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ALJAZAM News December 9, 2015

Rising floodwaters. Heavy flooding is causing havoc in the midwest. And more rain is in the forecast. And we begin with a backlash sense Donald Trumps call to block muslims from entering the United States. His proposal has triggered worldwide condemnation, and normally this kind of thing would signal the end of a campaign, but this evening, hes the Top Republican by a wide margin. And he remains defiant. Trump used a World War Ii Aircraft carrier, now a Floating Museum in South Carolina to cheer. But condemned almost everyone else to death. Donald j. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States until our countrys representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. We have no choice, he told the cheering crowd three times last night. And trump was up early for morning tv to double down. I hope that we can figure it out. But we have to look at people, and we have to use vigilance, or well have many more world trade centers, and the country will never be the same, well have many many more, and as soon as youre sitting there, our country will never be the same. And you just said it, until our countrys representatives can figure out what is going on. We have no choice but to do this. Reporter condemnation was swift. And the white house, with barely disguised derision, said that trump isnt fit for the presidency. The very first thing that he or she does is swear an oath to uphold the constitution of the United States, and what trump did disqualifies him from serving as president. Reporter rival contender, lindsey graham, set the tone. Hes a racist big on the and you know how you make America Great . Tell donald trump to go to hell. Paul ryan said that this is not conservatism. What was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for, and more importantly, its not what this country stands for. Still he stopped short saying that he wouldnt support trump if he wins the republican nomination. Harry reid pushed back from the floor of the chamber. Donald trump is stand on hate, hate that the Republican Party has built for him. In june, threw their weight behind jeb bush and angled for trump to step off of the republican stable. I rise today to call on donald trump to withdraw his candidacy for the white house. Reporter at the Republican Party headquarters in dc, its not known how this will affect the hopefuls, in iowa, less than two months away. Issuing a statement condemning trumps remarks. We need to aggressively take on radical islamic terrorism, but not at the expense of our american values. One supporting trumps stance, senator ted cruz, arriving at the white house, refusing to add his voice to the stem of criticism. I commend donald trump for standing up and focusing americas attention on the need to secure our borders. Tony, the mex debate where this will surely dominate now, is slated for tuesday, and trump is plag a trip to jordan. He says that he will visit the prominently muslim nation at the end of the month after a previously planned trip to israel. Its unclear if King Abdullah is going to meet with trump. How can you make the country less safe, Jamie Mcintyre has mer on why the candidates comments will have a negative affect on the fight against isil. Reporter well, tony, the Obama Administration said that if donald trump was trying to hand a propaganda victory to isil, he could have hardly done better last night when he called for a ban on muslims entering the u. S. They can never, ever, ever come back, its over. Reporter at the white house, Donald Trumps antimuslim rhetoric was portrayed at tantamount to aiding and abetting the enemy. And a spokesman said that it will make it harder to recruit muslim allies on the ground in iraq and syria. Anything that creates tensions and creates the notion that the United States is at odds with the muslim faith and islam would be counter be productive to our efforts right now. And totally contrary to our values. Reporter in iran, trumps call for a total and complete ban on muslims entering the United States has this baghdad shop keeper shaking his head reporterhead. I think that the remarks are wrong, and it will cause a rift between muslims and christians there. They have no respect for human life. Reporter from all sides, president obama said last month that the talk of imposing a religious test on refugees entering the u. S. I can not think of a more potent recruitment tool for isil. Isil than some of the rhetoric that has been coming out of here during the course of this debate. Reporter muslim groups are outraged. He and others are playing into the hands of isis. This is exactly what isis wants from americans. To turn them against each other. And for that, donald trump and other candidates who are targeting american muslims are doing a Great Service to isis. One that well all find as a common enemy. Reporter Homeland Security, jake johnson, who was appearing with a local iman as trump was appearing in South Carolina, he said that trumps vil fix of muslims is all the more damaging because its from a frontrunner. When a leading candidate for Office Proposes something thats irresponsible and probably illegal, and it will actually hurt our efforts at Homeland Security and National Security, we have to speak out. Theres also another deny amicdynamicat play, it would fua text, after an apocalyptic battle coming to the region. Donald trumps demonization of muslims feeds into that. We know where the president stands on this, in iraq and isil there, and possibly syria, but im wondering if there are other voices inside of the pentagon offering a different bit of advice to the president , and suggesting that thats the way to go, to commit large numbers of ground forces. Given the debate that goes on in congress, and by the way, the secretary will be up on the hill tomorrow to talk about this type of thing. You would think that there would be a division, but when the president says that hes taking the best military mind, he is, theres a consensus among military leaders that any large number of Ground Troops on the ground would be counterproductive. And thats one of the lesson thats we learned from iraq and syria. And a lot of the special forces going into syria, are they going to go there to fight isil . But theyre just going to the groups fighting on the ground and the u. S. , which ones should they give weapons to . So thats a very special mission for those troops going into syria. And secretary of defense will be there storm . Eye. Yes. Jamie mcintyre, thank you, and still ahead on the program, what Muslim Americans are saying about Donald Trumps plan to ban all muslims from entering the United States. Thats at the bottom of the house. House democrats are looking at everyone coming to the United States without a visa. They voted to tighten the rules around want visa waiver program. And Mike Viqueira joins us now, and this seems to have been spurred on by the paris attacks. Youre absolutely right, tony. Its something that congress very seldom does, act in unit with urgency. 38 countries, most of them friendly countries to the United States, and most of them after fluent degrees from around want world. If you live in those countries and you hold a passport from the nations, you dont have to go through the extra scrutiny of a visa to get into this country. What the house and the senate are expected to vote on, if you have passports from those countries, and yet, youve been to one of four countries over the past five years, since the start of the Syrian Civil War and the rise of isil. Syria, sudan, iraq and iran, you have to go through the scrutiny of getting a visa. The responseerbs from the house, Candace Miller from michigan, was on the house earlier today talking about her bill. We simply can not give people from other countries special access to our country if we dont have all of the information that we absolutely need to ensure that theyre not a threat to our for National Security. Reporter about 20 million of europeans and others take advantage that have. They have hinted that the United States would cost them billions of dollars in tourist money, and its mostly tourists and Business People who use the vis. And it requires bio metric data on the passion ports from the people of these countries, and it requires them more to share information about their own terror watch list, something that has been a soar point since paris, to share that with the United States. Still ahead, policing chicagos police. The whistle blower who says that an independent panel is not so independent. And race on campus. The affirmative action debate set to go before the Supreme Court once again. Sure, tv has evolved over the years. Its gotten squarer. Brighter. Bigger. Its gotten thinner. Even curvier. But whats next . For all binge watchers. Movie geeks. Sports freaks. X1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. Chicagos mayor is calling out the citys Police Department for what he describes as unacceptable behavior in another case. Of a man who died after being held in their custody. This is newly released video captured in a jail cell nearly three years ago. Can you see the officers approaching the prisoner, phillip coleman, and they tase him with three electric shocks, and then they drag him in handcuffs. The police took him to the hospital. But they say there was a struggle there, so they tased him again. Coleman died hours later at the hospital. And his death followed a reaction to an antipsychotic drug. And his family said that his death was not accidental. Mayor rohm ema emannual said tht something is wrong here. Either from the department or those they work for. And now an independent authority, he says that he was fired from the police over voicing concerns that its corrupt. Andy is live in chicago. And more on this, andy. Tony, of the more than 400 Police Involved shootings that they investigated, only two resulted in the recommendation that an officer be fired. And for that, Lorenzo Davis thinks that the department itself should be investigated. When Lorenzo Davis joined chicagos independent Police Review authority, the work, it seemed was pretty straight forward. We would go to the scene of the shooting, and we began to investigate. We would get a walkthrough by the officer in charge. Later came the interviews with the officers. He claims that they were independent until january of 2014, when scott endo took over as chief administrator. He and others had backgrounds in the Drug Enforcement agency. When they came n. There was a distinct byas toward Police Officers, and it became not independent at all. It was like an arm of the chicago Police Department. Reporter and davis says on about half a dozen Police Involved shootings, he felt that the officers did use excessive force. I was told to change the finds of my cases, and i refused. I steadfastly refused. Reporter in july, davis was firstdegree from his 92,000 a year job and he said that he was told that it was because of a marginal performance rating. Davis didnt buy it, and hes suing the agency and the city. In 2007, the fallout from this video showing an offduty cop beating a bartender. It cost them their jobs. And he criticized a code of silence. The operative code of silence was heavily criticized for its handling of the case, so it was replaced by ipra. And the family said that inra never interviewed the officer who did that shooting, and on friday night, scottando abruptly resigned. I promise you that i bring no agenda, other than the pursuit integrity and transparency. This is what our chicago citizens demand. Reporter he agrees with the firstdegree murder charge against officer van be dike in the shooting of laquan mcdonald, but he also thinks that there was a coverup, and he disagrees to not charge the officer who shot donald johnson, which was announced on monday. He said that theres no rule that says a Police Officer cant shoot an armed suspect in the back as hes running away if he feels that the suspect is an imminent threat. But if its not absolutely necessary to kill a person, why would you . They couldnt talk about this at all with us because of pending litigation. So andy, anything from the department of justice coming in to investigate the entire chicago Police Department . Reporter davis thinks that its great. He was a cop for 23 years before he joined ipra, and he hopes that it will be similar to missouri when they came in there, but hes worried that the changes will take years in chicago. Thank you. The Supreme Court heard a texas case today that could change the way that voting districts are created. Right now, theyre formed by population, and the case before the high court however argues that districts should be based on eligible voters only and not the entire population. Aljazeeras lisa stark has the story. Reporter texas, like most other states, sets up its legislative districts based on population, so this senate distinction home to many immigrants has the same population, but only half of the registered voters as the wealthier whiter Community Next door. Those bringing the case before the Supreme Court argued that thats unfair. With more voters crammed into the after fluent district, their votes dont count as much. And they should be drawn up on the number of eligible voters. The attorney said that the only way to make sense of the one personone vote rule is to make is about eligible voters. Theyre the ones who have standing and can bring a claim. Theyre the ones who are injured. Chief justice, john roberts seemed to agree. , but Justice Sonya Sotomayor said that its not just about protecting legislation, but protecting citizens, or noncitizens, the people who live there. And Justice Steven briar said outside the attorney general said that the states current system, based on population count, is not unfair. Texas did not engage in discrimination. What it did was provide fair representation based on the number of citizens in each touch district. If they win, it will shift power from it cities to more rural areas, where voters tend to be older, whiter and more republican, and the hispanic caucus said that that would reduce the influence of the growing latino community. This would say to millions of americans that you have no place in american democracy, that your violence doesnt count at all. Reporter beyond the political considerations, there are practically ones. It states can easily set up legislative districts of based on pop layings, but many argue that there are no good numbers just on eligible voters, and it would be less than possible to draw up legislative districts without that good data. And the judges, were told, would have to redraw. Also the force behind a new case that could determine affirmative action in college missing its tomorrow. A white student denied from entering the university of texas because of her race. From the ivy league to the hart land, and now in front of the u. S. Supreme court, a key debate over college diversity. Whether they can, like the university of texas, can consider race as one of the many be factors in putting together the incoming class. The case was brought by Abigail Fisher in 2008. She claims that the admissions policy cost her a spot and violated her constitutional right to equal treatment. I was taught since i was a little girl that any kind of discrimination was wrong, and for an institution of Higher Learning to act this way makes no sense to me. Theyre in the top 10 or so of their class. Its not just any university. Fisher fell just below that bar. Some 25 of admissions are set aside for holistic reviews. Where everything from talents to family circumstances are considered alongside of academics. One of those criteria is race. There are no quotas or targets, so its not the affirmative action that a lot of people think about. Its a more holistic approach to admission so that you get the community that youre trying to serve. The ut government calls it a central part of Higher Learning reporter its to say that people come from all different backgrounds, but as a university, its important to have people from across the spectrum, so you can have a better world. The case went to the Supreme Court in 2013 after the court ruled against fisher, but the high court didnt settle the issue. Instead, sending it back for a second look. That court then ruled against fisher, who again has asked the Supreme Court to step in. Should you treat people differently because of their race . Reporter lino has taught at the law school for five decades, and he says anything considering race is unconstitutional

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