nermeen: and i'm nermeen shaikh. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. in the caribbean, at least 10 people have died as the historic category-5 hurricane irma barrels across the atlantic ocean n and toward the u.s. coa. rricicane irma i is thmost powerful storm ever recocorded over the atlantic ococean. on wednesday, eight pepeople did on the islanand of saintnt mart, one person died onon angwilla,ad a twtwyear-old chihild died on barbuda. barbuda and st. martin were devastated by the 185 mile an hour winds. on barbuda, 90% of all structures were destroyed. the prime minister, gaston browne, has declared barbuda is practically uninhabitable, and warns the entire island may need to be evacuated as another storm approaches. >> we are threatened now i get potentially another storm, hurricane jose. if that is the case and it is coming our way, clearly, we will have to evacuate the residence of barbuda. amy: on puerto rico, more than million people have lost power. auth

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. rmeen: president trump gave his first address to the u.n. general assembly tuesday, boasting about the size of the u.s. military, threatening to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal, hinting at an intervention in venezuela, and threatening to totally destroy north korea. the 40 minute speech was reportedly written by trump's senior adviser stephen miller, and did not call out other authoritarian countries that are u.s. allies, including egypt, turkey, and saudi arabia. in his sharpest of many threats, trump called north korean leader kim jong-un "rocket man" and said the u.s. was prepared to destroy an entire nation of 25 million people. pres. trump: the united states has great strength and patience. but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. amy: north korea's ambassador walked out of the general assembly just as trump took the podium. iran's government

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. een: we end today's show with a new book that examines the history of mass civil detentntion without trail. it comes as a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in burma, where more than 400,000 members of the rohingya muslim minority have fled the country after hundreds of their villages were burned to the ground, and the u.n. high commissioner for human rights has accused the burmese government of waging a book -- textbook example of ethnic cleansing. amy: meanwhile, in the united states, there are increasing displays of anti-immigrant sentiment and anti-semitism. at last month's unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia, neo-nazis and ku klux klan members displayed swastikas and marched with torches. members of the local synagogue, congngregation beth israel, said men dressed in fatigues and carrying semi-automatic rifles stood across the street, prompting people to leave their saturdayay service from the babk of the synagogue in groups as a safety precaution. a recent column in

nermeen shaikh and i spoke to roger waters on wednesday. i began by asking him to respond by arecent statement legislator who attttempted to st down roger waters question the upcoming concerts in one island. he called him villain anti-semi to" as in "brace the bds movement and that some will not do business with you. there's no room for hatred in nassau. >> the first thing that lives out of that statemenent is the notion that i might be in some way anti-somatic will step or against jewish people were against the jewish religion or against anything that hasas jewishness attached to it. i am off. they c comb through h my past ad they find it very difficult to susubstantiate that accusation. they use the a accusation as thy do with anybody who supports bds or anybody who criticizes israeli foreign policy or the occupatition. that is their standard go to response is to call you and effect; to start calling you names. and hopefully, to discredit you. as far as nassau coliseum is concerned and the specific thing thee, i was hoping that state atto

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