then to new orleans where the city removes thehe last of four confederate statues in rececent weekeks. >> to literally y put the innnfederacy on a pedestal honor is an inaccuratate rerecitation of ouour past comes an affront to our presesent, and ababet prescription for our future.. amy: white nationalists have staged protests. we will speak with mallm suber , cofounder of take 'em down nola.

election has been weighing on his presidency from day one, as pressure escalated further this weekek, many republicans and democrats hailed the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the matter. and the fact, robert mueller, a respected fbi chief was selected for the job. >> i am happy about it. i think it is a good start in the right direction. with the newration president has been in crisis from week to week. it is one thing after the other. >> to bring someone in like robert mueller, who looks like will work within the fbi process, you have a prime decisionmaker. it is a good hybrid to keep the career folks at fbi, to make sure they can continue their job. that you have an independent decision-maker in the election. reporter: concern on capitol hill has been growing in the wake of a series of stunning allegations against president donald trump. the most damaging of which, he may have obstructed justice by asking fired fbi director james comey to let go of an investigation into one of his top advisers. some democrats have gone as far as to call for the president's impeac

then to new orleans where the city removes thehe last of four confederate statues in rececent weekeks. >> to literally y put the innnfederacy on a pedestal honor is an inaccuratate rerecitation of ouour past comes an affront to our presesent, and ababet prescription for our future.. amy: white nationalists have staged protests. we will speak with mallm suber , cofounder of take 'em down nola. in a partial victory for the haitian-american community, the department of homeland security extends temporary protected status for tens of thousands of haitians who fled their country afafter the devasastating 2010 earthquake. >> over 50,000 haitians, some who have been living in the u.s. for average of seven and a half builtyears, who have their fafamilies and homes and businesseses here, are facing deportrtation to haiti. is notas we know, equipped and ready to absorb all of these refugees. amy: as haitians a bit extension should be longer, we will speak with new york city councilmember jumaane williams, who represents one of the largest populations of haitians in the united states. all that a

you don't don't judge a team diter week four of the 16 weekek season. there has been progress.s been making more economy for our country. national security had to be dealt with. steven, thoughts? >> 96% of trump boaters trump voters are happy they cast their vote. are you one of them? >> absolutely. it's exactly what steve said. you go out on the street, i don't go with the polls, i walk around and i think are people looking happier, are they feeling better, and on a commonsense level, when you say to an american, right, left, democrat or republican, 100 days president trump, are you thinking on a commonsense level that he's already failed to mark say it's just the first 100 da days. the left will perpetuate what it thanks it needs to perpetuate to fight back against what will unequivocally, we are already seeing the healing happening moving toward americans feeling better going forward. this is a big battleship with healthcare and all the problems, it will take time to write this ship. >> i feel a lot of people whoe are saying he has failed up into this point of the same peopl

i last interviewed you on april 4, jusa few weekeks ago, on democracy now!t was the 50th anniversary of dr. king giving his "beyond vietnam" speech, why he opposed the wawain vietnamam, where he called the u.s. "the greatest purveyor of violence in the woworld." and i wantnted to turn from norh korea and iran to syria. it w was the day of the gas attk in syria, so we didn't get to talk about it vevery much. and i'm wowondering your thoughs on what you think happened, and then the ensuing u.s. bombing that president trump would later talk about, saying he was having chocolate cake witith the chchie president -- very, very good chocolate cake -- when t they launchched the tomahawawk missis into iraq, he said. and he was corrected by the interviewer -- right? who said it was actually syria. >> it is all about the same. there are some things we know for sure. there was a serious chemical weapons attack. nobody doubts that. it is plausible that it was the syrian govovernment,t, which dos raise some questions. it is not so obvious why the assad regime would have c