From the internet and mckibben said that despite how the film portrays him he hasnt supported the incredibly hard full practices of like bio mass the act of cutting down all the trees and burning them he says for those in years and years. Well Maj Blumenthal of the gray zone did a deep dive into all this and he found that less than 0 week after the nation published josh foxs attack on Michael Moore and planet of the humans the nation editor in chief hosted in a vet with mckibben there was sponsored by a fund with Major Investments in several of wood to energy bio Mass Companies called Domini Impact Investments the fund claims to hold investments in 68 companies that both impact forests and depend on them whether for forest derived products or Ecosystem Services ones to dominate holding is a wood to Energy Company called the rest go which builds a large utility scale bio mass to Energy Plants according to its website now this is the actual ad for the event with mckibben and theres the d
City of portland where theyve been nearly a 100 nights of protests against racism and Police Brutality in sudan to close a 3 month state of emergency for some of the worst flooding in decades. And in sport believe the last thing is not happy but he is staying at barcelona and he wants to avoid a legal battle with the club who are blocking his departure with a buyout clause of more than 8 130000000. 00. So well begin this hour with an issue something affecting families and educators all around the world and that is simply how to get back to school during a pandemic a new Academic Year is beginning for millions of children but in this age of coronavirus just how do you balance going to school with protecting everyones health already in front. 12000000 students returned to classes on tuesday but then there was a jump of 9000 infections on friday which forced some to close again in spain teachers students and parents are protesting and they say the measures to stop the spread of covert 19
Violence in the u. S. City of portland nearly 100 nights of protests against racism and Police Brutality. And rescuers in beirut hold out hope of finding a survivor after last months explosion. Ok lets begin in iraq where Health Officials are warning that hospitals may soon lose control within days over a new spike in corona virus infections well in 5000 new cases were confirmed on saturday the highest daily number yet the Health Ministry has largely blamed it on people whove been taking part in big gatherings without masks or social distancing iraqi hospitals have suffered from years of conflict inadequate funding and neglect or such a body has more now from baghdad almost really behind this record. This is because last sunday on august 30th it was the holy day of assura in iraq its a very important day for share muslims across the world it is the day that the grandson of the prophet mohammad it was killed in karbala in 688 d. And they converge on to curb a lot to commemorate his pass
Biden. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much. Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens, i will be honored to accept your nomination for Vice President of the United States. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. I accept the call to help our nominee for president to serve and defend america and i accept the challenge of a tough fight in this election against confident opponents at a crucial hour for our country. And i accept the privilege of serving with a man who has come through much Harder Missions and met far graver challenges and knows how tough fights are won, the next president of the United States, john s. Mccain. [ cheers and applause ] it was just a year ago when all of the experts in washington counted out our nominee bec
Bay area almost have fires. In the last hour, two fires also sparked in Sonoma County, forcing evacuations there. Lightning suspected as the cause of most of these fires. Now, fire danger not the only concern tonight. Power outages are also possible as the states grid is once again pushed to the max. Pg e is asking people to conserve electricity through 10 00 this evening. We have a lot going on right now and a team of reporters in place on the Power Outages and the wildfires. Lets start with nbc bay areas ian cull live in San Mateo County. Ian. Reporter yeah. Hey, guys. Very active scene up behind us here. You can see the plumes of smoke hundreds of feet in the air. This is what you can see from Silicon Valley throughout the bay area as more than 350 firefighters are onscene up there along that ridge. On officer who th a cal fire tells me that this is very steep, difficult terrain to be fighting a fire. Its also very dry up there because of this heat, and thats also a worry and a diff