Seven, predominantly muslim countries. Lawyers from washington and minnesota say restoring the ban would unleash chaos again. This comes after the state Department Says as many as 60,000 people from the banned countries had their visas canceled. We will go to seattle to speak with matt adams, an attorney filing a Class Action Lawsuit for a family who were restricted from bringing their children from somalia, syria, and yemen. Trumpwe take a look at a proposal that puts him squarely between the Lgbt Community and the far right. Among those freedoms is the right to worship among our own beliefs. That is why i will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives to speak freely and without fear of retribution. We will get a response from sarah whose recent story reveals sweeping plans to legalize discrimination. Thousands rally outside the historic Stonewall Bar in new york to support lgbt rights under a trump presidency. Whether we are lesbian, gay, transgender, mexican, or any number of other categories i could name, we are united by our otherness. If we did not know it before, we know it now thinks to donald trump should yes, yes we are stronger together. More, coming and up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Courts have temporarily blocked President Trumps executive order banning people from seven, majority muslim nations from entering the United States. Early this morning, lawyers for the states of washington and minnesota filed a brief with a panel of the 9th Circuit Court of appeals arguing against restoring trumps executive order banning people from iraq, syria, iran, sudan, libya, somalia, and yemen from entering the United States, saying that to reinstate the ban would unleash chaos again. This comes after, on sunday, a California Appeals Court sided with a lower court in seattle and refused to reinstate the travel ban. The seattle ruling, issued by u. S. District court judge james robart on friday, imposed a nationwide, temporary restraining order on the ban. Over the weekend, the Homeland Security department began allowing visa holders affected by trumps order to board u. S. Bound flights, prompting many people to scramble to rebook flights. On sunday, roslyn sinha, an iraqi passport holder with a valid visa to live in the United States, was among those who was able to return. This is her speaking at Dulles International airport outside washington, d. C. As i was in the air, donald trump signed an executive order. It made all of us confused. The airlines could not allow me on board. My heritage over was an unfair treatment. Lawyers, andists, people to help get us back home. We think this country will always be great. No matter what. Judges ruling sparked multiple outbursts on twitter by President Trump, who called robart a socalled judge. Robart was appointed by president george w. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the senate in 2004. One of trumps tweets read quote, just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. If something happens, blame him and court system. People pouring in. Bad unquote. He also wrote quote, the judge opens up our country to potential terrorists and others that do not have our best interests at heart. Bad people are very happy unquote. Trumps twitter rant sparked concern from lawmakers, including vermont senator patrick leahy, who sits on the Senate Judiciary committee, and said that trump seems quote, intent on precipitating a constitutional crisis. Well have more on the legal developments of trumps muslim ban after headlines. Trumps pick to be the army secretary, billionaire vincent viola, has withdrawn from the nomination process citing his inability to disentangle himself from his business ties. Viola is the owner of the Florida Panthers and the founder of Many Companies including the highfrequency trading company, called virtu. Critics have warned High Frequency trading threatens the stability of Global Financial markets. Meanwhile, the full senate is expected to vote today on the nomination of betsy devos for education secretary. Another billionaire who has faced accusations of massive conflicts of interest. Devos is a longtime backer of Charter Schools and vouchers for private and religious schools. She and her husband have also invested in a student Debt Collection agency that does business with the education department. Devoss confirmation is in doubt after two republican senators said theyd vote against her. If one more republican switches, she will not be confirmed. Trumps Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch has scheduled a slew of meetings with senators this week on capitol hill. Moore has come to light about gorsuch including his writing in a rightwing campus newspaper. The Associated Press reports that in his writing he criticized protest saying that divestment could hurt the universitys endowment. He also criticized racial ledtice protest and black movements on campus. He also defended administration during the contra scandal. Tens of thousands of people from coast to coast poured into the streets for antitrump protests throughout the weekend, demonstrating their opposition to everything from trumps muslim ban to his cabinet nominations, to the multiple lies issued by the white house and top Trump Officials last week. On friday night in new york city, protesters gathered for a mock vigil to commemorate the imaginary victims of the Bowling Green massacre, an event that never happened, but which counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway cited during an interview last week to justify trumps muslim ban. This is one of the protesters. We are commemorating the victims of Bowling Green which never happened so they were never commemorated. We feel now they should be commemorated. World this alternate fact , this is something that needs to be commemorated. That is why we are out here. Amy then on saturday in new york city, thousands of people poured into the streets around the stonewall ball bar for a rally supporting the Lgbt Community. This is one of the protesters. I am here fighting for our rights. Gender a transgender woman of color, i had to run away from my own country. Im here to tell donald trump that we resist, and we are going to resist what he is trying to do against us. Amy well have more voices from this rally later in the broadcast. Thousands of antitrump protesters also rallied saturday outside the white house in no ban,n, d. C. For a no wall protest. In philadelphia, for a sanctuary everywhere protest. And in west palm beach, florida, where thousands marched on trumps Maralago Club where he was spending the weekend. Hundred more protested at airport in los angeles, outside the courthouse in downtown miami, and at multiple protests in denver, including one outside senator corey Cory Gardners office to demand he reject betsy devoss nomination for education secretary. More protests were held on sunday from coast to coast, including in paterson, new jersey, houston, texas, and at the border near san diego, california. Mexican protesters shut down the san ysidro port of entry during a border boycott protesting trumps antiimmigration executive orders as well a major fuel price hike across mexico. On sunday, thousands also rallied in los angeles to protest the 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline and the keystone xl pipeline. Trump has moved to revive construction of both pipelines, which have faced massive resistance from indigenous nations, local white farmers, and environmental activists. Meanwhile, at Standing Rock in north dakota, agents from the bureau of Indian Affairs attacked and arrested at least three water protectors at the sacred stone camp which sits on Standing Rock sioux tribal member ladonna brave bull allards private land. A shaky video shows a bia officer beating one of the water protectors with a baton. Trumps newly appointed chair of the federal communications commission, ajit pai, has begun to attack Net Neutrality rules and other consumer protections. In a series of actions last week, pai blocked Nine Companies from providing affordable highspeed internet to lowincome families, withdrew the fccs support from an effort to curb the exorbitant cost of phone calls from prison, and said he disagrees with the 2015 decision to regulate the internet like a public utility. In france, far rightwing politician Marine Le Pen gave a much anticipated speech launching her president ial campaign sunday. Shes running on a xenophobic, nationalistic agenda that calls for france to crackdown on immigration and leave the european union. In the speech, she claimed the upcoming election is a choice of civilizations, and she said france must follow the path set by the brexit vote in britain, and the election of donald trump in the United States. Other people have shown the way. The british have shown it to be free with exit. Brexit. Americans have chosen to give priority to their national interests. Amy meanwhile, in argentina, president Mauricio Macri has announced a slew of antiimmigration measures in recent days that many are comparing to those pushed by donald trump. These policies both speed up deportation and restrict new immigrants from entering. Macri is justifying the measures by accusing immigrants of causing crime, using skewed data about incarceration rates. Another rightwing congressman has called for the construction of a wall on the border with bolivia. Massive protests continue in romania where a half a Million People took to the streets sunday to continue protesting against government corruption. The demonstrations were initially sparked by the passage of an emergency ordinance that decriminalized misconduct by officials. On saturday, the government rescinded that decree, but the mass protests continue. Many are now demanding the resignation of top politicians. Romanias president is expected to give a speech later today. The United Nations says civilian casualties in afghanistan rose last year, particularly among children. In total, 923 children were killed amid the ongoing fighting between the taliban, the u. S. And u. S. Backed Afghan Security forces, and isis militants. A total of 3,498 civilians died amid the fighting in 2016. The majority died in suicide bomb attacks. More than 100 died in airstrikes by International Warplanes including those from the United States. People across the country took to social media sunday to commemorate what would have been Trayvon Martins 22nd birthday. Instead, the unarmed African American teenager was shot and killed by a white, neighborhood vigilante,uly t george zimmerman, on february sparking nationwide protests. On tuesday, a new book written by Trayvon Martins parents will be published. Its titled, rest in power the enduring life of trayvon martin. The new England Patriots scored a historic win during sunday beating ther bowl Atlanta Falcons 3428 after unprecedented comeback. During the halftime show, lady gaga performed Woodie Guthrie this land is your land, and born this way, a song celebrating the Lgbt Community. A handful of the ads appeared to make political statements, such as as an audi ad demanding equal pay for women and an anheuserbusch ad that portrayed a fictionalized account of the cofounders immigrant story. But the most explicitly political ad designed for the superbowl was rejected by fox. Lumber 84s original ad depicted the lengthy journey of a mexican mother and daughter toward the United States, only to confront a looming wall at the border. After it was rejected, the company broadcast only the beginning of the ad, and then directed viewers to see the rest of the ad on its website which promptly crashed amid the traffic surge. This is part of the rejected ad when the mother and her daughter first see the wall. Amy thats the mother and her daughter discovering a wooden door built into the portable. Wooden door built into the border wall. Scenes from lumber 84s original superbowl ad which fox refused to broadcast. And those are some of the headlines this is democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Juan and i am one gonzalez. Gonzalez. Just two weeks into his presidency, donald trump is locked in a battle with the federal courts over his executive order that bans refugees and travelers from seven predominately muslim countries from entering the United States. Early this morning, lawyers for the states of washington and minnesota filed a brief with a three judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of appeals that argued restoring trumps ban for iraq, syria, iran, sudan, libya, somalia, and yemen would quote, unleash chaos again. This comes after the state Department Says as many as 60,000 people from the banned countries had their visas canceled. Trumps executive order is based on a legal claim of national security, but lawyers argue the order is unconstitutional and hurts residents, businesses, and universities. Technology Companies Apple and google submitted accompanying briefs that say the ban would damage their business by make it harder to recruit new workers. Since 9 11, no terrorist attacks have been caused by any immigrants or refugees from any of the seven countries affected by the travel ban. All of this comes after u. S. District court judge james robart in seattle issued a ruling friday that put issued a nationwide temporary restraining order on the travel ban. This is judge robart. That theurt concludes circumstances brought in here today are such that we must intervene to fulfill the 2d sharing the judiciarys role in our government. Thus, the Court Concludes that the above motion is necessary, and the state is granted. Amy judge robarts ruling prompted a twitter rant from trump that began saturday and continued throughout the weekend. The president wrote that quote, the opinion of this socalled judge, which essentially takes lawenforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned he added quote, bad people are very happy and quote, just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. If something happens, blame him and court system. People pouring in. Bad on sunday, Vice President mike pence appeared on all four tv Networks Talk shows to defend the ban. He spoke on abcs this week, cbs face the nation, fox news sunday, and on nbcs meet the press with chuck todd, where he was asked about trumps reference to the socalled judge who ordered a stay of the order. Vice president pence the president has every right to criticize the other two branches of government. Is that the weighted the way to do it . Vice president pence i think people like how he expresses himself. He expresses himself in a unique way. Juan over the weekend, the Homeland Security department began allowing visa holders affected by trumps order to board u. S. Bound flights. The agency said it had, quote, suspended any and all actions related to the travel ban. On sunday, an iraqi passport holder with a valid visa to live in the United States returned to the u. S. After a tumultuous few days. Roslyn sinha landed at Dulles International airport outside washington, d. C. Expressing relief that her ordeal was over. I was in the air, donald trump signed an executive order. It made all of us confused. The airline could not let me on board. Being banned because of my parents heritage is unfair treatment. , lawyers, andsts people who are protesting to get us back home. We think this country will always be great. No matter what. Fromwhen we come back break, we will go to seattle, washington where we will be joined by matt adams, who is a lead attorney for a Class Action Lawsuit filed there that challenges the trump travel ban. Well be right back. [music break] amy a performance of higher atund at the lgbt q rally Stonewall Bar in new york. We will go to that rally later in the broadcast. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Gonzalez. With juan juan President Donald Trump is locked in a battle with courts over his travel ban which blocks individuals from seven predominately muslim countries from entering the United States. Amy we