Thousands of immigrants in the u. S. May face violence and murder in their home countries. What happens when they are forced to return. We will speak to sarah stillman. Then as dodge ram uses the words of Martin Luther king to sell trucks in a Super Bowl Ad, we will look at the whitewashing of civil rights history. Messageduce dr. Kings to a ploy to sell trucks is appalling. Dr. Kings message in this day and age under the circumstances that exists, given the we are up against as a people and where we look like we may be headed as a nation, is despicable. We will speak to sociologist and civil rights activist Harry Edwards and historian jeanne theoharis, author of the new book, a more beautiful and terrible history the uses and misuses of civil rights history. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Global markets are tumbling this morning across asia and europe after the u. S. Stock market went into a free fall
10 0services, Alex Michael Azari mr. President. We have 14 days, 14 days by our own established deadline to do something about the dreamers issue about daca. Why do we find ourselves at this place . Since september the fifth of last year president obama, President Trump as well as attorney general sessions announced the end of the daca Reduction Program as of march 5 of this year. 780,000 young people who werent documented in the United States became here as children we given a chance by president obama to stay s here illegally e able to work here and not fear deportation. 780,000. For the most part there are students and workers who are a vital part of the community and things in their lives and promised to do in even more but the decision was made by President Trump put an end to this program. When he made that decision he also challenged congress. He said if we are going to get i this exact date of order do something, pass a law. Well here we are just about in the fifth month out of
Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were 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. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressed optimism today that congress could make an immigration deal in the wake of the white houses four point immigration proposal. They think it can happen before february 8. Thats when the latest short term spending bill expires. President trump tweeted last night that he offered a wonderful deal which proposed a legal pathway for 1. 8 million daca or dacaeligible immigrants in exchange for 25 billion in funding for a wall on the mexico border and increased security. In the proposal, mr. Trump also calle
Generations and the epa coming in and telling us what we can and cant do doesnt settled well with a lot of us. Wyoming can file 100 lawsuits a month if they want. And its not gonna change a thing. Woodruff and its friday mark shields and david brooks are here, to analyze the weeks news. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff we begin with one of the two major stories that dominated this day europe on edge. Law enforcement agencies across the continent targeted terror suspects in raids and arrests across at least
Generations and the epa coming in and telling us what we can and cant do doesnt settled well with a lot of us. Wyoming can file 100 lawsuits a month if they want. And its not gonna change a thing. Woodruff and its friday mark shields and david brooks are here, to analyze the weeks news. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff we begin with one of the two major stories that dominated this day europe on edge. Law enforcement agencies across the continent targeted terror suspects in raids and arrests across at least