amy: amy gottlieb, what did he said eu? >> he just kept kind of repeating himself and getting really worked up that this was the end of the road, that i has been had his chances, that they're going to enforce removal and they cap repeating it and there was no possibility of entering into a conversation with him at that moment at all. this is somebody i've known for many years because of my work. it was really astonishing just to feel so incredibly dehumanized in this space and to see ravi faint and we had asked for water. they did not run and get water. we had to ask for it. it was terrifying. juan: when you learned he was being transferred to krome detention center in florida when there are plenty of detention centers that ice has in the metropolitan area they could of held him at pending the resolution of whether he was going to be deported or not? not surprised. we knew this was targeted and they're going to make it harder for all of us, going to make it hard for us to do the legal work, make it hard for us to visit, goi

i'm amy goodman. on capitol hill, the senate has voted to end the government shut down after democratic lawmakers capitulated on the demand that any spending deal inclclude a resolution o on daca -- that's e deferred action for childhood arrivals program. instead, a slew of centrist democrats abandoned their promise to the nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants whose protections president trump ended last fall, and joined republicans in voting to pass a short-term spending deal to fund the gornrnment touough to fund thgovernme t throu febrry 8 8. on dacrecipipits slammed the mondaymove. >>>> today, a ntinued resolution wapassed whohout it clean dream act attached to i i am very disappointed bthe ct o our politicians did not continue tsupport us. so of the american people, some of theoliticians bla the dreamers for the government shutdown. hower,r, we arnot responsible for the shutdown. the republics s of t democrats whdodo not havave the backckgrod to support a clean dream act are the ones to bl

i'm amy goodman. "the new york times" reports the pentagon is proposing widening the permitable use of nuclear weapons to include responding to cyber attacks and other non-nuclear attacks to u.s. infrastructure. the pentagon has already outlined this expanded nuclear strategy in a draft document sent to president trump for approval. it comes amid a series of moves by the pentagon and president trump that have escalated the threat of nuclear war. "the wall street journal" reports the pentagon is planning to develop two new sea-based nuclear weapons. "the new york times" also reports the pentagon is conducting a series of war games to prepare for a potential war with north korea. this is secretary of state rex tillerson warning americans about the escalating threat of war with north korea on tuesday. >> with respect to whether americans should be concerned about a war with north korea, i think we all need to be very sober and clear eyed about the current situation as north korea has continued to make si

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i'm amy goodman. president trump ordered special -- order the firing of special counsel robert mueller be fired last june, and only backed away from this demand after the top white house lawyer, donald mcgahn, said he'd rather resign than carry out trump's order. that's according to an explosive "new york times" investigation, which chronicles how president trump tried to claim special counsel robert mueller had conflicts of interest that disqualified him from carrying out the ongoing investigation into whether the trump campaign colluded with russia in order to sway the 2016 election and whether president trump later tried to obstruct the probe into the possible collusion by firing fbi director james comey. trump tried to claim mueller was disqualified because mueller had once had a dispute over the fees at the trump national golf club in virginia because he had once worked for a law firm that had also represented trump's son-in-law jared kushner and because he had interviewed for the job of fbi dire

i'm amy goodman. in a major attack against immigrant communities in the united states, the trump administration has announced it is ending the temporary protected status for up to 250,000 salvadorans who have been living in the united states since 2001. the temporary protected status, known as tps, had given the salvadorans legal permission to live and work in the united states. it was enacted in 2001 after a devastating pair of earthquakes hit el salvador. the announcement sparked immediate protests at the white house and a news conference in new york city. this is salvadoran tps recipient urania reyes. >> we are begging to our president trump and of the foric to stand up and ask our permanent, not temporary, legalization. we have been in the u.s. for more than 20 years and they did not give us any permanent status. i think we are honorable people. we do the work other people don't want to do. we are very little money. we pay for housing and taxes and school for the children, for my three children, a

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from park city, utah. longtime usa gymnastics team doctor larry nassar has been sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexually assaulting and abusing more than 100 young female athletes, including olympic gold medalists, under the guise of providing medical treatment. this is michigan judge rosemarie aquilina. i need everyone to be quiet. i told you i am not nice. amy more than 160 women : testified at dr. nassar's sentencing hearing. the chairman of usa gymnastics and several board members resigned amid the high-profile trial. now the president of michigan state university lou anna simon has also resigned. dr. nassar worked at michigan state university from 1997 until 2016, and the university has faced widespread accusations of failing to investigate the accusations of abuse. this is gymnast kaylee lorincz, testifying on the final day of dr. nassar's sentencing hearing about the complicity of michigan state university and usa gymnastics. >> i guess i thought

amy: that was dr. lee, who is on the faculty of yale school of medicine, and an internationally recognized expert on violence. a forensic psychiatrist. she edited the book, "the dangerous case of donald trump: 27 psychiatrists and mental health experts assess a president." the book became a best-seller when it was published in october. that ds it for our show. democracy now is produced by rene fel, dea guer nermeen shaikhcarla wills, laura goesdier, sam alcoff, john hamilton, robby karran, hany massoud, charina nadura, amel ahmed and nat needham. mike di fillippo, and miguel nogueira and paul huckeby are our engineers. special thanks to becca staley and ju ♪ -today on "america's test kitchen"... becky shows julia how to make classic strawberry jam, lisa reviews the best tools for canning, and dan shows bridget the secrets to making the best homemade bread and butter pickles. it's all coming up right here on "america's test kitchen." "america's test kitchen" is brought to you by the following -- fisher

i'm amy goodman. lawmakers are on capitol hill today amid the third day of a partial government shutdown. hundreds of thousands of so-called non-essential government workers are furloughed, meaning they are barred from working and won't be paid during the shutdown. the two agencies hardest hit by the shutdown are hud, the department of housing and urban development, and the epa, the environmental protection agency. the government shut down at midnight on friday night after lawmakers failed to reach a budget deal. at the heart of the showdown is president trump and the republicans' failure to compromise on a plan for the 800,000 young undocumented immigrants known as dreamers. trump rescinded the deferred action for childhood arrivals program daca, last year, which , democrats have refused so far to agree to a budget deal that doesn't include a resolution on daca. the senate is slated to vote today at noon on a resolution that would fund the government for the next three weeks. hundreds of thousands of

amy: that is dr.ing saying that his country, the united states, was the greatest purveyor of violence on earth. the corporate media, the mainstream media, went after him time -- i have the "life" magazine copy when they talked about the fact -- they said his speech sounded like a script from radio hanoi. they said here that a disservice to his cause, his country, and his people. those 10 people today as it is easy for king because everything he did everyone idolized, he was slammed. documentaryin the talking about he nudged into the idea of global politics, talking with andrew young and goldberg and anytime you try to say anything except for white southerners should not segregate, he was pilloried. they tried their best, as taylor said to say, how can we make a strong statement as innocuous as possible? amy: and what happens after? a year to the day before he is assassinated, that speech is what king says. >>>> it is amazing that the coincidence that it is a year to the day after that speech he is gun

i'm amy goodman. the house of representatives passed a short-term spending bill thursday setting up a high-stakes debate in the senate ahead of a midnight deadline tonight to reach a deal or face a government shutdown. voted 230-197rs in favor of republican led continuing resolution to fund the government through february 16. in the senate, many democrats have said they will vote against a bill that fails to protect recipients, undocumented young immigrants brought to the united states as children. this is paul ryan. not shut schumer, do down the federal government. senate democrats, do not oppose anything that is in this ill. they're just holding this critical funding hostage for a deal the completely unrelated immigration issue. yes, we need to address the daca program and we are engaged in good faith negotiations as we speak. but that deadline is weeks away. amy: it is not clear whether senate democrats will support another stopgap spending bill. speaking from the senate floor thursday, democratic

i'm amy goodman. "the new york times" is reporting the pentagon is quietly preparing for a potential war with north korea, with the u.s. military launching a series of war games and exercises from fort bragg, north carolina, to the skies above nevada, to a planned deployment of even more special operations troops to the korean peninsula during the winter olympics in south korea next month. the planning for a potential nuclear war comes as president trump has repeatedly threatened to launch a nuclear strike against north korea. meanwhile, the "wall street journal" is reporting the pentagon is also planning to develop two new sea-based nuclear weapons. the report is based on a new pentagon nuclear strategy review, which says the proposed new nuclear weapons would be to counter russia and china. last week, the guardian reported the trump administration is planning to loosen the restrictions on the use of nuclear weapons and d develop a nuclear r warhead for u.s. tridt missiles. this all coming asas trump

i'm amy goodman. in a major blow to president trump's anti-immigration agenda, a u.s. judge in san francisco has temporarily stopped the trump administration from ending the daca program, that's deferred action for childhood arrivals. the obama-era program gave nearly 800,000 young undocumented people legal permission to live and work in the united states. president trump announced he was ending the program late last year. on tuesday, u.s. district judge william alsup ruled the daca program must remain in place amid multiple lawsuits over trump's decision to rescind the program. this comes after president trump held an extraordinary meeting with democratic and republican lawmakers at the white house monday in which trump appeared to support a wide reaching deal on immigration that could grant millions of undocumented people the pathway to citizenship. during the meeting, trump repeatedly said he would take the heat for sweeping immigration deal, which would likely be opposed by much of his far right w

i'm amy goodman. president trump read his first state of the union address on tuesday night in which he called on congress to pass an immigration overhaul and repeatedly tried to conflate immigrants, including dreamers, with terrorists and gang members. among his guests to the state of the union were the parents of a young girl who was killed by members of the ms 13 gang two years ago in long island, new york post up to girls, in the 13 is a thing that originated in the 1980's and since reggie central america as a result of the u.s. mass deportation policies. during a lengthy address, trump announced he had signed an executive order keeping the guantanamo bay military prison open and escalated his warmongering rhetoric against north korea, calling the north korean government depraved, warning it poses a nuclear risk to the united states. trump celebrated his massive tax overhaul in a fitting corporations and the richest americans, among them, himself and his family. trump entered the state of the unio

i'm amy goodman. president donald trump sparked international outrage thursday over a racist comment in which he said the u.s. should limit immigration from haiti, el salvador, and african nations in favor of immigrants from countries like norway. trump made the remarks during a meeting with congressional leaders amid discussions over the trump said, why are we having all these people from [bleep] countries come here?" trump's latest remarks come just after his administration announced it is ending temporary protected status for up to 250,000 salvadorans who have been living in u.s. since at least 2001. last year, the trump administration announced it is also ending temporary protected status for tens of thousands of haitians, nicaraguans, and sudanese immigrants living in the united states. this is haitian grassroots activist rene civil. >> donald trump is more than just a cancer on the world and not just drop the world, but particularly for the american people. he is a president destabilizing, a pre

i'm amy goodman. in switzerland, thousands of protesters took to the streets of zurich tuesday to protest against the world economic forum in davos and president trump's planned visit. switzerland has deployed at least 5000 soldiers and police to davos. it's also imposed a no-fly zone over the area. the protests came as u.s. treasury secretary steven mnuchin is slated to lead the davos summit today. trump is scheduled to arrive tomorrow, becoming the first u.s. president to attend davos in two decades. this is protester paolo gilardi. >> the swiss federal council is about to welcome and unrolled the red carpet for mr. trump, but with the people have something to say and that this policy is unacceptable because the goal of this policy is to reduce the planet to fire and blood and to assure the powerful people's domination over the rest of the world. amy: in news from capitol hill, the justice department has confirmed that attorney general jeff sessions underwent several hours of questioning last week a

i'm amy goodman. the trump administration has proposed allowing offshore oil and gas drilling in nearly all of the united states' coastal waters. the reversal of the obama-era restrictions would open more than one billion acres of water along the eastern seaboard and in the arctic, and allow oil companies to drill off the coast of california for the first time in decades. the proposal faces opposition from environmental groups and the governors of new jersey, delaware, maryland, virginia, north and south carolina, california oregon, washington, , and florida. the trump administration's proposal to expand offshore oil and gas drilling comes as scientists say climate change may be related to the devastatingly freezing weather currently engulfing wide swaths of the united states. some scientists say the melting of the arctic and the weakening the jet stream could be allowing more cold air to escape the arctic and engulf lower latitudes, such as europe and parts of north america. a brutal cold is setting

i'm amy goodman. president trump is demanding a slew of anti-immigrant measures, including $18 billion for his border wall in exchange for legal protections for young undocumented immigrants known as dreamers. in total, trump is demanding $33 billion over a decade to fund the expansion of the militarized border wall and to hire 10,000 additional immigration agents. trump is also demanding federal grants be withheld from so-called sanctuary cities. in exchange, trump proposes congress authorize some protections for nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants who had been protected under daca -- that's deferred action for childhood arrivals -- before trump rescinded the obama-era policy late last year. immigrant rights groups and democratic lawmakers have slammed trump for trying to use the dreamers' in order to win his far-right anti-immigrant demands. congress must resolve questions on immigration and other key political issues before january 19 to avoid a partial shutdown of the government. in more

i'm amy goodman. afghanistan has declared a national day of mourning after over 100 people were killed in a suicide attack in the capital kabul saturday. the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, in which militants detonated an ambulance packed with explosives in the middle of a crowded street. more than 235 people were also wounded. this is samim and mohammad, who each owns small shops near the side of the attack. >> every day there is fear of attacks here and living has become very dangerous to everyone. it is not taped to live in afghanistan anymore. >> it was a really dangerous blast and people were running everywhere. everyone was shocked. most of them were wounded by broken glass. amy: meanwhile in a separate attack today, 11 afghan soldiers were killed after isis militants stormed an afghan army base in kabul. after headlines, we'll go to kabul, afghanistan, for the latest on the attacks and the day of mourning. the entire board of directors of usa gymnastics is resigning, after te

i'm amy goodman. congress is lurching toward a government shutdown as republicans failed to reach agreement on a bill that would keep federal agencies funded past friday. much of the debate centered around the fate of the more than 700,000 so-called dreamers, immigrants who were brought to the u.s. as children. theyemocrats have said won't vote for spending bill unless it includes protections for the dreamers, while republican leaders have instead focused on a short-term bill that would keep the government open for a month. this is white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders. >> the president certainly does not want a shutdown. if one happens, i think you only have one place to look, and that is to the democrats who are holding our military and our national security hostage by trying to push through other policies that have nothing to do with the budget. we would like to get a budget deal done, a two-year budget deal done, a clean budget deal, then focus on negotiations. following that deal wit

amy: u.n. ambassador nikki haley said tuesday north korea might be preparing for another missile test andnd warned such a move would need tougher steps against pyongyang. koreawe hear that north might be preparing for another missile test, i hope that does not happen. but if it does, we must ring even more measures to bear on the north korean regime. the civilized world must remain united and vigilant against the rogue states development of a nuclear arsenal. we will never accept a nuclear north korea will stop we won't take any of the talks seriously if they don't do something to ban all nuclear weapons in north korea. we consider this to be a very reckless regime. we don't think we need a band-aid and we don't agree need to smile and take a picture. them stop have nuclear weapons, a and they need to stotop it now. north korerea can talk w with ae they want, but the u.s. will not recognize it or acknowledge it until they agree to ban the nuclear weapons they have. amy: so if you can respond to

i'm amy goodman. president donald trump hardened his position on immigration wednesday, a day after he appeared to support a wide-reaching deal on immigration that could grant millions of undocumented people a pathway to citizenship. during a meeting with congressional leaders tuesday, trump repeatedly said he would take the heat for a sweeping immigration deal, which would likely be opposed by much of his far-right-wing anti-immigrant base. president trump also said he wanted a bill to protect the 800,000 young undocumented people, known as dreamers, whose protections he attempted to rescind last year when he canceled daca, the deferred action for childhood arrivals program. but on wednesday, trump reversed course, telling reporters he would reject any immigration deal that doesn't provide funding for a militarized border. pres. trump: i would imagine the people in the room, but democrat and republican, i really believe they're going to come up with the solution to the daca problem, which has been go