Cop23. Disappointing because we have seen the countries come begin and again with the same old stories at a time was to the Climate Impact higher and higher and hitting the poorest people of the world and the worst ways. We see no another table for loss and damage. To see the Paris Agreement is being restricted to mitigation. Amy well get a roundup of the two week negotiations from Dipti Bhatnagar of friends of the earth in mozambique and asad rehman, of war on want in britain. And well speak with a key architect of the Paris Agreement, the former president of cop20 in lima, peru, manuel pulgarvidal. Back in the u. S. , the Keystone Pipeline leaks 210,000 gallons of oil in south dakota. It is something we have been saying all along, everyry pipele is going to spill, is going to leak. Amy well speak with Tom Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental Network about the spill and his new report on Carbon Trading. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are reporting from bonn, germany. Back in the u. S. On capitol hill, republican lawmakers are moving closer to pass a sweeping 1. 5 trillion tax cut that largely benefits the wealthy and the nations largest corporations. The house passed its version of the bill on thursday by a vote of 227 to 205. 13 republicans joined democrats in opposing the legislation. The massive tax cut was approved without the House Holding a single hearing. Hours later, the Senate FinanceCommittee Approved its own version of the bill but it is unclear if the republicans have enough votes for it to pass the full senate. One of the biggest beneficiaries of the tax bill may be president Donald Trumps own family. An nbc News Analysis based on his 2005 tax return found trump would personally save 20 million under the house bill while his heirs could save 1. 1 billion. Meanwhile, the u. S. Senate plan will actually result in higher taxes for workers who earn less and 75,000 a year. This according to a new analysis by congresss joint committee on taxation. A radio broadcaster in california has accused democratic senator al franken of touching her breasts while she slept and forcing her to kiss him in 2006. On Leeann Tweeden posted a photo thursday, showing franken placing his hands on top of her flak jacket and kevlar vest while she was sleeping on a plane. The two were on a tour entertaining u. S. Soldiers abroad. At the time franken was working , as a comedian. Tweeden said the photo was taken after he forced her to kiss her as they rehearsed a skit. He just put his hand on the back of my head and mashed his fast. It happened so he stuck his tongue in my mill so fast. And all i can remember is his lips were really wet and it was slslimy. Amy senator franken a college iced and called for apologized and asked for an investigation into himself. Meanwhile, donald trump has weighed in on the controversy. He wrote on twitter the Al Frankenstein picture is really bad, speaks a thousand words. Where do his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, 5 6 while she sleeps . Trump himself has been accused of Sexual Harassment and assault by at least 16 women. There has been a major oil leak from the keystone 1 pipeline in south dakota. The pipelines operator transcanada says 210,000 gallons of oil leaked on thursday near the town of amherst. It is the largest keystone spill to date. The leak comes just days before authorities in nebraska are scheduled to make a key ruling that could decide the fate of the proposed keystone xl pipeline. Environmental and indigenous groups have long warned about the dangers of pipeline leaks. This is Tom Goldtooth, executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network. We just caught wind yesterday of the keystone xl one spill. Something weve been saying all along a as native, as indndigens people have said, every pipeline is going too spill, i is going o leak. Amy we will speak with Tom Goldtooth later. In international news, the World Food Program is warning 150,000 children in yemen could starve to death in the coming months if the u. S. Backed Saudi Coalition continues to block food and medicine from entering yemen. Save the childreren says 130 chchdren are a already dying evy day in yemen. Lily caprani, depuputy executive director at unicef uk appeared on c channel four on thursday. This isis now the worlds wot humanitarian catastrtrophe. Unicef and the other agencies are e ill in thehe country, working in all of the areas of yemen, but we can ononly same the lives if we n n get the humaninirian s splies in that we ne. At the momen this blkakades making thalook dangeroly unlikely. Have been abltoto pury ore waterborne diseasas from breaking o. But ithe supplies run ououtim and ey mightell do, then we cant do that and those children will die. Amy an 18month invnvestigation by the New York Times has revealed t u. S. S. Led mimilitary coalitition is k killing f f moe civivilians inin iraq ththan its acacknowledged. The pentntagon clalaims its s ar against the selfproclaimed Islamic State has killed just 89 civilians. But an ontheground investigation by reporters azmat khan and anand gopal found the actual civilian death toll may be 31 times higher than the u. S. Is admitting. They write in terms of civilian deaths, this may be the least transparent war in recent american history. You will hear the authors of that report on democracy now next week when we are back in new york. In news from syria, russia has vetoed a United NationsSecurity Council measure to renew an International Inquiry into who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in syria. Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe emerged from house arrest today to attend a University Graduation in the capital of harare. This marked his first appearance in public since the zimbabwean military launched an apparent coup earlier this week. Mugabe has resisted calls by the military to resign. The 93yearoldold mugabe has ruled zimbabwe since it became an independent country 37 years ago. In nigeria 15 people have died after four suicide bombers set off explosives on wednesday in the Northern City of maiduduguri whicich is considered to be the home of the boko haram movement. Two of the suicide bombers were women. Human rights watch has accused the Burmese Military of committing widespread rape against women and girls as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing against rohingya muslims. Human rights watch spoke to 52 Rohingya Women and girls who fled to bangladesh. 29 of them said they were raped. Some of the rape victims agreed to speak on camera. I i have a younger sister we tried to fleeee, but soldiers caught us. Ththey took us b behind my housd raped us. Was dead, then i lost consciousness. Amy the director of the center for faithbased neighborhood partnerships at the department of Homeland Security, the reverend jamie johnson, has resigned after cnn unearthed a series of racist and islamaphobic comments he made prior r to taking office. Johnson was appointed to the position in april by thensecretary of Homeland Security john kelly. This is johnson speaking on a radio show in 2008. It is an indictment of americas black community that has turned americas major cities into slums because of laziness, drug use, and sexual promiscuity. Amy cnn also uncovered audio recordings of johnson repeatedly disparaging the islamic faith. , your friend and mine, who says all that islam has ever given us is oil and dead bodies over the last millennia and a half. They are not our friends. Amy in media news, the republicancontrolled fcc has voted 32 along party lines to loosenen longstatanding media ownership rules. The vote clears the way fofor te rightwing s sinclair oadcdcastg to expand its local tv empire. Sinclair already owns 193 tv tv stations. 173 it is attempting to buy tribune memedia which cocontrols another r stations. 72 . S would give sinclair in other media consolidation news, comcast and verizon have made moves to purchase Rupert Murdochs 21st century fox. In climate news, the fossil fuel divestment got a major boost on thursday when the norwegian government announced it is considering selling off 35 billion in oil and gas stocks. Norway would become by far the largest entity to join the divestment movement. Norways 1 trillion Sovereign Wealth Fund controls about 1. 5 of all global stocks. And the Senate Judiciary committee is pressing President Trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner to hand over m more documents saying he failed to give investigators several emails related to russia and wikileaks during the 2016 campaign. One email discussed a russian backdoor overture. The senators learned of the emails after obtaining them from other witnesses. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report, im amy goodman. Yes, this is democracy now were broadcasting live from the final day of the u. N. Climate summit here in bonn, germany. All this week, activists have beenen protesting against fossil fuels, especially coal. Well, early this morning, we drove about 45 minutes outside of bonn to the forest o of westn germany. For years, activists there have been fighting against the largest openpit coal mine in europe. The massive hambach mine is 33 extracts an extremely dirty fofo of coal called lignite, also knonown as brown n coal, wh causes the highest Carbon Dioxide emissions of any type of coal when burned. This morning we met a group of activists at the sindorf train station, and then followed them to their meeting place. Keep it in the ground. Amy why are you doing this . To stop the companys from destroying our future. Amy why are you doing this . It is up to us to keep it in the ground. We are the use and we are respononsible for it. Wit is our future. Amy werere about 45 minutetesm ththe n. , summit in bonnnn. Were standing in f front of the largest openen pit coal mine in europe, of any kind in europe. A banner is being unfurled ththt says it is up to us to keep it in the ground. It is a red banner. We are in front of the hambach mine. This mine hahas alreaeady destry 90 of the ancient forest in the area. Their point is not to geget arrested, but to stop this coal mine from operating. Tell me your name, what just happened. Uth for here with yo political actions. The pacere to demand out of off also fuels. Amy can you describe what took place . If you guys went into the lignite coal mine pit. Long banner. Ally new to the delegates that debate over the Climate Change. They are destroying the climate. Amy where was the banner maded . In paris. It was the Indigenous People banner there. Today it is a banner for the youth. I am here amy can you talk k about why yu are involveved . I am from the area and i know what is happening. In ththe very late matter of climate issues. I come from the peace movement. By now i s s you cannonot separe ththe peace movovement from t te climate movement. It is the same. Climate chaos that already has arrived is causing so much damage. People having to leave their countries, leave their regions, having to find other places to is the same like war, that makes everybody leave their homes. Ah and her seeing eye dogs were our guide. She is with the have and peace prize that was awarded this your to the german group that carried out this mornings action. To see our full report from the occupied forest on the resistance to the hambach mine, you can go to democracynow. Org. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Were broadcasting live from the final day of the u. N. Climate summit here in bonn, germany. This year is the first cop since President Trump vowed to pull the United States out of the landmark 2015 paris climate deal, a process which takes 4 years. President trump has also vowed to stop paying the United States contribution to the Green Climate fund. Under president obama, the u. S. Contributed 1 billion out of the total pledge of 3 billion. Well, here at this years cop, a new coalition of 19 countries have committed to working towards phasing out coal, although many of these countries including britain continue to expand fracking and other extraction projects. Also this week, indigenous groups won a victory when governments won increased rerecognition of t their rights, autonomy andnd participationnn netiatioions. A document apppproved by negotiators th weeeek states that indigenous s groups should play leadership roles in efforts to address Climate Change and that countries should respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. But many say this years negotiations do not go nearly far enough to address Climate Change, specially as new Research Shows that threat is continuing to accelerate. New data by the Global Carbon project shows global Carbon Dioxide emissions are once again rising after flatlining for three straight years. These findings dash earlier hopes that global co2 emisissios had peaked for good. Well, for more on this years negotiations, were joined by two guests. Dipti bhatnager is the Climate Justice and Energy Coordinator at friends of the Earth International. And asad rehman, executive director of war on want. Lets begin with you, asad. I dont know how many of these u. N. Climate summits you been to, but extend the significance of this one in bonn, though it is called the islands cop because it is ugly being sponsored by fiji, they just cannot handle the number of people at the time of their cyclone season. Some people say how hot it is inside, it is fiji inside and bonn outside. Can you talk about what this cop means after the u. S. , at least President Trump says he is pulling the u. S. Out of the climate of the paris climate deal what is ththe significae of what is happening here . The paris climate agreement set a guard will that temperatures had to be cut well below the 1. 5 degree threshold. We see the reality of that because of the storms and superstorms and droughts and floods and famine taking place all around the world. The onehappening at degree warming. This cop was, regardless of the necessary level of ambition . Are developed countries going to do their fair share to make sure we stay within that guard real . Provide forng to poor countries to take action . Both will address the impacts of Climate Change but also to develop cleanly and not follow the same dirty development pathway. Some people called this cop the process cop. Conversationsup for next year and next year is the last chance for keeping temperatures below 1. 5. The uns secretarygeneral when he came a couple of days ago talked about will have a five year window before we have to make sure the arc of omissions 1. 5 toward meeting the goal. Unfortunately, were not in the kind of progress needed. Lots of issues having care left until next year that makes the critical cop. It becomes the 1. 5 cop. If we dont see the level of and a promise theyre going to increase the paris pledges, if we dont see that, then really what we should be doing is renegotiating the Paris Agreement and saying the paris targets are no longer achievable and we should be talking about either a three degree world and devastating consequences that would mean for millions around the world. Amy President Trump says the world shouould renegotiate, the u. S. Would leave the world and renegotiating the paris climate accord. What do you see is the problem with that . Wordy you agree with them . As compared to wreck the, negotiations. A reality that he would stand on the platform with big coal and big nuclear and that would be our intervention. , thee the negotiating United States continues to block progress. It is blocking progress on any finance discussions. It is blocking progress for adaptation and in terms of the developed country commitment to deliver the finest the 100 billion that were committed by developed countries. Blocking progress on that and blocking progress on discussion even a finance in next years cop. So while the United States might be saying it is pulling out, he still playing a destructive role. It was to renegotiate the Paris Agreement because he fundamentally doesnt believe in C