Executions last month. The judge may never lose his or her humanity, and the judge as judge never forgets that the law has to be followed in a matter how he or she feels about a particular issue. Amy plus, we will look at the economic crisis in puerto rico as the island moves to close 179 Public Schools days after seeking bankruptcy protection. And we speak to a dreamer at Rutgers University in new jersey who is now facing possible deportation. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In france, former investment banker and political centrist Emmanuel Macron was elected president on sunday in a decisive victory against farright candidate Marine Le Pen. With the majority of votes counted, macron won about 65 to le pens 35 . Even though le pen lost, it was a record performance for her party, the national front, whose antiimmigrant policies once made it a pariah. Le pen had campaigned on an openly xenophobic and racist platform, calling for france to crack down on immigration and leave the european union. On sunday night, macron addressed thousands of supporters in front of the Louvre Museum in paris. Europe and the world expects us to defend the spirit of on the threat in some many places. They expect us to defend freedom everywhere, to protect the oppressed. They expect us to bring some new hope, i knew humanism, that of a safer world, protected freedoms, a world of growth with more. Ustice, more ecology amy macron ran proeu and pronato platform, and will need to secure a majority in next months parliamentary election to implement his program. Well have more on the French Election after headlines with french human rights activist yasser louati. In texas, republican Governor Greg Abbott signed sb4 into law sunday, outlawing sanctuary cities and allowing police to check the immigration status of anyone they detain. Governor abbott signed the bill sign the law after delivering a short speech in a live video posted to facebook. Has now banned sanctuary cities in the lone star state. We are a nation of laws. Texas is doing its part to keep it that way. Amy critics call sb4 a show me your papers bill that will lead to widespread racial profiling while preventing undocumented immigrants from calling police or testifying in court. After Governor Abbott signed the bill, scores of protesters descended on the Governors Mansion in austin. This is 18yearold activist yuneun alvarado. My mom and i were both undocumented. We still live in an abusive home. It is bills like this Like Senate Bill for will only make abuse feardomestic for their lives even more because they wont they will be afraid that if they call the police for their safety, they will be deported and it can possibly die. Amy sb4 is set to take effect on september 1. Texas democrats and Civil Liberties groups have promised legal challenges. On capitol hill, Senate Republicans have begun drafting a healthcare bill that would repeal much of the Affordable Care act, though the legislation is unlikely to closely resemble a bill approved by the house last week. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell tasked a working group of 13 republicans to draft the legislation all of them white men. This is California Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein speaking on nbcs meet the press. I dont know with a 13 white men, when you have five republican women who are excluded from that, that these 13 men are supposed to sit down you are speaking of the working group it is all male. Womens health is a big part of this. Women are a majority of the population. And their Health Interest deserves to be contemplated in any reforms. Amy republicans hold just 52 of the senates 100 seats, and several gop senators have said they will not accept the house bill approved on thursday. A federal court will hear arguments today on President Trumps attempt to ban refugees and immigrants from six majoritymuslim nations. All 15 judges on the 4th Circuit Court of appeals are slated to hear the case. In march, federal judge Derrick Watson in hawaii ordered a nationwide halt to trumps second attempt at a travel ban, ruling it likely violated the constitutions establishment clause by discriminating against muslims. President trumps nominee for secretary of the army, mark green, withdrew from consideration on friday after drawing fire over antigay, transphobic and antimuslim , comments. The uproar followed newly under unearthed recordings including a video in which the Tennessee Republican state senator accuses Public Schools of indoctrinating children in islam and a radio interview in which senator green compares transgendered people to isis militants. Trumps first nominee for army secretary, billionaire vincent viola, withdrew in february saying he was unable to disentangle himself from his business ties. The Senate Intelligence committee has asked at least four associates of President Trump to turn over emails and recordings of their communications with russians, as the Committee Investigates allegations that russia meddled in the 2016 election. The four officials are former policy adviser carter page, former Trump Campaign chair paul manafort, republican operative and trump associate roger stone, and general Michael Flynn who was fired as National Security advisor for failing to disclose talks with russias ambassador before trump took office. Meanwhile, former acting u. S. Attorney general sally yates will testify to the committee today, where shes expected to reiterate that she warned the white house about former National Security adviser Michael Flynn nearly three weeks before he was fired. Former director of National IntelligenceJames Clapper will also testify. In international news, iraqs military has admitted its forces bombed a school in western mosul in an attack on may 4 that left scores of civilians dead. The journalistic Monitoring Group airwars reported the strike killed up to 81 civilians and left 86 others injured. Video posted online purports to show the aftermath of the attack, with dead children pulled from a flattened school. Iraqs army denied targeting civilians, saying it instead targeted an isis bomb factory. The violence came as civilians trapped in mosul reported desperate conditions. This is injured resident quasy adil muhammad. People are hungry and starving to death. There is nothing left. There isnt any water. People are so thirsty, they would drink from the well, which is full of diseases. Children and women were eating grass. Amy in somalia, us Africa Command said friday u. S. Navy seal Kyle Milliken was killed and two others wounded as they were ambushed while advising the somali army on fighting al shabaab militants. Millikens death was the first reported u. S. Combat fatality since the socalled blackhawk down incident in mogadishu in 1993, which left 18 u. S. Soldiers and hundreds of somalis dead. In media news, the Sinclair Broadcast Group is reportedly nearing a 4 billion deal to purchase tribune media, which would give it control of more than a third of the countrys local tv stations. The reported purchase comes after President Trumps pick to head the fcc, ajit pai, dramatically rolled back limits capping the number of stations one corporation can control. Sinclairs chairman and former ceo, david smith, is active in republican politics and supported Donald Trumps campaign. Craig aaron, the head of free press, told cnn it sure looks like a quid pro quo friendly coverage and full employment for extrump mouthpieces in exchange for a green light to get as big as sinclair wants. Back in washington, d. C. Environmental Protection Agency , administrator scott pruitt on friday dismissed half of the members of an epa scientific review board, clearing the way for new appointees from the industries the agency is tasked with policing. Among those removed from the epa board of scientific counselors was Michigan StateUniversity Professor robert richardson, who tweeted, today i was trumped. The dismissals come as the Trump Administration seeks to slash epa funding, roll back environmental regulations, appoint Climate Change deniers as the heads of government agencies, and defund and erase Climate Change programs and research. In north carolina, democratic governor roy cooper on friday vetoed hb467, a bill that would have shielded factory farms from damages brought by residents sickened by hog farms. Residents have long complained about pork producers who collect billions of gallons of untreated pig feces and urine in cesspools, then dispose of the waste by spraying it into the air. You can go to our website at democracynow. Org to see our segment on factory hog farming. In texas, a white Police Officer from a dallas suburb was charged friday with the murder of 15yearold africanamerican teenager jordan edwards. Roy oliver surrendered to the Dallas CountySheriffs Office and was later released on 300,000 bail. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison. Police bodycam video shows oliver fired his Assault Rifle into a car carrying five black teenagers as they drove away from the officer, contradicting olivers initial account that the children were speeding towards him. Jordan edwards was struck in the head and died in a hospital. Saturday, Edwards Family and friends gathered in mesquite, texas for jordans funeral. , and in california, the Los Angeles CityCouncil Unanimously approved a resolution friday calling for an investigation into whether President Trump should be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. City Councilmember Bob blumenfield authored the resolution, saying trump appears to have violated the constitutions emoluments clause, which prohibits those holding federal office from accepting payments from foreign governments. Constitutional scholars are raising the issue that if a foreign official or Embassy Hosts an event or stays at a hotel for the president s name is branded from the top of the building to the chocolate on the pillows, it may violate this cause of the constitution. The Trump Organization currently has Business Ventures in nations around the world, including saudi arabia, the philippines, india, argentina, and turkey. And because of his refusal to unveil his tax returns or really any documents that explain with whom and where he does business, there are many dealings that we may never know about. Amy los angeles joins three other california cities, cambridge, massachusetts, and charlotte, vermont calling for , trumps impeachment. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. I am amy goodman in chicago with gonzalez in new york. Juan welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. We begin todays show in france, where the former investment banker and political centrist Emmanuel Macron has been elected president in a landslide victory over farright candidate Marine Le Pen. Macron won over 66 of the vote. Even though le pen lost, she received nearly 7 million votes more than any other candidate in the history of her party, the antiimmigrant national front. Le pen had campaigned on an openly xenophobic and racist platform, calling for france to crack down on immigration and leave the european union. Macron ran on a protrade and eu agenda. He has never vigorously held elected office, but served for two years as economy minister under president francois hollande. At 39 years old, he will be frances dentist head of state since napoleon. He addressed thousands of one of the Louvre Museum in paris. World expect the us to defend the spirit of threat in so under many places. They expect us to defend freedom everywhere, to protect the oppressed. They expect us to bring some new , that of a humanism safer world. A world of protected freedoms. A world of growth with more justice, more ecology. Amy we go to paris where were joined now via democracy now video stream by french human rights and Civil Liberties activist and researcher yasser louati. He recently wrote an article titled French Elections marine , le pen or Emmanuel Macron . Hitler or uber. That was before the election. Welcome back to democracy now can you talk about what has surprised many, that a very large victory of macron . Hi, amy. Is they of macron were pushed for the voting booth. Either fascism or neoliberalism. Macron got 65 of the votes. Againstared to 2002 Marine Le Pens father, that was 82 . The victory is way below what was accomplished 15 years ago. In the latest poll from the , one of thepartment notorious political 60 of the macrons voters do not agree with this program, but just voted because they had no all their no other alternative. Marine leople pen got beyond the 7 million. 11 million people, which means racist rhetoric and xenophobic views are here just a. On top of it, the latest poll shows 61 of the french do not want Emmanuel Macron data majority parliament, which means a war is now being waged in order to gain majority in parliament. Emmanuel macron himself would be isolated and will depend on the game of alliances. That is for the figures of his victory. As for the speech last night, i was listening incomplete dismay. He spoke about the rights of the oppressed, you you never heard about the state of emergency that was still in effect. When asked about how some police said steny for the rights would be taking sides. Weve not heard him speak about the wars in which france is being engaged in the list goes on. Juan yasser louati, what does this election said about the established Political Parties in france given that both candidates came from outsider parties . Well, the fact that Emmanuel Macron managed to make it in 18 months from being nobody to becoming a president is a clear statement that our political system is completely bankrupt. It is capsized. Theres open defiance against politicians. Are voting for extremes or abstaining, as mentioned earlier. The fact he managed to make it to be first and the second round was also a testimony he did not win because he was that bright or that good, but because all of the other candidates were, excuse moment which, but say they were poor and not up to the task here. He just managed to be there at the right time and do the right thing. A new does not need president , needs a new republic a new constitution a new organizing of institutions and to actually get rid of the current legacy which makes france as a white country only. Marine le pen, being xenophobic and against immigration, well, the black and brown and muslims are not immigrants. Theyve been there for three, 4, 5 generations. But they are still perceived as foreigners, which means there is come on top of the social war, [indiscernible] amy lets go to the National FrontsMarine Le Pen speaking after preliminary Election Results were announced. This historic and massive results, french people designated the patriotic and Republican Alliance as the first Opposition Force to the program of the new president. I call on all patriots to join us to take part in the decisive political fight that is starting tonight. More than ever in the forthcoming months, france will need you. Long live the republic. Long live france. Amy that was Marine Le Pen. Yasser louati, for people who are not familiar with french politics, not only talk about what she represents and still the rise of her party, but by legislative elections are so important that are coming up because macron may have one, but where is his partys representation in parliament . That is his biggest weakness. A movement, which means stylish Political Party with clear leadership. Gathering all around him the people who are