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As U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley travels in Africa and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a classified briefing Thursday with Pentagon officials on the deadly ambush in Niger, where five Nigerien soldiers were killed along with four U.S. soldiers, we speak with reporter Nick Turse, who says U.S. military activity in Africa is a recruiting tool for terror groups.

Trump Declares Opioids a Public Health Emergency But Dedicates No New Funds to Crisis, House Narrowly Approves Budget Plan, Paving Way for Trump's Tax Bill, Democrats Pushing Bill to Stop Trump from Launching Preemptive Strike on North Korea, Gov't Releases Some Secret JFK Assassination Documents, But Trump Withholds Final Cache, Trump Instructed DOJ to Lift Gag Order on FBI Source in Russian Uranium Sale, Tillerson: "The Reign of the Assad Family Is Coming to an End", Catalonia Conflict Escalates as Rajoy Asks Spanish Senate to Seize Control of Region, Kenya: 4 Killed in Clashes During Presidential Election Rerun, Actress Selma Blair Says Filmmaker James Toback Threatened to Kill Her If She Exposed Sexual Harassment, Lawmakers Grill Refugee Resettlement Office Head for Trying to Block Undocumented Teen's Abortion, Texas: Agents Detained 10-Year-Old Undocumented Girl with Cerebral Palsy at Hospital, Native Professor Quits After U. of North Dakota Blocks Him from Teaching About Standing Rock

An undocumented teenager at the center of a lawsuit with the Trump administration over her right to have an abortion has finally obtained the procedure she wanted. The 17-year-old is detained in a refugee resettlement shelter and had the abortion on Wednesday, after a U.S. appeals court ruled in her favor. The teen is referred to in court documents as Jane Doe. The Trump administration spent a month trying to stop her from accessing an abortion. We get an update from her lawyers: Jennifer Dalven, director of the ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project, and Susan Hays, legal director of Jane's Due Process, a legal referral service for minors facing unintended pregnancy in Texas.

A major decision by the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday eliminated a decades-old rule that ensures community residents can have a say in their local broadcast TV station. This comes as the FCC announced plans Wednesday to abolish long-standing media ownership rules. Opponents say these changes will accelerate media consolidation, allowing massive corporate media companies, such as the right-wing Sinclair Broadcast Group, to buy up and control even more local stations. We speak with Andy Kroll, senior reporter at Mother Jones magazine, whose story in their new issue is titled "Ready for Trump TV? Inside Sinclair Broadcasting's Plot to Take Over Your Local News."

After nine months of struggling to deliver on their legislative priorities, Senate Republicans found unity Tuesday when they overturned a rule that makes it easier for Americans to sue banks and credit card companies. The rule was developed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and would have allowed people to file class action lawsuits that could have cost the banks billions of dollars. We get an update from Public Citizen's Amanda Werner, who recently dressed as Rich Uncle Pennybags, with a top hat and monocle, and sat directly behind former Equifax CEO Richard Smith when he testified about a security breach that left sensitive personal information for 143 million Americans exposed to hackers.

GEO Group Held Annual Conference at Trump's Private Golf Resort, Trump to Declare Opioid Crisis a Public Health Emergency, WaPo: Republican Establishment Declares "Open Warfare" on Bannon, Senate Chaplain: "Give Us More Legislators Who are Not Afraid to Call Sin by Its Right Name", Report: Firm Linked to Trump Campaign Reached Out to Assange During Election for Help, Kenya Voters Head to Polls in Presidential Election Rerun, Tanzania: Journalists Demand Overturn on Ban of Popular Daily Newspaper, Brazil: President Temer Narrowly Avoids Corruption Trial, Indonesia: Dozens Killed in Explosion at Firecracker Factory, Nikki Haley Says U.S. Has Lost Trust in South Sudan Government, Reports: U.S. Drone Strikes on Afghan-Pakistan Border Killed More Than 2 Dozen, Puerto Rico's Control Board to Impose Emergency Manager to Run Energy Company, NAACP Warns Black Passengers About Traveling on American Airlines, George H.W. Bush Apologizes for Repeatedly Groping Women, Journalist Mark Halperin & Artforum's Knight Landesman Ousted over Sexual Harassment Claims, Long-Awaited JFK Assassination Files to Be Released Today, Undocumented Teenager Obtains Abortion After Battle with Trump Administration, Legendary Pianist Fats Domino Dies at 89

We continue our interview with Khizr Khan, one of the country's best-known Gold Star family members. Khan famously spoke out against Trump at last year's Democratic National Convention and now reflects on the war that took his son Humayun’s life, the 2003 Iraq War. Capt. Humayun Khan died while fending off a suicide bomber outside the gate of his troop’s Army compound.

As President Trump denies that he told the widow of a U.S. soldier killed in Niger that her husband "knew what he signed up for," we spend the hour with Khizr Khan, one of the country's best-known Gold Star family members, whose son was killed in Iraq in 2004. Khan famously spoke out against Trump at last year's Democratic National Convention and continues to do so. Khan has said the U.S. Declaration of Independence is "the story, really, of all colonized peoples everywhere and in every era." He discusses his first experience reading the U.S. Constitution as a young man, noting: "It all made so much sense."

Tiny Firm Linked to Trump & Zinke Wins $300M Contract to Restore Puerto Rico's Electricity, Sweltering Heat Wave Smashes Records Across Southern California, Climate Change & War Fuels Rising Hunger Worldwide, Sen. Flake Slams Trump for "Reckless, Outrageous & Undignified Behavior", #AlertTheDaycareStaff: Sen. Corker Again Criticizes Trump for Lying, Bullying, "Trump is Treason": Protester Throws Russian Flags at Trump at Capitol, Clinton Campaign & DNC Funded Research for Trump Dossier, Senators Draft Legislation to Impose New Terms on 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal, With Pence as Tie-Breaker, Republicans Kill Rule to Allow Americans to Sue Banks, FCC Eliminates Rule to Ensure Residents Have Say in Local Community Broadcast, Magazines Blacklist Photographer Terry Richardson After Sexual Harassment Allegations, Philippines: Community Radio Journalist Christopher Iban Lozada Murdered, Poll: U.S. Troops Say White Nationalists Pose Greater Threat Than Iraq, Afghanistan, Federal Appeals Court Rules Detained Undocumented Teenager Can Get an Abortion, Philadelphia Eagles Players Lobby for Clean Slate Act to Seal Criminal Records

We look at the U.S. military presence in Africa and what happened during the ambush of U.S. Special Forces by militants in Niger, in which five Nigerien soldiers were killed along with four U.S. soldiers. The incident is now the subject of a military and FBI investigation. At least 800 U.S. servicemembers are currently stationed in the country to support a French-led mission to defeat militants in West Africa. Meanwhile, Somalia continues to recover from a massive bombing in Mogadishu that killed at least 358 people. We speak with Horace Campbell, who is currently spending a year in West Africa as the Kwame Nkrumah chair at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana. Campbell is a peace and justice scholar and professor of African American studies and political science at Syracuse University. We are also joined by Mark Fancher, an attorney and frequent contributor to Black Agenda Report, where his new article is headlined "U.S. Troop Deaths in Niger: AFRICOM's Chickens Come Home to Roost."

President Donald Trump said his administration deserves a "10 out of 10" for its response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico. But over 1 million people on the island still lack clean drinking water, and residents say they are suffering from eye infections and gastrointestinal diseases as a result of exposure to contaminated water. We speak with Puerto Rican environmental activist Elizabeth Yeampierre, who co-wrote a piece with Naomi Klein headlined "Imagine a Puerto Rico Recovery Designed by Puerto Ricans."

Pentagon Promises Niger Probe as Widow of Slain Soldier Blasts Trump, Philippines: Marawi in Ruins as Government Declares Victory After Long Fight, Video Shows DEA Agents Opening Fire on Civilians in 2012 Honduras Raid, Sen. John McCain Appears to Criticize Trump Draft Deferments, Donors Pledge $434 Million to Rohingya Refugees as U.S. Mulls Sanctions, Russian Journalist Critical of Kremlin Stabbed at Her Radio Station, Russian Dissidents Pussy Riot Protest for Political Prisoners at Trump Tower, Department of Education Rescinds Papers on Rights of Disabled Students, New York Opens Civil Rights Probe into Weinstein Company, Megyn Kelly Blasts Fox News and Bill O'Reilly over Sexual Harassment, Montreal Protesters Defy Face Veil Ban in Solidarity with Muslim Women, Pipeline, Barge Disasters Lead to Gulf of Mexico Oil Spills, Nicaragua to Join Paris Climate Accord, Leaving U.S. and Syria as Lone Holdouts, GAO Report: Climate Change Costs Taxpayers Billions Each Year, Climate Activists Call for Divestment from Banks That Fund Fossil Fuels

As the Senate narrowly passes a budget bill that clears the path for a historic tax reform, we'll look at how President Trump's proposed tax overhaul would shower billions of dollars in tax cuts upon the wealthiest Americans—including President Trump's family and members of his administration. An analysis by the Center for American Progress Action Fund shows President Trump's family and Trump's Cabinet members would, combined, reap a $3.5 billion windfall from the proposed repeal of the estate tax alone. Trump's plan would cap the tax rate on "pass-through income" at 25 percent—a move that would also shower millions in savings upon millionaires and billionaires. We speak with economist James Henry of the Tax Justice Network and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston, whose latest piece is titled "Nine Reasons Trump's Tax Plan Will Hurt You."

In Austria, conservative leader Sebastian Kurz has been tasked with forming a government after he won a slim majority in the snap elections earlier this month. His conservative party, which campaigned on an anti-immigration platform, is now weighing whether to form a coalition with Austria's far-right populist Freedom Party, which won 26 percent of the vote in the Austrian elections. The Freedom Party was founded by former Nazis six decades ago. This comes as hate crimes in Britain hit a record high and anti-immigrant nationalist movements are surging across Europe. For more, we speak with Dominic Thomas, professor at UCLA who specializes in European politics. Thomas is chair of the Department of French and Francophone Studies.

Spain is plunged into a political crisis as the Spanish government moves to impose direct rule over Catalonia, following the region's independence referendum. On Saturday, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced the move, stripping the northeastern region of its autonomy in an effort to crush Catalonia's independence movement. Following an emergency Cabinet meeting on Saturday, Rajoy said he will invoke Article 155 of the Constitution, which has never been used in Spain's modern democratic history. The speaker of the Catalan Parliament has called Spain's move to seize political control of the region a "de facto coup d'état." Puigdemont said that Catalonia's Parliament will meet in the coming days, amid speculation he might unilaterally declare Catalan independence. For more, we speak with Dominic Thomas, professor at University of California, Los Angeles, who specializes in European politics.

Suicide Attacks in Afghanistan Cap Bloody Week in Which 250 Killed, NYT: CIA Sending Paramilitary Officers to Hunt Taliban, Air Force Authorized to Call Up Retired Pilots; Nuclear Bombers Placed on Alert, Rep. Frederica Wilson: White House Lied in Attacks Over Soldier Killed in Niger, Senate to Review War Authorization Following U.S. Troop Deaths in Niger, Spanish Prime Minister to Fire Catalan Leaders, Prompting Protests, Russia Compares U.S.-Led Bombing of Raqqa to Dresden in WWII, Egypt: Militant Ambush Kills 59 Police and Security Forces, Somalia: Roadside Bomb Attack Kills 11 Civilians, Japan: PM Abe to Challenge Pacifist Constitution After Election Victory, Chile: Investigators Say Poet Pablo Neruda Did Not Die of Cancer After 1973 Coup, Bill O'Reilly Settled $32 Million Sexual Harassment Claim, L.A. Times: 38 Women Accuse Director James Toback of Sexual Misconduct, Jackson, MS to Rename School After Obama, Ditching Confederate Name

After a summer of extreme weather around the world, we host a roundtable discussion with environmental leaders on next steps: Lindsey Allen, executive director of the Rainforest Action Network; Dallas Goldtooth, an organizer with the Indigenous Environmental Network; and May Boeve, executive director of 350 Action, the political arm of the climate organization 350.org.

California wildfires have killed at least 42 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, scorching more than 200,000 acres—roughly the size of New York City. The blazes are the deadliest since record keeping began. As global temperatures continue to rise, we'll look at the link between fires and climate change with Max Moritz, fire research scientist based at UC Santa Barbara.

As catastrophic wildfires in California kill at least 42 people and leave thousands of homes and businesses in ruins, many of the area's 20,000 undocumented immigrants have had no sanctuary from the flames, with some sleeping on beaches in order to avoid federal agents at shelters. This comes as far-right media outlets like Breitbart are falsely reporting that an undocumented immigrant was arrested in connection to the fires. Police said there is no indication the man had anything to do with the wildfires. We speak with Alegría De La Cruz, deputy county lawyer of Sonoma County, and Juan Hernandez, executive director of the La Luz Center in Sonoma, California.

Without Uttering "Trump," Obama & George W. Bush Denounce President, Trump to Visit China, Vietnam, Japan, the Philippines & South Korea, California: Deadly Wildfires Cause $1 Billion in Insured Losses, One Month After Maria, Millions in Puerto Rico Still Without Power, Quentin Tarantino on Harvey Weinstein: "I Knew", Army Soldiers Tasked with Preventing Sexual Assault Are Instead Charged with Rape, Spain to Trigger Article 155, Suspending Catalonia's Autonomy, Colombia: Community Leader José Jair Cortés Assassinated in Nariño, Argentina: Thousands Protest as Body Is Found Near Site of Activist's Disappearance, Standing Rock: Judge Sentences 2 Water Protectors to Jail Time

Guantánamo Bay detainees who are on hunger strike have accused officials of a sudden change in practice that could result in them starving to death, as doctors threaten to stop force-feeding them and are no longer monitoring their medical condition. We speak with Clive Stafford Smith of Reprieve, which represents eight of the 41 Guantánamo detainees. Reprieve is urging supporters to join a solidarity hunger strike with the detainees. Among those participating are British Labour Party MP Tom Watson, Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters, comedian Sara Pascoe, director Mark Rylance and French-born actress Caroline Lagerfelt.

This week, President Donald Trump's nominee for drug czar, Republican Congressmember Tom Marino, had to withdraw from consideration after a Washington Post/"60 Minutes" investigation found he led a drug industry-backed effort to pass a law that weakened the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's ability to crack down on addictive opioids. Meanwhile, calls are growing to look at the major pharmaceutical companies that have fueled the opioid crisis. A new investigation by Esquire magazine reveals how the secretive Sackler family, owners of the company that invented OxyContin, downplayed the risks of addiction and exploited doctors' confusion over the drug's strength. We speak with Christopher Glazek, the Esquire reporter behind the story.

President Trump's latest attempt to bar some citizens of eight Muslim majority countries from entering the U.S. suffers a second defeat, as another federal judge rules that the latest policy is unconstitutional. We speak with Baher Azmy, legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights.

Federal Judge in Maryland Deals Second Blow to Trump's Latest Travel Ban, Somalia: Thousands Protest Saturday's Massive Bombing in Mogadishu, Afghanistan: Taliban Attack Kills 43 Afghan Soldiers, Tillerson: Burmese Military Responsible for Rohingya Ethnic Cleansing, WaPo: Trump Promised Father of Slain Soldier $25,000—But Money Never Arrived, Sessions Says in Senate Committee Testimony He Would Jail Journalists "If We Have To", NBC: Shake-up Inside DNC Ousts Officials Loyal to Sanders, Florida: Thousands Expected to Protest Richard Spencer Speech at UF-Gainesville, Britain: Hate Crimes Surge to Record-High Levels, Togo: At Least 4 Protesters Killed in Crackdown Against Pro-Democracy Protests, Mexico: Zapatistas Nominate Indigenous Activist as Presidential Candidate, In California's Capitol, Legislators Say #MeToo, NYC: Teenager Says NYPD Officers Raped Her While Handcuffed in Police Car, Women's eNews Founder Rita Henley Jensen Dies

As raging wildfires in California scorch more than 200,000 acres—roughly the size of New York City—more than 11,000 firefighters are battling the blazes, and a number of them are prisoners, including many women inmates. We speak to Romarilyn Ralston with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Los Angeles chapter, who is the program coordinator for Project Rebound at Cal State University. Romarilyn experienced 23 years of incarceration, and while she was incarcerated, she was a fire camp trainer and a clerk for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Reporter Jaime Lowe also joins us to discuss her New York Times Magazine report, "The Incarcerated Women Who Fight California's Wildfires."

In Puerto Rico, residents desperate for drinking water have begun pumping water from the Dorado Groundwater Contamination Site—a hazardous waste Superfund site. The EPA warns the water contains chemicals that cause liver damage and an increased risk of cancer. We speak with Rosa Clemente, just back from Puerto Rico, where she joined other independent journalists in documenting conditions for a project called PR on the Map, including at the Dorado site. She also interviewed San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz about her message for the Puerto Rican diaspora.

One month after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, we hear from longtime Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar López Rivera, who was released in May and is now in San Juan to visit with community members affected by Hurricane Maria. Until earlier this year, Rivera had been in federal prison for 35 years—much of the time in solitary confinement—after he was convicted on federal charges of opposing U.S. authority over the island by force. President Obama commuted his sentence in January.

One month after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, a major new investigation examines the looming question of what will happen to the island's $74 billion debt as it faces an estimated $95 billion in storm-related damage. We speak with reporters at the Center for Investigative Journalism and In These Times who spent five months digging through court filings and documents from financial firms and much more in order to put together the most up-to-date list of 10 of the largest financial firms that are now scrambling to get billions out of the bankrupt island as it tries to rebuild. Several of the funds were complicit in past financial crises in other parts of the world.

Federal Judge Halts Most of President Trump's Latest Travel Ban, Senate Deal Would Stabilize Health Insurance Markets for Two Years, Trump to Widow of Soldier Killed in Niger: "He Knew What He Signed Up For", Trump Doubles Down on False Claim About Gold Star Families and Obama, Somalia: Accused Bomber May Have Wanted Revenge over Deadly U.S. Raid, Taliban Attacks in Afghanistan Kill 80 and Injure 300, Kenyan Opposition Leader Calls Off Protests Amid Mounting Deaths, Israeli Army Raids Media Outlets Across Occupied West Bank, Israel Approves 31 New Housing Units in Hebron Settlement, Newly Released Documents Reveal U.S. Approval of Indonesian Genocide, Drug Czar Nominee Rep. Tom Marino Withdraws over Opioid Scandal, Los Angeles: Chevron Oil Refinery Fire Sends Smoke into Neighborhoods, California: Wildfire Erupts in Santa Cruz Mountains as Death Toll Reaches 41, Texas: Trump Administration Blocks Undocumented Teen from Getting Abortion, New California Law to Introduce Third "Nonbinary" Gender on State IDs, Chechnya: Openly Gay Russian Man Describes Torture by Police, The New Yorker: Trump Joked VP Pence "Wants to Hang" All Gays, Minnesota Judge to Allow "Necessity Defense" at Trial of Climate Activists

Amid the ongoing fallout from sexual assault and harassment allegations against Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, a former contestant on "Celebrity Apprentice" has subpoenaed Donald Trump's presidential campaign for all documents relating to her and any other women who have accused the U.S. president of unwanted sexual contact. We look at how this has reignited a conversation about sexual assault with women using the #MeToo hashtag, and speak with activist Tarana Burke, who started the campaign about a decade ago. "'Me Too' is so powerful, because somebody had said it to me, and it changed the trajectory of my healing process," Burke says. We also speak with Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, and Soraya Chemaly, a journalist who covers the intersection of gender and politics.

Rescue operations continue in Mogadishu, Somalia, after two massive truck bombs exploded Saturday, killing at least 300 in the country's deadliest attack since the rise of the al-Shabab militant group a decade ago. The disaster is being referred to as the "Mogadishu massacre," and some are calling it "the 9/11 of the Somali people." The explosions came after the Trump administration stepped up a U.S. campaign against al-Shabab in Somalia. We speak with Somali scholar Abdi Samatar and journalist Amanda Sperber, who splits her time between Nairobi, Kenya, and Mogadishu, Somalia.

Trump Falsely Claims Obama Didn't Contact Gold Star Families, Somalis Mourn Twin Bombings as "The 9/11 of the Somali People", U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Pleads Guilty to Desertion Charges, Rep. John McCain Warns of Trump's "Half-Baked, Spurious Nationalism", Drug Czar Nominee Led Effort to Undermine Opioid Abuse Fight, Syria: U.S.-Backed Fighters Seize Raqqa as ISIS Fighters Surrender, Iraqi Army Tightens Control Over Kirkuk as Kurdish Forces Withdraw, Malta: Car Bomb Kills Investigative Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, Spain: Two Catalan Independence Leaders Arrested, Ireland: Post-Tropical Storm Ophelia Lashes Island, Killing 3, At Least 40 Dead as Wildfires Rage in Spain, Portugal, Pope Francis Warns U.S. over Withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord, NYPD, Scotland Yard Investigating Harvey Weinstein over Sex Assault Charges, Security Flaw Leaves Most Wi-Fi Devices Vulnerable to Hackers, Charlottesville Police Arrest Corey Long, Who Defended Anti-Fascist Protesters, Pennsylvania: 23 Arrested in Lancaster County Anti-Pipeline Protest

A leaked FBI counterterrorism memo claims that so-called black identity extremists pose a threat to law enforcement. That's according to Foreign Policy magazine, which obtained the document written by the FBI's Domestic Terrorism Analysis Unit. The memo was dated August 3, 2017—only days before the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white supremacists, Ku Klux Klan members and neo-Nazis killed one anti-racist protester, Heather Heyer, and injured dozens more. But the report is not concerned with the violent threat of white supremacists. Instead, the memo reads: "The FBI assesses it is very likely Black Identity Extremist perceptions of police brutality against African Americans spurred an increase in premeditated, retaliatory lethal violence against law enforcement and will very likely serve as justification for such violence." Civil liberties groups have slammed the FBI report, warning the "black identity extremists" designation threatens the rights of protesters with Black Lives Matter and other groups. Many have also compared the memo to the FBI's covert COINTELPRO program of the 1950s, '60s and '70s, which targeted the civil rights movement. We speak with Malkia Cyril, co-founder and executive director of the Center for Media Justice as well as a Black Lives Matter Bay Area activist.

In California, at least 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate, with about 75,000 people still displaced. Some residents had to flee for their lives, as drought conditions and powerful, erratic winds have contributed to the explosive spread of the fires. Among those who had to flee was Jan Hoyman, a pottery artist who narrowly escaped the fire in Mendocino County last week. We speak to her from her studio in Ukiah, California.

In California, at least 40 people have died, hundreds are missing, and thousands of homes have been destroyed by uncontrollable wildfires. More than 11,000 firefighters are battling the wildfires, with the support of hundreds of fire engines and dozens of helicopters and airplanes. Many of the firefighters are prisoners, who are working for as little as $1 a day. Among the victims of the wildfires were elderly residents of Sonoma County, where authorities say their bodies were so charred, the only way to identify some of them was by the serial numbers on artificial joints or other medical devices. We speak with Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA and author of Weather West, the California Weather Blog.

In California, raging wildfires fueled by climate change have killed at least 40 people, destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and scorched more than 200,000 acres—roughly the size of New York City. The fires are now the deadliest in California since record keeping began. At least 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate, with about 75,000 people still displaced. Some residents had to flee for their lives, as drought conditions and powerful, erratic winds have contributed to the explosive spread of the fires. The fires have also contributed to a housing crisis, leaving thousands homeless in neighborhoods of California where rental prices were already sky-high before the blazes. We speak with Ro Khanna, Democratic congressmember from California.

The U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war and naval blockade in Yemen has sparked a cholera epidemic that has become the largest and fastest-spreading outbreak of the disease in modern world history. There are expected to be a million cases of cholera in Yemen by the end of the year, with at least 600,000 children likely to be affected. The U.S. has been a major backer of the Saudi-led war. But in Washington, opposition to the U.S. support for the Saudi-led war is growing. Lawmakers recently introduced a constitutional resolution to withdraw all U.S. support for the war. In an op-ed for The New York Times, Congressmembers Ro Khanna, Walter Jones and Mark Pocan wrote that they introduced the resolution "in order to help put an end to the suffering of a country approaching 'a famine of biblical proportions.' … We believe that the American people, if presented with the facts of this conflict, will oppose the use of their tax dollars to bomb and starve civilians." We speak with Ro Khanna, Democratic congressmember from California.

Somalia: Twin Truck Bombs in Mogadishu Kill 300, Injure Hundreds, Trump Refuses to Certify Iran Nuclear Deal, Undermining Agreement, Secretary of State Tillerson Rebuffs Senator's Claim Trump "Castrated" Him, California: Hundreds Still Missing as Wildfire Death Toll Rises to 40, Ireland: Remnants of Hurricane Ophelia Make Landfall, Climate Denier Kathleen Hartnett White Named White House Environmental Adviser, Louisiana: 7 Injured and 1 Missing as Oil Rig Explodes Near New Orleans, Puerto Rico: Official Hurricane Death Toll at 48, Likely to Be Much Higher, States Sue over President's Move to Destroy Affordable Care Act, Iraq Begins Offensive to Seize Kirkuk After Kurdish Independence Vote, Yemen: Cholera Epidemic Now the Worst Outbreak in History, Guatemala: Former Dictator Efraín Ríos Montt Back on Trial for Genocide, More Women Bring Rape Accusations Against Harvey Weinstein, Amazon Studios Suspends Chief Roy Price over Sexual Harassment Charge, Donald Trump's Campaign Subpoenaed over Sexual Assault Charges, Unsigned QB Colin Kaepernick Charges NFL Owners Colluded Against Him

We spend the bulk of the hour with Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, a leading American psychiatrist and author of more than 20 books about the effects of nuclear war, terrorism and genocide. As NBC News reports President Trump has called for a nearly tenfold increase in the United States' nuclear weapons arsenal, and as he threatens to attack North Korea and decertify the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Lifton examines what he calls the "apocalyptic twins: nuclear and climate threats." His new book is titled "The Climate Swerve: Reflections on Mind, Hope, and Survival."

As Vanity Fair reports some of President Trump's closest aides and advisers say he is "unstable" and "unraveling," and that the White House is increasingly consumed by chaos, we speak with Robert Jay Lifton, a leading American psychiatrist and author of more than 20 books about the effects of nuclear war, terrorism and genocide.

As President Trump moves to dismantle the Affordable Care Act in an executive order, and the White House announces it will stop paying billions of dollars in federal subsidies to insurance companies to help cover low-income people's healthcare plans, we get response from Congressmember Luis Gutiérrez, who says Trump's dismantling of the ACA is an attempt to balance the budget. "It's no coincidence that their next move is to give a tax break to the wealthiest in this nation," Gutiérrez notes.

As President Trump threatens to withdraw federal relief workers from Puerto Rico, home to 3.5 million U.S. citizens, residents of the island and their supporters respond with outrage and disbelief. San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz called Trump the "hater-in-chief." We get response from Congressmember Luis Gutiérrez.

Trump Threatens to Withdraw FEMA from Puerto Rico, Amid Humanitarian Crisis, Death Toll from California's Wildfires Surges to 31, 50 Killed and Tens of Thousands Displaced by Flooding in Vietnam, Report: More Than 150 Land Defenders Murdered So Far This Year, In Twin Blows, Trump Moves to Dismantle Affordable Care Act, Trump Expected to Decertify—But Not Scrap—2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Today, Trump Admin Withdraws from UNESCO, Claiming "Anti-Israel" Bias, London & NYC Police Launch Investigations into Harvey Weinstein's Sexual Assault, "When Will My Organs Fail?": Hunger-Striking Gitmo Prisoners Say Guards Have Stopped Force-Feeding, Echoing Slavery & Chain Gangs, Louisiana Sheriff Laments Release of Prisoners Who Work in Jails, Portland, OR: Six Arrested Blocking ICE Bus Carrying Immigrants to For-Profit Prison, WA: 2 Anti-Trump Protesters Convicted After Judge Rejects Necessity Defense

As part of a roundtable discussion on the rape and sexual assault allegations against disgraced and now-fired movie producer Harvey Weinstein, we speak with journalist Irin Carmon, who wrote an essay titled "Women shouldn't trust the men who call themselves allies." We are also joined by two women who are survivors of assaults by Weinstein: Tomi-Ann Roberts, professor of psychology at Colorado College, and Louise Godbold, executive director of Echo Parenting & Education.

We continue our look at two shocking investigations by The New Yorker and The New York Times, which revealed a slew of rape and sexual assault allegations against disgraced and now-fired movie producer Harvey Weinstein, who had been one of the most powerful men in Hollywood for decades. We speak with Louise Godbold, who recently wrote a blog post titled "My Encounter with Harvey Weinstein and What It Tells Us About Trauma." Now executive director of Echo Parenting & Education, Godbold calls on others to believe and support survivors of sexual assault and harassment, saying, "We need to educate everyone about trauma."

As movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is fired by his own company and more women come forward accusing him harassment, sexual assault and rape, we speak with Tomi-Ann Roberts, professor of psychology at Colorado College, about her "petrifying" encounter with Harvey Weinstein in 1984, when she was an aspiring actress. Today, her academic research includes the psychological consequences of the sexual objectification of women and girls.

California: Death Toll from Wildfires Hits 23, as Fires Continue to Spread, Trump Threatens NBC License over Nuclear Weapons Report, Report: Trump's Aides Call Him "Unstable," as Bannon Predicts He Won't Last Full Term, World Leaders & Senior U.S. Officials Pressure Trump Not to Decertify Iran Nuclear Deal, Weinstein Company Knew About Sexual Assault Payoffs for Two Years, U.S.-Led Coalition Airstrikes Kill Dozens of Civilians in Raqqa, Syria, Trump to Nominate Kirstjen Nielsen as Homeland Security Secretary, Boy Scouts to Accept Girls Next Year, On Eve of Execution in Texas, Robert Pruett Maintains His Innocence

President Trump said Sunday he will not restore DACA—the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program—that protects hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation—unless lawmakers agree to expand the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and move to keep out thousands of children fleeing gang violence in Central America. We get response from Cesar Vargas, who is himself a DACA recipient. He's the co-director of DREAM Action Coalition and New York state's first openly undocumented attorney.

Rev. Jesse Jackson joins us in studio to discuss how his Rainbow PUSH Coalition has set up its own commission of scholars and activists to look into voter suppression. This comes as President Trump convened an Advisory Commission on Election Integrity to look into his allegations of voter fraud during the 2016 presidential election. Jackson is also on a tour of college campuses to register voters.

We speak with Rev. Jesse Jackson about how Vice President Mike Pence flew to Indianapolis to stage a walkout of an NFL game between the San Francisco 49ers and Indianapolis Colts, after players on both teams held a protest against racial injustice during the national anthem. Pence tweeted he was there, but used an old photo, and the incident is being condemned as an expensive stunt.