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by their protest. at least in part, that is how history is made as well, and that is why protest matters and why the people who call themselves colored citizens still demand our attention. thank you. >> [applause] >> thank you for inviting me. this is a wonderful idea and a wonderful panel, and a wonderful turnout. the massachusetts historical society, about a year ago, published a collection called "the future of history" that was inspired by a colloquium in which several hundred people from all over were invited to discuss the large idea of history, and how it could be relevant for individuals in their lives today, regardless of whether or not they were professionals historians or not. i have the great fortune and honor to be present for that. i was asked to write a piece, and i borrowed from, of course, a piece that i have long taught called the american protest literature, from tom paine to tupac. the article i ended up submitting and publishing is based on a number of quotes or near quotes from ac
by their protest. at least in part, that is how history is made as well, and that is why protest matters and why the people who call themselves colored citizens still demand our attention. thank you. >> [applause] >> thank you for inviting me. this is a wonderful idea and a wonderful panel, and a wonderful turnout. the massachusetts historical society, about a year ago, published a collection called "the future of history" that was inspired by a colloquium in which several...
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we knew there were going to be protests. there weren't sure if i was on duty for five straight days. but that was just how good the course we were where we saw the pictures the students in west berlin links arms the march tell ya. was. the beaut citing what you're dumb of the newspaper build whipped up sentiment against the students in the summer so this contributed to the attack on gotcha. butat negotiates and. this led to the easter riots demonstrators much to the headquarters of the spring a company which published build some wanted to stop the delivery of newspapers others wanted to break into the building there were clashes with police a student and a press photographer were killed four hundred other people were injured by the floor. it was tough for my wife to see all the violence and so far as a bit out of life finally got off duty at three in the morning on easter sunday. and i went home to change my clothes my underwear to fix the. student anger had been building up against the spring of publications for months ther
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in the end the protests against spring i didn't achieve very much. and to the west german middle class seemed blissfully content. they watched peter alexander and glass on t.v. and too few realized that the country was descending into political and social chaos. back i it was surreal i was too young to understand what was going on so i went to school and played football i figured if they want to demonstrate lot of. the villain vich them took a very different view of that he is a fence otherwise he wouldn't have become a yoga teacher inventor and the victory card to view of the mobility of the spine indicates how well do you feel. there was more to nine hundred sixty eight than just confrontation. i believe the events of that year went well beyond politics of. the messages of nine hundred sixty eight for me were go to san francisco and put some flowers in your hair and all you need is love all you need is love. residential communities usually consisting of perfect strangers with organized in big cities it will. an indication that society was becoming
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there were protests in and students and workers join. forces the students broke into the local office of the german confederation of trade unions the protesters said it was part of the authoritarian structure but for some work because the demonstration went too far. i could. not get off someone said oh my father's retirement files are in there and they're throwing stuff out the window so now he's not going to get his pension oh but we were fighting for issues that were important to us the workers didn't seem to understand that. the split between them and us. at. the emergency laws came into effect on june twenty eighth the protest movement was starting to lose momentum international events now took center stage. in all this the soviet union supported by four other states invaded czechoslovakia this marks the end of the proxy spring and the hope of the free socialism. between if they've now had just given birth to her first child she and her friends were horrified by the invasion and held protests against it. some of my friends handed out
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as a result of that we are seeing people protesting and participating in these protests we're seeing communists islamist bathurst you name it from all types of political affiliations out of joining all these supporters responding to the rejecting the government increase demanding the government to resign let me just talking about this widespread anger as abraham says they're real. is everyone that seems upset over these issues in jordan there's already been a general sales tax hike this year a subsidy on bread has been scrapped there's been an increase in fuel and electricity prices i'm just curious to know how jordanians are getting on a daily basis and you know what will it take for this to subside what do people want from the government immediately. if the living conditions are deteriorating and the middle class the stone was hit hard but if you go outside the man and in some poverty pockets and how man you'll find that people are really getting the spirit or if visited villages are subcommand of north and south and i was insult oh it's it's a city. near a man that has been witnes
as a result of that we are seeing people protesting and participating in these protests we're seeing communists islamist bathurst you name it from all types of political affiliations out of joining all these supporters responding to the rejecting the government increase demanding the government to resign let me just talking about this widespread anger as abraham says they're real. is everyone that seems upset over these issues in jordan there's already been a general sales tax hike this year a...
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as a result of that we are seeing people protesting and participating in these protests we are seeing communists islamist bathurst you name it from all types of political affiliations joining all these supporters responding to the rejecting the government increase demanding the government to resign let me just talking about this widespread anger as abraham says there is real. is everyone that seems upset over these issues in jordan there's already been a general sales tax hike this year a subsidy on bread has been scrapped there's been an increase in fuel and electricity prices i'm just curious to know how jordanians are getting on a daily basis and you know what will it take for this to subside what do people want from the government immediately. the living conditions are deteriorating and the middle class the stone was hit hard but if you go outside our man and in some poverty pockets and how man you find that people are really getting the spirit or if visited villages are saddam man of north and south and i was insult oh it's a city. near a man that has been witnessing for the last
as a result of that we are seeing people protesting and participating in these protests we are seeing communists islamist bathurst you name it from all types of political affiliations joining all these supporters responding to the rejecting the government increase demanding the government to resign let me just talking about this widespread anger as abraham says there is real. is everyone that seems upset over these issues in jordan there's already been a general sales tax hike this year a...
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protests begin in the cities. a nationwide protest movement today. we've seen them on the east coast. we've seen them in the central part of the country. down in el paso, texas, now and we focus on the west coast. our coverage continues in a moment. when we were dating, we used to get excited about things like concert tickets or a new snowboard. matt: whoo! whoo! jen: but that all changed when we bought a house. matt: voilà! jen: matt started turning into his dad. matt: mm. that's some good mulch. ♪ i'm awake. but it was pretty nifty when jen showed me how easy it was to protect our home and auto with progressive. [ wrapper crinkling ] get this butterscotch out of here. progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents. there's quite a bit of work, 'cause this was all -- this was all stapled. but we can protect your home and auto when you bundle with us. but we can protect your home and auto i needthat's whenvice foi remembered that my ex-ex- ex-boyfriend actually went to law school, so i called him. he didn't call me back! if your ex-ex- ex-b
protests begin in the cities. a nationwide protest movement today. we've seen them on the east coast. we've seen them in the central part of the country. down in el paso, texas, now and we focus on the west coast. our coverage continues in a moment. when we were dating, we used to get excited about things like concert tickets or a new snowboard. matt: whoo! whoo! jen: but that all changed when we bought a house. matt: voilà! jen: matt started turning into his dad. matt: mm. that's some good...
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the king recently reversed plans to raise petrol prices fall in protest and these latest protests against austerity measures are further demands for change. there. or let's bring in our guest joining us from amman is an dony an independent journalist focusing on middle east and palestinian affairs in beirut we have. a fellow and professor at the american university of beirut and here in doha ibrahim for a hot associate professor in conflicts resolution at the doha institute for graduate studies thank you all welcome to inside story let me see if i can start with you in amman the protests over austerity measures in jordan have been going on for some time now until now they've been fairly small in scale and hadn't spread so why has the discontent in your opinion finally boiled over. well it's an accumulated feeling of anger and frustration among all centers of and all classes in jordan that. they can constitutive governments have been dealing with the jordanian citizens with total disregard no accountability no sense of good governance or no sense of the concept of social justice so the inc
the king recently reversed plans to raise petrol prices fall in protest and these latest protests against austerity measures are further demands for change. there. or let's bring in our guest joining us from amman is an dony an independent journalist focusing on middle east and palestinian affairs in beirut we have. a fellow and professor at the american university of beirut and here in doha ibrahim for a hot associate professor in conflicts resolution at the doha institute for graduate studies...
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by protests such as this this clearly the biggest one we've seen but we've seen little protest building up for the last couple weeks so these protests continue to gain strength i do think that you could see some policy changes perhaps however again this is not an ministration that likes to backtrack and they already have so far a little bit of the big he is will jeff sessions will the justice department who are really implementing this will they change any of these policies it's hard to say they've seen no indications that they will again president trump only did sign that executive order keeping families together but people here are saying all that does is keep them together in detention now they need to be not in detention so that will be the big step clearly moving forward but clearly these protests seem to be gaining strength throughout the country many times covering that i don't know that long for us in new york. syrian rebels say their peace talks with the government and its ally russia and then again failure the free syrian army say they refuse to surrender in the southern provi
by protests such as this this clearly the biggest one we've seen but we've seen little protest building up for the last couple weeks so these protests continue to gain strength i do think that you could see some policy changes perhaps however again this is not an ministration that likes to backtrack and they already have so far a little bit of the big he is will jeff sessions will the justice department who are really implementing this will they change any of these policies it's hard to say...
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regarding the take aways from the protests, what do you hope comes from the protests? >> so i want the message to be loud and clear, but i also want it to be a propulsion forward, because even though -- i'm sorry, president trump offered the executive order of stopping family separation, there is still a very grim road ahead of us. to begin with, that we are starting to see the explosion of family detention centers. so just last week we saw an rfp put out for an additional 15,000 beds in family detention facilities. and these are not warm and fuzzy places. i've been to them. it's essentially a prison with some blue paint slapped on it to make it feel friendly and family-like. these are prisons. so even though the families will not be separated, which is a good thing, we're putting families in prisons. we're putting these young children in prison-like facilities. so if we think about what that does to these people who already have suffered so much in fleeing their countries that are ridden by violence and murder and they're coming to the united states to seek safety, th
regarding the take aways from the protests, what do you hope comes from the protests? >> so i want the message to be loud and clear, but i also want it to be a propulsion forward, because even though -- i'm sorry, president trump offered the executive order of stopping family separation, there is still a very grim road ahead of us. to begin with, that we are starting to see the explosion of family detention centers. so just last week we saw an rfp put out for an additional 15,000 beds in...
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and palestinian protesters stated that they would not stop protesting until they achieve their demand and until the seas that has been employed on the gaza strip is removed this is a palestinian protester was shot right now and his leg and this is the first injury of the eleven six week of protesting of the great march of returned today is supposed to be a very very hard day where people are expecting more violence and more and more as you see tear gas is being fired on the palestinian protesters and you see how intensively they're firing the tear gas and this is a palestinian and this is a palestinian female that was also injured by two guys and it's very obvious that she was suffocating from the just that has been thrown on the palestinian protesters just right now but more israeli forces and more israeli snipers i haven't the stations along the fence and we are now two hundred meters away only from the front and we can see the israeli soldiers and israeli snipers are having the station near piles of so. and along the fence that separates gaza strip with their with israel then scene
and palestinian protesters stated that they would not stop protesting until they achieve their demand and until the seas that has been employed on the gaza strip is removed this is a palestinian protester was shot right now and his leg and this is the first injury of the eleven six week of protesting of the great march of returned today is supposed to be a very very hard day where people are expecting more violence and more and more as you see tear gas is being fired on the palestinian...
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results of peaceful protests ten police officers to. move a two hundred inch don't you think a little strange doesn't rattle him or let loose or answered that question i'm not saying that there are not elements of criminal organizations that have infiltrated the peaceful protests but overwhelmingly from my experience from my observation the people that are on the ground there are armed with slingshots are armed with rocks and they are or if you want to say that rocks are weapons sure they are armed and they're armed with homemade mortars which may be a less than lethal weapon i think that at the very best they are there are fireworks launchers. and these people are up against automatic weapons live rounds and snipers on mother's day on may thirtieth we were on the ground during one of the largest demonstrations that you could i would had seen up until that point half a million people marching on the streets of managua at the very end of that march i actually don't remember how many were killed somewhere around a dozen people were killed
results of peaceful protests ten police officers to. move a two hundred inch don't you think a little strange doesn't rattle him or let loose or answered that question i'm not saying that there are not elements of criminal organizations that have infiltrated the peaceful protests but overwhelmingly from my experience from my observation the people that are on the ground there are armed with slingshots are armed with rocks and they are or if you want to say that rocks are weapons sure they are...
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result of peaceful protests ten police officers. and over two hundred injured don't you think a little strange it doesn't rattle him on allegedly answer that question i'm not saying that there are not elements of criminal organizations that have infiltrated the peaceful protests but overwhelmingly from my experience from my observation the people that are on the ground there are armed with slingshots are armed with rocks and they are or if you want to say that rocks are weapons sure they are armed and they're armed with homemade mortars which may be a less than lethal weapon i think that at the very best they are there are fireworks launchers. and these people are up against automatic weapons live rounds and snipers on mother's day on may thirtieth we were on the ground during one of the largest demonstrations that you could i would had seen up until that point half a million people marching on the streets of managua at the very end of that march i actually don't remember how many were killed somewhere around a dozen people were kil
result of peaceful protests ten police officers. and over two hundred injured don't you think a little strange it doesn't rattle him on allegedly answer that question i'm not saying that there are not elements of criminal organizations that have infiltrated the peaceful protests but overwhelmingly from my experience from my observation the people that are on the ground there are armed with slingshots are armed with rocks and they are or if you want to say that rocks are weapons sure they are...
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and protesters what they want to accomplish.course, the question of the retirement of the supreme court justice. reigniting the debate over roe versus wade. how the presidents pay to replace justice anthony kennedy could impact the historic ruling. and perhaps, reshape the legal landscape for decades to come. we had long deployments in iraq. i'm really grateful that usaa was able to take care of my family while i was overseas serving. it was my very first car accident. we were hit from behind. i called usaa and the first thing they asked was 'are you ok?' they always thank you for your service, which is nice because as a spouse you serve too. we're the hayles and we're usaa members for life. see how much you could save with usaa by bundling your auto and home insurance. get a quote today. the first survivor of ais out there.sease and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen. but we won't get there without you. visit alz.org to join the fight. so let's promote our summer travel deal on choicehotels.com like this. su
and protesters what they want to accomplish.course, the question of the retirement of the supreme court justice. reigniting the debate over roe versus wade. how the presidents pay to replace justice anthony kennedy could impact the historic ruling. and perhaps, reshape the legal landscape for decades to come. we had long deployments in iraq. i'm really grateful that usaa was able to take care of my family while i was overseas serving. it was my very first car accident. we were hit from behind....
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barrier fence for friday protests the last protest in fact of the holy month of ramadan more than three hundred eighty five people have been injured in the past few hours five of them who are said to be in critical condition according to palestinian medical sources at least one hundred eighteen palestinians have been killed by israel since the start of the protests in march that speak to our imaan khan who's live for us now near where those protests are happening at the gaza israel border tell us about what's been happening in these last few hours in iran and other protests as big as if been in the past few fridays. they've certainly been big in size they're actually coming to an end now as people are leaving but you can still see in the background the black smoke from the top is that the palestinians burning and then sporadically what we're hearing is live fire coming in from israeli positions on the other side of the buffer zone we're also saying to gas come in other take this coming in through two different ways via jeep where it's been thrown into the crowd and then by take us drone
barrier fence for friday protests the last protest in fact of the holy month of ramadan more than three hundred eighty five people have been injured in the past few hours five of them who are said to be in critical condition according to palestinian medical sources at least one hundred eighteen palestinians have been killed by israel since the start of the protests in march that speak to our imaan khan who's live for us now near where those protests are happening at the gaza israel border tell...
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still ahead here on al jazeera protests continue in jordan despite the king's efforts to end the arm rest plus. we always well stay with the. kind of town councils a traditional presidential meeting with american football's champions multiparty of his own instead. i. mean the weather sponsored by cattle and always. as a story in europe continues the same sort of weather for the most. part circulating in the east is fairly warm and there are slow moving thunderstorms giving flash floods france is a particular target at the moment but the ballyards were recently and that mass of white in the western part of the metro is probably heading slowly towards italy that in the east things are changing a little bit this cold front has been a difference to how things feel he's been up in the upper twenty's in most part well the tension was down to eighteen stocker much same given twenty and twenty two this is coming down and says refresh a field but it's in the sunshine and it's hard to complain really bit of a breeze rather cool you'll notice in moscow where this cooler meets the warms and he w
still ahead here on al jazeera protests continue in jordan despite the king's efforts to end the arm rest plus. we always well stay with the. kind of town councils a traditional presidential meeting with american football's champions multiparty of his own instead. i. mean the weather sponsored by cattle and always. as a story in europe continues the same sort of weather for the most. part circulating in the east is fairly warm and there are slow moving thunderstorms giving flash floods france...
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with us with protesters in new york. we know this is right across the country even in places like mike pence his home state of indiana there are protests it's really caught the imagination of so many people right across the united states. it really has organizers are predicting that at the end of the day here at the end of saturday there will be protests in all fifty states which is really remarkable i mean we're used to seeing protests in new york city of course given its diversity and it being such a big city with so many social justice organizations here we saw huge protests during the so-called muslim band that the top administration implemented when he first came into power and then of course in washington d.c. protests as well but now we're seeing them like you said in the state of indiana we've also seen the protests on saturday in houston texas texas of course being the heart of where this story is really taking place down there on the border with mexico we're seeing protests in other states are. around the count
with us with protesters in new york. we know this is right across the country even in places like mike pence his home state of indiana there are protests it's really caught the imagination of so many people right across the united states. it really has organizers are predicting that at the end of the day here at the end of saturday there will be protests in all fifty states which is really remarkable i mean we're used to seeing protests in new york city of course given its diversity and it...
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and in these more than two months of protests we've seen at least one hundred twenty five protesters killed and some thirteen thousand injured most of those injuries are due to tear gas inhalation at the same time just we saw another four people killed and three hundred eighty six injured as thousands of palestinian protesters again converged along the israel gaza border they were throwing rocks and they were also burning tires against the israeli soldiers on the other side of the fence the israeli defense forces has responded by saying that as many as ten thousand protesters converged on the border fence terrorists launched dozens of kites balloons with explosive devices attached to the fridge the objects exploded in the the i.d.f. has repeatedly justified its use of live fire saying that it behaves the way that any country would in defending its sovereign borders it also consistently accuses him us of using what of course human shields by sending civilians to these kind of protests in the first place and that we are also hearing from doctors without borders and they say that some o
and in these more than two months of protests we've seen at least one hundred twenty five protesters killed and some thirteen thousand injured most of those injuries are due to tear gas inhalation at the same time just we saw another four people killed and three hundred eighty six injured as thousands of palestinian protesters again converged along the israel gaza border they were throwing rocks and they were also burning tires against the israeli soldiers on the other side of the fence the...
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against the asylum seekers is this protest a much smaller protest but in support of the asylum seekers here they cling on the south korean government to be humanitarian to remember that it is a signatory to the un convention on refugees and. they didn't act in twenty thirty supporting. the homo did a thing i detest islamophobia i'm very against racism their refugees don't harm our community actually what they bring us economic benefits to our society over the past twenty years south korea has only accepted four percent of asylum seeker applications in twenty seventeen it was as low as one percent for the yemenis still stuck on j.g. island that's bad news it could be many many months before their asylum applications are even terry system. is the last place adnan imagines himself working i didn't choose this job but i'm in alan's immigration and there are enough this place because me and turned out that it was a restaurant so. a qualified health and safety officer he worked for a patrolling company in yemen but was forced to flee the war after he was threatened and tortured by sympathize
against the asylum seekers is this protest a much smaller protest but in support of the asylum seekers here they cling on the south korean government to be humanitarian to remember that it is a signatory to the un convention on refugees and. they didn't act in twenty thirty supporting. the homo did a thing i detest islamophobia i'm very against racism their refugees don't harm our community actually what they bring us economic benefits to our society over the past twenty years south korea has...
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labor in tax reforms as part of a mass nationwide protest over government reforms shot and has more details well thousands of come out onto the streets of paris another day of protests against the my own government we've seen the police already trying to split up some of the protests taking place as you see some people behind us launching smoke and they have also been throwing firecrackers into the crowd as well they here to protest is what they see as the roys in social inequality is that they see the exclusion of social inequality that's been happening since micro came into power they hate you demanded increased wages and increasing pensions. but the gender gap between men and women in terms of they wages and this is the first into a professional say between one of the unions the c.d.g. and the know the union the as thorough sittings came to power as what we have here students teaching is other people from across the civil service as well as the railways. as you roll the last day of the continues three strikes against reorganizing the essence yes that is the way we're here in fran
labor in tax reforms as part of a mass nationwide protest over government reforms shot and has more details well thousands of come out onto the streets of paris another day of protests against the my own government we've seen the police already trying to split up some of the protests taking place as you see some people behind us launching smoke and they have also been throwing firecrackers into the crowd as well they here to protest is what they see as the roys in social inequality is that they...
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in that protest. gabe gutierrez on the ground for us today, tomorrow, throughout the week. joining me is adam kinser from illinois. what we've seen on the ground on that u.s./mexico border and what we've seen in capitol hill. you've read the president's tweets, his indication that doesn't seem like we'll get immigration reform passed before the midterm election. i look at your policy statement on immigration. you're someone who says he supports common sense reform to these laws. how dispiriting is it, that's the word i'm going to use, to have the president not in your corner, not backing the house, not backing house republicans as they try to come up with legislation palatable to your caucus? >> the president told us he backs us 1,000% in fixing this. i didn't take his tweet as saying he's not going to support what we do but he was like, let's move on. there were a lot of tweets. we're going to do this anyway. we'll continue to do what we need to do next week and pass a bill that secures our border. i
in that protest. gabe gutierrez on the ground for us today, tomorrow, throughout the week. joining me is adam kinser from illinois. what we've seen on the ground on that u.s./mexico border and what we've seen in capitol hill. you've read the president's tweets, his indication that doesn't seem like we'll get immigration reform passed before the midterm election. i look at your policy statement on immigration. you're someone who says he supports common sense reform to these laws. how dispiriting...
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despite protests from democrats.of the president's nominee expected soon after the 4th of july holiday. gillian turner has more. >> president trump's facing one of the most consequential decisions of his administration. >> outside of war and peace, of course, the most important decision you make is the selection of a supreme court judge, if you get it. as you know, there have been many presidents that never got a choice. >> he says he plans to pick someone who can serve on the bench for decades but that's not stopping him from making the decision quickly. he plans to announce his pick july 9th in time to get a senate vote on his nominee before november's midterm election >> we should be able to work our way through the confirmation process sometime before early fall, hopefully in time for the new justice to begin the fall term of the supreme court. >> some of his fiercest opponents are now prepping for battle. >> people are rising up. donald trump is not king. no one makes it to the supreme court without going throug
despite protests from democrats.of the president's nominee expected soon after the 4th of july holiday. gillian turner has more. >> president trump's facing one of the most consequential decisions of his administration. >> outside of war and peace, of course, the most important decision you make is the selection of a supreme court judge, if you get it. as you know, there have been many presidents that never got a choice. >> he says he plans to pick someone who can serve on the...
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they're honking their horns almost as in support -- in support of the protesters and the protesters arere. i can tell you there is a lot of enthusiasm and the enthusiasm is, look, we are all bonding together to make sure that the administration knows that they are not in agreement with this policy. you know, in speaking to a lot of these people i think some of them realize that perhaps these policies may not change, but they still want, number one, for the administration and congress to get this message and they say they also want immigrants to get the message as well. we're not seeing anyone drop off, the crowds are staying here and they are marching. no one is peeling off. they are sticking together. as we've been mentioning all throughout the day, it is quite a warm day here in d.c., quite a hot one, probably the warmest we have seen since this year began, but everyone i speak to out here says that is all secondary, fred. they are thinking about the families. they are thinking about the children. they want these policies to stop. now we are approaching the department of justice and a
they're honking their horns almost as in support -- in support of the protesters and the protesters arere. i can tell you there is a lot of enthusiasm and the enthusiasm is, look, we are all bonding together to make sure that the administration knows that they are not in agreement with this policy. you know, in speaking to a lot of these people i think some of them realize that perhaps these policies may not change, but they still want, number one, for the administration and congress to get...
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the protesters protesting against the recent policy of separating children from their parents. parents. in all there were three separate protests over the policy of separating undocumented children from their family, joining together into one large protest. >> i'm shocked. i don't understand why everybody's not in the streets. >> reporter: but first a regular protest, about a dozen or so activists who have been meeting here every tuesday for more than 70 weeks, resisting president trump's agenda. >> there have been renewed urgencies throughout the trump campaign. it's been one disaster after another, but this is probably seems to be the most cruel and heartless. ess. >> no trump, no pence, no more pain for immigrants. >> reporter: another protest voicing outrage over immigration policy. >> what's happening on the border is hopefully a wake up call for people to say we can't go along with that. ith that. >> reporter: these protests all came together marching from market street to ice headquarters in san francisco, eventually blocking the street, some with personal stories. cathy
the protesters protesting against the recent policy of separating children from their parents. parents. in all there were three separate protests over the policy of separating undocumented children from their family, joining together into one large protest. >> i'm shocked. i don't understand why everybody's not in the streets. >> reporter: but first a regular protest, about a dozen or so activists who have been meeting here every tuesday for more than 70 weeks, resisting president...
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it was all women protesters. it was against the trump administration's treatment of parents and their kids on the border. with the trump administration still holding more than 2,000 kids apart from their parents now up against a ticking clock from a federal court that has ordered them to return those kids to their parents forthwith. today's protest was big and it was big enough and striking enough that it really did bring things to a standstill for a good part of the day today in that part of washington. but you should know that that big protest today is probably just a taste of what you can expect from this weekend. this is something chris hayes was talking about last hour. on saturday this weekend, more than 700 different protests are planned in all 50 states, including what's expected to be a large demonstration, again, in washington against what the trump administration has been doing to these families. these parents and little kids on the border. these protests about the border policy, the immigration policy
it was all women protesters. it was against the trump administration's treatment of parents and their kids on the border. with the trump administration still holding more than 2,000 kids apart from their parents now up against a ticking clock from a federal court that has ordered them to return those kids to their parents forthwith. today's protest was big and it was big enough and striking enough that it really did bring things to a standstill for a good part of the day today in that part of...
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protests, rallies, marches are all planned this morning.undreds of events across the country to demand an end to the trump administration's immigration policies. >> demonstrators are pushing for an end to family detentions and the reuniication of the thousands of families separated. but the process has been slow. as of yesterday more than 2,000 kids are still in the government's care rather than with their parents. >> president trump is trying to shift this conversation on twitter this morning. you see a pair of tweets. the president trying to turn the debate into one about the validity of i.c.e. our team of reporters is covering the story from every angle. we start with diane gallagher in mcallen, texas. diane, what are you expecting? what are you told will happen there today? >> reporter: victor, you can really call this the center of it all. that's because just down the road from me in mcallen is the busiest processing center on the southern border. i toured it a couple weeks ago. the pictures from this facility are some of the ones that
protests, rallies, marches are all planned this morning.undreds of events across the country to demand an end to the trump administration's immigration policies. >> demonstrators are pushing for an end to family detentions and the reuniication of the thousands of families separated. but the process has been slow. as of yesterday more than 2,000 kids are still in the government's care rather than with their parents. >> president trump is trying to shift this conversation on twitter...
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eighteen votes being whipped probably all of their mothers but it's psychological torture americans protest against president trump's policy of taking away the children of asylum seekers. and celebrations while under siege palestinians in gaza mock the festival of. the leader of yemen's who the rebels has called on his supporters to fight back against saudi and emirate he supported government forces who are closing in on the port city of who day and the u.n. security council has discussed the battle and it says the ports must remain open for humanitarian deliveries lower bad money reports. yemen's port city of how data was bustling with people buying food on thursday bought this is also a city bracing for a heavy bombardment a lot of people here really living his unemployment you know data there are no jobs the person you know works to on his daily living there would be a big crisis if the fire chad moved into the city and with poverty and hunger and the residents would be victims people are dying from hunger the country would be destroyed. the coalition has captured a town south of the dat
eighteen votes being whipped probably all of their mothers but it's psychological torture americans protest against president trump's policy of taking away the children of asylum seekers. and celebrations while under siege palestinians in gaza mock the festival of. the leader of yemen's who the rebels has called on his supporters to fight back against saudi and emirate he supported government forces who are closing in on the port city of who day and the u.n. security council has discussed the...
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result of peaceful protests ten police officers. and the over two hundred injured don't you think a little strange it doesn't rattle him on allegedly there's no answer that question i'm not saying that there are not elements of criminal organizations that have infiltrated the peaceful protests but overwhelmingly from my experience from my observation the people that are on the ground there are armed with slingshots are armed with rocks and they are or if you want to say that rocks are weapons sure they are armed and they're armed with homemade mortars which may be a less than lethal weapon i think that at the very best they are they are fireworks launchers. and these people are up against automatic weapons live rounds and snipers on mother's day on may thirtieth we were on the ground during one of the largest demonstrations that you could i would had seen up until that point half a million people marching on the streets of amman i were at the very end of that march i actually don't remember how many were killed somewhere around a do
result of peaceful protests ten police officers. and the over two hundred injured don't you think a little strange it doesn't rattle him on allegedly there's no answer that question i'm not saying that there are not elements of criminal organizations that have infiltrated the peaceful protests but overwhelmingly from my experience from my observation the people that are on the ground there are armed with slingshots are armed with rocks and they are or if you want to say that rocks are weapons...
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protests escalated in front of the oxo springer building. in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight the german government passed emergency acts which allowed basic rights to be curbed just two decades after the nazi dictatorship ended students were shocked by these laws. we were afraid that this short phase of democracy in west germany would end the game. for bias. but then came one nine hundred sixty nine and really got the first social democratic chancellor of the federal republic of germany. a cultural revolution took place slowly but inexorably whether it was raising children the working world or even love things became more open more liberal. afterwards there was a different state going to be for oil in one nine hundred seventy nine because husband rudy died from the after effects of the brain damage caused by the assassination attempt. if you can today gretchen due to lives in a feminist housing project in berlin as a member of the green party she continues to fight for a better world. this high to this day i think the environment is ou
protests escalated in front of the oxo springer building. in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight the german government passed emergency acts which allowed basic rights to be curbed just two decades after the nazi dictatorship ended students were shocked by these laws. we were afraid that this short phase of democracy in west germany would end the game. for bias. but then came one nine hundred sixty nine and really got the first social democratic chancellor of the federal republic of germany....
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as protests and barricades one hundred sixty one people have been killed in two months of on rest protests initially began over social security cuts but expanded into demands to quit. the new york attorney general is suing president trump three of his children and their charitable foundation for allegedly violating state's charity law the two point eight million dollar lawsuit alleges the trump foundation engaged in extensive and unlawful coordination with trump's twenty sixteen presidential campaign. dismissed the case on twitter calling it politically motivated the u.s. says it will take what it calls firm and appropriate measures against the syrian government for violations of a deescalation zone in the south west president assad's forces have recovered much of the country's territory but one of the areas still controlled by rebels is land bordering jordan and israeli occupied golan heights a deescalation deal brokered by russia the u.s. and jordan last year and so far contain the fighting but the assad government says it will reclaim every inch of syrian territory. and the trumpet mini
as protests and barricades one hundred sixty one people have been killed in two months of on rest protests initially began over social security cuts but expanded into demands to quit. the new york attorney general is suing president trump three of his children and their charitable foundation for allegedly violating state's charity law the two point eight million dollar lawsuit alleges the trump foundation engaged in extensive and unlawful coordination with trump's twenty sixteen presidential...
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government forces in kashmir fired tear gas and shotgun pellets at the funeral of a protester run over by a paramilitary get old and his hurricane season starts again puerto rican in the thousands thought to have been killed by a hurricane maria. spain's new prime minister pedro sanchez has been sworn in a day off to ousting mariano rajoy in a vote of confidence about an hour later catalonia is a new government was sworn in ending the trade seven month direct rule over the region and it immediately pledged to seek independence for the region in a major challenge for spain's new leader catherine stansell reports. spain's new and old leadership side by side mariano rajoy six and a half years in office came to an end in friday's no confidence vote led by the socialist to ousted him petro sanchez. i promise on my conscience a monetary law will be fulfilled the responsibilities of prime minister and to be loyal to the king and to safeguard the constitution as well as to maintaining secret deliberation of the cabinet sanchez is promising to root out corruption and help spaniards who suffered
government forces in kashmir fired tear gas and shotgun pellets at the funeral of a protester run over by a paramilitary get old and his hurricane season starts again puerto rican in the thousands thought to have been killed by a hurricane maria. spain's new prime minister pedro sanchez has been sworn in a day off to ousting mariano rajoy in a vote of confidence about an hour later catalonia is a new government was sworn in ending the trade seven month direct rule over the region and it...
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outrage turns to violence an indian administered kashmir has protests erupt over the man killed by security forces. a victory for striking all workers in brazil a target of that anger has quit. asia pacific nations have given a cautious welcome to the u.s. president donald trump's decision that his on off summit with north korea is back on again but with so warmly supportive of the news the korean peninsula was sent to stage at an international security conference in singapore from web scott hyder reports. the focus of the high level discussions here at the shangri-la dialogue all came down to one an insolent u.s. secretary of defense jim mattis just hours after president donald trump confirmed the u.s. north korea summit was back on june twelfth here in singapore made something very clear open the number of u.s. troops in south korea is something that will not be discussed if we can restart or confidence building measures with with something verifiable then of course these kinds of issues can come up subsequently between touche. democracy's the republic of korea and the united states but i
outrage turns to violence an indian administered kashmir has protests erupt over the man killed by security forces. a victory for striking all workers in brazil a target of that anger has quit. asia pacific nations have given a cautious welcome to the u.s. president donald trump's decision that his on off summit with north korea is back on again but with so warmly supportive of the news the korean peninsula was sent to stage at an international security conference in singapore from web scott...
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and then protests from d.c. to wisconsin to texas over the president's immigration policies of zero tolerance and what's happening at the border with family separations. our special coverage continues now with jake tapper in washington, d.c. >>> welcome to the latest. i'm jake tapper. following breaking news -- police say there's an active shooter situation at the offices of the "capital gazette" newspaper in annapolis, maryland. a law enforcement source telling cnn that multiple individuals at the "capital gazette" have been injured. the alcohol, tobacco, and firearms bureau tweeted that they are responding to the shooting incident at the same location. president trump and first lady melania trump have been briefed about the situation. maryland governor larry hogan has tweeted warning people to stay away from the area. stay away from the building in annapolis where this active shooter situation is still ongoing. cnn's evan perez has been talking to his sources. apparently you've learned one person is in custody
and then protests from d.c. to wisconsin to texas over the president's immigration policies of zero tolerance and what's happening at the border with family separations. our special coverage continues now with jake tapper in washington, d.c. >>> welcome to the latest. i'm jake tapper. following breaking news -- police say there's an active shooter situation at the offices of the "capital gazette" newspaper in annapolis, maryland. a law enforcement source telling cnn that...
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results of peaceful protests ten police officers. and the over two hundred injured don't you think might send them a little strain doesn't rattle him on allegedly answer that question i'm not saying that there are not elements of criminal organizations that have infiltrated the peaceful protests but overwhelmingly from my experience from my observation the people that are on the ground there are armed with slingshots are armed with rocks and they are or if you want to say that rocks are weapons sure they are armed and they're armed with homemade mortars which may be a less than lethal weapon i think that at the very best they are there are fireworks launchers. and these people are up against automatic weapons live rounds and snipers on mother's day on may thirtieth we were on the ground during one of the largest demonstrations that you could i would had seen up until that point half a million people marching on the streets of mine i were at the very end of that march i actually don't remember how many were killed somewhere around a d
results of peaceful protests ten police officers. and the over two hundred injured don't you think might send them a little strain doesn't rattle him on allegedly answer that question i'm not saying that there are not elements of criminal organizations that have infiltrated the peaceful protests but overwhelmingly from my experience from my observation the people that are on the ground there are armed with slingshots are armed with rocks and they are or if you want to say that rocks are weapons...
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i think for weeks i've been saying where are the protests. now we're protesting. we have to keep it up and do more. >> if people can get more people into congress who believe in humanitarian efforts and the rule of law, that's what will change. >> what worries me is that the soul of our country is being stolen from beneath us and if we don't win we lose everything we could america was and could be. >> those people in washington and new york city airing their thoughts there. let's go to msnbc's mariana atencio who joins us in los angeles. i know the rally doesn't start there for 25 minutes but what are you seeing? >> the crowds have arrived alex. this rally about to get under way in los angeles. angela, y -- angelica what worke you doing? >> this administration has come to an all time low and dialed up the pain and suffering to our community. it's unacceptable that we are ripping small children from parents and not being able to reunite them. there is a court case that says babies have to be reunited within 14 days, older children within 30. it's up to us to make s
i think for weeks i've been saying where are the protests. now we're protesting. we have to keep it up and do more. >> if people can get more people into congress who believe in humanitarian efforts and the rule of law, that's what will change. >> what worries me is that the soul of our country is being stolen from beneath us and if we don't win we lose everything we could america was and could be. >> those people in washington and new york city airing their thoughts there....
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as you can see only a few meters separate the protesters from the prime minister's residence. and this is only one of many streets leading to the prime minister's home where protesters have gathered for the fourth consecutive day main roads leading to the prime minister's home have been cut off the entire area has been classified as a military zone and no one has been permitted to get close according to high government sources the king of jordan has invited the prime minister to his palace tomorrow where he along with other members of the jordanian government are expected to submit their resignation talk for a short break here and al-jazeera when we come back government workers face a backlash in nicaragua as weeks of protests are no signs of letting up. in the qatari news agency new information about how big a role saudi arabia played in the saw the problem that led to the gulf crisis more in that state. oh you just told. me the weather sponsored by cattle i always hello there we've got a lot of wet weather over parts of southeastern china at the moment are charts for monday
as you can see only a few meters separate the protesters from the prime minister's residence. and this is only one of many streets leading to the prime minister's home where protesters have gathered for the fourth consecutive day main roads leading to the prime minister's home have been cut off the entire area has been classified as a military zone and no one has been permitted to get close according to high government sources the king of jordan has invited the prime minister to his palace...
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moment when a tear gas canister fired by the israeli army gets stuck in the mouth of a palestinian protester at the gaza border. plus a google unveils a new range of emotions which do include you can salads and couples who are gender neutral but are they actually politically correct. three pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international our top story this hour issues g. seven summit in canada is being dominated by divisions the u.s. was left isolated by global leaders who accused it of sowing all sorts of discord on the global arena. what worries me most however is the fact that the rules based international order is being challenged quite surprisingly. not by the usual suspects. but by its main architect and. the us before reaching canada donald trump did cause a split by suggesting that russia should be reinstated to the group it was a great day to keep that is he off this year's agenda. here we all agreed the return of russia to the g seven format summits can happen until substantial progress has been made in connection with the problems with ukraine canada's position is absolutely c
moment when a tear gas canister fired by the israeli army gets stuck in the mouth of a palestinian protester at the gaza border. plus a google unveils a new range of emotions which do include you can salads and couples who are gender neutral but are they actually politically correct. three pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international our top story this hour issues g. seven summit in canada is being dominated by divisions the u.s. was left isolated by global leaders who accused it of...
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two palestinians have been killed in protests at the israel gaza border on friday that's according to palestinian officials a teenager is said to be one of the dead the antakya creation rulers have been ongoing since late march. to. respect. the injury after injury and as you see sense the beginning of the beginning of the protests today the fourteenth week of the great march of return at least twenty policies have been injured by live ammunition and tear gas canisters that israeli forces continue to use the lethal force against the palestinian protesters palestinians have been protesting for more than fourteen weeks demanding demanding the right of return demanding the right of shifting the locate that has been imposed on the gaza strip by israel since the beginning of the protest says the beginning of the great like to return one hundred thirty one college students have been killed and more than fourteen thousand palestinians have been injured including fifty four palestinians who got limbs amputated from the upper and lower body where the israeli forces have been using explosive bu
two palestinians have been killed in protests at the israel gaza border on friday that's according to palestinian officials a teenager is said to be one of the dead the antakya creation rulers have been ongoing since late march. to. respect. the injury after injury and as you see sense the beginning of the beginning of the protests today the fourteenth week of the great march of return at least twenty policies have been injured by live ammunition and tear gas canisters that israeli forces...
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these protesters are going to sit down.say they are -- let the scene play out now. >> -- you need to leave, or you're going to be arrested. >> reporter: we hear them saying, you need to leave unless you want to be arrested. you need to leave. a lot of women -- women said they would be okay being arrested and that they anticipated that. >> are they kicking you out, as well -- >> reporter: they are kicking press out now. protesters have unfurled sell phone blankets on the -- cellophane blankets on the floor. a reference to the kids we've seen in custody, trying to make that dynamic play out. we are being kicked out now. we will continue to report what we can here. >> sunlen, i know you're trying to get your bearings. you mentioned this is inside the hart senate building. a lot of senators' offices are there. technically is that considered public or private space? >> reporter: this is public space. you can get in without a capitol hill pass. you have to go through magnetometers to get in and certainly be watched as one by one
these protesters are going to sit down.say they are -- let the scene play out now. >> -- you need to leave, or you're going to be arrested. >> reporter: we hear them saying, you need to leave unless you want to be arrested. you need to leave. a lot of women -- women said they would be okay being arrested and that they anticipated that. >> are they kicking you out, as well -- >> reporter: they are kicking press out now. protesters have unfurled sell phone blankets on the...
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use of extreme force against palestinian protesters in gaza. a war of annihilation a damning new report from a leading human rights group accuses the u.s. led coalition of potentially breaking international law as it battled to liberate the syrian city of rocket from last year. called embraer welcome from me in the team here in moscow what i see international fuel world news is now six pm here it's five pm in vienna which is where we start to see russia's developing ties with the e.u. won't be damaged by sanctions that's the message reaffirmed in the past thirty minutes by president putin at a media conference in vienna he's there on his first international trip since starting his fourth term auntie's more i guess the can bring us the latest from vienna and putin's meeting with his austrian counterpart. we were listening cross for the past half an hour or so plenty of optimism during that meeting it seems any positive messages from the e.u. side of things. a lot has been said today this beat a lot of news it's been very busy here in vienna even
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you can't put into words what it felt to protest. i would say, i'm writing a book, we are working with words here. try to describe it, people would say it was like the first time i breathed and the first time i felt like a citizen and one man said, it was better than my wedding day. and my my wife heard that she refused to speak to me. for that sense, what it was like the first time, the writer, poetic in her own right and this is what she said. i was in a demonstration and i started to when i -- whisper and freedom, after that i heard myself repeated, freedom, freedom and then i started shouting freedom. and i thought to myself, this is the first time i have ever heard my own voice. and i told myself that i would never let anyone steal my voice again. this i think is what the syrian revolution war was all about. >> that's extremely powerful and i've heard so many people who have protested and some of them lost their lives and some of them become imprisoned an some became refugees and many of them kind of went silenced and so many pe
you can't put into words what it felt to protest. i would say, i'm writing a book, we are working with words here. try to describe it, people would say it was like the first time i breathed and the first time i felt like a citizen and one man said, it was better than my wedding day. and my my wife heard that she refused to speak to me. for that sense, what it was like the first time, the writer, poetic in her own right and this is what she said. i was in a demonstration and i started to when i...
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use of extreme force against palestinian protesters in gaza. to sleep. sleep. sleep sleep sleep is a serious leak the to use a loop. of annihilation a damning new report from a leading human rights group accusing speak u.s. led coalition of potentially breaking international law as it battled to liberate the syrian city of raka from myself last year. hi there live news worldwide from moscow i'm calling bray and this is r.t. international it's just turned seven pm in the evening on tuesday here in moscow it's six pm in vienna which is where we're concentrating on for the first part of the program and russia developing ties with the e.u. will not be damaged by sanctions that's the message reaffirmed by president putin at a media conference in vienna italy's first official trip internationally since starting his fourth term. we believe any politically motivated restrictions and protectionism these two theories over and political issues are in the end useless in achieving the ultimate goal they're damaging for both sides and i think everyone's interest in lifting t
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well the immediate reason for these protests was the recent tax. but. the focus of this anger has gone way back you have unemployment rising to about eighteen percent amman is one of the most expensive cities in the arab region you have deep seated economic issues with twenty one percent of jordanians below the poverty level in addition to the country of serving over six hundred fifty five thousand syrian refugees so many jordanian feel deeply unhappy with the current economic situation and that has caused them to go to the streets and say that enough is enough and iran what about jordan's regional neighbors i mean how worried will they be about the impact all of this is having across the region particular as jordan holds a huge refugee population. so jordan holds the third largest number of syrian refugees after turkey and lebanon so jordan's place is very important in the region as you mentioned but it's not just regarding the syrian crisis you also have saudi arabia one of the largest powers who borders jordan and they would be extremely concerned if
well the immediate reason for these protests was the recent tax. but. the focus of this anger has gone way back you have unemployment rising to about eighteen percent amman is one of the most expensive cities in the arab region you have deep seated economic issues with twenty one percent of jordanians below the poverty level in addition to the country of serving over six hundred fifty five thousand syrian refugees so many jordanian feel deeply unhappy with the current economic situation and...