i amam amy goodman. today we spendnd the hourr with noam m chomsky, the worlrld renowned professor, linguist and dissident. nermeen shaikh and i recently s spoke to him from t tucson, aririzona, wherere he now teachches at the university of arizona. he is also institute professor emeritus at the massachusettsts institute of technology, where hehe has taught for 50 years. i began by asking himm about president trump's national security adviser john bolton's recent praise of brazil's newly elected far-right president jair bolsanaro, a former army captain who has embraced brazil's former military dictatorship and has a history of making racist, misogynistic and homophobic comments. noam: it is entirely natural for bolton to welcome bolsonaro. bolsonaro is definitely his kind of guy, vicious, brutal, a strong and enthusiastic supporter of torture. he was a little bit critical of the military dictatorship because it did not kill enough people. he thought it should kill 30,000. it was one of the worst u.s. bac

i'm amy goodman. in california, the death toll from the deadly fires has reached 50, with scores still missing. report the paradise fire is 30% contained. in southern california,

i'm amy goodman. the city of thousands oaks in california remains in

. >> reporter: it's been four years since sherry's son ronnie goodman was murdered in san francisco's mission district. after police release third-degree video, hersavier, and louis were charged in the murder. the trial keeps getting pushed back over and over. >> the assigned district attorney on the homicide team is at another jury trial at this point in time. >> reporter: emotions boiled over outside the courtroom. the family says prosecutors keep coming up with excuses for why ronnie's murder case has dragged on for four years. >> there is no justice at this point because always we're on hold. >> reporter: turns out in san francisco cherry and maylina are not alone. we compiled data from nine bay area counties and discovered they have few cases that have been lingering in court for four years or more. but san francisco is the exception. it has 21 cases. >> i will have to concede, we do have a lot of cases that are four years old, unfortunately. >> reporter: superior court presiding judge terri jackson says people nor trials are clogging the -- says misdemeanor trials are clogging t

i'm amy goodman. in southern california, police are reporting at least 12 people have been killed after a mass shooting at a bar in the city of thousand oaks wednesday night. witnesses say a gunman threw smoke grenades into the borderline bar and grill before firing into a crowd of a few hundred people. the crowd included d many studes who were there for a collelege country music night. the gunman was found dead inside the bar. the shootiting comes 13 montnths after a gunman shot dead 59 people at a a country music concert in las vegas. there were reportedly at least one survivor of the las vegas shooting inside the california bar last night when the shooting began. president donald trump fired attorney general jeff sessions wednesday night, replacing him with the trump loyalist who has called robert mueller's russia investigation a witch hunt. this comes a day after democrats won control of the house of representatives. the new acting attorney general, matthew whitaker, is a former u.s. attorney who

i'm amy goodman. president trump is escalating his attacks against central american migrant caravans making their way to the u.s.-mexico border, including warning soldiers could shoot migrants for throwing rocks. pres. trump: we're not going to put up with that. if they want to throw rocks at our military, our military fights back. we're going -- i told them to consider it a rifle. when a throat rocks like they did at the mexico military police, i think consider it a rifle. amy: p president t trump hasas announced he may send as many as 15,000 troops to the border and indefinitely imprison asylum-seeking families in tent cities. this comes as a new associated press investigation has revealed that over 56,000 migrants have died or gone missing worldwide over the last four years, as migration has surged by nearly 50% since the turn of the century. in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, funerals continued thursday for three more victims of saturday's mass shooting at pittsburgh's tree of life synagogue, which kill

i'm amy goodman. president donald trump declared tuesday he would stand by saudi arabia over the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi, who entered the saudi consulate in istanbul, turkey, october 2 and was never seen again. in an extraordinary written statement riddled with exclamation points and subtitled "america first," trump wrote -- "it could very well be that the crown prince had knowledge of this tragic event -- maybe he did and maybe he didn't! that being said, we may never know all of the facts surrounding the murder of mr. jamal khashoggi. in any case, our relationship is with the kingdom of saudi arabia." trump's statement can even after "the washington post" reported last friday that the cia has high confidence that crown prince mohammed bin salman ordered khashoggi's murder. trump was asked by reporters tuesday why he was siding with saudi arabia over his own intelligence agencies. pres. trump: saudi arabia, if we broke with them, i think your oil prices would go through the roof. i have

i'm amy goodman. democrats have seized control of the house of representatives, while the republican party expanded its grip on the senate in tuesday''s midterm elections. with some 20 house races yet to be called, democrats have clinched house majority for the first time in eightt years, picking up more than 23 seeds they needed to retake the house. democratic leader nancy pelosi, who is poised to reclaim her gavel as speaker of the house, barring a leadership challenge by democrats, celebrated tuesday's outcome. than about more democrats and republicans, it is about restoring the constitution checks and balances to the trump administration. the gop andndopping mitch mcconnell's assault on medicare, medicaid, affordablble care act karen health c care of 130 million americans living with pre-existing medical conditions. let's hear more for pre-existing medical conditions. amy: one of the nation's most clclosely watctched races ofof e year remains too close to call. georgia secretary of state brian kem

i'm amy goodman. a federal court in california put a temporary halt monday to president trump's order denying asylum to anyone who enters the united states outside the legal port of entry. trump announced the move earlier this month, a purely in response to the central american migrant caravans he turned into a major flashpoint in the run-up to the mid--term elections. u.s. district judge john tiger, who ruled on the case, wrote -- "whatever the scope of the president's authority, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose the condition that commerce has expressly for bidden. failure to comply with entry requirements such as arriving at a designated port of entry should bear little if any weight in the asylum process." after headlines, we will speak about thompson asylum ban with baher azmy of the center for constitutional rights. the trump administration will begin to draw down the nearly 6000 troops stationed at the u.s.-mexico border as early as this week, with all active-duty military expec

i'm amy goodman. in california, at least 31 people are dead and more than 200 are missing as three massive wildfires fueled by easterly winds and a historic drought continue to rage. in northern california's butte county, the camp fire has become the state's deadliest in 85 years after at least 29 people died as the town of paradise was almost completely destroyed. recovery workers say some victims were reduced to bone fragments, raising the prospect of a much larger death toll, as some 228 butte couounty residens remain unaccounted for. in southern california, a quarter-million residents of los angeles and ventura counties were ordered to evacuate the woolsey fire, including the entire city of malibu and parts of the san fernando valley. the fire tore through ocean-sise homes as panicicked residents sought to escape through a massive traffic jajam along the pacific coast highghway. the woolsey fire began near the santa susana field laboratory, site of a partial nuclear meltdown nearly 60 years ago. c

i'm amy goodman. the death toll from the northern california's camp fire has risen to at least 63 and authorities are now saying over 630 people are missing, double the previous count. the wildfire has grown to 141,000 acres and destroyed a total of nearly 12,000 structures, including almost 10,000 homes, mostly in the decimated town of paradise. evacuated residents now face the challenge of finding shelter, as hundreds have taken to camping out in a walmart parking lot. the camp fire was 40% contained by thursday. meanwhile, the woolsey fire in the los angeles area is now over 60% contained. a massive cloud of smoke hangs over parts of northern california. one environmental monitoring group says the region now has the worst air quality in the world. residents and workers in butte county and surrounding areas have been urged to remain indoors, as schools in butte county have reremaineded shut se the fire started. dozens of schools across the bay area will be closed today due to the poor air quality. t

i'm amy goodman. the city of thousands oaks in california remains in mourning after a former marine opened fire at a country music bar wednesday night, killing 12 people, mostly students. it was the deadliest mass shooting in the united states since the parkland, florida, school shooting in february. police have identified the gunman as 28-year-old ian david long, a marine veteran who had deployed to afghanistan and had a history of mental health issues, including possible ptsd. police said long set off smoke grenades inside the bar before opening fire using a glock .45 caliber handgun eququipped with an exextendeded ammunition magazine. long also died i inside the bar. he reportedly frequented the borderline bar and grill before the shooting and had had multiple interactions with locol authoritities. earlier this year, he was evaluated by mental health professionals after a disturbance was reported at his home he shared with his mother, but he was cleared by the specialists. chef geoff dean discussed

i'm amy goodman. the united nations warns in a new report that humanity is doing far too little to limit global temperature rise to less than 1.5 degrees celsius, a target of the 2015 paris climate accord that would prevent thee worst t effects of c catastrophc climate e change. the.n. found the ratef global carbon dioxide emissions rose last year for the first time in four years, and is expected to climb again for 2018, with the world on pace to see a global rise of 3.2 degrees celsius, or nearly 6 degrees fahrenheit, by the end of the century. such a rise would see devastating drghghts, fldsds, extreme e weather, w witincreaed sea level ri, , cropailulure mass migtion, and global conflict. the u.n.s s callg onon n investmes in renewable ergrgy and for vevernmes toto rlace subsidieonon fosl fufuelwith xes to dcourage eir use. the stark rnrning meme ahe of the u. clilima talks s f for katowice, poland nt month. democracy no wilill oadcast from thealks durg the we of decber 10. mexico,he goverent of pr

i'm amy goodman. in california, the death toll from the raging wildfire in northern california reached at least 42 monday, making it the deadliest in the state's history. the camp fire burned down more than 7200 structures, most of them homes, and razed most of the city of paradise. at least 200 people are still missing. in southern california, at least two people have been killed as the woolsey and hill fires continue to burn in los angeles and ventura counties. on monday, l.a. county fire chief daryl osby responded to trump's tweet over the weekend attacking california's forest management and threatening to cut off federal aid, calling trump's remark hurtful. >> i can tell you that we are in extreme climate change right now. we don't control the climate. we're doing all we can to prevent incidents and mitigate incidents to save lives. amy: after headlines, we'll go to california to discuss the links between california's historic wildfires and climate change. in arizona, democrat kyrsten sinema has w

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i'm amy goodman. voters head to the polls today for a midterm election that's widely seen as a referendum on donald trump's presidency, with both houses of congress and 36 governors races in the balance. 36 million americans voted early this year, with participation high among young people and people of color. that is up from 27 million four years ago, leading many to predict a record turnout for a midterm election. politico is reporting that glitchy voting machines in texas and georgia have caused some votes for democrats to be switched for the republican candidate or deleted. experts have said the error is a technical malfunction. voters and civil rights groups in texas and georgia have filed complaints in what are two of the most closely watched states this midterm election. in the final stretch of campaigning, president trump appeared at rallies in ohio, indiana, and missouri monday. he repeated his vicious verbal attacks on democrats and a central american migrant caravan heading towards the u.s.

i'm amy goodman. the death toll from the devastating camp fire in northern california has risen to at least 77 as the number of missing people jumped to nearly 1000. the wildfire, by far the deadliest in california's history, is now 65% contained after scorching close to 150,000 acres. in southern california, the woolsey fire, which killed three people, is now almost 90% contained after burning clcloseo 100,000 acres. as air quality monitors ranked parts ofof california as thee dirtiest in the world, many low-wage workers, including farm workers, poorer residents, andnd homeless populations, are unable to leave or remain indoors and haveve been forced to breathe in the toxic air with little means of protection. president trump toured the devastation around the decimated town of paradise saturday with governor jerry brown. and governor-elect gavin newsom. pres. trump: you don't release you the gravity of it. as big as a look on the two, you don't see what is going on until you come here. and what we sa

i'm amy goodman. president trump called monday for mexico to deport central american asylum-seekers a day after u.s. border patrol officers fired tear gas on a group of migrants in tijuana as they attempted to cross the heavily militarized border near san diego. on monday, trump tweeted -- "mexico should move the flag waving migrants, many of whom are stone cold criminals, back to their countries. do it by plane, do it by bus, do it anyway you want, but they are not coming into the u.s.a. we will close the border permanently if need be. congress, fund the wall!" mexico has asked the u.s. to investigate the use of tear gas on children. speaking from mississippi monday, trump defended the use of tear gas for a second time, and place the blame on n parents of migrarant children, suggestig some people which haven't aren't guardians but so-called "grabbers" who simply use the children to gain asylum. pres. trump: white is a parent running up ininto an area where they knonow teargas is flowing d they're run

i'm amy goodman. in california, the death toll from the deadly fires has reached 50, with scores still missing. report the paradise fire is 30% contained. in southern california, firefighters are still battling flames from the woolsey fire, which killed two people and ripped through homes in malibu, scorching almost 100,000 acres. authorities are investigating reports from utilities companies of power line issues that came in just minutes before both the deadly camp p and woolsesey firs started. on capitol hill, police arrested 51 youth climate activists tuesday as they held a nonviolent sit-in protest inside the office of house democratic leader nancy pelosi, demanding a green new deal and urgent action on climate change. philadelphia activist sophia zaia of the sunrise movement said she was compelled to act because of the historic wildfires raging in pelosi's home state of california. people were burned alive by wildfires in her home state. she has come to that crisis with a water gun, saying she is

i'm amy goodman. ththe trump adadministration h s reimposed harsh economic sanctions against iran, drawing condemnation from european allies and massive protests across iran. the new sanctions officially began at 12:01 this morning, six months after president trump withdrew the u.s. from the 2015 nuclear agreement that saw iran win sanctions relief in return for abandoning much of its nuclear program. france, germany, britain and the european union issued a joint statement friday condemning the u.s. move, calling the iran deal essential for the security of europe, e e region, , and the whole world. but euroanan and aan c companies have largely c c back purcrchass of iranian oil for fear of reprisalals from w washington. the sanctions came just after iranians celebrated the 39th anniversary of the islamic revolution. this is iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khomeini. >> the u.s. is much weaker today than it was 40 yeaears ago when the revolution was big tory is. the power of the u.s. is on the decli

i'm amy goodman. funeral services are continuing to be held for the victims of saturday's mass shooting at pittsburgh's tree of life synagogue, where 11 jewish worshipers were shot and killed in what has been desescribed as the deadliest anti-semitic attack in u.s. history. services were held for joyce fienberg, melvin wax, and irving younger on wednesday. more funerals are planned d in e coming days. the pennsylvania man accused of killing the worshipers was 11 indicted wednesday on 44 counts, including murder and hate crimes. robert bowers has a history of posting anti-semitic and xenophobic content. just before the shooting rampage, he wrote on a far-right social media site -- "hias likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. i can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. screw your optics, i'm going in." hias, formerly known as the hebrew immigrant aid society, is a non-profit providing assistance to refugees. meanwhile, president trump attacked the media again following major protests i

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh.e go now to chicago, where a community is demanding answers for the police killing of a black security guard in the chicago suburbs. 26 year-old jemel roberson jumped into action early sunday morning when a shooting broke out at a bar where he was working as a security guard. roberson was restraining a shooting suspect outside when several police officers arrived on the scene. a white police officer from the midlothian policice departrtment then opened fire, shooting roberson. witnesses said the police officer opened fire even the police at the bar were screaming that roberson was a security guard. roberson was armed and held a valid gun owner's license. this is adam harris, who witnessed the shooting, spspeakg with wgn tv in chicago. groundad somebody on the with his gun on them, don't move. everybody was screaming he was a security guard. and they still did their job and saw black man with a gun and basically killed him. amy: meanwhile, the illinois is defending the actions of the po

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i'm amy goodman. president trump called monday for mexico to deport central american asylum-seekers a day after u.s. border patrol officers fired tear gas on a group of migrants in tijuana as they attempted to cross the heavily militarized border near san diego. on monday, trump tweeted -- "mexico should move the flag waving migrants, many of whom are stone cold criminals, back to their countries. do it by plane, do it by bus, do it anyway you want, but they are not coming into the u.s.a. we will close the border permanently if need be. congress, fund the wall!" mexico has asked the u.s. to investigate the use of tear gas on children. speaking from mississippi monday, trump defended the use

, derek carr, anna goodman on the sidelines, second quarter raiders up 7-3, john townsend putting ind zone, cyrus jones fielded all the way back to the 30, but this gets a special teams out of the doghouse. jones, 70 yard return, and baltimore took a 10-7 lead. third quarter, 20-10 ravens, car under pressure, look at cook bailing him out, reaching back, one-handed grab, that's a touchdown, and the raiders within -- when a field goal. baltimore responds with a 17 play drive, rookie lamar jackson to the radar -- raider michael crabtree. raiders backup 10. six minutes to play, raiders force a goal at fourth and eight, car hit from behind, jarrell cracks it down, the 36- year-old is running out of bounds, he returned in for a 43 yard knockout blow, baltimore wins 34-17, raiders dropped to 2-9. >> disappointing, europe 75 yards, passing to a tight end, you can't get off the field, stop the inside running game, can't protect when you have to, those are the storylines to me, things i've got to figure out. and until we do, we will have a lot of long faces. >> ben roethlisberger and the steel

so now you go to go in london thank you more now actually joining us on skype from london matthew goodman he is a professor of politics and international relations at the university of kent also a senior fellow in the european program at chatham house matthew let me read you a comment that has sent us on facebook live and said for many it's probably a relief just to end the bitter crossfire uncertainty and move on that sounds great doesn't it but from everything our correspondents just said it seems we're very far away from there being any calm here. well i think the conservative party is going to be divided did for many many years to come prime minister may will certainly be hoping that she gets that transition into peace time if you like it certainly feels like the conservative party is currently in on a war footing but i think longer term the dilemma for the conservative party are incredibly real and nobody really has a solution to the prime minister made about to deliver a bricks a deal that will not satisfy a large number of her back benches we now have an estimate that over ninety m

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housing construction began at the peak of the williston goodman is now nearly complete. occupied in part by survivors of the the neighborhood seems sadly empty. here and with the downturn in the economy. boil prices. i can still make more money than i can back home. just. now as much they're used to. i consider myself fortunate because i still have a job as talk no friend just yesterday he got laid off so he's got to go back to louisiana to find find work. because there are not too many people hiring or. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line and they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. most somewhat want to be rich . but you'd like to be close it's like the fall tree in the morning can't believe. i'm interested always in the waters of how. things should fall. in a world of big part of newton's laws 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

i'm amy goodman. with the u.s.idterm elections a day away, we continue our conversation with the world renowned linguist, dissident and author noam chomsky. democracy now!'s nermeen shaikh and i interviewed him from tucson, arizona, where he now teachehes at the university of arizona. noam chomsky is also institute professor emeritus at the massachusetts institute of technology where he has taught for 50 years. during part one we plalayed on friday, noam chomsky talked about what is at stake in tomorrow's midterm elections. >> so is it the most greatest moment in my life? yes, but also in all of human history. and things like the election will have an impact on this. amy: during our conversation on thursday, , i asked professor chomomsky to outline some of the issues he thinks should be followed most closely. of the domestic policies of the trump administration? they are very straightforward. s on the rich, powerful, corporate sector and try to undermine and destroy anything that might be of benefit to the general

it's been four years since ronnie goodman was murdered in san francisco's mission district. too on two brothers have ard, - been charged, but the trial keeps getting pushed back. >> we have already been through so much and then to top this off by letting this just drag and drag and drag. i mean we want justice. >> four years, still no trial. tonight at 11:00 why san francisco tips the scales for justice delayed. >>> coming up next what happened during today's turkey day tradition at the white house. >>> back out to chopper 5 over oakland right now showing you the clearing skies ahead of some clouds and some rain, what a welcome sight. >> wow. >> thanks giving is just a couple days away. >> this year two lucky turkeys are being spared for thanksgiving dinner. >> peas, i hereby grant you a full pardon. >> yes, he said peas. the president and first lady pardoned peas in an online vote. the 40-pound bird beat out his alternate carrots, but the president decided to pardon both. so peas and carrots survived. the two birds will live out their days on the virginia tech university ca

it has been four years since ronnie goodman was murdered in san francisco. >> we have been through so much and then to top this off it -- by letting this just drag and drag and drag. i mean, we want justice. >> judge san francisco tips the scales for justice delayed at 11:00. >>> another wild ride on wall street today with tech giants taking a major hit. here are the closing numbers. the dow dropping nearly 400 points, nasdaq tumbles two unpoints. shares of the biggest names in tech took a beating. facebook ended the day down while apple finished at >>> the nation's largest bridal retailer filed for bankruptcy today. david's bridal owes $500 million to $1 billion. they reached a deal with lenders to reduce the debt by $400 million. not to worry. to continue to o dresses will still arrive on time and nothing will be effected. >>> no construction required >> the start up that is like a cross between air b n b and e harmony. >> reporter: the house sharing start up is called roomaly. it is in its pilot face. it could fight the bay area housing crisis. >> reporter: no secret that the housi

. >> reporter: adam goodman is co- founder of the budapest-based mid atlantic films company which helpedrrange for tuhe alienist's-of-the-century new york set to be built here. >> if i'm in a meeting and someone is talking about another doject which has nothing with hungary and it can be the mu ost ow disconnected conversation, we can do that here. there's nothing we can't do. : >> reportdapest has proved a good place for american actor nick wittman. so how did an american guy from indiana wind up making movies in hungary? >> i was actually i was only going to be here for three days and that was 10 years ago. >> reporter: he plays small parts, but he gets star treatment here. , if i'm working on a fi they'll put me up with a chauffeur, they drive me to set, i get a trailer, i have an assistant. >> reporter: we met him near parliament where he told us about his role in a long-running german crierme series shot called "alarm for cobra 11." >> and i'm basically a bank robber. >> oh, really? >> yeah, i came out with kalashnikovs and lit everything up. kind of make a run for it. for some reas