Fee speakers away from dying out altogether. Police in brazil raided the home of the former president desilva as part of a corruption inquiry into pet pro brass. Investigators questioned him but he denies wrongdoing. Dozens of exception and politicians in brazil have been implicated in this long running inquiry claiming fraud took place at pet pro brass. Its being called the most politically explosive development in the corruption investigation to do with a staterun and owned oil company. Hundreds of armed police raided different locations across three different states in brazil, including rio and sao paulo and one of the homes raided is that belonging to the former president desilva. He was brought in for questioning. He is not being arrested, police clarify, but has been brought in for questions. He is expected of being involved or having information or indeed knowledge to do with corrupt practices at petro brass, including the time that he was still president. Now his protege is cur
For the third year in a row, the philippines is being hit by a deadly typhoon as the United Nations hosts its annual Climate Summit. More than 90 people have already died. We will speak to lidy nacpil, a leading filipino climate activist. Then saleemul huq of bangladesh and how peru has become one of the most dangerous countries in the world for environmental activists. It is a risk of life or death for us. If i stand in front of the loggers to represent my community and say to them, sir, you have to leave because this is our land and then it is a risk. It is been this way for a while. That was the voice of edwin climat chote. He and three others were killed by illegal loggers as they tried to stop them from cutting down the ancient trees on their land. Two of theak to widows of the men. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Protests continue across the United States over Police Killings of unarmed africaname
Seeing on social media, they are confident there will be more protests tonight. And what is frustrating them is that they believe its a small group of people who they believe are coming from out of town into berkeley, into oakland to cause scenes like this. Law enforcement trying to find that balance between keeping order while not using excessive force, citizens and even a Journalism Group has criticized berkeley polices use of tear gas over the weekend and what some perceive as strong arm tactics. Did reach the mayor, tom bates by phone. He said that, quote, the emphasis is in the wrong place. Noted that police were in, quote, a difficult situation. He acknowledged they may have, quote, overreacted in some cases. This morning, the department of public works along with private contractors boarded up the broken windows at several businesses that were vandalized up and down telegraph while workers armed with pressure washers removed graffiti off the walls, sidewalks and other public pla
Crappy Health Care Plans because the gop made the loss of said crappy Health Care Plans a National Emergency doesnt exactly fit the description of longterm strategy. But these days all bets are off. The Washington Post reports this morning that the white house is increasing its reliance on insurers by accepting their technical help in efforts to repair the problem. The problem online insurance marketplace and prioritizing consumers ability to buy plans directly from the carriers. The administrations broader cooperation with insurers is a tacit acknowledgement that the federal Insurance Exchange might not be working smoothly by the target date of november 30th. Might not be working smoothly by the target date of november 30th would seem to be as terrifying a phrase for democrats as the phrase sarah palin has returned is for republicans. Speaking in iowa on saturday, Sarah Barracuda fired a warning shot to anyone seeking to challenge the tea partys power and the Republican Party. Some of
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