i'm amy goodman. democracynow.org, the war and ho greatly expand the department of homeland security's authority to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and to inease the number of immigration and border patrol agents by 15,000. under the rules issued tuesday, almost any undocumented person in the country could be detained and reported even if they have never -- deported even if they have never committed a crime. in immigrant who cannot prove they have been in the unit states for over two years could be deported without a hearing. the memo calls for the prosecution of parents who seek to reunite their family by using smugglers to bring their children into the country. according to the white house, protections will remain in place for dreamers -- at least for now -- immigrants who came to the u.s. as children and have since received permission to live and work in the united states under president obama's deferred action for childhood arrivals program known as daca, although, a dreamer was just ar

amy: the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals hears arguments in whether to restore president trump's executive order banning people from seven majority muslim nations from entering the united states. while the government has tron's action should not be reviewable, the solicitor general of washington state urged the court to serve as a check on the executive branch. >> it has always been the judicial branch rolled as they what the law is and is serve as a check on abuses by the bridge. the judicial rule has never been more important in recent memory than it is today. but the president is asking this court to advocate that role during said the executive order without judicial review and to throw this country back into chaos. that.urt should declinene amy: we will s speak with lee gelernt who helped bring the fifirst case challenging trump's muslim ban. then to o standing rock. u.s. army corps of engineers gives the green light to complete the dakota access oil pipeline. indigenous waterer protectors sy the

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i'm amy goodman. president donald trump has announced his nominee to replace the late justice antonin scalia on the supreme court -- judge neil gorsuch. senate democrats have vowed to filibuster the nomination of the conservative jurist. as a judge on the tenth circuit, gorsuch ruled in favor of hobby lobby in the case deciding whether the company could refuse to provide birth control coverage to employees as required by obamacare. judge gorsuch also has a long history of ruling against employees in cases involving federal race, sex, age, disability, and political discrimination and retaliation claims. gorsuch reportedly upheld a decision that denied long-term insurance benefits to a worker who sustained a work-related injury that required spinal surgery. he also reportedly dissented from a ruling in favor of a truck driver whose employer illegally fired him for deserting a trailer so he wouldn't freeze to death. gorsuch is a member of the ultra-conservative federalist society, which believes in sever

i'm amy goodman. goodman.[503]trump unhinged press conference president donald trump assailed the media and defended his administration as a "fine-tuned machine" thursday, in a combative and rambling news conference at the white house. for 77 minutes, trump took questions, frequently interrupting reporters and dismissing cnn and other outlets as "fake news." trump angrily denied reports that his administration is in chaos following monday's firing of national security advisor michael flynn. turn on the tv in the open the newspapers and i see stories of chaos, chaos. yet, it is the exact opposite could this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine. cannot the fact that i get my cabinet approved. amy: president trump dismissed a "new york times" report that members of his presidential campaign had repeated contacts with senior russian intelligence officials in the lead-up to november's election. trump called the report a joke and falsely stated it has been discredited. he later about to put a

i'm amy goodman. president trump is heading to capitol hill tonight for his first presidential address to congress, where he's expepectedo lay out part of his budget plan. on monday, trump proposed increasing the military budget to just over $600 billion, a $54 billion increase, while deeply slashing the budgets of other agencies like the environmental protection agency and the state department. separately, president trump is also expected to sign an executive order today aimed at reversing president obama's clean water regulation, known as the waters of the united states rule. the regulation covers 60% of the to.'s bodies of water in six protect the waters from pollution. the executive order is expected to direct the environmental protection agency and other fefederal agencies to review ths regulation a and revise or resed parts of its led to not promote economic growth. the senate has confirmed billionaire wilbur ross as commerce secretary in a 72 to 27 vote monday. ross is worth an estimated $2.9 b

i'm amy goodman. "the washington post reports the white house is in full-blown crisis following the resignation of former national security advisor michael flynn. on tuesday, the white house admitted that president trump new for weeks michael flylynn hd discussed center than a call on december 29 with the russian ambassador and then lied to vice president mike pence and other officials about it. "the new york times" and cncnn e reporting phone records and intercepted calls show w that members of donald trump's presidential campaign had repeated contacts with senior russian intelligence officials in the lead up to the november election. "the new york times" reports the u.s. law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the time they were discovering evidence that russia was trying to disrupt the presidential election by hacking into the democratic national committee. these advisers include trump's former campaign chair paul manafort and former trump advisor carter page

i'm amy goodman. in north dakota, the main resistance camp set up by the lakota water protectors fighting me $3.8 billion dakota access pipeline has largely been vacated after protesters were ordered to leave the camp wednesday. police arrested about 10 people. the u.s. army corps of engineers and the north dakota governor had imposed a new eviction deadline for the hundreds of water protectors still living at the resistance camp. this is governor doug speaking on wednesday. >> are big ask for tomorrow is anyone remaining in the camp, we want to make sure that have an opportunity to voluntarily leave, take your belongings, remove anything that might be culturally significant and we will help you get on your way if you need that. amy: prayer sermon is were held in part of the camp was set on fire. water protectors say the resistance camp sits on unseeded to territory under the 1851 treaty of fort laramie and they have a right to remain on their ancestral land. a couple dozen people are still remaining

i'm amy goodman. president trump is heading to capitol hill tonight for his first presidential address to congress, where he's expected to lay out part of his budget plan. on monday, trump proposed increasing the military budget to just over $600 billion, a $54 billion increase, while deeply slashing the budgets of other agencies like the environmental protection agency and the state department. separately, president trump is also expected to sign an executive order today aimed at reversing president obama's clean water regulation, known as the waters of the united states rule. the regulation covers 60% of the to.'s bodies of water in six protect t waters from pollution. the executive order is expected to direct the environmental protection agency and other federal agencies to review this regulation and revise or resend parts of its led to not promote economic growth. the senate has confirmed billionaire wilbur ross as commerce secretary in a 72 to 27 vote monday. ross is worth an estimated $2.9 billi

amy: the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals hears arguments in whether to restore president trump's executive order banning people from seven majority muslim nations from entering the united states. while the government has tron's action should not be reviewable, the solicitor general of washington state urged the court to serve as a check on the executive branch. >> it has always been the judicial branch rolled as they what the law is and is serve as a check on abuses by the bridge. the judicial rule has never been more important in recent memory than it is today. but the president is asking this court to advocate that role during said the executive order without judicial review and to throw this country back into chaos. that.urt should decline amy: we will speak with lee gelernt who helped bring the first case challenging trump's muslim ban. then to standing rock. u.s. army corps of engineers gives the green light to complete the dakota access oil pipeline. indigenous water protectors say the fight is

i'm amy goodman. a federal appeals court in san francisco has unanimously upheld a suspension of president trump executive order temporarily banning people from seven muslim-majority countries from entering the united ststates. thursday's decision appears headed for an appeal to the supreme court. president trump responded to the ruling, tweeting, "see you in court, the security of our nation is at stake." in washington state, the attorney general who successfully challenged trump's muslim ban, dan ferguson, hailed the ruling. court ofson: the appeals, in a unanimous decision, effectively granted everything we thought. we are a nation of law, and as i have said, as we have said from day one, those laws apply to everyone in our country, and that includes the president of the united states. amy: in their unanimous decision, a three judge panel on the ninth circuit court of appeals ruled courts have the authority to review constitutional challenges to executive actions. the judges also said the governmen

i'm amy goodman. the full senate has confirmed longtime exxonmobil ceo rex titillerson to be secrcretary of state. reuters reports the 56 to 43 sesenate vote was the e closest vote, by a wide margin, for a secretary of state n nominee int least a half century. three demomocrats backed tillerson's nonatition -- mamark warner of virginia, heidi heitkamp of north dakota, and joe manchin of west virginia. trump's nomination of tillerson has been widely condemned by environmental activist. klein said tillerson and other trump cabinet picks represent a corporate coup. the judiciary committee also approved the nomination of senator jeff sessions to be attorney general in a straight party-line vote. jeff sessions' confirmation has faced widespread protest over his opposition to the voting rights act and his history of making racist comments. on monday, about 10 members of the naacp, including president cornell william brooks, were arrested at a sit in in sessions of westby office in mobile, alabama. in januar

i'm amy goodman. on capitol hill, senate democrats are in the middle of a 24-hour debate seeking to delay the confirmation of billionaire betsy devos for education secretary. devos is perhaps trump's most contested pick among a group of controversial cabinet nominees, who are overwhelmingly white male millionaires and billionaires. devos is a longtime backer of charter schools and vouchers for private and religious schools. she and her husband have also invested in a student debt collection agency that does business with the education department. on monday, senate democrats took to the floor of the u.s. senate to begin the 24-hour debate in efforts to convince a third republican to join them and vote against devos, which would sink her confirmation. this is washington senator patty murray. >> madam president, this nomination is dead even right now, on the razor's edge. 50 senators, democrats and republican, will vote to reject betsy devos. in we need just one more republican to join us, to stand on th

i'm amy goodman. a federal appeals court in san francisco has unanimously upheld a suspension of president trump executive order temporarily banning people from seven muslim-majority countries from entering the united states. thursday's decision appears headed for an appeal to the supreme court. president trump responded to the ruling, tweeting, "see you in court, the security of our nation is at stake." in washington state, the attorney general who successfully challenged trump's muslim ban, dan ferguson, hailed the ruling. court ofson: the appeals, in a unanimous decision, effectively granted everything we thought. we are a nation of law, and as i have said, as we have said from day one, those laws apply to everyone in our country, and that includes the president of the united states. amy: in their unanimous decision, a three judge panel on the ninth circuit court of appeals ruled courts have the authority to review constitutional challenges to executive actions. the judges also said the government

i'm amy goodman. in north dakota, the main resistance camp set up by the lakota water protectors fighting me $3.8 dakota access pipeline has largely been vacated after protesters were ordered to leave the camp wednesday. police arrested about 10 people. the u.s. army corps of engineers and the north dakota governor had imposed a new eviction deadline for the hundreds of water protectors still living at the resistance camp. this is governor doug speaking on wednesday. >> are big ask for tomorrow is anyone remaining in the camp, we want to make sure that have an opportunity to voluntarily leave, take your belongings, remove anything that might be culturally significant and we will help you get on your way if you need that. amy: prayer sermon is were held in part of the camp was set on fire. water protectors say the resistance camp sits on unseeded to territory under the 1851 treaty of fort laramie and they have a right to remain on their ancestral land. a couple dozen people are still remaining at the c

i'm amy goodman. in north dakota, a heavily militarized police force raided the main resistance camp set up by lakota water protectors fighting the $3.8 billion dakota access pipeline. the camp was largely vacated ahead of a deadline set reedt peoplier, but police refused to leave. police in armored vehicles backed by national guard soldiers later raided the nearby rosebud resistance camp. despite the evictions, indigenous-led water protectors say they'll continue to oppose the pipeline. this is navajo activist lyla june. this movement in profound ways. a acrosslanted seeds the world and inspired and awakened people to see water in a new way, to see water as life. have united things that were never united before. amy: earlier this month, construction crews resumed work on the final section of the pipeline, after the trump administration granted an easement to allow energy transfer partners to drill beneath the missouri river. in mexico, homeland security secretary john kelly insisted thursday the u.s.

i'm amy goodman. in north dakota, a heavily militarized police force raided the mainin resistance e camp sep by l lakota water protectors fightiting the $3.8 billioion ka access pipeline. ththe camp was largely v vacated ahead of a deaeadline set one day earlier, but police arrested at least 33 people who refused to leave. police in armored vehicles backed by national guard soldiers later raided the nearby rosebud resistance camp. despite the evictions, indigenous-led water protectors say they'll continue to oppose the pipeline. this is navajo activist lyla june. this movement in profound ways. all acrossnted seeds the world and inspired and awakened people to see water in a new way, to see water as life. have united things that were never united before. amy: earlier this month, construction crews resumed work on the final section of the pipeline, after the trump administration granted an easement to allow energy transfer partners to drill beneath the missouri river. in mexico, homeland security secre

i'm amy goodman. "the washington post reports the white house is in full-blown crisis following the resignation of former national security advisor michael flynn. on tuesday, the white house admitted that president trump new for weeks michael flynn had discussed center than a call on december 29 with the russian ambassador and then lied to vice president mike pence and other officials about it. "the new york times" and cnn are reporting phone records and intercepted calls show that members of donald trump's presidential campaign had repeated contacts with senior russian intelligence officials in the lead up to the november election. "the new york times" reports the u.s. law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the time they were discovering evidence that russia was trying to disrupt the presidential election by hacking into the democratic national committee. these advisers include trump's former campaign chair paul manafort and former trump advisor carter page. a

i'm amy goodman. goodman.[503]trump unhinged press conference president donald trump assailed the media and defended his administration as a "fine-tuned machine" thursday, in a combative and rambling news conference at the white house. for 77 minutes, trump took questions, frequently interrupting reporters and dismissing cnn and other outlets as "fake news." trump angrily denied reports that his administration is in chaos following monday's firing of national security advisor michael flynn. turn on the tv in ththe open the newspapers and i see stories of chaos, chaos. yet, it is the exact opposite could this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine. c cannot the fact that i get my cabinet approved. amy: p president trump dismissea "newew york times"s" report that members of his presidential campaign hadad repeated contacts with senior russian intelligence officials in the lead-up to november's election. trump called the report a joke and falsely stated it has been discredited. he laterer ab

i'm amy goodman. "not my president's day" -- that was the rallying cry nationwide as thousands took to the streets of major u.s. cities monday for another mass day of action against president trump. in los angeles, thousands gathered at city hall to protest trump's policies on immigration, trade, and climate change. in portland, oregon, police in riot gear fired pepper spray and arrested 13 people at a protest outside a federal building. thousands more took to the philadelphia, miami, atlanta, denver, austin, washington, d.c., as well as many other cities. in new york, protesters filled several blocks along central park outside trump tower, where thousands called for an end to trump's crackdown on immigrants. >> i am here for all immigrants because i am the daughter of a wonderful mexican immigrant who worked really hard with my father to raise my brother and i and make us the great americans that we are. i feel that this country is made up of all immigrants and it belongs to all immigrants. and why t

i'm amy goodman. the full senate has confirmed longtime exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson to be secretary of state. reuters reports the 56 to 43 senate vote was the closest vote, by a wide margin, for a secretary of state nominee in at least a half century. three democrats backed tillerson's nomination -- mark warner of virginia, heidi heitkamp of north dakota, and joe manchin of west virginia. trump's nomination of tillerson has been widely condemned by environmental activist. klein said tillerson and other trump cabinet picks represent a corporate coup. the judiciary committee also approved the nomination of senator jeff sessions to be attorney general in a straight party-line vote. jeff sessions' confirmation has faced widespread protest over his opposition to the voting rights act and his history of making racist comments. on monday, about 10 members of the naacp, including president cornell william brooks, were arrested at a sit in in sessions of westby office in mobile, alabama. in january, protester

i'm amy goodman. former labor secretary tom perez has been elected to lead the democratic national committee -- beating out minnesota congressman keith ellison in a contentious second-round vote that is seen as determining the future of the democratic party. congressman ellison is the co-chair of the congressional progressive caucus and the first muslim elected to congress. he was widely backed by supporters of senator bernie sanders, the democratic party's more progressive wing, and labor unions, including afscme, afl-cio and aft, the american federation of teachers. also national nurses united. perez was backed by the party's establishment, including president obama. he becomes the first latino head of the democratic party. after saturday's contentious vote which marked the first time , in more than 30 years that the outcome was not known ahead of balloting, ellison's supporters erupted in protest, chanting "party for the people, not big , money." [chanting] inbound perez quickly appointed ellison d

i'm amy goodman. former labor secretary tom perez has been elected to lead the democratic national committee -- beating out minnesota congressman keith ellison in a contentious second-round vote that is seen as determining the future of the democratic party. congressman ellison is the co-chair of the congressional progressive caucus and the first muslim elected to congress. he was widely backed by supporters of senator bernie sanders, the democratic party's more progressive wing, and labor unions, including afscme, afl-cio and aft, the american federation of teachers. also national nurses united. perez was backed by the party's establishment, including president obama. he becomes the first latino head of the democratic party. after saturday's contentious vote whihich marked the first te , in more than 30 years that the outcome was not known ahead of balloting, ellison's supporters erupted in protest, chanting "party for the people, not big , money." [chanting] inbound perez quickly appointed ellison d

i'm amy goodman. courts have temporarily blocked president trump's executive order banning people from seven, majority muslim nations from entering the united states. early this morning, lawyers for the states of washington and minnesota filed a brief with a panel of the 9th circuit court of appeals arguing against restoring trump's executive order banning people from iraq, syria, iran, sudan, libya, somalia, and yemen from entering the united states, saying that to reinstate the ban would "unleash chaos again." this comes after, on sunday, a california appeals court sided with a lower court in seattle and refused to reinstate the travel ban. the seattle ruling, issued by u.s. district court judge james robart on friday, imposed a nationwide, temporary restraining order on the ban. over the weekend, the homeland security department began allowing visa holders affected by trump's order to board u.s.-bound flights, prompting many people to scramble to rebook flights. on sunday, roslyn sinha, an iraqi pa

i'm amy goodman. on capitol hill, senate democrats are in the middle of a 24-hour debate seeking to delay the confirmation of billionaire betsy devos for education secretary. devos is perhaps trump's most contested pick among a group of controversial cabinet nominees, who are overwhelmingly white male millionaires and billionaires. devos is a longtime backer of charter schools and vouchers for private and religious schools. she and her husband have also invested in a student debt collection agency that does business with the education department. on monday, senate democrats took to the floor of the u.s. senate to begin the 24-hour debate in efforts to convince a third republican to join them and vote against devos, which would sink her confirmation. this is washington senator patty murray. >> madam president, this nomination iss dead even right now, on the razor's edge. 50 senators, democrats and republican, will vote to reject betsy devos. in we need just one more republican to join us, to stand on t

amy: millions. millions. the obama administration, at one point in one year, deported nearly 400,000 people. so this kind of activity has been occurring. the problem with ice saying these are simply routine operations is that we are in a moment that is anything but routine. as ave a president who, candidate, rennie single most anti-immigrant campaign in the history of the united states. in the first week of his presidency, he declared war on immigrant communities. he has said he will ramp up enforcement activity and deportations, triple the ice force, expand greatly been the birth of kinds of offenses people can commit. we are talking about potentially 5 million people that could be deported, according to this executive order. the idea that ice turns around and says, look, these are routine operations and we should not be in fear or hysteria, there is a little bit of leading the victim. it is their actions in this moment and in this time that is causing this. amy: i want to talk about sanctuary cities and sta

i'm amy goodman. president trump's national security adviser michael flynn has resigned following revelations he spoke with the russian ambassador that u.s. sanctions during a late december phone call. flynn now says he misinformed vice president mike pence and top white house officials about contents of the call. the phone call was on december 29, the same day president obama imposed sanctions against russia and expel diplomats in retaliation for the alleged russian hacking of the u.s. election. lieutenant general flynn has claimed the phone call involved only small talk. but u.s. officials who reviewed a transcript of a wiretap of the conversation say flynn discussed the sanctions -- a move that violates a 1799 us law, the logan act, which prohibits unauthorized people from negotiating with a foreign government. donald trump was not president at the time. "the washington post" reports former acting attorney general sally yates had warned trump's administration weeks ago that flynn might be lying abo

amy: millions. millions. the obama administration, at one point in one year, deported nearly 400,000 people. so this kind of activity has been occurring. the problem with ice saying these are simplply routine operatations is that we are in a moment that is anything but routine. as ave a president who, candidate, rennie single most anti-immigrant campaign in the history of the united states. in the f first week of his prpresidency, he declarered warn immigrant t communities. he has said d he will ramp up enforcement t activity and deportations, triple the ice force, expand greatly been the birth of kinds of offenses people can commit. we are talking about potentially 5 million people that could be deported, according to this executive order. the idea that ice turns around and says, look, these are routine operations and we should not be in fear or hysteria, there is a little bit of leading the victim. it is their actions in this moment and in this time that is causing this. amy: i want to talk about sanctuary

i'm amy goodman. in a rare move on capitol hill,, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell scheduled an unusual early vote this morning as 6:30 a.m. to advance the unit or to theevos' nomination full senate. the early morning straight party vote dealt with a key senate hurdle required to advance her nomination to the senate floor. the full senate is slated to vote as early as monday. dedes is facining opposition frm lawmakers and education advocates. she is a longtime backer of charter schools and vouchers for private anand religious schools. she and her husband have invested in the student debt collection agency that does business with the education department. on thursday, parents and teachers flooded the senate phone system, calling lawmakers to demand they oppose her confirmation. around 1:00 p.m., dean heller tweeted -- this week, two republican lawmakers, susan collins and lisa murkowski, announced plans to vote against betsy devevos, leaving senatete republicans one vote short of confirming her.

i'm amy goodman. "not my president's day" -- that was the rallying cry nationwide as thousands took to the streets of major u.s. cities monday for another mass day of action against president trump. in los angeles, thousands gathered at city hall to protest trump's policies on immigration, trade, and climate change. in portland, oregon, police in riot gear fired pepper spray and arrested 13 people at a protest outside a federal building. thousands more took to the streets of chicago, philadelphia, miami, atlanta, denver, austin, washington, d.c., as well as many other cities. in new york, protesters filled several blocks along central park outside trump tower, where thousands called for an end to trump's crackdown on immigrants. >> i am here for all immigrants because i am the daughter of a wonderful mexican immigrant who worked really hard with my father to raise my brother and i and make us the great americans that we are. i feel that this country is made up of all immigrants and it belongs to all i

i'm amy goodman. in a rare move on capitol hill, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell scheduled an unusual early vote this morning as 6:30 a.m. to advance the unit or to theevos' nomination full senate. the early morning straight party vote dealt with a key senate hurdle required to advance her nomination to the senate floor. the full senate is slated to vote as early as monday. devos is facing opposition from lawmakers and education advocates. she is a longtime backer of charter schools and vouchers for private and religious schools. she and her husband have invested in the student debt collection agency that does business with the education department. on thursday, parents and teachers flooded the senate phone system, calling lawmakers to demand they oppose her confirmation. around 1:00 p.m., dean heller tweeted -- this week, two republican lawmakers, susan collins and lisa murkowski, announced plans to vote against betsy devos, leaving senate republicans one vote short of confirming her. if the s

i'm amy goodman. cocourts havave temporarily blod president trump's executive order banning people from seven, majority muslim nations from entering the united states. early this morning, lawyers for the states of washington and minnesota filed a brief with a panel of the 9th circuit court of appeals arguing against restoring trump's executive order banning people from iraq, syria, iran, sudan, libya, somalia, and yemen from entering the united states, saying that to reinstate the ban would "unleash chaos again." ththis comes a after, on sundaya califoiaia appealsls court s sid wiwith a lower c court in seatte and refused to reinstate the travel ban. the seattle ruling, issued by u.s. district court judge james robart on friday, imposed a nationwide, temporary restraining order on the ban. over the weekend, the homeland security department began allowing visa holders affected by trump's order to board u.s.-bound flights, prompting many people to scramble to rebook flights. on sunday, roslyn sinha, an

i'm amy goodman. the senate has confirmed alabama senator jeff sessions as the attorney general after a 52 to 47 vote wednesday evening. sessions' confirmation has faced widespread protests over his opposition to the voting rights act and his history of making racist comments. 24 vote capped a contentious hours. on tuesday night, elizabeth warren was silenced and rebuked by the senate for reading a 1986 letter written by coretta scott king denouncing sessions, who at the time was begins at it for a federal judgeship. the letter reads in part -- "the irony of mr. sessions' nomination is that, if confirmed, he will be given a life tenure for doing with a federal prosecution what the local sheriffs accomplished 20 years ago with clubs and cattle prods." following senator warren's silencing, a number of democratic senators urged their colleagues to vote against sessions by reading the same letter. senator warren's reading marks the first time coretta scott king's testimony was included in the congressiona