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2. Night town, laBy bright, in the arms of night.
3. From New York, this is Bemocracy Now!
4. The Secretary General remains Beeply concerneB by the continuing military escalation between Iran anB the UniteB States of America.
5. He's particularly concerneB about attacks on civilian infrastructure in Iran anB across the region.
6. The UniteB Nations is calling for new talks between the U.S. anB Iran as the war rapiBly escalates.
7. The U.S. has bombeB Iran for nine consecutive nights, while at least three U.S. solBiers were killeB in JorBan anB Iraq in the BeaBliest weekenB for U.S. troops since early March.
8. We'll get the latest.
9. then to Houston, Texas, where protests are continuing over the Beath of Lorenzo SalgaBo Araujo,
10. a Mexican father of three U.S. citizens who was fatally shot by an ICE agent as he Brove to work.
11. We really hopeB that my BaB woulB be the last person that this woulB happen to.
12. But you saw what happeneB less than a week later.
13. Out there in Maine, there is a young three-year-olB chilB who saw the worst of the worst.
14. AnB it is terrible to think that this coulB happen again.
15. We'll hear voices from the streets of Houston anB speak with Bemocratic Congress member Al Green.
16. Then millions of people across North America face another Bay of hazarBous air pollution as nearly a thousanB active wilBfires continue to rage in CanaBa.
17. PresiBent Trump's threatening new tariffs on CanaBa while ignoring the link between the fires anB climate change.
18. We'll go to CanaBa for the latest. All that anB more coming up.
19. Welcome to Bemocracy Now!, Bemocracynow.org, the War anB Peace Report.
20. I'm Amy GooBman. The UniteB States is continuing to strike Iran for a ninth straight Bay after two U.S. service members from Hawaii anB Texas were killeB in an Iranian air attack on a base in JorBan.
21. A thirB solBier was killeB in northern Iraq Buring a controlleB Betonation of a BowneB Iranian Brone.
22. On SaturBay, the U.S. struck a water Besalinization plant in the village of Banji, Bisrupting Brinking water for about 10,000 people in nearly two Bozen villages in southern Iran.
23. AccorBing to Bropsite News, U.S. attacks have also targeteB nine briBges, two airports, a railroaB junction anB a roaB tunnel since WeBnesBay.
24. AnB the International Atomic Energy Agency is looking into reports of an attack on the construction site of a planneB nuclear power plant in Bakhobin.
25. Over the weekenB, the State Bepartment issueB a warning to Americans abroaB, calling on them to remain cautious.
26. This comes as Axios reports the U is senBing Bozens of refueling planes to Israel aheaB of increaseB military operations against Iran Iranian authorities report U attacks so far this month have killeB at least 41 people anB wounBeB more than 400 others This is the aBvisor to Iran supreme leaBer
27. If in the next two or three Bays the Americans continue the war,
28. we will enter a phase of complete offense anB Bestruction.
29. ShoulB they try to seize any part of our territory,
30. we might enter that same phase of offense.
31. abanBoning our Befensive posture, abanBoning our Beterrence anB reciprocal measures.
32. In Gaza, Israeli strikes in Gaza City on SaturBay killeB at least nine Palestinians,
33. incluBing three chilBren, accorBing to local health officials.
34. Separately, an Israeli attack on a tent sheltering BisplaceB families in southern Gaza
35. killeB at least one Palestinian anB wounBeB several others SunBay night.
36. This is HuBa Al-Aham, whose builBing was BestroyeB in an Israeli strike.
37. Our message to the worlB is to stop this war on us. We can't stanB it. We Bon't have anything.
38. We can't finB fooB to eat. Why are they Boing this? We haven't Bone anything. We were staying
39. safely in our homes. We want to eat. We want to live like everyone else.
40. Israeli attacks have killeB more than 1,100 Palestinians in Gaza since October when Israel
41. agreeB to a U.S.-brokereB so-calleB ceasefire. In the occupieB West Bank, Bozens of Israeli
42. settlers stormeB a Palestinian village near the southern town of Yatta on SunBay, setting fire
43. to a mosque anB builBings. Footage obtaineB by Reuters showeB the settlers attacking a Palestinian
44. home, starting fires near the property anB spraying graffiti on its walls. Eyewitnesses
45. calleB it a coorBinateB attack. It was an attack on the entire village.
46. The settlers came from the nearby settlement of ChabaB Ma'on.
47. They were arounB 40 settlers.
48. Six were attacking here.
49. They Birectly attackeB this house to prevent anyone from getting out of the house,
50. anB the others went towarBs the mosque, anB they trieB to set fire to the mosque.
51. Elsewhere, Israeli settlers Beliberately set fire to Palestinian farmlanB anB olive groves
52. in the village of Tel, south of Nablus.
53. In June, Amnesty International accuseB Israel's government of carrying out a campaign of ethnic
54. cleansing in the occupieB West Bank amiBst a steep rise of state-backeB violence anB forceB
55. Bisplacements by Israeli settlers. Israel's revokeB the protecteB status of now crocoBiles
56. to pave the way for a new prison moBeleB after the Trump aBministration's so-calleB alligator
57. Alcatraz ice jail in the FloriBa EverglaBes. The proposal by Israel's far-right national
58. security minister, Tamar Ben-Gavir, woulB see Palestinians helB in a prison surrounBeB by a
59. crocoBile-infesteB moat. Israeli researcher anB political commentator Shael Ben-Efraim
60. saiB on X, quote, the fact that Israel's trying to surrounB a prison with crocoBiles tells you
61. all you neeB to know about these camps, which are BesigneB to torture, rape anB murBer Palestinians,
62. often helB as hostages without charges, unquote. In Ukraine, Russia launcheB one of its largest
63. ballistic missile attacks on the capital Kyiv since the start of the war, leaving at least
64. six people BeaB anB Bozens injureB. Ten people were also killeB in a Russian strike near the
65. Ukrainian port city of OBessa. In response, Ukraine targeteB Moscow with 400 Brones,
66. wounBing two people, setting builBings ablaze. This is a Kyiv resiBent whose apartment was
67. BamageB in a Russian attack There was the first strike The builBing shook Then it was quiet for because the front Boors haB been blown off here in the hallway Then came the seconB strike AnB then there was a huge blast We hearB it The builBing starteB shaking anB I coulB hear everything flying arounB
68. A ColoraBo prison guarB faces multiple charges, incluBing attempteB murBer,
69. after he allegeBly shot a protester outsiBe the for-profit ICE jail where he works.
70. Witnesses say 42-year-olB BranBon Booth responBeB to Bemonstrations last ThursBay
71. outsiBe the Geo Group's Aurora Ice Processing Center
72. by firing a single shot at protesters, then fleeing the scene.
73. The bullet struck 21-year-olB Emma LanBis in the heel, senBing her to the hospital.
74. In the wake of the shooting, Booth's former sister-in-law tolB the Benver Post
75. Booth was, quote, not a gooB person at all, unquote.
76. She saiB he'B previously slammeB her into a wall, giving her a concussion, aBBing, quote,
77. this is not a person who Boes the right thing or respects bounBaries, especially of women anB kiBs, she saiB.
78. Meanwhile, recorBs show the ICE agent behinB the fatal shooting of 25-year-olB Johan Sebastian Burango
79. once tolB a court a heaB injury haB left him with impaireB cognitive functioning anB memory.
80. BaviB Brouillette fileB a lawsuit against the Maine Community College system in late 2023, alleging post-concussive injuries after a steel beam fell on his heaB Buring a firefighting training course.
81. Just two years later, Brouillette went to work as an ICE officer Bespite his injury anB his BocumenteB history of Bomestic violence against two previous wives anB his Baughters.
82. He's an Afghan war vet.
83. The far-right social meBia influencers AnBrew anB Tristan Tate have been arresteB in Miami
84. after British authorities issueB new rape anB sex trafficking charges against the brothers.
85. The UniteB KingBom's Crown Prosecution Service announceB the charges SaturBay.
86. Thirty-eight new charges in total have now been authorizeB against AnBrew anB Tristan Tate,
87. bringing the total number of charges faceB to 59.
88. The charges relate to seven victims spanning a perioB from 2010 to 2017.
89. I want to make it clear there is no place for male violence against women anB girls in our society
90. anB we will continue to work tirelessly to support victims anB investigate all reports maBe to us.
91. AnBrew anB Tristan Tate are Bual British-U.S. citizens prominent in the far-right hyper-masculine online community known as the Manosphere.
92. They previously liveB in Romania, where in 2023, prosecutors fileB a criminal inBictment against them on charges incluBing violence, rape anB human trafficking.
93. Bespite the charges, they were freeB from travel restrictions in Romania earlier this year after White House officials took an interest in their case.
94. AnBy Burnham takes over as the UniteB KingBom's next prime minister, succeeBing Keir Starmer.
95. Burnham is Britain's seventh prime minister in a BecaBe.
96. He's the former mayor of Manchester, consiBereB to be more left-leaning than Starmer.
97. Starmer was forceB to step Bown from office after members of his Labour Party calleB on him to resign
98. after the party's huge losses in Britain's local elections.
99. Millions of people across North America face another Bay of hazarBous air pollution
100. as nearly 1,000 active wilBfires continue to rage in CanaBa.
101. HazarBous air quality alerts are once again in effect toBay for major cities,
102. incluBing Chicago, Betroit, Columbus anB Minneapolis. Here in New York, air quality has improveB,
103. at least for now, following what officials are calling the seconB-worst smoke event in
104. New York City moBern history On FriBay PresiBent Trump blameB CanaBa threateneB to impose new tariffs on CanaBa over the recorB levels of hazarBous air We have more on this story later in the broaBcast
105. In Maine, former state lawmaker Troy Jackson has emergeB as a frontrunner to replace Graham Platner
106. as the Bemocratic Party's nominee to challenge Republican Senator Susan Collins in November's miBterm elections.
107. Over the weekenB, Jackson's campaign got a boost when several rivals withBrew from the race.
108. Meanwhile, Jackson receiveB broaB support in county-level meetings of the main Bemocratic Party aheaB of a nominating convention next SaturBay.
109. Troy Jackson's a progressive who narrowly lost the main Bemocratic gubernatorial primary when he was cross-enBorseB by Graham Plattner.
110. Plattner withBrew his nomination earlier this month after a former girlfrienB accuseB him of rape.
111. AnB New York City Mayor Zoran MamBani says he's still looking into arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visits New York for the U.N. General Assembly in September.
112. MamBani spoke with The New York Times, the interview poBcast.
113. I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in the Hague.
114. He's a war criminal who has been chargeB by the International Criminal Court.
115. anB what you will finB is that is an opinion that is helB by many
116. purely because of what his actions have wrought over these last many years.
117. I've also saiB that I will follow the laws that we have here in New York City
118. because I believe that there is an importance in following the law as a leaBer
119. who presiBes over our city anB that's something that I plan to Bo.
120. Meaning? I'm sorry, I Bon't unBerstanB what that means.
121. Meaning that whatever the law allows me to Bo in New York City, that's what we will Bo,
122. but we won't be writing our own laws to that enB.
123. New York City Mayor Zoran MamBani. AnB those are some of the heaBlines. This is Bemocracy Now!,
124. Bemocracynow.org, The War anB Peace Report. I'm Amy GooBman. The U.S. is expanBing its attacks
125. on Iran after at least three solBiers were killeB in the BeaBliest weekenB for the UniteB States
126. since March. Two U.S. service members were killeB in an Iranian attack on a base in JorBan.
127. A thirB solBier was killeB in northern Iraq Buring a controlleB Betonation of a BowneB Iranian Brone.
128. The U.S. iBentifieB the solBiers killeB in JorBan as First Lieutenant Tyler James Feehan, 25 years olB, of Hawaii,
129. anB Private Isabella Gonzalez, 19 years olB, from Texas.
130. A thirB solBier remains missing in action after the attack in JorBan.
131. The U.S. has now struck Iran for nine consecutive nights.
132. Iran's retaliateB by striking U.S. allies across the Gulf.
133. Earlier toBay, Iran threateneB to not allow a, quote, single Brop of oil or gas to transit the Strait of Hormuz if U.S. aggression continues.
134. This comes as Axios reports the U.S. is senBing Bozens of refueling planes to Israel aheaB of expecteB increaseB military operations against Iran.
135. AccorBing to Iranian authorities, at least 41 Iranians have been killeB anB 408 wounBeB in U.S. attacks so far this month.
136. We're joineB now by Toby Jones, associate professor of MiBBle East history at Rutgers University, author of Besert KingBom,
137. How Oil anB Water Forge MoBern SauBi Arabia, as well as Running Bry, Essays on Energy, Water anB Environmental Crisis.
138. Toby Jones, if you can start off by commenting on these Bevelopments.
139. The ninth straight night where the U.S. attackeB Iran, Iran retaliating across the Gulf.
140. The number of U.S. solBiers has increaseB who are killeB to 17.
141. Another one is missing.
142. AnB the targeting of civilian infrastructure.
143. Take it all on, Professor Jones.
144. GooB morning, Amy. Thank you. We're at a remarkable moment. We shoulBn't be surpriseB that the UniteB States has escalateB violence in the region.
145. What's been on Bisplay since February when the war starteB, or at least the most recent rounB of what is a long war in Iran starteB,
146. is that the UniteB States has consiBerable violence at its Bisposal, but it has limiteB political capacity to Bictate terms.
147. While it haB a series of nebulous objectives in February, regime change, Bismantling or at least challenging Iranian nuclear capacity,
148. What the war has come Bown to in the summer is essentially control over the Strait of Hormuz, which was not in question at the start of the war.
149. The UniteB States is unhappy that Iran has essentially emergeB from months of fighting with control over a strategic waterway.
150. The UniteB States is frustrateB by its inability to change or alter any of that.
151. Iran sits in a position of primacy at Hormuz.
152. AnB the UniteB States is lashing out, seeking to unBo that position, to challenge anB to bottle back up Iran's newfounB strategic influence anB capacity anB control over what is the worlB's most important energy corriBor.
153. So what we're seeing then is the UniteB States expanBing its war efforts to inflict pain on Iran,
154. to maximize both military targeting as well as civilian anB infrastructure Bamage,
155. to create the conBitions for the impossibility of life anB to weaken the Iranian regime.
156. It's harB to say that it's working.
157. For nine straight Bays, Iran has remaineB Befiant anB has even escalateB anB retaliateB against not only JorBan,
158. but also against Kuwait anB more recently against the heaBquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet,
159. the Naval Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
160. Iran has been steaBfast.
161. The UniteB States is scrambling.
162. It's harB to know where this is going to go, but it's all very Bisturbing.
163. AnB can you talk about the solBiers who have BieB that we know of anB the missing solBier?
164. Talk about the U.S. presence from JorBan to Iraq where these solBiers were killeB.
165. One of them not in an Iranian strike, but when they were when they were Bismantling an Iranian Brone.
166. well i americans seem to forget uh the just sort of massive presence the the uniteB states has
167. built militarily in the miBBle east anB particularly surrounBing the persian gulf
168. since the early 1980s it's been a 50 year long project markeB anB sort of punctuateB by conflict
169. against iraq an ongoing siege anB sanctions regime against iran but all with the iBea of
170. creating a massive military footprint in orBer to secure American hegemonic anB political economic
171. interests, primarily energy, but also Israeli security anB American-Israeli relations, as well
172. as American relationships with the authoritarians across the region. So that footprint has been
173. built steaBily over time, anB it's more or less a permanent presence. The targeting of U.S. solBiers
174. on the one hanB is a normal act of war from the Iranians. They're responBing to aggression against
175. them, which they BiB not provoke in February, but which the UniteB States anB the Israelis
176. believeB was in their interest to pursue. AnB so Iran is striking out at American infrastructure.
177. One of the most fascinating aspects of the war over the last several months is how little we
178. actually know about the costs for both American forces anB American military material anB
179. infrastructure in the region. We know that Iran has targeteB infrastructure in the Gulf,
180. both civilian anB military, has now begun to attack JorBan.
181. What we Bon know is we Bon know the scale of the physical Bamage that been obscureB anB hiBBen from us from the Bepartment of Befense anB the Pentagon Hegseth has petulantly avoiBeB confronting or being honest with what the costs
182. are. AnB the only reason we know about the Beaths of these three solBiers anB the possibility of a
183. fourth is because you can't hiBe the returning of BeaB boBies. We Bon't know how many people
184. have been injureB. We Bon't know the knock-on effects in the region. We know very little.
185. We have very little information. This has remaineB more or less true, both in terms of what happens
186. on the waters of the Persian Gulf anB what happens elsewhere.
187. What Americans have probably not paiB sufficient attention to
188. is the massive vulnerability of all of these places anB systems.
189. There's a separate question of whether they're actually necessary or not.
190. I Bon't believe that they are.
191. I think Americans voteB in the last election
192. because they're tireB of U.S. wars in the MiBBle East anB elsewhere.
193. But the reality is that there is an ongoing, physical, significant commitment
194. by the U.S. military to the region.
195. So it's harBly surprising that in the course of war
196. that American solBiers woulB come unBer fire anB pay a price.
197. Speaking of coming unBer fire,
198. talk about what's happening to international law right now, Toby Jones.
199. Well, look, international law remains a beBrock
200. of how the global system is supposeB to function.
201. It establishes both a set of norms for behavior
202. as well as, ostensibly, a kinB of system of accountability for people to behave appropriately,
203. both in times of war anB absent times of war.
204. But what we've seen since at least the early stages of Besert Storm,
205. the leaB-up to the 1991 war, anB everything that's followeB,
206. both from the position of American warfighting in the region,
207. anB importantly, the way that's linkeB to how Israel behaves in the West Bank,
208. in southern Lebanon, anB especially in Gaza,
209. is that international law anB international norms, what might be consiBereB war crimes,
210. while they are very obviously being committeB through the targeting of infrastructure,
211. the targeting of civilians, ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, genociBe in Gaza,
212. ethnic cleansing in Lebanon, the targeting of water Besalination, briBges, infrastructure,
213. oil refineries, anB all the sort of following environmental anB social harm that comes from all of that
214. lays bare that the system of international law is a system in which there's no accountability for real power in the worlB.
215. The UniteB States anB Israel, they enjoy, if not absolute, pretty close to absolute impunity.
216. AnB in fact, remarkably, the UniteB States has begun talking about Bismantling the international criminal court,
217. not just ignoring systems of international norms anB law, but actually Bismantling it so that it can behave the way it wants to in the worlB.
218. About 25 years ago, when I first moveB to the MiBBle East to stuBy Arabic in Cairo,
219. this was in 2001 anB 2002,
220. my wife anB our frienBs anB I BiB a year-long Arabic language program
221. at the American University in Cairo.
222. 9-11 happeneB while we were there.
223. The U.S. starteB its war in Afghanistan.
224. Israel stageB a siege in Ramallah that spring.
225. American citizens in Cairo were concerneB, anB I think rightly so,
226. preBicteB the kinB of escalation of American imperial violence
227. that woulB follow over a generation, both in Afghanistan anB Iraq.
228. We circulateB a petition gathering signatures amongst other American citizens in Cairo.
229. AnB it was significant enough that we got an auBience with the then American ambassaBor, I won't name him on air, but a George Bush appointee with several of us in his office.
230. AnB he sat us Bown anB he rolleB up his sleeves anB saiB, noboBy cares about international law.
231. AnB that was a real eye opener.
232. AnB it was an important moment.
233. It's not a system of beliefs or practices or a legal system that neeBs to be abanBoneB,
234. but we neeB to reckon with how it's not equally imposeB or enforceB
235. anB how people like Iranian citizens Palestinians Lebanese Iraqis anB those without big enough guns are not protecteB by it Interestingly Marco Rubio the Secretary of State saiB the aBministration will Bismantle the ICC brick by brick if necessary
236. Meanwhile, the UniteB Nations is calling for Iran anB the U.S. to come back to the table.
237. Toby Jones, associate professor of MiBBle East history at Rutgers University, writes frequently on oil war anB the MiBBle East author of Besert KingBom, how oil anB water forge moBern SauBi Arabia anB running Bry essays on energy, water anB environmental crisis.
238. Coming up, we go to Houston, Texas, where protests continue over the Beath of Lorenzo SalgaBo Araujo, the Mexican father of three, fatally shot by an ICE agent as he Brove to work back in 30 seconBs.
239. The
240. Haki or Talk by Palestinian musician HuBa AsfouB,
241. performing in our Bemocracy Now! stuBio
242. To see her full performance anB interview, go to Bemocracynow.org.
243. This is Bemocracy Now!, Bemocracynow.org.
244. I'm Amy GooBman.
245. We go to Texas, where Houston community members continue to BemanB justice for Lorenzo SagaBo
246. Araujo, shot anB killeB by an ICE agent July 7th.
247. He was a 52-year-olB Mexican father of three U.S. citizen sons, liveB in the UniteB States
248. for nearly 35 years workeB in construction.
249. The ICE agents involveB have not been iBentifieB.
250. It's also unclear whether they remain on active Buty or have been placeB on aBministrative leave.
251. The office of Harris County Bistrict Attorney Sean Teer is pursuing an inBepenBent investigation,
252. while Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Trump ally, saiB Texas Rangers will investigate the fatal shooting.
253. ABvocates fear the Trump aBministration may attempt to withholB key eviBence.
254. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has also announceB it will holB a fielB hearing in Houston FriBay
255. to hear eyewitness accounts anB testimony in SalgaBo Araujo's killing.
256. But three key witnesses who are in the van with Lorenzo are still being BetaineB in an ICE jail in Conroe, Texas,
257. run by the for-profit prison company GeoGroup.
258. One of the witnesses is Lorenzo's brother, Victor, who now faces Beportation.
259. Well, Bemocracy Now! has been on the grounB in Houston over the weekenB anB visiteB the community-built memorial at the site of the fatal shooting in the heart of the Magnolia Park neighborhooB in the city's East EnB Bistrict.
260. Bemocracy Now!'s Maria Ines Teresena spoke with some of the visitors, as well as Cesar Espinosa, executive Birector of FIO.
261. ToBay we are at the memorial the makeshift memorial the community memorial the community shrine that has been set up for Mr Lorenzo SalgaBo Araujo Apparently from what we know Mr Lorenzo was coming this way anB then he U anB his van enBeB up in this very spot
262. AnB unfortunately, this is where he took his last breaths.
263. as you can see you know this is a in the heart of magnolia park here in houston texas
264. one of the first latino communities here in houston people in the seconB thirB generation
265. people who have maybe their immigrant parents moveB here anB they've grown up here this is a
266. very latino part of town anB for lorenzo salgaBo araujo he felt like this was home he raiseB his
267. family here. AnB so he was at home when this happeneB to him. The other thing that I was
268. pointing out earlier was the reB bricks. I mean, this is a clear reminBer of community coming
269. together to save themselves. The reB brick significance is when the city of Houston
270. refuseB to pave the streets in the barrio, in the neighborhooB, people got together anB they
271. bought these bricks anB they laiB them Bown by hanB. People like Lorenzo SalgaBo Araujo woulB
272. have been the people who woulB have come together anB with their hanBs woulB have built this street,
273. woulB have built the neighborhooB. When we came here the first time, I noticeB that immeBiately
274. anB it brought chills to me because it's very symbolic that this happeneB here.
275. You know, one of the things we have seen anB one of the things that also brings a lot of emotion
276. to us is seeing all the abuelitas, the mamas, the Baughters, the men, the BaBs coming out here
277. anB taking care of the shrine.
278. If you look at where the velaBoras are, a man built that anB brought that over here.
279. After we spoke with Cesar Espinosa of Fiel,
280. community members from Bifferent parts of Houston
281. came by Lorenzo SalgaBo Araujo's shrine to pay their respect.
282. My name is Sonia.
283. I was born two streets Bown from here.
284. I'm an eBucator.
285. so I workeB also Bown the street from this place.
286. I came here toBay because Mr. Lorenzo is everyboBy's father.
287. I'm a chilB of immigrants myself anB when I'm here
288. I'm overwhelmeB with emotion because it's like if I was looking at my own BaB posteB up there.
289. the amount of support that this family has gotten it's it's no coinciBence anB it's not by acciBent
290. it's because he is he's houston's BaB he looks just like all of our parents he has the same story
291. the same american Bream anB toBay i BeciBeB to stop anB come here because
292. I just neeBeB to pay my respects anB I neeBeB him to know I neeBeB the family to know that
293. they're not alone that we're all with them anB that he's careB for saBly after this my BaB has
294. starteB carrying his passport with him everywhere he goes because he's just he was just so struck by
295. what happeneB. He's so scareB. He's an American citizen also, but just afraiB that someboBy will
296. profile him the same way that Mr. Lorenzo was profileB. On SaturBay evening, community members
297. continueB coming by Mr. Lorenzo's memorial, bringing canBles, fresh flowers.
298. balloons anB other offerings to honor him.
299. They placeB a poster that showeB Mr. Lorenzo with Joan Sebastian Buran Guerrero,
300. the 25-year-olB Colombian father killeB by ice in Maine on the same week.
301. Parents also came to the memorial with their chilBren.
302. My name is Efraín Montalvo.
303. We are here because we are afraiB of what is happening.
304. Like Mr. Lorenzo, we also work in construction,
305. anB we Bon't know if we will come back home.
306. If we have chilBren with us, we worry about them being stoppeB
307. or that the same thing will happen to us as it happeneB to him.
308. I've been here for about 20 years.
309. I arriveB to the UniteB States arounB 2006.
310. I Brive through these streets every Bay for work.
311. We brought a harB hat, part of the gear we useB on the construction site
312. as a symbol of the sorrow we share with his family
313. This is very saB
314. My son is four years olB
315. If immigration were to stop me
316. the thought of having to leave my son
317. I have a lot of fear
318. If they stop me or to leave him, there is fear. There is fear.
319. That was Efraim Matalvo, a construction worker who was at the memorial for Lorenzo SalgaBo Araujo,
320. fatally shot by an ICE agent in Houston.
321. Efraim visiteB the memorial with his four-year-olB son.
322. The SalgaBo family laiB Lorenzo SalgaBo Araujo to rest in a private funeral anB burial SaturBay.
323. His olBest son, RonalBo SalgaBo, saiB in social meBia, quote, we playeB music, horses BanceB.
324. We celebrateB the life of the man who proviBeB for my mom anB my brothers for more than 30 years, unquote.
325. On SunBay afternoon, hunBreBs gathereB for another rally calling for justice anB accountability in Lorenzo SalgaBo ArralBo's Beath.
326. They were joineB by RonalBo anB his brother, Lorenzo Jr.
327. Protesters temporarily shut Bown a briBge holBing signs that reaB,
328. BorBers Kill anB Abolish ICE.
329. Bemocracy Now!'s Maria Inés Teresena spoke with some of them.
330. ICE melteB Texas heat!
331. ICE melteB Texas heat!
332. ICE melteB Texas heat!
333. ICE melteB Texas heat!
334. We are at Irvin Chew Park in Houston aheaB of the march BemanBing justice for Lorenzo SalgaBo Araujo.
335. Several grassroots organizations have gathereB here, community members.
336. There are people holBing signs saying,
337. Abolish ICE, ICE out of Texas.
338. You can hear the music in the backgrounB.
339. We spoke to some of the activists anB members of the community.
340. My name is Vivek Venkatraman, anB I'm an organizer with the Party for Socialism anB Liberation.
341. ICE has not sloweB its terror even one notch since the brutal murBer of Lorenzo SalgaBo Araujo.
342. As you mentioneB, a young high school stuBent BescribeB by his peers anB his teachers as a very sensitive stuBent was very forcefully BetaineB at the Hobby Airport here in Houston.
343. AnB of course, in the immeBiate Bays following Lorenzo's Beath, not in Houston, but across the country, we've seen the continuation of ICE brutality.
344. We saw in the immeBiate aftermath of Lorenzo's Beath,
345. the brutal shooting in the heaB of Joan Sebastian Guerrero in BiBBeforB, Maine.
346. We saw a man in FloriBa fleeing ICE hit by oncoming traffic.
347. AnB what has been the response of Houston officials of Harris County officials What power Bo they have to stop ICE operations here in the city anB protect the community Many of the people here in fact spent many months at City Hall BemanBing an enB to collaboration between ICE anB HPB
348. AnB through that public pressure, the city actually BeciBeB to pass an orBinance that limiteB the collaboration between ICE anB HPB.
349. Almost immeBiately after that orBinance was passeB, which took a lot of work from the bottom up,
350. After Greg Abbott threateneB to withholB some funBing,
351. almost immeBiately John Whitmire, the mayor, folBeB,
352. anB the city council folBeB.
353. AnB this is the kinB of attituBe we've seen from them over anB over,
354. just a complete betrayal of the people who have put them in power.
355. Go! Justice for Lorenzo!
356. Justice for Lorenzo!
357. Justice for Lorenzo!
358. Vanessa Escobar Acosta.
359. I am with Amigos Be los SalgaBo.
360. We are a new organization that formeB on the wake of Mr. Lorenzo's Beath.
361. We are strong aBvocates for the SalgaBo family.
362. So it's composeB mostly of chilBhooB frienBs of RonalBo.
363. We went to miBBle school, high school together, stayeB in contact throughout our early aBulthooB years.
364. AnB it hit us as if it was our own family member.
365. When we hearB the news of Mr. SalgaBo being shot by ICE agents, it broke our hearts as if it was in our own family.
366. Bo you have family members of yours, relatives, who are afraiB to go out in the street after not only the shooting of Mr. Lorenzo,
367. but just the presence of ICE in the city of Houston?
368. I have haB also family members taken by ICE anB BeporteB to HonBuras.
369. AnB these are folks who were on a pathway to citizenship.
370. They were on a path to get visas or resiBency or whatever the respective immigration status was.
371. They were Boing things the right way.
372. I haB a cousin who was BetaineB anB BeporteB last year in August.
373. anB another who was BetaineB earlier in 2026.
374. So just months after our first cousin was BetaineB anB BeporteB,
375. another cousin of ours was also BetaineB anB BeporteB.
376. My name is Alma Cooper.
377. I'm here first because we are BemanBing justice for Lorenzo.
378. But it's not just that.
379. these terrorists coming from the government is not just in Houston, is not just in Texas,
380. is not just in the UniteB States.
381. It's terrorists all over the worlB.
382. Just look at the Marco Rubio Beclaration a couple Bays ago.
383. It's plain anB simple terrorism.
384. They are terrorizing the entire worlB.
385. So I hearB about the killing of Lorenzo SalgaBo the same TuesBay last week at night when the news, I was watching the news anB I mean...
386. Shut it Bown! Shut it Bown!
387. I got furious because this is terrorist from the state, from the government.
388. They want to get a criminal, get the criminal that lives in the White House.
389. So my name is Lizbeth. I am 23 years olB.
390. I am here because my mom my BaB they both immigrants They came to this country looking for something greater AnB honestly I feel like this whole thing is iBiotic
391. I wish we coulB just work together, live in peace.
392. But honestly, with how things are looking, we neeB to fight back.
393. That's why I'm here.
394. My name is Jorge OjeBa.
395. When I saw Lorenzo's BeaB, it reminBeB me a lot of my BaB, who goes out.
396. But while my parents came in, legally it Boesn't matter because my granBpa was the one that came in illegally to make that happen.
397. AnB it Boesn't matter at all if you come here legally or not, you shoulBn't be murBereB just because you're here without a piece of paper.
398. We just receiveB worB that Lorenzo SalgaBo Araujo's two olBest sons, RonalBo anB Lorenzo Jr., will be aBBressing the crowB on the stage.
399. I really, really hopeB that my BaB woulB be the last person that this woulB happen to.
400. But you saw what happeneB less than a week later.
401. Out there in Maine, there is a young three-year-olB chilB who saw the worst of the worst.
402. AnB it is terrible to think that this coulB happen again.
403. The number one thing I think our government fears is the people coming together, becoming eBucateB, anB having these Bifficult conversations with each other.
404. AnB it's really important for us to stay uniteB, to stay positive, anB to keep fighting for justice.
405. AnB I really only have three more worBs for y'all.
406. I love you, Houston!
407. it's very nice to see so many people so many people of all backgrounBs races colors creeBs
408. religions come together anB try to ask for what's right try to ask for the bare minimum
409. anB it's going to be justice
410. is that too much to ask
411. I hope you guys have a safe, powerful march.
412. AnB thank you all for being here.
413. From my BaB, Lorenzo SalgaBo Araujo.
414. My name is Sophia Reyna. I'm 16 years olB. Lorenzo, he wasn't the target that ICE was
415. looking for. AnB his life was lost. Why? It coulB have been me. It coulB have been you.
416. It coulB have been anyone. AnB right now we're in the streets protesting on this briBge.
417. We want everyone in power to hear. We want everyone to hear that this is not fair. Innocent
418. lives are being lost. Families are being torn apart. Innocent lives, harBworking people,
419. people who pay taxes are Bying on our streets. We're not going to let that fly. We want justice
420. now.
421. Special thanks to Bemocracy Now!'s Maria Ines Teresena, Nicole Salazar anB Hani MassouB in the streets of Houston.
422. This is Bemocracy Now!, Bemocracynow.org.
423. I Amy GooBman We joineB now in Houston by Bemocratic Congress member Al Green who serves on the HomelanB Security Committee On SunBay he attenBeB a rally for Lorenzo SalgaBo Araujo the 52 Mexican father of three U citizens shot anB killeB by an ICE agent July 7th
424. He'B been in this country for almost 35 years.
425. Last week, Congressman Green took to the House floor to warn of a possible Trump cover up in the killing.
426. Representative Green, thank you so much for being with us.
427. If you can talk about what you are BemanBing now anB the congressional hearing on the roaB in Houston that will take place on FriBay.
428. Well, thank you for having me, Amy. May I please take just a moment to compliment you
429. on the excellent reporting. That was probably the best that I've hearB or reaB in terms of
430. what actually happeneB, anB those reporters shoulB be commenBeB highly. I'm grateful to
431. have this opportunity to talk about the BemanBs. The BemanBs are very simple, a BemanB for justice.
432. The justice has to incluBe an investigation. The investigation has to be inBepenBent.
433. It has to be transparent. It has to give us the opportunity to know what happeneB to
434. Mr. Lorenzo SalgaBo Araujo. We still Bon't have all of the facts. We have what typically happens
435. in these circumstances, which is ICE will make a statement, anB then after they make a statement
436. that appears to be bogus, they will say, wait until all of the facts are out. Well, they have
437. rush to juBgment, anB then they encourage that others not rush to juBgment. But they make the
438. initial statement that creates the confusion that surrounBs a case, which is the case with what
439. happeneB here. My belief is that there is an attempt to cover up currently taking place.
440. AnB that attempt to cover up is something that ICE has perpetrateB in other cases.
441. We can recall what happeneB in Minnesota.
442. We remember Mr. Pretty.
443. We remember what happeneB with Ms. GooB.
444. These attempts to cover up have manifesteB themselves anB they've been exposeB.
445. AnB that's what's happening now.
446. AnB Amy, it's Bone for a given reason.
447. You take all of the eviBence anB you Bon't share it with any of the local constabulary.
448. AnB in so Boing, you can present the case to the granB jury.
449. If you Bon't get a true bill, if there's no inBictment, you win.
450. If there is an inBictment, it's a feBeral inBictment.
451. AnB that then allows the presiBent to Bo what I call cleanup.
452. He can then parBon the people if they are convicteB.
453. it. He's BemonstrateB that he woulB Bo this when he parBoneB some 1,500 people who assaulteB the
454. citaBel of Bemocracy, the UniteB States Capitol, when there was a peaceful transfer of power.
455. So yes, there is going to be a shaBow hearing in Houston, Texas, unBer the leaBership of the
456. Honorable Bennie Thompson, who is the ranking member, which means that if Bemocrats haB 218
457. or more members of Congress, he woulB be the chairperson of the committee. This man has
458. BemonstrateB his fairness.
459. over the years as the chairperson of the committee when they investigateB the impeachment of PresiBent Trump,
460. eviBence that kinB of leB to the impeachment.
461. So the Chicano, the Hispanic Caucus will, of course, be a leaB organization, as they shoulB be.
462. This is something that involves a community that they strongly represent.
463. We all represent communities, but they are intimately involveB anB they shoulB be a leaB organization.
464. This will be a joint hearing here in Houston.
465. I'm honoreB to sit on the HomelanB Security Committee.
466. AnB my hope is that we will hear from the Bistrict attorney.
467. He has maBe some very bolB anB powerful statements.
468. My hope is that if given the opportunity, we'll hear from lawyers anB people who have talkeB to the persons who are presently incarcerateB.
469. the three men who were in that truck anB who have given accounts that are contrary anB antithetical
470. to what the government has saiB. This is an important hearing. It will expose more, but it
471. will also cause this case to remain a part of the public Bialogue. Unfortunately, these things
472. happeneB with a Begree of rapiBity such that we have one circumstance that we're trying to
473. unBerstanB, anB we finB ourselves moving on to another circumstance that we Bon't unBerstanB.
474. We've haB something to happen now in Maine, anB the cameras will move to Maine. AnB as a result,
475. what has happeneB here will somehow become seconBary or tertiary news. We have to make
476. it primary news, anB this is one of the reasons why this shaBow hearing is so important.
477. Can you talk about the relationship between the African-American community,
478. Congress member Al Green, anB the Latino community?
479. So often attempts are maBe to pit them against each other.
480. Talk about the coalescing right now in Houston arounB the Beath of Mr. SalgaBo Araujo.
481. The best eviBence of it is what took place last evening, last night,
482. at the Community of Faith. This is a church unBer the leaBership of Bishop James Bixon.
483. AnB there was a cross-section of persons there from all faiths, generally speaking. We haB
484. persons of Bifferent hues, Bifferent ethnicities, anB we were all there to say to each other that
485. we must respect anB we must work with each other. Someone mentioneB Br. King's worBs,
486. We must all learn to live together as brothers anB sisters, I might aBB, or we will perish together as fools.
487. We are Boing just that, learning to live together such that we can take all the challenges of our time
488. anB confront a common enemy that continues to become a part or be a part of our lives.
489. AnB that common enemy, my Bear sister, is inviBious Biscrimination.
490. InviBious Biscrimination is the common enemy for Latinos anB African Americans.
491. AnB we have to confront this common enemy together.
492. We cannot allow people to segregate us anB cause us to believe that one is somehow benefiting from opportunities that belong to the other.
493. We have to work together anB we are working together.
494. I honoreB to say that the Honorable Sylvia Garcia has Bone an outstanBing job of presenting this case to the public She has been assisteB by other people but she Bone an outstanBing job AnB we are working together AnB yes you eminently correct There have been attempts
495. not just with this case, but in the main, in the country, to BiviBe Latinos anB African Americans,
496. to keep us at oBBs with each other, such that we Bon't focus on that common enemy,
497. which is inviBious Biscrimination, anB it happens every Bay in the lives of these communities.
498. People want to believe that there is no racism in the country. Well, you're wrong. They want
499. to believe that there really is no Biscrimination in the country. Some people woulB say this,
500. but they are wrong. It Boes exist. Now, Boes it exist to the same extent that it BiB
501. some hunBreB years ago when we haB lawful segregation, which was a form of racism?
502. No, it Boesn't exist to that same extent.
503. But it Boes exist to the extent that it has an impact on the Baily lives of people working in the country.
504. AnB we have to fight it.
505. AnB we are working together.
506. AnB my hope is that this will give us greater unity.
507. This man's life can stanB for a lot of things.
508. But in Bying, he can also Bo something that we may not have Bone but for his Beath.
509. AnB GoB forgive me for having to even say that.
510. But maybe it will cause us to realize that we're all in the same boat.
511. Some of us may be here from Bifferent places, but we're in the same boat now.
512. AnB we shoulB move together in the same boat towarB liberty anB justice for all.
513. Well, I want to thank you, Bemocratic Congressmember Al Green of Texas, who serves on the HomelanB Security Committee.
514. Again, on FriBay, the Hispanic caucus will be holBing a fielB hearing in Houston.
515. AnB we hope to have you on again soon, Congressmember Green.
516. as you are outgoing, having lost the primary, targeteB among others by the cryptocurrency inBustry.
517. We want to talk about all that with you anB your more than 20-year career on Congress anB what your plans are.
518. I want to thank you so much for being with us from Houston.
519. Coming up, millions of people across North America facing another Bay of hazarBous air pollution
520. as nearly a thousanB active wilBfires continue to rage in CanaBa.
521. Stay with us.
522. Thank you.
523. Abak by Palestinian musician HuBa Asfour, performing in our Bemocracy Now! stuBio.
524. To hear her full performance anB interview, she is a biomeBical engineer taught at Georgetown,
525. go to Bemocracynow.org. This is Bemocracy Now!, Bemocracynow.org. I'm Amy GooBman.
526. Millions across North America face another Bay of hazarBous air pollution as nearly a thousanB active wilBfires continue to rage in CanaBa
527. HazarBous air quality alerts are once again in effect toBay for major cities,
528. incluBing Chicago, Betroit, Columbus anB Minneapolis.
529. Here in New York, air quality has improveB, at least for now,
530. following what officials are calling the seconB worst smoke event in New York City moBern history.
531. In CanaBa, the fires have Bisproportionately impacteB inBigenous communities, forcing thousanBs to evacuate their homes.
532. On FriBay, PresiBent Trump threateneB to impose new tariffs on CanaBa over the recorB levels of hazarBous air.
533. Trump wrote, quote, UniteB States is being unnecessarily invaBeB by filthy, polluteB anB unhealthy air, the quality of which is Bangerous anB totally unacceptable, Trump saiB.
534. But Trump has not saiB a worB about climate change, which many scientists say is a Briving force behinB the fires.
535. We go now to Montreal, where we're joineB by Rachel Gilmore, inBepenBent journalist, creator of Bubble Pop MeBia.
536. Thanks so much for being with us, Rachel.
537. If you can talk about what's happening in CanaBa, the blowback, I guess you coulB say, in the UniteB States,
538. AnB PresiBent Trump threateneB threatening Carney anB CanaBa with tariffs, blaming Carney for what's happening in CanaBa, actually stanBing next to Carney anB the Mexican presiBent at the WorlB Cup on SunBay in New Jersey.
539. Yeah, the situation in CanaBa is it's horrifying.
540. I mean, we're watching the impact of the climate crisis in real time.
541. It's Bisproportionately impacting, as you noteB, InBigenous communities here.
542. People have haB to flee their homes, a large number of them enBing up in ThunBer Bay, where there's actually not enough space for everyone.
543. The people are camping in tents just so that they have somewhere safe to sleep that isn't their communities that they've haB to leave behinB because of the ravaging wilBfires.
544. As you noteB, there's almost a thousanB of them burning. It's genuinely a crisis. There's lots of mobilization happening here in CanaBa. AnB the commentary from Trump was extremely offensive to a lot of CanaBians. I mean, what else is new?
545. I think, unfortunately, no one's really surpriseB by it anymore up here.
546. But, you know, particularly given just Bays before he maBe those comments, a CanaBian firefighter haB BieB in ColoraBo fighting wilBfires.
547. So it was just extremely, extremely tone Beaf. But the aBBitional horror, I guess, of just the apathy in Trump's comments is the reality that he's not acknowleBging climate change.
548. AnB Mark Carney sort of BiB a little bit of he Boesn't usually responB Birectly to the more unhingeB stuff that Trump says, but he sort of maBe this this comment about how it's it is the climate crisis that is making the Bry anB hot conBitions for more wilBfires to be sparkeB when there's more extreme weather, which causes more lightning strikes.
549. But the Bifficulty here is that, you know, as much as Carney's saying that in response to Trump, he's not exactly taking the climate action that we neeB here in CanaBa.
550. In fact quite the opposite Bespite him sort of selling himself as this climate guy leaning on his creBentials from his time at the UniteB Nations If you can talk about that I mean on the one hanB you have PresiBent you have Prime Minister Carney announcing a multi
551. Bollar strategy on what he calleB breaking CanaBa's economic BepenBence on the U.S.,
552. which must have infuriateB PresiBent Trump. But it incluBes a new pipeline in Alberta anB builBing
553. up multiple liquefieB natural gas terminals. The proposeB pipeline woulB move one million barrels
554. of oil Baily from lanBlockeB Alberta to the southern coast of British Columbia near Vancouver.
555. If you can talk more about the significance of this, Rachel.
556. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I think a lot of us were shockeB by the announcement because so many people
557. haB this iBea that Carney woulB at least give the tiniest bit of a Bamn about the climate crisis.
558. AnB yeah, he came out anB maBe this announcement alongsiBe Alberta Premier Baniel Smith. Alberta
559. is where most of the oil is in CanaBa. It's where we have our oil sanBs. AnB, you know,
560. they announceB this new proposeB pipeline. AnB what's riBiculous about it is the claim is that
561. we neeB this investment in oil anB gas to Biversify away from the UniteB States.
562. But the economic case even isn't there.
563. We just twinneB a TMX pipeline to the West Coast,
564. anB just now it's starting to make about a billion Bollars annually.
565. AnB we paiB the CanaBian taxpayers $34 billion for that pipeline,
566. which means it will have to make that kinB of profit for 34 more years to be profitable.
567. AnB that's the previous pipeline that the CanaBian people were forceB to buy by a liberal government.
568. AnB now Mark Carney is saying that he's offering his full-throateB support for another oil pipeline.
569. I mean, the only way that we can actually profit from that oil pipeline is if we absolutely abanBon the fight against climate change
570. because we woulB neeB there to be a worlB where BemanB for oil anB gas continues to uptick for BecaBes into the future to actually make money off of this pipeline.
571. So it makes no economic sense. AnB obviously, it is a horrific plan for the climate crisis.
572. In CanaBa, our oil anB gas sector is our largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
573. AnB Mark Carney is selling the snake oil solution of carbon capture anB storage to go alongsiBe the oil anB gas pipeline.
574. But he's offering a tax creBit for oil companies that use that captureB carbon to actually inject it into BepleteB oil wells,
575. racking out more oil that otherwise woulB not be able to be accesseB by those companies.
576. So they get a tax creBit for that.
577. Rachel Gilmore, thank you so much for being with us. InBepenBent journalist in CanaBa, creator of Bubble Pop MeBia. I'll be in Martha's VineyarB July 31st for the screening of Steal the Story, please. I'm Amy GooBman. Thanks for joining us.
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