Trump is facing a major new scandal. The Washington Post reports he revealed highly classified intelligence to Russian Diplomats at the white house. Even Senate Republicans are now warning trump is in a downward spiral. We will get the latest. Then as the ninth Circuit Court of appeals hears argumentsts ovr trumps second m muslim trtravel ban, we will go to seattle to speak with Washington State attorney general bob ferguson. He filed the first suit against comes travel ban, sparking a nationwide firestorm of legal resistance. We are a nation of laws. As i said, as we have said, from day one, those laws applied everybody in our country, and that includes the president of the United States. Amy all of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The beginning of the end. Thats what many are saying about the Trump Presidency following the Washington Posts e explosive article revealing how President Trump disclosed highl
Homeland security, working with myself and my staff, will begin immediate construction of a border wall. Amy we will look at trumps executive actions and the growing resistance to his policies. Then to a sundance exclusive. Here in park city, as jay z premieres his new docuseries, time the Khalief Browder story about a teenager jailed who ultimately commit suicide after being jailed at rikers for three years without trial, most of that time in solitary confinement, i ask him whether rikers should close. If that happens to one kid, anyplace that can happen to any good should be closed. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump has begun a sweeping crackdown on immigration and against undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States. On wednesday at the department of Homeland Security, President Trump signed two executive orders to immediately begin construction to expand the bord
Dont want us to do it again. Muslims are my brothers. They deserve to be here as much as i do. Amy we will speak with a sudanese graduate student at Stanford University who was detained at jfk. A lawyer from the aclu, whose lawsuit let a judge to stay deportations from airports for now. And to members of congress, and. Le highly inflammatory survey investigating views on islam. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In canada, police have arrested two gunmen charged with opening fire at the Islamic Cultural Centre of quebec city during evening prayers on sunday, killing six worshipers and wounding eight others. Witnesses described gunmen in black launching a coordinated attack on the mosque, opening fire indiscriminately with semiautomatic weapons. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the attack as an act of terrorism. The mosque has previously been the target of hate. During the muslim holy m
Calendar. There is not one argument they have made that can apply there. In my view, that decision was made in november 2013. For 200 years, the standard for confirmation of a federal judge in the United States senate was 51 votes. That is how the constitution has operated, its how the senate has operated for most of this countrys history. Indeed, no Supreme Court justice in history has been defeated because he was filibustered. The only arguable example is a nomination that was withdrawn in the face of the scandal. No justice in history has been filibustered. The notion of filibustering federal judges was largely the invention of Chuck Schumer in 2001 when george w. Bush became president and Senate Democrats then began unprecedented filibusters of federal judicial nominees. I hope that next week the democrats do not choose to filibuster judge gorsuch, a candidate for whom they voted unanimously just a decade ago. If they do, i am confident the senate will return to the rules that gove
President scott, breslin excused; supervisor farrell excused, commissioner ferrigno, follansbee, commissioner sass excused. We have a quorum. Well now proceed to item 1. Clerk item 1. Approval with possible modifications of the minutes of meeting setforth below regular meeting of may 12, 2016. Are there any questions or comments to the board on those minutes . I think it was a remarkable translation process to get it all down particularly with all the Public Comment. So im ready to entertain a motion. I move approval. Second. Is there any additional Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. All in favor say, aye. Aye. Any opposed . That motion carries unanimously. Discussion item 2. Clerk item 2, discussion item, general Public Comment on matters within the boards jurisdiction not appearing on todays agenda. Is there any additional Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. We will now move to the rates and benefits committee. We are now the committee as a wh