tomorrow. tomorrow. 12 years ago this week, then president obama signed one of the most important executive actions of his presidency the one that would change hundreds of thousands of lives across this country. the policy was that deferred action for childhood arrivals, or daca. it provided temporary protection from deportation for young people who are undocumented, young people who came to the united states as children, often brought by their parents or loved ones. they grew up in this country, attending school and places of worship, many without any knowledge of their legal status until years down the line, often finding out when they applied for a drivers license or applied to college or a job. for all intents and purposes, they are american, woven into the fabric of this country, which is why, 12 years ago, president obama took action. imagine you ve done everything right your entire life, studied hard, worked hard, maybe even graduated top of your class, only to sud
it remains concerned about chinese tennis star peng shuai s ability to communicate freely, openly, and directly. peng shuai disappeared from public view for three weeks after accusing a top government official of sexual assault. the association s chairman steve simon says he won t engage in further email communications with her because it s clear her responses were influenced by others. the world tennis associations says it remains deeply concerned that peng is not free from censorship or coercion and decided not to re engage via email until satisfied her responses were her own, and not those of her censors. yaqiu wang is a senior researcher on china for human rights watch, she gave us her assessment of the situation. i agree with the wta assessment, i don t think she is free, even though she appear on those videos and pictures. chinese history of silencing
mr faruqui who is one of only a few muslim comics in india says hate has won and the artist has lost. earlier this year, he spent a month in jail on charges of insulting hindu gods during a rehearsal. his lawyers say he was arrested forjokes he didn t make. the women s tennis association says it remains concerned about chinese tennis star peng shuai s ability to communicate freely, openly, and directly. peng shuai disappeared from public view for three weeks after accusing a top government official of sexual assault. the association s chairman steve simon says he won t engage in further email communications with her because it s clear her responses were influenced by others. the world tennis associations says it. remains deeply concerned that peng is not free from censorship or coercion and decided not to re engage via email until satisfied her responses were her own, and not
president tweeted this. the white house correspondents dinner was a failure last year, but this year was an embarrassment to everyone associated with it. the filthy comedian totally bombed. put the dinner to rest or start over . the association s president did not apologize but did offer this statement. last night s program was made to offer a unifying message about our common commitment to a vigorous and free press while honoring civility, great reporting, and scholarship winners, not to divide people. unfortunately, the entertainer s monologue was not in the spirit of that mission. all right. we end the hour with this story about the mystery over a missing tree at the white house. it seems to have been solved. well, this one the french president emmanuel macron visited president trump in washington last week, they planted a young oak tree right there which came from the site of a world war i battle in france. soon that tree disappeared. that is when the mystery
if i could begin with you, kim, how significant is to see rick gates, someone who worked both closely with paul manafort, but people might forget he worked closely with the president, both to plead guilty now but also to cooperate with robert mueller? well, it s significant. because the indictment reads like a me too. that is manafort and gates worked side by side. so it s hard to know what manafort can know now in addition to what gates said. that is gates has ha lot of information. but i think in macro level it s important to keep in mind here. three people close to the president who have now pleaded gie guilty to the felonies. in the white water we accountant come close to this in the level and scope. and it s serious to integrity of the government and i encourage everyone to read the indictments. they read like a crime novel. yeah. you make that point. so three people now, david gergen, close to the president, with the association s,