i'm amy goodman.protests were held nationwide this weekend urging president obama to stop the deportation of undocumented immigrants. thousands of people marched in at least 62 cities. some mark saturday as the day when the obama administration likely reached its 2 millionth deportation. according to "new york times" 2/3 of those deported under president obama have committed minor infractions, such as traffic violations, or had no criminal record at all. president obama has taken aim at the new republican budget proposal in his weekly address. he said the gop plan would widen inequality. quick the republican budget begins by handing out massive tax cuts to households making or than $1 million a year. then to keep from blowing a hole in the deficit, they have to raise taxes on middle-class families with kids. next, the budget forces deep cuts to investments that help our economy create jobs like education and scientific research. policies that make it harder for working americans to succeed. that is no

i'm amy goodman. 10 months ago, laura poitras and glenn greenwald flew from new york to hong kong to meet nsa whistleblower edward snowden. since then, there've published a trove of stories exposing the nsa and the national surveillance state. poitras and greenwald did not return to the united states until this past friday when they flew from berlin to new york to accept the george polk award for national security reporting. they flew and not knowing if they would be detained or subpoenaed by the u.s. government. in january, the director of national intelligence james clapper described analysts working on the nsa story as a compass is." in february, mike rogers, chair of the house intelligence committee, accused glenn greenwald of selling stolen goods are reporting stories on the nsa documents. greenwald and poitras were accompanied by an aclu attorney,

i'm amy goodman. ukraine is warning it will continue efforts to retake control of eastern areas despite .arnings from russia tensions have escalated after ukrainian authorities said they killed five pro-russian separatist. russian president vladimir putin has announced new military exercises on the border and warned of unspecified consequences. on thursday, secretary of state john kerry warned the united states could take further action against russia if it does not back down. days, two opposite responses, and one truth that cannot be ignored. the world will remain united for ukraine. so i will say it again. the window to change course is closing. president putin and russia face a choice. if russia chooses the path of de-escalation, the international community -- all of us -- will welcome it. if russia does not, the world will make sure the cost for russia will only grow. as president obama reiterated tolier today, we are ready act. >> u.s. was journalist has been released by pro-russian separatist in

i'm amy goodman. ukraine and pro-russian separatist are staging rival shows of force amidst a growing risk of violent escalation. ukrainian soldiers moved into retake government buildings from the separatists tuesday, sparking at least one clash and the provincial airfield. meanwhile, separatists seized armored personnel carriers and eight came from the ukraine army. ukraine and russia will be joined by the u.s. and european union for talks beginning thursday in geneva. it is the first time russia and ukraine foreign ministers will meet face-to-face is the crisis began. jay carney said the obama administration backs ukraine's incursions to retake buildings from the separatists. >> we appreciate the government's that any actions it undertakes will be gradual and responsible, and we agree the use of force is not a preferred option. that said, ukrainian government has a responsibility to provide law and order and these provocations in eastern ukraine are creating a situation in which the government has t

i'm amy goodman. three people have been killed in shootings at two jewish facilities in kansas. a former member of the ku klux klan is accused of opening fire inside a jewish community center and an assisted-living home in the town of overland park. the suspect reportedly yelled ler" upon his arrest. the police chief said the attack is began to investigate it as a hate crime. >> i caution everyone to understand suspects are people of interest. this gentleman is in his 70's. he is a white male. he has a beard. outside of that, there's not a whole lot i can confirm. we are investigating it as a hate crime, a criminal act. we have ruled out anything. i don't want to say the terrorism word, but this is three hours into it. it is only wise and prudent we use every resource we have. >> the suspect, fraser glenn miller, had been a grand dragon as a kkk member. the shooting came on the eve of the jewish holiday of passover. ukraine is threatening to send troops into eastern towns today after a deadline passed

i'm amy goodman. ukraine said they have regained control over regional administration building , one ofity of kharkiv three eastern cities were pro-russian demonstrators have seized government sites. authorities are men in a standoff of demonstrators who have declared an independent republican urged russian vladimir putin to send troops. tsk is the hometown of ousted ukraine in president viktor yanukovych. on monday, the state department spokesperson said secretary of state john kerry spoke to his russian counterpart by phone. roxie called on russia to publicly disavow the activities of separatist, saboteurs and provocateurs, calling for de-escalation and dialogue and called on all parties to refrain from agitation in ukraine. he made clear any further russian efforts to destabilize ukraine will incur further costs for russia and the ministers also discussed convening direct talks with in next 10 days between ukraine, russia, the united states, and that you to try to de-escalate the tension. ministry'

i'm amy goodman. talks aimed at easing the crisis in ukraine have produced an agreement calling for pro-russian groups to surrender government buildings in the eastern part of the country. the united states, russia, ukraine, and european union all back the deal, which calls for the groups to disarm and vacate occupied areas. but the deal appears unlikely to ease tensions between the united states and russia as russian troops remain massed along ukraine's border. speaking thursday, president obama warned the u.s. to take more steps if russia does not back down. >> our strong preference would be for mr. putin to follow through on what is a glimmer of hope coming out of these geneva toks, but we are not going count on it until we see it. in the meantime, we will prepare for what are other options are. >> ukraine has offered amnesty to pro-russian separatist as long as they're not suspected of serious crimes. but as occupying the government building in the city of donetsk are so far refusing to leave. mea

i'm amy goodman. a secret senate intelligence committee report on the cia's torture program questions the programs underlying legal framework and accuses the agency of impeding its overseers of manipulating the media. according to the reports conclusions attained by mcclatchy, the cia issued incorrect claims about how many tople it held and subjected so-called enhanced interrogation techniques. inaccurately characterize the effectiveness of the techniques, actively avoided or impeded oversight by congress, the justice department, and its own inspector general, and ignored internal critiques. it manipulated the media by coordinating the release of classified information am a which inaccurately pretrade the effectiveness of the agencies enhanced interrogation techniques. the senate intelligence committee has voted to declassify the conclusions and other sections of the report, but not before there reviewed by the cia. nations security council has approved the deployment of the 12,000-member peacekeeping

i'm amy goodman. a standoff continues in ukraine where pro-russian separatist have seized government buildings in eastern areas. demonstrators have barricaded themselves and and readied fuel bombs. the government in kiev has warned of sending in troops to restore order. testifying before senate panel in washington, secretary of state john kerry accused russia of direct involvement. >> everything we have seen in the last 48 hours, russian provocateurs and agents operating in eastern ukraine, tells us they have been sent there determined to create chaos. and that is absolutely unacceptable. are as ham-handed as they are transparent, frankly. quite simply, what we see from russia is an illegitimate effort to destabilize a sovereign state and create a contrived crisis with paid operatives across an international boundary engaged in this initiative. >> russia has denied planning military operations in eastern ukraine. john kerry said to hold talks with counterparts from russia, ukraine, and the european un

i'm amy goodman. the obama administration is expanding the criteria to decide which prisoners jailed for drug crimes are eligible for, see. the fair sentencing act of 2010 reduced sentencing disparities between users of crack cocaine and powdered cocaine to address a racial imbalance in prison terms. but the law did not apply retroactively. and monday, attorney general eric holder said the administration will announce new guidelines to help close the gap. >> there are still too many people in federal prison who were sentenced under the old regime and as a result, we'll have to spend far more time in prison than they would is sentenced today for exactly the same crime will stop this is simply not right. the white house has indicated it wants to consider additional clemency applications to restore a degree of justice, fairness, and portion out before deserving individuals who do not pose a threat to public safety. the justice department is committed to recommending as many qualified applicants as possib

i'm amy goodman. the obama administration has again delayed a decision on approval or rejection of the keystone xl oil pipeline. the state department says it will await the results of legal challenges to the pipeline's proposed route through nebraska. that means a final move will not likely come until after the midterm elections. it is now the third consecutive year the white house has put off a final ruling on the keystone xl's fate. the pipeline would carry tar sands oil from alberta to the gulf coast, and environmental say that would unleash a devastating amount of carbon into the atmosphere. anti-keystone xl protest is slated for washington, d.c. later this week when a coalition of ranchers, farmers, native groups stage "reject and protect," a weeklong encampment on the national mall. dozens of people have been killed in two consecutive days of u.s. drone attacks inside yemen. around 15 people died on saturday when the u.s. missile hit a road in the central province of al-bayda. around 25 people w

i'm amy goodman. several victims said to remain in critical condition following wednesday's stabbing rampage at a pennsylvania high school. a teenage suspect is accused of moving through the school, slashing and stabbing his classmates with kitchen knives. 21 students and a security guard were injured. the police chief described arriving at the scene. >> when we got there, there was a hallway that was pretty much in chaos, as you can imagine. a lot of evidence of blood on the floors in the hallway. about students running trying to get out of the area. subsequently, upon checking and seeing what we had, immediate calls were put out to ems. >> several victims remain hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. vigils were held for the injured on wednesday night. the american commander of nato forces in europe says he hasn't ruled out deploying u.s. soldiers to counter russian moves in ukraine. commenting on nato deployments and eastern european states, air force general philip breedlove said he would no

i'm amy goodman. three people have been killed and 16 wounded by u.s. soldier who opened fire at the fort hood military base in texas, then took his own life. the gunman was identified as ivan lopez, an iraq war veteran who was being treated for mental illness. he was being evaluated for post somatic stress disorder, but had not yet been diagnosed. president obama reacted to the shooting during a trip to chicago. >> we're heartbroken that something like this might have happened again. i don't want to comment on the fact until i know exactly what is happened, but for now, i would just hope that everybody across the country is keeping the families and the community of fort hood in our thoughts and prayers. the folks there have sacrificed so much on behalf of our freedom . many of the people there had been through multiple tours in iraq and afghanistan. they serve with valor and distinction. and when they're at their home base, they need to feel safe. >> at least three of the surviving 16 victims are lis

i'm amy goodman.the senate intelligence committee has voted to release parts of a report on the bush administration's torture iran it should program. 11-3 other state to declassify nearly 500 pages 6000-pagee than report, including its executive summary. the cia will review the findings before their release, leading to fears they might redact large portions. the report caused a spat between the cia and senate panel, with committee chair senator dianne feinstein openly accusing the cia of spying on senate staffers and deleting files. speaking thursday, she said the results of the investigation are shocking. >> the report exposes brutality that stands in stark contrast to our values as a nation. it chronicles a stain on our history that must never be allowed to happen again. this is not what americans do. the report also points to major problems with the cia's management of this program and its interactions with the white house, other parts of the executive branch, in congress. this is also deeply troub

i'm amy goodman. the sign-up deadline for health insurance under obamacare closed monday with a surge in enrollment nationwide. hundreds of thousands of people flooded the federal website as well as local offices in multiple states. the obama administration says it expects to will surpass its original goal of 7 million enrollees. at the white house, press secretary jay carney said the program had overcome the botched rollout of six months ago. >> there has been a remarkable story since the dark days of october and november, which has resulted in a situation where here on the last day of enrollment, we are looking at numbers substantially larger than 6 million. i'd hear say there are few people in this room, including some of the folks who work in the white house, would have predicted that we would get to that number. >> the federal website stopped working for several hours monday after software glitch. the deadline has been extended until mid april for those who tried to sign up, but were unable to co

i'm amy goodman. the head of general motors appeared before congress tuesday to answer for the auto giants safety defect linked to at least 13 and possibly hundreds of deaths. gm has recalled millions of cars after acknowledging fault ignition switches shut down engines and disabled airbags. speaking before house panel, gm chair mary barra apologized to the victims families. >> more than a decade ago, gm embarked on a small car program. sitting you're today, i cannot tell you why it took so long for safety defect to be announced for this program. and i can tell you we will find out. today's gm will do the right thing. that begins with my sincere apologies to everyone who has been affected i this recall. especially, the families and friends who lost their lives or were injured. i am deeply sorry. >> it has recently emerged general motors misled the victims families, despite knowing of the vehicle's flaws. in her testimony, graybar set for the first time gm is ready to pay compensation and has hired an

i'm amy goodman. the supreme court has upheld michigan's ban on affirmative action at state colleges and universities. the case centers on a 2006 voter referendum in michigan that barred race and sex-based preferences in admissions. and it feels court previously ruled the ban violates the constitution's equal protection clause. but in a six to two decision, the supreme court overruled the lower court. the ruling will likely bolster similar anti-affirmative action measures in several other states. in a statement, the americans civil liberties union said -- ukraine says it has resumed a military operation against pro-russian separatists after a brief pause for the easter holiday. it is unclear what steps ukraine will take after an internationally brokered truce reached last week called for de-escalation of hostilities. an offensive by ukrainian troops also ended in humiliating defeat. the ukraine government says it has u.s. backing to root out pro-russian forces from eastern towns. the move comes one da

i'm amy goodman. launched an it has operation to retake government buildings from pro-russian separatists in the country's east, despite the announcement it appears no troops have moved in so far. on monday, the separatists seized even more buildings after flouting ukrainian governments deadline to lay down their arms. the russian government is warning the crisis could spark a civil war. the u.s. is threatening new sanctions against russia. in a phone call on monday, president obama told russian president vladimir putin to rein in the separatists, but putin denied interfering. jay carney said the u.s. is prepared to take new steps against russia. yasuo confirmed a visit to ukraine by cia director john brennan, but played down its importance. >> i can assure you russia's aovocations will come with cost. senior-level visits of intelligence officials are the standard means for including u.s.-russian intelligence collaboration going back to the beginning to the post-cold war era. u.s. and russian official

amy goodman.'m a federal court has ordered the government to release parts of the legal memo that provide elite the rational -- it will whiten the -- criteria for clemency. the fair sentencing act of 2010 and reduced sentencing disparities between users of crack cocaine and powder cocaine to address a racial imbalance and prison terms but the law did not apply retroactively. the deputy attorney general james cole says the new policy is a matter of basic fairness. >> these defendants were properly held accountable for the criminal conduct. however, some of them simply because the operation of sentencing laws on the books at received substantial sentences that are disproportionate to what they would have received today. correcting these sentences is simply a matter of fairness that is fundamental to our principles of the department and a commitment that all department of justice employees stand behind. >> the move marks the most substantial clemency effort sent resident jimmy carter offered a repriev

i'm amy goodman. an oklahoma death row prisoner has died of a heart attack after a botched execution tuesday night. clayton lockett was injected elite -- with lethal drugs. doctors halted the killing 13 minutes and when discovering he was still conscious and trying to speak. dr. say he suffered a ruptured vein interrupting the flow of the drugs. he died of a heart attack when the drugs had spread through his body. the botched killing forced officials to cancel the execution of another prisoner, charles warner. won alocket and warner stay of execution earlier this month after challenging the secrecy of their execution drugs. but the oklahoma supreme court reversed the decision last week after oklahoma governor mary fallin objected and state lawmakers threatened their removal from the bench. warner's execution has now been delayed for 14 days pending a review of execution procedures. we will speak to an editor of "the tulsa world," after headlines to witnessed the botched execution. she will give us a m

i'm amy goodman. the white house is releasing a new set of guidelines to address the epidemic of sexual assault on college campuses. a new task force report urges colleges to report anonymous surveys and adopt proven strategies for combating assault. the announcement follows a rash of high-profile cases where schools across the country have been accused of mishandling sexual assaults. one in five college women will be sexually assaulted during her college career. the u.s. senate has stripped a provision from a key intelligence bill that would have required president obama to publicly disclose the number of people killed by drone strikes. the move reportedly came at the behest of the director of national intelligence james clapper and suggested it could undermine operations. the provision would have required obama to report the number of civilians and combatants killed in drone strikes, but dianne feinstein decided to drop it. clapper says they are exploring their own way to disclose data. attacks in i

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. as negotiations over the crisis in ukraine begin in geneva, tension is rising in eastern ukraine after security forces killed three pro-russian protesters, wounded 13, and took 63 captive. said the officials pro-russians had attempted to storm a military base. the finding comes just after the collapse of ukrainian operation to retake government buildings in several eastern towns. on wednesday, pro-russian separatists took control of some of the armored vehicles and crowds surrounded another column, forcing the troops to hand over the pins from their rifles and retreat. earlier today, russian president vladimir putin accused the authorities in kiev of plunging the country into an abyss. >> people in eastern ukraine have started to arm themselves. instead of realizing that something bad is going on in the ukrainian state and make any attempts to start a dialogue, the authorities have started to thr

i am amy goodman.eople rallied in washington dc calling on president obama to reject the keystone of our pipeline. the rally came four days after on earth day when a group of ranchers, farmers and tribal communities from along the pipeline route rode into washington dc and set up the reject and protect encampment near the white house. the group called themselves the cowboy indian alliance. during saturday's procession members of the alliance presented a hand-painted teepee to the smithsonian national museum of the american indian as a gift to president obama. the teepee represented the cowboy and indian alliance's hopes for protected land and clean water. legendary musician neil young joined the protesters who rallied on the national mall and then marched past the capitol building. >> we are all children of mother earth. that is why i am here. i feel we are all threatened. by what is happening, we are threatened as a planet. the fossil fuel age is ending -- it is having its first death gasp. we need to

i am amy goodman, host of "democracy now!"." this is the last day we get to ask for your support.his is the last day of the fundraising drive. we ask you to be generous. .eep all of the gifts straight the operators will tell you what you can get. we are offering the tote bag. it is wonderful. it is black canvas. it has the statue of liberty. we have the baseball cap. i will show it to you. this is what it looks like for real. ofs is the front in the back the cap says "exception to the rulers." that should be the motto of all the media. anotherne story after of people wearing democracynow sweatshirts. one student at uc berkeley is wearing a sweatshirt. a guy comes up and asks her, hey, do you wear -- watch "democracy now!"? they are not together. sweatshirtring a cannot pick up a suitcase to put in the overhead rack on the plane. the person says to her, i would help anyone who watches "democracy now!" so, let someone help you carry your burdens. if they hear that you are a democracynow devotee. you can get the t-shirt, it is a crewneck or a v-neck. we have new v-neck ones. that is

so we enlisted zulu lily.com amy goodman, who also happens to be a mom to find dress-up clothes thatfriendly and affordable and comfortable for kids. >> any special trends hitting the streets this easter. >> what is amazing is so many of the runway trends are on the kids but at affordable prices. i'm a mom. i want everybody to be comfortable, including the hair on my face, and so that hopefully you're not finding this outfit for easter but you can wear it for spring and summer as well. >> they're miserable in them. >> i love what you did. you brought real siblings. all the kids are siblings. >> the floral trend was blooming on the runway this season. sammy is wearing the beautiful water poppies, big floral print. >> precious, lilly. >> and i wish you see the smile the baby has going. >> and the shoes are from old navy. then we have baby lilly wearing h&m. and the eyelet is classic for easter. this is sown in a floral pattern. isn't that adorable? >> i can't take it. >> where's mama? >> there she is. thanks to radio flyer for the wagon so we could bring her in and out for the segment.

at the table amy goodman, the host and executive producer of "democracy now."ristina greer, assistant professor of political science at fordham university and juan catania, president and general counsel of latino justice. sometimes the pronouncers are harder for me. you know, they do like this highlight reel of me destroying everyone's name. but i actually want to start with you because if we are, as the president suggested here, swimming in a relay, are we winning in terms of achieving that more perfected union? >> well, we've got a lot of work to do, obviously. i think the issues that are concerning the civil rights movement in general have to take into account everything that's happening on the immigration front. incredible challenges that we have in ensuring that latinos are also receiving equal treatment under the law. if it is a relay race then the next person grabbing this baton better pay attention to this issue. >> i like that you immediately started to expand the definition of civil rights. raul, i want to come to you in part on this because i think i

amy goodman. 15 minutes, approximately. it is so important. the screen went black.e will go to march next, from connecticut. good morning. caller: i would pick ralph nader. maybe he was in my copy of time. he was not on the list. caller:aw. i'm from connecticut. he was a great influence on me when i was much younger. i started a citizens action group in water very. also on the list are two senators. i think they are just wonderful. their dogged work in getting us some decent gun control. thank you. >> thank you for the call. you can join in the conversation. you could send us a tweet or an e-mail. --e tweet said, yes, he did. a political story from politico.com. the billionaire environmentalists and some of the nation's biggest democratic donors, huddling behind closed doors next week in chicago with union bigwigs and progressive superstars to plan on pulling their country to the left. alliance, aof the secretive club of wealthy liberals, the closest thing the left has to the coat brothers. tom is our guest on c-span's fromam who joins us clermont county. to influen

. >> we enlisted amy goodman, who also happens to be a mom to find dressup clothes that are friendlyr on my face and so that hopefully you're not finding this outfit for easter but you can wear it for spring and summer as well. >> you brought real siblings. all the kids are siblings. so >> the floral trend was blooming on the runway this season. sammy is wearing the beautiful water poppies, big floral print. >> and i wish you see the smile the baby has going. and the shoes are from old navy. then we have baby lilly wearing h&m. and the islet, ieyeiowaeyelet is classic for easter. this is done in a pattern. isn't that adorable? >> i can't take it. >> where's mama? >> there she is. thanks to radio flyer for the wagon so we could bring her in and out for the segment. >> thank you. >> pull that way. thank you -- >> very good job. >> next up we have joss maxim and soleil. >> between the two of them they're wearing chevron and it all works together. so at zulilly, we like brands like carters that everybody knows. so from we have suspends which are so snazzy. soleil has beautiful accessorie

amy, good morning, you were on with chairman goodman.ler: good morning to you, and it is so nice to talk to you. i have a question about donations to federal campaigns by foreigners, non-us citizens. i have heard that that is the illegal and i wanted to know, isl, is that illegal or not my first question. and second of all, with campaigns selling t-shirts and ball point pens and all kind of campaign things that are sold on websites, and donations that can , doade on websites foreigners -- are they able to make donations to campaigns and hide that because it is being put on a credit card? of course, i have heard stories about the barack obama campaign getting a lot of donations that were coming through foreign servers that were in, you know, i don't know, germany or europe or something like that because they were being put on credit cars. host: amy, we will let's league of men answer your questions. guest: a, good questions. first, the law prohibits foreign citizens from making contributions to federal campaigns. that is one law that i th

goodman video with the coen brothers. >> the jack lemon's to the billy wilders. >> jimmy: you guys work great together. everyone was great and jennifer lawrence, another amazing performance. amyperformers. i know him as a comedian. i don't know him as an actor and he was fantastic and man, did you beat him up in one scene. >> when you think about that is, louie is a fighter he likes to train he spars and he kept saying, you know, i don't need a stunt double. so, i actually hit him with that telephone, which was rubber but it was like a hard rubber. and after about the fifteenth time, i remember i was like louie i think we need to bring the guy in. [ talking over each other ] i was hitting the hell out of him. >> jimmy: he did this one thing where he leaves and you improvised -- i think you improvised and laughing and making fun and you did this one scene and you are like laughing, and you go ha ha and that -- that was my favorite scene because i go that was so bradley cooper. funny bradley cooper. >> and he didn't see that until he watched the movie. [ talking over each other ] he gets out of the scene and then you impersonate him. >> jimmy: that is what i love about it. he d