the aclu has just asked u.s. court to overturn an arkansas law that requires al state contractors to sign a pledge declaring a will t boycott israel. arkansas is one of 35 u.s. states that have passed legislation to criminalize or discourage bds, that ishe boycott, divtment,nd nctions movement which seeks to boycott israel and israeli goods prote violatis of palestinn rights thaclu originally su arkans on beha of alan leritt, the publisher of "the arkansas times." he appears in theew cumentar"boyco." >> object governmt sayin weot big o wad of ney ov here bute -- wilgive it to yo we willdvertise with youut here is some conditio that you need t meet rst, suc as he's e political position you need to take regarding foreignolicy, for god sake. and we are in arksas. amy: the documentary also looks at the case o a palestinian-american speech pathologist in texas. she lost her job of nine years for refusing to sign a pledge that she would "not boytt israel ding the rm of th contra." >>ave a mily mber that stl resides the

the aclu chapter of northern california, lawsuit against the city kroger's amanda hari explains what city leaders say they're doing to help these people. and why some say is just not enough. people who are living in vehicles like arby's on the streets of sebastopol have been forced to find a new place to park. >> an ordinance that went into effect earlier this year bans vehicles used for human habitation on commercial streets during the day. >> homelessness is a regional problem. it's not solved by one town or one city. it decided to >> exclude people who have to live in their vehicles for that town pushing them somewhere else. william free man as a lawyer with the aclu of northern california. >> he says the ordinance is unlike anything he's ever seen before. most other cities and towns that want to restrict are these are oversized vehicles, at least have a pretense. >> that they're doing so as a matter of traffic safety. and so that's the poll does not have even have that pretense, according to this ordinance, arby's can no longer part here on the street. >> from 07:30am, until 10:0

he tries to get the aclu to take his case, and even the aclu will not take case. and that's important to understand how lonely the american homosexual was at this period of time that, you know, the aclu would defend, because that's my earlier point. the aclu would defend communists for people who are accused of communism and left wing sympathies and whatnot, they would not take the case of the gay person fired by his government. he goes on, found the machine society which is the first real sustained gay rights organization in the united states. he organizes the protest outside the white in 1965. he's instrumental in getting the american psycho psychiatric association to remove homosexuality from, the list of mental disorders. he's the first openly gay person to run for congress in washington, dc in 1971. and i really again, this goes back to the point of this conversation today. this is all through the first amendment. everything he's everything i've just listed is through arguments, persuasion, appealing to the better angels of our nature. and i one thing i'm wor

the aclu is writing to the judge trying to unseal the warrants that are against me. they said this is never happened in american history. what's happening to you has never happened before to any journalist. now they're starting point guns at us. and take our notebooks. i admire people like edward snowden, julian assange, mike wallace. i don't know what is happened. i don't know why the billion-dollar corporations are doing the job. his left scrappy broke entrepreneurial enterprising people but so be it. >> james o'keefe project veritas and of the author of this book american muckraker rethinking journalism for the 21st cen i'm so excited to have this conversation with you. you know, as a fellow saint louis and i followed your political career and you actually represent the district that i was raised in. oh, wow. yeah, like i'm from florissant. yes. yes. i used to live in floors. yes, i have heard. so i'm just excited. and so let's just dig in. i'm talking to you about your new book, the the forerunner.

the aclu is writing to the judge trying to unseal the warrants that are against me. they said this is never happened in american history. what's happening to you has never happened before to any journalist. now they're starting point guns at us. and take our notebooks. i admire people like edward snowden, julian assange, mike wallace. i don't know what is happened. i don't know why the billion-dollar corporations are doing the job. his left scrappy broke entrepreneurial enterprising people but so be it. >> james o'keefe project veritas and of the author of this book american muckraker rethinking journalism for the 21st i'm

. >>> the aclu of northern california is suing a city. at issue is a new policy banning people who live in their cars from parking in the city during the day . it also allows for the city to impound their cars if caught . the aclu claims the city isn't doing enough to provide low-income housing for its residents. >>> a lawyer for the city fired back saying the street where rvs were parking was unsafe. they opened rise and shine village as a safer alternative, and there are currently 20 rvs parked there with security fencing and bathrooms. >>> still ahead at 5:00, the stockton serial killer suspect in court. the ruling on his lawyer's request for a gag order. >>> i am john ramos in the east bay. if a wild fire broke up, could you evacuate safely? i see it in my office all the time. kids getting hooked on flavored tobacco, including e-cigarettes. big tobacco lures them in with flavors like lemon drop and bubble gum, candy flavors that get them addicted to tobacco products, and can lead to serious health consequences, even harming their brai

the aclu says arkansas' anti-bds law violates the right to free speech. in pakistan, former prime minister imran khan has been disqualified from holding office for five years. pakistan's election commission accused khan of corrupt practices for the resale of gifts he received while in power. khan's party rejected the ruling and called on supporters to take to the streets. he was removed from power in april after a parliamentary vote of no confidence. khan described the move as a form of u.s.-backed regime change. here in the united states attempts to block president , two biden's student loan debt relief plan were shut down thursday. a federal judge in missouri rejected a case brought by six republican-led states that argued biden overstepped his authority by bypassing congress. separately, supreme court justice amy coney barrett denied a challenge to the plan brought by a right-wing advocacy group. the biden administration started accepting applications this week for up to $20,000 of individual relief for federal student loans. a federal appeals court sa

he tried to get the aclu to take his case and even the aclu wouldn't take his case but it's importantunderstand how lonely the american was at this period of time. back to your earlier point the aclu defend people who are accused of communism and whatnot but they wouldn't take the person who was fired. he finds the first organization in the united states organizing a protest outside the white house in 1965. he's in shaman to getting the american psychiatric association to remove homosexuality from the list of mental disorders. he was the first openly gay person to run for congress in 1971. andin again i go back to the pot of this conversation. this is all due to the first amendment. everything i listed were through argument and persuasion appealing to the better angels of our nature. one thing i'm worried about in this country now is on both sides at times nurse walks of the country that are beyond persuasion and people are being talked to. i think that's the real danger for democracy. we have determined their people that are beyond the scope of persuasion or dialogue. and that's what

so please call the aclu now or go to my aclu.org and join us.card, you'll receive this special we the people t-shirt and much more. to show you're a part of the movement to protect the rights guaranteed to all of us by the us constitution. we protect everyone's rights, the freedom of religion, the freedom of expression, racial justice, lgbtq rights, the rights of the disabled. we are here for everyone. it is more important than ever to take a stand. so please join us today. because we the people means all the people, including you. so call now or go online to my aclu.org to become a guardian of liberty. we've got questions about medicare plans. well, we've got a lot of answers! how can i help? well for starters, do you have a medicare plan i can actually afford? how about a plan with a $0 monthly premium? well, that's a great start. what other benefits can we get? things like dental, vision and hearing. but let me help you pick the plan that's right for you. ooooooooh! [laughs] don't wait, call 1-888-65-aetna to get answers to your questions and

so please join the aclu now.an of liberty for just $19 a month. when you use your credit card, you'll receive this special we the people t-shirt member card magazine and more to show you're part of a movement to protect the rights of all people. for over 100 years, the aclu has fought for everyone to have a voice and equal justice. and we will never stop because we the people, means all of us. so please call or go online to my aclu.org to become a guardian of liberty today. meet leon the third... leon the second... and leon... the first of them all. three generations, who all bank differently with chase. leon's saving up for his first set of wheels... nice try. really? this leon's paying for his paint job on the spot... and this leon, as a chase private client, he's in the south of france, taking out cash with no atm fees. that's because this family of leons has chase. actually, it's león. ooh la la! one bank for now. for later. for life. chase. make more of what's yours. for people living with h-i-v, keep being

well, the aclu has filed a lawsuit now against the city. now, according to city, they say they're not trying to drive out on house people. in fact, they claim they've hired outreach workers to meet with people living in our piece to find a more stable housing situation. but according to the aclu, that's not enough. >> the problem with this ordinance is that it targets the most vulnerable members of the community, most other cities and towns that want to restrict are these are oversized vehicles, at least have a pretense that they're doing. so as a matter of traffic safety and sebastopol does not have even have that pretense. >> also possible city manager says the aclu statements and claims, quote, mischaracterizes the nature and intent of the new parking ordinance. >> it's 909. and do you know where lottery ticket is? because you should check it. somebody won a million and half bucks. yeah. here in the bay area, they didn't get the whole thing but they got enough to maybe change their lives. a ticket matching 5 numbers sold in los gatos in

but again, the aclu says that's not enough. >> the problem with this ordinance is that it targets the most vulnerable members of the community, most other cities and towns that want to restrict are these are oversized vehicles, at least have a pretense that they're doing. so as a matter of traffic safety and sebastopol does not have even have that pretense. >> also, passable city manager says aclu statement and claims are, quote, mischaracterize nations of the nature and intent of the new parking ordinance. >> time now is 809. and somebody out there is going to be able collect a million half bucks. yeah, we don't know who yet, but we know where that winning lottery ticket was bought. lot of people play that super lotto. >> our powerball jackpot hoping to win it. but one person got pretty close matching all 5 numbers, i guess just only missing the powerball number. >> that's the ill. and was it 700 for sarah stinson? standing by live in los gatos where that ticket was sold. what's how do you feel this morning, sir? if you are the winner, do you feel 1, 1, 0.5 or do you feel frustrated

so please join the aclu now.me an aclu guardian of liberty for just $19 a month. when you use your credit card, you'll receive this special we the people t-shirt member card magazine and more to show you're part of a movement to protect the rights of all people. for over 100 years, the aclu has fought for everyone to have a voice and equal justice. and we will never stop because we the people, means all of us. so please call or go online to my aclu.org to become a guardian of liberty today. new astepro allergy. no allergy spray is faster. with the speed of astepro, almost nothing can slow you down. because astepro starts working in 30 minutes, while other allergy sprays take hours. and astepro is the first and only 24-hour steroid free allergy spray. now without a prescription. astepro and go. >> with 36 days out to the midterm elections, which party will control congress, still an open question. a coin flip, almost. but one demographic that has traditionally favored democrats is showing some movement away from d

so please call the aclu now or go to my aclu.org and join us.your credit card, you'll receive this special we the people t-shirt and much more. to show you're a part of the movement to protect the rights guaranteed to all of us by the us constitution. we protect everyone's rights, the freedom of religion, the freedom of expression, racial justice, lgbtq rights, the rights of the disabled. we are here for everyone. it is more important than ever to take a stand. so please join us today. because we the people means all the people, including you. so call now or go online to my aclu.org to become a guardian of liberty. for adults with generalized myasthenia gravis who are positive for acetylcholine receptor antibodies, it may feel like the world is moving without you. but the picture is changing, with vyvgart. in a clinical trial, participants achieved improved daily abilities with vyvgart added to their current treatment. and vyvgart helped clinical trial participants achieve reduced muscle weakness. vyvgart may increase the risk of infection. in a

the aclu of northern california. >> filed a lawsuit against the city because of this ordinance crowd for some and harry has more on that. plus, what city leaders say they're now doing to try to help these people. >> people who are living in vehicles like arby's on the streets of sebastopol have been forced to find a new place to park an ordinance that went into effect earlier this year. bans vehicles used for human habitation on commercial streets during the day. >> homelessness is a regional problem. it's not solved by one one city, it decided to >> exclude people who have to leave their vehicles from that town pushing them somewhere else. william free man as a lawyer with the aclu of northern california. >> he says the ordinance is unlike anything he's ever seen before. most other cities and towns that want to restrict are these are oversized vehicles, at least have a pretense. >> that they're doing so as a matter of traffic safety and sebastopol does not have even have that pretense. according to this ordinance, arby's can no longer part here on the street. >> from 07:30am, until

so please call the aclu now or go to my aclu.org and join us.and much more. to show you're a part of the movement to protect the rights guaranteed to all of us by the us constitution. we protect everyone's rights, the freedom of religion, the freedom of expression, racial justice, lgbtq rights, the rights of the disabled. we are here for everyone. it is more important than ever to take a stand. so please join us today. because we the people means all the people, including you. so call now or go online to my aclu.org to become a guardian of liberty. here is something you do not see every day. republican florida governor ron desantis shaking hands with president biden and thanking him for his response to hurricane ian in florida. that moment today lead to a flurry of breathless headlines about how ron desantis is changing his tone, and putting politics aside, amid a natural disaster playing out in a state. but just take a second to remember who run desantis is and how he came to be the governor of florida in the very first place. ron desantis bega

sebastopol has banned arby's from parking on city streets during the day this week, the aclu chapter of northern california did file a lawsuit against the city kron. 4 s amanda hari explains what city leaders say they're doing to help those people and why some say. >> it's not enough. >> people who are living in vehicles like arby's on the streets of sebastopol have been forced to find a new place to park an ordinance that went into effect earlier this year. bans vehicles used for human habitation on commercial streets during the day. >> homelessness is a regional problem. it's not solved by one tower. one city that decided to >> exclude people who have to live in their vehicles for that town pushing them somewhere else. william free man as a lawyer with the aclu of northern california. >> he says the ordinance is unlike anything he's ever seen before. most other cities and towns that want to restrict are these are oversized vehicles, at least have a pretense. >> that they're doing so as a matter of traffic safety and sebastopol does not have even have that pretense. according to thi

tressie at the aclu to take his case. even the aclu would not take his case.t's important to understand how the american homosexual was at this period in time. back to my earlier point they would defend communist people accused of communism, left-wing. sympathies and whatnot but they would not take the case of a gay person fired but he goes on to found the first real sustainment gay rights organization in the united states he organizes the g protest outside the white houe in 1965 is instrumental in getting the american psychiatric association to remove homosexuality from the list of mental disorders. first openly gay person to run for congress in washington d.c. inin 1971. and again, this goes back to the point of this conversation today but this is all through the first amendment. everything i have just listed his arguments, persuasion, appealing to the better angels of our nature. one thing i'm worried about in the countries they field on both sides, there are swaths of the country that are beyond persuasion. there people who cannot be talked too. i think th

people primarily lawyers in the beginningpe began to speak out about the importance of free speech and aclu sounded in 1920 but even then it was a long ghfight in the decade. >> one of the major themes has been talking last week, you were joking is k the first book you'e written. fort current current events so talk about how that has evolved and people marginalized, the biggest beneficiaries of free speech so important for them. >> people who suffered in the 19th century and to this day people suffer, the people pushing a new idea trying to assert themselves politically who -- they are the powerless and frederick douglass said speech is precious particularly for the oppressed, not something that is well understood by many today because we were so protecting free speech in the 50s and 60s primarily as a result of the struggles of the civil rights movement and antiwar movement that most of the abuses that occurred during that period aren't happening today. today after trump was elected, the women's march happens without incident, half a million women showed up in d.c., women around the countr

cynthia rosebury is the acting director of the aclu division and joining us is the founder of grasslandsso much for being with me. ricardo, let pea start with you. so you wrote that it's time now to see some legit action on cannabis. first, your assessment of this decision and what's this legit action that you want to see? >> you know, victor, thanks for having me, and this is meaningful moves coming from the biden administration, but we've had a lot of lip service coming from the federal administration and ones past and what we need now is legitimate action, not only to make sure that nobody is serving time but anything cannabis related because these pardons exclusively help those with possession, but we need to free all cannabis prisoners, but we also need to grant this emerging industry, this fast-growing really big industry,ing right opportunities to grow within these state markets and within a federal infrastructure that allows these businesses to flourish because that does not exist right now. >> let me come back to some of that. cynthia, let me come to you. i mentioned in the intr

so you also have the aclu spending in state supreme court races. consequence, new attention to them, and watch that big trend of big democratic donors by michael bloomberg is not that they're not giving, it's that they may be getting less attention because of state-based spending. >> those offices have such heavy import this cycle for so many reasons. republicans tend to focus more on the down-ballot races. >> school boards. >> you at "axios" have a report highlighting how the social media giant meta offers a glimpse into america's deep political divide. what did you guys find? >> yeah, this is fascinating window into how political strategists, politicians, candidates, parties target us. so "axios" lachlan mar kay who your viewers know well dug into data that meta posts about how people buy facebook ads, and if you're a candidate, you can say i want more of this, and less of this, i can add these people, exclude these people, and it's a real window into american culture. with republicans, you have them saying we don't want people who shop at trader

kim is that still dates at the, at the aclu. always except a from a fill in the right. the most asi business benefit of 70. we in the of study and we have some operational up up on business up on so sort of blood people shady multiple. we wouldn't be a school, but i mean must give them a given the, from dallas. and i need the most in thought from the vocal mcclung. put up with that, a group which fed up, well, i know for sure the stuff that we have no family, but it was not a bit on the vice. you the what mouse go, what. thank you for a little bit off with what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy foundation, let it be an arms race is often very dramatic development only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successfully very difficult time. time to sit down and talk with regular sweeney. ernest human person will be in your dorm mixture where you usually, the reason you deal with will be a reason or because the rules are normally gonna fill up pretty well. welcome to sleeps where you will media category, whic

aclu chapter of northern california filed a lawsuit against the city, though the city says they're not trying to drive out unhoused people. fact, they hired outreach workers to meet with people living in our beach to find out if there's a more suitable housing situation for them. >> the problem with this ordinance is that it targets the most vulnerable members of the community, most other cities and towns that want to restrict are these are oversized vehicles, at least have a pretense that they're doing. so as a matter of traffic safety and sebastopol does not have even have that pretense. >> yes, the best bull city manager says that aclu statements and claims, quote, ms characterize the nature and intense of the new parking ordinance. okay. the jackpot got bigger. that's what i'm taking. a letting you say to do with the lottery. know, only because for the rest of us, we have a bigger jackpot now to get excited. okay, right. so we're all here. so the group ticket didn't work either. but >> somebody won a million dollars. yeah. it was 5 numbers that they got and it was sold in los gatos

well, the aclu chapter of northern california has filed a lawsuit now against the city. the city says they're doing everything they can to try to drive out unhoused people and they've hired outreach workers to meet with those living in rvs to try find more stable housing. >> the problem with this ordinance is that it targets the most vulnerable members of the community, most other cities and towns that want to restrict are these are oversized vehicles, at least have a pretense that they're doing. so as a matter of traffic safety and sebastopol does not have even have that pretense. >> well, so that will city manager says the aclu statements and claims, quote, miss, characterize the nature and intent of the new parking ordinance. >> it's 709, and nobody won the powerball last night. but somebody who bought a ticket in the south is waking yeah, it's and everybody has the opportunity to win even a bigger jackpot at the next drawing. but let's get this. los gatos were scrapped for sarah stinson standing by where there is that one lucky ticket holder down there. sara. >> you

my organization is a party to the aclu lawsuit challenging these rules.been in constant fear and paranoia while participate in programming and brings incarceration into homes, communities and spaces of service providers. the board has a crucial part to play in protecting our communities. our cities reliance on the electronic monitoring is harmful and we must move away from it in all forms. it's been cited as a large reasoner in budget increases in the sheriff's department. we need to focus on services that strengthen community ties that will keep us safe. as long as we're using em in the city, i ask that you do not move forward and work to reduce harm from em. thank you. >> thank you anthony for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm ellen [indiscernible] i'm calling in today to say i'm opposed to electronic monitoring. we should be putting our money into increasing help for all. we need to provide support and opportunities for people. electronic monitoring brings incarceration into the home. between 2kw-8 and early 2020, we saw the number of

william free man as a lawyer with the aclu of northern california. >> he says the ordinance is unlike anything he's ever seen before. most other cities and towns that want to restrict are these are oversized vehicles, at least have a pretense. >> that they're doing so as a matter of traffic safety and sebastopol does not have even have that pretense, according to this ordinance, arby's can no longer part here on the street. >> from 07:30am, until 10:00pm. but there is somewhere new that they can be part. and that's right over here in this rv park set up by the city. >> the rv park is called to rise and shine village. it has sinks showers and security cameras. it houses 20 arby's and about 30 people who are formerly living on the city streets. but freeman says it's not enough. >> by the count of the sebastopol police department. there are more than 40 of the street. >> there's no guarantee that this particular location will remain open after december. the city says they're not trying to drive out unhoused people. >> and they hired outreach workers to be with people living in our bees t

in citing what you did the aclu study, it talks about that disproportionality.color would be three times more likely to be add rested an after arrest what happens then, a prosecution and then a conviction. when you get convicted for offenses, particularly felonies, it just removes you out of important opportunities. we know that it's hard enough as is, right, to get upward and mobile and to get jobs and licenses and housing and education and all of that without the stigma of a conviction. so i think what the president is doing now is significant. now we will see what congress does in terms of actually passing laws to this effect and we also know that removing it from the schedule i violation is an important first step, too. we will see what happens moving forward but this is really important. >> joey jackson, thank you for helping us understand it a bit better. have a good weekend. >> of course. you, too, poppy. thanks. >>> as the biden administration is really left with few options and essentially scrambling after opec and its allies slashed oil output by 2 mil

aclu was founded in 19202 lead that fight. but even then it was a long, long fight the following decade. accident one of the major thesis we were talking last week you were joking so the first book you have written to current events. so talk a little bit about how that has evolved and how people who are marginalized and have been oppressed are the biggest beneficiaries of free speech. that's why it is particularly important for them to stay on. guard. >> for people who suffered in the 19th century and to this day the people who suffer the people who are pushing a new idea who were trying to assert themselves politically who are the powerless. frederick douglass said speech is precious particularly for the oppressed. that is not something that is well understood by many today. we were really so successful in protecting free speech in the 50s and 60s. primarily as a result of the struggles of the civil rights movement in the antiwar movements. most of the abuses that occurred during that period are not happening today. after tru

arrests, and all 37 of them were black, the people that were arrested, so that spot a lawsuit from the aclu, and that ended up resulting in a settlement agreement that i think was over $200,000. kristen: ah. michael:yeah, and ■those were similar charges to the school zone enhancements that jenkins is talking about filing, so there is some worries there that a situation like that could be replicated again. kristen: well, there is a whole lot more in your article about this, which is now on "the san francisco standard's" website. it is a team effort. thank you so much, michael barba feud you can look at more of "the san francisco standard's" original reporting, and abc 7 will continue to bring you more stories focusing "the standard's" journalism. a reminder, you can get our live newscast, breaking weather, and more, with the streaming tv app. just search abc 7 they area and kristen: thanks so much for joining us today for "getting answers". we will be here every weekday at 3:00, "getting answers" for y >>> tonight, the deadly plane crash right into a car dealership. >>> the verdicts just in

primarily lawyers in the beginning began to speak out about the importance of protecting free speech, and aclu was founded in 1922 lead that fight. but even then it was a long fight through the following decades. >> and one of the major thesis, when we were talking last week you were kind of joking that this is the first book you've written that it's pertinent to current events. so can you talk a little bit about how that has evolved and how people who are marginalized or have been oppressed, they are the biggest beneficiaries of free speech so that's why it was particularly important for them to stay on guard. >> the people who suffered in the 19 century and on, you know, to this day, the people who suffer are the people who are pushing a new idea, who are trying to assert themselves politically, who don't have, you know, who are the powerless. and frederick douglass said speech is precious, particularly for the oppressed. that is that something that's well understood by many today because we were really so successful in protecting free speech in the '50s and the '60s primarily as a result of

of the cases go unresolved among those who have been killed is al jazeera, generous sharina, abbey aclu. she was shot dead by israeli forces while covering and israeli raid in the occupied west bank. the deadliest country for journalists is mexico, at least 18 members of the press had been killed there this year marking. and you records. also high on the list. i, ukraine, pakistan, the philippines, and brazil. i spoke to franny moran that the executive director of the international press, the institute. he says, there's only one way to make sure justice is served for sharing and all slang journalists. it's to ensure that there is a continuous campaign just because there is no justice. now that doesn't mean that they should never be so campaign needs to continue from our side. sharina was named by i p i as the wordpress freedom hero. so an eminent panel of editors recognize this and we will continue campaigning as will the other freedom presley them. organizations. and what we have seen is that when they're a high profile cases, something can get done. the statistics are that only why me

like shows that it was seen in the clean shape as moisture. chins that still dates at the, at the aclu girl, always except a from a fill in the right. the more asi business benefit of 70. we ended up studying with them operation open up and visual nose up on sort of blood, but i said, you must go, we wouldn't be a school. but i mean that must anything a given the, from the most in thought from typical mixed up with that window which dug up on all of the show that he said we have no problem with. let me check that was not a bit on the why see the what now? so what you, what the hold up with what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy. even foundation, let it be an arms race is often very dramatic. development only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successfully, very difficult time. time to sit down and talk with russia would gain nob hill arity under p to the great and the 1st russian emperor to travel widely. anecdotally when he arrived in the french capital, he said, paris stinks at the stanch will be the death of it. und

primarily lawyers in the beginning began to speak out about the importance of protecting free speech and aclu was founded in 1920 to lead that fight but then even then it was a long long fight through. you know in the following decades. right and what you i think one of the major thesis and you know when we were talking last week, you were kind of joking that this is the first book you've written in that, you know, it's pertinent to current events. so can talk a little bit how that has evolved and how people who are marginalized or have been oppressed? they're the biggest beneficiaries of free speech. so that's why no, it's particularly important for them to stay on guard the people who suffered. in the 19th century and on you know, and for in to this day the people who suffer are the people who are pushing a new idea who are trying themselves politically. who don't have you know who had who are the powerless and and frederick douglass said? you know speech is precious particularly for the oppressed. that is not something. that's well understood by many today because we were really so success

and the aclu of northern california calls on district attorney brooke jenkins to hold these police officers accountable. >> i reached out to the da's office to give ridging kids an opportunity to respond to claims that she is delaying prosecuting officers involved in deadly shootings. a spokesperson told me that the da is in contact with each of the families and that will keep them apprised of developments in each case and that the da can comment. no further due to the sensitive nature of the investigations in san francisco. has it meant kron 4 news. >> oakland police have arrested 3 people who they say were carrying firearms. officers saw the suspect entering a parked car with guns. that was on 27th avenue. this was monday evening during a vehicle stop. the police found 3 loaded guns. the investigators say one of the suspects had an outstanding robbery warrant. no information on why they have the guns at the time. the investigation is police say they have recovered more than 1200 firearms this year. more than the department recovered in all of 2021. >> oakland police are warning people abo

the aclu galloway's except tory and the guy from a fill in the right. the most asi business that we try to study for him to have study, and we have some operational up up on business up on some sort of blood. but i showed you my school, he wouldn't be a school, but i mean for my skinny them. but if you're not sure of the, from the law about the, for the most in thought in front of a commitment, long put up with that window which tied up one of the show that he thought that we have no family. but it was not a bit on the vice. you the, what mouse go, what back you, what the of, of out ah, ah, ah, russia would gain popularity under p to the great and the 1st russian emperor to travel widely. anecdotally when he arrived in the french capital, he said, paris stinks at the stench, will be the death of it. under peter, the great russia became a powerful state, which of course, well its neighbors. russia looked in on the scene before the red, but suddenly appeared under europe. we're seeing as i was talking power in competition, we trans. so for the kink on fil