are you hearing reports of any of the power lines in the area being energized? has that caused a problem for firefighters? >> not to my knowledge. this are

at least the shots that i saw. i think he is going to come back strong. i look forward to seeing him on the campaign trail. amyjulian castro, thank you for being with us 2020 , democratic presidential candidate seserved as secretaryf housing and d urban dedevelopmet from 2014-2017. when we come back, we look at the supreme court oral arguments deciding whether lgbtq workers can be fireded due to ththeir gr identity or sexual orientation. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: the supreme court heard oral arguments tuesday in what's -- three cases that will determine whether lgbtq people can be fired from their jobs due to sexual orientation or gender identity. among the court's conservative justices, only neil gorsuch appeared open to prohibiting such workplace discrimination. one of the cases centers on a transgender woman from michigan named aimee stephens who was fired from her job at a funeral home in 2013. she spoke outside the court on tuesday. >> i would like to say thank you for all of the support that i am getting. i appreciate each and every one of you.

one of the deadliest attacks of the 70 insurgency at least 25 troops like killed on monday when militants raided 2 camps near the border with book enough fassel 60 soldiers are still unaccounted for now ami families are demanding answers from the government. frustration and fear e after the latest attack on mali in troops was. mothers wives sisters and daughters as well with more questions than answers. a t. shirt reads notice thieving generals the targets of that anger is clear. might want to jeer in these troubled times nobody hears about the presence of a general a colonel or a captain in the north it's the lower ranking troops who are falling back every day that the death penalty would not be. even when they catch their enemies the soldiers are forced to release them and their prison is a fed better than they are this is unacceptable we demand a clear explanation about the attacks. the attacks happened on monday at 2 army bases near the border was back enough fast so many troops are still missing and though some militants were killed others escaped having stolen military equipment. mali and troops make up a regional force called the g 5 saw how which is backed by france but they stru

one candidate trying to make a big move there is senator amy klobuchar, taking some swings at opponentsoping to build on her momentum from last week. david zeleny caught up with klobuchar in iowa and joins us live. >> reporter: senator amy klobuchar knows she's an underdog in this race, and she's embracing it, reminding voters that jimmy carter, bill clinton and own campaigns and she told every audience she can win in trump country as she's done in minnesota, and democrats had she says are making a mistake to pick a nominee who cannot. >> hey, guys, wow. >> senator amy klobuchar is on the move, with no time to mince words or hold back, she's racing across iowa trying to turn her moment on last week's debate stage. >> i want to give a reality check here to elizabeth. >> reporter: into momentum on the campaign trail. it's clear she's tapping into something. >> how do you plan to address all the free stuff other candidates are promoting? nothing in life is free. >> okay. well, there we go. well, we're going to give you all a free chocolate chip cookie when you leave. no. >> reporter: at a

at the gilroy garlic festival in july. >>> we want to go out to amy. she's been following that crash. oh, i guess she's back. >> this is much happier news. amy hollyfield is actually on the field right now at the coliseum. that's because it looks like the a's are going to get ready for a big crowd this afternoon. >> hi, guys. ye yes. they're excited for the playoff game. if you get here early, you will get this rally towel. this is the first playoff game that the a's have played at home in six years. so they really want this place to be full and loud. last year's wildcard game they played in new york. this year they have home field advantage for the first time since 2013. they're hoping that will make the difference for them tonight as they take on the rays. it is a must-win situation. the winner will advance. a big game tonight. the a's chose sean their starting pitcher. and he says he knows to take a pause and enjoy the moment. >> a lot of nervousness, excitement, i will soak it in for a couple of seconds. >> reporter: the winner of tonight's game advances to play the houston astros. the loser goes home for the winter. if you look online at predictions, a lot of pe

amy: 12 democratic presidential candidates faced off on the middle east, guns, reproductive rights, impeachment, healthcare, and more at a debate in ohio . senator elizabeth warren, who is now leading some national polls, rerepeatedly came under attack from her rivals. is the goldfor all standard. it is the way we get health care coverage for every single american, including the family whose child has been diagnosed with cancer, including the person who has just gotten an ms diagnosis. >> i appreciate elizabeth's work, but the difference between a plan and a pipe dream is something that you can actually get done. amy: we will air highlights from the debate and host a roundtable discussion. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. 12 candidates took to the stage for the fourth democratic presidential debate in westerville, ohio, t tuesday to spar over healthcare, foreign policy, impeachment, gun violence, reproductive rights, and economic inequality. cnn and new york times moderators failed to ask a single question about the climate crisis or i

on mostnot being lost of the people in the country now. amy: that was longtime michigan congressmemember john coconyerj. speaking on democracy now! back in 2010. he died sunday at his home in detroit at the agege of 90. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn now to the reported death of isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. on sunday, president trump announced baghdadi had blown himself up along with rivers children after u.s. special operations forces raided a compound in northwestern syria where he had been hiding. baghdadi had led the islamic state since 2010. in 2014, he proclaimed the creation of the islamic caliphate during a speech in momosul. at its peak, isis controlled a large swath of land across syria and iraq and maintained a force of tens of thousands of fighters who carried out mass killings, rape, beheadings, and torture. the group also claimed responsibility for deadly attacks across five continents. the vast majority of civilians killed by isis for muslims. mostly and iraq and syria. some analysts say al-baghdadi was radicalized after he was jailed by u.s. f

amy: let's go to haiti's president jovenel moise addressing the country last week at 2:00 in the morning. his speech came oneuling party senator opened fire. he fired a gun to disperse protesters outside the haitian parliament injuring an a.p. photojournalist and security guard. this is president moise. >> we have vare tied -- verified the senate is not able to fulfill the obligations to give the country a legitimate government, rejecting the ratification in a generaral policy statement by two successive goverernments, ignoring the forms of the laws of the republic and the democratic principles. seven months ago, we registered two rejected sessions. i take notes. i've canceled the trip shy have taken to participate in the u.n. general assembly. i made that decision to address the country's problems. i am talking abobout the political, ecoconomic, and soci situation. haiti has long been facing difficicult situations, situations of misery, unemployment, insecurity and political problems that block the functioning of schools by paralyzing other activities. amy: so that's the haitian president moise. jacqcquelin

amy. >> reporter: good morning. wait until you see the huge red glow behind me. look at this sight. it is just -- it's jaw dropping. as we were driving on highway 101 we could see the glow, but once we got here we just couldn't believe our eyes. it is massive and there's so much smoke. but it is lighting up this whole hillside. i am standing on alexander valley road. i'm in healdsburg looking up at this fire, the kinkaide fire is what they're calling it. i also want to show you some video closer at the scene, although it is an impressive sight standing back here looking at it. look at this video driving on geysers road through the fire. just a really intensifier and not showing any sign of letting up right now. so this area, they have put evacuations into place. one thing for you to keep in mind if you know someone in this area and you're able to watch this broadcast, they might not be able to because of power outages. this is a good time to reach out to everyone you know in this area. they have evacuated the area. highway 128 from geysers road to river road, that does will you the casino and all of the roads off of river road. they wan

researchers at the carnegie museum of natural history in pittsburgh have been working on extracting and cleaning the skeletons for years. amy had received as collection manager for the section of vertebrate paleontology she is also a fossil prepare and participated in breaux marker quarry excavations discoveries at the bro marker were important for me as a fossil prepared or because they are the best fossils i prepared in my career at the carnegie museum they far exceeded in completeness preservation and also in there is a preparation of other fossils that i worked on we started with her. and we were found out of. the week for everything. up to that in the reason for that. he was with gap with. the 2 being able to run by you not only on our way through the upright. but removed. you know. why. not you know other animals for for this sort of the ramparts like the dinosaur. was there a small tie around a source in germany 170000000 years before the 1st real t.-rex appeared on earth actually the 2 are unrelated except for that as the small one is called also walked on 2 legs it may have been the 1st to do so. of all the discove

amy: well, we spend the rest of the hour on a new book that looks at the devastating legacy of the foreclosurerisis and how much of the so-called recovery is a result of large private equity firms buying up hundreds of thousands of foreclosed homes. the book is by investigative reporter aaron glantz called "homewreckers: how a gang of wall street kingpins, hedge fund magnates, crooked banks, and vulture capitalists suckered millions out of their homes and demolished the american dream." in it, aaron glantz revealsls hw the e 2008 housisingrashsh decid mimillions o of americicans' fay wealth but enriched president donald trump's inner circle, including trump cabinet members steve mnuchin and wilbur ross, trump's longtime friend and confidant tom barrack, and billionaire republican donor steve schwarzman. aaron glantz joins us now, senior reporter of reveal from the center for investigative reporting. finalist for a pulitzer prize this year for his reporting on modern-day redlining. "homewreckers" comes out today. what an amazing book. lay out what you found. >> first of all, i wanted to know 8