Access pipeline. Theyre calling this a riot. They are the ones who are armed. These are unarmed men, women, and children who want nothing more than to protect their own waters for all future generations. Amy well look at the crackdown against the pipeline resistors, including the use of strip search in the Morton County jail even when people are facing minor misdemeanor charges, like Disorderly Conduct. We had to i had to take my clothes off, basically cavity search . No, but i had to squat and cough. Amy thats dr. Sara jumping eagle, a pediatrician at the Standing Rock sioux reservation. We will speak with the chair of the Standing Rock sioux tribe Dave Archambault and with honor of the earth founder winona laduke. I head to court today on charges related to the Labor Day Weekend coverage of Dakota Access pipeline security guards unleashing dogs and pepper spray on native americans land and water defenders. These people with these dogs. That woman over there, she was charging them. Write in my face. Amy the dog has led in its nose and mouth. And she is Still Standing here threatening amy why are you letting her dog we flew into north dakota to challenge the criminal trespass charge against me on friday, the state dropped that charge for lack of evidence and filed a new charge against me riot. I will be arraigned at the Morton County court today 1 30 p. M. North dakota time. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democra democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iraqi, kurdish, and u. S. Forces have launched a massive operation to retake mosul, iraqs second largest city which was seized by the selfproclaimed Islamic State in june 2014. The United Nations is warning as many as 1 Million People may be forced to flee their homes due to the offensive which has been , described as one of the biggest military operations in iraq since the 2003 u. S. Led invasion. Three members of a kansas militia known as the crusaders have been arrested for plotting to blow up an apartment complex in the western kansas town of garden city. The apartment is home to many Somali Refugees and a mosque. All three militia members were white men in their late 40s. According to the fbi, the militia supported antimuslim, antiimmigrant, and antigovernment beliefs. Tom beall is the acting u. S. Attorney in kansas. It is alleged they had surveillance, stockpiled firearms, and you nation, and explosive components, even prepared a manifesto describing their beliefs to be published after the bombing will stop these charges are based on eight months of investigation by the fbi that is alleged to have taken the investigators deep into a hidden culture of hatred and violence. Many kansans may find it a startling as i have that such things could happen here. Amy the fbi, which had an undercover agent in the militia, said the men were planning to carry out the attack on november 9, one day after the president ial election. Local somali residents responded with shock to the arrests. I am here in the United States for 15 years now. I never met any problem except today when i had this information. It makes me shocked. Amy in climate news, nearly 200 nations have backed a legally binding deal to cut back on Greenhouse Gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners. Hydro fluorocarbon, or hfc, gas can be 10,000 times more powerful than Carbon Dioxide as in trapping heat in th the atmosphere. Gina mccarthy, the head of the Environmental Protection agency, praised the deal. Were going to achieve 80 to 90 of the Emission Reductions from these chemicals. It is staggering what this will achieve. Were talking about an amount that is comparable to thousands of coalfired power plant emissions. It is amazing. Amy wikileaks is continuing to publish more emails from the account of john podesta, the chair of Hillary Clintons president ial campaign. One newly published email revealed clinton privately bashed environmentalists opposed to fracking and the keystone xl pipeline. During a meeting with the Building Trades union in september 2015, clinton said the environmentalists should get a life. Mrs republican president ial nominee donald trump is continuing to claim the election has been rigged alleging the media is conspiring with Hillary Clinton to defeat him. Mr. Trump you see what is happening. The process is rigged. This whole election is being rigged. Medialies spread by the without witnesses, without backup or anything ousts, are poisoning the minds of the electorate. Backup, nos, no anything else. Amy on sunday trump tweeted the election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media pushing crooked hillary but also at many polling places sad. Last week trump called the president ial election one big fix and one big, ugly lie. Meanwhile trump supporter , milwaukee sheriff david clarke tweeted out a photo of an angry mob saying its pitchforks and torches time. Trumps claims of a rigged election have been criticized by some republicans. Ohio secretary of state jon husted said trump was wrong and engaging in irresponsible rhetoric. In other campaign news, a ninth woman has come forward to say that donald trump inappropriately groped or kissed her. Cathy heller said the incident took place at a mothers day brunch in the 1990s at trumps maralago estate in front of her husband and inlaws. Heller said he took my hand, and grabbed me, and went for the lips. In north carolina, authorities are investigating the firebombing of the republican headquarters in the town of hillsborough. Police say somebody threw a molotov cocktail into the building, setting off a fire. In addition, somebody spray painted a swastika on an adjacent building with the message nazi republicans leave town or else. The firebombing was denounced by leaders of both Political Parties in north carolina. The states governor pat mccrory described the firebombing as a attack on our democracy. The United States and britain are threatening new sanctions on syrian president Bashar Alassad and his supporters as the siege on eastern aleppo continues. Secretary of state john kerry urged syria and russia to stop bombing aleppo. It is a human to turn disaster, the largest humanitarian disaster since world war ii. It could stop tomorrow morning, tonight if russia and the alassad regime were to behave according to any norm for any standard of decency. But they have chosen not. Earlier today, 14 members of the same family were reportedly killed in an airstrike in eastern aleppo. The dead included 26 weeks old babies and six other children under the age of eight. Meanwhile, meanwhile, Doctors Without Borders is reporting that four hospitals and an ambulance in east aleppo were bombed on friday making it one of the worst days yet for the citys collapsing healthcare system. In news from africa, the New York Times is reporting the Obama Administration has intensified a clandestine war in somalia with hundreds of u. S. Special Operations Forces carrying out ground raids targeting the somalibased militant group al shabab. The u. S. Is also carrying out drone strikes inside somalia. Last month a u. S. Airstrike accidentally killed more than 20 somali soldiers. In northern brazil, more than 25 prisoners have reportedly died during whats been described as a fight between factions inside an overcrowded prison. Seven prisoners were beheaded. Six were burned to death. Brazil has the fourth largest prison system in the world behind the United States, china and russia. , Venida Browder has died at the age of 63. Her son, kalief browder, committed suicide in 2015 after spending three years at Rikers Island jail without trial after he was accused at the age of 16 of stealing a backpack. The familys lawyer, paul prestia, praised venida for tirelessly fighting for justice for her son kalief. He said the stress from this crusade coupled with the strain of the pending lawsuits against the city and the pain from the death were too much to for her to bear. In my opinion she literally died of a broken heart. In sports news, nfl quarterback Colin Kaepernick started his first game of the year for the San Francisco 49ers on sunday. Before the game, he continued his protest by kneeling on one knee during the pre Game National anthem. After sundays game, kaepernick defended his actions which have sparked similar protests across the country. Dont understand what is unamerican about fighting for liberty and justice for everybody. For the equality that this country says it stands for. You know, to me, i see it is patriotic and american to uphold the United States to the standards that it says it lives by. That is something that needs to be addressed. Amy and those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Were broadcasting live from mandan, north dakota, just across the street from the Morton County courthouse where more than a half dozen people will be appearing in court today on charges related to the ongoing resistance to the construction of the 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. In total, dozens of people who call themselves protectors, not protesters have been arrested in recent months opposing the construction of the pipeline, including 14 people arrested saturday amid actions that delayed construction at multiple work sites. The pipeline has faced months of resistance from the Standing Rock sioux tribe and members of hundreds of other tribes from across latin america, the United States, and canada. At least three people are due in court today on felony charges of after locking themselves to heavy construction equipment. Morton county also issued an arrest warrant for me on september 8, five days after we released our ontheground video report from Labor Day Weekend showing the Dakota AccessPipeline Companys security guards physically assaulting nonviolent, mostly native American Land protectors, pepperspraying them and unleashing attack dogs one of which was shown with blood dripping from its nose and mouth. These people are just presenting us with these dogs. That woman over there, she was charging them right in the face. Amy the dog has blood in its nose and mouth. And she is Still Standing here threatening amy why are you letting her dog go after protesters . Amy to see that full report, go to democracynow. Org. The original charge against me was criminal trespass. Yet on friday after we returned to north dakota to challenge the charges and to continue covering the resistance to the Dakota Access pipeline, we learned states attorney Ladd Erickson had dropped the criminal trespass charge for lack of evidence but filed a new charge against me riot. If judge John Grinsteiner approves the new riot charge, ill be appearing in court today at 1 30 p. M. To challenge it. For updates throughout the day, go to democracynow. Org. But first, we bring you this new report of the actions against the Dakota Access pipeline this past saturday. Hundreds of people delayed work temporarily stopped work at multiple construction sites, including one person who reportedly delayed work for six hours by locking to an excavator. At least 14 people were arrested. Democracy now team was on the ground. We began covering the action just after dawn, from the main resistance camp in cannonball, north dakota. This is democracy now just a sunrise ceremony. Right now after the ceremony, it was announced that three caravans with make their way, not clear to wear, but to shut the pipeline down. There a lot of people here the frank aid at the front gate. Amy the caravan from the main resistance camp has stopped. There are sheriffs. We see their lights and an armored personnel carrier here. People are getting out with their signs that say things like endangered. You see license plates from the various tribes like the rosebud reservation. And above, we see a helicopter, a yellow helicopter. Can i ask you why youre out here today . Were here for the protection of our water, for our way of life, for the unborn, for the generations coming behind us. It is pretty sad we have to do this, but power is greater than the pipeline. There is powers greater than anything that this money represents. So we believe in our prayer. The nonnative people say seeing is believing. Lakota we say, believing is seeing. It will stop. It wont connect. That is our belief. That is why we are here. Amy people have walked down the road, the 100, 200 people. They are carrying signs that say defend the sacred. Greed kills. Lakota sioux. Amy can you tell us about the feather . It was given to me from sundance. This is a medallion that represents the nation. Amy what do you hope will be accomplished today . I hope they can finally hear our prayers and no we are people , prayers for people, and were protecting our water for future generations and for all of those this is not a riot. Were here standing up for mother earth, standing up for what is right. Lately the court decided to live the 20 miles own on either side , so now Dakota Access can continue to construct all the way up to the drill pad. The army corps of engineers permits are still pending, still being reviewed. As of right now, they are. On board going through these lands and building a pipeline. Amy can you tell us where you are right now . Were just north of the Pipeline Route and were headed we are walking altogether in people prayer for the actual pipeline because these are the lands we have to protect. It was just said police are amassing behind you. You all have decided to keep walking forward. What are you willing to risk . I think everyone is willing to risk a lot. This is their children on the line. Their childrens children. When her children are on the line, youre willing to risk just about anything. This is their Drinking Water. Were in a place where the remaining water we have left they are fracking the remaining water we have left. It is madness. Amy can you talk about why youre out here today . To pray for the water and save this water for our future generations so they have clean water. They are healthy im just here to pray. Amy what is your name and how old are you . I am 14 years old. Amy where are you from . [indiscernible] is irene. Me i am from ann arbor, michigan. I am here, to be honest, i did not know why i was coming. I felt the calling and i came. I showed up. I am finding more and more that it is about the Bigger Picture for all of humanity. I believe we are all interconnected. It is about water. I am thinking about flint. Im thinking about kalamazoo. I am thinking allies, frontlines, working people affected the most. But eventually, it will affect all of us. We need to come together. Hundreds of tribes have connected their histories, connected around this one purpose to save the water, to protect sacred site, and to protect our future generations. , but ally and an outsider an ally, i like to support that. My name is David Montgomery from california. My mom is from stillwater, nevada. Im here to defend everything we stand for as a people. A lot of people have been through a lot of things from all nations, and this one i think it is time for us to reclaim our status here and for the natural law back in order to save all people that live here in the world, for that matter, but i feel really passionate about it. Beloved here for my people and all of the people that come through an experience it, they take something home that is sacred. What were doing is really, really important and all of the world needs to know about it because this is for all of the world. We need to change our way of thinking, our thinking patterns. There is more than one way to live. One we have been shown to corporations is it ends, it doesnt go on forever. Police blockade behind us. They are blocking the roads. Theyre not letting any car passed this way. Were looking at a police blockade, blocking the roads. Blocking these water defenders from going into a public road. Police liaison, escort these women to the front through security. Were going to ask for permission to go through the line so it can all go and pray. This is what were here for. Were here to pray for the land that has not been touched yet. Amy scores of Police Officers are here with batons, somewhat rifles. The police are in riot gear helmets, shields. They are saying, walked out further or you will be arrested. You should be ashamed of yourself or your behavior today. You drink the water as do the children, and your children will suffer. , the ceo, needs to know theyre endangering us all. We stand here to protect you as well today. You should be ashamed of yourselves for showing up as we pray. With your batons out, trying to intimidate and rss. Guess what . Our prayers are