Draws International Outrage after he we treat death Retweets Retweets britain first, a far right antiimmigrant hate group, whose leader has been convicted of religious harassment charges, just picked up for hate speech. Trump was condemned by british Prime Minister theresa may and the london mayor, among others. We will get response from al jazeera. Then the republican tax overhaul that would shower billions of dollars in tax cuts on the richest americans could go to vote as early as friday. This is the worst tax bill ive seen in my long life. It should not be called tax reform to read it actually complicates our tax structure and opens up new loopholes and gives advantage to precisely the groups that are already advantage. Amy we will speak with nobel prizewinning economist joseph stiglitz. His new book. Trump is unfit to be president. It is not just that he tweets all the time in ways that are really embarrassing to the country and he really does not understand and is not very interested i in the details of Economic Policy. The presesident should be a leader, not a cheerleader. Amy all that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Senate republicans have moved closer to passing a massive overhaul of the u. U. S. Tax code, which would slash funding for health care while showering billions of dollars in tax cuts to the wealthiest americans. Tuesdays procedural step clears the way for a debate on the senate floor and a possible vote on the tax bill later this week. The plan would slash the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 20 , and reduce individual tax rates though those changes would be temporary. The bill would also repeal the Affordable Care acts individual mandate. A different tax cut bill passed the house last week. We will have more on the republican tax plans later with nobel l prizewinning economist joseph stiglitz. President donald trump drew International Outrage tuesday after he retweeted three violent videos shared by a leader of a farright, antimuslim, eight hate group based in the u. K. The videos purport to show violence carried out by muslims. Before trump retweeted them, the videos were were posted early tuesday by jayda fransen, deputy leader of the Group Britain first. Fransen was arrested just days ago on hate speech charges over an appearance in belfast last august. She was previously found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment after she verbally accosted a muslim shopkeeper during a socalled christian patrol last year in the english town of luton. Trumps retweets drew condemnation across the political spectrum in britain. London mayor sadiq khan, who is muslim, said, President Trump yesterday used twitter to promote a vile, Extremist Group that exists solely to sow division and hatred in our country. Many brits who love america and americans will see this as a betrayal of the special relationship between our two countries. In a rare rebuke, conservative Prime Minister theresa may said, it is wrong for the president to have done this. But may did not rescind her governments invitation to host prident trump for a state visit. Two the videos retweeted by trump which were filmed in egypt and syria and presented without context, were titled, islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death and muslim destroys a statue of virgin mary. A third video titled muslim migrant beats up dutch boy on crutches shows one teenager kicking and punching another. Local media said the assailant was in fact born and raised in the netherlands. The Dutch Embassy condemned the tweeting of this video. At the white house, press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders was grilled by reporters over the videos. Look, again, whether it is a real video, the threat is real and that is what the president is talking about, that is what the president is focused on, dealing with those real threats and those are real matter how you look at it. [indiscernible] look, im not talking about the nature of the video. You are focused on the wrong thing. Amy in the u. S. , muslim groups were swift to condemn trumps retweets, which drew praise from trumps farright supporters. Louisiana politician a and formr ku klux klan leader david duke who tweeted, thank god for trump thats why we love him wewell have more on n trump islamomophobic tweets after headlines, with awardwinning british journalist and broadcaster mehdi hasan. More women have stepped forward to accuse nbc star matt lauer of sexual harassment, after nbc news said tuesday it has fired the longtime today show host. An investigation by the magazine variety found lauer once gave a sex toy to a colleague along with a note about how he wanted to use it on her. Variety also reports lauer exposed his genitals to a colleague and reprimanded her when she rejected his advances. Meanwhile, the New York Times reports one former nbcbc employe was summoned by lauer to his office in 2001. Lauer allegedly locked the door and sexually assauaulted her. Minnesota public radio has severed ties with garrison keillor, the former host of the popular radio show prairie home companion, over what the network called inappropriate behavior with an individual who worked with him. Mpr did not clarify what allegations keillor faces. In a statement to the minneapolis star tribune, keillor wrote, i put my hand on a womans bare back. I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. Keillor was fired less than a day after the Washington Post published his oped defending senator al franken of minnesota, whose political future is in doubt after four women said he had groped or inappropriately touched them. Keillors piece was headlined, al franken should resign . Thats absurd. National public radio Senior EditorDavid Sweeney has resigned amid allegations he sexually harassed at least three female npr journalists. Sweeneys exit comes just weeks after npr Senior Vice President for news Michael Oreskes resigned after several women say he kissed them without their consent and stuck his tongue in their mouths. Meanwhile, lawyers for john conyers say the 88yearold democratic congressmember will not step down amid multiple accusations of sexual harassment. The lawyers told the ap that conyers is innocent and will fight the allegations tooth and nail. Several women have accused conyers of stripping naked, making unwanted sexual overtures , and touching female staffers inappropriately. Last week , Buzzfeed News reported conyers settled a harassment complaint in 2015, paying out 27,000 to a woman who alleged she was fired after rejecting conyers sexual advances. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments tuesday in a case that could determine whether police can access cell phone phone location data without a warrant. The case, carpenter v. United states, involves a man who was convicted on burglary charges after police obtained more than 100 days of his cell phone records, which showed his smartphones gps tracking data placed him at the scene of several crimes. During oral arguments, justices appeared skeptical over the Trump Administrations claims that theres no reasonable expectation of privacy when an individual shares information with a third party. President trump has lashed out once more against kim jongun. In the latest insults to the north Korean Leader. Trump made the remarks on tuesday as he pitched his tax cut bill in a campaignstyle rally in st. Charles, missouri. President trump tremendous. These massive tax cuts will be rocket fuel [laughter] President Trump little rocket man. [laughter] President Trump rocket fuel for the american economy. [applause] President Trump he is a sick puppy. Amy his latest insults came as the administration promised to ratchet up sanctions against north korea over its test launch of a Ballistic Missile earlier this week. In somalia, an investigation by the website the daily beast provides new details on how u. S. Special forces and somali troops carried out a raid last august, in which 10 people were shot dead, including three children, in a village near the capital mogadishu. The investigation found that u. S. Soldiers fired onon unarmed civilians, relied onon shoddy intelligence, and ordered their somali counterparts to plant weapons by the bodies of the unarmed civilians they had just killed. The daily beast also reports that u. S. Diplomats pressured somalias government to bury the findings of its investigation into the killings. French president went macron in west africa for a threeday tour. He visited burkina faso, a nation formally colonized by france, where he promised to declassify documents related to the e assassinationon of the for leader dubbed africas che guevara, sasankara was killed n a military coup in 1987. At the International Criminal coururt in the hague, former Bosnian Croat military commander slobodan pralyak died tuesday after he drank a vial of poison inside the courtroom. Pralyak, whod been convicted to a 20year prison term for his role in the bosnian war of 1992 to 1995, rose to his feet just moments after a judge upheld the sentence. , i acceptle judges your verdict with others utter disgust. Please sit down. Amy pralyak then tilted his head back as he drank from a glass bottle, telling the stunned courtroom moments later, i just drank poison he later died at a nearby hospital. Its not clear how the 72yearold prisoner might have smuggled poison into the iccs courtrooms. In 2013, pralyak was foundnd guilty o of crimimes against humanity, violations of ththe ls war, and d of violating the geneva conventions. And in argentina, a federal court in buenos aires sentenced 29 former members of the u. S. Backed militatary junta to life imprisonment on tuesday, over their roles in carrying out murders during the u. S. Backed military junta of the 1970s and 1980s. Among those sentenced were two former military pilots who led socalled death flights, in which activists and dissidenents were thrown from an airplane into the south atlantic. Tuesdays ruling was welcomed by members of the group mothers of the plaza de mayo, who rallied near the courthouse in buenos aires. This is taty almeida, whos spent the last 40 years searching for her daughter, who was abducted by the argentine dictatorship in 1976. We agree that these trials should move forward despite of how this government wants to continue to put sticks in the spokes of the wheels of justice, but to hear life in prison for the pilots creates a mix of emotions which are interwoven. I dont know if the words happiness, but yes, we are celebrating that this is happening. Amy and those are some of the headlines this is democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Welcome to our listeners and viewers around the country and around the world. President donald trump drew International Outrage tuesday after he retweeted three violent videos shared by a leader of a farright, antimuslim, antiimmigrant group based in the u. K. The videos purport to show violence carried out by muslims. Before trump retweeted them, the videos were were posted early tuesday by jayda fransen, deputy leader of the Group Britain first. Fransen was arrested just days ago on hate speech charges over an appearance in belfast last she was previously found guilty august. Of religiously aggravated harassment after she verbally accosted a muslim shopkeeper during a socalled christian patrol last year in the english town of luton. Trumps retweets drew condemnation across the political spectrum in britain. Labour Party Parliamentarian david lammy tweeted, the president of the United States is promoting a fascist, racist, Extremist Hate Group whose leaders have been arrested and convicted. He is no ally or friend of ours. In a rare rebuke, conservative Prime Minister theresa may said, it is wrong for the president to have done this. But may did not rescind her governments invitation to host President Trump for a state visit. In the u. S. , muslim groups were swift to condemn trumps retweets. Ththis is ibrahim cooper, head f ththe council on american islamc relations. S. A conversation n is designed to start as a c conversation of hatred, bigotry, and white suprememacy and itit is the same conversation donald trump and his people around him have been pushing for years now. Amy two of the videos retweeted by trump which were filmed in egypt and syria and presented without context, were titled, islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death and muslim destroys a statue of virgin mary. A third video titled muslim migrant beats up dutch boy on crutches shows one teenager kicking and punching another. The tweeted claim was widely reported as false, including by the Dutch Embassy in washington dc, which tweeted, facts do matter, the perpetrator of the violent act in this video was born and raised in the netherlands. He received and completed his sentence under dutch law. White House Press SecretarySarah Huckabee sanders was grilled by reporters over the videos. Again, whether it is a real video, the threat is real and that is whahat the president is talking about, that is what the president is focused on, dealing with those real threats. Those are really matter how you talk about it. [indiscernible] look, im m not talking ababt the nature of the video. You are focusing on the wrong thing. Amy trumps retweets drew praise from his farright supporters, including louisiana politician and ku klux klan leader david duke who tweeted, thank god for trump thats why we love trump and why the Fake News Media hates trump. The truth is, the media covers of racist hate crimes against white people. Well, for more we go to washington, d. C. Where we are joined by mehdi hasan, awardwinning british journalist and broadcaster at al jazeera english. He is host of the al jazeera Interview Program upfront and a columnist for the intercept. He is also a contributing editor to the new statesman magazine u. K. Thanks a much for joining us. Can you start off by responding to President Trump retweeting these videos and explain exactly what this group, britain first, is. First, as the mayor of london pointed out, is a bio Extremist Group vile Extremist Group. It is britains most wellknown and loathed Extremist Groups. It was founded by a neonazi. Its deputy leader has been convicted for religiously activated aggravated harassment of a muslim family. They operate socalled christian patrols. They mount invasions of british mosques. This is a far right fascist stick fascist group. The president of the United States decided to retweet their fake videos three times. The president , who is obsessed with fake news, decided to tweet a fascist groups fake videos and we really have to take a moment to really absorb that. I dont think we quite have absorbed how bad it is. You talked about international condemnation. That is all well and good. Wheres the domestic condemnation . Not a single membebeof the whihe house hahas resigned over this. Not a Single Member of the Republican House or senate has come out against thihis in strtg terms. It is honest like we have normalized the far right behavior. Nermeen what about in britain . To go back to the group itself, britain first has very few followers in britain, i understand, and is even rejected by thehe rightwing popupulist y , the u. K. Independence party. Mehdi even the United KingdomIndependence Party tries to distance itself from britain first. Britain first gets very few votes in any election. I think they got 50 votes in a recent constituency election. None of the people come anywhere close to power, thank god, and none of f them get a power desk platform from mainstream conservative parties in the u. K. The british conservative Prime Minister came out and condemned these videos. Which alsoovernment, condemned the fake dutch video, is also a conservative government. This is not liberals and left wingers. Se are liberals telling conservatives telling donald trump, stop promoting fascism in europe. The labor mp murdered last year by a far right neonazi, what did he shout before he opened fire . He shouted, britain first. Joe coxes widow eloquently and passionately denounced Donald Trumps retweets and pointed out that donald trump has enabled the far right in the u. S. Amy lets go to brendan coxe. We have a clip of him, the shot toof the labor mp death last year when, during the attack mair reportedly shouted , britain first, a reference to the fringe Rightwing Party whose videos trump retweeted wednesday. Mair also had ties to the neonazi national alliance. This is cox speaking wednesdsda. I have to say i i thought it was a her in t this thing to do. Britain first is a wellknown hate group that drives hatred against muslims and donalald t