amy: we will hear from women's march cochairs linda sarsour and tamika mallory, as well as nancy kaufman, head of the national council of jewish women. then we will speak to julie cohen, the director of the academy award nominated dr. in about ruthocumentary bader ginsburg as well as actress and activist tessa thompson. >> in the last decade, elastic it, 10 years of filmmaking, the top 100 films, only 4% of those have been directed by women. in response to that, we've initiated the 4% challenge asking people to pledge to work wiwith a female director in the next 18 months. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. ththe governments ofof mexico ad our way are calling fofor an international meeting next week to discuss a peaceful solution to the crisis in venezuela. but in another setback to the government of nicolas maduro, the european parliament voted to recognize opposition leader juan president.he interim this comes as fears growing the u.s. could launch a military invasion to topple maduro's government a

linda sarsour, another organizer, she's known to praise and support sharia law.s, remember, the victim of female genital mutilation, she says she deserves to have her femalee anatomy taken away and then when she's confronted about it, she blamed the jewish media. it doesn't get any more antiwoman than that, or anti-semitic and racist amount. >> yeah, her personal experience, of course, is extensive. she was being condemned because it she was honestly about the perils of radical islam, andom that if you care about women, that is something we all have to able to be honest about. but what is interesting, certainly about the march and it erspeaks to also be america's instability, americans want to go out and have an impact. that is clear. young people, i was doing it, of course. it's a wonderful, exciting thing to do. you want to make a difference. the problem is, they are being used by people who say, we understand this, we agree with you, here's what we are going to be doing, and it becomes, when they will look back, as i have done to some degree with my leftist ac

the anti-semitic behavior of that mic carks malory and linda sarsour is incredible.ld understand that unfortunately, a lot of young people went and marched. they had no idea what was going on with their leadership that day. that's truly unfortunate. >> my quick addition is the liberals who went by our march, our rally were nice. they recognized we were nice. they liked our signs. they expressed dismay in the hostility of what was happening across the street. i think for conservatives to remember. be out there, meet people. don't let them isolate you. >> sean: if i go out there, do you really want to hang out with me if i'm out there. >> not on the subway. >> sean: every one of them martial arts partners. good to see. when we come back, don't miss our next segment. do something the mainstream media i promise is never going to do. we are beginning our vetting, it's a process. hannity watch the 2020 democratic candidates. we will begin day one next. ♪ ♪ w?w?uhi?só'ñó >> sean: time now for a new hannity watch segment that's the vetting of the 2020 radical democratic cand

linda sarsour has mad many states that go back before the march started.t of louis farrakhan who is a known anti-semite. trish: the guy is disgusting and the fact that they would can welcoming him at all is beyond my comprehension. emma, tell us, what are colleges doing? they are supportive of this whole thing even despite the association with farrakhan. >> they have been encouraging students to take part and what's unfortunate about this is it plays into this thing we have been covering and it's group think. the fact that these students don't understand why they should be questioning the movements they are part of. there are students look for statements from farrakhan and linda asour. but they are noting a those questions. that's where the problem comes from, the lack of teaching students critical thinking skills at the college level. trish: not teaching them to think. but maybe they are teaching them to not be allowed to think. how dare you think differently. how dare you challenge anything. and usual seen as a whole host of things. you kornts have a don

go to linda sarsour for a second here. got a woman known to praise sharia law, that treats women horribly. >> awful. >> sean: also kills gays and lesbians, persecutes christians and jews. sarsour not only praise sharia law but ranting about so-called zionists. the things she said about ini alli. she doesn't deserve to have her female anatomy. it should be taken away. she was the victim of genital mutilation and gillibrand is on stage with this woman. >> a terrific,c, sean. the fact that tamika mallory wouldn't condemn louis farrakhan and anti-semitic statement, his horrible, horrific statements, is part of endemic problem throughout the left now. i agreeug completely with tammy bruce here. if you look at the past, this isn't about democrats or liberals. this is about, you don't agree with us, you don't belong in our march. that's not what women in america are all about. we have different ideas, different perceptions. we believe in different things and we should be heard, all of us should be heard. as you know, sean, i trave

organizer linda sarsour: >> the women's march and the leadership of the women's march unequivocally rejectsi- semitism, transphobia, homophobia, islamophobia. >> reporter: sarsour understands the current controversy to be an inescapable part of building a erg tent movement. >> sometimes we'll have hard conversations. but i believe in our potential as a movement, and i'm not going to turn back on this mission of an intersectional women's movement. >> reporter: organizers say a decline in participation is inevitable, after that first historic march. but, they point to the results of the 2018 midterms as proof that women across the country ere engaged, evidence that the spirit of the march remains strong. >> glor: okay. complicated story, but good to have you here, alex. >> reporter: great to be here. thanks, jeff. >> glor: coming up here tonight, we'll go swimming with one of the largest great white sharks you will ever see. great white sharks you will ever see. try alka-seltzer pm gummies. the only fast, powerful heartburn relief, plus melatonin so you can fall asleep quickly. oh, what a rel

a co-founder of the organization, linda sarsour, told us she is excited, despite the controversies. >ll not allow hate, anti-semitism, islama phobia, xena phobia, in our movement. >> reporter: two years after the first women's march, linda sarsour has plenty of reasons to celebrate. sexual predators have been exposed by me too and a record number of women now walk the halls of congress. >> the satanic jews -- >> reporter: but on the eve of the march, sarsour is addressing controversy surrounding nation of islam leader louis farrakhan and his anti-semitism rhetoric. >> stop it, i'm anti-termite. >> reporter: mr. farrakhan is not on the board of the women's march. >> reporter: in 2017, women's march co-president dedescribed farrakhan as the greatest of all time. she said he was describing his work and not his language. >> it's not how i speak, it's not how i organize. >> i think we've gone arown and evolved. many have never really had to address issues of anti-semitism. >> reporter: you're saying there's a place in your organization, in this movement, for jewish women. is there also a p

for weeks we have exposed them democrats close friendships with the anti-semitic and racist like linda sarsour, to make a rally, but now it goes each grows even deeper, freshman congresswoman rashida to leave actually belongs to a face group, facebook group where fellow members frequently express their anti-semitic views, and demonize people that are jewish. and that is not all, the key fund-raiser and campaign organizer frequently shares an anti-semitic post on social media, including a recent video that refers to jewish people as titanic. and questions the existence of the holocaust. the holocaust denier, we are talking by the same congresswoman who has called for boycotts of all things israel. and let's not forget about to leaves colleague, that would be congresswoman omar, she wants to lift sanctions on venezuela, but take away our sanctions on israel. i wonder why, and this week we learned that while she was serving as a state legislator in minnesota, she urge the federal judge, not making this up, to show leniency towards a group of nine men that wanted to join isis. and now while some d

this morning, organizer linda sarsour denounced louis farrakhan's rhetoric. >> we reject the comments mr. farrakhan on lgbt communities, on jewish communities. we've said multiple times on a statement on our website at wome womensmarch.com we reject homo phobia, transphobia. >> organizers at other events say the controversy is taking away from the message they're trying to send. >> my colleagues in other cities have been distracted from their organizing by having to answer questions about an organization that really doesn't have to do with any of us. we want to understand people are clear that here in boston our message is one of unity and that we are in steadfast opposition to any form of hate speech, anti-racism, anti-semitism, transphobia, homophobia. >> the marches are moving their events to disassociation the women's march in omaha will now take place in march to coincide with international women's day. >>> so much more straight ahead in the newsroom right after this. thanks to move free ultra 2in1... i keep up with this little one. see the world with this guy. and hit the town w

together under a single entity, women's march inc., led by four won: bob bland, carmen perez, linda sarsourtamika maory. lead organizers who became the faces of the movement. the 2018 march inspired slightly smaller crowds. fueled by the me tooement, calls for gun reform after the parkland and las vegas shootings, and focused on voter turnout ahead of the midterm elections. posting on social media, not enough. there's much more at stake here than that! >> nawaz: that nhiember saw an oric number of women win elected office. at the same time the women's march itself came under increasing criticism. from the beginning, housing many, diverse causes under a single umbrella was a challenge. early criticism included a failure to highlight the disproportionate struggles faced by women of color, conservativec women,ding pro-life groups, claimed they were excluded and preceding, this year's march, accusations of anti-semitism. those charges centered on mallory's association with nation of islam leader louis farrakhan, an iconic and influential advocate for black america, who's also repeatedly made an