Charlottesville, virginia. In part two of our discussion with former neonazi Christian Picciolini, cofounder of life after hate. We decided 30 years ago, we were not going to shave our heads. We were going to trade in our boots for suits, and role in college and recruit in camps is, go to the military to get military training to recruit there. Even run for office. Here we are 30 years later with that dream or that nightmare realized was amy and we stick with jacob scott in fargo, north carolina, dust fargo, north dakota. Thinkand lots of nazis theyre fighting against the establishment, but racism is the establishment. Capitalism is built on racism from the ground up. When you have this worldview that kind of looks at everything upside down and backwards, it i dont know how to reach him and how to prevent him from doing the things he says hes going to do. The surveillance state. The Justice Department is demanding web hosting provider dreamhost turn over 1. 3 million visitor ip addresses of people who visited the website disruptj20. Org, which was used to organize the protests against President Trumps inauguration. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In barcelona, spain, 14 people have died after a van plowed into a crowded walkway thursday along las ramblas, the citys most famous avenue. More than 100 people were injured. Eyewitnesses described scenes of horror. People were scared, running all over the place with blood on their faces. It was terrible. It is an attack, my friends, and attack in barcelona. There are a lot of dead people. Even kids, mothers, and little kids dead in the middle of las ramblas. Amy the selfproclaimed Islamic State claimed responsibility. In the hours after the attack Spanish Police shot five people dead during what they described as an antiterrorism operation in cambrils, a town south of barcelona. Police said the men were linked to the barcelona attack but provided little information. Spanish Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy has declared three days of mourning. Earlier thousands of people filled the streets of barcelona chanting we are not afraid. President trump responded to the attack in barcelona by writing on twitter study what general pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more radical islamic terror for 35 years trump was referencing a debunked myth that u. S. General john j. Pershing executed muslim rebels in the philippines in the early 1900s by shooting them with bullets dipped in pigs blood. Trump made reference to the same made up story last year on the campaign trail. Mr. Trump he took 50 bullets and he dipped them in pigs blood. And he had his men load his rifles and he lined up the 50 people and they shot 49 of those people. And the 50th person he said, you go back to your people and you tell them what happened. For 25 years, there wasnt a problem, ok . 25 years there wasnt a problem. Historians say no evidence exists that this ever happened. While trump condemned the terror attack in spain, soon after it occurred he has still refused to describe two recent events in the United States as domestic terrorism the bombing of minnesotas largest mosque and saturdays white supremacist rally in charlottesville where a neonazi drove his car into a crowd of antiracist protesters , killing one and injuring 19 people. This all comes as President Trump faces growing criticism from across the political spectrum. On thursday, republican senator bob corker of tennessee openly questioned trumps stability and competence. Yet president has not has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability, nor some of the confidence competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful. Amy meanwhile, democratic congressman steve cohen of tennessee has announced plans to introduce articles of impeachment against President Trump. And james murdoch, the son of rupert murdoch, has condemned President Trumps reaction to charlottesville. Murdoch wrote i cant even believe i have to write this standing up to nazis is essential; there are no good nazis. Or klansmen, or terrorists. Murdoch, who is the ceo of 21st century fox, also pledged to donate 1 million to the antidefamation league. Murdoch is a close, informal advisor to President Trump. In durham, north carolina, a total of eight people have now been charged with toppling a confederate statue. On thursday, in a display of solidarity, over 100 people lined up outside the local court house to symbolically turn themselves in a long with the eight people charged. In other news from durm, a statue of confederate general robert e. Lee at Duke University has been vandalized. Parts of lees face was chipped off, including his nose. Meanwhile, President Trump has weighed in again on the growing call for confederate statues to be removed. On twitter he wrote sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. Meanwhile, in philadelphia, more than 2000 people took part in a march thursday denouncing racism and President Trumps handling of charlottesville. Many participants also called for the removal of a statue of former philadelphias Police Commissioner and mayor frank rizzo. In other fallout from the white supremacist march in charlottesville, the American Civil Liberties union has announced it will no longer defend hate groups seeking to march with firearms. The aclu has faced criticism even from many of its own members for helping organizers of the unite the right rally to secure a protest permit after the city of charlottesville tried to block the rally. Earlier in the week, waldo jaquit, a board member of the virginia chapter of the aclu, resigned after the deadly violence in charlottesville. In international news, the United States and south korea have announced plans to go ahead with a massive joint military drill next week involving tens of thousands of troops. This comes despite protests from china which has pushed for the u. S. To halt its military drills in exchange for north korea halting its missile tests. In news from syria, the syrian observatory for human rights is reporting at least 59 civilians have died in u. S. Led airstrikes in the city of raqqa since monday. The dead include 21 children. According to the united nations, 25,000 civilians remains trapped inside raqqa, the de facto capitol of the selfproclaimed Islamic State. In news from honge student leaders of the prodemocracy occupy movement have been sentenced to up to eight months in jail for organizing large protests in 2014 calling on china to allow free elections in hong kong. Joshua wong is one of the student leaders heading to prison. [indiscernible] a settlement has been reached in a landmark torture lawsuit against two psychologists who helped devise the bush administrations interrogation program. The psychologists James Mitchell and bruce jessen were sued by the American Civil Liberties union on behalf of two former cia prisoners who were tortured and the family of a man who died after being tortured in a secret cia prison. The undisclosed settlement was reached just before the case went to trial. Aclu attorney dror ladin said this outcome shows that there are consequences for torture and that survivors can and will hold those responsible for torture accountable. In Voting Rights news, the state of texas has been ordered to redraw the map of its congressional districts after a federal court determined some of the districts were designed to dilute the power of latino and africanamerican voters. The maps were drawn by texass republican led state legislature. Mother jones reports this is the seventh time since 2011 that a federal court has found that texas intentionally discriminated against voters of color. In news from florida, two members of the ku klux klan who worked as Prison Guards have been convicted of plotting to kill an africanamerican prisoner after his release. Earlier this week, a jury in Columbia County florida found David Elliot Moran and Charles Thomas newcomb guilty of conspiracy to commit firstdegree murder. A thd ansman, who also worked as a prison guard, pleaded guilty earlier this year. Exxonmobil has won a major court case over its role in a 2013 pipeline spill in arkansas when more than 200,000 gallons of Tar Sands Oil flowed through a residential neighborhood of mayflower, arkansas, and nearby waterways. U. S. Pipeline regulators had fined exxon 2. 6 million and ordered the company to revise its pipelinesafety procedures. But now a federal Appeals Court has sided with exxon and vacated returning much of the regulators decision. In sports news, Philadelphia EaglesMalcolm Jenkins has been raising his fist during the National Anthem for the past year. On thursday, his teammate, chris long, ms. From charlottesville, put his arm around him and a sign of solidarity. Meanwhile, in other sports news, basketball superstar kevin durant has said he will not go to the white house if 12 invites the nba chaion golden state warriors. Gavin drake said not i dont spect o is ioffice now in prto rico, resistance to the dumping of toxic coal ash in reading across t island. Uelas is in the capitan juan, acsts wearing hazmat sui poured buckets of coal ash on the steps of theapital ilding thursday morning protest. The governmenof puerto rico is cating health proem, an for the future in the coming generations. We want puerto rico close the coalfired pow plant. Ly ashese wa are those of the physical control board. Amy then eay this morning, over 100 Police Officers, including a militarized strike force, mobiliz to stop resints of guayama from blockading trucks carrying toxic ash as they left the coalfired power plant, en route to penuelas. This is Community Leader hector lu sanchez de jesus. We are in pd in wtever manners possible that these ashes produced here depart. We understand these ashes are poisonous for the earth, our mother earth, and for the health of all of the sidents of puerto rico. We have a moral compromise, a moral compromise with our friends to stop these ashes from beg transported. Amy less than an hour later, 200 more Police Officers molized in penuelas to stop residents from blockading the ucks as they arrived to dump the coal ash there. At least 25 activists have been arrested blockading the trucks so far this month. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump continues to face outrage over his response to last weekends deadly white supremacist rally in charlottesville, virginia, where racism and antisemitism were on clear display in scenes like this one, when torchbearing protesters marched on the university of virginia campus friday night chanting blood and soil, a phrase drawn from nazi ideology. Blood and soil blood and soil blood and soil amy at saturdays unite the right rally, neonazis and ku klux klan members also displayed swastikas on flags and banners as they protested the removal of a statue of confederate general robert e. Lee. Members of the local synagogue congregation beth israel say that ahead of the protest, while they were praying, men dressed in fatigues and carrying semiautomatic rifles stood across the street from the synagogue, prompting people to leave the service from the back of the building in groas a saty preutio latein the afternoon, heather her was kied when a 20yearold nazi sympathizer named james alex fields plowed his car into a crowd of antifascist demonstrators. In another incident, White Supremacists beat a 20yearold africanamerican d under harris. Memorial of holocaust was vandalized in boston, massachusetts, by teenager who threw a rock through a glass panel etched with others symbolizing the numbers tattooed on the arms of jews and others imprisoned in nazi germanys concentration camps. Its the second time the Holocaust Memorial has been vandalized in boston. It took until tuesday for President Trump to place blame on White Supremacists for the deadly violence in charlottesville. During a News Conference at trump tower, he attacked counterprotesters, repeating his earlier claim that both sides were to blame for the violence. He also seemed to ridicule the National Movement to remove confederate monuments, saying the protesters would next want to tear down statues of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Trump also defended some of the White Nationalist protesters who descended on charlottesville. Pres. Trump i have condemned neonazis. I have condemned many different groups. But not all of those people were neonazis. Not all of those people or White Supremacists. They wanted to protest the taking down of a statue robert eva lee. Amy on thursday, trump took to twitter to further complain that it is sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. The beauty that is being taken out of our cities, towns and parks will be greatly missed and never able to be comparably replaced leaders of four congressional caucuses are now demanding the white house fire senior aides Sebastian Gorka, steve bannon, and Stephen Miller over their white supremacist views. In a letter to President Trump, the congressional asianpacificamerican, hispanic, progressive, and black caucuses wrote we are deeply concerned that their continued influence on u. S. Policy emboldens and tacitly approves the ideological extremism that leads White Supremacists to spread violence and hatred. Now the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect is calling on twitter to suspend President Trumps personal account after branding him a accomplice to domestic terrorism. Well, for more, we are joined by steven goldstein, executive director of the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect. Welcome to democracy now explain what youre calling for. Amy, twitter has a choice here. You can stand with the love that Heather Heyers life stood for or it can stand for the hatred that donald trump stands for. There are no two sides. Where is twitter going to stand . Twitter is under no obligation as a private company to carry Donald Trumps hatred. So President Trump has two accounts. He has his potus account, and for the sake of free speech and getting his hate for future generations to look at it and say never again, listen, he visit count. Account, itonal amplifies his hate. Twitter does have to double down on hate. Twitter has a choice. Realdonaldtrump account. At least get rid of one. Amy are you concern about issues of free speech . He has his potus account. Free speech doesnt mean you to get twice the megaphone. His response. T on monday, a teleprompter he makes a teleprompter statement, some called it a hostage video, where he condemned and named the ku klux klan, White Supremacists , the neonazis. This directly contradicting what he said two days before when he said all sides were responsible for the violence, and in the next day on tuesday, reverting backo wh he said on saturday. Particularly focusing on the fact that the White Supremacists had a permit for their protest, unlike the counterprotesters. I was horrified on monday by the coverage of the Mainstream Media that applauded the president for his hostage is conference in which he read a teleprompter with all of the energy of a power outage in new york city. He did not look like he meant every word any word. He looked like there was a figurative gun to his head. He did know what to be there. When i read the media reports, they said, the president finally came out. Youve got to be kidding. The president said nothing after charlottesville. Finally, he was forced to. Have we so normalized hate that that monday press conference that was scripted she get applause . Amy not even a press conference. But what kind of world has america landed in . Where his armor rally that we are settling for the crumbs of a fake condemnation . Amy we learned it was fake on tuesday. Heres the thing. It is time not to limit ourselves to send president of racism,ts acts sexism, islamophobia, antisemitism, antilgbt. The president is racist. The president is islamaphobic. The president is antisemitic. Call it out for what it is. Because if you dont, you are normalizing the underlying conditions. Why would i say that . And again a again pattern. How many times do we have to see that if a preside