aim at president trump s immigration ban with speeches about unity against a diverse backdrop of surprise winners. those are your top headlines today. it is monday, january 30th. from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, i m erielle reshef in for diane. we begin with the terror attack on a mosque in quebec city. six men were killed during an evening prayer service, eight others were wounded. two men were taken into custody after a police chase. no motive has been revealed, but the canadian prime minister has been very vocal if his support for refugees. here at home, president trump is facing a growing backlash over his executive order, aimed at temporarily blocking immigrants from seven predominantly muslim countries. and more demonstrations are on top for today. [ chanting ] reporter: protests erupting from coast to coast over president trump s immigration crackdown. in the shadow of lady liberty at new york s battery park crowds filling boston s
live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. now at 11:00, protesters pack into airports, lawyers camp out, vowing their help after dozens of people were detained and kept from entering the country thanks to an order from president trump. tonight, the federal judge handed the protesters good news but there s still plenty of questions. i m brian hackney. i m juliette goodrich. we a also learning one of the people detained is a stanford student. we have live team coverage on the travel ban and the protests. first, cate caugurian at sfo where protesters are calling for the release of the detainees. cate? reporter: just a short while ago, those protesters shut down a security check point, and dozens of law enforcement officers were lined up in riot gear. we will give you a look at the scene. you can see the same protesters crowding in front as travelers squeeze through. originally, this group started on the arrival level and moved up to the departure. we k
and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. the trump administration is defending its controversial executive order blocking immigrants and refugees from select muslim countries from entering the u.s. the white house says since the president imposed the 90-day ban on friday, a total of 325- thousand travelers from abroad arrived in the united states yesterday, and only 109 were detained at airports for questioning, because they re citizens of the banned countries. those majority-muslim countries are iran, iraq, libya, syria, somalia, sudan, and yemen, which have a combined population of 219 million people. trump chief of staff reince priebus said today m
after flying in. i am here as a jewish-american who is very aware of what we did just a couple of generations ago, and i don t 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 e report. i m amy goodman. in canada, police have arrested two gunmen chaharged with openig 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 semi-automatic weapons. canadian prime minis
aim at president trump s immigration ban with speeches about defiance and unity against a diverse backdrop of surprise winners. it is monday, january 30th. from abc news, this is world news now. good morning. we begin this monday with that terror attack on a mosque in quebec city. six men were killed during an even prayer service. eight others were wounded. two men were arrested, including one suspect, taken into custody after a police chase. no motive has been revealed, but the canadian prime minister has been very vocal in his support for muslim refugees. security has been stepped up at mosques and other houses of worship here in the united states. and here at home, president trump is facing a growing backlash over his executive order, aimed at blocking immigrants from seven muslim countries. protesters have been pouring into the streets, slamming what the president has labelled as extreme vetting. critics say the move is based on bigotry. and more demonstrati