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released his tax returns, some of the groups who plan to protest in washington. the women s march drew half a million people according to organizers and the district is preparing for half a million more. one protester organizer said he was inspired when he saw the sea of people taking part in the women s march after the inauguration, and eric sanchez applied for and got a permit for an immigrants march on the national mall scheduled for may 6th. so far they have 10,000 rsvps and another 60,000 who are interested in coming. we come here, live here, we raise families here, and we vote. our voices can not be ignored for the base that came to support him. lbgt leaders have a permit to march on june 11th, the sunday of pride weekend. and plans from the white house to pay for the border wall with a 20% import goods, it may not be as ironclad as it sounds. sean spicer was talking about it, and then it was said to be just an option the president s team is reviewing. the president
here, but there are far bigger fish to fry. reporter: like russia s influence during the leakedz. general flynn s connections to russia, and why the president waited weeks to act after being notified flynn could be subject to blackmail. while vice president pence was left in the dark. top democrats are demanding a full timeline from the white house, and they want attorney general jeff sessions off the case. if this trail leads to the oval office, the person investigating that trail should not be the same person who helped put president trump there. reporter: intelligence and other congressional panels are investigating, but democrats worry the republican-led committees won t dig deep enough. and that s why they want this independent investigation, and interestingly, today, wendy, senate democrats were calling on the trump administration to hold on to the paperwork, so to speak, any documents, or records, phone logs, transcripts that might help out in that investigation.
pictures. welcome to news 4 midday, we begin with big action happening around the country. a day without immigrants, stores and restaurants close to show the impact immigrants have on our country. single day strikes planned in several different cities including philadelphia, chicago and right here too. news 4 s justin finch is live at the corner of 16th and u streets in northwest. justin. reporter: hey there, good morning, i know it s almost lunchtime but i can tell you if your plans include busboys and poets you re out of luck of all of those things will be closed today to show what life is like on a day without immigrants. look out for locked doors and dark storefronts as local businesses and restaurants join the nationwide strike called a day without immigrants. it s meant to send a immigrants, their contributions and not to break up their families. democracy should be diverse. i think that america has been about immigration since the beginning of time. president
form oakland, california, superintendent antoine wilson. he started work here two weeks ago. he s on a mission to visit all 100-plus schools within a year and to get up to speed on the billion-dollar school system and its 48,000 students. the learning curve for me is around just getting to know the city, getting to know what is important to the city. i am a quick lerner, though. reporter: wilson already reaching out to the washington teachers union knowing conflicts are natural. the wtu says it was given little input on his appointment. those communications have been cordial. they have been i think productive. and i think we are relying on the importance of teaching, we re relying on the importance of supporting teachers. reporter: wilson follows reform efforts of michelle reid and kaya henderson. one spoke does showing middle schools are improving across the city, better than their reputations. a tall, imposing person, he s anxious for his wife and young ch oakland.