With a model of lady liberty in their arms, these two are heading to the statue of liberty. Pascale sablan has been looking forward to this trip with her son xavier for weeks. Not just because the sevenyearold has never seen it in reality. Xavier and i pored over this lego statue of liberty set for a whole week. And when we finished i said you know, mom has a project on liberty island, he said, no way thats your building look over there anyone who wants to climb the stairs inside has to first go through security screening in this building. Simple and functional, it was designed by pascal sablan, a black womanthats a rare accomplishment even today in this profession dominated white men. I feel so really, really proud. Its not, like, super glamorous, but having an impact in locations is really powerful. And when i think of all the people who kind of go through this space to kind of have an engagement with liberty island, its pretty awesome. To be part of that sequence of experiences. Bla
We will go to bethlehem, the birthplace of jesus christ. Public christmas festivities have been canceled in the occupied west bank city as israel intensifies it assault on gaza. We will speak to a prominent Palestinian Christian theologian in bethlehem. In United Nations Security Council is preparing to finally vote on a watered down resolution on aid to gaza after the United States repeatedly pushed for the vote to be delayed even though the u. N. Is warning more than 500,000 palestinians, about a quarter of the population, face catastrophic hunger and starvation. It is quite shameful and disgraceful because they are complicit in this genocide. They have the lives of palestinian children on their hands. This is another nakba with a genocide unfolding before our eyes. Amy plus we speak to sonia guajajara, brazils firstever minister of Indigenous Peoples. And so now we need to rebuild and strengthen Public Policies in health, education, fighting racism, and environmental racism, and bei
Provinces but in the end who decides putting pressure on the kurdish region on friday it takes back control of the airports i think that the money of the votes is yet to happen and madrids doing all it can to stop it but both regions under the microscope also on the ground dont find out from his feuds with the n. F. L. In the media and actually gets down to some policy hes on by what he calls a once in a generation chance to reform the u. S. System were going to look at whether its what the democrats are just tax cuts for the wealthy and well have part two of our exclusive look at the contact of tribes of the amazon on wednesday we told you about the tribes people reportedly killed in the name of Natural Resources today we find out why brazilian government level of tension for them thats fallen so that. Hell have the head of the playboy bunny empire has died leaving behind a mixed legacy but how will you remember with him powering for women or massage honest i mean a hard. You with the
Minutes. More tales of horror. Violence in vietnam the u. N. Says harf a million refugees have now crossed into bangladesh. Once photos are now friends turkeys president hosts his russian counterpart in ankara syria is set to top the agenda. And oxfam yemens cholera crisis is worsening its expecting a million cases by november. And in sport the future one of crickets biggest stars is in doubt a band teacher for england until further notice after being arrested and accused of assault. The u. N. And International Aid groups say more than half a million refugees have now fled to bangladesh since violence broke out in state last month the United Nations Security Council will hold a meeting about the crisis shortly un officials were due to be allowed into state for the First Time Since august the twenty fifth but miramar says the trip has been disposed due to bad weather the u. N. Is accused me of ethnic cleansing and human Rights Groups say the army has committed crimes against humanity th
Then 40,000 verizon workers enter their sixth week on strike in one of the biggest u. S. Labor strikes in years. We are on day 43 of our strike against verizon. It is about the 39,000 workers on strike and our families, but really about so much more than that. This about working people fighting back and saying what verizon is doing is not right and we are going to take a stand to protect our jobs. Amy and then activists in peekskill, new york, have launched a blockade to stop a planned gas pipeline being built near the Indian Point Nuclear plant. Were directly in the path of the pipeline at an active construction site so when workers come this morning, they will find our home in the middle of their worksite and will not be able to do construction. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Protests erupted outside a donald trump rally in albuquerque, new mexico, tuesday night, overshadowing trumps victory in