now i turn to senator wyden. wyden: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i do have some sad news to begin this morning's hearing with. theklein barred, who was chief of staff on the committee of taxation, has passed away. he was a truly extraordinary person. he accomplished the rare trifecta of making his mark as a law ined expert in tax business, in government and in the academic world. professional. senator thune, we all remember him, always professional and fair to both sides. he became a personal friend of man-of-war and good humor. i thought of him as a mensch, a man with exceptional character. i wanted to make those remarks and the chairman said i should express our sorrow on behalf of those of us today for the passing of ed. now we need to look at the oversight hearing. this year of course it is intertwined with the covid-19 response, as the chairman mentioned. i want to start with covid-19 because i think we are all seeing spikes now across the country, tens of thousands of newly identified cases every day, icu beds and hotspots -- in hot running l

wyden: let's stop. are you saying you and your staff did not know that 900,000 individuals skipped out on filing their returns and paying the $46 billion they owed? is that what you are telling us? mr. rettig: that report relates to tax years 2014, 2015, 2016. can i talk about what i did when i got on board? sen. wyden: i want to know what you did when you learned about that. mr. rettig: when i learned about that, a lot of this has been public, we changed certain folks with respect to certain positions in the irs. we moved somebody from the criminal division of the irs to a commissioner, small business self-employed. the deputy chief of criminal investigation is the commissioner of small business self employed. we created a fraud enforcement group headed by a career irs criminal enforcement, criminal investigation person. we created a promoter, coordinator position. we recently added a significant counsel attorney to the front -- fraud enforcement group. we have touched all non-filers we are aware of wi

wyden wyden i -- mr. wyden: i thank my colleague this afternoon because he speaks today with passion and facts and clearly outlines what our constituents told us at home this past week, and i thank him for this partnership that oregonians are seeing again on the floor of this great senate. madam president, donald trump has deployed a para military squad to our hometown in portland. his secret police are terrorizing my friends and neighbors. now people across the country need to understand that yesterday donald trump announced to america that your friends and your neighbors are next. unmarked vans full of unarmed men in military gear snatch people off the street. they interrogate them without ultimate maition and ultimately without -- ultimate made yums and ultimately without charges. a close personal friend, sharon miron, an e.r. doctor and a mom was protesting peacefully and was teargassed without provocation. she felt like she was seeing democracy pass right in front of her eyes. millions of americans h

senator wyden. sen. wyden:: thank you, senator schumer, and particularly for doing this in such a timely way to read finance committee has been looking at the republican upposal, and if i can sum it in a sentence, the republican ofposal is a textbook case total indifference to human suffering. and with respect to the unemployment issue, which, of course, has been a lifeline for millions of americans, the americans who walk this economic tight rope, always trying to balance the rent bill against the grocery bill, the grocery bill against the cost of their reality, here's the those people face. say you were a server in a restaurant that, for years, has done pretty well. thegot laid off, but then restaurant said, you know, we are going to try to make it, and you got called back to work, but you got laid off the second time when virus cases exploded. said, we areaurant closing for good. seeing small business after small business across america closing their doors for good. thatis republican argument all thes

wyden: leader schumer, thank you very much, and it is a pleasure to be with you to advance the schumer-wyden legislative proposal today. and i'm very pleased that we're joined by senator bennet, a particularly valuable member of the senate finance committee who has worked on these issues for many, many years. as senator schumer outlined, we are talking about a fresh approach as we look to extending super charged unemployment benefits for as long as our economy suffers under the covid-19 pandemic. as the ranking democrat on the finance committee that produced the $600 extra benefit each week until july 31 and the breakthrough to cover for the first time gig workers and the self-employed and part timers and others, i'm going to take just a few minutes to explain why this next step to create a dependable safety net in america is a no-brainer. we know tens of millions of americans are out of work due to covid-19. the pandemic is in fact getting worse. dr. tony fauci yesterday talked about the prospect of having 100,000 new confirmed cases per day nationwide. madam president and colleagues, we do

wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that following the remarks of my republican colleagues, senators brown, murphy, and i be permitted to speak for up to seven minutes each and the previously scheduled vote occur following the remarks of those listed. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the presiding officer: the senator from south carolin sout. a senator: thank you. it's my pleasure to present this act. china looms large about the coronavirus. this is where it originated. the lying and deceptive behavior the chinese communist party has brought this pandemic to the world. it's the third pandemic to come out of china. i think it's now time for us to get serious about our dependency on china. so what does this legislation do? it has four components. mr. graham: the protective equipment that our nurses and doctors and health care workers use to protect themselves on the front line, 90% of it is made in china. we're going to try to bring it back home. we have a bu

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

, including portland mayor ted wheeler, and oregon's two democratic senators, jeff merkley and ron wyden, have called for the troops to be removed from the city streets. the mayors of portland, seattle, atlanta, chicago, kansas city and washington, d.c., sent a letter monday to attorney general william barr and the acting secretary of homeland security chad wolf, writing -- "unilaterally deploying these paramilitary-type forces into our cities is wholly inconsistent with our system of democracy and our most basic values." and congressmembers alexandria ocasio-cortez and eleanor holmes norton are introducing a bill this week that would require federal law enforcement officers to display their identifying information while on duty. we'll have more on the situation in portland after headlines. meanwhile, "the guardian" reports trump has been consulting with former george w. bush justice department attorney john yoo about the president's authority to bypass federal laws through executive orders. john yoo, widely known as bush's "torture lawyer," wrote the legal memo that justified waterboard

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

>> senator wyden, do you have any other questions you want to ask?, let me just say how much i appreciate it. i know we all appreciate your testimony here today, and mr. gere, for what it's worth, you know, i think we need to sort of get to a place where we recognize that administration, whether the republican or democrat can have good ideas and some not so good ideas. i know this administration seems to believe that bilateral trade associations are optimal, and i can understand why their argument is that he did it by multilateral trade agreement you're going to have to give up too much in order to get -- but there are benefits and a take you described one of them, particularly dealing with china. we do need to work with our allies and to confront this challenge. one, because they are in the same situation we are in. they are being eviscerated economically and threatened militarily. it is important to work with people who share our values to counter this incredible aggressive economic and military threat from china. so let me thank you for raising th

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. >>a helicopter in san andreas had to make a crash landing of this was today and you're looking at the aftermath of the land and this charred debris visible pg and e says that helicopter was you being used to do some work in the area, the pilot had to make an emergency landing the pilot and 2 service workers did manage to get out safely before the helicopter caught fire and they suffered mostly minor injuries federal authorities are investigating that crash. now to our 4 zone forecast we're looking live at sfo. yeah, a little cloud cover there. meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez >>look at our forecast and it is chilly here when you're close to the coast of greece uh yeah, it has been chilly f

. >> senator wyden, your response?my response is that every step of the way, chad wolf and homeland security, are weaponizing this challenge we know there is hard work to do to deal with racism. for example, i spent much of this week dealing with reducing tensions on the streets with a fresh approach to dealing with mental health challenges but what we also know is that chad wolf and donald trump and he just said it at the beginning of your program, he wants to continue to escalate the violence he is trying to play to right-wing media and his political base this week i and senator merkley, my colleague in oregon, we'll offer an amendment on the defense bill to try to rein him in >> when you look at the attention here on portland being the representative of the state, what do you want people to know and do you think there is a part of the trump administration's approach here that is singling out or targeting a place that is known to be something of a politically liberal bastion or a place where these protesters and acti

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. >>california was moving in the right direction on coronavirus and then memorial day came and that is when the state took a turn for the worse we'll have >>and 29 right now i am let's take peek at how things are shaping up so far in this tuesday morning. rebecca all right tara. well, they're looking better and better as we get through of these. >>early morning hours in fact we can already see some sunshine peeking through the clouds with our downtown san jose camera and this going to be one of our warmer spots later on this afternoon but we're still below average for this time of year temperature wise. but here's a quick peek, your highs today downtown san francisco 6568 in oakland today a

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. >>california was moving in the right direction on coronavirus and then memorial day came around and that is when the state took a turn for the wor motorcycle riders love the open road. and geico loves helping riders get to where they're going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. and because we're committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. the geico giveback. helping riders focus on the road ahead. the geico giveback. 7.27 right now and on tuesday we're gonna look at the weather we are with rebecca, good morning rebecca, good morning guys we're seeing a lot o

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

thank you once again and a turn to senator wyden. >> thank you very much. and on behalf of the chairman and i i do have some sad news to begin this morning's hearing. the chief of staff for the joint committee on taxation has passed away. he was a truly extraordinary person. he accomplish the rare trifecta to make his mark as i respected expert in tax law and business and government and the economic world. senator thune remembers always their professional to both sides and became a personal friend of mine i was thought of him as a man with exceptional character i just wanted to make those remarks and the chairman said i should express our sorrow on behalf of both of us for the day on - - for today. it is intertwined with the covid-19 response the chairman mentioned. i want to start with covid-19 because we are all seeing spikes now across the country with tens of thousands newly identified cases every day. icu beds and hotspots running dangerously low the president set out in the open that he wanted less testing now he has gone weeks without speaking to top

senator grassley, long-time republican leader here, senator lee, republican from utah, and senator wyden of oregon and myself, all that we're asking is that there be an independent audit of the defense department and that that be completed no later than fiscal year 2025. not a very radical idea. now the third amendment that i'm offering, i think is one that i would hope and expect would have large support right here. and i think those have support among the american people and certainly has widespread support among the medical community, the epidemiologists of this country. just yesterday i was participating in a hearing of the health, education, labor committee and we had the leading experts in this country, including several representatives of the trump administration, dr. fauci and others, talking about the pandemic and what we can do about it. and there was wried consensus -- wye spread consensus. nobody has any doubt anymore except maybe donald trump that masks are an important preventive measure. not going to solve all of the problems but the evidence is overwhelming that people wh

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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 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 la bella needed surgery and is hospitalized in serious condition rob reynolds al-jazeera the former boss of mexico's state run oil company has been taken to hospital shortly after his extradition from spain emilio is to in course in mexico's wants a corruption bribery a money laundering charges when he was chief executive of pemex the 45 year old is said to develop a new assault for gas problems as well it was also a close aide of former president and rick opinion in a pen and yet and his administration was linked to the sc

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 love bella needed surgery and is hospitalized in serious condition rob reynolds al-jazeera 3 white americans accused of shooting dead a black man while he was out jogging have pleaded not guilty to his murder a judge in georgia has now denied them a security bond to be released on bail michael his son travis and their neighbor william bryant facing 9 charges 25 year old ahmad aubrey was killed in georgia in february but it wasn't until may that police eventually made arrests that was often video of the shooting went viral

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 jurisdictions 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 the u.n. is demanding an international investigation into the disappearance of a libyan politician and women's rights to fend activists say that see how was violently abducted from a home by wall of khalifa haftar us forces a year ago she's an m.p. in the alternative eastern parliament which is backed by hafta but had been critical of his military operations emma rossi crown prince mohammed bin zeid is reportedly being investigated

attention to two bills in the senate for the first is sponsored by senators cardin kc cornyn rubio and wydentarted past the hosts -- house with a roaming support. the tibet policy and support act, u.s. policy in tibet all adjusting one key overriding issue the selection of the next dalai lama. we can't be allowed to be controlled by the communist party only by tibetan buddhists. i'm sure that you support this principle and i ask you to co-sponsor this bill razor with the senate leadership or swift passage by the senate foreign relations committee. the second bill the mongolian word neighbor trade act introduced by senators sullivan and -- cosponsored by ranking member wyden and majority whip thune would grant a democratic and independent mongolia better access to u.s. markets for products manufactured in mongolia. mongolia is under extraordinary pressure in china. this will greatly benefit jobs for mongolian women reinforce democratic institutions and a way to strengthen democracy and in the most critical time in the indo pacific and help mongolia remain independent and i call on the senate

of the president call the decision political, donald trump's personal disputes with angela merkel wydenense secretary mark esper described the move as strategic and said it would begin within weeks noting the larger goal is deterrence for russia. despite these changes, 24,000 us troops will remain in germany but this may not be the last move by the trump administration is us military forces look to shift the focus to the indo pacific region. todd: silicon valley financier sentenced to 6 months behind bars in the college admission scandal, he admitted to paying 400,$000 to rick is college entrance exams for his daughter, the judge ruling in a video conference calling the crime despicable, his wife sentenced to 7 months in prison back in march. shannon: ruth bader ginsburg resting comfortably in a new york city hospital, the justice underwent a nonsurgical procedure to replace from last year, she's expected to be released by the end of the week, the second hospital for been months coming just weeks after she underwent treatment. todd: president obama will deliver the eulogy for john lewis

. >> 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

wyden: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: madam president, this morning showed why we need the democratic approach to dealing with unemployment insurance and why the pain that was reported this morning would get even worse under the proposal offered by senator johnson. this morning americans learned that our economy cratered in the second quarter essentially g.d.p. dropped by 9.5% from april through june. that translates to a 33% annual contraction of the american economy. so what you have with today's analysis is a gross domestic product in free fall. if republicans slash unemployment benefits with this proposal, the gross domestic product is going to fall faster and the economy collapses. folks, the economists, people who aren't political figures, told us this morning, this is a five alarm fire. the biggest and fastest drop ever recorded, colleagues, wiping out years of economic gains in a matter of weeks. and the fact is when you take the kind of economic hammering that we learned about this morning, the democratic

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.

landslide or they think it's the goblet of misinformation voter suppression and interference that wyden is against a match and make us all nervous because doing much about any of that is very difficult. you are going to see like what we signed kentucky this week in georgia two weeks ago governors and secretaries of state in trump state are going to reduce the number of polling places available and they are going to allow mail-in balloting and they will make it hard to get to the polls and we are going to be up against those kinds ask. that ticks me more nervous than i think the other standard measures. >> i want to ask a question from one of the people viewing this. she is saying trump's popularity it seems the lower his ratings go the more desperate he gets. what are you worried about between now and the election? >> i most worried about right now he's not focusing on the issues. he is focusing on setting up his appeal when he loses. as a prosecutor i would see this sometimes in my cases where i didn't feel the defense attorney was really trying to get a not guilty verdict from the jur

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

wyden wyden i -- mr. wyden: i thank my colleague this afternoon because he speaks today with passion and facts and clearly outlines what our constituents told us at home this past week, and i thank him for this partnership that oregonians are seeing again on the floor of this great senate. madam president, donald trump has deployed a para military squad to our hometown in portland. his secret police are terrorizing my friends and neighbors. now people across the country need to understand that yesterday donald trump announced to america that your friends and your neighbors are next. unmarked vans full of unarmed men in military gear snatch people off the street. they interrogate them without ultimate maition and ultimately without -- ultimate made yums and ultimately without charges. a close personal friend, sharon miron, an e.r. doctor and a mom was protesting peacefully and was teargassed without provocation. she felt like she was seeing democracy pass right in front of her eyes. millions of americans h

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

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

that's exactly why senator merkley and wyden and others introduced this bill, and we never expected to have to do this in the united states of america, but here we have a president who seems to envy dictators like putin, like erdogan, like president xi in china, and has decided to abuse his power by deploying secret federal police to american cities against the will of local leaders to deny people their constitutional rights. and so our legislation would prevent this president and any other future president from doing that >> what's the broader issue here because when you say we've never had to do this in the united states, you know, i've never had to wear a gas mask while covering stories in the united states or a hardened helmet. there is something here that is happening, and donald trump seems to be relishing it this is the law and order president. this is the tough on people president. he's calling it tough on crime, but our pictures of portland indicate mostly peaceful protests >> well, that's exactly right, ali. in fact, you saw mothers arm in arm trying to protect the peaceful p

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