Remain too close to call. Rival bennyor his gantz secured a majority of seats in the knesset. We will go to jerusalem for the latest. Ththen striking gm workers have entered their third day on the picket lines. I want to be clear about something. This strike is about us, is about standing up for fair wages, Affordable Quality Health care, for our share of profits come and for our job security. Amy we will speak to longtime labor reporter Steven Greenhouse coauthor of the new book beaten down, worked up, the past, present, future of american labor. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace e report. Im amy goodman. Israel is facing political turmoil as tuesdays election remains too close to call with 92 of the vote counted. Benjamin netanyahus iran party andbenny gantzs blue party appeared to be about type. The election was called after netanyahu failed to build a Coalition Government following an april election. It also came as netanyahu is facing p possible indictmentntsr multiple corruption cases. He promised to annex nearly one third of the occupied west bank in violation of International Law if elected. Earlier this year, gantz threatened to bomb gaza back to the stone e ages. We will have the latest on the israeli election after headlines. In climate news, a new study warns the global average temperature could rise by as much as seven degrees celsius, or 12. 5 degrees fahrenheit, above preindustrial levels by the end of the cenentury unless nations moveve rapidly to slasah Greenhouse Gas emissioions. The ststark warning comes as wod leadaders are preparing to gathr at United Nations headadquarters in new yorork next w week for te Climate Action summimit. U. N. Secretary general Antonio Guterres said tuesday the world is losing the race to avert catastrophe. July was the hottest month ever step these five years will be the hottest five years and record. We see the rising level of the ocean taking place, the highest concentrations ever of co2 in the atmosphere. To go back 3 million years to 5 million years t to get the same levels of co2. Really dealing with a very dramatic threat not only to the future of the planet, but to the planet today. Amy in washington, d. C. , youth climate leaders called out lawmakers tuesday for failing to act urgently to prevent a climate catastrophe. 16yearold swedish climate activist and School Strike leader greta thunberg, who was invid by dememocrats to a meeting of the Senate Climate crisis task force, told the gathering, dont invite us here to tell us how inspiring we are without doing anything about it. She added, i know you are trying but just not hard enough. Sorry. Her challenge came as youth climate leaders visited capitol hill to support the Green New Deal resolution cosponsored by massachusetts senator ed markey and Congress Member alexandria ocasiocortez of new york. The swedish, activist also met with former president obama. 15yearold Kallan Benson of maryland called on students and workers to join a massive series of climate strikes planned for friday. And you have to be involved. And that means you adults as well. You are the ones currently in power. We dont have time to wait until my generation takes over. It is you that has to act. We need you to listen to the scientists t that are showowings Climate Change is here and Climate Change is humancaused. Fuels. Rning fossil please, for my generation. Amy organizers predict fridays strike will be some of the largest climate protests in u. S. History, with actions planned at over 800 sites in all 50 states. More actions are planned worldwide. In texas, tropical depression imelda made landfall south of houston tuesday, bringing flash floods with up to 18 inches of rain forecast for parts of the region. Its the regions worst rainstorm since Hurricane Harvey dumped an estimated 33 trillion gallons of water on texas two years ago, with up to 52 inches of rain in parts of the gulf coast the most rain ever recocorded in a a u. S. Storm. Mewhwhile, over r the atlantic ococean, hururricane humberto hs strerengthened to a strong category 3 storm, with officials in bermuda issssuing warnings aheaead of its expected arriva wednesesday night. The Trump Administration is preparing to revevoke californs air pollution ststandards for cs and light trucks in its latest regulatory rollback of laws aimed at slowing the climate crisis. The move, which is expected to be announced this week, seeks to cancel californias agreement with ford, honda, volkswagen, and bmw that would see Passenger Vehicles average about 50 miles per gallon by 2026. The Trump Administration has proposed f freezing auto efficiency at 2020 levels, or around 37 miles a gallon. States and washington, d. C. , 13 have promised to adopt californias more stringent air quality rules, and california lawmakers have promised to challenge the rollback in court. This comes as President Trump is traveling to california today for fundraisers in Silicon Valley and los angeles. On capapitol hill, President Trumps former Campaign ManagerCorey Lewandowski stonewalled and frustrated congressmembers for six Hours Tuesday as the House Judiciary Committee held the First Official hearing of its president ial impeachment investigation. During the hearing, lewandowski admitted President Trump asked him in june 2017 to pressure thenattorney general Jeff Sessions to rein in special counsel Robert Muellers investigation. That directly contradicts lewandowskis public statements on tv earlier this year. Consulting attorney barry berke, hired by democrats to crossexamine trumps exCampaign Manager, played a clip of lewandowski onon msnbc last may. Did you hear ththat, sir . Msnbc youou saying on dont ever remember the president evever asking you to t involved with Jeff Sessions or the department of justice in any way, shape, or form. That was not true, was it, sir . I heard that. And that was not true . I have no obligation. They are just as dishonest as anyone else. So you are admitting you are not being truthful in that clip, correct . My interview can be interpreted any way you like. Amy House Judiciary Committee chair Jerrold Nadler said he may seek to hold lewandowski in contempt of congress over his refusal to answer the committees questions. Ahead of the hearing, lewandowski used the twitter hashtag senate2020 to hint that hell seek the republican nomination to challenge New Hampshire democrat Jeanne Shaheen next year. He later tweeted out a formal announcement of his candidacy after asking for a fiveminute recess. In new mexico, President Trump falsely declared at a Campaign Rally monday that latinos support his border wall, proclaiming, we love our hispanics. During the rally in rio rancho, trump pointed to steve cortes, a former paid onair contributor at cnn and member ofof trumps 2020 campaign committee. Pres. Trump he happens to be hispanic. He happens to be hispanic, that ive never quite figured it out because he looks more like a wasp than i do. More. Loves the hispanics who do you like more, the country or the hispanics . He says the country. I dont know. Im have to go for the hispanics, to be honest with you. We have got a lot of hispanics. We love our hispanics. Amy in response, the Progressive Political group latino victory tweeted this is racist. This is xenophobic. This is the type of rhetoric that led to the biggest antilatino massacre in modern history. Thats a reference to last months mass shooting at a walmart in el paso, texas, where a white supremacist with an Assault Rifle killed 22 people and wounded 24 others. The killer published a hatefilled manifesto that echoed President Trumps language on migrants from latin america. Human rights watch is calling on chinas government to immediately stop separating uyghur children from their families in the Western Province of xinjiang. Human rights watch says countless children have been jailed in staterun Child Welfare institutions and boarding schools without parental consent or access as part of a program thats seen an estimated 1 million uyghur adults imprisoned in camps that china claims are Vocational Training centers designed to combat extremism. Last weeeek, the Senate Passed e uygur human rights policy act, calling for the u. S. To consider human rights sanctions against chinese officials. House lawmakers have yet to vote on a companion bill. This comes as a new report finds at least 75 countries around the world are using facial recognition and other forms of Artificial Intelligence to surveil massive numbers of people. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace warns new technologies like automated border controls and algorithmic tools are being rapidly developed by companies in china, france, germany, israel, japan, and the united states. The Trump Administration filed suit tuesday against nsa whistleblower Edward Snowden over his newly released memoir, permanent record, seeking to block his publisher from forwarding any revenue from book sales. Snowden tweeted in response, this is the book the government does not want you to read. This comeses after snowdenen, s been in exile in russia since 2013, told cbs news on monday he would return to the u. S. If he was guaranteed a fair trial and a chance to share with the American Public why he leakeked nsa documents. Im not asking for a pardon. Im nonot askingng for a p pass. Im asking for a fair trial. This is the bottom line that any american should require. We dont want peoeople thrown in prison without the jury beining able to decide whether what they did was right or wrong. Amy secretary of state mike pompeo travels to saudi arabia today for talks with royal Saudi Crown PrinceMohammed Bin Salman after weekend drone attacks on major oil facililities in saudi arabia. The Trump Administration has directly blamed iran for the attack, which was claimed by Houthi Rebels in yemen. This comes as Energy Secretary rick perry confirmed reports that the u. S. Is negotiating with saudi arabia over its plan to build nuclear reactors. The Trump Administration has reportedly been pursuing a deal to share u. S. Nuclear technology with s saudi arabia, as the saus preparare to build at leastwtwo Nuclear Power r plants. Back in the united states, an African American trans woman who was murdered in kansas city, kansas, last friday has been identified as jaleyahjamar. Shes at least the 19th transgender person to be murdered in the u. S. This year. 13 died from gun violence and the majority are women of color. Jaleyahjamars killing follows the murder of 32yearold Brooklyn Lindsey in kansas city, missouri, in june. Meanwhile, in portland, oregon, police are investigating last weeks assault of a transgender woman named Atlas Marshall as a possible hate crime. Marshall was attacked by a man shouting homophobic and transphobic slurs, leaving her with bruises on her head and knees. General motors has cut off Health Insurance for the nearly 50,000 people on picket lines across the country demanding better working conditions and fair pay. The news came tuesday to just one day after uaw members kicked off the strike by walking out of more than 50 gm facilities. We will have more on the strike later with longtime labor reporter Steven Greenhouse. In more labor news, whole foods is cutting medical benefits for about of its parttime workers, 1900 according to a report by business insider. Whole foods is owned by amazon, whose Ceo Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world with an estimated net worth of over 114 114 billion. A new analysis by the consumer watchdog decision data finds, bezos makes more money than the cost of an entire year of benefits for these 1900 employees in somewhere between 2 to 6 hours. Here in new york, hundreds of uber and lyft drivers joined a slowvehicle procession across the Brooklyn Bridge tuesday morning, snarling rush hour traffic to protest changes to the ridehailing services they say will cheat them out of city pay regulations. The drivers took their protest procession up manhattans east side to gracie mansion, the home of new york citys mayor and 2020 president ial hopeful bill de blasio, calling on him to intervene. And veteran broadcast journalist Cokie Roberts died on tuesday in washington. She was 75 years old. Dominated imwas in. She began her broadcast career with National Public radio in the late 1970s, joining abc news in 1988. In 2001, the Media Watchdog Group criticized Cokie Roberts reporting, warning her u litzer prize. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Juan and im juan gonzalez. Welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. Israel is facing more polititicl turmoil as tuesdays election remain too close to call. With 92 of the vote counted, Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahus likud party and exmilitary chief benny gantzs blue and white party appear to be nearly tied with about 32 seats in the knesset. Netanyahu was seeking a record fifth term as Prime Minister but his political future is now in question. The election was called after netanyahu failed to build a Coalition Government following an election in april. It a also came as netanynyahu is facing possible indictments over multiple corruption cases. Amy both netanyahu and gantz had run on platformsms vowing to take harsh m measures targeting palestinians. Netanyahu prpromised to annex nearly a third of the occupied what if he won, in violation of International Law. Earlier this year, gantz had threatened to bomb gaza back to the stone ages. He vowed to pound gaza again. Asas chief of staff of the i isl defense forces, gantntz oversaw israels s assaults on gaza in 202012 and014. He is currently fafacing a war crimeses lawsuit in a dutch cout filed d by a dutchppalestinian woman who lost six relatives in israels 2014 assault on gaza. On tuesday night, gantz said he had fulfilled his mission by preventing netanyahus outright reelection. And very excited to be here tonight. We will await the actual results, but as it seems, we fulfilled our mission. And just as important, we fulfilled it our way. One can say according to the results, they appear to be netanyahu did not succeed in his mission. Juan on tuesday night, israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu did not claim victory or concede defeat in a speech to his supporters. Israel needs a strong government, stable government, zionist government, a goverernmt that is committed to israel as a National State to the jewish people. It cant be a government supported by airbnb parties which are antizionist. Amy the close election could result in the farright former defense minister Avigdor Lieberman becoming the kingmaker as both gantz and lieberman attempt to form a Coalition Government. As both Steven Greenhouse and formyahu Gantz Netanyahu a Coalition Government. We go now to jerusalem where we are joined by the palestinian attorney d