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Welcome to [music] Democracyow00:00:01
democracynow.org. The War and Peace00:00:04
Report. I'm Amy Goodman. The Pentagon00:00:07
says it's blown up three more boats in00:00:09
the Eastern Pacific, killing eight00:00:11
people. Black and white video posted to00:00:14
social media Monday by US Southern00:00:16
Command shows three vessels erupting in00:00:18
flames. The Pentagon claimed without00:00:21
evidence the boats were carrying drugs00:00:23
in international waters. The latest00:00:25
strikes bring the Pentagon's announced00:00:27
death toll to 95 since early September.00:00:31
The ACLU and other rights groups have00:00:33
condemned the strikes as murder and00:00:35
state sanctioned killings of civilians00:00:38
denied due process. The attacks come as00:00:41
President Trump signed an executive00:00:43
order Monday declaring fentinel a weapon00:00:46
of mass destruction.00:00:49
>> No bomb does what this is doing. 200 to00:00:53
300,000 people die every year that we00:00:56
know of.00:00:58
So we're formally classifying fentinel00:01:00
as a weapon of mass destruction.00:01:05
>> Virtually no illicit fentinel comes to00:01:08
the United States from either Colombia00:01:11
or Venezuela. Last year, the CDC00:01:14
reported about 48,000 deaths from00:01:17
synthetic opioids, not the two to00:01:20
300,000 deaths claimed by Trump.00:01:26
Meanwhile, Venezuela's government has00:01:28
accused Trinidad and Tobago of00:01:30
participating in piracy after it aided00:01:33
the US government's seizure of a00:01:35
Venezuelan oil tanker last week.00:01:38
Trinidad and Tobago officials said00:01:40
Monday they would grant US forces access00:01:42
to the Caribbean nation's airports in00:01:44
coming weeks as the Pentagon continues00:01:47
to build up forces ahead of a possible00:01:49
attack on Venezuela.00:01:52
On Capitol Hill, members of the00:01:54
Congressional Progressive Caucus are00:01:56
urging fellow House lawmakers to back00:01:59
resolutions seeking to prevent President00:02:01
Trump from launching an unauthorized war00:02:04
on Venezuela.00:02:06
In Gaza, another winter storms worsen00:02:08
the humanitarian catastrophe faced by00:02:10
tens of thousands of displaced00:02:12
Palestinians who've been forced to00:02:13
shelter in tents. For a third00:02:15
consecutive winter, civil defense crews00:02:18
are struggling to reach people trapped00:02:19
under the rubble of homes that have been00:02:21
damaged by Israeli air attacks before00:02:24
this week's storms caused them to00:02:25
collapse. With no proper housing, many00:02:28
Palestinians have been forced to choose00:02:30
between living in unsafe homes or00:02:32
makeshift tents.00:02:38
A citizen's alternative to leaving this00:02:40
building is the risk of a collapsed00:02:41
tent. A tent without a doubt cannot be00:02:43
safe for citizens. It cannot protect00:02:45
them from the cold, the winter, floods,00:02:47
stray dogs, rodents, or diseases.00:02:50
Therefore, all the alternatives00:02:51
currently available to citizens in Gaza00:02:53
are dangerous and difficult. The UN's00:02:56
migration agency reports nearly 800,00000:02:59
displaced Palestinians are at heightened00:03:01
risk of dangerous flooding in low-lying00:03:02
rubble-filled areas of Gaza. At least 1400:03:06
people lost their lives in a winter00:03:07
storm last week. Israel's blocked00:03:09
humanitarian aid shipments of tents00:03:11
bound for Gaza, claiming the aluminum00:03:14
poles used to erect them are a dualuse00:03:17
item that could be repurposed for00:03:20
military activities.00:03:22
Meanwhile, Israel continues to violate00:03:24
the October 10th ceasefire agreement.00:03:26
Witnesses say Israeli military vehicles00:03:29
opened fire today on the northern parts00:03:31
of the Berege refugee camp in southern00:03:34
in central Gaza, while other areas00:03:37
inside the military controlled yellow00:03:38
line came under air strikes and00:03:40
artillery fire. This comes as new00:03:43
satellite images show Israel continues00:03:45
to demolish buildings and areas it's00:03:47
occupied since the ceasefire. Later in00:03:49
the broadcast, we'll speak with the00:03:51
award-winning investigative journalist00:03:53
Aran Rosten about his new report in the00:03:56
Guardian titled, "They're trying to get00:03:58
rich off it. US contractors vi to00:04:01
rebuild Gaza with alligator Alcatraz00:04:04
team in the lead."00:04:07
In Sydney, Australia, thousands of00:04:10
people gathered near the site of00:04:11
Sunday's mass shooting in Bandai Beach00:04:14
to mourn the 15 people killed in attack00:04:17
on the Jewish community on the first00:04:18
night of Hanukkah. At least 22 people00:04:21
remain hospitalized. The Sydney Opera00:04:24
House was illuminated with a Hanukkah00:04:27
manura as memorial events honoring the00:04:31
victims were held across Australia.00:04:36
On Tuesday, the Australian Prime00:04:37
Minister Anthony Albanes said the father00:04:40
and son duo behind the massacre traveled00:04:42
to the Philippines before the assault00:04:44
and were inspired by the Islamic State00:04:46
movement.00:04:48
>> It would appear that there is evidence00:04:51
that this was inspired by a terrorist00:04:53
organization by ISIS. Now some of the00:04:56
evidence which is uh been procured00:04:59
including the presence of uh Islamic00:05:03
state flags in the vehicle that has been00:05:06
seized are a part of that uh radical uh00:05:11
perversion00:05:13
of uh Islam is absolutely a problem. A00:05:18
Pakistani man living in Australia who00:05:20
shares the same name as one of the00:05:22
Bandai Beach gunmen says he fears for00:05:25
his safety after he was misidentified00:05:27
and widely shared social media posts00:05:29
that were amplified by mainstream news00:05:31
outlets. 30-year-old Naveiv Aram of New00:05:34
South Wales says his photographs00:05:36
circulated widely on platforms including00:05:38
X and Facebook alongside accusations he00:05:41
was one of the killers and that his00:05:43
request to have the post taken down went00:05:46
unanswered.00:05:47
Some of those false reports were then00:05:49
published by news outlets in India and00:05:51
Israel.00:05:52
In Rhode Island, the man hunt for the00:05:54
gunman who killed two students and00:05:56
injured nine others at Brown University00:05:58
Saturday has entered its fourth day. The00:06:01
two students who were killed have been00:06:03
identified as 18-year-old Muhammad Aziz00:06:06
Amarokov and 19year-old Ella Cook. The00:06:10
FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for00:06:13
information leading to the arrest of a00:06:15
new person of interest. This comes as00:06:18
FBI Director Cash Patel is facing00:06:20
criticism for posting on social media to00:06:22
promote the agency's work and tracking00:06:25
down a person of interest in the00:06:27
shooting prematurely00:06:29
only to release the man from custody00:06:32
hours later.00:06:34
In the wake of right-wing activist00:06:36
Charlie Kirk's assassination, Patel also00:06:38
claimed on social media a shooter was in00:06:41
custody even though the shooter had not00:06:43
yet been apprehended. We'll speak with00:06:45
one of the survivors, Brown University00:06:48
student Zoe Weissman after headlines.00:06:51
This is her second school massacre.00:06:54
We'll speak to her in Parkland, Florida,00:06:57
where her family lives. She was in00:07:00
middle school when the Valentine's Day00:07:02
massacre at Stonem High School happened00:07:06
seven years ago. Federal prosecutors in00:07:09
California have indicted four members of00:07:11
a left-wing group named the Turtle00:07:13
Island Liberation Front on charges they00:07:16
plotted to bomb multiple targets in00:07:18
Orange County and Los Angeles beginning00:07:20
New Year's Eve.00:07:22
This investigation was initiated in part00:07:24
due to the September 2025 executive00:07:27
order signed by President Trump to root00:07:30
out left-wing domestic terror00:07:32
organizations in our country such as00:07:35
Antifa and other radical groups like the00:07:38
Turtle Island Liberation Front.00:07:40
>> The indictment relies heavily on a paid00:07:42
FBI confidential informant. It was00:07:46
announced by Bill Aseli, a former00:07:49
California Republican lawmaker who the00:07:52
Trump administration named interim US00:07:54
attorney for the Central District of00:07:56
California in April. He's now serving as00:07:58
first assistant US attorney after a00:08:00
federal judge ruled in October he'd been00:08:03
serving unlawfully as the district's top00:08:05
prosecutor since July since he was never00:08:08
confirmed by the Senate. The indictment00:08:11
comes just days after FBI National00:08:14
Security Branch Operations Director00:08:15
Michael Glashin appeared before the00:08:18
House Committee on Homeland Security00:08:19
where he struggled to back up his claims00:08:21
that Antifa was the primary concern in00:08:23
the most immediate violent threat facing00:08:25
the United States. This is Glacin being00:08:28
questioned by Democratic Congress member00:08:29
Benny Thompson.00:08:32
>> We share the same view when you look at00:08:33
the data right now. You look at the00:08:35
domestic terrorist threat that we're00:08:37
facing right now. What I see from my00:08:40
position is that's the most immediate00:08:42
violent threat that we're facing on the00:08:44
domestic side.00:08:46
>> So where is Antifa headquartered?00:08:53
>> What we're doing right now with the00:08:54
organization00:08:55
>> where in the United States does Antifa00:09:00
exist?00:09:01
If it's a terrorist organization and00:09:03
you've identified it as number one,00:09:06
>> we are building out the infrastructure00:09:08
right now.00:09:09
>> So, what does that mean?00:09:12
>> The Department of Veterans Affairs has00:09:15
announced plans to eliminate up to00:09:17
35,00000:09:18
healthc care jobs this month. Many of00:09:21
the targeted positions are currently00:09:23
unfilled and include doctors, nurses,00:09:25
and support staff. The agency has00:09:28
already lost 30,000 workers this year.00:09:32
The advocacy organization Vote Vets00:09:34
said, quote, "It is abundantly clear00:09:37
that Republicans and the Trump00:09:38
administration want to strangle the VA00:09:41
until it all gets privatized."00:09:44
In public health news, measles cases are00:09:47
continuing to rise across the United00:09:49
States. According to the CDC, the number00:09:53
of confirmed measles cases has topped00:09:56
1,900 this year, higher than any year00:09:59
since the US declared the disease00:10:01
eliminated in 2000. In South Carolina,00:10:04
there were 129 confirmed faces this00:10:06
month. 250 people are quarantining. This00:10:10
comes as health secretary Robert F.00:10:11
Kennedy Jr. continues to express00:10:13
skepticism about vaccinating children.00:10:16
Meanwhile, in California, Governor Gavin00:10:18
Newsome has appointed two prominent00:10:19
scientists, Dr. Susan Manares and Dr.00:10:22
Deborah Howry, who left the CDC earlier00:10:25
this year to help lead the state's new00:10:27
public health network innovation00:10:29
exchange. Dr. Manarees, the former00:10:32
director of the CDC, was fired less than00:10:34
a month into her tenure after she00:10:37
clashed with the administration over00:10:39
vaccine policy. The CDC's former chief00:10:42
medical officer, Dr. Harry resigned00:10:45
shortly after Manares was fired.00:10:49
President Trump is suing the BBC for $1000:10:52
billion00:10:54
over edits to a speech he gave to his00:10:56
supporters January 6, 2021 before they00:10:59
storm the capital. Tim Davyy, the BBC's00:11:02
director general, and Deborah Turnis,00:11:04
the head of BBC News, resigned over the00:11:06
edit last month. It follows similar00:11:08
suits by Trump against big media firms.00:11:10
Earlier this year, ABC agreed to pay00:11:12
Trump $15 million to settle a defamation00:11:15
lawsuit he brought over comments made by00:11:17
anchor George Stephanopoulos. Trump also00:11:20
reached a $16 million settlement with00:11:22
Paramount, the parent company of CBS00:11:24
News, after he claimed an interview with00:11:26
Vice President Kla Harris, was00:11:28
selectively edited.00:11:31
And in California, Rob Reiner's son,00:11:34
Nick, has been arrested on suspicion of00:11:36
murder in the stabbing deaths of his00:11:38
parents at their home in Los Angeles. On00:11:42
Monday, President Trump provoked00:11:44
widespread outrage after he blamed the00:11:48
killing of Rob and Michelle Reiner on00:11:51
Rob Reiner's anti-Trump views. On social00:11:55
media, Trump wrote, quote, Rob Reiner, a00:11:58
tortured and struggling but once very00:12:00
talented movie director and comedy star,00:12:01
has passed away together with his wife00:12:03
Michelle, reportedly due to the angry00:12:05
cause. Others through his massive,00:12:07
unyielding, and incurable affliction00:12:09
with a mind crippling disease known as00:12:11
Trump derangement syndrome. Those00:12:14
comments drew backlash even from some00:12:17
members of Trump's own party. Kentucky00:12:19
Republican Congress member Thomas Massie00:12:21
wrote, quote, "Regardless of how you00:12:23
felt about Rob Reiner, this is an00:12:25
appropriate and disrespectful discourse00:12:27
about a man who was just brutally00:12:30
murdered. I guess my elected GOP00:12:32
colleagues, the VP and White House staff00:12:34
will just ignore it because they're00:12:35
afraid. I challenge anyone to defend00:12:39
it." The Republican Congress member said00:12:43
at the White House, President Trump00:12:45
doubled down on his attacks on the now00:12:49
deceased Rob Reiner.00:12:52
>> Mr. President, a number of Republicans00:12:54
have denounced your statement on True00:12:56
Social after the murder of Rob Reiner.00:12:58
Do you stand by that post?00:13:00
>> Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He00:13:02
was a deranged person as far as Trump is00:13:04
concerned. I was not a fan of Rob Reiner00:13:07
at all in any way, shape, or form. I00:13:09
thought he was very bad for our country.00:13:11
>> And those are some of the headlines.00:13:14
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New York joined by Democracy Now's Juan00:13:22
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