ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS

East County News Service

October 5, 2016 (San Diego's East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

General news

• Hurricane Matthew heads for East Coast (CNN)
• Sacramento police tried to run over man before shooting him, recordings reveal (SacBee)
• How the FDA Manipulates the Media (Scientific American)

Presidential race

• VP Debate: Kaine interrupts and attacks, Pence holds steady and deflects (Moderate Voice)
• Kaine, Pence debate: CNN reality check team vets the claims (CNN)
• Trump calls tax avoidance ‘smart’, most Americans call it ‘unpatriotic’, poll finds (Reuters)
• 20 fact checks from the first presidential debate (NBC)
• Clinton, Trump clash in fiery first debate (Yahoo News)
• Trump implies veterans with PTSD are not strong (KNSD)
• Analysis: In debate, Trump spoke of a black America that no longer exists (NBC)

WORLD

• Royal couple snubbed by Canadian indigenous leader (CNN)
• Deadly Hurricane Matthew pounds Haiti (Associated Press)
• Columbia rejects deal to end FARC conflict:  what happens next? (CNN)

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U.S.

General news

Hurricane Matthew heads for East Coast (CNN)

…With the Category 4 hurricane expected to brush up to the US East Coast later this week after its deadly assault on the Caribbean, state officials warned residents and visitors to start preparing for some miserable times. Up to 1 million people could face evacuation in South Carolina.

Matthew is an "extremely dangerous" storm, Florida Gov. Rick Scott said…The forecast is that Matthew will ride along the US coast from Florida through the North Carolina Outer Banks from Thursday evening through Saturday. It could make landfall at any point and all areas should be on guard.

Sacramento police tried to run over man before shooting him, recordings reveal (SacBee)

Two Sacramento police officers attempted to run over a mentally ill homeless man with their car less than 35 seconds before they shot and killed him…One of the officers says “f--- this guy” in the frantic final minute before they shot Joseph Mann on Del Paso Boulevard. Moments later, the driver says, “I’m going to hit him.” “OK. Go for it. Go for it,” his partner responds.. the officers gunned their vehicle toward Mann, backed up, turned and then drove toward him again, based on dashcam video released by police. They stopped the car, ran toward Mann on foot and shot him 14 times.

How the FDA Manipulates the Media (Scientific American)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been arm-twisting journalists into relinquishing their reportorial independence, our investigation reveals. Other institutions are following suit.

Presidential race

VP Debate:  Kaine interrupts and attacks:  Pence holds steady and deflects (Moderate Voice)

The first and only vice presidential debate was mostly about the candidates who weren't there. Mike Pence kept his focus on Hillary Clinton's trustworthiness, and Tim Kaine revisited every one of Donald Trump's unscripted and controversial remarks. Pence, the governor of Indiana, had the bigger challenge in defending Trump, who had one of the worst weeks of his candidacy after he seemed unprepared at the first presidential debate last week.

Kaine, Pence debate: CNN reality check team vets the claims (CNN)

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence met Tuesday for the first and only vice presidential debate, and CNN's Reality Check Team spent the evening analyzing their claims. The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the debate and selected key statements from both candidates, rating them true; mostly true; true, but misleading; false; or it's complicated.

Trump calls tax avoidance ‘smart’,  most Americans call it ‘unpatriotic’, poll finds (Reuters)

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says paying no income tax would make him "smart." ..Some 67 percent of Americans said it is "selfish" for a presidential candidate to pay no taxes, while 61 percent said it is "unpatriotic," according to the (Reuters/Ipso) poll..Trump's taxes have become a big campaign issue after the New York Times released a portion of his 1995 tax returns last week and estimated that Trump likely paid no taxes for (18)f years. The celebrity real estate developer, who is the first presidential candidate in decades to refuse to release his full tax returns, didn't deny the report. He later said that he had "brilliantly used" U.S. tax rules to his advantage.

20 fact checks from the first presidential debate (NBC)

NBC News and our friends at PolitiFact fact checked the first presidential debate. Here's what we found.

Clinton, Trump clash in fiery first debate (Yahoo News)

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump traded insults and sparred over temperament, stamina and judgment, in a fiery US presidential debate that often saw the Republican on the back foot.

Trump implies veterans with PTSD are not strong (KNSD)

Trump's statement…prompted aq uick response on social media and a statement from Jon Soltz, an Iraq War veteran and the chairman of VoteVets.org.  "These comments, as horrible as they are, are not shocking," he said. "We're talking about a person, in Trump, who believes that POWs aren't real heroes, and that he's made sacrifices akin to Gold Star Families who lost their loved ones in war. The constant disrespect Donald Trump shows towards our veterans and service members is sickening, and completely and totally disqualifying."

Analysis: In debate, Trump spoke of a black America that no longer exists (NBC)

...Trump's proposals are so out of step with current realities that they are not in truth serious ideas. It is very unlikely major cities will return to stop and frisk policing practices, after a federal judge condemned New York City's use of that strategy in a 2013 ruling. Trump's focus on crime ignores a bigger challenge for African-Americans: economics. According to data from the Pew Research Center, the median black household income was about $43,300 in 2014, while white household income was about $71,300.The average net worth of a white household was $144,200, compared to $11,200 for a black household.

WORLD

Royal couple snubbed by Canadian indigenous leader (CNN)

Canada may have rolled out the red carpet for Prince William and Kate Middleton -- but that didn't stop the royal couple from being snubbed...Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs…told CNN he canceled the appearances to raise awareness of the poverty and social issues faced by indigenous communities across Canada …”With the deepening poverty of our communities, remembering the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, and the ongoing negligence of indigenous child welfare policies across this country, in good conscience, I cannot participate in the Black Rod Ceremony," he said.

Deadly Hurricane Matthew pounds Haiti (Associated Press)

Hurricane Matthew roared into the southwestern coast of Haiti on Tuesday, threatening a largely rural corner of the impoverished country with devastating storm conditions as it headed north toward Cuba and the eastern coast of Florida.

Columbia rejects deal to end FARC conflict:  what happens next? (CNN)

A narrow win for Colombia's opponents to a government peace deal with FARC rebels has thrown the country into disarray, leading one journalist to starkly declare, "Nobody really knows what will happen tomorrow." Likened to the fallout from the United Kingdom's "Brexit" referendum, the vote's unexpected failure has left the Colombian political classes reeling and unsure how to respond in order to save four years of hard negotiation with the Marxist militia.