Teaching about civil disobedience students and , teachers respond with acts of civil disobedience of their own. Classes have been canceled twice in Jefferson County as teachers stage mass sick out and students have walked out of classes. Then to Rikers Island prison in new york. The adolescence in rikers are walled off from the public. Theyre not walled off from the constitution. Indeed, most of these young men are pretrial detainees, presumed innocent until proven guilty. We will look at how a 16yearold High School Sophomore from the bronx ended up spending nearly three years locked up at Rikers Island after he was falsely accused of stealing a backpack. Even though he was never convicted, the team spent nearly 800 days that is about two years and solitary confinement. And we will look at how one county in mississippi is being sued for holding prisoners for nearly a year without formal charge or access to an attorney. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracyno
United states and a police officer, are killed in jerusalem when two palestinian cousins stormed a synagogue during morning prayers. We will speak with Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi, former israeli soldier eran efrati, and israeli journalist alaqsa amira hass. Then to the keystone xl pipeline. Any senator wishing to vote or wishing to change a vote, if not on this road, the yeas are 5 the 60 vote threshold having not been achieved, the bill is not passed. In a dramatic showdown tuesday, the senate rejected legislation that would have forced approval of the keystone xl pipeline. The measure fell one vote short of the 60 votes needed for passage. Now republicans are threatening to bring the bill back in january. We will speak with cyril scott from south dakota and guardian reporter Suzanne Goldenberg. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Senate republicans have blocked a sweeping measure aime
Invitation of Oil Giants Shell and chevron to speak at the talks. Will look at corporate conquistadors the many ways multinationals both drive and profit from climate destruction. Then, its gender day here at the climate talks. We will hear from a Group Indigenous Women Leaders on the front lines of defending the earth from exploitation by fossil fuel companies. They may not be coming after us with their bayonets and rifles, they are coming at us with nuclear waste, with fracking, coming at us with pipelines that are caring that filled from the tar sands where theyre killing my relatives up there. And theyre bringing it to you. And as the high level talks begin here in lima, we will speak to pablo solon, bolivias former chief climate negotiator. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from lima, peru. First, the headlines. The u. S. Senate Intelligence Committee is releasing today portions
Arctic. We will take you to canadas most northern coastal community. We begin this news hour in nepal where hundreds of people have been killed after a 7. 9 magnitude earthquake struck the capital, catholic kathmandu. A look for survivors that continues right now. Lets take a look at the full extent of the damage. The earthquake rocks central nepal between kathmandu and pokhara. Tremors were felt in india. The 7. 9 earthquake shook dhaka. We have three reporters covering the story from all of these locations. First, lets go to nicole johnston. She has the latest in this report report. Reporter its the most powerful earth wake in nepal in decades. People describe wave after wave of tremors. The army is sifting the rubble brick by brick looking for signs of life as well as bodies. The number of People Killed is increasing. Hundreds of people have been recovered. People are trapped in the rubble and the infrastructure is mobilizing so that people who are trapped under rubble could be dug
Police cars set on fire, 15 officers injured stores looted, buildings burned. Thousands of police are converging on baltimore. Here is what governor larry hogan had to say. The National Guard represents the last resort in order to restore order. Look, people have the right to protest and depress their frustration. But Baltimore City families deserve peace and safety in their communities. And these acts of violence and destruction of property cannot and will not be tolerated. That was the governor, earlier the mayor of Baltimore Stephanie blake described some of the protesters as thugs. Im a lifelong resident of baltimore. Too many people have spent generations building up this city. For it to be destroyed by thugs who in a very senseless way are trying to tear down what so many have fought for. Tearing down businesses, tearing down and destroying property. Things that we know will impact our community for years. Were deploying every resource possible to gain control of this situation a