juan cole, professor of history at the university of michigan. blog "informed comment" is online at juancole.com. emma beals is an award-winning investigative journalist and editor of syria in context. we come back, we go to chile. ♪ [music break] amy: thousands of demonstrators in santiago gathered friday and this song in unison. his music has become a soundtrack of the current movement. he was murdered just after september 11, 1973, when the dictator pinochet rose to power in u.s.-backed coup. this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman. we turn now to chile, where president sebastian pinera has announced a major reshuffling in his cabinet after more than one million people flooded the streets friday in massive peaceful demonstrations over inequality, rising cost of health care and education. the protest drew more than 5% of chile's population, and followed days of widespread civil unrest that sparked a violent police and military crackdown across chile. vowed toay, pinera ease the military-imposesed curfew. at least 18 people have been killed and

juan cole. alongside his own son kyle the bullies grew up together you know. and it's very street smart as well very funny very droll brokers and you can always get out of them so. they always have good friends they were also balanced by a shared dream to one day be a professional footballer and definitely if they get behind. with food to be able to come through an environment like. and be able to turn the tables i mean i just take the positive or the myth and say it's this which the future is now bailey joins live a couzin at the start of 2017 and peter bosch the 22 year old why did tackle already found his regular place in the starting line up the last campaign. all over want to be the most meat so big thing for me why because he likes my style of playing i like his side of what he wants us to play leon bailey has for todd to make his way from jamaica to the champions league taking on one challenge at a time. good statists. can go anywhere in the city because they all love her and will use idea for the school to go in one of the 50 goals where they're been a

other top story that is the death of isolator abu bakar baghdad's a let's see if we can speak to juan cole in ann arbor michigan he's a professor of history at the university of michigan and specializes in the middle east good to have you with us on our syria. back that he has not been killed this is undeniably a big moment in the fines against what do you think happens next you will replace and then what is likely to do to the group well i saw as a terrorist organization in the 1st instance and it managed to turn itself into a state of sorts for a while that was a bad strategy because terrorism is a tactic for people who don't have a return address if you can find the terrorists and they're vulnerable of course that's what's happened to about dudie terrorist organizations have souls there are many hads and so i don't think that he was running day to day operations of the organization and so it will go on. this is arguably a much needed win for the trumpet ministration especially after the president came under fire for his troop withdrawal from syria and arguably abandoning the kurds how w

juan soto lift i lifting the astros. nats added three runs in the fifth and held on for the win. the first loss for astros pitcher gerrit cole. juan soto will turn 21 on friday night. if they win the world series, it's legal if he takes part in the champagne celebration. >>> ahead, the president thrown into the impeachment. say hello to your fairy godmother, alice. oh and look they got gain scent beads and dryer sheets too! >>> a devastating blow to the president's impeachment ee venice. what was told behind closed doors. >> russia invents itself as the top ally. a deal takes effect overnight. >>> happy to take money for political ads but not police them. the facebook chief faces big questions today on capitol hill. >> and a 20-year-old having a postseason for the ages leads the nationals to an early lead in the world series. welcome back to "early start," everybody. i'm christine romans. >> that's tran traction. i'm dave briggs. 4:31 eastern time. we start in the nation's capitol. we talk about the strongest proof yesterday of the quid pro quo. bill taylor testifying he was sitting on vital military aid and it would not be

ger rhys cole has not been beaten since may 22nd. it was a 20-year-old that got to him, juan soto.e tie it at two. 5th inning, soto, slicer, two run double, 5-2 washington. soto nervous in the first at- bat, struck out and then three for four. sean doolittle gets the four out save and game one goes to the visitors. >> >>: all in for the san francisco 49ers. believe it, they sure do as they make a huge trade to pick up and make up for a weak zeeshan. emmanuel sanders from denver. giving up a third and fourth round draft pick in 2020. he is number one, 32 years old and will be a free agent at the end of the season. we'll see how it works out, 19ers against carolina at home. >> shark, shakey start and they can't beat the good teams. the kids in buffalo having some fun now before wintersets in. sharks had an early 2-0 lead. in the 3rd down 3-2 and they go into overtime tied at three. just 3:13 in crashing the net, jack scores for buffalo, san jose has lost nine of the last ten vs. team with winning records and they're 3-5-1.. what a way to open the nba season. clippers and laker, lebro

to a quick 2-30 start having to face the unbeaten gerrit cole and his brother-in-law, brandon crawford and kids supporting him. touched by juanagain with a two run double. three for four with three rbi's. the stros chip away, george springer, instead of admireing the long shot, he should have been standing on third as kyle tucker will score. instead, one out. that was all they get. 5-4 final, sean doolittle a four out save and the nats go up 1-0. game two tomorrow here on fox 2. doesn't matter what anybody else thinks about the 49ers 6-0 start, they believe in themselves. they go out and pick up a dynamic wide receiver, number 10. emmanuel sanders is the game. very athletic. didn't come on the cheek for the niners. they'll have to give up draft picks. 19er, second fewest receiving yards in the nfl. they had to address the weakness and the down side, 32 years old, ten and a half months out of an achilles heel surgery and be a free agent after this year. if he's got something left it'll be worth it. >> season of change in the nba and the power shift maybe from northern california to so catch lakers and clip, that means lebron v

on baseball for the first time tonight, 21-year-old phenom juan soto stole the show and game 1. 3 for 4 and three rbis. first loss for gerrit cole since may 22. game 2, nationals broke it open and the seventh inning. kurt suzuki home run. justin verlander. the floodgates opened. the momentum swung when it went to washington. game 3, astros back in the series. anibal sanchez. kept on going with game number 4. ricky bregman finish things off with the grand slam. game 5, tied at 4 and gerrit cole bounced back in game 5. cy young candidates. correa and springer both homer homered. astros won all three games on the road. last night, stephen strasburg continues his amazing postseason run. 5-0 on the postseason. anthony rendon homered and drove in five and that's why we have a game 7 tonight. former cy young winners max scherzer and zack greinke square off. greinke won game 3. scherzer got it started with game 1 but he was scratched in game 5 due to neck spasms. gogot a cortisone shot sunday ad i was ready to go tonight. we welcome in tom verducci. tom, he got the shot. he says he's better. what are the nationals really expecting from

juan soto coming up big in this game. he doesn't turn 21 until friday, and he hit an absolute moonshot off cole in the fourth. the ball landed on the train track. that rarely happens at minute maid park, the fourth youngest to hit a home run in the world series. he came up big again in the fourth with a two-run double. the nationals, they go on to steal home field advantage in the series with a 5-4 win in game one. >> i'm not going to lie, i feel a little bit shaky in my legs, but i tried to control my emotions, stay focused in the game. >> he's calm in the moment. clearly this is not too big a stage for him. he's taken big swings early on, bounced back from the punchout, had two big at-bats and hits. he was the difference in the game. >> yeah. the nationals are going to try to take a 2-0 lead in the series. steve strasburg will be going up against justin verlander. >>> last night, the showdown everyone was looking for. the new look lakers taking on the new look clippers in the battle for los angeles. in the first edition, kawhi leonard, he was without running mate paul george out with injury, but he was able

. >> they have a 20-year-old juan soto train tracks. they beat garrett cole who's been almost literally untouchable since may this season. >> that was a big deal win for the nationals on the road in houston. they have another one of their top guys stephen strasburg on the mound against a pretty good pitcher from houston named justin verlander. it's already a great series. juan soto is incredible, 20 years old as you said, a great world series so far. >> no doubt. this will be a moment for the national audience to get to know soto who is one of the game's brightest stars. that home run yesterday off of cole opposite field off the train tracks. extremely impressive. >> rafael devers home run. >> not quite as good as devers. >> i think i know where i'm going to be this weekend. >>> we begin with the capitol hill testimony that is raising serious concerns about president trump's denial of a quid pro quo, when it comes to his dealings with ukraine. acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine bill taylor spent more than nine hours behind closed doors testifying before house

juan soto coming up big in this one. he doesn't turn 21 until friday, and he hit a moon shot off cole in the fourth inning.l landed on the train track. few balls land way up there. the youngest to hit a home run in the world series. would also come through big in the fifth. nationals steal home field advantage in this series with the win in game one. 5-4 the final. nationals are going to try to take a 2-0 lead tonight. they've got stephen strasburg up on the hill against justin verlander. >>> the nba season tipping off last night on tnt. the showdown everyone was waiting for. the new look lakers taking on the new look clippers and the battle for los angeles. in the first edition, kawhi leonard was without paul george. still out with an injured shoulder. but he's able to out-dual them. kawhi picking up where he left off after picking up a championship last year in toronto. the raptors dropping their banner last night and they got their rings as well. those rings, wow. they have a 1.25 carat diamond on top of the trophy. it's the largest diamond for any sports ring ever. it's got 650 total diamonds on that b

. >> reporter: and while the nationals' star slugger juan soto did deliver a brief glimmer of hope with this solo shot, astros pitcher gerrit colehut down the nats bat helping houston win 7-1. the nats seemingly not helped by the presence of the cheerleader in chief. president trump attending the first baseball game of his time in office greeted with a chorus of boos and chants by the sold-out crowd. some fans even hanging an impeach trump sign over a railing. but the mvp of the night also coming from the stands. this nationals fan was struck in the chest by a home run hit, refusing to drop the two beers he had in hand. the video instantly going viral. momentum definitely seems to be on houston's side but this has been a series for the road team. neither team has won at home and i'm sure nats fans hope that's the case tomorrow. >> yes. it could be over. it could be over tomorrow. >> thank you, janai. >>> we're following a lot of other stories including a new lawsuit against southwest airlines. a flight attendant is claiming that pilots were using a hidden camera in a bathroom. >>> now let's go to ginger. >> and we have to go str

a thriller that featured houston astros ace pitcher gerrit cole who came into the game with 19 wins in a row. and the washington nationals' juanhe 20-year-old phenom left fielder known as the childish bambino. >> third youngest player you saw hit cleanup in a world series and he just cleaned up. >> reporter: soto crushed a 417-foot homer tying the score in the fourth inning. >> wow. >> reporter: then in the fifth, soto was at it again, smashing a two-run double that gave the nationals a 5-2 lead. >> one run scores. >> reporter: the nationals managed to hang on for the 5-4 victory. the first-ever world series victory in their franchise history. >> the nationals take game one. >> reporter: soto turns 21 on friday. the same day the city of washington will host its first world series game since 1933. you were talking about this earlier. he's not even old enough to have a beer to celebrate. what he's doing is phenomenal. he said he relaxed afterwards, but that first at-bat, he admit it, his knees were shaking, a little wobbly. 20 years old. think about what you were doing at 20. putting on that display. >> put the butterflies to wo