a kind the aclu had not seen before.ne group of complainers for public school teachers -- one group of complainers were public school teachers who had been put when theiry leave pregnancy began to show because the school district worried they cannot wondered their little children to think their teacher had swallowed a watermelon. were on leave unpaid and there was no guaranteed right to return. they began to complain. it was the two things coming together. -- students wanting to learn [indiscernible] and these new complainers coming to the aclu. for me, it was a strip -- a tremendous stroke of good fortune because up until the start of the 1970's, it simply was not possible to move courts in the direction of recognizing women as people of equal citizenship stature. david: when president clinton became president, you were obviously somebody being considered. president clinton said, women do not want her. had writtenburg: i a comment on a roe v. wade and it was not 100% applauding that decision. number of cases for the acl

of the kind the aclu had not seen before. group of complainers were of public school teachers who were put on so-called maternity their pregnancy began to show, because the school district worried, "we don't want the little children to think their teacher swallowed a watermelon." [laughter] these women were -- the leave was unpaid, and there was no guaranteed right to return. they began to complain. so it was the two things coming together, the students wanting to learn about women's status under the law and these new complainants coming into the aclu. and for me, it was such a tremendous stroke of good fortune. because up until the start of the 1970's, it simply wasn't possible to move courts in the direction of recognizing women as people of equal citizenship stature. ♪ david: when president clinton became president, you were obviously somebody being considered, and president clinton said, "well, women don't want her." justice ginsburg: i had written a comment on roe v. wade, and it was not 100% applauding that decision. ♪

joining me to discuss is alana, executive director of the aclu of louisiana.ou for being here. this plan is alarming. because of the places that they are trying to send people. angola is know tore yugs. the idea of sending people there, it feels like the idea of creating a helper colony. can you explain what they're doing and what it will mean? >> thanks for having me on. this is a speculative plan, a dangerous plan that the deputy of corrections is avenue to come up with. and frankly, it puts the lives of thousands, tens of thousands of very vulnerable people at resk, and we've heard that the department of corrections is putting this in place as a way to stem the spread of potential pandemic within the correctional facilities around the state. but this is the worst possible plan that they could come up with. we already know that louisiana state penitentiary also known as angola has been one of the deadliest prisons in the country. thousands of people languish there in incredibly squalor conditions. there will be cases the aclu has brought for the way the depa

the aclu is suing ice to release immigrants at risk for covid-19, demanding immigrants be released froma detention center in tacoma, washington. the aclu says the detainees are susceptible to the virus because of their underlying medical conditions, age, and proximity to seattle, one of the epicenters for the virus. senator mitt romney wants every american adult to get $1,000 amid the coronavirus outbreak. >> that would allow them to help with short-term needs but also encourage the economy is what a lot of folks are hurting right now and will be hurting as a result of the slowdown in the economy and this is a way to help those families. >> the utah senator also wants grants for small businesses and loan deferments for recent graduates. take a look at this. thousands of spring breakers flooding the florida beach despite repeated warnings to avoid crowds, these pictures were taken in clearwater beach which is not restricted beach access yet. the city council reportedly plans to decide this week with the to close the beaches following other cities. this fox news alert, americans from smal

. >> a statement from the aclu, challenging the policy and the court of appeals unequivocally declares policy to be illegal, the supreme court should as well. asylum-seekers face great danger and irreversible harm every day this depraved policy remains in effect. what do you say to that? >> very disappointing to see this. this is pure rhetoric and politics. whenever the state department issues a travel morning on mexico everybody is up and i'm saying mexico is a safe country but now that we are sending asylum-seekers back to mexico to await their hearings in the united states now they are saying mexico is dangerous, you can't have it both ways. it is one or the other. mexico has certified themselves as a safe third country which allows us to send people back there to await their asylum proceedings, the aclu is flat out wrong. >> let's talk about the border. foreign nationals from 122 separate country 7 apprehended or denied entry this fiscal year, 70 those countries currently report confirmed covid-19 cases and as we talk about here chinese national, 333 obtained at the us border. this

there have been conditions the aclu has gotten for the way they treat people, the squalid conditions. and this is something that is unacceptable. and the outcry has to start now, if they were thinking of putting this plan in place, this needs to be completely averted. >> the incarceration in louisiana is quite large. there were 15,000 people incarcerated in state facilities. louisiana has a very large incarcerated population. who -- the challenge is, for the average members of the public to understand what this -- why this matters to them. why they should care about people who are in prison, potentially being exposed to this virus. can you lay that out for people, why this should matter, other than just being a human being that cares about other human beings. >> absolutely. i think folks know by now that louisiana has the highest encarceration rate in the world that's per capita, that's our prison population, we also have the highest pretrial incarceration rate in the world, and i want the public to understand, those people who are languishing behind bars in local jail facilities, the

>> as you stated yerlier, the aclu along with others, we are calling upon i.c.e.just a public health crisis waiting to happen. housing these individuals, keeping them there, waiting for the covid-19 to spread at these facilities is a huge threat that the public safety cannot -- should not have to undertake. >> at the same time, despite this pandemic you still have many migrants being forced to show up to court hearings. how does that complicate this equation? >> that's exactly right. one thing we need to be asking ourselves and this administration is, what is more important in this time? is it the sanctity of our public health? or is it immigration enforcement? the fact that imgraegs court proceedings are continuing, the removal of individuals is continuing, that they are not suspending these hearings, tells thaw clearly for this administration, they still don't think that this is a crisis that deserves us responding and protecting the public's health. >> we've talked about those in detention facilities, we've talked about those at our border. let's talk about und

the aclu and other rights groups are calling on prisons around the united states to release high-risk and elderly prisons. meanwhile, in new york, an investigator with the department of correction died after cocontracting covid-19. the e investigator has limiteded contact with prisoners according to officials, but his death further fueled concerns over how to protect prisons during the outbreak. the new york city department of correction said monday i it was suspending in-person visits starting this s week. in new york city and other locations around the country, st. patrick's day celebrations have been canceled or postponed. it's the first time the event has been called off in new york city in over 250 years. other major annual events, including the kentucky derby, have also been called off. major league baseball became the latest sporting orgaganization o suspend its season after recent . amazon said monday it would hire an additional 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers to handle a surge in online shopping. a government official said monday the first clinical trial of a coronavir

that's a problem but it's a compromise he had to make with the free speech organizations like the aclu so oftentimes, i have to macon sessions to legislation. so that definitely is a weakness in the bill. >> experts like fareed believe that while a commendable effort, the new law won't be effective. >> the bill doesn't deal with the broader misinformation. it deals with the targeted thing. while it's a threat, it's a relatively small sliver of the overall threat that we're dealing with. >> whether in our elections or our everyday lives, addressing deep fakes can't all be done through technology he says. he thinks social media companies should also take more responsibility for the content they host. the rest is on us to become better, smarter digital citiz s citizens. >>> social media companies are implementing policies to restrict and ban deep fakes. but experts say we haven't seen the full impact of the technology yet. all of the stories here tonight have extra content online which you can view at nbcbayarea.com/we investigate. that's it for tonight. thanks for joining us. we hope you

they had -- joining me is bill freeman at the aclu. thank you for being here. how worried are you about the fate of the tetanies. detainees. >> even the government's health care supports tell us it's not if, it's when the covid-19 rampages through these facilities. when it does our clients will be seriously ill and to possibly die. >> the lawsuit argues the detension centers are a hotbed for the expansion of the virus. >> if you wanted to create a perfect environment for the spread of a deadly virus, you have a place where 100 sleep in rooms in bunk beth. five people share a barf soap -- barf soap. all of to protect i've measures we're trying to take in our daily life. social distancing, hand washing are impossible in a are unsan tarry and dangerous, during the outbreak they are deadly. >> what's the likelihood of these detainees being released? >> we think they should be released. it's a matter of the government's constitutional obligation to protect the health and safety of these folks, they are not in criminal detention, they are there as a civil matter awai

according to an aclu report using education department data student to counselor ratios were 251 to 1. and student to nurse ratios were 751 to 1 in 2016. those shortages come at a time when students are reporting just as much stress as adults with 1 in 3 saying they're depressed. >> business students in south carolina trying to raise $75,000 for a wendy's employee who lost his home in a fire. malcolm coleman works across the street from the school and has served the students with a smile for 15 years. he lost the home he shared with his mother last year, and according to his facebook page he lost his father shortly after that. a gofundme page mission malcolm has already raised more than $15,000. a nice story. >>> general motors is making a historic shift to electric and going head to head with tesla. cnn business has the details next. let's get down to business. the business of road trips... ...adventure... ...and reconnecting. modernized comfort inn's and suites have been refreshed because our business is you. get the lowest price guaranteed on all choice hotels when you book direct

i feel bad th new yo is gettingsuch a bad rap sheet when it's really all over the place the aclu of rhodeand called thorder by unconstitutional claims she disputed friday saying it wh needs be done with new york city just 180 miles away it's consistent with all the guidance we're getting. >>for the fedealgovernment and from experts and it's what know to be necessary in order to keep rhode island are safe. some new yorkerslike michael shove own travel to rhde island from new york city before the vernor's announcement it makes sen to get out of there >>he still plans on self arantining for 14 days whil staying at his parents house in providence and derstands why others from new york city would be traveng north to quarantine in new york there are already problems getting basic supplies at the grocery store a few weeks ago. first saw that getting much more difficult. that's not all ste police and the national guard are targeting cars that have a new york license plates. >>they're using that rest op that you just saw as a staging ground to question motoris says national guardsmen will start go

and the aclu also implored the president to commute sentences that would have ended in two years or lessng in settings and towns. one county in colorado announced inmates who meet early release requirements and served more than 50% of their sentence will be released. >> bill: we mention this a moment ago, the new york city state department with a new travel warning to americans amid the pandemic. level 4 growth advisory has been issued. which basically says don't travel. avoid all international travel at all costs. that from the state department a moment ago. sports teams getting hit on us. the nba facing backlash after numbers of teams allowed players to take a test of whether or not they had the symptoms. that spike comes after the utah jazz center routing au pair tested positive. the commissioner saying that the leak was finding -- sacramento kings golden state warriors say that they only test players who show symptoms. we will watch that for you and keep everybody safe along the way. we are here monday through friday 3:00 east coast time. set your dvr and never miss a report. there h

i can't wait to see the aclu on that one. give me a break. despite all this, the public in some ways it seems a lot more levelheaded than all of the experts. >> 68% of very or somewhat prepared if someone gets coronavirus. >> laura: they are getting ready. the facts are actually pretty reassuring. while the number of infected persons is more than 650 now, the death toll has increased to 26, the risk to the average person does remain quite low. we need to take care of our seniors, if you are an elderly person or have a serious underlying condition, avoid tight closed places, a lot of people, don't take a cruise may be. everyone else, wash your hands, use good judgment about your daily activities. pragmatic thinking, especially if you have been overseas recently in one of the hardest hit areas. the president coronavirus team is literally working around the clock to fight the epidemic spread. and to give the public the most up-to-date information and guidance. they should continue to have this no-nonsense briefing to the press, preferably i thin

the aclu i is suing ice.ick and elderly immigrants be released from detention center in tacoma, washington. the aclu says the detainees are susceptible to the virus because of their underlying medical conditions. age and proximity to seattle one of the epicenters of the outbreak. inmates are released early as los angeles tries to curb the spread of coronavirus in jail. more than 600 people walking free in l.a. as police departments cut down on arrests. right now no confirmed cases at the county jails. which house more than 16,000 inmates. in new york city the legal society demanding immediate freeze on arrests claiming inmates don't have access to basic sanitation needs. a look at your headlines. send it back to you. adam in the weather center. hi, adam. >> hey there, jillian. good morning everyone. tracking a couple of winter systems moving across the country. one of which happening along a frontal boundary. cooler temperatures to the north. this is the line where you see the temperatures get warmer to the s

. >>> facing a new lawsuit this morning, the aclu argues that the losses to the effects of the law, three billion use >>> $252 million to be exact from an anonymous donor to build the new facility. the data hub will be built at the intersection of hearst avenue, archery and mcfarlane lane pick the data hub is expected to be at i recorded some work and have two spaces plus adversary return say that the data science is its fastest- growing major was 6000 is all stressing supporting michelle. it is anybody's guess how they will go. they help soften the losses on friday pick the dow dropped 357.7 being more than 1000. the s&p lost 24. financial markets are still rattled by the outbreak, central banks around the world are starting to signal they are ready to step in as interest rate cuts to help support the economy. shopping malls is another sector that could take a hit from the further rise according to course teachers research -- about six and 10 will avoid public areas like malls as the virus continues to spread. within 27% say they are already doing and changing travel arrangements because

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according to an aclu report using education department data student to counsel ratios were 250 to 1.ages come at a time when students are reporting just as much stress as adults with 1 in 3 saying they're depressed. >> all right, let's get a check on cnn business this morning. taking looic a at markets around the world you can see gains in asean markets. chinese stocks boosted after the international monetary fund announced a $50 billion aid package to combat coronavirus. on wall street looking for a lower open following european shares down. it was another one for the record books yesterday as stocks rallied back to life. the dow closed up 1,173 points after joe biden's strong showing on super tuesday. and because of some more optimism about the coordinated efforts to contain the virus the nasdaq also up big. stocks are on pace for their first positive week since valentine's day but are still well-off record highs and have not undone the damage from last week. >>> wells fargo is giving employees a boost. 20,000 of its retail bank employees are going to get a raise. the new min pm wa

but listen come across the state of new jersey, we received a letter from the aclu on the 20th, in orderse immediately in the courts, fast tracked over the weekend. by the 23rd, we had to have a list of offenders "low impact, nonviolent offenders" come to be released out of the committee. if you're in monmouth county, 6400 in a state of new jersey, and you look at the list that has some of those offenses on it. i thought it was absurd to release inmates still fulfilling a sentence of where law enforcement, injured in particular cases, one assault, throwing fluids and a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest. failure to register sex offenders, and i'm showing you release them come in a sarcastic way, they went out and registered, martha. this is an exploitation of a policy that certainly, you know, was pushed with an agenda, and rapidly through the supreme court in new jersey. >> martha: all right, so right now, do these facilities have covid-19 outbreaks problems? >> here's the thing. our facility does not. we have no positive test cases, we have two in quarantine and isolation in a d

say, i'm o just uoting from a letter from the aclu. i ask unanimous consent that the entire letter from the aclu be in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: i want to easily point out, i agree here, there long history in the united states of inaccurate connections etween health risks and immigrants, which has resulted in irrational immigration policies and discrimination. we are not interested in repeating the mistakes of our past. to restrictions related coronavirus, such as those regarding china and iran, must public in science and health, not politics or xenophobia. idea to actually base some of these decisions on science. know, we know that this administration doesn't have any regard for science. i would also, madam speaker, unanimous consent to insert in the record a "washington post" article hates d "i think islam us: a timeline of trump's omments about islam and muslims." the speaker pro tempore: without objection." mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, he president's comments and tweets about muslims are

the aclu is now asking a bay area judge to stop mr.predirecting milt funds to the wall at the u.s./mexico border. the trump administration could take $2.5 billion from the military budget to build 100 miles of border wall in arizona, california and new mexico. >>> the head of immigration can't be head of immigration. >> scott mcgrew continues our coverage on this one with. this is a new twist. >> it is an interesting twist but i'm not happy to know this is the coronavirus center. and the department of homeland security did shuffling around how to make it possible for ken cuccinelli to become the head of citizenship and immigration. as well as the deputy director of homeland security. here is cuccinelli. a court said he did not take the immigration job legally. there were laws that prevent anyone from moving up the organization, just anyone. and his appointment from the white house violated something called the federal vacancies reform act. now there are two big takeaways on all of this. number one, because cuccinelli was not legally in

there's a woman i've spoken to for a few stories come her name is lauren johnson, now with the aclu ofas. before she became an advocate, she did time. while she was doing time in texas, at one point she gone to an annual gynecological checkup and came out and understandably wanted to wash her hands. there was a thing of hand sanitizer on the wall. she used it and the guard started screaming at her and gave her a ticket. she ended up losing phone rec privileges because it is an alcohol-based product. you cannot possess them or use them in prison. the idea is prisoners were potentially drink it or put salt in it and separate out the alcohol. as result of that, these products are typically banned. amy: can you respond to what is happening in new york state, to governor cuomo announcing that it is prisoners who are going to make what he called new york clean? people know around the country the shortage of purell right now. explain what that is and if the prisoners themselves would get to use it, and what it means for prisoners to be making an essential product like that and what they are b

registration, i know the league of women voters, aclu, sent you and the secretary of state or, elections offices are closed, a lot of ways people normally register are not available to them. speaking of innovation, we've got online voter registration early and would you consider waiving the 21-days to register for an election? governor murphy: we would need a lock to go to online voter registration, which is -- need a law to go to online voter registration, which is something i would welcome and what we are considering. hasre balancing that life the go on, particularly democracy in the exercise of our sacred right to vote, with an acknowledgment we are in a crisis unlike we have ever dealt has beenre, so that guiding our decisions, to strike that balance. and we will continue to strike it. thank you. will they be doing one lump sum after the 90 days? and it is only for people affected by this, and what is the qualification? qualified update on -- on hospitalized patients, and can i get a rundown on ppe from the federal government? governor murphy: on mortgages, this depends on your relat

the aclu is complaining you can't pull people over because they have new york license plates. >> the that people from new york quarantine at home for 14 days is that we know that many people who are infected are asymptomatic. so they don't have symptoms, but they can still spread the virus. even those people who go onto actually get sick or even need to be hospitalized can spread the virus before they know that they're getting sick. so folks that are coming out of new york, where we have tremendous community spread of the virus, if they're going and interacting with shopkeepers and neighbors when they come up to their beach houses or summer houses here in rhode island or pennsylvania, they could spread that virus, you know, significantly among our communities. that shelter in place or stay at home, self-quarantine for 14 days, that recommendation is being made on good public health data. and i want to reiterate what the governor said, to knock it off and stay home. you are protecting not just yourself but also the lives of your neighbors and community. >> and so in this public health

the aclu is asking a bay area judge to stop drutrump from building the wall at the u. u.s.. they could use it to build 100 miles of border wall in arizona, new mexico and california. >>> and the head of immigration can't be the head of immigration. >> scott mcgrew continues our coverage. it is an interesting twist. >> it is. the president and the department of homeland security did shuffling around to make it possible for ken kucuccinelli t be the direct of homeland security but a court has said he did not take the immigration job legally, that there were laws that prevented just anybody from moving up the chart and his appointment from the white house violated the federal vacancy reform act. now there are two big takeaways on this. one, becausinely was not legally in charge, the things he ordered when itm void. how did the white house respond. the courts say he can't sit behind the desk and run the agency. does he show up today to run the agency. how will the white house respond to the courts? the president said he'll nomination john ratcliffe as the director of national i

now as a result of nancy pelosi and aclu democrats and activists, they have shut down the speech, i'mof more censorship to come and it always falls on the conservative side. connell: thank you for coming on today. watching these markets just scanning the dow 30 on a board we have here at the studio, well, there were four, now there's three that are roohighe. the dow was down 894, it's 464 to the downside now. seems to be kind of tracking the tick by tick movement in the ten-year treasury note, which is well below .7% earlier today but has come back off those lows. we will get into that. we also have politics to cover as the battle is on over elizabeth warren's supporters, where do they go as she steps out of the race and who stands to benefit most maybe from a liz warren boost. we will talk about it when we come back. at fidelity, online u.s. stocks and etfs are commission-free. and when you open a new brokerage account, your cash is automatically invested at a great rate. that's why fidelity leads the industry in value while our competition continues to talk. ♪ talk, talk while our c

when the aclu requested that washington state revisit.e, pregnant women, the elderly, they're saying these high probl problematic people who can spread it. the american public is at risk if the president does not create a protocol and says if you are one of the 11 million undocumented individuals living in this country, we are going to provide you a reprieve. we are not going to have any i.c.e. agents located at any medical facility. we want you to get tested. the reason this is so important is these 11 million people, 3/4 the backbone of our economy, taking care of our elderly, picking our food, they're the ones in restaurants, in the hotel industry. the list goes on. it's a public safety measure for the president to use his oval office to do the right thing, to ensure that every american is safe. i want to make sure the person that is tested regardless of status has -- i want them tested. i want to encourage that they feel safe. i want to encourage that the government has the system to make sure that regardless of status. that's somethi

around today for information about quarantines from the past and i stumbled upon this document from the aclu that they put together in 2008 called "pandemic preparedness." too often, fears around epidemics have testified abuses of state power, highly discriminatory and enforceable vaccine and quarantine measures in response to the plague and smallpox have consistently accelerated rather than slowed the spread of disease while fomenting public distrust and then some cases riots. it's quite a mouthful. >> we can look at history and learn from events in the past but those are times when people didn't know about germ theory. i think what you have before you now is a much better way to learn which is to look at what other countries have done, for example dr. oz a while ago said south korea has done a good job, china has now turned the corner on it, we can also learn from places like italy where policies seem to have failed. we don't have to look back a hundred years or 50 years at panics, we can look at the evidence before us. i think there are certain policies which seem to be working but we can

aclu goes on to say that the bill fails to require that the individuals who receive appropriate notice and access to information when fisa information is used against them that the bill fails to fully address deficiencies with the fisa court that led to illegal surveillance and it fails to limit the type of information that can be collected under section 215, that the bill fails to appropriately raise the standards for collecting information under section 215. and that the bill fails to appropriately limit the retention of information collected under section 215. i agree with the chairman that the roving wiretap provision in the act is important and should be removed. and i cannot support the bill that is before us today. and i say that with tremendous respect for chairman schiff. we have had very candid and useful discussions. i appreciate the effort that he has put into this. i have put in a lot of effort, too. but in the end, we have a bill that i think should not be supported. i intend to vote no with tremendous respect for the chairman and the efforts that he has put into this and

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colleagues and i would like to thank the broad coalition calling for state-wide action, including in the aclu of california, the san francisco medical society and immigrant defense advocates, district attorney budine and a particular thanks to the san francisco dreamer and economic and immigrant justice advocate who we worked with closely on this resolution. the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor mar and supervisor peskin. you have to be referred. >> thank you, madam clerk. to you madam clerk and to the staff of the clerk's office, i can only say profound thanks to wilson ing who has been incredible at the emergency operation's centre. i have no words for my colleagues who have been at the emergency wards for the last two weeks, i cannot thank you enough. our city appears to be a little bit ahead of the flattening of the curve and to the mayor and our health officials, i cannot say anything more profound than thank you. to my colleagues who are working on every aspect of this, i cannot thank you enough. to all of our frustrations that we're experiencing, whether they're at the department