Middle east correspondent, author of syria burning isis , and the death of the arab spring. Then tensions continue to mount over a string of recent palestinian stabbing attacks and an intense israeli crackdown. Well speak with rabbi Arik Ascherman, cofounder of the group rabbis for human rights, who himself was attacked by an israeli extremist. Then a rally to end Police Violence. In the spirit of my son amadou, i say to you, we will see the end of this brutality in our lifetime. My son did not die in vain. He died so we can have change, but the change has been long coming. We are still waiting for stuff how many more victims were unjustly killed sinceamadou diallo . Amy we bring you coverage of rise up october, a rally to end police terror. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A powerful 7. 5 magnitude earthquake has struck northern afghanistan with tremors felt as far away as pakistan and northern india.
Its own internal findings by the Company Scientist who confirmed a link between burning fossil fuels and Climate Change. We will speak to congressmember ted lieu who is calling for a Justice Department probe of exxon as well as 350. Org cofounder Bill Mckibben who just got arrested for temporarily closing a local exxon gas station in a oneman protest, holding a sign reading, this pump temporarily closed because exxonmobil lied about climate. And remember this stunning announcement . So, mr. Zuckerberg, what role are you playing in all of this . Will the be a check offered at some point . Yeah, i have committed to starting the start of Education Foundation. The first project will be 100 million challenge grant. 100 million . Amy where has all the money gone . Five years ago, facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg donated 100 million to fix the schools of newark, new jersey. Tens of millions have been spent on hiring outside consultants and expanding Charter Schools, but what about the childre
Of calcutta will be made a saint. The Nobel Laureate dedicated her life to helping the poorest of the poor. Up, in business we will be telling you how growing Security Fears are driving Government Spending decisions, and Defense Budgets are set to rise by billions next year. That and more on the way. First, our top story. The latest round of international talks on syria are being held today at the u. N. The United States and russia are heading up that Security Council meeting to push efforts to try to end the war that has been dragging on for over four years. A main sticking point, it is still the future of syrian president Bashar Alassad. For more, lets bring in our international commentator, douglas herbert. There have been multiple attempts to use. This crisis. What about hopes from the you can seeof doug some positive signs going into it. You had Vladimir Putin in moscow saying to a News Conference that the differences have been narrowing between the two sides, and he believes russ
Around 22. At noon, clouds are building, still looks hazy through the he degrees at noon. I 4 00, we are at 44. For bengals fans. If you are tell getting, you will probably have the better deal. First, let s check the roads. Kyla we had a really great start your thursday morning commute. If you are heading out on any portion of Greater Cincinnati s interstate, we are looking really good. Downtown cincinnati, traffic looking good. 71, north and southbound rolling right along. 75, getting heavier as you head up to the i71 interchange. We will continue to keep you updated. We are starting off with a story that is new. An earlymorning car fire is under investigation in miami township. Firefighters responded to the 7700 block of jandaracres. The car was unoccupied and parked in front of the house. Police talked to the owner. The incident remains under investigation. Taking advantage of tragedy scammers are using the recent death of local hamilton firefighter Patrick Wolterman to trick peopl
Weiwei toompts ai pull his work from museum shelves. Coming up in business, carnival for in venice, big bucks local artisans. How much it cost to get your outfit made. In french connections, frances love affair with strikes. Hassan rouhani is on the second leg of his european visit. Here in the french capital today to revive economic ties despite political differences. Lucrative deals with airbus and car manufacture peugeot are in the works but divisions over the large. Conflict looms the iranian leader says his country is ready for business despite this. We arent rouhani gathered to talk about the economy. And about increasing our relations with france. To work with france with renewed energy. We are announcing today that we are ready for this and on this visit we bring this message to all investors, economic bodies, that they are welcome in iran. Molly that was the iranian president speaking earlier today. More on the visit, latest developments. The iranian president Hassan Rouhani a