i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh.> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we begin today's show with two climate activists who were arrested last year after they used their lobster boat to block a delivery of some 40,000 tons of coal to the brayton point power station in somerset, massachusetts. when the ship carrying the coal, named the energy enterprise, attempted to unload its cargo, it found a boat, named the henry david t., in the way. on the board were climate activist ken ward and jay o'hara. their boat was kept in place by 200 pound anchor and displayed a banner with the hashtag #coal is stupid. they call the police to report their direct action charlie after they arrived. >> the anchor is down here. >> do you want to do the honors? >> can is going to call the somerset police and not them know we are here -- and let them know we are here. this is a nonviolent protest, purely peaceful protest that we are intending to do what is right for the planet and prevent thi

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh.your favorite website seems to load slowly today, take a closer look. you might be expressing the battle for the net "internet slowdown," a global day of action. the internet won't actually be slowing down, but many sites are placing on the home pages animated loading graphics, which organizers call the proverbial spinning will of death. they will symbolize what the internet might soon look like. as that wheel spins, the rules about how the internet works are being redrawn. large internet service providers , or isp's, like comcast, time warner, at&t, and verizon are try to change the rules that govern the internet. >> some of the biggest counties on the internet are joining today's internet slowdown to draw attention to net neutrality -- that principle that service providers should not be allowed to speed up or slow down loading times on certain websites, such as their competitors. they include netflix, mozilla, kickstarter, etsy, and wordpress. this comes as 27 online advocacy groups

shaikh nermeen and i sat down with him. started by asking him if he could characterize the situation in gaza at the moment. >> yes, it is disastrous. it is disastrous both in political terms, which is to say the situation cannot conceivably , certainly in the short run lead to any positive results, to , an improvement in the lives of either israelis or palestinians, and of course it's disastrous in humanitarian terms, the kind of slaughter that's taking place there. when one thinks that this is what is necessary for israel to survive, that the zionist dream is based on the slaughter of -- repeated slaughter of innocents on a scale that we're watching these days on television, that is really a profound, profound crisis -- and should be a profound crisis-in the thinking of all of us who were committed to the establishment of the state and to its success. it leads one virtually to a whole rethinking of this historical phenomenon. >> what do you believe, mr. siegman, what do you believe the objectives of israel are in this pres

. >> i am nermeen shaikh. welcome to our viewers around the world.entagon officials are openly stating the military campaign in syria and iraq could take years to succeed. this comes as the latest round of airstrikes in syria hit targets near the turkish border close to an area where tens of thousands of kurds have fled to escape from militants tied to the islamic state group. on tuesday, president obama made his first public remarks about the strikes inside syria. >> and because of the almost unprecedented effort of this coalition, i think we now have an opportunity to send a very clear message that the world is united, that all of us are committed to making sure that we degrade and ultimately destroy, , but also the kinds of extremist ideologies that would lead to so much bloodshed. this is not something that is going to be quick, and not something that is going to be easy. it will take time, and it is not only a military effort. >> president obama also met with leaders from saudi arabia, iraq, bahrain, qatar and the united arab emirates in new yor

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