amy: trita parsi, thank you for being with us, founder of the national iranian american council. most recent book "losing an , enemy: obama, iran, and the triumph of diplomacy." trita parsi is an adjunct associate professor in the center for security studies at georgetown university. when we come back, the trump administration's policies around immigration. president trump is calling on border guards to break the law to stop all people from coming in to the united states and to get rid of immigration judges. we will talk about all of that and more, coming up. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. president trumpmp is intensifying his crackdown on immigration as he purges the leadership of the department of homeland security. on sunday, dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen was forced out after reportedly resisting a move b by trump to revive his family separation policycy at te u.s. southerern borderer. nielsen had overseen trump's zero tolerance family separation policy last year and came under fire by democrats for lying to congress about the

of the united states in burbank we have rough is the day he is president of the international american council and a harvard educated iranian american political scientist and in person bill we cross to philip giraldi he's a former cia counterterrorism specialist who is now executive director of the counsel for the national interest originally cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to philip first i'm calling this program go moving toward war question mark as it happens so very often philip an article you wrote a few days ago inspired me to do this program and to invite our guests here so philip and percival are we in this situation because we can look at iran we can look what's going on in venezuela the bipartisan support that they get out of the conflict that's supporting the saudi arabia and yemen moving the capital recognizing the capital of israel's jerusalem the trumpet ministration giving away the golden heights the golan heights it's not even theirs to give away and also the possibility of an oil shock by this unilateral

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earlier i spoke to sina toossi, a research associate at the national iranian american council in washingtong for iran. they struck widespread parts from the north—east near the caspian sea through the western regions, and in khuzestan there has been widespread damage. many towns remain inaccessible. we have seen river banks overflowing, whole cities and towns that have basically been flooded. thousands of homes that are now damaged and many peoples livelihoods have been destroyed. so this is a nationwide crisis in iran right now, and it is a crisis of unprecedented levels for iran in terms of this heavy rainfall causing this widespread flooding across the country. how much help is iran getting and how much does it need? right now because it is occurring in the context of immense hardship due to the reimposition of unilateral sanctions, on account of the nuclear deal, all of this stuff, and right now we have seen aid agencies are afraid to provide relief efforts to iran in these flats because of us sanctions, and so flats because of us sanctions, and so far we have seen that germany just yes

of the united states in burbank we have rough is a day he is president of the international american council and a harvard educated iranian american political scientist and in person bill we cross to philip giraldi he's a former cia counterterrorism specialist who is now executive director of the counsel for the national interest all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to philip first i'm calling this program go moving toward war question mark as it happens so very often philip an article you wrote a few days ago inspired me to do this program and to invite our guests here so philip and percival are we in this situation because we can look at iran we can look what's going on in venezuela the bipartisan support to get out of the conflict that's supporting the saudi arabia and yemen moving the capital recognizing the capital of israel's jerusalem the trumpet ministration giving away the golden heights the golan heights it's not even theirs to give away and also the possibility of an oil shock by this unilateral

. >> later today, watch a conference hosted by the council on american islamic relations focusing on islamophobia in the united states. the event includes a panel of historians, authors, and community activists discussing the issue. here's part of that event looking at the lives of islamophobia during the 2008 presidential campaign. >> if i could speak about the intensification of islamophobia in the united states, actually, we could have a specific time where it occurred, it's actually around the obama campaign. obama was being accused of being a closet muslim, that he was part of the brotherhood movement conspiracy, and again, if you think about the conspiracy, that the brotherhood would have conspired here to a kenyan in find a white woman, impregnated her, and had a child in hawaii, then come back in here to work in the inner-city chicago to get elected into the senate, to get two dupe all americans to vote for him. let's say, if they have the conspiracy, i really want to talk to them and to see if they could take our homelessness program and see if they could actually have a con

more of this we're now joined by hooshang amirahmadi who's the founder and president of the american iranian council thanks for being with us as always. so how significant is the timing of the trumpet ministrations decision to designate iran's revolutionary guard as a terrorist organization. well first up is the it will deter you date. did relation between the two countries and create a more difficult environment for the two to ever come to get it as long as. the say she's in power but they're practically speaking i don't believe. this has any gain for the united states of america the u.s. will not gain much from disputed little policy because after all are. the guys who control it didn't lose nearly got it guys who ordered delusionary ghar to do what they are doing are not and they're just sanction at there and they're just as ignition conclusionary guard is an instrument of a group current. who controls the country dick who controls dirt. division team and therefore i don't think that there is any practical that italy is speaking useful about this well. there is lamp and it would usually god will

adjunct associate professor at georgetown university and was president of the national iranian american council he joins us via skype now from reston virginia good to speak with you again thank you. so let me ask you first of all about the fs comments now it's no secret that he doesn't have a lot of good things to say about the u.s. administration since since they came into office what should we read into this is this just kind of a bluster from him i mean how much how much truth is there too to his assertion. well to be completely frank with zarif was saying was what most people in washington already knew i spent a lot of time talking both with democrats as well as with conservatives who are very very worried that the president is simply not on top of this issue and has delegated the iran file to john bolton who has now given been given an opportunity of a lifetime to start a war that he's been seeking to start with iran for more than twenty years and the circumstances for bolton are of course quite good because on the one hand you have a president that doesn't pay attention to this extent tha

trita parsi is a professor at georgetown university and former president of the national iranian american council i spoke to him earlier about the tense relationship between the white house and to iran. to be completely frank with zarif is saying was what most people in washington already knew i spent a lot of time talking both with democrats as well as with conservatives who are very very worried that the president is simply not on top of this issue and has delegated the iran file to john bolton who has now given been given an opportunity of a lifetime to start a war that he's been seeking to start with iran for more than twenty years and the circumstances for bolton are of course quite good because on the one hand you have a president that doesn't pay attention to this extent that he should he has a secretary of state that is essentially in a support in a bolton and then he has no one at the pentagon right now heading the pentagon which means that is no one like matt is there could be pushing back at this point so this is been something that has been worried a lot of people in washington for qu

. >> with me, american council of science and he'll, alex your take on that. >> mitch mcconnell is rightming and man-made global warming, as i do without necessarily agreeing on policy response, green new deal is not good. elizabeth: what is a good one then? >> in my opinion, nuclear power, focus more on nuclear power, that will get us off of fossil fuel and make us emergency independent -- energy independent, then technology will take over. people will want electric cars, i think without having huge policy response, i think that naturally the world will be more oriented and it will be a self solving problem. elizabeth: does natural gas fit in. >> it burns cleaner an cold. i think nuclear power is the way to go. the safest most efficient farm of energy that man kind has devised. it has been a political football for last 30 years. elizabeth: a quick take on democrats, just voted present to the green new deal vote? >> well, you know politics is politics. it does not always surprise me that politicians do some sort of grandstanding then don't stand behind it that seems to be par for the cou

schifrin: trita parsi is a georgetown adjunct professor ane was the prsident of the nationalranian american council argues that in iraq since 2011, iranian troops worked near u.s. troops, against a mutual enemy: isis. hefears today's declaration reduces chances for cooperatione and increaseshances of conflict in the present and future. >> what trump is doing now, which will have long-term national interests, is that he's for diplomacy with iran, that future administrations will then suffer from, because when they >> schifrin: but the trump administration blames iranian behavior for the tensions, and has pu pued a maximssure campaign, pulling out of t iran nuclear deal, and sanctioning nearly 1000 iranian people and corporations. >> there's already conflict. this regime, for 40 years, has been in conflict withhe united states. we are not changing anything in that equation. we are hoping to get a new and better deal to replacr the iran nucldeal. t appeal for iran to negotiate under u.s. pre-condition digsings haecomes er to swallow. >> an action like today makes next to impoible to pursue diplomacy w

the american council of life insurors estimates that more than 700,000 americans could gain access tothis secure act. something republicans and democrats actually agree upon, retirement. but we shall see. it's got to go to the senate. >>> all right. it's the battle pitting pricing fears against 5g bragging rights. magenta man john ledger arguing the merger of telecom giants could greatly expand america's broadband prowess and potentially clinch a win in the international race to a faster, stronger network beating huawei from china. but regulators are holding back. joining us, charlie gasparino. what's the latest? >> we should point out the shot clock, meaning the deal, amount of time the regulators have to decide on this deal, i think is like 50 days now. the shot clock began on thursday of last week so this is rubber meets the road time. i'm trying to get a handle on exactly what t-mobile and sprint are pitching to regulators, how it's being received. here's some stuff that i'm getting. obviously, price is a big issue, right. liz: they are promising they won't raise price. >> not onl

rocket engine explosion is expected to delay mass as mission to send astronauts into orbit in an american council space x. suffered a setback when its dragon crew capsule was engulfed in smoke on saturday the private company is due to fly a strolls to the international space station in july the u.s. mission is expected to be the first since in space shuttle fleet retired in two years ago. a russian scientists are alarmed at a russian government's plans to allow increased levels of pollution in the world's largest lake lake and by carl contains twenty percent of the planet's fresh water and a step busting reports russian government leaders say they can better protect the lake by increasing permitted levels of waste the fragile line between water and ice marks the entrance to the world's largest and deepest lake and the ice melts the water is so clear that fish and freshwater seals can be spotted with oxygen one and a half kilometers down near the bottom made by karl has a unique ecosystem found nowhere else on the planet but human activity on it six hundred thirty six kilometers long shore us has

the american chemistry council, which represents chemical manufacturers, says pthalates are among the most thoroughly studied compounds in the world and have a history of safe use. but pthalates are banned from children's toys in more than 10 countries and the european union. in the united states, 3 pthalates were permanently banned from children's toys and child-care articles in 2008 because of their potential to leach from plastic that's chewed or sucked. >> the worst actors have been taken o out of childre's toys,s, but they're still widely used in many other types of consumer products, , and bio-monitoring studies show that thesee chemicals are still showowing up in people. >> we're deep in the hold of bisphenol a. there's widespread exposure. it's biologically active at very low levels. >> bpa is of concern, bececause it looks s like an estrogen. anand it's bbeen sn to have a weak estrtrogenic effect. anand so if you're expod to a chehemical that migight terfere wwith your hormone levels, in this case your estrogen, that can have effects, particularly i if it happens during devel

i'm excited to share our own african-american advisory council has led the planning and design of this event in collaboration with 100% college prep. the alliance and the african-american achievement and leadership initiative. our main focus on this special evening will be to celebrate our african-american students who worked very hard and have made plans to attend a two or four-year college or professional training program. there will be food, live performances, guest speakers and student incentives. i have some exciting news to share. our district has been recognized as a california exemplary district for improving student performance in mathematics. this follows the award of a new math sequence that has contributed to more students accessing higher level math courses. the california exemplary district awards celebrates school districts with achievement an emphasis on implementation of state standards and access to a broad course of study. the board policy was adopted by the board in 2014. and the core sequence alliance with common course state standards and provides progression of c

those who have written in to support the nomination of david bernhardt, organizations like the american council of snowmobile associations, the off-road business association, county commissioners from around the country, representatives from the alaska federation of natives, as well as various tribes. and i would that that be incorporated as part of the record. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: and, mr. president, before i relinquish my time here, i just want to take a very, very brief moment to note that a friend, a leader, an extraordinary roll model for many, many alaskans, certainly in the alaska native community, has recently passed. salina everson was a language and culture lawyer in southeastern alaska, one who fought for the tlingit language and culture preservation. she was a, an extraordinary woman and role model. grew up speaking tlingit. it was her first language in school. she was told you can only speak english. she broke that rule and courageously spoke tlingit anyway. she's a champion for her culture. we mourn her passing. this woman not only was considere

. >> the council on american islamic relations hosted a conference on islam a phobia state university in st. paul, minnesota. authors and community activists discuss the history of islamophobia and white supremacy. welcome to this first breakout section on the intersections of islamophobia, anti-semitism and white

the bay area chapter of the council on american-islamic relations tells us they welcome the hate crime investigation. >>> and we are learning more about a killing spree that happened across the bay area friday. three people were killed in three separate cities. as we told you yesterday morning, the manhunt came to a dramatic end as the suspected gunman was on the run. >> reporter: at one of the picnic tables at peoples park in berkeley, there is a collection of flowers and candles and a few rest in peace messages for cal. cal was shot in the head here friday afternoon. >> cal was a cool guy. he was a guy. there was no violence. he didn't bother nobody. he minded his own business. he would play chess, dominoes. >> reporter: he showed us several of his drawings and told me he gave police a detailed sketch of the man you saw. >> did you see the man who came in. >> reporter: he would steal our food, sleeping bags, blankets and stuff like that. >> reporter: at the shooting scene in san francisco, a memorial where leron davis was killed. they said jefferson had been a positive influence in t

council to deal with saudi arabia qatar. and the south of sudan there has been a meeting also with the charger the for. the american the further within the european. countries also the head met. with the chief of the transitional military council. to point out. something to do with the way the military council deal with some of the issues. reflected in the spirit of the revolution. and these are values that we have to take into consideration and follow in all our decisions so that there is no violation of. of this decision in order to settle scores. it is important to maintain peace and observe the law and not exclude anybody or to cause enmity to anybody and they said this is a general principle the council follows and we assure that this is what we make sure. the following are the decisions of the military council as they are as follows. to review. the law. of the of the public order and this would be referred to by competent authority to study it and make the. right decision in the specter of a public order. to form a committee. which it has actually taken its. tasks to deal with the province's it is concerned w

be, aft lou: ilhan omar, the radical freshman dimm congresswoman assaulting americans when addressing september 11 at councilerican islamic relations even last month. >> care was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something. and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties. lou: wow. september 11, 3,000 people killed, in a terrorist attack. and she is talking trash about civil liberties? astounding. amazing that house speaker pelosi has yet to remove her proher seat on house fore -- from her seat on house foreign affairs committee and democrats have not repudiated this woman. first ever picture by the way of a black hole released today, a group of international astronomers used telescopes from across the globe, spotted in a galaxy, 55 million light years away. and resemblence between photos and radical dimms chances of winning in 2020. looks like a zero? joining us tammy bruce, washington times columnist. fox business contributor, great to with you with us. >> great to be here. lou: omar this woman, you tell me, what is she doing? >> it is shocking. to to he

the president of the national iranian american council he thinks the u.s. policy seemed to cater to its ally saudi arabia's interest. we know that the trump administration's policy is maximum pressure i don't think we know to what end they want to impose maximum pressure but when the truck misfortunate rolled out its unilateral exit from the iran nuclear deal a year ago at first it indicated that it would not be getting any waivers and then it relented and issued these waivers now they're pulling back and you can't help but watch this and think that this is that incompetence by this administration to not have planned this out it seems in any way with the countries that are going to be affected you have a number of democratic candidates essentially saying that the united states will return to its commitments under the nuclear deal if they are elected president and i think you've seen blowback from that from from the trauma ministration from the netanyahu government and now you know i can't help but think this is a policy that is really. dictated by riyadh wh

well adrian omar was speaking at a civil rights a vent that was hosted by the american count the council on american islamic relations or care and she gave a twenty minute speech and the message if you listen to the whole thing was clearly that muslim americans have the right to stand up against illegal discrimination that is the missing context of this tweeted video from the president and if you'll just allow me to read the rest of what she said in that sentence she said care was founded after nine eleven because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties that was the full sentence from congresswoman omar but of course as you saw the president only chose four of those words the first half of a sentence and cast the representative in a negative light as she become one of trump's targets that. well it seems that she's really political fodder for the president as he heads toward what he hopes to be a re-election next year and this kind of criticism targeting her as his enemy in a sense is unfortunately just somethin

i want to bring in the executive director for the council on american islamic relations or cair.you attended that banquet in march. you heard her entire 20-minute speech. what was your response to her remarks? what was the message that you received? what were you hearing that day? and this also came, by the way, after the terror attacks on the mosques in new zealand, which she made reference to in her speech, but continue. >> very correct. thank you for having me on the show. yes, i was there at the event along with over 450 people inside, mostly muslims, but a lot of our other jewish christian and other friends were there. ironically the speech was live streamed by various media outlets, including fox news, the entire speech. over a million and a half listened to it. no one had a problem. let's be clear, this is not about what she said. this is not about what the congresswoman said or did not say about the terrorist attack. anyone who could spend a couple of minutes to listen to the speech would recognize that she is not speaking about the terrorist attack. she was talking about

after telling the council on american islamic relations known as ce that the worst terror attack on american soil was "some people did something." >> care was founded after 9/11, because they recognize a that some people did somethingnd that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties. >> now, growing backlash. in the new york post, and this, liom repn congressman and afghanistan veteran dan crenshaw. s it's note people who did something. it's terrorists that killed almost 3,000 americans and we should talk about it that way. >> it ces after colleagues have blasted her previous comments as anti-semitic. omar defending herself last night. >> i tookn oath to uphold the constitution. i'm as american as everyone else is. >> we are getting in to a level where it's an insitement of violence against women of color. >> a father of a firefighter at died on 9/11 is outraged. >> she needs to apologize -- for heren co. >> casey, thanks. >> spacex launched the heavy rocket and landed all three rocket boosters for the first time. it's the second flight for the spacex falconheavy, the mos

tweeted a quote about the nine eleven attacks from muslim congresswoman omar's peeking at the council on american islamic relations along with the words we will never forget it was founded after nine eleven because they recognized that some people did something the president's post came days after the conservative new york post put this on its cover the video when trump's tweet selectively quotes omar along with images of the world trade center attacks which we are not showing it was designed to suggest that omar was minimizing the effect of nine eleven but a fuller quote shows which he was actually saying is that muslims in the u.s. have been stigmatized since those attacks kid was found it after nine eleven because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties. in fact care was founded in one nine hundred ninety four but its membership increased dramatically after nine eleven she is receiving death threats on a daily basis this is not a joke for the president is not one of his boring ugly jokes this is serious with us to do

hosted on the council on american islamic relations, later today at 6:45 p.m.astern on c-span. >> before we move on to the supreme court, can i say the 10 topics by which you really need to know, write them down. foundations, federalism, public opinion, participation, political parties, interest campaigns and elections, tigris, presidents, and courts -- president, and courts. the entire test covers those topics . a chance to be a part of "washington journal's cram for the exam program. the severe live discussion with fromschool teachers lincolnshire, illinois. is about -- and its significance. >> our students struggle with logrolling. it is a concept of vote training and if you are trying to get a big bill passed, a lot of times it helps to have some quick "-- quid pro quo, this for that, sometimes we called earmarks. if you add the earmark, you will get more supportive votes and that is logrolling. >> watch the cram for the exam on saturday, may 4 at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the release of the robert mueller report with the topic of conversation on the

. >> reporter: tonight, congresswoman omar under fire again after telling the council on american islamic relations known as cair the worst terror attack on american soil was quote some people did something. >> cair was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties. >> reporter: now growing backlash. in "the new york post" and this from republican congressman and afghanistan veteran dan crenshaw. >> it is not some people who did something. it's terrorists that killed 3,000 americans and we should talk about it that way. >> reporter: it comes after her colleagues blasted her previous comments as anti-semitic. omar defending herself last night. >> i took an oath to uphold the constitution. i am as american as everyone else. >> reporter: some democrats supporting omar. >> we are getting to a level where this is an incitement of violence. >> reporter: the father of jimmy riches, a firefighter who died on 9/11, is outraged. >> i think we're owed an apology to the 9/11 families and the american pu

. >> reporter: the council on american islamic relations says many muslims already question safety at mosques or in head scarves, adding tuesday's crash brings that concern to city streets. >> people may not realize this but the victims were not muslim. they were mistaken for muslim by the assailant. >> reporter: police say peoples was on his way to bible study. his family and friends describe him as a religious man. we connected with his congregation, renewal church in sunnyvale. lead pastor ulysses wang shared this statement. peoples first came to our church roughly one year ago. we've never witnessed any behavior from him that would lead to us suspect that he could do something like this. people peoples' lawyer is pointing to the suspect's military background and changes to his mental state after serving. >> this act clearly was the product of some mental order or mental defect that caused this to happen. >> reporter: if convicted peoples would face life in prison. outside the hall of justice, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >>> we have been updating this story on abc7news.com. if

after being elected to moscow city council, the americans took away my citizenship.re was no other way out. but i regretted it, and i will ever regret having done so. i felt threatened every day in my life. because the local men, as they told me many, many times, "you may have a soviet citizenship, but you're still a foreigner." i was being watched in my factory every day by five different people. i would be provoked for me to say something either against the government or the system itself. i used to go to bed with my clothes on, ready whenever the kgb came, i wouldn't have to dress. i never allowed myself to become lonely. i listened to the bbc. if i am at home on sundays, all day long, and i would put the music on, take a chair as my lady and dance. robert robinson, the african—american engineer who got stuck in the ussr. in 1986, a small community called wahat al salaam — neve shalom was founded by four families, both jews and arabs on a hilltop betweenjerusalem and tel aviv. it was an experiment in peaceful coexistence in the middle east. four decades on, it's h

omar was spoking to the council on american islamic relatio when she made those comments last month. some conservatives sayre her rks make light of the attacks. this comes weeks after critics pounced on previous comments described as anti-semitic. last fall omar became the first somali american and one of tsl women to be elected to congress. >>> it's now 4:07. a sheriff in louisiana says the 21-yea connection to the arsons that destroyed three historic churches is the son of one of his deputies. holden mathews was arrested yesterday. the three churches he's accused of setti fire to were each more than 100 years old with mostly blackcongregations. it's still not clear whether the arsons were hate crimes. >>> the issue of hate has been on the minds of ameca's largest tech companies this week. representatives from facebook, twitter, andoc otherl media platforms appeared at congressional hearings to talk about monitoring disturbing speech on lineea ier in the week during a house hearing s on theame ia live stream of the conversation had to be shut down because the comments section was qu

also condemning the act is the council on american islamic relations a semi no small this absolutely heartbreaking for child. >>to be the victim of this type of an i mean i know that law enforcement is a looking into considering this is a hate crime in and of the da's office is investigating this. but you know the facts are showing that this is truly a hate incident i mean that even makes it that far worse this act and early was a product and some mental disorder or mental defect people's attorneys and family say the army veteran suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. >>that is likely to figure in to the possible filing and or defense of any hate crime charges people's my face so about this rk, there doesn't criminal act and i think that the defense is going to focus on whether there was something in his military history that could suggest that this kind of an inde could occur. >>da's office says it is currently reviewing the evidence in this case but could not say if or when it might file a hate crime and has been in the case the time i's and peoples is expected to return to c

muslims islamic nazis and then hire an anti muslim bigot robert spencer who according to the council on american islamic relations operates the blog jihad watch which depicts islam as an inherently violent faith a man who went on a killing spree in norway back in two thousand and eleven cited spencer's blog sixty four times in his manifesto so with groups like that you have to ask yourself . would christian bale have a blog. or even a movie characters he played wouldn't have a jihad watch plot not batman not that boxer in the fighter not dick cheney. dick cheney would definitely do that but not the others so the national grist of others is donating to groups who inspire people to do hateful things call me crazy but some of the little un-christian leave the n.c.f. is just following what's actually the motto for the national christian bale foundation which is christian in name not in practice. especially since in c. after nations. muslim and anti immigrant groups rose to over nineteen million dollars in twenty seventeen plus the n.c. offers a donor advised fund which means a person can make an acc

also condemning the act is the council on american islamic relations a semi on this absolutely heartbreaking you know for a child. >>to be the victim of this type of an i mean i know that law enforcement is a looking into considering this is a hate crime in and of the da's office is investigating this. but you know the facts are showing that this is truly a hate incident i mean that even makes it that far worse this act and early was a product and some mental disorder or mental defect people's attorneys and family say the army veteran suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. >>that is likely to figure in to the possible filing and or defense of any hate crime charges people's my face so stephen clark, there doesn't appear to be anything premeditated at this point about this criminal act and i think that the defense is going to focus on whether there was something in his miliry >>sonny bill police have not said exactly what this new evidence is but the da's office today tells me that is currently investigating and reviewing that evidence but could not say if or when it would file this cri

the video in it includes snippets of omar's speech to the council on american-islamic arlations, edited without the context of her r which praised the group's support for muslim americansivil rights after 9-11. >> because they recognized that some people did somethinand that all of us were starting toc loses to our civil liberties. >> sreenivasan: at one point the video uses only the words "some people didhing." edited to footage of the 9-11 attack. the president's tweet ignited both fierce criticm and strong support for omar. democratic representative jerry naer, who represents lower manhattan, defended omar's speech as an accurate reflection of what happened after 9-11. >> it was used as an excuse for lots odiscrimination and for withdrawal of civil liberties. no i did not. i have had some problems with some of her other remarks, but >> sreenivasan: press secretary sarah sanders defended the pres cent's tweet. tainly the president is wishing no ill will and certainly not violence towards anyone, but the president is absolutely and should be calling out the congresswoman for her y not

he made announcement before a council for american-islamic relations conference in st. paul. e justice department has listed the council as an unindicted conspirator saying the group helped fund hamas. following the governor's remarks, a panel of scholars, historians and authors discuss methods and impact of spreading hate. [applause] >> to our presenters, thank you for bringing your insight and expertise. this deep dive we will go into is needed, it is one that, as you can see, the community is ready, ready to hear, and we welcome your insights, advising guidance.ig to everyone else who took time out -- the students who are here and people, minnesotans who too