caller: what is it the aclu? protectsn: the aclu the constitution. the aclu protect -- represents -- for -- whens time we have representatives that cannot support our president and those who preach to everyone else about unifying and being bipartisan, i do not hear bipartisanship from you. host: hold on, --rep. cohen: hold on, lady. host: let her finish. then we will give you a chance. rep. cohen: i voted for mattis to be able to be secretary of defense. that is bipartisan. she does not know my record. the aclu supports people in getting their constitutional rights. they are the protectors of the bill of rights. sometimes i don't agree with them. out -- a regulation that puts people with mental or anotherblems disability and they objected because of their rights to get a gun. i do not agree with them. i think we have too many guns in america. i disagreed with the aclu on that one. it was like descartes or bulk e, i may said -- voltair disagree with what you say, but i will defend to the death your right to say it. think of there is an aclu. there was

. >> legal director of the dc chapter of the aclu joins us us via skype. we know that in the weekend after the ban was signed, the massive protests, the aclu saw huge in -- inch influence, influx of donations on line watch are they doing to defends the people against the ban? >> we had huge influx of support, and influx of for help as well. aclu files four of the five the lawsuits that were the first ones to be filed last weekend. and got injunction in new york , the in angeles at first put the brakes on this executive order we filed a brief yesterday in the case in the ninth singerinth it that will be soon deciding on the fate of the executive order. so we've been very busy. and we've been representing individuals. casesinvolved in two here that were successful today, a syrian woman who was the husband of a physician at the washington hospital centerr who had been turned around and sent back last weekend, wass able to get off a flight at jf k this morning, and landed l in dullos from her connecting flight just little while ago. ao and she is now back in t

the aclu wants a full repeal of trump's order. in a few hours we could hear what the federal government rules. this week massachusetts became the fourth state to sue, this after the state attorney jgenerl joined the cause, a move that will help the aclu strike down the travel ban for good. carol rowe is the executive director of the aclu of massachusetts. go through what's going to happen this morning. >> hello. good morning. for this morning the aclu is going into court to request the federal judge keep in place the stay that was imposed last weekend on trump's discriminatory and unconstitutional muslim ban. we're asking the judge to keep that in place because that's protecting people, enabling people to come into the country, until such time as the lawyers on both sides have an opportunity to fully brief the case. >> i think there have been some tweaks to that executive order, right? i think they tweaked it to exclude those who hold green cards. is that enough to satisfy you? >> it's great because of the issue in the litigation,

now you have moved on from the aclu, heading up the first amendment center st. columbia. can you tell what you see as the big issues in the first amendment area -- the equivalent of -- you can talk about it oar interrogation, detention, drones. the biggest issue in the trump administration. >> i think support protection, whistle-blowers, i think they're a bunch of issues that free speech issues on social media. now a lot of the power that used to be in the hands of the government is in the hands of private actors and this question of what those private actors can and should do we the power is huge hi consequential. so to i think the surveillance issues derek the first amendment limitsgovernment's power and wil become more important under thus administration and governmentano secrecy around national security as first amendment right of access to information the supreme court recognized and anticipate we'll end up litigating those cases. >> good luck with. congratulations on a great book. [applause]

they're forking over all proceeds to the aclu. >> we're sons of immigrants. we have money we usually give away. let's do it for a cause that we want to stand for. >> reporter: christin ayers, kpix5. >> we boasted a list of the bay area coffee -- posted a list of the bay area coffee shops donating proceeds to the aclu. >>> the u.s. starts the year with a strong job surge. the bad news tonight? wages. american businesses created nearly a quarter million jobs last month, but wages barely ticked up and the unemployment rate did tick up to a 4.8%. >>> animal rights groups are outraged tonight. the feds suddenly removed an online database that tracks how medical research labs treat their animals. many fear the move will have an immediate impact. >> reporter: more than a decade anyone wanting inspection reports, enforcement records and other information about commercial dog and horse breeders, zoos, research labs and other animal facilities could easily find it on the usda's website, but now the online database has been abruptly replaced with a message from the depa

a rival car service pledged $1 million to the aclu. you can read more about that in "fortune." elon musk is still on the business council, and he tweeted sake, and said that attending does not mean he agrees with the actions of the trump administration. humanity ato make multi-planet civilization. you can read more there, that statement from elon musk. some executive orders signed by president trump today dealing with financial regulations. the president signing two executive orders, one that would direct the treasury department the dodd-frank law, and another one requiring that -- another one requiring a rule forf the ro financial advisors acting in the best interests of their clients. [camera shutters clicking] [laughter] >> what we are doing is we're returning to the american people , investors and retirees, control of their own retirement savings. this is about main street, and it has been a labor of love for me for over four years. day and a big moment for americans. that so much. shutters clicking] >> at think we should hand this pen to this very special person. >> thank

amy: we will speak to aclu attorney hina shamsi, who was recently questioned by border agents about her pakistani citizenship and her work with the american civil liberties union. she says the agents asked her why a person with different organization with american in its name would have a pakistani passport. jeff sessions is confirmed as attorney general we look at how , republicans silenced senator elizabeth warren for reading a letter coretta scott king once exhibited to the senate judiciary committee 30 years ago opposing sessions for a federal judgeship. >> she was warned. she was given an explanation. nevertheless, she persisted. >> mr. president, i'm surprised the words of coretttta scott kig are not suitable for debate in the united states senate. amy: we will hear elizabeth warren in her own words and speak to barbara reynolds, who wrote coretta scott king's memoir, "my life, my love, my legacy." all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the senate has confirmed alabama senator jeff sessions as the attor

i start at the aclu in 2002 and even before that i was doing work in the weeks and months before 9/11 than the national securit9/11 and defend thenatiod existed until 1990 but it was shut down and it was resurrected after 9/11 and i started working in that group that became formalized and we worked on issues ranging from government surveillance to ideological exclusions of the scholars because of their political views. we worked on issues of national security and then interrogation. a lot of my energy was spent in the administration on trying to control the government to be more forthcoming about the interrogation of policies. we had some success in forcing the government to disclose what turned out to be evidence of the torture of prisoners at guantÁnamo and the sites. the banthen when the obama administration took office, president obama now famously disclosed that remaining document we have been litigating for, that had been the foundation for the cia. >> were you out of business at that point? >> sort of, yes. i had very high hopes for the obama administration and it was clear we

amy: we will speak to aclu attorney hina shamsi, who was recently questioned by border agents about her pakistani citizenship and her work with the american civil liberties union. she says the agents asked her why a person with different organization with american in its name would have a pakistani passport. jeff sessions is confirmed as attorney general we look at how , republicans silenced senator elizabeth warren for reading a letter coretta scott king once exhibited to the senate judiciary committee 30 years ago opposing sessions for a federal judgeship. >> she was warned. she was given an explanation. nevertheless, she persisted. >> mr. president, i'm surprised the words of coretta scott king are not suitable for debate in the united states senate. amy: we will hear elizabeth warren in her own words and speak to barbara reynolds, who wrote coretta scott king's memoir, "my life, my love, my legacy." all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the senate has confirmed alabama senator jeff sessions as the attorn

he wants to sit there and say the aclu has all of this right, they are defending our freedom of speech and then he is going to turn around and bash steve bannon for allowing publications -- whether i agree with him or not, he should be able to have the same conviction for steve bannon's website as he does for the aclu. that is my comment and i want to thank you for taking my call. host: let's hear from rob in stockton, california. republican. caller: good morning. get right to it here. number one, i think we need to -- again. when obama came in office there $9.8 trillion and it went to almost $20 trillion in debt. dohink mr. trump is going to an awesome job with curbing the way the financials are run in washington, d.c. and cleaning up this situation with all of the refugees and people coming in and pulling the finances in this country is a big part of it. this is the problem, the guy that was on a little while ago for tennessee, that guy has to go. this financial situation is one of the biggest problems this country has and this is where the focus has to go. i thank you for taking my

i started at the aclu in 2002 even beef that i was in pro bono work for a aclu in weeks and months after 9/11. and then this national security program at the aclu existed until 1990 and then shutdown because everybody thought television the -- end of history right, and resurrected after 9/11, and i started working in that -- in that group which became formalized as national security project and rage from government surveillance to ideological exclusion. exclusion of foreign psychological is particular because of their political views. we worked on issues relating to immigration and national security and issues on detention and interrogation, and -- a lot of my energy was spent during the bush administration on interrogation policy how i'm trying to compel the government to be more forthcoming about it interrogation policy and about detention policy. and then we had some degree of success in forceing the government to disclose what turned out to be evidence of the torture and prisoners at guantanamo and in block sight. and then when the obama administration took office, president obama no

and new study point a pinger of plame for chicago violent crime and agreement between the city and aclu. >> and right now a live look aoutside across i lost my sight when i was 14 years old. so i really navigate the world by touch. i think dove asked me to try out this body wash... because i am so in tune with my hands and how things feel to me. when i pumped it out i was like, oh this is different. the foam was really light, fluffy , weightless. and it feels really moisturizing, not sticky. i have never tried anything like this as a body wash before. discover the feeling of new dove shower foam. it's light. it's different. it's foam. >> 4:53 is the time and developing now in chicago city violence blamed on agreement between the aclu and city. and the agreement writers officer to document the details of every encounter they have to be xlektedly the aclu. it was made after the organization found department was over stopping minorities but new research shows since agreement was made police stops plummeted and crimes spiked. many officers fear they will be label

the aclu is filing the complaint tomorrow. jonathan: quietly waiting at a stoplight when a violent collision occurs. that was a van trying to turn the corner and that was a police cruiser that came through the intersection, smashing it to him. the stunning crash was caught on camera in falls church. one of those cars was a cruiser. the question is, where was he going? [beep]. tom: a police car is traveling westbound on route seven when another car is trying to turn left on patrick andriy drive. >> the cruiser was wrapped around the pole and the other car was just still being shot 50 yards away. tom: uses on his dash captured the whole thing. moments later he saw the police officer. >> he got out, kind of looked around, dazed. tom: both the officer and driver of this other vehicle were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. johnson says he was shocked, not just by the crash but by what he did not hear. >> there was no warning, no brakes screeching, no sirens. tom: the officer was responding not requireat did

run through the obama nominees and that is the aclu chrom chromoso. remember what happened when this executive order was issued. it was the aclu that took him to court to protect every america american's civil liberties, and they were the ones who won in court right away. i say we need to have special respect for the lawyers who protect our civil liberties. these events should give us all pause because our country has long associate the groups -- associated the naacp with missions like the justice department. now we may have an attorney general who was, at least in the past, relished opposition to these groups. before concluding, i just want to say that i understand there may be a distinction between politician, elected official representing a certain state and certain perspective, jeff sessions, senator sessions, and attorney general sessions. this sometimes does happen as people move from legislative to executive or as they advance in their careers. it is entirely possible and i sure hope that there will be an *ef russians -- evolution that he under

a rival car service pledged $1 million to the aclu. you can read more about that in "fortune." elon musk is still on the business council, and he tweeted sake, and said that attending does not mean he agrees with the actions of the trump administration. humanity ato make multi-planet civilization. you can read more there, that statement from elon musk. some executive orders signed by president trump today dealing

. >> i'm a retired attorney worked with the aclu on the issues and a author of the 810 many years ago speaking for myself i working closely with the caucus and aclu rather than too much detail i want to make a few observations number one proud of san francisco we've lead the way and standing up from the threat of donald trump our mayor is on board and board of supervisors and see the police department. >> no clapping folks. >> i will try not to have any our pause lines that so important because i want to reiterate what the chief said about public safety i think that town understand the greatest gift to the public safety way of life not what donald trump calls radical terrorism this is the right move to make thank for not applauding that protects our relationship with the police department and i think that is for the comments were made about the involved standard of d go not only applies to the police department it is critical the head of the division began involved didn't mean don't protect public safety you have to have reasonable suspicion and use the protocols and that's what the d

mccarthy blamed the spike in murders in part on the 2015 agreement with the aclu. aclu research concluded they were over stopping minorities. >> most of us never saw this, never saw the experiences of black chicagoans around stop and frisk. it was harmful to the community. >> offers as are required to document the details of every single stop so it can be compiled by the aclu. new research from the university of chicago's crime lab suggests as the paperwork was rolled out police stops plummeted by over 80% according to police and crime spiked. >> the above and beyond type of activity that officers were engaged in that we may not see that same level ever again. >> hovering over all of this, a department of justice investigation into the cpd that painted the department is racist and in need of better training and oversight. mccarthy said the doj report was politically motivated and he wasn't contacted about the department he ran for years. >> attempts were made to reach former superintendent mccarthy but he was not available. >> you can't tell me they had trouble fin

>> is a child is harassed, denied access to the restroom, they can contact your local aclu office, they can contact any organization that works with lgbt community in our state. they can find me on twitter. they can search for other people who are out there. we will not be silent and we will not let people be isolated and targeted, no matter how much

>> i think the aclu and transgender community and lgbt community is concerned. they don't know what to spechblth yexpect. some take those statements to heart. then you have the guidance withdrawn. again, you know, the line from the white house is they are not trying to take a position on civil rights, but rather they say correcting a muddy bit of guidance. that's going to be their position on this. they are going to claim this is nothing to do with whether or not to protect transgender students. the impact will be felt by the communities. they feel like a protection was taken away from them. it is something the white house will have to delicately walk if they want to appease both sides. >> you have the republicans going home to the district and they are getting confronted by town halls and in some case, confronted by crowds of people at the congressional offices who are asking a lot of different things. mostly about obamacare and health care and unhappiness about the trump administration. one thing we heard is this is somehow manufactured or a lot of progressive

anthony romero, president of the aclu, great to see you tonight. i heard you were supposed to be here that was way more fun than being here tonight. you canceled your plans. >> i'm here with you, i'm delightful. >> thank you. >>> we have much more ahead, including one republican congress who was s having a huge boisterous town hall as we speak. there's a camera there. stay with us. >>> welcome to morris, minnesota. morris, minnesota, is in western minnesota, out in the plains. it's a really tiny town, it's really cute. population about 5,000 people. this is their stoplight. the county that includes morris, minnesota, went double digits for trump in the last election. but look at this. in little morris, minnesota, they now have 300 people signed up for one of these indivisible groups. people that are using the indivisible guide to plan their activism to oppose the new administration and their agenda. there's 5,000 people in the up to, that's how many people they got to turn out for their first indivisible meeting. that's indivisible morris, minnesot

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now the aclu is demanding to know how the government is enforcing this immigration order. >> look, i think that it was clear the courts were going to end up being where this got settled and i think that is where this is -- we're still -- i think we're still in that move. and i think the more that you see numbers like that come out -- look, you don't know what a judge is going to do. but this has had the whiff of stay on it meaning that a judge will say let's pause the enforcement of it while we figure out what's legal, not. it just feels like that's where this is headed. now, we've seen this with other executive orders that president obama signed. >> meanwhile so many people are kind of in limbo because of it. >> especially the visa hole der obviously. >> democratic senators are under a lot of pressure to block the nomination of neil gorsuch because they call it a stolen seat on the supreme court. will republicans go with the nuclear option that has been talked about all week? >> i think it's in chuck schumer's hands. it's really not in mitch mcconnell's hands. in the washington we h

anthony romero, president of the aclu, great to see you tonight. i heard you were supposed to be here that was way more fun than being here tonight. you canceled your plans. >> i'm here with you, i'm delightful. >> thank you. >>> we have much more ahead, including one republican congress who was s having a huge boisterous town hall as we speak. there's a camera there. stay with us. only at&t offers you all your live channels and dvr on your devices, data-free. it's entertainment. your way. i but when we brought our daughter home, i that was it. now i have nicoderm cq. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. it's the best thing that ever happened to me. every great why needs a great how. and this is they like lobster party.y, red lobster's lobsterfest is back with 9 irresistible lobster dishes. yeah, it's a lot. try tender lobster lover's dream and see how sweet a lobster dream can be. or pick two delicious lobster tails with new lobster mix and match. the only thing more tempting than

we will get response from the aclu. into standing rock. ofafter the deadline february 22, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. we are all at risk of facing arrest, police brutality, federal charges, and prison time. amy: 10 people are arrested as the main resistance cap set up by lakota water protectors fighting the dakota access pipeline has largely been vacated after they were ordered to leave the camp. we will go to north dakota for the latest. more evidence comes to light about the close ties between new epa had scott pruitt and the fossil fuel industry. >> why do you need an outside oil company to draft a letter when you have 250 people working for you? >> senator, as i have indicated, that was an effort protecting the interest and making sure we made the voices of all oklahomans heard on a very important industry to our state. amy: thousands of pages of newly released emails reveal how scott pruitt closely collaborated with koch brothers comedies to rollback environmental regulations during his time as oakland's attorney general. all of that and more c

we will get response from the aclu. into standing rock. ofafter the deadline february 22, 2017 at 2:00 p.m., we are all at risk of facing arrest, police brutality, federal charges, and prison time. amy: 10 people are arrested as the main resistance cap set up by lakota water protectors fighting the dakota access pipeline has largely been vacated after they were ordered to leave the camp. we will go to north dakota for the latest. more evidence comes to light about the close ties between new epa had scott pruitt and the fossil fuel industry. >> why do you need an outside oil company to draft a letter when you have 250 people working for you? >> senator, as i have indicated, that was an effort protecting the interest and making sure we made the voices of all oklahomans heard on a very important industry to our state. amy: thousands of pages of newly released emails reveal how scott pruitt closely collaborated with koch brothers comedies to rollback environmental regulations during his time as oakland's attorney general. all of that and more

other than the aclu. what was striking to me is the aclu was responding to something other than what the psident had put out. it was like, read the statement, talk about targeting innocent young children. the president and the dhs memo said precisely that the president was not doing that. i happen to believe that what trump is doing here is coming out with the most popular items in the toughest items quickly. he's doing what he said he was going to do. i think what follows that we heard this and that tease, this is about love. this is a house of love. it's going to be more like a compromise of the question becomes whether people like laura, who have fought this. i mean, i mean that in a serious way. he's going to come up with some kind of a compromise that is darkly to be -- dashed out >> that's not where the republican party is. >> hard-line to think that immigration law has to mean something. at some point in our history crossing the border has to be taken seriously. otherwise we save we could find you

other than the aclu. what was striking to me is the aclu was responding to something other than what the president had put out. it was like, read the statement, talk about targeting innocent young children. the president and the dhs memo said precisely that the president was not doing that. i happen to believe that what trump is doing here is coming out with the most popular items in the toughest items quickly. he's doing what he said he was going to do. i think what follows that we heard this and that tease, this is about love. this is a house of love. it's going to be more like a compromise of the question becomes whether people like laura, who have fought this. i mean, i mean that in a serious way. he's going to come up with some kind of a compromise that is darkly to be -- dashed out >> that's not where the republican party is. >> hard-line to think that immigration law has to mean something. at some point in our history crossing the border has to be taken seriously. otherwise we save we could find yo

donated our front page and advertising to the aclu yesterday. we are finding more and more opportunities whether it is an civil protests, a very american rights,, donations to groups like the aclu working hard to make change and protect our rights and our constitutional rights, and good old-fashioned phone calls. ofe years ago i was part hundreds of thousands of americans who defeated too bad bills, those bills that were considered inevitable. and that was simply because people picked up their phones, called their representatives and said this is bad. this is bad for america and here is why. i think it is quite a take all of these things. platforms like reddit are powerful tools to connect people but at the end of the day it takes individuals to create change. some of that is old-fashioned phone calls. are you optimistic? >> i am very optimistic. i have to be. experiment isreat constantly in motion, constantly in flux. i believe constantly moving forward, we are always trending in the right direction, but i believe we are going to get there thro

the aclu office has filed to see how officials are interpreting and executing president trump's order. they will hear legal arguments on that ban later today. >>> it is 4:50 right now. the safety of childhood vaccines continues to be a controversial issue. according to a new survey by pew research, most americans believe the benefits outweigh the risk. 82% support vaccines for measles, mumps, and rubella. >>> a frightening moment at a california cheesecake factory. an explosion rocked guests out of their seats as a man throws explosives into the popular chain. >>> breaking news. we're working around the globe to get any more information about the terror attack at the louvre. >>> truckers are suing california. they claim air filters are putting the public's safety at risk. back with more news in just two minutes. game night is our daughter allie's favorite night. and knowing that her favorite general mills big g cereals are gluten-free, like honey nut cheerios, rice chex and lucky charms, she can enjoy it her way. try new very berry cheerios. the taste of real fruit in every bite. so b

we basically donated our front page and advertising to the aclu yesterday. we are finding more and more opportunities whether it is an -- in civil protests, a very american right. donations to groups like the aclu working hard to make change and protect our rights and our constitutional rights, and good old-fashioned phone calls. five years ago i was part of hundreds of thousands of americans who defeated too bad -- two really bad bills. those bills that were considered inevitable. and that was simply because people picked up their phones, called their representatives and said this is bad. this is bad for america and here is why. at the end of today, it takes individuals to create change. some of that is just old-fashioned phone calls. i am very optimistic. i have to be. because this great experiment is constantly in motion, constantly in flux. i believe constantly moving forward, we are always trending in the right direction, but i believe we are going to get there through more discussion and not less. caroline: how much would it have hurt reddit if you cou

the aclu of massachusetts is suing to have the order overturned. the latest from the courtroom coming up. >> this isn't the way to set law. we shouldn't be doing it through tweets. we shouldn't be doing it through separate orders coming out of different agencies. that's why we are asking the court to stop this in its tracks. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. >> sandra: well texas could soon start with holding funds from sanctuary cities. senate committee approving a proposal to punish local jurisdictions that con comply with procedures to deport illegal immigrants. coming after the hours of the emotional testimony from hundreds who traveled from all over the state to weigh in. >> i would ask you to make a decision not only with your knowledge, but also with your heart, and see that your people, your friends and those that pray for you daily. >> sandra: the committee

lyft also promising to donate $1 million over four years to the aclu. and in the airbnb ceo offering free housing to refugees and anyone not allowed in the u.s. elon musk also weighed in. remember, the ceo was born in south africa. he tweeted "the blanket entry ban on citizens from primarily muslim countries is not the best way to address the country's challenges." but he went on to ask followers to read the order and said we will seek advisory council consensus and present it to the president. at least half of the top 20 tech companies were founded or are led by immigrants. among those, microsoft ceo, google ceo, and apple ceo tim cook, all issuing statements condemning the travel ban and supporting their immigrant employees. caroline: now, for more on the tech industry impact, we bring in bloomberg's senior executive editor of global tech coverage, brad stone, and bloomberg's managing editor of asia tech coverage, peter l strohm. we are seeing tech standup unified in anger? >> this is a massive political repudiation of the trump administration. and i

lyft also promising to donate $1 million over four years to the aclu. airbnb ceo offering free housing to refugees and anyone not allowed in the u.s. elon musk also weighed in. remember, the ceo was born in south africa. he tweeted "the blanket entry ban on citizens from primarily muslim countries is not the best way to address the country's challenges." he went on to ask followers to read the order and said we will seek advisory council consensus and present it to the president. at least half of the top 20 tech companies were founded or are led by immigrants. among those, microsoft ceo, google ceo, and apple ceo tim cook, all issuing statements condemning the travel ban and supporting their immigrant employees. caroline: for more on the tech industry impact, we bring in bloomberg's senior executive editor of global tech editor of global tech coverage and bloomberg's managing editor of asia tech coverage. we are seeing tech standup unified in anger? >> this is a massive political repudiation of the trump administration. 2 things are going on. silicon va

my guest tonight, executive director of the aclu, anthony romero is here, everybody! ( cheers and applause ) joining us in the studio. he's here just to check i haven't been forcefully the deported yet, but we're good. ( laughter ) first, with all the people taking to the streets protesting against president trump's de facto muslim ban, a lot of folks have been asking the question, where are the democrats in all of this, and why aren't they saying anything? well, last night, house democratic leader nancy pelosi at a rally in front of the supreme court helped us understand why. >> thank you very much for coming out to -- is the sound working? the sound working? >> no. >> i can hear you. can you hear us? can you hear now? no, that doesn't do any good. does this work better? no. staff? sound people? shall we sing "this land is your land" again till we get the sound working? ♪ this land is your land ♪ this land is my land >> trevor: we are so (bleep) now! ♪ ♪ this is a nightmare is this thing working? i'm talking about democracy as a whole. is it working? no? i di

. >> a dover woman has 2500 signatures on a petition demanding the state remove the aclu from prisons. she's referencing an agreement reached between the state and civil liberties advocates which allows mental health workers to monitor inmates, but the union argues it has led to a dangerous mixing of prison population. its president wrote in the statement "as long as this agreement is in place, inmates will continue to disrespect and assault or worse our officers. this has to stop." the aclu says that is just not true, meanwhile, the investigations into what happened are nowhere near complete. >> everybody will come down with a better insight. >> reporter: the union is working with the department of corrections to adjust staffing so as many people can attend the visitation for lieutenant floyd tomorrow and the funeral on saturday. in smyrna, drew smith, nbc 10 news. >>> at 11:00, we are hearing from the university of pennsylvania police officer now back on the job after she was shot during a deadly rampage last september. officer ed miller returned to full duty yesterday. the 35-year

the aclu slamming the decision here. the statement revoking the guidance shows the president's promise to protect lgbt rights was empty rhetoric. school districts should and must protect transgender students and all students from discrimination. school districts recognizing that should continue to do the right thing. for the rest, we will see them in court. within the administration, not everyone on board. the move faced strong opposition from one key figure. senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny with the latest. >> reporter: christine and dave, good morning. new guidance on wednesday about the transgender bathroom issue that was controversial in the last year. essentially they issued a statement to states to disregard what president obama did last year with extra protections for students in transgender schools and transgender restrooms. the trump administration did not put out a new executive order, they put out a statement advising people to ignore the guidance from president obama last year. the white house put

. >>> joining me now is the director of the aclu's immigrants rights project who successfully argued for the emergency stay of trump's executive order. it was issued in federal court in brooklyn saturday night. give us your response to this. >> it's great. ours is national as well but the more courts reinforce what's going on, the better. what we're seeing is when judges look at this and the legality, they're saying wait, wait, there's something wrong here. i think going forward with communities mobilizing, judges looking at this, we're going to see a real pushback on this executive order. >> and attorney general ferguson, of course, would not speculate on what would happen if the trump administration did not abide by this order but he said it would be a constitutional crisis, obviously. do you have concern? it didn't seem the first time there was a stay they were that mindful of it. >> that's a great point. that would be a bigger issue than any particular civil liberties issue. an administration not feeling like they had to comply with federal court orders and not respecting the rul

. >>> joining me now is the director of the aclu's immigrants rights project who successfully argued for the emergency stay of trump's executive order. it was issued in federal court in brooklyn saturday night. give us your response to this. >> it's great. ours is national as well but the more courts reinforce what's going on, the better. what we're seeing is when judges look at this and the legality, they're saying wait, wait, there's something wrong here. i think going forward with communities mobilizing, judges looking at this, we're going to see a real pushback on this executive order. >> and attorney general ferguson, of course, would not speculate on what would happen if the trump administration did not abide byhis order but he said it would be a constitutional crisis, obviously. do you have concern? it didn't seem the first time there was a stay they were that mindful of it. >> that's a great point. that would be a bigger issue than any particular civil liberties issue. an administration not feeling like they had to comply with federal court orders and not respecting the rule

. >> i'm a retired attorney worked with the aclu on the issues and a author of the 810 many years ago speaking for myself i working closely with the caucus and aclu rather than too much detail i want to make a few observations number one proud of san francisco we've lead the way and standing up from the threat of donald trump our mayor is on board and board of supervisors and see the police department. >> no clapping folks. >> i will try not to have any our pause lines that so important because i want to reiterate what the chief said about public safety i think that town understand the greatest gift to the public safety way of life not what donald trump calls radical terrorism this is the right move to make thank for not applauding that protects our relationship with the police department and i think that is for the comments were made about the involved standard of d go not only applies to the police department it is critical the head of the division began involved didn't mean don't protect public safety you have to have reasonable suspicion and use the protocols and that's what the d

army veteran himself, hector helped the aclu prepare that r0r79. he says the number of deported veterans keeps growing. >> we come into contact with veterans in the process of being deported or already deported. at least 301, we're up to 301. >> reporter: he served two years in prison after pleading guilty to illegal discharge of a firearm in compton, southern california. deport ed in 2004, he now runs the shelter here in tijuana nicknamed the bunker where deported veterans can get help with job prospects, immigration advice, and legal services. >> my allegiance to the united states is not to mexico. i was born in mexico, but my a allegiance and who i choose to die and fight for is the united states of america. >> reporter: our investigation found 70,000 non-citizens enlisted in the u.s. military between 2009 and 2016. at least half of them never applied for citizenship, according to the center for naval analyses. leaving them vulnerable to deportation. >> i'm willing to put my life on the line for the country that i love. >> reporter: and yet your

now we know the aclu is getting involved. >> all of it was incredibly egregious. >> reporter: the police officers have filed a complaint with the department of justice against their own police department. >> the concerns raised by the officers speak terribly upon -- they reflect poorly upon the department if they in fact turn out to be true. >> reporter: more than 70 minority prince george's county officers have signed onto the complaint alleging discrimination within the police department. the 300-page document was originally sent in october. department of justice spokesmen released a statement department department of justice is in receipt of correspondence about this matter. that correspondence has been referred to the civil rights division for response. we have no further comment. >> one particular concern they raised is that complaints that are filed by the public against officers of color are actually being treated more harshly than complaints that are filed against white officers. >> reporter: yesterday prince george's county police chief announced he and the police union are crea

the proceeds going to the aclu. >> the young men felt very strongly about helping the aclu facilitate, um, legal action or whatever is needed to help people who are being disenfranchised. >> we're proud of them. what senior boys have it together enough to not only do something like that but to, you know, to bring them together as team and try to bring our community together. >> not to literally mean we're all refugees but we're all human one race the human race. >> reporter: want to point out not everyone here tonight was wearing those t-shirts. but seemed to accept what the players were trying to do. apparently so far they have raised about a thousand dollars for the aclu. dawn, back to you. >> all right, joanne, thank you. >>> tonight pennsylvania governor tom wolf is making his position clear on a bill that puts more restrictions on abortions in pennsylvania. he had a news conference today in abington women's health advocates and doctors to emphasize he app poses senate bill three. the bill which the senate approved last week would ban abortions after 20 weeks except in rare instan

the aclu posted a picture of the proposed mexican border wall. kim jong-un posted a picture of a six flags sign saying, "you must be this tall to ride." >> steve: oh, my gosh. [ applause ] that's gotta hurt. that's gotta hurt. >> jimmy: guys, here's one from the national park service and tom brady. >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: they both wrote, "i can't believe this is what i look at all day." national parks service posted picture of the grand canyon. tom brady posted a picture of an offensive lineman's butt. >> steve: wow! [ applause ] >> jimmy: next one is from bill o'reilly and tim gunn. they both wrote, "it's offensive to see someone do this to the red, white and blue." o'reilly posted a picture of a a flag burning at a protest. tim gunn posted a picture of kellyanne conway's inauguration look. >> steve: wow. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: what? yeah, i can dig it, man. and finally, here's one from donald trump and barack obama. they both wrote, "i plan to finish this off immediately." trump posted a picture of obamacare. obama posted a picture