And, pope francis delivers his Christmas Day blessing and he got four israelis and palestinians to come together and resume talks aimed at a two state solution. Theyre called this the path to peace in the holy land. Meanwhile, in his christmas address, germanys president urged germans not to lose hope in times of uncertainty as the country struggles to find a new government. We will bring him bring you the new message. I am sarah harman. Welcome to the shell, great to have you with us. Alexi novotny may have reached the end of the line in his bid to enter next years president ial race. The countrys Election Commission has rejected his candidacy, setting a past conviction. He is a kremlin critic and says the move is only meant to stifle opposition to vitamin. Election commissions vote was a setback for novotny. 12 of the 13 members reported a motion to bar him from running in the next election with one member staining. The Opposition Leader was ineligible due to a past conviction for em
And what is it about new years day that makes people want to jump into really cold water . We will take a look at that and some of the other things people get up to around the world on the first of january. Plus, its been a long time coming, but today, americas most populous state, california, legalized cannabis for Recreational Use. Will this be a new high or a new low . Opinions could not be more divided. Abby im abby kuhathasan. Its good to have you with us. Reports from iran say more protests have erupted in the capital tehran. Police say one officer has been shot and killed and three others injured. Last night the country experienced its worst night of violence since the protests started last thursday. At least 13 people have now lost their lives. Reporter this footage has been provided by demonstrators. People have been on the streets in various parts of iran since thursday protesting conditions in the country. And this is footage provided by Iranian State tv which claims that pr
Well, you know what makes your auto run. For millions of years, this sourcrce of power slept peacefuy in the dark recesseses of the earth until modern magic loosed the liquid energy from its subterranean prison. The quest for oil was not only confined to land. It extended offshore. There are oil reserves under the coastal waters of the united states, mainly off the coasts of california, alaska, texas, and louisiana. The gulf of mexico, home to a rich diversity of marine life, and it also produces almost a quarter of americas oil. Tapping these offshore oil reserves helps meet a significant part of u. S. Energy needs. But when things go wrong, theres a high price to pay. In 1969, the Santa Barbara oil spill dumped two and a half million gallons of oil into the pacific, killing thousands of sea birds and marine mammals. In 1989, the Exxon Valdez Oil tanker ran aground in alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William sound. And most recently, in 2010, the bp deepwater hor
And german chancellor Angela Merkel tells her party that she would like this woman to be elected secretarygeneral. Will it be her ticket to the chancellorship . Plus, latvian fakers bankers under investigation. The governor of the baltic nation centralbank faces allegations of bribery, while the u. S. Accuses a latvian lender of money laundering. And they call him the flying mustache. Norways new social media sensation steals the show at the winter olympics, and source to glory in south korea. Soars to glory in south korea. I am sarah kelly. Welcome to the program. Human rights monitors say the Syrian Government has stepped up its bombardment of a rebelheld area close to the syrian capital, damascus, killing scores of people. The syrian observatory for human rights says that Government Air raids have killed 71 people over the past 24 hours, and injured 325. The suburb has been under siege by Regime Forces for more than four years. The United Nations has warned of a humanitarian crisis
These are the words being described used to describe hurricane harvey, the largest rainfall in continental u. S. History. We will go to houston to get our petro etch a on the unfolding Environmental Crisis as Oil Refineries a and chemical plan release thousands of popounds of airbororne pollutants. Plus, we will speak with naomi klein. She has a message to the media talk about Climate Change. We will also speak with one of the worlds bebestknown climate ntists, dr. James theink the peoeople question people are asking is what is the impact on humans of this hurricane and there are substantial impacts on sea level , the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere and therefore the amount of rainfall, and also the strength of stotorms. Humans are already impacting all of those to a substantial degree. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas and louisiana, at least 30 people have died, more than 17,000 pe