racism and human rights violations would team up with the nation's largest civil liberties advocacy organization the american civil liberties union a.c.l.u. with the support of the paternal order of police as. calling on chicago mayor louis like to in the city why checkpoints put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic chicago police set up checkpoints across the city to enforce state wide state home orders officers stationed in multiple districts would stop drivers and hand out flyers to people reminding them to not make unnecessary trips outside of their homes according to the chicago tribune though this public health p.s.a. in action was well intentioned it didn't take long before community and civil rights groups surrounded and sounded the alarm while c.p.d. spokespeople argue that the increased police presence is part of a public health agenda civil rights groups say checkpoints put black and brown people at risk for increased exposure to cope with 19 right now in chicago 70 percent of the birth of the virus are black according to american civil liberties spokesperson during this pandemic law enforceme

the american civil liberties union, which is no trump fan club, says there needs to be a place for people to be able to protest against governments's reactions to this pandemic. of course, you can imagine how it would get complicated because, what happens in a country that is an autocratic country when protests arise there? whose side is facebook going to take? brent: good point. you could argue that these protests take place if people were honoring social distancing, which they are not. we have seen similar protests in other countries. is facebook blocking information about those as well? >> facebook says the policy is global and it will take down information about any event deemed to breach the coronavirus lockdown restrictions by governments in those countries. just to name a few, we are seeing in russia, chile, niger, and even here in germany. at the weekend, we saw demonstrations. again, a mixed bag of conspiracy theorists and pro-speech activists. that was shut down by police because it was deemed to be illegal. however, it is complicated here because there is a court in germany tha

and just being shut down of people's 1st amendment rights now he's not alone and also the american civil liberties union which is no fan club has said there needs to be a place for people to be able to protest against governments reactions to this pandemic and of course you can imagine how we could get complicated because what happens in a country that is an autocratic country antidemocratic when protests rise up there and they are shut down by the government whose side is facebook going to tell you that's a good point although you know you could argue that these protests could take place if people were respecting social distancing which we know just by the pictures that they're not we've seen similar protests in other countries i'm wondering is facebook blocking information about those as well will facebook says this policy is global and that it will take down information about any event that is deemed to breach the coronavirus lockdown restrictions by governments in those countries just to name a few that were seen in russia in chile where there's been red demonstrations against lockdowns and ev

chilling and disturbing shut down of people's 1st amendment rights now he's not alone also the american civil liberties union which is no trump fan club has also coming to come out saying there needs to be a place for legitimate protest against the government's response to this pandemic now facebook has to tread very carefully here you can imagine how it would be how people would react to this happen in a more autocratic country facebook could be accused of colluding with governments to shut down people's free speech and silence critics. we also have seen protests here in chinese facebook also doing the same not promoting events you know well facebook says its policy is actually global and it will do the same in other countries we have seen those events happening here in germany also attracting a mixed crowd of people including some on the weekend now facebook says that it will actually shut down this information it hasn't yet done so however i check the facebook page for the upcoming events here in germany and they still exist online and there's another big test coming up which is the 1st of may and t

legal action by the american civil liberties union of southern california has won the release of a handful of detainees including charleston de cause of an undocumented immigrant born in billy's takeoff agreed to speak about conditions inside but preferred not to be videotaped. everybody everybody. everybody. they called said he lived in a cell block with 80 men 4 to 8 men to a cell. phone. you know you. got a better. one. he hundreds of family members and supporters held a drive by protest rally at a detention center in arizona demanding that detainees be released immediately they like in the facilities to death camps and want to remember it in washington the basic basis for them right from the very so far the government has refused to consider a large scale release of detainees and even though most of the country is on lockdown ice agents are still busy arresting and confining undocumented people i should also immediately stop arresting people and putting them in these dangerous conditions and facilities the a.c.l.u. and other immigrant rights advocates are asking the courts to intervene

if the fbi is going to seek secret authority to infringe the civil liberties of an american citizen theyt least need to show their work. nozzle application for the past 5 years was up to snuff. that is alarming and unacceptable. >> there is no doubt if you look at the ig report, be thankful we have horowitz in place and bring the issue to the surface, the recommendations to director ray, very important, without question chairman grassley's focus is spot on. we need to restore the confidence from the fbi. that is our nation's premier law enforcement agency. there are a lot of questions. put yourself on the side of someone having a warrant to track their movement as an american citizen, something we could not imagine, where we find ourselves too often. i'm confident director ray will get it right. daymac should be concerned regardless of your ideology or party as an american, civil liberties and constitutional rights in place. thank you, for being here. the president and his task force, what do medical experts think about projections, they are live next to answer your questions. 's new hea

heavy criticism of this no doubt in the 1st shot was fired tonight by andrea flores of the american civil liberties union who sent out a release saying our nation faces an extraordinary health crisis and at this time and xenophobia and racism is not the answer expect to hear a lot more of that from democrats on capitol hill and a lot of questioning of this policy over the coming days and weeks however it must be said that the immigration act here in the united states allows the president especially in a time of emergency to make broad decisions proclamations on his own authority so there is legal precedent to him doing this is just that few presidents have ever taken advantage of it aaron to join hands with they in chicago john thank you. now for the 1st time in history u.s. oil prices crashed below 0 dollars into negative territory on monday it's just rebounded in asian markets to around $2.00 a barrel a drastic reduction in global energy demand because of the pandemic and lockdown measures means the world now has more crude oil and it can actually stall isn't a gallon. at the beginning of 2020 a

, because he became the founder of moving spirit -- and moving spirit for decades of the american civil liberties union. remember kate richards o'hare, the jailed antiwar activist i mentioned earlier. once she got out of prison, she led a cross-country march demanding release of other political prisoners, and they picketed the white house for two months with the support of the aclu, and she was finally successful. in 1921, warren harding became president, and under pressure hem those demonstrations, finally let the remaining prisoners out of jail. toeven invited eugene debs visit him on the way home from prison. harding'sbs, leaving office after that visit. he joked he had run for president five times, but this was the first time he'd actually gotten to the white house. so, what can we conclude about this era? i think it was a time when american democracy came very close to losing its soul, and a lso a time that reminds us that there are currents of xenophobia, nativism and a hunter scapegoats that have long run below the surface of this country and still run there today. tohink it's a good time

in related news, the american civil liberties union and legal voice filed a federal lawsuit wednesday challenging a new anti-trans law in idaho that bans transgender women from competing in women's sports. the groups say the law violates title ix, the historic statute that bans sex discrimination in education. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. when we come back, what are zozoonotic diseases? we will look at the possible ororigins of the coronavirus wih a zoologist who studies diseases ththat cross thehe animal-humamn dividede.. stay with us. ♪ [ [music break]k] amy:y: the musicicians of thee nationonal orchestra of the t togetherr in their homes, playing "bolero" by raravel. this is democracacy now, democracynow.org, the quarantine repoport. i'm amy goodman. i am in new york, the epicenter cohostpandemic, with my nermeen shaikh joining us from andhome to keep us all safee stop community spread. nermeen: welcome to o all of our listeneners and viewers frfrom arouound the country and around the world. amy: we're going to

the american civil liberties union has sued a federal prison in oakdale, louisiana, after five prisoners died from covid-19. the aclu is attempting to force the federal bureau of prisons to release prisoners who are at high risk for serious illness or death due to the outbreak. this comes as authorities in ohio report three prisoners have died from suspected cases of coronavirus at a federal prison in elkton. the ohio national guard has been deployed to work inside the prison. as countries impose lengthy lockdowns to combat the spread of the coronavirus, reported cases of domestic abuse have spiked around the world. u.n. secretary general antonio guterrrres called d for governms to prioritize wowomen's safety s many face mounting risks in- and outside of their homes. , theyany women and girls should be safest in their own homes. lockdowns in court timeses are essential to coronavirus, but they can trap women in abusive apapartments. role -- seen horrifying global search anand domestic violence. amy: to see our discussion on mastech violence in the pandemic, go to democracynow.org . on mo

in the american civil liberties union is demanding an investigation into the bordeder patrols abuse of pregngnant migrants in their custody. the complaint filed wewednesday detailils how a guatemalan woman gave birth at the e chula vista border p patrol station near san diego, standing up, holdlding oo a trash can while still wearing her pants. she had pleaded border patrol agents for help but they reportedly told her to sit down and wait to be processed. she had been detained with her husband and two young daughters in february as they hoped to apply for asylum in the u.s. in related news, the trump administration has quietly shut down the country's asylum system for the first time in decades, using obscure public health law to justify one of the most aggressive u.s.-mexico border crackdowns amid the pandemic. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show with senator bernie sanders' announcement wednesday that he is suspending his campaign for the democratic presidential nomination. vice

legal action by the american civil liberties union of southern california has won the release of a handful of detainees including charleston de cause of an undocumented immigrant born in believe as they call it agreed to speak about conditions inside but preferred not to be videotaped because right now everybody everybody. they call it said he lived in a cell block with 80 men 4 to 8 men to a cell. you know you. got a. hundreds of family members and supporters held a drive by protest rally at a detention center in arizona demanding that detainees be released immediately they like in the facilities to death camps and we want. to thank you for coming out and every so far the government has refused to consider a large scale release of detainees and even though most of the country is on lockdown ice agents are still busy arresting and confining undocumented people also . arresting people and putting these dangerous conditions in facilities the a.c.l.u. and other immigrants rights advocates are asking the courts to intervene as soon as possible before it's too late al-jazeera los angeles and oc

this comes as the american civil liberties union warns u.s. models for the spread of coronavirus may be underestimating future deaths by nearly 100,000 unless counties take immediate steps to reduce jail populations. and the aclu notes thohose figus don't even account for state- and federal prisons and immigration detention centers. the aclu warns -- "unequivocally, keeping people out of jail saves lives -- both inside the jail and in the surrounding community. lives are at stake. the time to act is now." a top scientist at the department of health and human services says he was removed from his job after resisting president trump's promotion of an untested coronavirus treatment. dr. rick bright directed the biomedical advanced research and development authority, or barda, until he was abruptly removed from his post this week and reassigned to the national institutes of health. in a scathing statement released wednesday, dr. b bright wrote e- "specifically, and contrary to misguided directives, i limited the broad use of chloroquine and hydrox

you have attorneys for planned parenthood of new york city, of american civil liberties union, the center for constitutional rights. suitfiled a class action on behalf of women on medicaid who wanted access to abortion acceptedrs who medicaid who wanted to be able to provide abortions. u.s. supreme court ultimately decided that states were not required to pay or abortions for medicaid recipients and that the hyde did not violate women's constitutional rights. otheresult, many individual states began to follow this course, and according to one report, within of the implementation of the hyde amendment, the number of federally funded abortions from about 290,000 to 2,000. the centers for disease control even conducted an eight-month study to determine the effects restricting access of public funds for abortion. flaws.dy had some it was small. there were other issues that affected its interpretation but that medicaid women in nonfunded states who had complications after aboutons, they averaged gestational age than their counter parts in states that were funded. eligible women had a thanean g

but we've got to protect civilre liberties. >> you know, after 9/11, sean, a lot of americans gavee up civil liberties because we were told we had to in order to be safe and that we are asked to give up even more. this may be a bridge too far whenrt you start to give people tickets showing up to their church on easter weekend sitting in their own cars and the only violation of social distancing where the cops who came up to their car windows to give them the ticket, who got much closer to the 6 feet than they were supposed to be. this is scary stuff and i wish people would think about it deeply. my own church has not met in weeks. i have not left my house in over fiveee weeks so i'm doing what m supposed to do to mitigate this. on the other hand, let me tell you what i'm worried about, i am worried when a father gets arrested playing catch with a public deserted park. i'm worried about the long-term applications if the government can do this, if they can basically shut down the first amendment, freedom of religion andre freedom of assembly, what do you think the press would say over at "the

the american civil liberties union of connecticut say the fever detech shu detection fevee accurate.ne company says it is using drones to deliver food from a restaurant in reno. they say they want to use the delivery service to next distribute coronavirus medical supplies to people but they need the approval of the faa for that. arthel. arthel: all right, eric. let's go to italy now where they're going to ramp up antibody testing as the government plans to ease restrictions on the country hit heavily by coronavirus. amy kellogg is live in florence with the update. amy. >> reporter: hi, arthel. well, they had a national competition here to come up with what they thought would be the best antibody test and the coronavirus czar of italy announced they found the winner and would be rolling out the tests nationwide on may 4th, the day that italy is supposed to get partially back to work. the announcemen announcement byd health organization today took a little bit of wind out of the sails of this announcement of having pinpointed a test because the world health organization did say earlier

while the head of the justice department said he would consider legal action to protect american civil libertiesa different reaction. >> attorney general william barr, who is not a medical doctor, is going against even the white house guidelines for gradually lifting stay-at-home rules. >> trump has insisted campaign from compliant and helpful and loyal attorney general bill barr. >> what's motivating this administration when it comes to these rolling reopenings i is it health? is it the economy? or is it the elections in november? brian: right. here to react the host of fox nation lara logan and of course her series is called lara logan has no agenda. but right now on her things to do list was to be on our show. so, larr remarks first off, do you think it's wrong for the attorney general to want to stick up for the citizens of this country who in many cases with being steam rolled by an oppressive governor? >> you know what i think, brian? i think that people should go and livable to what attorney general barr actually said and not take anyone in the media's word for it. because that's what i d

offices now with more spacing, temporary but we've got to protect the liberties. >> after 9/11, a lot of americans gave up some civil liberties because we were told we had to in order to be safe and now we are being asked to give up even more. but this may be a bridge too far when you start giving people tickets for showing up at their church on easter weekend and the only violation of social distancing for the cops who came up to the car windows got much closer than the 6 feet they were supposed to be. this is scary stuff and i wish people would think about it deeply. my own church hasn't met in weeks. i haven't left my house and over five weeks. i'm doing what i'm supposed to do to mitigate this but let me tell you what i'm worried about. i'm worried when a father gets arrested playing catch with his daughter in a public deserted park. i worry about the long-term implications if the government can do this, if they can shut down the first amendment freedom of religion and freedom of assembly, what do you think the press would say over "the new york times"? your favorite newspaper. they decided to shut down the firs

>>> as the coronavirus continues to spread in overcrowded prisons, a new report from the american civil libertieshat reducing jail populations will lower the covid-19 death toll for all of us. joining us now, former acting u.s. solicitor general and now an msnbc legal contributor neil catell, thank you for being with us. this, obviously, was a problem from the get-go i was reading about outbreaks from different prisons. it's a little, you know, it's got a lot of different consequences, letting prisoners out early. but what are the options in these contained populations, where you also have prison workers who would prefer not to get the coronavirus, themselves? >> yeah. there is only really one option, which is to release these folks. there is two groups of people who are in jail. the vast majority of them, over 70%, actually haven't had jude indicated of doing -- haven't beened a juddated of doing anything wrong. they stay an average of 25 days in the prison and come out. when you have prisons that are magnets, for coronavirus. there is one in ohio in marion over 2,000 cases. other jails are beco

american citizens. that's why congress should also be back at work defending civil liberties and leading by example doing the will of the people. >> laura: i want to stand up and applaud that. congressman selden, we are thing of tracking americans who havinn lead to t contract a element tracing. some of it sounds may be plausible, but we are talking about to reopen the country according to some of the experts, we need to test 6-7000000 people with these various tests per week. i think we are doing, what, 200,000? is that right? correct me if i'm wrong. we have to set metrics for reopening the country that are realistic, not continuing to move the goal posts on when americans can actually exercise their civil liberties and make a decent living. >> laura: our economy was a strong as it's ever been before this happened. unemployment rates at record lows. we had markets at record highs, it all came to a screeching halt because this virusha quickly spread throughout the entire country. i am all for reopening our economy smartly. that means we don't want to see another outbreak. part of that is including a ram

. >> americans pride their freedom, they pride their individual rights and civil liberties. erican public, by and large, understands their state and local health officials and their president are telling them that this is important. >> harris: i want to bring in out emily compagno, attorney and fox news contributor. well, look, even when you look at what happened today in the state of michigan, in lansing, emily, people are protesting. if you like the governor whitmer there has been arbitrary with all the stuff that she has lockdown on. how does the law to really work? if you don't want to live abiding to this right now during a pandemic, if you think it's too much of a crackdown, but option do you have? >> people have already filed lawsuits. the answer is really that state governments and police have broad latitude in a public health emergency. they can issue executive orders, they can issue quarantine orders. but the issue becomes when that is balance that with constitutional rights. the argument here, specifically with those checkpoints, those are sort of creating the most

but they have to be balanced, whatever steps you take has to be balanced with civil liberties against the american people and it cannot be used as an excuse for broad deprivations of liberty. as things proceed, both with the federal government imposing and also making sure that's justified, but also with the states do, the states are very broad, as you know, what's called police powers. very broad powers that the federal government doesn't have to regulate the lives of their citizens but as long as they don't violate the laws of the constitution, we'll keep a careful eye on that. >> laura: . forcibly this holy week, pass over well for jewish americans about the importance of not gathering together to celebrate and i want you to listen. >> now is not the time for large religious gatherings. we paid this price already. you do know service by making this thing works and infecting more people. >> laura: at what point in time do americans feel like they are going to be able to have that right back in the federal government will stand if local officials continue this all-out prohibition going forward? >

maria: san francisco became the first american city to want use of facial recognition. civil libertiesups worried about abuse by government. >> it will help us cure cancer and address almost every issue that we are concerned about. but it-also raise new concerns. something like facial recognition. it can be used to follow us around the shopping mall. it can be used in other countries to open the door to mass surveillance. maria: google's project uses a.i. to pinpoint intelligence from drones. google says it's as simple as its principles did not line up with the government. facial recognition is only one part of the power of a.i. from machine learning images and data collection and its potential to replace millions of jobs. it's sparking a debate on how to unleash it in an ethical way. >> it's a little like nuclear. you don't let everyone have nuclear bombs. maria: the black stone group -- you get the m.i.t. $350 million and they will build the scooflt computer. this is a big number. it's obviously going to move the needle at m.i.t. >> i met a lot of the people, and they have a national

american. we do have civil liberties and constitutional rights in place and we want to keep them there.or scott, thank you so much for your time, great to see you. >> thanks, shannon. >> shannon: are right, the president and his task force today, what do our medical experts think about our projection? medical experts up next, they will answer your questions as well. claritin-d improves nasal airflow 2x more than the leading allergy spray at hour 1. claritin-d. get more airflow. rowithout the commission fees and account minimums. so, you can start investing wherever you are - even on the bus. download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood. you don't just own horses. you own a pasture. a fence. a barn. an arena. more fence. and hay. lots of hay. so you need a tractor built to do it all. and do it right. you need the power to handle anything. you need versatile performance matched-attachments. you need the #1 selling compact tractor for a decade. the kubota l series tractors. it made her feel proud. ancestry® specifically showed the regions that my family was from. greater details.

but they have to be balanced, whatever steps you take have to be balanced against the civil liberties of the american people and it cannot be used as an excuse for broad deprivations of liberty. so as things proceed, you know, we are going to be interested both what the federal government is imposing and also backing sure that that's justified, but also with the states do. states have very broad -- as you know, what we call police powers, very broad powers that the federal government doesn't have to regulate the lives of their citizens as long as they don't violate the constitution. so we will be keeping a careful eye on that. >> laura: governor cuomo spoke out this week very forcefully, this holy wood for christians, beasley passover as well for jewish americans. about the importance of not gathering together to celebrate and i want you to listen. >> now is not the time for large religious gatherings. i mean, we paid this price already. we learned this lesson. you do no one a service by making this worse and infecting more people. >> laura: at one point in time do americans feel like they're going t

japanese americans from the camps served in the nation's military where they distinguished themselves with extraordinary valor in combat. but the united states congress acknowledged the civil liberties of citizens and voted to provide financial compensation. they also vacated earlier wartime rulings. >>> during world war ii millions of americans took up arms to fight totalitarianism and it was largely segregated. they worked to end racial discrimination in the military. with congress largely controlled by powerful southern democrats that staunchly supported racial separation fdr felt they could not broadly challenge military segregation. yet world war ii provided fdr with opportunities to take action against discrimination without having to go to congress and to create an environment in which minorities could advance in the military. during the war, blacks were admitted to the marine corps for the first time and they ended the ban on black pilots. with strong public support of eleanor roosevelt nearly 1,000 black pilots were trained at the tuskegee institute. none of the bombers were ever lost by the fire. >> >>> americans of mexican, latino decent were also given unpress denltu unp

amongst ourselves into an open war with the fundamental principle of civil liberty criticizing the declaration of independence. american freedom and equality were meant to be universal. to give hope to the world for all future time. it was no surprise that lincoln was unwilling to give his political support to the newly formed american or know nothing party. at a time when anti-immigrant sentiment permeated the party whos views reflected a long-standing fear of papal influence and concern over the arrival of a large number of immigrants whose cultural practices that irritated the nativeborn. lincoln understood the ethnic prejudices and intolerance endangered the entire nation. in a letter to a longtime friend joshua speed, he explained why he could not embrace the party. i am not a know nothing he wrote. how could i be? how could anyone who of course the oppression of negros be in favor of degrading classes of white people? he lamented what he viewed as the parties abandonment of the declaration of independence. our progress and degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rampant he continued. as a nation, we began by declar

americans out there. meanwhile, what about our civil liberties? we are going to get our freedom back when this is all over, right? >> this is going to be transformative. we are never going to be the same again. the fear that we have, the anxiety that we have, that's not just going to go away. when do we get back to normal? i don't think we get back to normal. i think we get back or we get to a new normal. >> laura: wait, wait, wait. what new normal is that? the old normal was when your kids actually went to school, you could go to work, you could go to church if you wanted it may be a restaurant or watch a sporting event or play sports with your friends. you traveled anywhere and whenever you damn well please without government tracking or police questioning you. that was the old normal. so if the new normal means something innocuous like we won't buy drug from china, that's great. that's a good new normal and if it means that we stay home when we are sick that we wash our hands more, fantastic. we all want that. but if the new normal that colombo

. >> americans prize their freedom, their individual rights and civil liberties. >> reporter: georgetownaw professor lawrence gardens said members of law enforcement are under immense pressure to follow guidelines about different from a local to state-level. >> it is not uniform and the police should enforce it but shouldn't be doing anything draconian or coercive because that is not what this is about. >> reporter: the wall street journal editorial board] is still america, coronavirus or not and some officials are, quote, indulging their inner belief in ways that will erode public support for behavior that can reduce the spread of the coronavirus. the brighton colorado police department offered an apology for handcuffing him in front of his daughter. authorities said officers tried to navigate through the differences between local, state and national guidelines. there is a lot of confusion between local and state orders across the country, the transit authority in philadelphia reportedly changed the rules so people are not required to wear masks anymore. >> thank you. these images are s

general has not only the right but the obligation to protect the constitutional rights and civil liberties of the americaneople. he has not indicated that he is going to take action but he is saying that if, if circumstances arose, well then he would make that determination but, it is, i think the attorney general is on spot on on this. elizabeth: we have news coming in that hawaii officials in hawaii, arrested two individuals for violating quarantine. stunning new development there. this is also what is happening as well. really sure prizing new test results con furthermore that two people were infected in santa clara county on february 6th. that is much earlier than initially believed. that means more people may have been infected and have antibodies. that is a remarkable finding. also a new study done by usc and l.a. county public health find 55 times more cases realized. hundred of thousands likely affected now with antibodies that means plasma treatment, that maybe means get back to work sooner. >> it does, liz. there may well have been more infections at an earlier stage. that is what that californi

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american civil war. the american civil war. . . . . >> i'm going to have to take, there was a great question about religious liberty in particular public it just can't resist this because they paid me so much because it pains me so much to not get to ask you about the gettysburg address that one of you did. so what is their new to say about the gettysburg address? [laughing] and go for it. >> one thing, it's not entirely new. i think iha was inspired by wonderful book called forge of empires by michael max baron, an old friend of mine. but a little-known aspect of it is that this wasn't just about americans and for americans. whole world was watching us and lincoln is mindful of this and is reflected here and there, shallle not perish from the ear. this is the biggest republican world and if it falls apart and fails, that's going to send a lesson to the world. it's going to send a lessened england which has begun parliamentary reform but working men still do not have the right to vote. it will be an argument on the site of let's not give it to them because look at what happened in america. it will be a lesson to france which is had a n