. trump: a real catastrophe like katrina, and you look at the tremendous -- hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened here with really a storm that was just totally overbearing. nobody has seen anything like this. what is your death count as of this moment? 17? 16 people certified. 16 people versus in the thousands. you can be very proud of allllf your peoplple, all of our people working together. 16 verses literally thousands of people. amy: while puerto rico is now putting the death toll at 2975, hurricane katrina was 1833, other studies show the actual death toll from hurricane maria may be considerably higher. in study published in the new may, a england journal of medicine found the death toll to be at least 4645, and perhaps as high as 5740. in florida, progressive tallahassee mayor andrew gillum pulled off a stunning upset in the democratic primary for florida governor. if he wins in november, gillum will become florida's first african-american governor. polls had predicted gillum would place for. he was backed by bernie sanders, spen

bill mckibben of 350.org ,nd katrina vanden heuvel publisher of the nation. we will also speak to daniel ms 13 and how more deportations will not helpful stop all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president trump read his first state of the union address on tuesday night in which he called on congress to pass an immigration overhaul and repeatedly tried to conflate immigrants, including dreamers, with terrorists and gang members. among his guests to the state of the union were the parents of a young girl who was killed by members of the ms 13 gang two years ago in long island, new york post up to girls, in the 13 is a thing that originated in the 1980's and since reggie central america as a result of the u.s. mass deportation policies. during a lengthy address, trump announced he had signed an executive order keeping the guantanamo bay military prison open and escalated his warmongering rhetoric against north korea, calling the north korean government depraved, warning it poses a nuclear risk to the

military spending to 4%, making clear where he wants that money to go. we will speak with katrina vanden heuvel from the nation magazine. looks the nation has released --, ground for secure elections for international security and the belief when a 2-d escalate tensions with russia and that there is a false choice between having secure elections and that relationship. nucuclear a catastrophe, elections are going to be an a afterthought. amy: masass protest are expected to greet trump as he arrives for his first visit to britain as president. protesters will float a 20 foot long giant baby trump blimp outside parliament that will ngry the president as an orange baby clututching a cell phone ready to tweet. repsents a hosof issu. it isn't just about mocking him. it is about drawingttention that his politics are havining a real i impact on real lives, not just in the u.s.s., but all over the world. amy: we will speak witith sheila menon, one of the b blimp organizers, and with colin -- guardian columnist george monbiot. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.o

. >> hurricane katrina is bearing down on louisiana. >> where's the federal government? where are the troops? >> signs the economy is in trouble keep oncoming. >> i see a great day come iing our country. i'm eager for the work ahead. gods bless you and may god bless america. >>> my fellow americans, major combat operations in iraq have ended in the battle of iraq, the united states and our allies have prevailed. >> today there's 147,000 american troops throughout iraq. 42,000 in baghdad alone. critics claim it's not enough to win peace. >> while the administration had thought about getting rid of saddam hussein, there was very little thinking about what to do after he was removed. seven weeks after the war, the u.s. military still has not been able to restore law and order to many areas in iraq. there was a sense that all we had to do was take a hammer and smash the totalitarian state and out of that democracy would suddenly bloom out of the soil. that did not happen. >> it really wasn't much of a plan for phase four. i remember asking after we take down baghdad what happens. and the answer

amendment banning gay marriage. >> hurricane katrina is now bearing down on louisiana. >> where is the federal government? where are the troops? >> shame on bush! shame on bush! >> signs the economy is in trouble just keep on coming. >> i see a great day coming for our country, and i'm eager for the work ahead. god bless you. and may god bless america. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> my fellow americans, major combat operations in iraq have ended. in the battle of iraq the united states and our allies have prevailed. >> today there's a total of 147,000 american troops throughout iraq. 42,000 in baghdad alone. that's 50% more than the entire u.s. force it took to fight and win the wore. but critics claim it's still not enough troops to win the peace. >> while the administration had thought about getting rid of zam, there had been very little thinking about what to do after he was removed. >> seven weeks after the war the u.s. military has still not been able to restore law and order to many areas of war-torn iraq. >> there was a sense that all we had to do was take a hammer and

-cortez, who became the thunderstorm and elected to congress. we begin with katrina vanden heuvel. she is editor and publisher of the nation, america's oldest weekly magazine. she is also is a columnist for the washington post.com we also speak with rashad robinson, executive director of color of change. katrina vanden heuvel, your thoughts on what has taken place ? >> thing taking back the house is crinkled as a check on president trump is also a think it is important people know a majority of the committees and subcommittees will be controlled by progressives. the progressive caucus will have about 90 members. some of the women you mentioned will join. it will have 13 committees. and i think 30 subcommittees. that is important. i think the ability to not only hold the president and the administration accountable on corruption, on self-interest, on self-dealing, but the ability to lay out bold initiatives, bold legislation a not pass in the senate, but it is critical i think that the progressive democrats lay out in this war of ideas that progressives have been wanting to some ex

outrage. we will get response from katrina vanden heuvel and speak with sam husseini, who was credential to cover the summit for the nation. before monday's news conference, he was dragged out while holding a piece of paper that read "nuclear weapon ban treaty." >> oh, my god. for what? i am telling you what i'm dog. i am being totally open. amy: then we spend the rest of the hour with boots riley, director of the new film "sorry to bother you." >> action. an aurdist dark comedy ipipired by the world of telemarketing. >> that is intriguing. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president trump is meeting with congressional lawmakers on capitol hill today as he faces bipartisan crititicism over r hs decision to lash out at his own intelligence agencies over the investigation of alleged russian interference in the 2016 election, while speaking at a joint news conference with russian president vladimir putin following their summit in helsinki. have trump: i do feel we both made some steaks. is a

been lt in the darark after hurricanes n the past like we saw in katrina. for months, if not years at a time. soso grassrootots organizationse mobilizing right now. and individuals who are able to should be looking at making donations directly to these grassroots organizations at tiny.ccflorencs. amy: thank you for being with us laura garduÑo garcia and mary small. tora, what is your message immigrants, especially undocumented p people in the mit of this storm, even as the floodwaters rise? message to the people in my community here in the state where i call home is you should find support in local organizations who will look to you, who will look to to find what they're able to provide to you. and are willing to go forward their best effort to fill the gaps that the federal agency will leave behind, no question. but we must come forward with our requests, with our needs, and we should try local groups or create our own to support one another in these times. because not only are we facing the devastation of hurricane florence, but we know we will continue facing attacks on our immigr

democracy now! pres. trump: you look at her of catastrophe like katrina and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened here, really, a storm that was totally overbearing. nobody has ever seen anything like this. what is sure death count as of this moment, 17? 16 people certified. 16 people versus in the thousands. amy: months after president trump bragged about the low death count in puerto rico after hurricane maria, a shocking new harvard study estimates the leastm's s death toll is at 4600 am a dish 4600 people -- 70 times higher than the official count -- making maria far deadlier than hurricane katrina and d september 11. we will go puerto rico for the latest. then 39 animal rights activists are arrested at a california egg farm. >> supplies to whole foods and amazon. shipping crueuelty to millions of households. amy: we will speak with the pulitzer prize winning journalist glenn greenwald about the crackdown of animal rights activists and his latest expose, "bred to suffer: inside the barbaric u.s. industry of

a -- every deh is a horror. but if you look at a real catastroe like katrina and you look at the tremendous ds t t died and you look what happen here wi, really, a storm that was justotally overbearing. body has eveseen anything like this. what is your death count as of this moment, 17? >> 1 pres. trump: 16 ople certified. verses ithe thousands. you can be very proud of all of your pple, all of r pple working together. 16 versesly tusands of people. trump. that was presintnt he tossed paper tows to some of theesidents of san juan cable news networks are facing criticism for spending far more time covering the "roseanne" story than the study thafound at least 4645eople diedn puerto rico because ofhe hurricane. accordrding to medimatts, the inable news network's covered roseanne for over 10 s tst d of coverage. they can't hurricane maria's death toll in puerto rico for just over 30 minutes. fox bds j juan mayor carmemen yulilin cruu posted online "never forgotten. never again." amy: for more we host a , roundtable dcussion. wewe're joined by naomi klelein, author, jourlist, ana sen

horror. if at a real ca like katrina and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of teople that died and you lo n heat with, really, a storm that was just totally overbearing. nobody has ever seen athing like this. what is your death count as of this moment, 17? >> 16. pres. ump: 1ople verses in the thousands. you can be very proud of all of your people, all of our people working togetherer. 16 verses literally thousands of people. t truthat was presisident he trse towels to some of the residents of san juan. cable news networks areacin criticism for spending far m timeoverg the "roseanne" story than the study that found at least 4645 people died in puerto rico because of the hurricane. accocording to media matters, te main cable news network's covered roseanne for over 10 hours in the f d coverage. they can't hurricane maria's death toll in puerto rico for justr 30 mutes. fox news been just 48 seconds covering the puerto rico story. san juan mayor carmen yulilin cz posted online "never forgotten. never again." amy: for me , roundtable discussion. we're joined by

by framing them. a white man who shot three black men as they were evacuating hurricane katrina-ravaged new new orleans has pleaded guilty to a hate crime, admitting he shot the men because of their race. roland bourgeois reportedly told his neighbor -- "anything coming up this street darker than a brown paper bag is getting shot." the case is one of several high profile, racism-fueled crimes that took place in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane. in 2016, four former new orleans police officers pled guilty to shootings six unarmed black civilians on the danziger bridge days after hurricane katrina, killing two and wounding the four others. and in dallas, texas, two pipeline protetesters werere arrested thursday after disrupting an energy transfer partners' shareholder meeting. indigenous rights activists waniya locke and cherri foytlin face disorderly conduct charges after interrupting speakers at a meeting about the 163-mile bayou bridge pipeline. foytlin recorded the protest on facebook live. >> injured children. that they're going to act like -- they're going to act like the

hurricane katrina. this is odum speaking thursday. is also anovery opportunity to take an enormous step forward in achieving the vision of ensuring access to affordable and a safe home. to that end, we are also coordinating again with those around the room with private and philanthropic funding sources to fill the gap before the federal funds get here. amy: this comes as newly released federal records obtained by the associated press show it took nearly four times as long to house people in trailers after harvey as after hurricane katrina, and repairs to houses have been much slower than after 2012's super storm sandy. immigrants and fence line communities suffer from pollution along houston's industrial corridor are still largely absent from much of the discussion about how the city plans to recover. well, now we get an update from people working to change that, who first joined us in the weeks following hurricane harvey. we host a roundtable discussion. we spoke with dr. robert , and i want to begin with dr. robert bullard, whose house we visited just after he had evacuated and come b

for more than a decade before katrina struck. likewise, was urgent to stop building in flood zones in houston before harvey struck. it in this case, we're talking about the world, the world of humanity being obliterated. amy: what message do you have for government insiders who are considering becoming whistleblowers? don'tmessage to them is, do what i did. don't wait until the bombs are actually falling or thousands more have died before you do what i wish i had done earlier' in 1964 or even 1961,nd that is revealed the truth that you know, the dangerous truths that are being withheld by the government at whatever cost to her self, whatever risk that may take. consider doing that because a war's or their lives may be at stake. the twoe case of existential crisis i'm talking about, the future of humanity is at stake. so many graduated classes i think have been told year after year for half a century that they fe a crossroads or much depends on what they do. that is no exaggeration right now. it is this generation come in at the next one, that the people living right now that have t

hysterically and our good friend katrina over at "the nation" is laughing. everybody was laughing. people watching the show were probably laughing. nobody really took it seriously becaususe a lot of f bad thingsn happen in this country, that is not going to happen. >> this man has s got some momementum and we have better be ready for the fact that he might be leading the republican ticket. [laughter] >> i know you don't believe that, but i want to go on. [l[laughter] michael: but a few p people like keith ellison were trying to warn people, you've got to take anybody seriously when they say something. like this. and i think now after all this time we realize that donald trump is always lying and he is always telling the truth. you have to be able to operate on both levels with him. amy: explain. michael: when he says i could shoot somebody in the middle of the avenue and get away with it, you know he's not going to shoot someone in the middle of fifth avenue, i hope, but you know he could get away with it. both are true. it is always that way with him. so, i paid close attention to him wh

larger bore that includes people like katrina lived who was in ukraine as assistant secretary of state handing out chocolate chip cookies to protesters, urging them to overthrow the government. elliott abrams who was involved in intervention in nicaragua and elsewhere during the 1980's. the national endowment for the has now taken on the job of interfering in the politics rather countries for what senator woolsey calls very good reasons. when there's a very good cause, to defend democracy. and like his phrase. he said something like willie to offer a very good cause. that is a flexible definition. every country can define what a good cause is from his point of view. so if you feel that you have the right to intervene in the politics of another country and try to shape the results of its election because it is a good cause, then you have to realize that other countries will make the same rational calculation. we cannot be outraged when other countries are doing on a smaller scale what we have taught the world how to do over more than 100 years. amy: which takes us to russia and russia's

revival. is katrina. i work at ronald reagan airport. many people i work alongside have families. ou dif y't ask them their story, you wnever ow. a lot of them are suffering from depression. it is hard because you're living paycheck to paycheck and try to put food and things on the table for yourself as well as your children. it gets hard. many of them have two or three jobs they are working. i see the hardness on their face. here because we need a union. i work at the dulles airport. >> i get fired over cap promised -- for almost 14 years. >> they don't like the union. we like the union. africans, soare they don't respect or regards for me. it is not good. we're all human beings. you see? that is why. i will cry because of disrespect. it is not good for me. close poor people's campaign, national call for moral revival. poor people's campaign, national iv.l for moral rev looks i am from detroit, michigan. i came because i believe the poor people's campaign is going to bring about great change. poverty line.lip below the when wages and money -- when you don't have access to that, the pric

idea that as a black civil rights organization founded in the aftermath of hurricane katrina when black people were literally on their roofs demanding the government do black readerstwo can together to build color of change them a force to channel the presence that what people have in the world because power to make real change -- that our victories, our strategies, our visions for how wehththt fight r liberation for black people is somehow controlled by some white liberal billionaire who decides to give us some money and we , ist have our own ideas deeply troubling and deeply anti-black. the fact of the matter is, george soros is not our biggest donor. he is not evil one of our topp five biggest donors. if you wanted to be and give us a lot more money to fight the causes that we fight every day, we would take that money. we don't as an organization racially profile or profile by religion are donors. we doo not accept money from corporations. we do not accept money from governments. what we do every single day is try to work to build power and to change the rules that whole black

slur. this is a clip of the audio in which trump spokesperson katrina pierson is spepeaking. listen carefully. >> i'm trained to find out at least the context it was used in to help us maybe try to figure out a a way to spin it. amy: omarosa released that tape. on tuesday, white house spokeswoman sarah huckabee sanders said she could not guarantee that there isn't an audio recording of trump using the n-word. this is sanders being questioned by nbc news's kristen welker. >> can you stand at the podium and guarantee the american people they will nevever hear donald trump under the n-word on a recording in any context? >> i can't guarantee anything, but i can tell you that the president addressed this question directly. i can tell you i have never heard it. amy: in italy, at least 39 people were kikilled when n brie collapsed in genoa tuesday, sending dozens of vehicles tumbling 150 feet. the cause of the collapse is not yet known, but many residents are calling on the head of the company that operated the bridge to resign. the morandi bridge was the fifth bridge to collapse in italy

rainfall in hurricananes katrina, irma, and maria by up to 9%, making the storms deadlier and more destructive. scientists predict that increasing temperatures could further intensify future rainfall in hurricanes by up to 30% in the most extreme cases. in florida, recounts of the tight senate and gubernatorial races are scheduled to end today, as multiple counties have reported a range of issues during the machine recount process. palm beach county and has asked for an extension for providing the final recount tally after machines over-heated, causing discrepancies in the results. in heavily republican bay county, votes submitted by fax or email were reportedly counted, even though such ballots are not legally allowed. democratic incumbent senator bill nelson has filed several lawsuits, including a motion to extend the deadline for the machine recount. meanwhile, flolorida's govevernr and republicican senate candidae rick scott traveled to washington, d.c., to attend freshman senator orientation wednesday, even though the race has not yet been called. in new jersey, former obama a

cohen's office of the katrina like a subpoena. when you get a subpoena colleague of your own documents as a this is responsive to your request and then if you're a lawyer or a couple of other things, you can say it is responsive to a request but it is privileged and therefore i'm going to tie you about it and we're going to argue about whether it is really privileged. that is what they were trying to do. the prosecutors in the case of said, look, here are the reasons why cohen cannot be trusted because yes not cooperated, for example, with robert mueller's investigation, because he is being investigated for lying and fraud. there are some hints that some documents may already have been destroyed, although that is not cohen per se. you can't allow him to do it. more important, the prosecutors is arguing -- amy: you're guessing, and some cases, because it was a lot that was redacted. >> right. there is a redacted passage that suggests there is the concern that somebody might destroy documents. there's an implication at all that it is cohen. but in this case, they raised in what is now -- yo

katrina. he is featured in a w w shor film by the louisiana buct brigade about the pililine. >> i'm lieutentnt genal o of e tice states army i spent over 37 years in the unit s statearmymy. in 2008 and meded bac toouisianamy homomstate. st peopl have some reference m me inurricaca katriri. joint has forced commaerer. -- joint task forceommander. the state ofouisiana s been blessewiwith natural resrces. buwe are the second larges ener producer in ameri.. that comes at a cost will from the oil and gas inststry h hijijacd ourr democrac in this eaea. -- we can't afford nothing sese thihis ea. it is always the poorththe blblacks indiansor hispanics. they think they n n justalkk over peopl we'reoing to the os who suffer the burde. hey builon top o afcan-americ commuty's where ey don't expe a fight and there's no sh thing as the pipeline is never going to leak. it is going to happen, and is just a matter of when. amy: that produced by the louisiana bucket brigade. for more, we're joined by three guests. pastor harry joseph of the more than century-old, more than 130 year old mount triumph

constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. >> hurricane katrina is now bearing down on louisiana. >> where is the federal government? where are the troops? >> signs the economy

honore, who led the relief effort after katrina. he is featured in a new short film by the louisiana bucket brigade about the pipeline. >> i'm lieutenant general of the notice states army. i spent over 37 years in the united states army. in 2008 and moved back to louisiana, my home state. most people have some reference to me in hurricane katrina. joint has forced commander. -- joint task force commander. the state of louisiana has been blessed with natural resources. but we are the second largest energy producer in america. that comes at a cost. will from the oil and gas industry has hijacked our democracy. in this area. -- we can't afford nothing else in this area. it is always the poor, the blacks, indians, or hispanics. they think they can just walk over people. we're going to be the ones who suffer the burdens. >> they build on top of african-american community's where they don't expect a fight. and there's no such thing as the pipeline is never going to leak. it is going to happen, and is just a matter of when. amy: that produced by the louisiana bucket brigade. for more, we're

say, well, if puerto rico was a state, this would not happen. i have one word for you -- katrina. when people don't put their heart and soul into what they're doing, things go wrong. when they don't see the magnitude of the suffering of the people and just look at it 10,000 feet above or 1000 feet above and a helicopter, things go wrong. so i think puerto rico should be studied from the standpoint of the federal agencies to ensure that what happened with katrina and with puerto rico, does not happen again. i had a short conversation with the mayor of houston. we were both saying, we don't understand why the money that comes to the municipalities from --a has to go first to through the federal level, then the state level, then it is provided to the municipalities. here is the mayor of houston and here is the mayor of san juan, thinking exactly the same. it isn't the political issue. i think that what many people in the trump administration failed to understand, it is a human issue. it is a humanitarian crisis that was not handled properly. and that mishandling of it has led to man

-- except we have puerto rico, except we have hurricane katrina. we don't think of those people as being refugees. amy: you wrote an eloquent piece right after donald trump got elected. it went viral. talk about your concerns at the time and what you feel now. i think many people like me were stunned and shocked and in a state of crisis. it was at one time a call for mobilization and resistance. it was also time to think about what the trump presidency represents. it is impossible to think about that without thinking about president obama. are stunned by president trump and asking how can this happen. trump represents american instincts that have been with us since the founding of this country. this is a country founded on slavery and genocide. that is a part of american character and american history. president trump rings this to the foreground because he is the president of a new, emergent white identity politics. it simply called itself american before. president obama as a role to play in this because these are the two facets of american character. they have always been with u

taken from cohen's office of the katrina like a subpoena. when you get a subpoena colleague of your own documents as a this is responsive to your request and then if you're a lawyer or a couple of other things, you can say it is responsive to a request but it is privileged and therefore i'm going to tie you about it and we're going to argue about whether it is really privileged. that is what they were trying to do. the prosecutors in the case of said, look, here are the reasons why cohen cannot be trusted because yes not cooperated, for example, with robert mueller's investigation, because he is being investigated for lying and fraud. there are some hints that some documents may already have been destroyed, although that is not cohen per se. you can't allow him to do it. more important, the prosecutors is arguing -- amy: you're guessing, and some cases, because it was a lot that was redacted. >> right. there is a redacted passage that suggests there is the concern that somebody might destroy documents. there's an implication at all that it is cohen. but in this case, they raised in