i'm jamie. >> simon goodman., jamie. >> simon invites me into his beverly hills home. >> jamie, these are two pieces that i'm very proud of, a drawing and an engraving by renoir. >> renoir? >> yes, yes, the man himself, the great impressionist. >> you must have quite the collecting family. >> this is really just the beginning of a big story. >> it starts in london after world war ii. from an early age, simon and nick regard their dad as an often gloomy man of mystery. what did dad do for a living? >> not really sure. he was a manufacturer's agent, whatever that meant, but it allowed him to go to europe all the time. >> did he ever take you on these trips? >> yes, especially in the summer, but we would get parked on a beach, usually with our mother or a nanny, and dad would disappea somewhere. >> the boys learn that questions about their father's past are off limits. because, if you did, what would happen? >> he sunk into an even worse funk. there was something fuming in there, and it was all bottled up. >> the br

. >> john goodman gets his own star at the hollywood walk of fame.ho he thanked and the former guest who appeared as his costar in costume. >> get ready for a bump in the numbers. warming will continue into early neck week. coming up, we will let you know when a few spots could be approaching 80 degrees. >> people are soaking up the sun, we will tell you how long that sunshine will last coming up. >>> beloved actor john goodman received a star on the hollywood walk of fame. goodman best known for his role on the popular 90s sitcom rose an. and starring in the big lebowski and argo. he is joined by fellow actors jeff bridges and bree larson at the ceremony. >> he is a good actor. he's a good man. john goodman. [ laughter ] >> um ... he ... he is one of us. >> roseanne. thank you. i don't think i would be up here if not for her. she really took a lot of heat but she was always right and i love her. >> he probably should have had a star a long time ago, but he has it now. his latest film, the action adventure film, kong skull island opened in theaters n

i'm amy goodman. south korea's constitutional court removed president park goon0hye from office friday over charges of graft and corruption. he clears the way for her to face criminal charges. park's shower have been reduced -- power had been reduced. outside the courthouse in the capital seoul, thousands of park's supporters tried to break through police barricades. at least two people were killed in the violence. south korea's prime minister and acting president, hwang kyo-ahn, appealed for calm. >> in order to stop internal conflicts from intensifying, we should manage the social order and keep a stable government so that national anxiety in the international society's concerns could be settled. amy: a new election will be held in 60 days. park's conservative party appears headed to defeat, and its fall from power could mean south korea's next leader will take a more conciliatory approach toward north korea. the upheaval comes days after north korea test-fired several ballistic missiles, and as the

i'm amy goodman. in his first presidential address to a joint session of congress, president donald trump vowed to expand the united states' military budget, end the affordable care act and sharply , restrict immigration into the united states. "the washington post" reports the 60-minute speech included multiple factual inaccuracies, which include trump taking credit for jobs that were actually created under the previous administration and misrepresenting statistics to make unemployment and crime rates appear significantly worse than they are. trump also repeated his claim that he is draining the swamp of government corruption -- a statement that caused some democratic lawmakers to laugh, given trump's cabinet largely consists of millionaires and billionaires with unprecedented conflicts of interest. many democratic congress women wore white to trump's speech. throughout the dress, he reiterated his extreme proposals, although he sought to soften his language and delivery. trump opened his speech by c

i'm amy goodman. confirmation hearings begin today for neil gorsuch, president trump's pick to replace the late antonin scalia on the supreme court. if confirmed by the senate, gorsuch would give conservatives a narrow 5-4 conservative majority on the court. as a judge on the tenth circuit, gorsuch ruled in favor of hobby lobby in the case deciding whether the company could refuse to provide birth control coverage to employees as required by obamacare. judge gorsuch also has a long history of ruling against employees in cases involving federal race, sex, age, disability and political , discrimination and retaliation claims. neil gorsuch is a member of the federalist society and has close ties to conservative colorado billionaire philip anschutz who owns "the weekly standard" and the "washington examiner." and judge gorsuch comes from a deeply conservative family. his mother, anne gorsuch burford, briefly served as president reagan's epa administrator where she slashed staff and eviscerated anti-pollut

i'm amy goodman. wikileaks has published what it says is the largest leak of secret cia documents in history. the thousands of documents, dubbed "vault 7," describe cia programs and tools thahat are capable of hacking into both apple and android cell phones. by hacking into entire phones, the cia is then reportedly able to bypass encrypted message programs such as signal, telegram, and whatsapp, although, contrary to many news reports, the documents do not show the cia has developed tools to hack these encrypted services themselves. the documents also outline a cia and brititish intelllligence prm called "weeping angel," through which the spy agency can hack into a samsung smart television and turn it into a surveillance device that records audio conversations, even when it appears to be off. other documents describe ways to hack into skype, wi-fi networks, pdf's, and commercial antivirus programs. the leak also shows the cia has reportedly looked for ways to hack into cars and trucks, which wikileaks

i'm amy goodman. top democratic lawmakers are demanding house intelligence committee chair devin nunes recuse himself from investigating ties between trump and russia amid revelations nunes met with a source on the grounds of the white house and viewed secret u.s. intelligence reports one day before nunes went to the white house to brief president trump about the reports. he claims it indicates tribes or his associates might have been integrally swept up in surveillance carried out by u.s. spy agencies as they conducted foreign. he did not share it with fellow committee members and has not, to this day. some democrats such as california congress member jackie speier, have called on in us to step down as chair. democrats say the memeeting shos nunes is too close to trump to be impartial in the investigation about whether trump's campaign colluded with russia in order to influence the 2016 election. nunes is refusing to recuse himself from the investigation. the house intelligence committee has canceled

i'm amy goodman. supreme court nominee neil gorsuch is heading to capitol hill today for his third day of confirmation hearings. on tuesday, he was questioned for over 10 hours by members of the senate judiciary committee. gorsuch faced intense scrutiny over his decision to rule against a truck driver whose employer illegally fired him for deserting a trailer so he wouldn't freeze to death. this is minnesota democratic senator al franken. >> it is absurd. to say this company is in its because heire him made the choice of possibly dying from freezing to death or causing other people to die possibly by driving an unsafe vehicle. that is absurd. now i had a career in identifying absurdity. [laughter] and i know it when i see it. and it makes me, you know, it makes me question your judgment. amy: senate minority leader chuck schumer is calling on the senate to delay a a vote on gorsuch for as long as trump's -- as long as the fbi is investigating the trump campaign. what's to be moving so forward on fast

i'm amy goodman. surrounded by coal miners, president trump signed an executive order tuesday to dismantle a slew of climate rules established by president obama. if carried out, the executive order will nearly virtually guarantee that the united states will fail to meet its 2015 paris agreement pledge to reduce emissions in order to curb the effects of climate change. the executive order marks the first step to undo obama's clean power plan to limit power plant emissions and replace coal-fired power plants with new solar and wind farms. the clean power plan is considered to be a critical element of the u.s. plan to meet the targets established in the paris accord. environmental and civil rights groups have vowed to fight the executive order. on tuesday afternoon, protesters gathered in the freezing rain outside trump tower in manhattan to denounce the executive order. other demonstrators gathered outside the epa's headquarters in washington, d.c., with signs reading, "get this toxic dump out of the w

i'm amy goodman. the house of representatives is set to vote today on a republican bill to repeal and replace the affordable care act, a plan the congressional budget office says would add 24 million people to the ranks of the uninsured. president donald trump and vice president mike pence spent wednesday on capitol hill in a final pitch to republicans wary of the legislation. north carolina congress member mark meadows, chair of the right-wing house freedom caucus, said more than 20 republicans said more than 20 members were prepared to defeat the bill because it does not go far enough to dismantle thee affordable c care act.t. at the white housese, press secretary sean spicer rejected calls by some republicans to postpone tonight's vote. >> this bill represents the best chance of repealing and replacing obamacare and instilling a patient centric health care system that increases choice and lowers cost and this is the only train leaving the station. amy: today's vote comes as americans for prosperity

i'm amy goodman. fbi director james comey is asking the justice department to publicly refute president trump's unsubstantiated claims that former president obama ordered trump's phones be wiretapped during the 2016 presidential campaign. fbi director james comey president obama, and others have , all rejected trump's allegations, which he first made during a tweet storm on saturday morning. trump began by tweeting -- "terrible! just found out that obama had my "wires tapped" in trump tower just before the victory. nothing found. this is mccarthyism!" he then went on to tweet -- "how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process. this is nixon/watergate. bad or sick guy!" trump has called for a congressional investigation and the white house is standing by the allegations, even though it has not been provided evidence to back them up. this is trump spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders speaking to martha raddatz on abc's "this week" on sunday. >> look, i think he'

i'm amy goodman. on wednesday, only hours before the trump administration's new travel ban was set to go into effect, a federal judge in hawaii issued a nationwide halt to the executive order, which would have temporarily suspended refugees and people from six majority muslim nations from entering the united states. this morning, a federal judge in maryland also blocked part of the travel ban dealing a second , legal blow to the trump's executive order. on wednesday, hawaii attorney general doug chin celebrated the ruling by hawaiian federal judge derrick watson. >> that is a big reason why hawaii brought this case, is because it is really something that hits us to the core. if you have an order that is coming out there that is taking us back half a century to a time when there was discrimination by nations of origin or by religion, that is something we have to speak up against. amy: this is now the second time president trump's executive orders banning refugees and travelers from majority-muslim coun

i'm amy goodman. attorney general jeff sessions asked for the resignations of 46 u.s. attorneys on friday, angering the prosecutors who say they were not warned in advance. although the dismissal of u.s. attorneys is common during presidential transitions, those affected say the trump administration bungled the layoffs with many u.s. attorneys , learning only through the media that they had to clear out their desks by the end of the day. one of the most high-profile prosecutors asked to resign, u.s. attorney in manhattan preet bharara, refused to step down and was quickly fired. friday bharara's termination came as a surprise since donald trump met personally with bharara at trump tower last november and assured him he could remain at his post. bharara says his office received a voicemail thursday from the white house, but that he declined to speak with the president citing department of justice rules. the unusual circumstances of bharara's dismissal prompted democrats to suggest it was politically mo

i'm amy goodman. across the world, women and their allies rallied wednesday to mark international women's day. in the united states, organizers declared "a day without a woman," calling for a one-day strike and for boycott of stores. in prince george's county, maryland, the entire schooool district closed down after 1700 teachers asked for the day off. in new york city, thousands rallied outside trump international hotel and tower. speakers included linda sarsour, a lead organizer of the historic january 21 women's march on washington. >> i want you to understand that your statement you're making today is part of a long history of women who have led a social justice movement. what makes it to for now? open sexist,n misogynist, anti-woman president. in may: the sarsour was one of 13 activists later arrested as they committed acts of civil disobedience outside trump tower. there were events marking international women's day worldwide. in bangladesh, garment workers rallied her higher wages and and and t

i'm amy goodman. the justice department said wednesday attorney general jeff sessions met twice last year with russia's ambassador to the united states contradicting , sworn testimony by sessions to congress. the disclosure renewed calls for a special prosecutor to investigate ties between the trump campaign and russia's government, and prompted calls from senior democrats for sessions to resign. during his confirmation hearing in january to become attorney general, then-senator sessions was asked by minnesota senator al franken whether he knew of contacts between trump campaign officials and russia's government. that there is any evidence anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? , i am not aware of any of those activities. i have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign, and i did not have communications with the russians. amy: "the washington post" reported wednesday that sessions twice met w

i'm amy goodman. donald trump's former national security advisor michael flynn is seeking immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony to the fbi and congressional investigators probing the trump campaign's alleged ties to russia. that's according to the "wall street journal." nine in a statement flynn's lawyer , thursday saying -- "general flynn certainly has a story to tell, and he very much wants to tell it, should the circumstances permit." general flynn was fired from his cabinet post in february for failing to disclose talks with russia's ambassador before trump took office. he's also accused of being paid $65,000 by companies linked to russia in 2015. flynn's bid for immunity follows his remarks last september blasting clintnton campaign staffers for accepting immunity in exchange for their testimony to the fbi about clinton's use -- hillary clinton's use of a private email server. >> five people around her have been given immunity, to include her former chief of staff. when you're g

i'm amy goodman. a federal judge in hawaii dealt another blow on wednesday to president trump's attempt to ban refugees and travelers from six majority-muslim countries. district judge derrick watson extended a nationwide halt on trump's executive order, which would bar citizens of iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen from entering the u.s. for 90 days and all refugees for 120 days. in his ruling, judge watson said trump's executive order ran afoul of the first amendment's establishment clause, which bars discrimination on religious grounds. in north carolina, state republican lawmakers say they've struck a deal to overturn a law denying transgender people the usof the bathroom, changing room or locker room that matches , their gender identity. but lgbtq groups say the planned repeal of hb2, the so-called bathroom bill, will not end discrimination. the deal would allow the state to continue regulating bathrooms while barring local governments from enacting their own anti-discrimination laws u

i'm amy goodman. president donald trump issued a new executive order monday temporarily banning all refugees, as well as people from six majority muslim countries from entering the united states. according to white house officials, trump signed the executive order out of public view a sharp departure from the , way he signed his first travel ban order, which caused nationwide protests at airports before being blocked by the court last month. the new ban applies to people from syria, sudan, iran, somalia, libya, and yemen, but not those from iraq. the band will not apply to people from the six countries with green cards or who already have a visa. despite the changes, immigration advocates say the new ban still discriminates against muslims. this is nihad awad from the council on american-islamic relations. >> this administration is actively working to undercut religious liberties and freedom of mayor can muslims. -- and american muslims. despite freedom of religion to all. amy: the new ban is set to t

i'm amy goodman.turn now to the confirmation hearin for supre court nonee neil gsuch, which wrapped up thursday on capitol hill as senate democrats vowed to filibuster his nomination this is senate minority leader chuck schumer. >> the supreme court matters a great, great deal. it matters for workers who want to protect both their lives and their jobs, for employees who need to be able to seek redress for discrimination, for parents who want their kids to get a fair shake in the education system. it is with all of this in mind that i have come to a decision about the current nominee. after careful deliberation, i have concluded that i cant support judge neil gorsuch's nomination to the supreme court. his nomination will have a culture vote. he will have to earn 60 votes for confirmation. my vote will be no, and i urge i colleagues to do the same. amy: senate rules require 60 votes to break a filibuster, meaning gorsuch would have to earn the support of eight democrats to overcome the democratic effort

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez.n our next segment, we go to president obama's approval of the residential -- of the permit for the keystone -- president trump's approval for the keystone xl. but right now, we turn to iraq. juan: the u.s. backed iraqi military ground campaign to retake west mosul from isis has been halted as the details emerged over the we can u.s. led coalition airstrikes that are believed to have killed over 200 people in a single day. u.s. led coalition has admitted launching airstrikes on march 17 that targeted a crowded neighborhood in mosul. they are among the deadliest u.s. airstrikes in the region since the us invasion of iraq in 2003. according to reports, one of these strikes hit an explosive filled truck, triggering a blast that destroyed nearby houses were hundreds of people were taking refuge among the city's heavy fighting. of to 80 civilians, including women and children, may have basementne house's alone. this is a family member of some of the civilians killed in the strike. house to