in over 100 years, the aclu has only had seven other presidents so i'm just the eighth. and, of course, it's a big part of me that is frustrated that in 2021 we're still tackling so many firsts for black women and people of color. but it doesn't change the fact i'm proud to be part of that history. in terms of what's next for the organization and for me, i'm looking forward to working closely with our board to make sure that the aclu has all the tools it needs to rise to this moment just as we rose to the moment following the election of donald trump. there really is so much at stake right now in our society. and we have to work to address that toxic legacy but also we have an opportunity and responsibility to advance important work, to build infrastructures for equality, to expand civil rights and civil liberties and to deepen our work on racial justice. >> now, tell us about this new racial justice platform that the aclu is launching this week. >> yeah, it's exciting. at its core the work of the aclu is about closing the gap between the america that was promised and th

the aclu has really been an important part of my professional life for about two and a half decades, so i'm really excited to serve the organization in this role. i became a civil rights lawyer for really intensely personal reasons. i wanted to fight for the rights of people like me and families like mine, to live without discrimination and with dignity and respect. i started my career as a legal fellow with the acl sxurx serving as president of the board now during this time is really an honor, and certainly the ultimate opportunity to both serve the aclu and support the work of dismantling inequality and building a real infrastructure for equality. and the significance of being the first person of color to serve in this role is not lost on me. but i do want to put it in a little bit of context. in over 100 years, the aclu has only had seven other presidents so i'm just the eighth, and there's a big part of me that's frustrated in 2021, we're still tackling so many firsts for black women and people of color, but it doesn't change the fact that i'm proud to be a part of that history.

butt back then she was and aclu national lawyer. >> the aclu had only two national lawyers and i was one of them. so that if there was a case going to the supreme court affording civil liberties issue like free speech or print that had to come to the national office. i was on the brief in the brandenburg case. the sixties and seventies was a good moment in time for the court to look at what advocacy means and howow powerful it could be to being change. positive change to our country. i can tell you since i was in the civil rights movement, i thought all of my colleagues were also in the student nonviolent coordinating committee who say go get them eleanor because we need all the speech we can get. instead some said what is eleanor doing? now they will tell you we understand what he was doing. but there was mixed feelings in the civil rights movement even. and the failure to make the connection between the neutrality of speech and in a democratic society is very hard unless the governor makes a decision. do you want to govern on - - government to make a decision or do you go for a fre

back then, she was an aclu lawyer, a national lawyer. we will listen jurors talk about this case. >> the aclu only had two national lawyers and i was one of them. if there was a case that was going to the supreme court involving a civil -- a civil liberties issue like a first amendment right, that had to come to the national office so i was on the brief in the brandenberg case. the 60's and 70's was a good moment in time for the court to look at what advocacy means and how powerful it can be in change and bringing change, and i mean positive change, to our country. i can tell you since i was in the civil rights movement, i thought all my colleagues who are also in the student nonviolent coordinating committee, would say, go get them eleanor, because we need all the speech we can get. some said, what is eleanor doing? if you talk to them now, they will tell you, that we understand what she is doing. but there were mixed feelings in the civil rights movement, even. the failure to make a connection between the neutrality of speech and that

while many families were reunited, thousands of p the aclu and other non-profitstf finding them.: we then got the list of names from the government and it lacked phone numbers, addresses, we have been searching all over central america, largely without precise information. and on top of that, it's very difficult in central america because of logistics, because of danger. and now we have covid. jess: the aclu and immigration advocates applauding president biden's executive order to re-unite the remaining families, but say it should go further. the reunifications should happen in the united states, and every separated family offered restitution and a path to citizenship. >> we just have to make this right. the biden administration, for these families and for the country, for the american people, has to make this right. [crying] jess: the mother from honduras, back in mexico, alone, out of legal options. with the u.s. border just a few minutes away, it's the closest she can get to her children. photos and phone calls -- for more than three years now, the only way to connect. >> for

archer previously work as an attorney for the aclu and naacp.she was recognized as one of new york's top women in law. >>> new at noon oakland saw its deadliest january in two decades. new crime numbers out show a 1400% up -- increase in murders year over year. for a closer look at the numbers we posted them for you on kpix.com. >>> actor dustin diamond has died at the age of 44 after a three week fight with cancer. his team announced he had been diagnosed last month. he also starred in celebrity fight club, the weakest link and celebrity boxing 2. >>> still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a big honor for the black lives matter move. >> the award its now up for and the historical movements its being compared to. plus. >> [music playing] the family of tony bennett reveal as secret they kept about him for years. how they hope it will help other families. >>> and a reminder to check out the kpix 5 news app that gives you 24/7 access to cbsn bay area and kpix newscasts. also realtime news updates. you can even sign up for breaking ne

she previously worked as an attorney for the aclu and the naacp. she is nationally recognized as an expert in civil rights and racial justice and was in gnized as one of new york > the man accused of attacking a beloved school pet in san jose is back in police custody tonight just hours after being released. police say george robles first showed up to play and learn preschool saturday, hopped the fence and brutally beat the schools 70-year-old tortoise. he was arrested but was released from jail yesterday. authorities say he showed up at the house -- school again this morning as they suspect he had the intent to attack again. >> my goal is he gets convicted, charged, and locked up, so that the safety ofour an and children and anybody's children are safe, as somebody who can do something like an can't imagine what he would do to a person. >> the tortoise was recovering at the vet at the time, so it was not hurt again today. police say the suspect is homeless, and he is facing animal cruelty charges. >>> all clear in the sierra tonight, but the roads

. >>> a new milestone for the aclu.deborah archer who is a law professor at new york university. she is first black to lead the group in its 101-year history. archer has been a part of the aclu jtice program. she's also been the group's general counsel since 2017. >>> well, february is black history month. this year we're hearing directly from the icons of the civil rights movement. in september 1957, then 14-year-old carlota wallace lanier and eight other courageous students integrated central high school in little rock, arkansas. you've likely seen the iconic images, federal troops escorting the so-called little rock nine past an angry mop outside the all-white central high school. the torments and threats didn't end on day one. there was routine harassment and even violence. in fact, four weeks before graduation day lanier's home was rocked by an explosion. >> i got up that very next morning after my house was bombed and i went back to school because if i had not gone they would have felt like they had won. i graduat

in particular said the aclu. we fear that the bill could be arresting people against whom law enforcement or property owners are explicitly or implicitly biased jones emphasizes the felony prosecutions for a 3rd porch pirate offense will not be automatic. the bill leaves that up to the da's. >>so we're open provide a solution for californians to protect their homes the packages that there are going online. >>that was dennis shanahan reporting for us. now next at 3.30 doctor fauci says most americans could be vaccinated by the spring time but do we have enough supply to do that we'll go live to the south bay for a report on the status of the vaccines. in santa clara county. also get a live report from kron four's green kelly she is on the peninsula dealing with that story out of south san francisco where police are saying the burglars are targeting a very specific type of person an older woman. getting in their car, we'll tell you what police know about and then after the break kron 4 got an exclusive look inside

place where i think that the most highest percentage of holocaust survivors lived in u.s., and the aclu defended their right to do it it was offensive but it was liberals defending right of free speech even when is hard to do. something happened. what happened to the jfk liberal. think about that ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. really what happened. that is 180 degrees opposite of what bernie and all of democrats including joe biden say now, we can give you this, we can give you this for free, and artificially raise that wage, and give free education and healthcare. that is reverse of true liberalimplement it is a debateo i want to save the word liberal. liberalism, liberals were not always like this. the woke totalitarian progressive ideology now destroyed almost all of our cultural institutions and educational institutions and certainly our political institutions that is a relatively new phenomenon that was brewing at the academic level and just burst forth, i was warning about it for a couple years, people saying, no, no, when the kids

the aclu claimed that she was singled out for eating while black. media came to the same conclusion. a few days after that tape was shot, kanoute appeared on good morning america sayinged she doesn't feel safe there even at the art gallery or botanical garden. >> this young lady called the situation outrageous and she's sharing her story so no other woman of color goes through what she went through. >> this is kanoute. she a sophomore at the college working as a teacher's assistant and residential adviser over the summer. she was confronted by campus police officers. >> i see the cop walking with a smith employee, who i'm never seen before. the man asked me -- we were wondering why you're here. >> kanoute still emotional over nervousays she was very and overwhelmed after the incident. >> it still upsets me to talk about it. i don't feel safe on my own campus. i'm away from home. i'm the first in my family to go to college. >> tucker: well, in response to this, the president of smith college, kathleen mccartney did not wait for an investigation to se

a milestone today for the aclu, which was elected the first black president. debra archer was the first african-american to lead the group in the 101 year history. archer has been a part of the aclu for years and beginning her career as a legal fellow in the organization's racial justice program. she is also been the group agency general council since 2017. >>> now, as we told you earlier, this is black history month. and as part of our effort to mark the occasion, nbc bay area is shining a light on local owned black businesses. and our joe rosario, jr., is using his clothing line to bring people together. ♪ ♪ >> on oakland's version of broadway, music and art hit the stage. but one particular store on broadway is more colorful than most. >> here it is in our town in downtown broadway. >> these walls hold dope era, the clothing store owned by danieal cox. >> so dope era a stands for developing opportunity for people who evolve. and when you do so, everyone rises above. >> when he is not busting rhymes, he is designing clothes. his aesthetic takes the cue from

now the aclu, are you familiar with it?the american civil liberties union is a very liberal group made up a sexually of lawyers, and they take cases that they feel are right and argue them pro bono, they argue them for free. the neo-nazis on the right go to the american civil liberties union on the left and they get a jewish lawyer. and they say to him, we want you to argue our case. jewish lawyer now, who's going to argue a case for the neo nazi to march through the jewish section of town on adolf hitler's birthday. you know what that lawyer did? he did. he argued. he said everything the neil nazi stand for discuss me, but it is not about them, it is about their right to do one under the constitution under the bill of rights? to march and to express their views. just because i don't like the views doesn't mean they can't express them. he argued the case for them. won of the case. and then the neo-nazi party said, we will not march anyway. we will march in chicago, and they marched in chicago. again, give me an example rece

all these cases, the aclu supported the right of free speech. the arguments you make are very strong arguments for why trump should not be president. that is why we have elections but that's not why we have impeachments. we have impeachment and removal only if the four criteria are met. hamilton and the federalist 65 said the greatest danger to our constitution would be from impeachment to turn on who has the greatest number of votes rather than on whether the constitutional criteria for guilt has been met. if i've are writing a book about this impeachment, i would call it "hamilton's nightmare." since the time bill clinton was improperly impeached, and i consulted with his legal team, ever since bill clinton was impeached the impeachment has been weaponized for partisan purposes. removing an absolutely -- we are moving in absolutely the wrong direction. it will become a normal part of the political process. whenever a controversial president is elected, there will be movements towards impeachment. that is not with the framers had in mind. host:

if that was not enough, civil liberties lawyers stepped in and including the aclu and filed lawsuitsn behalf of of the people who had been detained for violations of their first amendment and fourth amendment rights, and over the years these cases were unanimously decided in favor of the defendants. not only were they ultimately freed, but the courts ruled that the government had to pay them millions of dollars in damages for violations of those rights, and people receive checks for as much as $3000 when cases were finally settled as compensation for what happened to them on may day. host: but it took another decade or more before those who did have arrest records were expunged. why did it take so long? mr. roberts: there was a battle in court about whether these records should be wiped from records, wiped from the courts. government lawyers kept saying it was unnecessary, and in the aclu and others argued this was a case in which people had arrest records that were completely unjustified, so that set the standard for many future cases and when arrest records can be expunged. the que

government lawyers kept saying it was unnecessary, and in the aclu and others argued this was a casen which people had arrest records that were completely unjustified, so that set the standard for many future cases and when arrest records can be expunged. the question became how to do it , and how to get rid of these records, which were being kept in various storage boxes at first on the police side then turned over to the lawyers who were bringing these cases, so it was not until 1987 that the final decision was made to take all of these records, all of these boxes, haul them over to the big incinerator on the river and burn them and that is what happened. host: in our last five minutes, i want to do focused on the major lessons from may day in 1971. you write on the aftermath that even though the war continued the protesters one at the administration lost because standing behind them. the authority of the justice system, the ability to self-correct was really striking and heartening and felt inspiring, so i was hoping the book would provide a lesson in that. can you build on that a

let's get to exhibit a and this is from the aclu of vermont who is representing this man, the aclu writespeech rights do not disappear because a police officer is offended. he has constitutional protections to exercise his right to free expression petition his government and protest actions under the first amendment. make your case. >> i think the man has a couple constitutional claims, flipping off the officer could constitute symbolic speech or conveying a political message and the supreme court held both are protected under the first amendment, the charges against this man were ultimately dropped. he was detained in his vehicle, could make a fourth amendment claim about unreasonable seizure and there was another case similar to this in michigan two years ago, a woman was ticketed for flipping off an officer too and took her face to the sixth circuit and the judge will for her and said although the conduct was rude and violated the golden rule it wasn't illegal. shannon: turned out to be pretty expensive to be detained and towed, for allegedly flipping a police officer the bird. exhibit

i think this was an issue that aclu had some involvement with recently. this has to do with the dakota access pipeline. the protests that took place in the dakotas where, you have protesters, native americans, people coming from all over the country to protest this pipeline that was affecting -- could affect the quality of the water supply there. and the protesters themselves were met with extreme reactions from the police and security personnel on the scene, even had journalists being arrested. you had elderly people that were being sprayed at with water in freezing weather. you had attack dogs on the scene, just unbelievable situation. these were essentially peaceful protesters. in effect, they were being criminalized for doing that -- for protesting. since then, we have heard that more and more states are enacting laws that would, in effect, criminalized this type of protests. i wanted to get your reaction and thoughts about that. >> you stated it at least as well as i can. these actions clearly implicate first amendment rights. the rights existing the

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over three years after the separation began but talk to the aclu.ain -- it is an important subgroup that the biden administration has not yet -- now deported in the home country without an assurance today from the biden administration to be brought back. this is all playing out while parents and children are being deported today. the biden administration signaled to stop expulsionings of unaccompanied migrant children. so there are a lot of policies that intercepted this policy. different ways to be separated ongoing to this day and the administration needs to answer for those. >> that's the issue, right? this immigration policy has to also presume, we are presuming it is making it more open for people to come. that is not 100% clear. you have the biden administration saying they want to stem migration and erase the evil that happened. just talk from your point of view about how realistic that is and how much better that's going to be. not the evil policy but your thoughts? >> joy, if we can figure out how to send a man or a woman to the moon, then

in particular said the aclu.fear that the bill could be used as a pretext for arresting people against whom law enforcement or property owners are explicitly or implicitly biased jones emphasizes the felony prosecutions for a 3rd porch pirate offense will not be automatic. the bill leaves that up to the da's. >>so we're open provide a solution for californians to protect their homes the packages that they're ordering online. >>i've 20 is the time right now and coming up on the kron 4 morning news, new information on just what a difference double masking could make to protecting you against covid. a storm is on the way we are tracking it with future cast here john will tell you when you could get your neighborhood just a few minutes. it's time for the ultimate sleep number event on the sleep number 360 smart bed. can it help with snoring? i've never heard snoring... exactly. no problem. and... done. and, now, save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed plus free premium delivery when you add a base.

this is from the aclu of vermont who is representing this man. gregory from st. albans.rs do not disappear simply because a police officer is offended. alex, make your case. >> yes, i actually think the man has a couple of constitutional claims. first, of course, flipping off the officer could constitute a symbolic speech or conveying a political message. and the supreme court has held that both are protected under the first amendment. second, the charges against this man were ultimately dropped. he was detained and his vehicle was towed so you could make a fourth amendment claim about an unreasonable seizure. and ironically there was another case very similar to this about two years ago out of michigan, and a woman was ticketed for flipping off an officer, too, and she took her case to the sixth circuit and the judge ruled for her and he said although the conduct was rude and violated the golden rule it wasn't illegal. >> turned out to be pretty expensive. you get detained and towed. all for allegedly flipping a police officer the bird. let's pop up exhibit b. this is f

you brought up the aclu.o this was to demand that the entire university, every single staffer take this antidiscrimination, unconscious bias training over a story that ended up not being true, we see this in corporate america and academia, we see it all over the place now and if you've argued it creates this tension that wasn't there in the first place. >> what it really does is it empowers people who can weaponize these accusations and destroy anybody that they want without really much effort at all. the second accusation like this is lost, we have all been trained or many of us have to believe that the person not to have done something terribly wrong deserves to be punished, maybe not in person, but fired, have the reputation ruined, ostracized, and that's what happened. in the class is so important, the media never likes to talk about class, they talk about race and gender, but so often the power dynamic is shaped with the road to elitism who is at a $60,000 a year school accusing hourly wage workers of do

say aclu says part of the problem i no con conservatorships are hard to undo it plagues many people people who are not famous every day. t ru >> scott cohn, thank you >>> meghan markle scoring a big win against the british tabloids london's high court ruled in her favor saying the mail on sunday, the newspaper, invaded her privacy. she sent the five-page handwritten note after marrying prince harry in 2018 her dad skipped out on the wedding citing health concerns in the letter markle accused her father of breaking her heart by talking to the media about their strained relationship but not answering any of her calls the duchess released a statement after the ruling saying the world needs reliable, fact-checked, high quality news. what the mail on sunday and its partner publications do is the opposite the couple's battle with the british press is far from over the company that owns the mail on sunday announced it may file an appeal, and prince harry is suing two other tabloids for allegedly hacking his cell phone. allegedly hackin >>> gina carano won't be returning to "star wars. gina

all of these cases aclu supported the rights of free speech and so the arguments you make are very strong arguments for why trump should not be president and that's why we have an election but that is not bobby have impeachment. we have impeachments and removals only if the full mecriteria under the constitutin are met and hamilton in federalist 65 said the greatest danger to our constitution would be for impeachments to turn on who has the greatest number of votes, rather than on whether the constitutional criteria of guilt have been met so if i were writing a book about this impeachment i would call it hamilton's nightmare because i think since the time the bill clinton was improperly impeached and i was on his side of that consulting with his legal team, ever since the time bill clinton was impeached the impeachment has been weapon eyes for purposes removing an absolutelys the wrong direction and will continue to become a normal part of the political process and remember a controversial brackeo is elected and we will seek movements towards impeachment and iil don't think that is what t

she said as an aclu lawyer now and now as a free speech pro opponent she believes that was the right case because he was not inciting the riot. but the counterargument by jamie raskin was that president trump was, and that was from his statements before, during and after, so that that selected editing of the january 6th speech by the defense is very much in dispute. >> all right, andrea, thanks. we've been watching members of the senate and staff making their ways down the corridors. there are likely interesting conversations taking place and kasie hunt has been observing some of them. >> lester, that's right. we just saw senator ted cruz go into the lbj room off the senate floor where the defense has been working throughout this trial. we saw him yesterday meeting with donald trump's defense team here at the capitol along with a couple other republican senators and i think that gives you a window into how they're proceeding here. the reality is i think there was a sense it would be hard for the defense team to do worse than they did in their opening arguments. they were widely panne

it is supported by the aclu, by the leadership conference, by the naacp legal defense fund, and also by libertarian groups like the cato institute and the institute for justice, americans for prosperity. there are hundreds of business leaders who have signed onto a letter. there are 1400 professional athletes and front-office people who have signed onto a letter. there are lawyers, judges come up performing artists -- judges, performing artists. there is a broad coalition on this. host: and you have started the campaign to end qualified immunity. talk about the coalition before we take calls, mr. cohen. >> the coalition is growing by leaps and bounds. last week there were 14 organizations. now there's 16. there's more that we are about to talk with, and that is just the major organizations. then as individuals, as jerry said, you've got a bunch of sports professionals from the nfl, you've got actors, actresses. people from all walks of life. how do you make the case that somebody should not be held accountable for their actions? it is absurd. we are aware right now that people's righ

. >> it was set up many decade ago when they fought the aclu. ku klux klan. they have been calling them hate figures -- and reducedanual hate list when you and many others are on. they got in trouble. they have a lot of money. too much money and not much to do with it. it their latest trick is to define the black nationalist groups should be renamed and not be on the hate list but a different one. there is a problem, of course. some of the groups they are talking about are also anti-semitism. yes, some black nationalists committed violence against jewish communities but those are fueled by anti-semitism and not separatism which is fueled by valid concerns. this is classic southern poverty law center stuff. you draw a ring around yourself and get all of your friends on the inside and push out everyone who you happen not to agree with and call them hate people. >> with some of the black and anti-semitism groups they accused the jews of peddling bad marijuana to feminize the blackmail. they are hitting blacks, guys, jews and pot heads. -- black male. >> they are

i think the aclu, i have been told by professor dershowitz the aclu has concluded that the president's speech in this regard is covered by brandenberg, and brandenberg v requires that there be a direct call for violent action. i don't think whatever the evidence is here and whatever is presented by the house managers that they'll ever be able to prove that, or that the president's intent was to cause that to occur. and if they can't prove that, it seems to me it fails. and there's a reason why there have been precious few attempts to prosecute this kind of speech since the supreme court decided brandenberg in 1969, over 50 years ago. if you look at the decision, does this sound familiar? it involved the prosecution of somebody from the ku klux klan in ohio. and his words were, if our congress continues to suppress the white caucasian race, it's possible that there might have to be some revengeance taken. we are marching on congress july the 4th. that sounds eerily familiar to the sort of speech we're talking about here and that's why the aclu and many others have said this would never

the aclu demanding walls don't with defense department money must come down.tudies senior national security fellow todd benson joins us earlier and says asylum-seekers are trying to get their foot in the us permanently. >> to get in and live illegally. it is made worse by the fact that we are not deporting anyone. jillian: former president trump left with 450 miles of border tilt on his watch. todd: parlor is back online, the social media network on new hosting services, its new technology does not rely on big tech for its operations. apple suspended the platform claiming it promoted violence content related to the capital riots. it has been off-line for a month. students begging to get back in the classroom. they said a lot of words, they begged. we will tell you about it, pressure building nationwide to return to win person learning. jillian: girl californians want to form a new state. a small business, or a big one. you were thriving, but then... oh. ah. okay. plan, pivot. how do you bounce back? you don't, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable inte

. >> tucker: you're making a very traditional liberal argument, you're saying what the aclu said fored years. what matt hentoff used to write about in the village voice. why aren't more people saying that now? more people in power and authority? >> it's a really good question and i think part of it is that a lot of people in power are threatened by these new social networks. certainly the traditional media has been very upset with sociala networks and social media because it's a threat to their influence and business model. you certainly saw these wall street titans become very nervous all of a sudden their control over the monopoly board was threatened by these outsiders, these reddit kids. t the people in power don't have any reason to want to like social networks because they allow large groups of outsiders to get together. they accuse social networking ironically of being a threat to democracy. this isn't a threat when you're talking about large numbers of people getting together to organize for change, that is democracy. that is not a threat to democracy. what it is as a potenti

principled liberal and old fashion sense liberal drawn gmac has drawn a line and liberalism and the acluer of free speech against the progressives. the progressives who want to drum people out of society and off air. the silencing movement is one of the scariest you can imagine america. we need more liberals like glenn greenwald end conservatives like you, loretta pointed out. >> laura: every person in congress should say we should not fund any militarization of the capitol for one more minute until you make public the suppose it the right that you say are imminent that required the people to have no contact with the representatives going forth. i think all of the militarization of the u.s. capitol, it's part of the whole dynamic that they got pushed out. phenomenal analysis as always. not just coming from d.c. but also from the indoctrination effort poisoning our education system. in fact, the oldest chinese-american association in the country's warning that the infiltration of critical race theory into our schools is reminiscent of maus cultural resolution. they're fighting back and ta

this is a tweet from the aclu.cate for herself, and >> the facts of the case, 12 years, moved in 2019, more power to make financial decisions, to pay britney spears financial situation to other peers who went bankrupt, it was a successful conservatorship, in las vegas, the question is why change it when this was put in place in 2019, why would you then take that away a year and a half later? shannon: the hashtag free britney, they are interested after seeing this documentary which is on the weekend list. thank you both. the life of a local woman turned upside down after she converted to christianity. why she is saying it was worth it. she tells us next. >> shannon: al sharif faced unimaginable hardship since converting from islam to christianity. it's illegal in shannon: sharif has faced trouble after converting from islam to christianity, an illegal act in saudi arabia. chief religion correspondent lauren green profiles a woman risking it all to become the face of religious freedom. >> reporter: we in the united s

anti-defamation league, the aclu, brookings institute, there is a lot of money and power behind this information campaign. it is extremely threatening to millions of people in the country. >> laura: lara, thank you so much. mike pompeo is on china's black list. his response when we come back. ♪ ♪ new year's resolutions come and go. so give your business more than resolutions... give it solutions, from comcast business. work more efficiently with fast internet and advanced wifi. make your business safer with powerful cybersecurity solutions. and stay productive with 24/7 support. make this year's resolution better solutions. bounce forward with comcast business. get started with a powerful internet and voice solution for just $64.90 a month. plus, for a limited time, ask how to get a $500 prepaid card when you upgrade. switch today. ♪ ♪ >> laura: joe biden's entire career in politics has been a huge gift for the chinese communist party. 20 years ago biden voted to give the most favorite nation status to china to pave the way for his entrance into the wto. then the subsequent destructi

we did see pushback, though, from the aclu, which has been representing the separated families saying the families have been separated for more than a year, even if some have gone back and have been reunited, should be getting legal status here as well, the people who suffered so much, the children who have been so damaged, and those families, the parents should have more attention paid to them. some of them are being left out of the task force's mandate. >> look, i think the executive orders by the white house are a great start, undoing president trump's executive orders of the last four years is a great start. but so much more needs to be done to achieve truly comprehensive immigration reform. we must look at a pathway to citizenship for so many undocumented people that have been contributing to this nation. look at the millions of essential workers that have, you know, kept their economy and our health care system going through the course of the pandemic. when it comes to family reunification, here's how i see it, andrea. if the federal government can find osama bin laden, we can c

principled liberal in the old-fashioned sense of a liberal has drawn the line between liberalism and the aclu power of free speech against the progressives. the progressives who want to drum people out of society and out of the air. this silence and movement is one of the scariest you can imagine in america. we need more liberals like glenn greenwald and u, laura, the continue point this out. >> laura: i think every republican in congress will say that we will not fund this wall or fence or militarization of our capital for one more minute until you make public the supposed threat that you say are imminent that required the people from having no contact with the representatives going forward. i think all of that militarization of the u.s. capital, that's part of this whole dynamic, that they've got to push out there before 2022. harmeet and ari, phenomenal analysis as always. threats not coming from the deep state, but woke indoctrination efforts poisoning our education system. the oldest chinese-american association in the country is warning that the infiltration of critical race theory into

ranging from the aclu, the naacp legal defense fund, the leadership council. institute and the institute for justice on the libertarian side. it's a broad coalition. >> ben, you wrote an op-ed in usa today and called qualifily immunity harmful to the public and detrimental to the reputation of good cops. unquote. talk more about that. >> you know, that's absolutely right. i mean, we need cops that want to be held accountable. that are willing to be held accountable, and when you have bad cops, that are not held accountable. that destroys the community trust in the police department. and you can't police ifthe community doesn't trust you. and it's a two-way street. you get trust from the community if you are willing to be held accountable. but, if you got a get out of jail free card and any time you go and brutalize or murder or worse, you just get off scott free, that destroys trust in the community and that makes it harder for the huge majority of good cops to do their job. >> jerry, i can understand the argument of some law enforcement officers. i have law e

we start with exhibit a, that is the brief for the unnamed teenager here she is represented by the aclue message disappeared in 24 hours that red f school, f softball, f cheer, help everything. it did not identify any particular school or cause any disruption at the school. >> we should recognize schools already are allowed to punish certain kinds of speech off school grounds. if the student has been harassed or threatened to kill another student off school property were outside school class hours most of us would accept the school could accept all that student. and also punish the student if she said this on school property in the middle of class so the question is does it really matter whether the speech occurred on school property or not? i take your point the we're in a day and age most students are not learning on school property but in a virtual classroom. school has become a process, not a place. when that happens, the jurisdiction, the power of the school to discipline students even though they are spread all around town for the state because of zoom, will grow too. shannon: exh

the aclu says deborah archer, a law professor at nyu, is an established civil rights attorney, quote,archer has been part of the organization for years serving as a member of the national board and general counsel. thanks for joining us today. john, get your sled ready. >> have to get home somehow. >> it's not over yet. >> speed skates. >>> we'll see you all tomorrow. cnn's coverage continues, next. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. this morning, the battle over going big to rescue the economy divides washington as health and economic crises are gripping the nation. hours from now, senate democrats are expected to begin the process to allow them to fast track biden's $1.9 trillion rescue package without republican votes. the republican proposal was less than 2one-third of the presiden and democrats' offer. bipartisan deal or not, the fact remains it will take weeks at least to get relief to millions of struggling americans. it takes time. and it comes as health experts warn the nation's vaccinations effort must ramp up immediately, calling it a race aga

a couple days ago aclu racism is at the heart of policing in portland to this day. reinvest in the black community. a quick word on portland. >> a group of antifa and agitators tried to break down the door of the police union building. they did it because there are ongoing conversations, contract negotiations between the union and the city over police accountability measures. they wanted to get in the way of that because the union is not excited about some of the measures being proposed. antifa and other agitators want it. anything they can do to disrupt the process they'll do it. no arrests, which should tell you generally about how police there pardon the pun, are handcuffed to do their job. >> shannon: all right. jason rantz has the inside scoop at what's happening out west. thank you for joining us tonight. breaking tonight president biden has his first call with his chinese counterpart since taking office. kevin corke is tracking that story tonight and digging into the details we're learning. good evening. >> learning a lot. in a rare break with what i would ca

more perspective, let me lead in lee geller at the border and he's also the deputy director for the aclut. what do the executive actions mean for the thousands of families that you have, have been and are representing what, do you need to hear from this task force that is being formed to know that it is actually helping? >> right. so that is i think you're asking the exact right question. so the executive order we expect to be today. we applaud president biden for investing in this issue and dr. biden. that is great that she's going to be involved in the biden team is committed to this. but ultimately it is what does the task force do and we need to see them do some concrete things immediately because there are little children involved. we need to see the families be allowed to come back to the united states to stop deportation and to give them legal status and some type of restitution. and we're looking for once the executive order is in place does the task force take immediate concrete steps. >> you mean immediate. this is three years later. i can't believe it is three years since you'

but this event, sean, have to argue, when you talk about it, as the aclu does in many on the left toy no sex, biological differences, even in the womb or what you have been assigned, strikes at the heart of identities and gay women and gay men, which is based in the binary sex framework, so if they are deconstructing women, femaleness, gays and lesbians, because we have to admit and embrace the fact that science tells us that biology exists, that sex differences exist, and in the meantime, we live in a remarkable world where if you want to change that framework, it's possible, and you have support to do so, but if your premise relies on disappearing and making -- creating an unfair framework for half the population, for women, then you are doing it wrong. and it's unnecessary. and the people who are saying you need to do it are setting up a political wedge that has nothing to do with any of us winning at anything. i'd i wb and my website, my twitter, we have a petition to support women in sports, and it is something -- >> sean: let me -- >> important for all of us. >> sean: they only