We speak to the indigenous scholar and activist nick estes. Then to the acclaimed writer Arundhati Roy on the crisis in kashmir and growing authoritarianism in india and around the globe. There is no voice thats coming o out of kashmir. Thats why i said the silence is the loudest sound. Everyone, whether its the major politicians, whether its boys who throw stones on the e stree, whether it is businessmen, lawyers everyone is in jail, even now. You u know, thenen they cut t off phones. They cut off the internet. I mean, can you imagine . When has it been done before, 7 million peopople, communication lockdown . Amy all that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. I am amy goodman. In this special broadcast, we begin with the indigenous scholar r and activist nick est. He is s a coffounder of the indigenous Resistance Group the red nation and a citizen of the lower brule sioux tribe. I talked to him earlier this year about his book our h
Budget of countries other than the u. S. A. , because were paying far more than anybody else and far more even as a percentage of g. D. P. , but weve increased the numbers that other countries have made by 130 billion. It was going down for close to 20 years. If you look at a roller coaster down. That was going on for a long time. You wouldnt have had a nato if you kept going that way. Now we really increased it. Incredible wealth. Happy to have helped. But the secretary has been looking to do that for a long time and i can tell you hes very happy about it. Just generally we are going to have a big couple days. I believe we are going to have a tremendous couple days but very big, very important. We have tremendous spirit as it pertains to nato. Except for perhaps one country. And well be talking to that one country. Well see how that works out. The one country has a couple of points but those points are very devastating to nato. Well find out about that during the next two days. And wi
Annual nato summit with world leaders. On tuesday, he met with the secretary general of nato and took questions from reporters. Secretarygeneral. Will thank you very much. It is great to be with secretary stoltenberg with nato. We met many times. I think hes doing a fantastic job. I am a big fan. His contract was extended. I was very happy about that. I think the secretarygeneral will tell you that through some work and some negotiation weve increased the budget of countries other than the u. S. A. , because were paying far more than anybody else and far more even as a percentage of g. D. P. , but weve increased the numbers that other countries have made by 130 billion. It was going down for close to 20 years. If you look at a roller coaster down. That was going on for a long time. You wouldnt have had a nato if you kept going that way. Now we really increased it. Incredible wealth. Happy to have helped. But the secretary has been looking to do that for a long time and i can tell you h
Through some work and some negotiation weve increased the budget of countries other than the u. S. A. , because were paying far more than anybody else and far more even as a percentage of g. D. P. , but weve increased the numbers that other countries have made by 130 billion. It was going down for close to 20 years. If you look at a roller coaster down. That was going on for a long time. You wouldnt have had a nato if you kept going that way. Now we really increased it. Incredible wealth. Happy to have helped. But the secretary has been looking to do that for a long time and i can tell you hes very happy about it. Just generally we are going to have a big couple days. I believe we are going to have a tremendous couple days but very big, very important. We have tremendous spirit as it pertains to nato. Except for perhaps one country. And well be talking to that one country. Well see how that works out. The one country has a couple of points but those points are very devastating to nato.
Initially five people were arrested for the shooting but four were subsequently released without being charged. We are waiting for more details on these latest arrests from the Sheriffs Office and will bring that information to you as soon as we get it. A trial date is now set for the man charged in the fatal stabbing of mia wilson at the Macarthur Bart station last year. John lee coel entered a plea to of not guilty by reason of insanity. The trial against her will begin january 6. He is charged with murder and attempted murder for stabbing wilson to death and injuring her sister. If convicted he could face the death penalty. In san jose where police are keeping streets block often an area near oak grove high school. There was a standoff in the neighborhood overnight and we are learning police may have made an arrest. Cristina rendon is live from san jose with more details. Reporter good afternoon. Police arent confirming they made an arrest but we heard from School District officials