professor daniel mengara, teaches french and francophone studies in montclair state university. the author of "gabon in danger," the title translated from the french. in 1998, mengara created the exiled opposition movement "bongo must leave," which he continues to head. and joining us from france, thank you to thomas deltombe, french list and essayist. his edited book called "a history of franÇafrique: the empire that does not want to die." coming up, hurricane idalia has left a trail of destruction from florida to the carolinas. we will look at the climate emergency with climate scientist peter kalmus, the nasa scientist who has been arrested demanding more action on climate change. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: pierre akendenguÉ. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nermeen: hurricane idalia has left a trail of flooding and destruction from florida to the carolinas, inundating coastal towns and leaving 400,000 customers across the region without power. idalia made landfall as a category 3 hurricane and was later downgraded t