Intensifying. Unicef says one child is dying every 10 minutes in yemen. We will speak with awardwinning journalist iona craig. Then we look at Donald Trumps proposal to build a registry of muslims living in the United States. We did it in world war ii with the japanese. Call it what you will youre not proposing we go back to the days of internment camps, i hope. Amy he will speak with democratic commerce member mike honda of california who lived in a japanese american internment camps as a child. And we will look at a New York Times investigation looking at how the poor can often not afford the metaphysical programs which could lead to the criminal records being cleared. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In syria, the chaotic evacuation of eastern aleppo continues amidst ongoing fighting punctuated by a series of shortlived ceasefires. This morning, the syrian civil defense, known as the white helmets, say a civilian evacuation convoy was attacked by Syrian Government forces, killing one person and wounding at least four more, including a medical worker. On wednesday, the syrian army and its russian ally resumed shelling and airstrikes against eastern aleppo, despite a ceasefire. This is a spokesperson for the uns secretarygeneral. Concerned. Is deeply about reports of fighting in aleppo despite the announcement of a ceasefire agreement last night. Any continued fighting leaves thousands in the direct line of fire. The safety and security of tens of thousands of them in, women, and children still trapped in eastern aleppo remains precarious. We urgently call for a pause in fighting to allow people who for to leave safely destination of their choice. Amy the ongoing fall of aleppo is considered a decisive battle in the syrian civil war. It comes after eastern aleppo has been besieged and bombarded by government and military forces. Antigovernment activists have called the fall of aleppo doomsday, while russia has described it as a victory against terrorists and jihadists. The battle has been marked by polarized coverage by propaganda on both sides. On wednesday gone the Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations was accused of lying to the Un Security Council during a recent emergency meeting by showing a photo he falsely claimed depicted a syrian soldier helping a female civilian in aleppo. In fact, the photo was taken in fallujah and shows an iraqi soldier helping iraqi woman in june of 2016. Meanwhile in sarajevo, hundreds of survivors of the yearsold siege of the city in the 1990s gathered wednesday in solidarity with the civilians of aleppo. Bewe know how it feels to abandoned and forgotten. We remember how it is when there are no replies to the screams for help. Today we stand united with a levelsyria, and all other towns were people suffer. Amy more than 10,000 people died during a 1400day siege of sarajevo. It was the longest siege in modern history. In the United States, Donald TrumpsTransition Team is now attempting to distance itself from a 74part questionnaire at the department of energy requesting the names of employees working on climaterelated projects and the names of employees who have attended climate talks over the last five years. Many have denounced the move as the creation of an enemies list. The Energy Department said earlier this week it would not turn over the names. Following the widespread pushback by both the department and environmental groups, an official with trumps Transition Team said this morning the questionnaire was not authorized or part of our standard protocol. President elect donald trump met with a slew of Technology Leaders at trump tower in wednesday, including amazons jeff bezos, apples tim cook, facebooks sheryl sandberg, and others. The meeting was organized by trump Transition Team member billionaire peter thiel, who famously drove the news website gawker out of business by secretly bankrolling a controversial lawsuit by wrestler hulk hogan against gawker media earlier this year. Trumps Adult Children donald jr. , ivanka, and eric were also at the meeting. Trumps inclusion of his children in political meetings has sparked increasing concern. The topics discussed during the 90minute meeting were reportedly immigration, education, and trade with china. There are few details about the conversation, however, because journalists were forced to leave the meeting after only a few minutes. Donald trump has not given a press conference for 140 days now, or over four months. His last News Conference was when he called on russia to hack Hillary Clintons email servers. Trump was slated to give his first News Conference as president elect today on whether and how he would disentangle himself from his vast Business Empire before taking office, but his spokesperson earlier this said earlier this week he is postponing it for sometime in january. A handful of republicans have said they made block john bolton from being confirmed as deputy secretary of state, if trump picks him. Kentucky republican senator rand paul has already said he would block john boltons potential confirmation, saying there is something to be said for one of the top diplomats in the country being diplomatic. Bolton was the former u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations under george w. Bush, during which time bolton famously talked about lopping off the top 10 stories of the United Nations headquarters. Trumps pick for secretary of state, exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson, has also sparked concern and pushback from both Senate Democrats and republicans, many of whom are concerned about tillersons close ties to russia. Newly released documents have revealed retired army general michael flynn, whom trump has chosen as National Security adviser, shared classified military information without authorization while he was the u. S. Military intelligence chief in afghanistan. A secret 2010 military investigation concluded flynn inappropriately shared classified information with british and australian officials, including secret information about the cia. General flynn was not disciplined for the intelligence breach, and it is not known the extent of the information shared, because the investigation itself remains classified. New york city mayor bill de blasio has endorsed Minnesota Congress member Keith Ellison as the next chair of the Democratic National committee, adding to a chorus of voices supporting ellison as the future head of the party. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders has also backed ellison, who is the cochair of the congressional progressive caucus, and the first muslim elected to congress. Ellison has said hell step down from congress if elected dnc so he canebruary devote all of his time to the job. Labor secretary tom perez has also announced hes running for head of the dnc, and is expected to have the support of the white house. According to nbc unnamed u. S. , intelligence officials have said russian president Vladimir Putin was personally involved in the effort to meddle in the 2016 u. S. President ial election to help donald trump win. The cia has accused russia of intervening, and president obama has ordered a review of russias role. President elect donald trump has called the claims ridiculous. This comes as a New York Times investigation has revealed the of the was aware a dnc computer had been hacked as early as september 2015, allegedly by a team known as the dukes, which the fbi says is linked to the russian government. The New York Times investigation goes on to report an fbi agent called the dnc repeatedly to inform them of the security breach, but that the partys techsupport contractor did almost nothing with the information, believing it might simply be a prank call. The times also reports the hackers used a relatively lowtech means of infiltrating the emails of top targets, including Hillary ClintonsCampaign Chair john podesta, whose emails were successfully hacked and then leaked over the summer, generating a slew of negative coverage of the clinton campaign. The tactic is known as phishing, sending an email to a user asking them to change their password or click on link in order to gain access to their entire account. John podesta in fact did change his password after receiving one of those emails after being advised to do so by one of his aides. Meanwhile, yahoo has admitted as many as 1 billion accounts were hacked in 2013. Yahoo says the hack involved private user information, including names, phone numbers, birthdates, passwords and , security questions. In september, yahoo also admitted that 500 million of its accounts were hacked in 2014. These two hacks are the largest known Security Breaches of a Single Company in history. Yahoo says its not known who is behind the newly disclosed hack. Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has boasted that he personally carried out extrajudicial killings while he was the mayor of davao. Speaking on monday night, he said id go around in davao with a motorcycle, with a big bike around, and i would just patrol the streets, looking for trouble also. I was really looking for a confrontation so i could kill. President duterte has long been accused of overseeing death squads in davao, prompting Human Rights Watch to call him the death squad mayor. As president , hes launched a brutal socalled war on drugs that has seen thousands of People Killed by police and vigilantes since this summer. In news on standing rock, the Justice Department says it will not comply with north dakotas request to send 100 federal officers to aid in the Ongoing Police crackdown against native American Water protectors fighting the 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. The Justice Department has said, however, that its given training and Technical Assistance to local Law Enforcement officers who have been sued for excessive use of force, including firing rubber bullets, tear gas, pepper spray, and Water Cannons in freezing temperatures at the water protectors, injuring hundreds of people. In more news on standing rock, water protector red fawn fallis is still in custody and had a preliminary hearing monday on a federal charge of possession of a weapon by a felony. She had originally faced charges of attempted murder of a Police Officer charges that were later dropped by Morton County reportedly for lack of evidence. Shes been imprisoned since october 27, when hundreds of police raided a frontline resistance camp. A video from that day shows nearly a dozen officers pinning her to the ground and arresting her. The video does not show red fawn fallis with a gun. You can hear the sound of three pops in the video. In North Carolina, republican legislators called a surprise special session wednesday with the aim of restricting some of Incoming Democratic governor roy coopers power following a contentious and close election between him and outgoing republican governor pat mccrory. Democratic lawmakers protested the surprise session, calling it unconstitutional. The North Carolina republican lawmakers are attempting to impose measures to require state Senate Approval for all of the governors cabinet picks, as well as measures to strip him of the power to appoint university of North Carolina trustees. Another effort by republican lawmakers to back the North CarolinaSupreme Court appears to have been defeated. Republicans were threatening to try to add two more justices to the court after the democratic africanamerican judge mike morgan defeated a republican incumbent in the november election, tilting the court forthree to the democrats. The North CarolinaSupreme Court has seven judges for the past 80 years. In west virginia, a government worker whose art outrage after calling Michelle Obama an ape in heels is slated to get her job back, after being removed over the racist comments. Pamela Ramsey Taylor was the director of the Clay County Development corp. She made the comments in a post in november after Donald Trumps election victory. The mayor of clay, beverly whaling, also resigned after responding to the post just made my day pam. And peru has launched its first Daily National news broadcast in the indigenous language of quechua for the first time in peruvian history. Millions of people in peru and many more in ecuador, bolivia, colombia, argentina, and chile speak fluent quechua, which was the dominant language of the vast inca empire that ruled the region before the spanish conquest. The broadcast is part of an effort to combat centuries of oppression against indigenous peruvians and their languages. This is a clip of the first broadcast. How are you today, brothers, sisters, and fellow citizens a pleasant heart . I hope this is a good day for all of you. With a lot of joy, were here to spread the news. We are joyful and we thank you with all of our hearts. The warm welcome our program has received. I hope it is a good day for all of you. I am happy because i am here at the beginning of this news program. Amy and those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Nermeen welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. At least one child dies every 10 minutes in yemen. Thats the conclusion of a report just published by the u. N. Childrens agency, unicef. The report also found that there has been a 200 increase since 2014 in the children suffering from severe acute malnutrition, with almost half a million affected. Nearly 2. 2 million children are in need of urgent care. This comes as the countrys Health System is on the verge of collapse in part due to the ongoing u. S. Backed saudi bombing of yemen. Since the bombing began in march 2015, more than 10,000 people have died and 3 million have been displaced in the conflict. Saudi arabia launched its offensive to target Houthi Rebels loyal to the former president ali abdullah saleh. Saudi arabia and the United States accuse iran of supplying weapons to the houthis. The u. S. Has been a major backer of saudi arabias Bombing Campaign. In 2015 alone, the United States approved more than 20 billion in military sales to saudi arabia. U. S. Made munitions have repeatedly been found at the scene of saudiled bombings where civilians have been killed. Facing mounting pressure from human Rights Groups, the Obama Administration announced earlier this week that the u. S. Would halt the sale of some weapons to saudi arabia. White House Press Secretary josh earnest spoke about yemen on tuesday. Some pretty significant concerns about the high rate of civilian casualties in yemen. Many of those casualties have been, as a result of operations carried out by the Saudiled Coalition in the region. Not all of them. There have been civilian casualties as a result of operations carried out by their adversaries as well. And of course, the u. S. Is playing a role in supporting the saudi led coalition. In light of the high rate of civilian casualties, the president ordered a review of the kind of assistance that the United States provides to the saudis as a undertake this effort. That review is ongoing, but there are a couple of steps that the United States is prepared to to change some of the assistance that we provide. That includes refocusing our efforts to support the saudis when it comes to enhancing their Border Security and or territorial integrity. Amy josh earnest speaking tuesday. While washington is halting the sale of some weapons to saudi arabia, the u. S. 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