rocking the country. the death toll could have been much higher.

♪ laura: u.s. president donald trump has condemned dozenemitism after a jewish community centers across the united states received bomb threats. it follows an attack at a jewish cemetery in missouri where dozens of headstones were destroyed. this is the first time trump has condemned anti-semitism so robustly. president trump: the anti-semitic threats targeting our jewish community and community centers are horrible and are painful, and a very sad reminder of the war that still -- the work that still must be done to weed out hate and prejudice and evil. -- ourlet's go to our's

correspondent philip in washington. this is a complicated one, donald trump's own daughter has converted to judaism, yet many of his supporters are said to hold anti-semitic views. how does this all square up? it results in what we saw today, a prepared statement from president donald trump at the african american history museum and clearly the white house felt under pressure and the president felt under pressure to for the first time address anti-semitism directly. this was the very first time that u.s. president donald trump spoke about anti-semitism and about recent attack on jewish settlers in the united states. you mentioned his daughter and her husband, who at the same time as one of the most senior adviser's to donald trump. she tweeted out a message earlier today saying that places of worship had to be protected. there was a little bit of pressure on this white house to finally come out and speak openly and clearly about

anti-semitism in the united states. the place where the statement , theead by president trump african american history museum here in the united states. at that museum, president trump also said this, that these attacks were a reminder of bigotry, intolerance, and hatred. what donald trump tends to do when he is attacked on maybe not uniting the country as much as the white house said he wants to do, he always talks about how large his election victory was, and he did so today at the african-american history museum. you spoke about how big his electoral college victory was in the life of south carolina. he didn't get many of the african-american votes, but still more than he expected, and that is something he will mention again and again. laura: there are 11 million undocumented migrants living in the united states now, and now

they are living with real uncertainty under tough new orders from the president on immigration. these are new orders and new details given by the white house to the department of homeland security control, fororder example. these are elements of executive orders that had already been signed by president donald trump. essentially means that more illegal immigrants in the united deported, be according to the memo sent out by the department of homeland security and by u.s. border illegal immigrants can now be deported, including those who are only guilty of minor crimes and those who are only suspected of crimes. can expect a relatively large wave of deportations from the united states coming pretty soon. there were other details in these memos published by the administration here today.

one of them is about mexico and illegal immigrants across the border from mexico into the united states. the administration says it has the right to deport them immediately back to mexico, even if they are not mexican citizens. i think you can expect some pushback from the mexican government on this. also included are more details on how president trump wants to build that border wall between mexico and the united states. he is not going away from that idea. it's a campaign promise and he has promised to build that wall as president. now have some more relatively concrete details on how exactly he wants to do this. so far, mexico has not responded positively to his request that that country actually pays for the border wall entirely. laura: thank you very much, philip reporting from washington. court in israel has sentenced a soldier to 18 months in prison for the fatal shooting

of a wounded palestinian attacker. he was convicted of manslaughter thatmonth in a case divided israelis and outraged palestinians. the father of the dead man is called the trial of farce. after away from court being slapped with an 18 month prison sentence. the israeliuesday, soldier was all smiles as he waited to learn his fate. prosecutors were pushing for three to five years behind bars after military court found that 21 euro guilty of manslaughter. old guiltye 21 year of manslaughter. message to all soldiers, a judgment had to be made and justice was done. >> in march 2016, he shot dead

an incapacitated palestinian soldier in a town in the occupied west bank. after he and another attacker soldier.d an israeli he was wounded in lying on the ground when without any apparent provocation, he fired the fatal shot. the military chief condemned his actions, but others defended them. of protesterss who gathered outside the courthouse. >> i'm going to tell him to shoot to kill. you are soldier, a fighter, that is your job. >> his father blasted the sentence after it was announced on television. >> getting a year and a half is a joke. it's not effective.

if he would've killed an animal, they would have put him in jail for who knows how long. they are mocking us. >> the case has deeply divided israel. support for young soldiers is widespread. his defense team said they will fight to get the sentence reduced. laura: there has been another a wavein pakistan where of violence has claimed over 100 lines in the last 10 days. suicide bombers struck outside a courthouse in at least seven people, including four police officers, were killed. another attack at a shrine last week killed 19 people. bad -- ourin islam a reporter is in his lemma bad. bad.slama managed to stop

the attackers from entering, there were three of them. the casualties went up to seven, but the other two were killed by the police. at the same time, some people are criticizing the fact that this shows that the police are being pushed at the forefront of fighting terrorism and they're doing this sort of firefighting and what to home, about the intelligence, given the fact that we've seen us eight, a new wave of terror attacks and despite the that the authorities are failing to curb them. >> 100 people killed in the last 10 days alone. message fromof a the taliban. we saw that the pakistan government and the military, it's a victory. too soon is what analysts are

saying. we saw some sort of relative calm in 2014 -- 2015-2016. the military thought it had achieved its victory but it had -- the militant element, the ideology planning -- that continue to operate within the country, especially because of the fact that pakistan continues to make the distinction between the good and bad taliban policy. the taliban keeps coming back. jim bob weighs robert gabi has just turned 93 and is now the -- president will stand for election again.

he's accused of hanging on to power for decades by intimidating and vote rigging. >> it has been the same process for decades. robert will gabi celebrates -- celebrates his birthday and bows to stay in power. this time he has more difficulty making his case. >> [indiscernible] it is as acceptable as i am. the zimbabwe president struggles, yet despite his old age, the opposition still sees him asas a warmer double threat. they say he keeps his grip on

power using mass oppression. experts say graft cost zimbabwe $100 million every year. with mugabe at the helm, populist decisions have destroyed the once thriving agriculture sector. the matter the figures, the country's organizing national celebrations. state media, radios, tvs and newspapers praised the president , still venerated by many as one of the country's founding fathers. many believed him when he said western sanctions are the reason the population is suffering. >> and possible sanctions by , we might come up

with better policies. french police have arrested three men suspected of planning a terrorist attack. police raided homes in paris on tuesday. a judicial source said the plot was sufficiently advanced four police to make arrests. the country remains on high alert following a wave of deadly attacks that began in january 25 teen. januarych -- began in 2015. the former minister says he wants to door skilled workers to france after the u.k. leaves the european union. today's trip was about getting french ex-pats to the ballot box to vote for him. i reporter has more from london. this presidential

candidate positions himself as neither from the left or from the right. a candidate trying to bring in a new kind of politics in france. huge interest from the british media that is not unprecedented, because tony blair met the french presidential candidate in 2007 during his campaign. what we should say is that theresa may's spokesman said the position of the u.k. government was still that it would not have withd not have relations the other presidential candidate leading the polls and where the three main contenders to become the next french president on may 7. another french presidential candidate also trying to look strong on foreign policy today.

marine le pen has been visiting lebanon, partly to attract folk from the large lebanese community. this visit was not without controversy. she caused a stir when she refused to put on a veil for her meeting with the country's top cleric. that is for the french government, terrorism is turning off the tourists. the overall figures are grim. paris lost 1.5 million tourists in 2016, mainly from china and other parts of europe. they become a fixture at iconic paris locations. personnel tolice reassure tourists the city is safe. us ify will protect

someone wants to attack us. arrivals from asia dipped significantly in 2016. the decline in chinese tourists amounted to over 21%. the number of japanese visitors dropped over 41%. terrorism as well as the threat of petty crime are to blame. visitors and tourists zones say feeling thethey are pinch with visitors staying away. >> i think it is everywhere. france is scary right now. reporter: despite terror threats, a number of french tourists visiting the capital rose last year. professionals in the tourism industry are confident for an arrivals in paris are picking up. >> since the end of the year, since november, the numbers became positive. it's a trend that continues in

january and february. costs onethey say it billion euros in lost revenue in 2016. chefs dream tory be awarded a michelin star, so imagine what happened when it tiny french restaurant found out they had gotten a star. reporter: it offers a three course meal with a glass of wine for 12.5 euros. france'smed among fineness, but the news came as a complete surprise. and asked, called did you know you received a star in the michelin guide? we just laughed. we thought it was a joke.

>> it turned out it wasn't a joke, but a mistake. star to had awarded a the café instead of another glitzy or restaurant with the same name. while the error was being corrected, they were overwhelmed with customers. >> everything is homemade. incourse it has nothing common with michelin star cuisine, but it's still a good place to remember. don't regret coming here. the food is good. good value for the money, really. >> good, good. honestly, i don't think it deserves a star. >> the other restaurant 150 kilometers away has not been bothered by the error at all. thee frankly, with all publicity we got, we rather liked it. anyway, i wish there restaurant all the best.

i'm happy they got some recognition. invited the restaurant staff to come and visit a real michelin star environment. laura: kate moody joins us in this duty. -- in the studio. the deal is back on the table, it would seem. -- for about says $350 million less than offered last year. under the new terms of the deal, they will split the cost of some of the losses deriving from the data breaches. world'sas one of the top internet companies worth $125 billion before falling behind rivals like google. a series of costly

security lapses, but the deal goes ahead. in july 2016, u.s. telecom giant verizon made a deal with yahoo! to buy the companies struggling internet business. that september, yahoo! announced it had suffered a major data breach back in 2014. 500 million user counts were believed compromised with usernames, passwords, birth dates, and telephone numbers offered for sale on the dark web. in december, a new revelation, personal data from over a billion accounts had been stolen back in 2013, the largest known hack of user data in internet history. for verizon, it was time to renegotiate. agreed upon,price over 4.8 billion dollars. a new deal puts the price at just under $4.5 billion, a discount of $350 million. legal fees will be split between verizon and what is left of yahoo!.

it could've been worse. many analysts were expecting verizon to demand a billion-dollar concession or walk away entirely. but for the telecom firm, the prize was too tempting. new mobile phone subscriptions are dwindling as more of the population is already connected. verizon is looking to expand in digital advertising to compete with google and facebook. it will keep the yahoo! brand and merge its technology with aol, which verizon acquired in 2015. the deal now goes to yahoo! shareholders for approval. it's expected to close in mid april. kate: the euro zone economy is improving. in february, manufacturing and service activity grew at its strongest rate since april 2011, according to the month emi survey. a reading above 50 indicates growth, and you can see there

was an activity spike last month to 56 for this month. the weaker euro helped offset the boost from orders abroad. france outstripped germany with its highest pmi in nearly six years. the strong economic growth could play a role in france's upcoming presidential election. the candidates will be tuning in to see how the economy fares. the data helped boost european markets, the dax leading with gains over 1.1%. and just really boosted by strong results in the mining industry. the ftse was dragged down by the banking sector. tray,ergy sectors pushing oil prices have risen about 2% after opec said it expects numbers to continue to climb with that agreement to scale back output and encourage other oil producers to limit their pumps.

today,eadlines unexpected economic and political influence. the bank earned less than half of what had been expected. 6.5% inlosed down london. walmart stores in the u.s. reporting their best sales in four years from october to december. but revenue fell short of expectations. 29%.g online sales rose the ceo repeated warnings that president trump's plans to raise income taxes on foreign businesses could result in higher prices for walmart customers. taxi drivers in rome continued protesting legislation they say will favor rivals like uber.

they suspended regulations until the end of the year. the taxi industry says it will harm its business. china is downplaying the prospect of a trade work with the united states. officials on tuesday said tensions with president donald trump did not benefit either party and that cooperation would help both. calling for global trade to be open and fair. >> given the scale of trade, there will be trade friction. but on the model of cooperation through quality, issues of trade friction can be resolved amicably. >> let me emphasize that are

bilateral trade has doubled since 2005, which is significant, even though it still remains very and balance. we have emphasized it is important. kate: turning next to brazil, where carnaval kicks off next week. that's as the country struggles with sharp recession. it's one of the biggest celebrations in the world. around one million people from across the globe will flood the streets of rio de janeiro for carnaval. we come withder energy, enjoying ourselves at all times. , good music,ng it's a beautiful culture. >> some of the luster this year has been dolled you to an economy crisis as the

shrinks more than 4% last year. local shop owners wait in their into your than usual businesses, hoping that procrastination is the only reason for slow sales. leave thingserally until the last minute. next week it will be very busy. we hope sales will increase so we can at least match last year's carnival. >> some local shoppers admit they are forced to pinch pennies this year instead of exporting on extravagant costumes, many will settle for simpler, more while it friendly options. >> i'm spending less because with the crisis, things are tight. last year i bought one or two costumes. this year i will buy just one costume for all five days, because prices are a bit high. hopingtourism agency is

it will raise an equivalent of 920 million euros, the same amount they raised last year. >> i expect it will still be quite a party on the streets of rio.

02/21/17 02/21/17 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracacy w! >> and the facts show that donald trump is wrong and his chief economic advisoror is wrog about every major reason that they have given to tear up dodd-frank. commercial and consumer lending is robust. bank profits are at record levels. and our banks are blowing away their global competitors. amy: as donald trump surrounds himself a formerol