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Dollars than the other president ial candidates. Well dive your strategy to win the presidency . Former new york mayor and 2020 president ial candidate Mike Bloomberg speaks at a press event here at the climate conference, but refuses to take questions. Democracy now w didnt giveve. Wewell takake you on the chase. Then more ththan 100 climatefueled wildfdfires are ravaging australia as plumes of smoke in sydney have pushed air quality levels to 12 times hahazardous levels. Well speak with australian environmental scientist bill globalout a new study on warming. Eightare morning of we are wanting of a warming. Current policies push us a little bit over the level by about 20 degreeses to three degrees. In general terms, we have not seen much improvement. Amy then, back in the United States, the house has introduced articles of impeachment against presidident trump. In service to our duty to the constitution and to our country, ise House Committee introducing two articles of impeachment charging the president of the United States donald j. Trump with committing high crimes and misdemeanors. Amy we will speak with california Congressmember Ro Khanna about impeachment and the new pentagon budget. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from the u. N. Climate summit in madrid, spain. House lawmakers have unveiled two articles of impeachment against President Trump, bringing a sitting president to the brink of impeachment for only the fourth time in u. S. History. This is chair of the House Judiciary Committee, jerry nadler, announcing the first article of impeachment. The first article is for abuse of power. It is an Impeachable Offense for the president to exercise the powers of his Public Office to obtain an improper r personal benefit while ignoring or injuring the national interest. Amy the impeachment inquiry centers on how President Trump withheld military aid from ukraine to pressure the ukrainian president to investigate trumps political rival, joe biden, and his son hunter. Democratic lawmakers say trump then tried to cover up his actions, leading to the second article of impeachment obstruction of congress. ,this is congressman nadler. These actions moreover are consistent with President Trumps previous invitations of foreign interference in our 2016 president ial election. And when he was caught, when the house investigated and opened in impeachment inquiry, President Trump engaged in unprecedented, categorical, and indiscriminate defiance of the impeachment inquiry. This gives rise to the second article of impeachment for obstruction of congress. Amy the unveiling of the articles of impeachment against President Trump comes as fbi director Christopher Wray accepts the key finding of the Justice Department Inspector General prosperous report, that Inspector Generals report that the fbis probe into trumps 2016 Campaign Officials was not politically motivated. In response, presidedent trump slammed wray during a speech in hershey, pennsylvania, on tuesday. Pres. Trump there arere great people in the fbi, but not in leadership. Not good people inin leadership. Amy during president s speech in hershey, pennsylvania, he also encouraged security to rough up a female protester who disrupted his event. Amy get her pres. Trump get her out. Did you see that . I will tell you Law Enforcement is so great. That particular guy wanted to be so politically correct. Oh, oh, oh. We dont want to be politically correct. Amy that was President Trump flailing his hands, reminiscent of the time he disparagingly mocked a disabled New York Times reporter while on the campaign trail. President trump also met with the Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov at the white house tuesday. During his visit to washington, the Russian Foreign minister denied that russia meddled in the 2016 election. He reportedly expressed interest in renewing the new strategic arms reduction treaty, known as new start the last major arms treaty between the u. S. And russia. The United States may allow the treaty to expire without being replaced. Democratic lawmakers have signed off on the Trump Administrations new nafta, the north america Free Trade Agreement. The new trade deal is known as the u. S. Mexicocanada agreement. It includes more environmental protections, especially around protecting Marine Wildlife from pollution and overfishing. It also includes additional Labor Protections aimed at making it easier for mexican workers to unionize. The trade deal also includes new provisions around intellectual property and the digital economy. The original north america Free Trade Agreement took effect in 1994, devastating the livelihood of Small Farmers across mexico. A federal judge in texas has blocked the Trump Administration from using billions of dollars in military funding to construct trumps border wall. Judge David Briones ruling tuesday is the latest legal blow to trumps efforts toto divert billions of dollars of funding towards his controversial wall. In france, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets as massive strikes and protests continued for a sixth straight day. Demonstrators are protesting french president emmanuel macrons proposed pension overhaul. Tuesdays strike again shuttered universities and ground Public Transportation across france to a halt. Strikers also blockaded the majority of frances oil refineries. In britain, voters are preparing to head to the polls tomorrow for a defining national elelection, whh pits coconservative p prime ministetr Boris Johnson agagainst Labor Party Leader jeremy corbyn. At stake in the election is the future of britains Public Health service and how to handle Brexit Britains plan to leave the European Union. To see our full interview about thursdays British Elections with historian, activist, filmmaker, and author tariq ali, go to democracynow. Org. Here at the cop 25 in madrid, spain, protesters are continuing to demand urgent action on Climate Change. Today youth protesters with fridays for future took over the main plenary stage, chanting, you cant drink oil, keep it in the soil and respect indigenous rights, so we can win this fight. Respect indigenous rights so we can win this fight. Amy the youth protests here at the Climate Summit here in madrid comes as thousands of people have taken to the streets in australia to demand urgent action on the Climate Crisis as sydney is blanketed in thick black toxic smoke from the more than 100 wildfires burning acacross australalia. Smoke alarms have been going off across sydney as the air quality reaches record hazardous levels. This year is the worst wildfirie season in australias history. Well have more on this story later in the broadcast. In new zealand, at least six people are dead and at least three more are missing after a volcano erupted on the white island. Rescue efforts have been called off today as scientists warned the volcano may erupt again. Ethiopian Prime Minister abiy ahmed received the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony in oslo on tuesdsday. I accept this award on behalf of ethiopians and eritreans, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the cause of peace. Likewise, i accept this award on , whoseof my partner goodwill [applause] whosee goodwill, trust, and commitment were vital in ending deadlockedades betwn our two untries. Y prime mister abiyhmed n the awarfor endinghe twodede state war between ethiopia and eritrea. But the Prime Minister is now faci increasinoppositiont home, including over the securityty forces deadly crackdown against protests in ahmed refused to hold thee october. Cucustomary newsws conferences s part o of the nobel l peace prie ceremonieses. Meanwhile, in sweden, the nobel prize for literature was also awarded tuesday to austrian author peter handke and polish novelist olga tokarczuk. The awarding of the prize to handke has sparked widespread controversy over the writers close ties to former serbian leader slobodan milosevic, who was charged with genocide and crimes against humanity. Handke delivered a eulogy at his funeral. Nearly 60,000 people have called for the award to be revoked, and turkey, albania, and kosovo all boycotted tuesdays ceremony. In san diego, california, six people were arrested outside the u. S. Customs and Border Protection building to protest the denial of medical care, including flu vaccinations, to families detained by immigration and Customs Enforcement or Border Patrol. Tuesdays protest on International Human rights day came after doctors were barred from providing flu vaccines to migrants detained inside the chula vista Border Patrol station. Hundreds of protesters in rhode island also blocked the driveways to the wyatt detention center, while in kansas city, missouri, seven people were arrested protesting outside of umb bank, which represents the bondholders of the wyatt detention facility. In the former chairman of the Federal Reserve paul volcker has died at the age of 92. He is best known for waging war on inflation during the 1980 prosperous delivered a Shock Therapy that drove the economy into a deep recession and crate of widespread unemployment. Interest increase in rates also created a debt crisis that devastated latin america. He later went on to serve as chair of preresident o obamass econonomic recovery advisory board,d, convincncing lawmakerso impose minor restrictions on big banks, measure known as the volker role. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Were broadcasting from inside the United Nations Climate Change conference here in madrid, spain. The Media Advisory came in yesterday former new york city mayor and 2020 president ial candidate Michael Bloomberg would be speaking at 4 00 p. M. Madrid time at the u. S. Climate Action Center here inside the u. N. Climate summit. Also speaking would be actor Harrison Ford and bank of England Governor Mark carney, and others. The lawmakers, mayors, Business Leaders who are here to say that although the u. S. Is pulling out of the paris accord, they are still committed. Throughout the climate conference, the delegation has been speaking and taking questions from the press. So we packed up our gear and headed to bloombergs news availability, to the News Conference. This would be our chance to get a question into the 2020 president ial hopeful. When we arrived, the pavilion was mobbed with press. We got in many didnt. Harrison ford addressed the packed room of reporters. We know the facts. What we need now is the courage to act. Countrys federal government dedemonstrated a lack of courage, threatening to pulul out of the Paris Agreements. And d if we dont elect new leadership, they are going to continue to do that. Amy Michael Bloomberg was among the last in the pavilion to speak. The reason that i a am here s madrid is really very simple. I am here because no one from the white housuse is here. Were looking fororward to this novemberers election and a new president in 2020. We have to have america as part of the solution. Amy to our surprise, as soon as mayor bloomberg wrapped up his comments, he was surrounded by security and walked out without taking any questions. We followed him. Stir bloomberg, are you taking questions from the press . You beloomberg, will taking questions from the press . They told us this was a News Conference with mayor bloomberg. Has said he u. N. Mr. Mayor if you could just answer a question . We all packed in there to ask a question. Youre going to trip. Amy im from new york. Im ok. Set economic inequality is driving protest around the world. You are a billionaire running for president. You spent tens of millions more dollars than the other president ial candidates. Will that be your strategy to win the presidency . Where he to talk about the climate. And guy said the u. N. Say climate [inaudible] amy that mayor can for himself. Close here as part of the reason why we are here. It is important for the contacts. He is here to talk about climate. Amy and he referred to President Trump and i think this is relevant. Thank you for your question. Amy mr. Mayor, can you answer for yourself . Not to take more questions. Amy i think it is very important that these protests around the world around climate and economic and all he mr. Bloomberg is running amy who are you close who are you . Am amy goodman from democracynow. Mr. Mayor, we were told this was a News Conference. That is why seven reporters packed in. Thank you. Thank you, miss. Amy mr. Mayor, how do you think these global protests around equality should be addressed . Mr. Mayor, how do you think these global protests around inequality should be addressed . If you answer it, i will stop asking. Mr. Mayor, how do you think these global protests against inequality should be addressed . Do not slam me against the wall. Event thatto this mayor bloomberg was speaking at that was billed as a press conference. Many press packed into the room. We listened to mayor Bloomberg Talk about the Climate Crisis. We all had questions. My question to him was, in light of the global protests taking place, the u. N. Says they are being driven by inequality, both economic and climate inequality. As a billionaire running for president , how does he address that issue . Mayor threefor times, he spent more than 250 million of his own money. At the time, i it was more than any official in u. S. History, any politician in u. S. History. Now he is into the president ial race. He has spent 90 million on ads, 20 million more than any other president ial candidate. Is this his strategy, i wanted to ask him, for winning the presidency. I tried to ask the question and the police slam to against the wall. The mayor was right there within a few feet of me. He could have answered at any point. One of the spokespeople said, he is not here to talk about running for president. And yet he talked about President Trump and the fact the u. S. Is being pulled out of the u. N. Climate summit. I think it is a very fair question in light of what is happening here in madrid and around the world. We tried our best. He was silent for a long time. I was walking pretty much at his side. We will try again another time. Mayor bloomberg should be willing to answer questions, not call a News Conference and then not answer questions when the press packs and. 2020 president ial candidate Michael Bloomberg refusing to answer westerns after speaking to a packed room of reporters here at the u. N. Climate summit. The man whwho was running interference for him is in fact bloombergs 2020 president ial campaign manager. He told us bloomberg is here at the cop not as a candidate and they made a deal not to address these kinds of issues. Later that night, we watched bloomberg on an extensive interview on cnn from the u. N. Climate conference where he did in fact talk all about the 2020 president ial race and President Trump. So that does it for this segment of the program. When we come back, wildfires are devastating australia. The worlds government failure to meet ththe claris agreement will Paris Agreement will be next on our agenda. Stay with us. [music break] amy old money by lana del ray. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. I am amy goodman. We are broadcasting from inside the United Nations Climate Summit here in madrid, spain. As World Leaders have gathered here to address the clclimatee crisis, massssive wildfires hahe engulfed australia in flflames d smoke. More than 100 climatefueled blazeses have killed at least sx people and pushed air quality levels in sydney to 12 times hazardous levels. This y year is the worst wildfie season in australias history. On wednesday, thousands braved extremeack smoke and air pollution to protest the governments climate inaction outside sydneys town hall. We are here because we care about the future of our childldn and their childrens children. [applause] we are going to send a message herer leaders that we are and we have had enough. Amy for more, we are joined here in madrid by australian environmental scientist bill hare, the director of climate analytics and a coordinator of the Climate Action tracker, which monitors global progress towards the Paris Agreement. Theyve just just released a report showing the world is on track to warm by 2. 8 celsius about 5 degrees fahrenheit by the end of the century. Bill hare, welcome to democracy now it is great to have you with us. Your country, in australia. Peoples smoke, alarms are going off all over because of the smoke that is pouring in. Explain what is happening all over the country. We have an intense drought going on with high heat waves and extreme lack of rainfall. That is causing vegetation to dry out. We are getting the most extreme fires we have ever seen early in the season. Much of the east coast is up in flames. The real tragedy about this is this is a problem that has been pursued by climate scientists for a long time. Overall, the government has failed to respond. There is an emergency goingng on in the federal government has really failed to acknowledge there is a crisis. Firefighters are asking for more resources and the government saying, no, have enough. To be are entitled extremely angry in australia but the lack of action by the government and the lack of real concern demonstrated by it toward the extreme dangers we are facing. Not just fires. We have extreme water shortages. Sydney is moving to high stage water restrictions. Places on the south coast of New South Wales have never really been dry, are suddenly beginning to run out of water. Inland towns are having to ship in water or find emergency sources of water. We have never seen anything like it. It is a tragedy because this is a crisis that has been foretold by the scientific community, in some cases, for decades. Amy can you talk about the areas that are hardest hit . One of the things that is most upsetting is the areas that are really hardhit should never actually be burning. In some cases, they have not burned, and the case of the forest, for several hundred thousand years. These areas are normally wet. There amongst the greenest part of australia. They are simply drying out with this extensive drought. They are beautiful parts of the country where peoples lifestyles are the classic australian, living out in the and smallying nature towns, and theyre simply going up in smoke. Amy can you talk about the connection between these fires and Global Warming . As the world is warming, we are seeing higher temperatures, more extensive drought causing declines of rainfall. This is s causing vegetation to dryy out and create conditions where earlyseason burns are happening. Australia is not the only place. We are seeing the record destructive fires in california and other parts of the world the last year, so it is not as though it is an isolated phenomenon. We know it is caused by Climate Change. We know what we need to do about it, which is to reduce emissions globally so we get onto a pathway to limit warming to 1. 5 degrees, to limit what is embedded in the Paris Agreement. Amy Scott Morrison, or Prime Minister, very much it sounds like from the u. S. And in line with President Trump. Will you call him a Climate Change denier . What has beens policies . What are the australian people saying dam now . Hes beginning to acknowledge that Climate Change exist, but in many senses he remains a climate denier because a modern climate denier also denies the need to do anything about the problem. In this case, Scott Morrison is denying the need to actually go through with it. And worse, he keeps claiming australia is reducing its omissions when it is not. He keeps claiming that austrtraa is g going to need the Paris Agreement goal l set when it iss not. It is basically reporting t to tactics resorting to tactics to make the case that australia dodoesnt have to do anything. Relying on a 30yearold accounting trick. Saying we dont have to do any more. Amy bill hare, you have just released a report. Can you talk about what you founund . Annually. Eport we do we show the total effect of what countries are promising and actually doing in the real economy. What we show with this report is the current policies put altogether around the world headed toward three degrees warming, maybe more. In other words, we are not seeing any Real Progress on reducing emissions. There are some bright spots. The growth of renewables, etc. , is happening. We see some countries, mainly poor ones, moving forward. The larger emitters are failing to take action step that is what our report is showing. After many years of negotiations, we are now in a rather depressing situation where at this cop here in madrid we dont see enough ambition. Amy can you talk about coal . You talk about the addiction to coal. Who are the worst perpetrators . Nearly everyone has been in the coal came, United States, britain, a you, china. The thing that is worrying is now is who is the slowest moving out of coal. We have seen progress in china in the last years but that has flattened off so we have reservations about the growth of coal in china. It should be going down. It is stabilizing. If it does not go down, were in big trouble. We are saying countries like australia continuing to promote vigorously cold. There are many countries that are basically not moving forward. U. K. Is a bright spot, phasing out coal in 2023 and others moving toward that as well. See a Global Leader come if you like, like india, potentially moving into o a Paris Agreement compatible g goal but concern ot there is indias ostensive coal investment. If they go forward with that, theres no india can be amy billatible. Hare, President Trump says he is pulling the u. S. Out of this paris climate agreement. We just laid former mayor bloomberg refusing to take questions at his press availability yesterday but he said i am here because the white house is in. In fact, the white house is behindthescenes. What is the u. S. Doing and what is the effect of the u. S. Pulling out . For the first time in this cop, i can see rather negative consequences from the u. S. Withdrawal. I think it is beginning to sink in. A lot of countries that would rather not do anything or countries that are going slow are finding the u. S. Pullout as an excuse to amplify that message and a say, well, if the u. S. Is out, we should not move forward. Ththat is havining quite a negae effect now. This delegation is not having a big impact itself. It is much more about the larger politics of the u. S. Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement that is having this negative, political effect on the process. I dont think that has to be. If you look at the big countries china, india, European Union, and others you could move forward, they would have the potential to rise up and move beyond the politics of the u. S. Withdrawal. If you think about it, theres a big economic advantage in doing so. As we all know, those who , it is one ofea the biggest Economic Opportunities the world has ever seen. And those that make the markets will be those who benefit. The downside for the long run is on the u. S. Side. If the u. S. Is out of the game technology, it will ultimately lose. Amy the level of protest here, young people, indigenous elders, people from all over the world, could you talk about what this means for scientists right now . Nexus ofan unusual people that perhaps he did not value as much before. I dont think it is that scientists did not value it before. It is an affirmation of what we have been saying. But it is also extremely upsetting to have worked in this field for decades, find your predictions coming true and find politicians failing or have failed to take action on it. I think people coming here are angry. I have seen more tears here at this cop than in the previous 24 cops. This is the crying cop. People are coming in absolutely devastated. Almost panicking about the threat they face. We have seen many others, they use, etc. , coming extremely upset what they have heard about Climate Change was they have learned the politicians already knew and have done nothing about it and nothings happened. They are entitled to be angry and upset and i think we can all hope this translates into political pressure on government to actually do something. Amy have any developed countries met their goals . What about the developing world . A number of countries have come close to meeting their goals. The European Union is close. The russians, are adequate . In nearly all cases, no. Developing countries, some are getting close like india. To degree pathway. It is getting close to doing that, maybe even going better. There are positive examples that are working. It ise Bigger Picture is not moving fast enough. Amy glascow. What do you want to see happening . This next year before the glascow u. N. Cop . Is the fiveyear review of the paris climate agreement. Moments a major global in 2020. We agreed and paris all countries would put forward more ambitious National Targets in order to get close to the paris goal. We really have to make when it comes to climate ambition, the sun shining glascow at the end of 2020. There has to be a major global ,ovement next year to encourage compel if you like, countries to come up with big improvements and ambitions. If we dont see that happen in glascow, then i think people will be pessimistic about the ability to solve this problem. Amy are you concerned about going back to australia . I am. I find the situation in australia very upsetting. I think people are angry. I am concerned about what has happened to ththe envivironment. It is simply devavastating. You talk about forest fires, but our coral reefs are going under. Andgreat barrier reef others are going under from coral bleaching. We are seeing enormous problems with biodiversity. We have dead m mangroves. The scientists are saying we are beginning to see ecosystems collapse. But what we are not saying is leadership from the major parties the Scott Morrison partys denial of Climate Change. The labour party is trying to have it both ways. Which side of history do they want to be on . Wonder they talk about doing something about Climate Change and the next day they talk about coal exports as being the future for our economy, which is simply cannot be if were going to solve this problem. Amy bill hare, thank you for being with us, director of climate analytics. Of thethe coordinators Climate Action tracker which monitors global progrgress towad the peers agreement. When we come back, back in the u. S. , the house has introduced articles of impeachment against President Trump. We will speak with california Congressmember Ro Khanna. Stay with us. [music break] amy mama tierra by macaco. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from inside the u. N. Climate summit here in madrid, spain. Returning to the major start making headlines in the u. S. , impeachment. On tuesday, House Democrats formally announced two articles of impeachment against president donald trump, charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of congress. The move brings a sitting president to the brink of impeachment for the fourth time in American History. The impeachment inquiry centers on how President Trump military aid from ukraine to pressure the ukrainian president to investigate trumps political rival joe biden and his son hunter. Democratic lawmakers a trump try to cover up his acactions. This is House Judiciary Committee member jerry nadler. Cooks are president who declares himself above accountability, about the American People, and about congresss power of impeachment which is meant to protect against threats to our democratic institutions, is a president who sees himself as above the law. We must be clear. No one, not even the president , is above the law. Amy for more, we go to washington, d. C. , to speak with ro khanna, democratic congressmember from california. Ro khanna, thank you for joining us here at the u. N. Climate summit. Welcome back to democracy now you are in washington where history is being made. Talk about the articles of impeachment that have just been released and their significance. First of all, let me thank you for covering the Climate Summit. It was a historic day in washington yesterday. Two articles of impeachment were released. First, the president clearly abused his office by pressuring zelensky to manufacture dirt on his political opponent joe biden. And second, the president has obstructed justice from instructing people not to testify in front of congress, stonewalling and not giving congress evidence. And these were the two articles that chairman nadler released yesterday. And talk about the significance, the historic significance of this moment. The fouourth time in American History that articles of impeachment have been drawn up. It is very sad to see this president ride roughshod over the constitution and the rule of law. What i have said to my republican friends, as we see around the world at times, that dictators or authoritarian tendencies can emerge from the left or right. What protects americas the rule of law and the constitution, and there should be a universal condemnation for any president that violates the rule of law. Amy so what do you expect to happen at this point . House to take a vote to impeach the president. I believe that will be an overwhelming vote on the democratic side. And then it goes to the senate. Were are going to have a trial in the senate. The key is for me that we get a few republican senators, hopefully, to look at the evidence and find the president guilty. So we can say the majority of the American People believe he should be impeached, the majority of the house believes to impeaeach him, and the majory of the senate voted to convict him even though that may not rise to 67 votes. Congressman khanna, after tell you, right behind me, hundreds of activists have gathered in front of the plenary. At 3 00, the former ireland president , very actctive on the issue of Climate Change, will be holding a fireside chat with the head of the bank. We will be talking about that in a moment. But right now people are theming clanging cutlery. They are chanting. They are about to unfurl a banner in front of the main plenary. Im sitting right in front of this. Here are big signs this is one of the major rivers in chile. Chile is the head of this u. N. Climate summit. We will go to that in a minute. Before we do that, i wanted to ask you about your opposition to the Current Pentagon budget. Well, it is appallingng, amy. Billion, oneis 738 of the largest in American History. Especially considering were trying to wind down thesese war. The bill also has stripped any amendments to stop the war in yemen. It has stripped any amendments to stop the war in iran. Right when he sees saudi nationals actually attack americans on bases in florida, the bill does n nothing to hold the saudis accountable or restrict our arms sales there. Act, a senator sanders put it, cowardice to basically allow the white house to grant the defense authorization. Amy ro khanna, i want to thank you so much for being with us for a democratic congressmember from california, member of the House Committee on oversight and reform. The house has just released the articles of impeachment against President Trump. This is democracy now , im amy goodman. We are broadcasting here inside summit inlimate madrid, spain. Hundreds of protesters are right behind me just next to our set calling for Climate Justice. You can hear the chants. They are chanting. They have banners. We are joined here on this that by two of the people who are participating in the protest. Among those with us are the executive Director Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network Tom Goldtooth and friends of the earth internationals karin nansen here to tells what is going on. Tom, can you describe what your sing behind us . Can you describe what your sing behind us . I think people are about to give speeches. This is an interesting moment where many of the Civil Society who are credentialed to come into these halls of the united abouts are very concerned the corporate takeover of these halls, that this has nothing to do with addressing Global Warming, Climate Change. It has everything to do with trading mechanisms so that people here come ngos, Indigenous Peoples, all come together, the gender and woman caucus, demanding t their be rel solution. And that the industrialized north really need to pay up on their Climate Equity issue over loss and damage issues in the global south. So one of the issues we are saying as Indigenous Peoples that came on the outside of this planet ishat this colonialism. What we saw in the streets the other day the mass mobilization, the march, the Indigenous People who came here from chile, came here from ecuador, from columbia, from brazil, and us from the north standing with them to denounce climate capitalism with neoliberalism, with imperialism, and with the same policies coming out of the United States, to announcement of this insanity that wants to prior torres just prioritized by the earth. Amy i want to go back to congressman khanna for one minute. If you can comment on the issue of the Climate Crisis and what the u. S. Is doing about it. Amy, i saw your exchange with mayor bloomberg and i was shocked. Your you were giving him an opportunity to address the largest crisis in the world and your question was so fair. Youre asking him, what would world to deal with the and the Climate Crisis . I believe we need to do with the inequity in education, and equity in health care, inequity in housing, inequity in childcare and early development. And that is what the u. N. Relevant report calls for many progressives and commerce are calling for. We have some of the greatest wealth inequality we have seen since the great depression. We need a program of Public Investment in peoples potential and we also need we also outline in the New York Times, have a way for america to lead. I appreciate you raising that issue with all of the president ial candidates. Amy karin nansen, if you can describe what is happening and you are here. Your defending Climate Justice, which means calling on countries and the developed countries to take on the responsibility and urgently ask theyre trying to sell the that marches can solve the Climate Crisis. This is not true and has been proven throughout the world. Because the idea that selling caplicense to pollute to the missions is totally false. It is affecting the livelihoods of so many people around the world, mainly Indigenous Peoples and the communities that have unless to generate the crisis. Theyre aiming to take control of our livelihood, our territories. Falserkets are not up solution only, they are a deep stress to communities all over the world whose livelihoods depend on the forest come on the rivers, on the land for survival. This is something that we are rejecting because it needs more Corporate Power and responsible for the crisis, went to make business out of the crisis. They want to take control over our system, our livelihoods and our systems. And we cannot allow for that. North is neither willing to pay for the responsibility, not willing to pay for the loss and images that have already taken place all over the world. That is why we are joining forces from outside and inside the cop to make sure all of our voices are heard, that we bring the message forward so the whole population in the whole world understands that we are being set into a trap stop in fact, third world countries are being pushed into the corner to accept these markets. We are calling also on our countries not to accept carbon markets. Listen to the communities on the ground suffering Climate Change. We cannot allow keep giving license to pollute and destroy the environment. The crisis is here now. They need to act now. It is taking the lives of so many people around the world and displacing people from their territories, from their communities, and a stronger livelihoods. Amy tom, i want to go back to you and then we will hear the speakers. People behind me are shouting shame, shame, the People United will never be divided in spanish and english. Theyre also saying, what we want . Climate justice. When we want it . Now. What limit justice means . This is a historical moment because in that environmental and Climate Justice and social justice movement, right here today, we are standing here with international Climate Action network. And those are some of the largest ngos that were not on the same page in lifting up solutions, but they are here today because there is a movement lifting up the injustice, environmental racism, the and equity frame that is exist and equity frame that is existing in these halls. It is ironic that as Indigenous People here, our caucus has been lobbying and fighting for language on rights of Indigenous People. The human rights ngos trying to strengthen human r rights language. It is ironic within the u. N. Ccc, they aren un acknowledging our knowledge but not the rights of Indigenous People. So it is raising some serious questions, why is thatat there after recognizing there after our traditional knowledge . We are saying our traditional knowledge e is not foror sale. It is linking up this issue ght now, this movement. It is alalso lifting up the importance of the territorial integrity of mother earth, that mother earth is a living entity, that we have to be really serious here i Civil Society negotitiators on flipping the script on how it looks towards its relationship with mother earth. That is what we e have also been demanding, a new level of negotiation that recognizes thte oures of how we are living, capitalism, our economy. That is what this is about. Amy were going to go to my colleague Nermeen Shaikh who is in the middle of the crowd. To neemo bassey of niger. Nermeen we are here at the main plenary hall where theres a major protest happening. Can you explain what the protesters a are saying . Cks basically, the cop getting away from any responsibility about what is going on. Thee protesters are saying is the wronging direction and this cannot be accepted. We are seeing a situation where the rich polluting countries are climatey to fund adaptation for loss and damage. Saying, look, you have to respect indigenous territories, respect the rights of people from less polluting nations. And what we need now is real Climate Action and not just a lot of talk. These cops have become nothing that a a talk show. These nations are looking for other actions. This cannot be the way to organize negotiations. What werehere seeing is [indiscernible] what we want the world the new is that what is going on is an emergency situation where the Climate Crisis is engulfing the entire world. It is not just for poor isntries or the islands, it a global problem. They dont seem to realize this. They have to take real Climate Action. Nermeen who was holding up the negotiations . The rich, powerful countries who are most responsible for the Global Warming itself. Most responsible for the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. It includes the United States. If the u. S. Is leaving the cop, why are they here putting up more stumbling blocks . It is a problem. Japane the eu, australia, these are countries who consistently have water down divisions from day one. Amy thank you so much. Were going to go back to amy in the studio. Y fromhat was neemo basse nigeria speaking to Nermeen Shaikh. We thank you so much for that interview. We are speaking here to Tom Goldtooth, executive director of the indigenous environmental ietwork, member of the dna nation who lives in minnesota. We also have with us karin nansen where are you from . Berg way. Where many have been killed. Clubs yes. [indiscernible] people who are resisting and fighting but people also defending their means of survival, their livelihood, for defending the rivers, forests, land, are being killed. It means those who are fighting for justice, who are Building Society we aim for, those people are being killed. And the violence is even more brutal against women. And even more so, the Indigenous Women whose bodies carry all of the oppressions of this system. That is why we think it is so important to denounce what is happening in the territories all over latin america, but also throughout the world. And to be able to build International Attitudes in order to stand together. This demonstration inside and outside is also a manifestation of the International Solidarity we are aiming to build and we have been building for the past years. In order to make sure that nobody else is killed, nobody else is threatened because they are opposing these activities to destroy their territories, their means of survival. These activities are mostly mining activities, oil ofloration, Oil Exploitation our lanes. Amy i want to turn to a neighbor not so far from you in brazil. Again, Nermeen Shaikh has been in the middle of the crowd. Take it away in this last minute. Nermeen you are here from brazil. Explain why you are at this protest. Cooks zillow is under coup detat brazil is under coup detat. We have been attacked through our democracy and our forest. Isare trying to defend what left of nature. That 80 of biodiversity in this world. Biodiversity is our way of life that life is still living in our territory. It is true the indigenous perspective that we can find a solution to reconnect to all of the ecosystems and stop doing movement through the politics and economy all over the world. Ermeen thank you so much were going to go back now to amy goodman in the studio here at the cop. Amy thank you. Right now the protesters are walking by us , by tom andkarin. Security opened up what looks like a large garage door. There holding the front person who has got his hand up in a fist and now hundreds of people are passing us as they walk out of the cop, as they walk out of the cop it is not clear why theyre walking out of the cop. What theyre doing tom, why dont you explain . Theres a possibility they will lose their badges. Amy tom says they could lose their badges if they walk out of the cop, but that is what people are doing. We have to leave it there. We will pick it up tomorrow on democracy now voices are protest at the u. N. Climate summit right here in madrid, spain. Hundreds of people from every level from scientists to activists and Indigenous Leaders are here. Thank you so much to karin nansen and Tom Goldtooth for being herek. Arin with friends of the earth international. And breaking news come up Time Magazine hasnt Greta Thunberg person of the year. That does it for our show. Democracy now is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. 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