From New York, this is Democracy Now.

So it may seem counterintuitive.

But as we continue to warm up the planet with carbon pollution from fossil fuel burning,

we are fueling stronger, more powerful, and more dangerous winter storms.

After this week's historic bomb cyclone blizzard, we look at the link between climate change,

warming oceans, and stronger winter

storms. We'll speak to climate scientist Michael Mann, then to Mexico, where dozens of people

have died after Mexican security forces killed the nation's most powerful drug lord.

In this case, the U.S. government provided information and even issued an intelligence

statement.

But the entire operation from planning onwards is the responsibility of federal forces.

In this case, the Ministry of National Defense.

We'll speak to Arizona State Professor Alexander Avina

and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters journalist Laura Gaudes-Diener,

who's based in Mexico.

Then, to longtime war crimes prosecutor Reid Brody

about law and accountability from the international criminal

court's hearing on former Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte to the growing fallen from

the Epstein files. One reason we're seeing all these Epstein-related arrests across Europe is that prosecutors and police are

essentially independent. In the United States, of course, federal prosecutors and the FBI are

only going to investigate the people who Donald Trump wants to see investigated.

All that and more coming up.

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