the senator ron wyden joins me now.ator, did you feel as if you ever got a satisfactory answer about the constitutional of what the federal government is doing in the city of portland? >> not at all. that was an exhibition of bobbing and weaving, chuck this country may be looking down the barrel of martial law in the middle of an even eleclection. you don't fix challenges in a democracy by unleashing paramilitary squads against mobs. do you believe you have the power or legislative branch would have the power to prevent this, on you court believe they have no right to do this? let me ask the question this way, what is your understanding of when dhs has the right to do this? >> first of all, let's ref what tom ridge, the first secretary of homeland security said today. he said when he was governor of pennsylvania, he would let hell freeze over before he would allow for this kind of an invasion. the it is unconstitutional. there are even people, homeland security people are being quoted in the press now saying, look, they

oregon senator ron wyden described the federal agents as "essentially fascist," and warned -- "if theine is not drawn in the sand right now, america may be staring down the barrel of martial law in the middle of a presidential election." well, for more on this and much more, we spend the rest of the hour with noam chomsky, the world-renowned political dissident, linguist, and author, laureate professor in the department of linguistics at the university of arizona and prprofessor emeritusus at massachusetts institute of technology, where he taughght fr more than 5050 years. nermeen shaikh and i on thursday. i began by asking him to respond to the surge of federal agents trump is promising to unleash. >> president trump is desperate. attention is o one issusue on his mind, t the elec. he has to cover up for the fact that he is personally responsiblble for killing tens f thousands of ameriricans. its impossible toto conceal that much longer.. compare e the united states with europe or canada, it is becoming a pariah state to the point where americans weren't even permitted to travel to e

senator ron wyden said the president wants these confrontations because they play well in right-wingedia and they divide the country. governor kate brown said it's an abuse of federal power. all the mayors involved say we don't need federal agents in unmarked uniforms acting like some kind of authoritarian police. >> jesse: well, those uniforms were marked. if you loved the video, you could see were the markings were on the shoulders, juan. if some people are breaking windows in a federal building and spray painting them, then i think the government can come in federally and clean it up. greg, do you agree with juan that is just a bunch of fear and there's really nothing to worry about? >> greg: the fear is legitimate and anyone who's been personally experiencing what's been going on in the streets knows this and i won't even address it anymore. this justification is so old and stale. there is no hard data. what about the spectacular increase in shootings and deaths? they actually dismantle the anti-crime unit in charge of getting illegal guns off the streets in new york and shooting

oregon senators jeff merkley and ron wyden are also demanding a probe and for federal forces to be removedrom the streets. of course, t the proteststers ae dedemanding these federal troops be removed from the streets. for more, we go to portland where we're joined by juan chavez, the project director and attorney at the oregon justice resource center. he recently partnered with other attorneys to introduce litigation to stop portland police from using tear gas and munitions on protesters. welcome to democracy now! you have e been in the streets. you have been watching what has been happening. for people to understand what is taking place, what do the federal agents look like? where are they from? can you ididentify whether they are bureau of prisisons, customs and border protection? >> we only know as much as we have been told by the department of h homeland security. as far as we know, our understanding is they y are u.s. marshahals as well as agents frm border patrol. from an agreement with the department of justice -- i thi bill barr mentioned this during the d.c. protest as well -- tha

visit ncicap.org] >> oregon centers jeff merkley and ron wyden and senator blumenthal spoke about their opposition to the use of border patrol agent's. senator merkley asked for unanimous consent that the consent toit or -- scaling back law enforcement agents and require them to be identified in crowds. it was blocked by oklahoma senator james inhofe. time,n in the course of america should find a president in the oval office who chooses to bring the police tactics of dictators around the world to the streets of america, than that is the moment it is incumbent upon every member of this chamber who has sworn an oath to our constitution, who is determined to practice civil rights of america to stand up and say not now, not here, not ever, and we put an end to it. why i brought forth this amendment. stop secret policing in america amendment and asking for it to be debated on this bill because it involves police powers, military powers, the united states of america, and it's happening right now. what am i talking about? well, let me give you some sense of what we have seen on the streets of

announcer: oregon senators jeff merkley and ron wyden and blumenauer spoke about the use of border patrol agent in response to recent protests in oregon. asked for a bill that would scale back the use of federal law-enforcement agents and required them to be identified at all times in crowds. the motion was blocked by oklahoma senator james inhofe. >> madam president, when in the course of time america should find a president in the oval office who chooses to break the police tactics of dictators around the world to the streets of america, then that is the moment it is incumbent on every member of this chamber who has sworn and oh -- an oath to our saytitution to stand up and no no -- say not now, not here, not ever, and we put an end to i t. that is why i brought forward this amendment, stop secret policing in america amendment and ask for it to be debated on this bill because it involves police powers, military powers in the united states of america, and it is happening right now. what am i talking about? some sense ofu what we have seen on the streets of america in the past few days. g

: today, defense secretary mark esper raised concerns about the officers' ta figues, and senator ron wydenoregon calling it "overreach." >> we're also going to take steps to legislate, to rein in the federal abuses. >> reporter: among those tear- gassed, e.r. doctor sharon meieran, who is also a county commissioner. >> what the trump administration calls anarchy, we call democracy. >> reporter: this is the federal courthouse the officers are protecting. there is damage, and protesters are staged right across the street. today, the acting secretary of homeland security says he is prepared to pull his officers out, when the violence ends. norah. >> o'donnell: carter evans. thank you. and there is much more news ahead tonight on "cbs evening news." it's hot, the windows are shut, and the a/c is blasting-- why that's a dangerous combination, in the age of covid. later, it took a century and a half, but a woman has finally taken her spot on a major league field. earn 5% cash back on everything you buy at walmart.com... mom! paper towels! ...including things for the science fair. what's in your

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. >> senator ron wyden, democrat out of oregon says liberal portlanders in the violent wasteland the farmer point chamber imagines, donald trump and his flunkies are determined to bring violence to us. there must be fundamental reform of how these forces can be deployed. republicans like rand paul has a libertarian streak as well questioning these forces being in these cities but they object to the way portland is being portrayed despite the number of nights and weeks this has gone on and has been covered across the media, some of have paid more attention than others but not as if there isn't something going on. is it fair to say it has gotten worse and more provocative? >> i don't know how to calibrate that but suffice it to say that in portland the violence and street trouble has been going on for many weeks before the fed showed up to protect federal facilities which is the video you've seen and we've seen night after night is shown some of those facilities are covered with graffiti, they've been damaged, they been attacked and so on and under federal law these federal authorities

shannon: ron wyden doesn't figure until things change, especially concerned there is no specific timeline for withdrawal of william barr and donald trump's minions, big enough to drive an armored personnel carrier through, this occupation should never have happened. i will give you the final word. >> we didn't do this but federal resources didn't need to go here, the state police wouldn't have done their job to quell the violence from the get-go. that is causing this says we should beginning to address this anarchy and violence and you will see marked difference when we do what we are supposed to do. >> we are watching closely tonight and every night until things change for the better in portland. mark morgan, good to see you. thank you. amazon, facebook, google and apple grilled on capitol hill over accusations they are targeting conservatives. the latest. >> shannon: amazon's jeff bezos and apple's tim cook shannon: jeff bezos and tim cook defending their companies against lawmakers from both sides of the aisle but first and ironic series of technical glitches but once it got started it

oregon's democratic senator's ron wyden and jeff merkley told the administration they condemned any effort to "silence is peacefully exiting their first amendment rights. if cities like portland can't control protesters, then he wi will. speak to the left-wing group of people that are running our cities are not doing the job they are supposed to be doing and it's not a tough job to do if they knew they were doing. >> this battle between leaders and the trump administration is a stark example of the ongoing debate over sending in militarized forces calms or inflames these kinds of situations. >> president trump: jonathan hunt in l.a. the family of george floyd is suing the officers involved in his death in the city they worked for. senior correspondent mike tobin has details tonight for tonight for minneapolis. >> stating that minneapolis police officers have been trained with "kill-all edgy," warrior style training, benjamin crump filed a lawsuit on behalf of the family of george floyd killed under the weight of a minneapolis police officer. >> it was not just the knee of officer derek cha

>> joe, i heard that ron wyden quote yesterday on our air i think in the 5:00 hour. was galvanizing entand frankly, something we talked about on the show on tuesday, which i raised the spechter and people didn't like the language, i said something about a test run for trying to steal the election. i stand by that and i think when i heard widen say it, it was a better way of saying what i had been trying to say on this show tuesday, which is what do we know about donald trump? we know donald trump witnessing what he did in lafayette square on june 1st. we know he's perfectly willing to use federal forces against peaceful demonstrators he's doing it again on the streets of portland and at the same time violating the normal, as michael steele pointed out earlier, the way in which policing is supposed to work in america. obviously the behavior of those federal forces in camouflage, unmarked, grabbing people without a warrant, without probable cause, putting them in unmarked vehicles where the chain of command is unclear, where people are taken is unknown, what the resour

announcer: oregon senators jeff merkley and ron wyden and blumenauer spoke about the use of border patrolgent in response to recent protests in oregon. asked for a bill that would scale back the use of federal law-enforcement agents and required them to be identified at all times in crowds. the motion was blocked by oklahoma senator james inhofe. >>

. >> shannon: we know a lot of places, senator ron wyden a democrat out of oregon says this, portlands not the violent wasteland of the far right ethnic chamber. imagine donald trump and flunkies determined to bring violence to us. there must be fundamental reform held these forces can be deployed. republicans like senator rand paul obviously a libertarian streak as well questioning the forces being in the city, but they object the wave portland being portrayed despite the numbers and nights and weeks this has gone on now. and across media, some have paid more attention than others but it's not as if there is not something going on there. is it fair to say it's gotten worse because the feds showed up? >> well, i don't think -- i don't know how to calibrate that exactly.at least, the violence d street trouble have been going on for many, many weeks before the feds showed up to protect federal facilities. which the video you have seen and tonight have shown the facilities are covered with graffiti, damaged, tacked on someone. by the way, under federal law, these federal authorities are

visit ncicap.org] >> oregon centers jeff merkley and ron wyden and senator blumenthal spoke about theirpposition to the use of border patrol agent's. senator merkley asked for unanimous consent that the consent toit or -- scaling back law enforcement agents and require them to be identified in crowds. it was blocked by oklahoma senator james inhofe.

broke his hand and then doused him with tear gas oregon congresswoman suzanne bonamici and senator ron wyden say unidentified agents are attacking protesters people. >>who without cause are being grabbed and gas. on our straight but acting dhs deputy secretary ken cuccinelli downplayed the clashes identify themselves. >>to the subject they picked up they did not identify themselves to the crowd, the trump administration says protesters set fires and attacked federal officers with rocks and bottles cesar erica says are not protesters president trump said the federal officers aren't going anywhere until protesters back off and he said federal officers may soon also be headed to other u.s. cities more federal law enforcement that i can tell you in portland they've done a fantastic job senator wyden says he and other democrats have new legislation to rein in federal agencies that are engaging in practices. >>and in my view are unconstitutional democrats want to tie the legislation to the national defense authorization act that congress is set to vote on this week in washington, alexandra le mon.

some of these officials sent by the trump administration are contributing potentially to danger ron wydennator from oregon, thank you very much. >> thank you for having me >>> i want to tell you one other thing to our viewers, we have breaking news. there's been a disturbing story out of new jersey that we've been following law enforcement sources telling nbc news that a man found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in upstate new york is, they believe, the suspect of the shooting of a new jersey federal judge's son and husband. now, you may recall there was a manhunt under way for an alleged g gunman who was believed to have worked and tried to do this disguised as a delivery driver and showed up at esther solas's house, shooting her husband multiple times while he opened the door, then he shot their son, daniel, when he came running to the door. judge salas was not hurt authorities are trying to nail down what the probable motive may be. >>> with coronavirus cases still on the rise around the country, one of the biggest questions especially for parents is what will school l

broke his hand and then doused him with tear gas oregon congresswoman suzanne bonamici and senator ron wyden say unidentified agents are attacking protesters people. >>who without cause are being grabbed and gas. on our straight but acting dhs deputy secretary ken cuccinelli downplayed the clashes identify themselves. >>to the subject they picked up they did not identify themselves to the crowd, the trump administration says protesters set fires and attacked federal officers with rocks and bottles cesar erica says are not protesters president trump said the federal officers aren't going anywhere until protesters back off and he said federal officers may soon also be headed to other u.s. cities more federal law enforcement that i can tell you in portland they've done a fantastic job senator wyden says he and other democrats have new legislation to rein in federal agencies that are engaging in practices. >>and in my view are unconstitutional democrats want to tie the legislation to the national defense authorization act that congress is set to vote on this week in washington, alexandra le mon.

broke his hand and then doused him with tear gas oregon congresswoman suzanne bonamici and senator ron wyden say unidentified agents are attacking protesters people. >>who without cause are being grabbed and gas. on our straight but acting dhs deputy secretary ken cuccinelli downplayed the clashes identify themselves. >>to the subject they picked up they did not identify themselves to the crowd, the trump administration says protesters set fires and attacked federal officers with rocks and bottles cesar erica says are not protesters president trump said the federal officers aren't going anywhere until protesters back off and he said federal officers may soon also be headed to other u.s. cities more federal law enforcement that i can tell you in portland they've done a fantastic job senator wyden says he and other democrats have new legislation to rein in federal agencies that are engaging in practices. >>and in my view are unconstitutional democrats want to tie the legislation to the national defense authorization act that congress is set to vote on this week in washington, alexandra le mon.

oregon senatorors jeff merkley d ron wyden are also demanding a probe and for federal forces t o be removed from the streets. "the nation" is reporting customs and border protection was responsible for one such arrest that was filmed and went viral last week. an internal cbp memo reviewed by "the nation" says federal agents will be deployed indefinitely, in undisclosed locations. on saturday, a group of mothers formed what they called a "wall of moms" outside a federal courthouse to help shield protesters from federal officers. this is one ofof the protesting mothers. >> their actioions are terririf. -- - we need toocy stand up.. i am 60 years old. i probably should not be here in public, this is unacceptable. amy: the aclu is challenging the trump administration in court for what it says are the unconstititutional actions of federal agents. a prosecutor announced friday he is dropping felony charges against scores of protesters who were arrested last week as they gathered at the kentucky attorney general's home demanding justice in the police killing of breonna taylor, a black louisville e

security secretary chad wolf called the protesters lawless an archivist says oregon democratic senator ron wyden accused trump and wolf of provoking violence for political gain the demonstrators focus has been on the downtown area federal courthouse which falls outside local police jurisdiction 6 federal officers there have fired tear gas smoke grenades and so-called non-lethal munitions at protesters in one incident widely viewed online a federal agent fired on a protester hitting him in the head with a projectile and leaving blood on the pavement the man 26 year old donovan loved bella needed surgery and is hospitalized in serious condition rob reynolds al-jazeera tension remains high in mali even as diplomats from across the region continue their efforts to reach an agreement on how the country should be run because 12 people have died in demonstrations against the president abraham but a key to protest leaders describe mediation efforts as a total failure as nicholas hogg. prayers for the dead 15 year old isa my god died from a bullet in the head when security forces stormed the influential

amy: oregon senator ron wyden talking about the federal agents that trump has deployed to portland as essentially fascist. he said "if a line is not drawn in the sand right now,w, america may be staring down the barrel of martial law in the middle of a presidential election." do you sharere that assessment,, paststor? >> yes. and we cannot fall for that deceptioion. wewe cannot s settle for the mal law. we know where that is going to take us. listen, it is time now for us to make our voices known a and vois heard in the halls of justicece. we welcocome the protesters. wewe are not necessarily attracd to the violence, but that is all a part of the game. war is deception. deception is what kills our settlededn we are not in u understand what truth is ad how to divide that truth. we need to be of the march forward with the power that revolution brings and that tells us that it is time right now for the social change that we are seeking. amy: can you talk -- i mean, the scenes in ththe street of portland, thousands of people, of a wall of moms and now a wall of dads. you have that wall of

security secretary chad wolf called the protesters lawless an archivist says oregon democratic senator ron wyden accused trump and wolf of provoking violence for political gain the demonstrators focus has been on the downtown area federal courthouse which falls outside local police jurisdiction 6 federal officers there have fired tear gas smoke grenades and so-called non-lethal munitions at protesters in one incident widely viewed online a federal agent fired on a protester hitting him in the head with a projectile and leaving blood on the pavement the man 26 year old donovan loved bella needed surgery and is hospitalized in serious condition rob reynolds al-jazeera. iran's president says 25000000 iranians have now been infected by the coronavirus that's more than a quarter of the country's population rouhani says another 35000000 are at risk and those figures from the health ministry are far higher than the official number iran is the hardest hit country across the middle east with nearly 14000 deaths. as no car to get a viral mohammed one of the most important matters is that here is to medica

democratic senator ron w wyden of oregon said on twitter -- "trump & homeland security must now answer why officers are acting like an occupying army." oregon governor kate brown said she e wants the federaral ageneo leave portland.. protests are conontinuing g in allentown, pennsylvania, after a policece officer was filmed kneeling on a man's head and neneck outside the emergrgency m entrtrance to a hospitital. the video o was filmed by two bystandeders who droveve by the incident. >> on his neck. on his neck. get off his neck. amy: on monday, hundreds of protesteters marched to the allentown police headquarters demanding the firing of the officer and the defunding of the policece. inin washington statate, seattte mayor jenny durkan has proposed cutting $7$76 million from t the police department's budget in 2021. durkan's roughly 20% proposed budget cut would mostly come from transferring the city's 911 call and dispatch center, parking enforcement officers, and other functions outside the police department, as well as halting the expansion of seattle's police force next year. "the se

thomasct guys like massie and rand paul and ron paul, and i guess, to a lesser extent, ron wyden, theratic senator who is really big on civil liberties sometimes. when they get to election time and they want my vote, they don't earn it by talking like a libertarian. they earn it by saying -- or they try to bully me into it by saying, well, which one of the two-party candidates do you like the least, and your third-party vote is defective going to the two-party candidate you like the least. it is paradoxical, fascist, and they do it every time we run against a candidate, libertarians, greens, constitutional independence, they do it every time. they say "maybe next election, not this election. don't do it this election," and they say it every single time, and i am sick of it! host: let's go to doug, who is calling from texas. doug, good morning. one question for each of your hosts -- or visitors, i should say. what is their position on term limits? i think that is one of the failings of the two-party system. thank you. host: let's go to randall, who is calling from chevy chase, maryland