i started at the aclu in 2002. even before that i was doing pro bono work for the aclu in the weeks and months after 9/11. and then this national security program at the aclu which had existed until 1990 9/11 had been shut down because everybody thought it was the end of of history, it was resurrected after 9/11, and i started working in that group which became formalized as the national security project. and we worked on government surveillance, ideological exclusion, the exclusion of foreign scholars because of their political views. we worked on issues relating to immigration and national security and then on issues relating to detention and interrogation. and a lot of my energy was spent during the bush administration on interrogation policy, on trying to compel the government to be more forthcoming about its interrogation policies, about its detention policies. and we had some degree of success in forcing the government to disclose what turned out to be evidence of the torture of prisoners at guantanamo and in

that's what the aclu stands for. not in a position to make these decisions for the president. we are in a position to take the president to task when he does do things that violate the constitution. >> dan, we need to leave it there. we will have you back as soon as we know the actual specifics in the travel ban. thank you both very much. >> thank you. >>> we're following a lot of news this morning. let's get right to it. >>> this may come as some surprise to the current occupant of the oval office, but the president does not have the authority to unilaterally order the wire tapping of an american citizen. >> plz accusing president obama of wiretapping, but offering no evidence. >> information that led him to believe this is a very real potential. >> there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president-elect. >> fbi asked the justice department to refute the president's assertion. >> this is just a distraction. >> north korea's latest provocation is triggering a warning from the united states. >> these ba

is not the aclu or department of justice.em we are having in chicago and across the country as of the greatest challenge to policing today is that over the last eight years, the aclu and the department of justice have pretty much linked up together and determined that data-driven policing, in other words, was started in new york in 1984, results in systemic racism, which is absurd. you have pointed out that is preposterous to expect that in a 97% african-american community in chicago, inglewood, our most violent community, we will stop 32% white folks. the problem is, we put officers at the places, at the times, locations, where crime happens over and over again. we take police actions to prevent that next crime. some of that or terry stops. i can show you two years of data from chicago from 21392014 measures that our stops were almost precisely when, where, and he was committing crimes. as a result, we had five decades worth of reduction. 1965 murder rates, which now are up by 100% and the stops are down by 95%. a correlatio

does that hold the aclu accountable since they train these people?ey didn't train them to do violence. everything we heard was perfectly protected speech. loud, organized. >> does it help to have that kind of direction? >> yes. if you pressed him, he would say you must stop short of violence. he would say, you must stop short of silencing the speaker. >> also what you saw there was a great fundraising opportunity. the aclu is out there talking about we have right to be trampled up. you have to stand up. donate and support. we support you. when you see these videos and you see she's people and organizations, they see trump as a tremendous fundraising opportunity. >> they're touting big numbers and growth in membership. they say it tripled more than one million. more "outnumbered" in a moment. we'll be right back. brellas!! you need one of these. you wouldn't put up with an umbrella that covers you part way, so when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day? aleve, live whole not part. tell you what, i'll give it to you for half of

. >>> now the aclu shifts part of its focus from courtrooms to auditoriums. what the civil rights group is doing to help people protest. >> and we are 2 for 2 >>> abc 7 news was on valencia street in san francisco today. organizers closed off more than a mile and a half of roadway to vehicles. the only wheels allowed, bikes, blades and skateboards, today people saw murals being painted and received free health screenings. the next sunday streets will be april 9th on third street in the bay view. >>> and the aclu launched a nationwide campaign to teach the localized grass roots activism, also streamed on line, this movement was inspired by president trump's travel ban. the aclu is going from a shift to legal organization to one that focuses on active membership, seeing a surge since the election. >>> and if you held off filing your taxes you're not alone this year. the irs has received 5.7 fewer million returns down 8%, taxes are not due until april 18th, the deadline is later because the normal day follows on a saturday and the following monday is a washingto

not to just take the word of the aclu. organizations with established structure who are using that structure to promote propaganda. and someone needs to speak out against it. and that's up to us. we have the option to go cast a vote once every four years. and this time around reneed to remain active. steve: you listened to the propaganda, in your words, and then during the question and answer thing, you made your address like that, and how did they respond? >> the room lost their mind. they started circling me. recording me with their phones. demanding to know what organization i was with who i was. what my name was. they were looking up my social media accounts. it was interesting. steve: then they called the police. which is interesting because the aclu sue sod people could film the police. when you film the aclu, they call the cops on you. >> exactly. so we had a room full of people who don't understand what the aclu stands for. steve: okay. >> and they are believing whatever they are told. steve: when the cops came, is

we will speak to the aclu. and why border agents are increasingly searching the cell phones of visitors and even u.s. citizens. then we go to capitol hill to speak with democratic congressman luis gutierrez, who was arrested by ice after refusing to leave a meeting immigration and customs enforcement officials. plus, we look at a stunning new report from a u.n. agency calls israel an "apartheid regime." results arert's based on a scholarly inquiry and overwhelming evidence that israel is guilty of the crime of apartheid toward the palestinian people. amy: we will speak to the report's co-author, richard falk, the former u.n. special rapporteur on palestinian human rights. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. on wednesday, only hours before the trump administration's new travel ban was set to go into effect, a federal judge in hawaii issued a nationwide halt to the executive order, which would have temporarily suspended refugees and

what's the aclu's response to that?i think we're happy that syria is not singled out more than the other countries, but we're not happy obviously with a ban as well. so i think the first executive order put syria in a particularly tricky position. you know, now it's still bad because it's part of the six country ban, but it's not worse. >> is there any version that the aclu would accept? >> we'd like to see individualized particularized vetting. which is what all national security experts say. look at threats, not groups of people. so that's what we'd like to see. >> look at threats, not groups of people, what vetting would you need to see in place? if they're asking a series of questions at the airport, what will those series of questions need to be? >> i think you wouldn't to want necessarily get into first amendment protective activity, but i think national security experts know how to do that type of vetting. what we had in our case were affidavits from high level experts, both democratic and republicans saying, vet

asian-american vance justice the council on american islamic relations known and a as care the american aclu the air resources in organizing center. >> (clapping.) >> and many communities members that wrote e-mails and made phone calls and walked to organize the community because collectively we stand together this is a victory for all of us i also want to recognize the colleagues that came together to unit at the board of legislation that was passed unanimously and want to thank you to hevenlg in getting us over the hump. >> (clapping.) >> i want to give a be personal story on january 24th i introduced this legislation loaned with the mayor and it was really in our own protest and our own legislation way to reject any third degree thing in the freshen to force our home san francisco to force us to participate in the creation of a registry or some sort of database for people based on in their religion or ethnics you watched the news and became filled with anger after that subsided this is what precipitated and led us to where we are today it is a privilege to serve the city and county of san

closer to home, the aclu is arguing a case in greenbelt. it argues that it is illegal to reduce the number of breast fiji is in the middle of a fiscal year -- reduce the number of refugees in the middle of a fiscal year. we expect immigration lawyers to be on hand tomorrow morning. reporting at dulles, i am sam sweeney. back to you in the studio. jummy: coming up, a massive fire engulfs a building in new york. how the weather impacted the fight against the blaze. and applying pressure, the very latest in the back-and-forth new plans to replace obamacare. still clinging on, but will they survive? the damage being done to the cherry blossoms. now a check on traffic with angela foster. this afternoon, not too bad in terms of volume and delays, that we are getting reports of icy and wind warnings. on the area bridges, closer to , not due to any accident activity. had an earlier accident on d.c. 295 that finally cleared at ending road, but as we step outside to our traffic land cameras, giving you a live look at the traffic flow. to the eisenhow

>> to come under consistent attack for precisely the same reasons in the israeli context that the aclufference for those attacks so the reason your under sustained attack that it will not surprise you to learn to be in the power of civil society. soleil appreciate your comments. but the hope is it in the people of both of these countries who will not only have to hold the line but also put forward a vision. my favorite foods said martin luther king had a dream. not a strategy. said the dead is states needs to articulate that vision in beneath the awful headlines to break the silence again like the aclu to say is this to we want to be? and it was not that long ago when the sitting vice president of the united states said the aclu was helping the terrorist because of what was happening in iraq and get no. with the civil society organizations services looking to create a public space that achieved a monumental victory to be the main architect to provide equal funding in the budgetary process. seven government does not yet implemented this was the huge victory not because of the largess of

at i want to turn to part of a first, short video produced by the aclu.includes an interview with gavin and his mother as well as archival footage from a 2015 meeting of the gloucester county school board in virginia. it begins with gavin speaking out at the meeting. >> i prepared a speech today, but i think k in light o of the comments i i have heardrd, it is bebetter for me to spepeak witht th p paper. i cannotot usehe womanan's roomn a quite e friendly, becae e i am noa girlrl. >> two years ago w when i spokoo the school board, i rememberr being veryry aaid,d, but i alslo never having a p purpose. a goal, which wasas just to be myselflf. i did not even know what transgender wawas when this all started. one ofof the first things i read was that almost 50% of these gets try t to commit suicide. as a parent, t that is all y you realally need to k know to suppt your child. no child ever should be treatedd lilike my chilild has been. mymy son has boy pararts. he does not want to be in t the bathroom with peoeople with grow partrts. it matters what is on n t

these documents are likely to be part of the aclu's case. >> the aclu is still assessing how they're going to move forward. and as for all that money they raised, well they can comment on that but they did confirm they're hiring. >> kpix5 continues koár coverage -- >> it is our position that our muslim ban 2.0 is just that. >> the group who filed suit calls this a fear becaused policy. and plans to fight its constitutionality a second time. >> this executive order essentially attempts to reinstate the prohibitions of an earlier ban that was struck down by the courts. >> reporter: when news of the executive order broke, california democrats reacted in quick unanimous opposition. senator diane feinstein quote the president's executive order is yet another discriminatory misguided effort with no basis in fact. house minority leader nancy pelosi this is the same ban with the same purpose driven by the same dangerous discrimination that weakens our ability to fight terror. wants to avoid additional pain for traveling to the airport. it calls the removal from the ban a mayor de -- major de

at i want to turn to part of a first, short video produced by the aclu.includes an interview with gavin and his mother as well as archival footage from a 2015 meeting of the gloucester county school board in virginia. it begins with gavin speaking out at the meeting. >> i prepared a speech today, but i think in light of the comments i have heard, it is better for me to speak without this paper. i cannot use the woman's room in a quite friendly, because i am not a girl. >> two years ago when i spoke to the school board, i remember being very afraid, but i also never having a purpose. a goal, which was just to be myself. i did not even know what transgender was when this all started. one of the first things i read was that almost 50% of these gets try to commit suicide. as a parent, that is all you really need to know to support your child. no child ever should be treated like my child has been. my son has boy parts. he does not want to be in the bathroom with people with grow parts. it matters what is on the outside. >> a young man can come up and say, i'm

the aclu says, quote acting as a federal immigration agent will undermine law enforcement's ability to prioritize local needs like responding to emergency and preventing crimes. right now at 6:00 no charge for a business owner who chased an armed robber and shot him in the chest. you see this all go down in this video. that business owner acted in self-defense. deanna durante spoke with that man today. she's live in north philadelphia tonight. what is he saying this evening? >> reporter: well, he says he's concerned that somebody may come here and retaliate. it was yesterday afternoon that he chased the robber from the stores of his business here, down 5th street around the corner and that's where police say he fired several shots, two of them hitting the suspects in the chest. five or six shots, so loud workers take cover at a local pizza shop. the store's not far from where philadelphia police say a local business owner shot an armed robber. two bullets hitting him in the chest. in the hours after the shooting, early in the investigation police cuffed him and took him into custody an

>> the aclu has said this is the same. it's a ban on muslims. rooted in anti-islam. and targeting of faith. the administration and supporters on capitol hill said that's not true. it's a security measure. the it's a temporary halt and it's designed to make sure that the systems are in place to fully and properly vet. is it perhaps somewhere in the middle? the original plaintiffs signalled the government there will move forward, challenging of the aclu. i assume washington state will do the same thing. i know the attorney general of washington state was very active yesterday in talking about this, so, all indicator rs the fight is is not over. but where that fight leads of course is a new question. because r because remember, this is not like the old wup, the one on january 27th, as soon as his pen hit the paper, it was in effect. chaos at airport. dmesically and internationally. people en route were then sent home upon arrival after a being detain td after 24 hours. not positive on that. this goes into effect on the 16th at midnight. so, there's a yet another gap of

and the aclu sent a letter to all police agencies and officials advising them they have no obligationact as immigration enforce many. >> it's voluntary, it's the state or localities to enforce their own law. there is consequences and is expensive and has the potential for lawsuits and bad for the community. >> the aclu believes that the administration's threat to take away funding is unconstitutional. >> two people were arrested following a drug bust in wilmington delaware. police say that at 3:00 in the afternoon members of the drug and organized crime division executed a search warrant on the unity block of town drive. there police found and seized a loaded handgun, more than 1500 bags of heroin and seven bags of crack cocaine and $1500. two men, brandon harris and 22-year-old miles harris were taken into custody and now face multiple charges of possession. >>> jury selection is complete for the trial of erick frein, the man accused of shooting two pennsylvania state troopers, killing one. the jury will consider murder charges for the deadly 2014 ambush. frein is charged with killin

stephen: a deported us army veteran himself, hector barajas helped the aclu prepare that report. he says the number of deported veterans keeps growing. hector: we've come into contact with veterans either being in the process of being deported, or already deported, at least 301, we're up to 301. stephen: barajas served two years in prison after pleading guilty to illegal discharge of a firearm in compton in southern california. deported in 2004, he now runs a shelter here in tijuana nicknamed the bunker, where deported veterans can get help with job prospects, immigration advice, and legal services. hector: my allegiance is to the united states, it's not to mexico. i was born in mexico, but my allegiance, and who i choose to die and fight for, is the united states of america. stephen: our investigation found 70,000 non-citizens enlisted in the us military between 2009 and 2016. at least half of them never applied for citizenship according to the center for naval analyses, leaving them vulnerable to deportation. richard: i'm willing to put my life on the line for the country that

the aclu says that's not an honest interpretation. and pointed to the president's twitter account to support their argument. >> the president has made very clear what he's been trying to do here. and he's one of the ways that he's been doing it is by speaking on twitter. >> reporter: just as in other cases filed against the ban, tweets trump made as a candidate are, once again, in the forefront. >> that's part of the record of, you know, what explains where this ban came from and what the government was trying to achieve by it. >> now, the judge said that he is going to put his decision in writing. that may happen today or it may not. reporting live in green belt, i'm tracee wilkins. wendy, back to you in the studio. >> thank you, tracee. >>> he is accused of opening fire in a popular peats reea. a move that sparked headlines nationwide. today he struck a plea deal with prosecutors. the terms not released. edgar welsh drove from north carolina last december. he was investigating phony stories that said high-profile democrats were runn

the aclu says that's not an honest interpretation. >> it doesn't change the fact that this was a desire to ban muslims. >> reporter: trump is also proposing to reduce the number of refugees allowed into the u.s. and the suit, plaintiffs say, is illegal to cut that number by more than half. >> without an injunction, certainly, there will be 60,000 refugees, the most vulnerable people in theorld who will never be allowed to resettle either in the united states or else where. >> at this point, there is no decision yet. the judge said that he would put his decision in writing and it could come by the end of the but possibly not. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, the important part that the president's twitter account is playing in all of this. reporting live in green belt, i'm tracee wilkins. back to you all in the studio. >> thank you. >>> the man prosecutors say fired an assault rifle into that d.c. pizzeria reached a plea deal today. authorities tell us edgar welsh drove from north carolina to investigate phony stories of child sex trafficking back in december. a conspiracy theory on the inte

the aclu said this is the same. it's a ban on muslim. it's rooted in antiislam and you're targeting a faith. capitol hill has said that's just not true. this is a security measure. it's a temporary halt as the secretaries have said yesterday and it's designed to make sure that the systems are in place to fully and properly vet. is it perhaps some where in the middle? certainly and a judge will ultimately decide or several judges. i anticipate a number of the original plaintiffs going back to court, massachusetts has signalled that they -- the government there will move forward, again challenging the aclu has said the same thing. i assume washington state will do the same. i know the attorney general in washington state was very active yesterday in talking about this so all indicators the fight is not over but where that fight leads say new question. remember, this is not like the old one. the old one on january 27th, as soon as the president's pen hit the paper, it was in effect. caused chaos at airports. people were not allowed to board

suspended and he said he was still looking at it and considering possible avenues to take, but the acluanother organisation which challenged the law, said this was a muslim ban in other words, just another version of the previous quarter and they will challenge the same way. the ball is rolling. we haven't heard concrete proposals for a lawsuit, but it is only a matter of time. the question of be whether individual states are involved in the lawsuits or if it comes from civil liberty organisations like the aclu. i'm sure we will talk again through the week. time for sport. we will begin by talking about bt sport. it has retained the right to show the champions league and europa league here in the uk between 2018 and 2021. the reason i want to talk about this is how much bt paid, £1.2 billion. that is almost one and a half billion dollars. a spring in the bbc sports centre. how does this compare with how much broadcasters paid for the premier league?m compare with how much broadcasters paid for the premier league? it is 35% increase on the past the bt paid only three orfour 35% increase

and then we'll report-back to the aclu. so we're hoping to make a real difference on the ground and help the aclu find ways to legally have you been in non-compliance with i.c.e. -- i just wanted to make you aware that is probably coming, and we'll probably be calling about that. thank you. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] >> good evening, ms. brown. >> hello. excuse me. i wanted to comment on the earlier comment about the murders being up here in san francisco. and and them being up, i wanted to bring up -- they said that most of them were the suspects were arrested. i say, yes they were arrested, but were they convicted of the crimes or were they let go? of course they were arrested and i'm saying even when my son was murdered the perpetrators were arrested, but let go. so even though you are catching the perpetrators were they let go? the other thing i hear and it's mostly on people of color, that they are either drug-dealers or gangs. not all of our children are drug-dealers and not all of our children are in gangs.

let me share with you chuck schumer's statement, you mentioned the aclu sending out an e-mail. he says this is, quote, a watered-down ban is still a ban. this makes us less safe, not more. it is mean-spirited and un-american. i fully expect this executive order to have the same uphill climb in the court that is the previous version had. that's what i take issue with, mean-spirited and un-american. you're talking about six countries that have been known to be hotbeds for terrorist activity. shouldn't our goal be to keep americans safe? wouldn't it be mean-spirited to invite people to this country, that would infrequent harm? >> this is not a muslim ban. second, we're already seen how the first executive order may not have survived in court, and it was ultimately rescinded here, but it encouraged iraq to work closer with us. the government of iraq said we don't want to be on this list, how can we -- trish: but what i'm getting at here, jordan, is he's talking about being mean-sirteed and un-american and i don't think there's anything mean-spirited or un-american in this in that w

whens not that long ago dick cheney said that the aclu was helping the terrorists with what they wereking about in guantÁnamo. beneath the headlines, there are civil society organizations who are working to create truly space.and open public they achieved a monumental victory when they were the main architect of the government's plan to provide equal funding in process.israeli this was a huge victory and it was brought about not because of the largess of the israeli government. outside ofnizations that who did this. was the lgbtq movement that far for that. this, i think, is the great hope in israel. , they haveide increasingly controlled every lever of power, yet civil society has held the line and that is what my hope is here. is theve that hope beginning of what american civil society is capable of doing here. >> thank you. i want to pick up on what you said about our national gathering and that we will have amazing women coming to speak. elected toomen get communityin the arab and the entire spectrum of israel. we will be reporting on that. aboutan, i want to talk these amazing pe

and andre segouris, staff attorney for aclu. he opposes the ban.oppose this one just as much? >> we do. >> because? >> first we need to stop and think what this means. the trump administration basically admitted that the first order was indefensible. they scrapped that and moved on to the new one. just because the first order was banned because it did a, b and c, he can't issue a new order that doesn't do a but does b and c and think everything will be fine. it goes back to the establishment clause. >> why? because they took out that a minority religion might be given preference. that's out. it's temporary. and shouldn't that relieve some of the feelings about it? or do you believe at the end of the day it's still muslim even though that word is nowhere in the ban? >> it's nowhere in the ban. that wasn't there before. it still suffers from the same problems. the district court judge in virginia looked at the trump administration's campaign statements and that's been very clear from the beginning. he called for a muslim ban. the trump administration

. >>> the aclu has filed a lawsuit in fresno on behalf of two youths who said they were sexual assaulted when they were picked up by border control agents. they're asking for millions of dollars in compensation now. >> reporter: the teenaged sisters were trying to join their mother in fresno when they left guatemala, traveling 1,500 miles through mexico to the u.s. border. they were taken into custody, brought to a station in presidio, texas and then told by their attorney? >> they were told to remove all their clothes and the officers inappropriately touched each sister, the oldest at the time was 19, the youngest 17. >> reporter: the women say they complained to other officers and their claims appear to have been taken seriously. >> an investigator went to that office where they were being held and they were put on a bus from texas to fresno. >> reporter: the aclu has filed a claim to find out the results of the investigation and to seek $750,000 in damages to each woman. the department of homeland security which overseas immigration and customs enforcement have no authority. the u.s.

. >>> the aclu has filed a lawsuit in fresno on behalf of two youths who said they were sexual assaulted when they were picked up by border control agents. they're asking for millions of dollars in compensation now. >> reporter: the teenaged sisters were trying to join their mother in fresno when they left guatemala, traveling 1,500 miles through mexico to the u.s. border. they were taken into custody, brought to a station in presidio, texas and then told by their attorney? >> they were told to remove all their clothes and the officers inappropriately touched each sister, the oldest at the time was 19, the youngest 17. >> reporter: the women say they complained to other officers and their claims appear to have been taken seriously. >> an investigator went to that office where they were being held and they were put on a bus from texas to fresno. >> reporter: the aclu has filed a claim to find out the results of the investigation and to seek $750,000 in damages to each woman. the department of homeland security which overseas immigration and customs enforcement have no authority. the u.s.

precisely the same reasons, in the israeli context as that plan he parenthood and aclu are under attackference, right? between the reasons for those attacks. that's what nif is. the reason we have been under sustained attack, in my opinion, and the it won't surprise you to learn that i'm a great believe in the power of civil society. i appreciate your comments, nancy, right? to be what the gos are going to be, but the hope for me is in the people of both of these two countries, right, and for that matter the palestinian people who will hold the line between civil society and democratic roads and will have to put forward a vision. my favorite quote was from yesterday. it was said martin luther king had a dream, not a strategy. civil society in israel like civil society in the united states is articulating a vision of what israel as a shared society can be. beneath the awful headlines and the attacks on the israeli funds, organizations that are guilty like the aclu of holding a mirror up to israeli society and saying this is who we want to be. that is their crime. again, it wasn't that lo

today she'll participate in a resistance training event in miami sponsored by the aclu.iami. thank you so much for being here, great to talk to you. so tell -- >> nice to be here. >> tell me a little bit about this resistance training today in miami. >> i think, you know, for many of us, we marched and we've tweeted or we've facebooked or talked to her friends. and we want to do something, but we really don't know how. you mentioned the march, that was the very first time i personally have protested about anything publicly. i'm not really a political person. i guess i am now. but historically i really haven't been. and so i think this is a great thing. what the aclu is doing is actually doing a live stream, you can go on the website today at 4:30 p.m. and they're having training so they can teach all of us how to protest what our rights are, how to organize. they're launching this grass roots program called people power. because i think a lot of us feel powerless or feel what can we do? and i think the aclu is going to help us figure that out. >> do you think that that p

the aclu and other plaintiffs lawyers i'm sure will challenge that. want to keep the lawsuit alive for the same reason they set in a statement earlier they still think it's an unconstitutional ban and there will continue to be the taint of religious discrimination that will be alleged in these cases still. mark: what is the significance that president trump decided not to front today's news conference? he left it to three members of his cabinet. erik: they are looking to project that they are going to be able to have a smoother that first round of executive order that was shut down by the ninth district court . we heard from department of homeland security secretary john kelly who said that "there should be no surprises. all? of the cabinet secretaries noting that they spent an hour of outrage earlier today talking with congressional leaders. they began their outreach efforts last week, meeting and speaking with the leadership in congress. over the weekend at mar-a-lago, asked chiefump strategist steve bannon holding a rollout meeting with top officia

organizations like the aclu say they are not i am breasted. in a statement, the director of the aclu ales immigrant rights process says that the trump administration conceded that original muslim ban was indefensible. unfortunately, it's replaced it with a scaled down same version. the only way to do that is not have a muslim ban. instead, president trump has continued to do so. other civil rights groups and democratic lawmakers are also vowing to challenge this revised travel ban. we can expect the controversy over this topic, gasia and alex, to continue. >> allie, thank you. >> california senator camera harris reacted saying this order is dangerous and will harm our economy and national securityism she says to those impacted by the muslim ban, i've been on the front line of this fight and will continue to do so in the future. you are not alone. >> the transportation safety administration is warning local police that some airline passenger cost complain about new search procedures called more comprehensive. the new pat down will replace the f

the aclu has said that prejudice rewritten is still prejudice so i imagine they will get involved.ory which we chose from arab news was also on the front page of the gulf news and across much of the world. much more in the minds of the readers, it talks about the world health organization report looking at pollution and the impact and they highlight the issue of children under five. highlight the issue of children underfive. 1.7 highlight the issue of children under five. 1.7 million deaths every year. a shocking number. i have to say, my youngest child, who was six, suffers with asthma and i cannot imagine being in a city like shanghai or another city where pollution is a problem. it were debilitating completely. new delhi now was the most polluted city in the world. and beijing. they vie for that title but, yeah. you can breathe. to be honest, just as winter in the uk, london got quite bad. when i go into work, i could feel it and i could imagine what this is talking about, especially childrenjust pre— birth this is talking about, especially children just pre— birth you this is t

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the aclu is suing four d.c. police officers over the arrest of a transgender woman. >> no, you're not going to arrest me. >> this video from november 16th shows police officers at the apartment of the transgender woman. the responding officers said they were investigating a possible assault. the aclu filed hunter was illegally subjected to a warrantless arrest. >> as a black transformant i'm dragged out of my home and thrown in a jail cell. i'm still in shock that this happened to me. >> a spokesman for the police department released a statement that says quote, we cannot comment on pending litigation, but as most are aware. mpd remains committed to assisting and building relationships with the underserved groups including the lbgt community. >>> metro workers will have new rules to follow. to cut down on absenteeism metro is putting the following changes in place. supervisors can't approve more than two days of absences. supervisors and managers can also now be fired immediately for not following policy. metro

the aclu is suing four d.c. police officers over the arrest of a transgender woman. >> no, you're not going to arrest me. >> this video from november 16th shows d.c. police at the northwest apartment of ashley hunter. tenants called the police complaining about noise. the responding officers said they were investigating a possible assault. the aclu filed a lawsuit saying hunter was illegally subjected to a warrantless arrest. >>> as a black transformant i'm dragged out of my home and thrown in a jail cell. i'm still in shock that this happened to me. >> a spokesman for the d.c. police department released a statement saying we cannot comment o assisting and building relationships with historically underserved groups including the lbgt community. >>> metro workers have new rules to follow. the general manager is in the middle of a labor and contract dispute with union members. metro is putting the following changes in place. supervisors can't approve more than two days of unpaid unexcused absences. employees can n

the ride share company recently committed to donate $1 million to the aclu over the next four years in response to president donald trump's initial ban on travelers coming from six ly mu >>> what do we do? >> fight back. >> abc 7 news was in palo alto when the feminist majority led today's march and rally. the last push for the equal rights movement ended in 1982 when not enough states ratified it before a deadline imposed by congress. >> and with the simple majority vote and the signature of the president, we can lose rights. but if we had a constitutional amendment the equal rights amendment, we would never have to fear a roll back of our rights. >> org niezers tell us that jackie speer is leading a charge on capitol hill to revive the era. >>> coming up, more on the deadly shooting that shut down part of the las vegas strips for hours. >>> a fresno dad's dying wish comes true all because of his daughter and a scholarly surprise from her school. >>> one person is dead and 15 others hurt after shots were fired inside this cincinnati nightclub around 1:30 in the morning. plice say seve

roosevelt was a friend of roger baldwin, the head of the aclu and baldwin -- not represent any, many of those young attorneys quit. it is heroic work in saving japanese-american lives. as newton said for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. >> host: was a popular with the american public? >> totally popular. they wouldn't give them mortar, they wouldn't give them food. on occasion they marched on the camps. yes. it was popular. the japanese were treated as an enemy. >> kennedy, nixon and reagan, john in new jersey please go ahead. and espionage before december, spoke to the popular thing, the right thing. they were not put in concentration camps, they were put in attornment camps, there was no forced labor. lincoln suspended habeas corpus, wilson implemented german-americans during world war i. >> caller: something that had to be done. for people to rewrite history and people to talk about this being a dark part of america is a stupid thing. >> host: let's hear from richard reeves. >> guest: of course it is a dark chapter in our history and many of the people living

joining me now is the director of the aclu immigrants' rights.ve filed a complaint about this ban, why? >> the revised travel ban has the same problems the original one had. it's religious discrimination. you can't single out muslims. he can't follow through on his threat without running straight into the constitution. and so that's, you know, what we're trying to present to the court. >> you have a handful of state attorneys general that also working along your side, either specifically or -- either directly or indirectly. which do you think might give the revised travel ban trouble and halt it as the original was? >> any and all of these suits have a good chance resulting in a block. exactly how it plays out, which one goes first, will depend a little bit on the luck of the draw. we have a hearing scheduled for wednesday, the day before the new ban is supposed to take effect in maryland. >> washington state is saying this is a effectively the same as the first. and therefore, they're moving forward without argument. >> right. i think they're ri

. >>> the aclu is hosting a star-studded fund-raiser that will be streamed on facebook live.anks, alec baldwin, tina fey are among the stars scheduled to appear in the stand for rights, a benefit for the aclu will stream on march 31st. the organization has been active in the legal fight against the recent immigration travel ban measures. >>> to a video of an after-school fight you may have seen happened in atlantic city. now it's gone viral. >> it starts with two teenagers throwing fists but then a good samaritan jumps in to teach a lesson. he quickly stepped in and broke up that fight. he scolded the kids for recording it and refused to leave until the two involved in the fight took hands. a friend of ali's tell us he's proud of the positive light the incident is shining on atlantic city. >> teenagers, we don't understand, and how fast life can just hit us right in the face. so i'm glad that he's able to quell the situation. >> the video has gotten so much attention even nba superstar lebron james tweeted his support for what happened. nbc 10's cydney long just talked to one

there are areas where the aclu, the american civil liberties union, will focus. can be discriminated on grounds of race, sex, nationality, place of birth or place of residence. the supreme court has argued that protects —— some protections don't apply to some people. it doesn't include dual citizens. we will see there is a challenge whether the courts go with it. there is one interesting line from jeff sessions, who said that 300 refugees that had come into the country are now under investigation by the fbi. there will be plenty people in europe will look at that, who felt that refugees coming to europe weren't properly screened and vetted who will say, yes, we have sympathy with where the americans are coming from on this. and that is why so many people in america support this ban, and supported the initial one. there are people who think this is an american, that it violates that welcoming tradition —— that that is not american. against that that is not american. against that are these people who think, no, we have to protect their homeland and do what it takes

. >> the aclu says it's the same. it's a ban on muslim. it's rooted in anti-muslim and you're targeting a faith. they said it's not true. it's a temporary measure, a temperature halt and designed to make sure that the systems are in place to fully and properly vet. is it perhaps inspect middle? certain certainly and a judge will decide, several judges. i open a number of the original pla pl plaintiffs going back to court. i assume washington state will do the same. the attorney general of washington state was active yesterday in talking about this. all indicators, the fight is not over of the where it leads is a new question. this is not like the old one, on january 27, it was in effect. it caused chaos. this goes into effect on 16th at midnight. there's a gap of time. and as secretary kelly said yesterday there should be no surprises. he was on the phone yesterday with many members of congress. the press were briefed. and it was rolled out in a soft way than the original, no public signing from the president, the three cabinet secretaries