assault rifles, arrest over 100 people gathering for a peaceful march to oppose construction of the $3.8 billion dakota access pipeline and protect a sacred site from destruction. we ll go to the standoff at standing rock for an update from activist and journalist sacheen seitcham. and the ongoing standoff and the pipeline protest. because i have 40,000 people watching. everybody knows you have the vehicles surrounded. if you re watching amy: that is actor shailene woodley. we will speak to her about her arrest and strip searching for protesting the north dakota access pipeline. and we will go to deia schlosber , the award-winning documentary film acre and producer who was arrested on october 11 while reporting on a, change protest climate change protest. she is charged with three felonies and faces 45 years in jail. we will also speak to our colleague, filmmaker josh fox. his latest piece, the arrest of journalists and filmmakers covering the dakota pipeline is a thre
the french government says the first day clearing the jungle migrants camp has gone smoothly. on 000 people will put were put on buses destined for across the country. some it is a relief. on at is giving up long-held dream of reaching the united kingdom. leaving the camp they called home, hundreds of migrants choose peacefully to be processed under a heavy police presence. for than 1200 policemen are at jungle for the evacuation of the camp. we hope this dismantling operation will proceed in a calm and orderly manner. this is currently the case. reporter: french authorities and aid workers plan to process all 7000 migrants living in the jungle, and take them to refugee centers across france. they can either claim asylum or return to their country of origin, depending on their situation. some migrantsrned will refuse to go as many still want to get to britain. perhaps to italy. reporter: evacuation of the camp is expected to last three days. the motion work will star
revolutionized sitcom television norman lear. i think of donald trump as the middle finger of the american right hand. the american people, you know, we are in a democracy and the democracy depends on an informed citizenry which would be a well led and informed i don t think we have a media generally that informs. amy: at 94 years old, norman lear is still going strong and speaking out. the creator of many sitcoms including all in the family and the jeffersons joins us to talk about his groundbreaking tv shows, this year s presidential election, how he ended up on richard nixon s enemy list, and the new pbs documentary about his life that is airing tonight just another version of you. , all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the planet has crossed a new threshold. the average carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere throughout 2015 were 400 parts per million. this according to the worl
first, iraqi forces say they are just two kilometers away from the city of mosul. the battle is far from over. a million civilians remain trapped in the city and the u.n. says is lummis have been killing scores of people in recent days. the bodies of up to 70 people were found in their homes. the u.n. is warning the iraqi forces and their kurdish allies against collective punishment. it claims dozens of sunni error families were forced to leave the city of kirkuk after an islamic state attacked their last week. jane has been with the troops in a small christian town and has this report. village: the christian .s 15 kilometers east of mosul inside there is fierce fighting between iraqi infantry in an estimated 15 jihadist. i m watching the enemy. when i see a jihadist, a. schu him. i ve killed five since the beginning of the battle. when i see a jihadist, i shoot him. there is still sporadic gunfire inside. we will be entering with the army in a minute. a townr: we dis
wayne smith who served as a combat medic during vietnam. we wanted to get home. we just wanted to survive. and yet there is an enormous guilt that stays with me and many my brothers and sisters today that we should have known better. we should have been sitting where you are. that we should have been more active, more informed, and more in opposition to that war. amy: all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. as the nation celebrates memorial day, we look back at the vietnam war. fifty years ago, on march 7, 1965, 3500 u.s. marines landed in south vietnam, marking the start of the u.s. ground war in vietnam. that same day, in alabama, state troopers beat back civil rights protesters in selma trying to walk over the edmund pettus bridge. weeks later, the first teach-in against the vietnam war was held at the university of michigan. by 1968, the u.s. had half a million troops in vietnam. the war continu