year's survey especially in turkey and junior dan. africa is a region where we've typically seen mostly positive views toward the united states. that was true during the bush era when there was a rise in anti-americanism in many regions. he was pretty popular there. his policies were relatively popular there. the u.s. continued to get good ratings there. the same was try, maybe even more so, in the obama era. even though there have been declines in africa, in this survey, the countries we've surveyed at least, continue to see the must a positive light. latin america, again, some differences across the latin american nations that we surveyed. mexico stand out as a place in this year's survey that has very negative ratings for the u.s., at least vis-a-vis what people used to see in our mexico surveys. you see that a little bit on this map here. this is a map that illustrates the change in u.s. favorability since the last time we surveyed in all these countries. red countries are where there's been a negative change, dark gray is where there's been essentially no change and then blue are p

jordan. africa is a region we've seen a positive views towards the united states. that was true during the buescher are a when there was a rise in anti-americanism in many regions. he was pretty popular there. his policies were relatively popular there and the u.s. continued to get good rate tlgz. same is true or maybe even more so than the obama era. even though there are declines in africa and this survey on balance and the countries we sur vafd continue to seat u.s. in a positive light. latin america again some difference as cross the latin american nation that's we surveyed. mexico stands out in a place in this year's survey. has very negative ratings for the u.s. at least vis-a-vis what people used to say in our mexico surveys. and you see that a little bit on this map here. so red countries are where there's been a negative change. dark gray is where there's been essentially no change. and then blue are places where america's image has improved on this favorability measure. there are only two blue countries. one is vietnam. i believe the change in vietnam is from a78% favo

africa and the middle east saw temperatures top 122 degrees fahrenheit this week. palm springs, california, tied that mark, setting an all-time high. meanwhile in paris, france, highs reached 100 degrees thursday. in bolivia, scientists a they are in a race to sample ice from meltinggreg sugars -- glaciers before global warming erases thousands of years' worth of records on earth's climate. glaciologists with the ice memory project took ice cores from the illimani mountain in bolivia's andes, noting the glacier was almost a full degree warmer than a previous sample. this is scientist patrick ginot. >> we can prove the temperature of the glaciers risen .7 degrees centigrade in 18 years. this glacier, and 6500 meters above sea level, will heat of bit by bit and with global warming, it will lose all of the information that we're going to take from these ice samples. that is why we cannot wait 10 more years. amy: worldwide, at least 200 million people depend on glaciers for drinking water and are at risk of being left without water due to melting ice. and those are some of the head

planet and its people. amy: i want to turn to south africa right now. , chair of kumi naidoo africans rising for justice is and dignity, we talked to you about the imminent announcement. we were not sure what was going to happen. p.m.rday just after 3:00 eastern time, president trump take to the rose garden, speaking to his supporters and announced the u.s. withdrawal from the climate deal. now, fromnse right your position in johannesbururg, south africa, what this means for the african continent? asad and myself who did not think this deal was as ambitiousus as it needed to , it i is quite interesting situation b because yesterday after i was interviewed by democracy now!, some right-wing publication i think said come all of the critics of the paris agreement announcing, oh, dear, such a bad thing that donald trump has pulled out. this is cognitive dissident at its worst. where there is denial that they are close to the climate -- as one newspaper put it, donald trump's message to the world, the front page said "message to the world: drop dead." that is how it is being repor

rico by force. it is the same charge nelson mandela faced in south africa. 's firstlopez rivera visit to new york city since his release and his first global broadcast interview well here. it coincncides with new york's longtime puerto rican parade. this year's organizers chose to honor lopez rivera as the parade's first "national freedom hero." but after a boycott campaign was organized by a right-wing group funded by donors close to both president trump and to breitbart news, the city's police chief and several corporate sponsors said they would boycott the event. oscar lopez rivera says s he wil still march, but not as an official hononoree, but a humble puerto ricanan and a grandfathe. all thatat and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. former fbi director james comey will tell a senate panel today that president trump repeatedly demanded his loyalty and pressured comey to end a probe into former national security adviser michael flynn. comey, who was fired by president trump last month amid a growing fbi investig

in the interest of people across the world. and for us in africa with our with a very low level of responsibility in terms of a chelated emissions historically and we're already paying thehe most brutal price, there is a deep sense of not just shock, but a sense of unreality that ,he united states and the bush the last eight years, and now we're going back -- people need to bear in mind that the paris climate agreement is far from a perfect agreement. people like mike and myself 54 much more ambitious agreement -- fought for a much more ambitious grimmett. it is a five year review so the ambition levels can be picked up. so even this compromise agreement, for it to be 3:00mined this way, if at today he were to say we're pulling out of the paris climate agreement, people need to understand from a global perspective, people in the so-called developing world, we would see that as donald trump issuing a suicide note for the rest of the world, including, ultimately, for the people of the united states. amy: specifically, africa. kumi naidoo, what does this mean? you are critical of the

family, the harm they have done to our people in haiti, in africa, in libya, in honduras, right here in the united states, the 1996 crime bill criminalizing, incarcerating -- mass incarceration of our youth, that she called super predators. we said, whatever donald trump can do, whatever harm he can do, it cannot be worse than what the clintons have already done to our people. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynowow.org, ththe war ad peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show in the united kingdom, where british prime minister theresa may has suffered a major setback thursday in a snap election that saw her conservative party lose its majority in parliament less than two weeks before the country is scheduled to begin talks over exiting the europeann unioion. may called the snap election three years early, expecting to win a large mandate to negotiate with european leaders over the of the so-called brexit. at thursday's election left the conservatives without a clear majority and a hung parliament. and it's ago, prime minister may said f

countries and subnationals t throughout the world whether it is the pacific rim, africa, europe, eastern europe. we need to move ford because we have no other choice. this is not a scientific issue. all of the climate science -- scientific researchers have clearly said this is not sustainable. this is a political issue. it is a leadership issue. it is a lack of leadership from washington. we have no choice but to step up and move forward. amy: kevin de leon, thank you to speaking to us from sacrament no, as governor brown is in china. kevin de leon is president pro tem of the california state senate. that does it for our broadcast. if you want to read the transcript or get video of the podcast, go to democracynow.org. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] >> i was teased growing up that i was a ufo baby. it was no joke. >> wewe try to chunk the roswell