After flying in. I am here as a jewishamerican who is very aware of what we did just a couple of generations ago, and i dont want us to do it again. Muslims are my brothers. They deserve to be here as much as i do. Amy we will speak with a sudanese graduate student at Stanford University who was detained at jfk. A lawyer from the aclu, whose lawsuit let a judge to stay deportations from airports for now. And to members of congress, and. Le highly inflammatory survey investigating views on islam. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace e report. Im amy goodman. In canada, police have arrested two gunmen chaharged with openig fire at the Islamic Cultural Centre of quebec city during evening prayers on sunday, killing six worshipers and wounding eight others. Witnesses described gunmen in black launching a coordinated attack on the mosque, opening fire indiscriminately with semiautomatic weapons. Canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau condemned the attack as an act of terrorism. The mosque has previously been the target of hate. During the muslim holy month of ramadan last june, a pigs head was left on the doorstep of the mosque. Thousands of protesters flooded airports across the u. S. Over the weekend after President Donald Trump signed an executive order friday temporarily banning all refugees from entering the country and barring access for 90 days to nationals from seven majoritymuslim nations. The draconian measure instantly cut off access to the u. S. To 218 Million People from iran, iraq, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen. It indefinitely suspended the admission of Syrian Refugees. Across the world, travelers were left stranded, while scores were detained by Customs Officials after landing at u. S. Airports. As news of the order spread on saturday, thousasands gathered t johnhn f. Kennedy airport in new york city for a protest. They packed the space outside terminal 4 chanting, let them in i am here as a jewishamerican who is very aware of what we did just a couple of generations ago, and i dont want us to do it again. Muslims are my brothers. They deserve to be her just as much as i do. No person is illegal. Amy President Trumps order drew immediate legal challenges, and by sunday judges in california, massachusetts, virginia and washington issued , temporary stays blocking the deportation of valid visa holders. But some lawmakers report customs and Border Protection officers are defying the courts. Virginia congressman don beyer said officials at Dulles Airport outside washington, d. C. , refused to comment on whether they were detaining travelers, and had denied them access to lawyers. Beyers wrote on twitter we have a constitutional crisis today. Four members of Congress Asked cbp officials to enforce a federal court order and were turned away. In los angeles, police in riot gear deployed sunday as thousands of demonstrators blocked traffic near the Tom Bradley International terminal. Thousands more rallied at airports in chicago, denver, atlanta, houston, and seattle, and elsewhere. In San Francisco, demonstrators blocked all security entry points in sfos International Terminal on sunday. This is lara kiswani, executive director of the arab resource and organizing center. We are asking workers to stand with us and not comply to these racist orders. Were asking lawyers to continue to defend these immigrants and refugees. We are asking people to show up for as long as it takes. As harsh and difficult this may seem, we can only imagine what the detainees and the refugees and immigrants are experiencing on the other side of it. We want to show courage and discipline and make sure they know they are going to be supported. We are in this for the long run into we defeat trump. Amy in washington, d. C. , thousands marched from the white house to the capitol to protest Donald Trumps executive orders. In boston, a crowd of more than 10,000 packed Copley Square in support of immigrants rights. Overn new york, well 10,000 gathered within sight of the statue of liberty in Lower Manhattan to call for the u. S. To welcome immigrants and refugees. Donald trumps immigration order drew outrage and condemnation from world leaders. The french president Francois Hollande urged european leaders to stand up to trump, saying the u. S. President was encouraging extremism. A spokesperson for Angela Merkel said the german chancellor told trump in a phone call he risks violating a geneva conventntion requirement to take in war refugees on humanitarian grounds. And irans government said it would soon take reciprocal measures to ban u. S. Citizens. In w washington, some Top Republicans criticized trumps immigration order. Senators Lindsey Graham and john mccain said in a joint statement the move sends a signal, intended or not, that america does not want muslims coming into our country. That is why we fear this executive order may do more to help terrorist recruitment than improve our security. The order appears to run afoul of u. S. Laws preventing discrimination basased on religious beliefefs. In an interview with david brody of the christian broadcast network, trump admitted he wanted to give priority to christian refugeeses. The Refugee Program or the refugee changes you are looking to make, as it relates to persecuted christians, do you see them as a priority here . Pres. Trump yes. They have been horribly if you were a christian in syria, it was impossible, very, very tough to get into the United States. If you w were a muslim, you coud come in. If you are a christitian, it waa must impossible. And the reason that was so unfair is that everybody was persecuted, and all fairness, but they were chopping off the heads of everybody. But more so, the christians. I thoughght it was v very, very unfair. So were going to help them. Amy trump later walked back those comments, saying in a statement sunday night that his immigration ban was not about religion. But one of trumps top advisers said trump explicitly ordered a muslim ban. This is former new york city mayor Rudolph Giuliani speaking on fox news on s saturday. When he first t nnounced i i, he said muslimim ban. He called me of and said, put aa commissision together, show w me right way y to do it legally. I couldve commission together i put a commission together with a group of expert lawyers on this. Whwhat we did was we focucused , instead d of religion, danger. R. The areas of the world that create danger for us, which is a factual basis, not a religious basis. Perfectly y legal. Perfectly sensible. And that is what the ban is based on. Amy meanwhile, Michael Flynn jr. , the son of Trumps National security adviser said disclosing all websites and social media sites they visit. And to share the context in their cell phones. Belure to comply would grounds for deportation. After headlines, we will air a report from jfk airport and host a roundtable discussion on trumps immigration order. In texas, a mosque went up in flames just hours after President Trump signed fridays executive order. Police have opened an arson investigation into the fire, which completely destroyed the Islamic Center of victoria around 2 00 a. M. On saturday. Meanwhile, a massachusetts man faces hate crimes charges after he kicked and mocked a muslim woman wearing a hijab in a lounge at jfk airport in new york. Police say the man shouted, trump is here now. He will get rid of all of you. In greece, members of the neonazi Golden Dawn Party held a torchlight parade in athens on saturday, calling for a ban on migrants entering greece. Among those marching was member of parliament ilias s pana jio tahros, who praised President Donald Trumps ban on muslim refugees and immigrants. Tens of thousands of Illegal Immigrants in our country, and hundreds thousands of others can degrees years ago. Came to greeces ago. Everyone can come whenever they want and they can leave whenever they want. Follow a policy likeononald trumump is doing in the states right now. Amy golden dawn is the thirdlargest party in the greek parliament. Its members have been arrested for assaulting and murdering immigrants and political opponents, and the groups emblem is a red and black flag resembling a swastika. In october, the party endorsed donald trump i in the u. U. S. Electionon. In washingngton, d. C. , thousands of antiabortion activists gathered on the National Mall friday for the annual march for life rally, held each year near the anniversary of the 1973 roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. Among those addressing the crowd wawas vice preresident mike pene who became the highestranking , official ever to attend the gathering. Pence predicted Donald Trumps next Supreme Court appointee would roll back abortion protections. Andnd that is why next week, President Donald Trump will announce a Supreme Court nominee who will upholold e godvenn berties ensined in our constitution in thradition of the late and greatustice antonin scalia. [cheers] is winning in america. Amy last week, President Trump signed an executive order reinstating a global gag rule which bans u. S. Funding for any internatioional Healthcare Organization that performs abortionon or even mentions abortion or even if those activities are funded by nonu. S. Money. Donald trump is elevated chief strategist steve bannon to a top National Security role, while downgrading the roles of the director of National Intelligence and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The move adds bannon to the Principals Committee of the National Security council a role usually filled by the secretaries of state and defense, as well as Senior Intelligence officials. Bannon is the formrmer head of rightwing breitbart media, a haven fofor the white nationalit movement. Forbes magazine reports that the ten richest americans added nearly 16 billion in wealth to their combined net worth since donald trump took office. Topping the list warren buffett, whose net worth climbed by 2. 5 billion to 74 billion in the e week following january 20. In north dakota, the state house of representatives has advanced a bill that would allow companies to conceal spills of oil, natural gas, and contaminated water. House bill 1151 passed overwhelmingly last wednesday. It would end a requirement that fossil fuel Companies Report spills at well sites of less than 10 barrels, or 420 gallons. Meanwhile, the army corps of engineers has begun accepting Public Comments on an Environmental Impact statement for the Dakota Access pipeline. Members of the public have until february 20 to weigh in on the proposed 3. 8 billion project, which has faced months of resistance from members of hundreds of indigenous nations, as well as their nonnative allies. In yemen, u. S. Commandos and helicopter gunships raided a village sunday said to be home to alqaeda leaders, and local medics said civilians were among the dead. It was the First Military operation authorized by President Donald Trump. The pentagon said it killed 14 al qaeda members, while one u. S. Commando was killed and three wounded in the raid. The afp news service reported as many as eight women and eight children were killed in the assault. Among them was the eightyearold daughter of Anwar Alawlaki, a radicical cleric ad u. S. Citizen who was killed in yemen by a u. S. Drone strike in 201111. The girls grandfather, nasser alawlaki, said she suffered for hours after she was shot in the neck. She is the second child of Anwar Alawlaki to be killed by the United States in yemen after her brother, 16yearold american citizen abdulrahman alawlaki, was killed in a u. S. Drone strike in 2011. Two weeks after his father. As a president ial candidate, donald trump repeatedly promised to kill the families of terrorists, even though the practice violates international law. In alabama, naacp president Cornell William brooks and five other civil rights leaders are due in court today, where theyey will face misdemeanor charges stemming from their sitin protest january 4 inside the office of alabama republican senator jeff sessions. The six are demanding sessions withdraw his name from consideration for attorney general. Due to his opposition to the Voting Rights act and history of making racist comments. After todays hearing, the six civil rights leaders are scheduled to join a rally outside sessions office in mobile, where they say they might participate in another direct action. And the Screen Actors Guild held its annual awards ceremony on sunday night, with Hidden Figures winning for best film ensemble and Denzel Washington winning a best actor award for his role in fences. The ceremony was dominated by statements of defiance against President Trumps ban on immigrants from majoritymuslim countries. This is julia louisdreyfus, who won an award for her role in hbos veep. I want yall to know that im the daughter of an immigrant. F fled religious persecution and not the occupied france. I am an american patriot. I love this country. And because i love this country, i am horrified by its blemishes and this immigrant ban is a blemish and it is unamerican. Amy 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 juan gonzalez. Welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. Thousands of protesters flooded airports across the u. S. Over the e weekend after president dodonald trump signed an execute order friday temporarily banning all refugees from entering the country and barring access for 90 days to nationals from seven majoritymuslim nations. The draconian measure instantly cut off access to the u. S. To 218 Million People from iran, iraq, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen. It indefinitely suspended the admission of Syrian Refugees. Amy across the world, travelers were left stranded, while scores were detained by Customs Officials after landing at u. S. Airports. As news of the order spread on saturday, thousands gathered at jfk airport in new york city for a protest. Democracy now s Nermeen Shaikh was there. Nermeen we are outside new york city, john f. Kennedy airport, outside terminal 4 were thousands of people have gathered to protest the Trump Administrations executive order, which has prevented many people from seven muslim majority countries from entering the United States. More than 10 of them here the taint at terminal 4. Detained at terminal 4. People chanting let them in. And refugees welcome here. Lets talk to some of the people here. I am here today because as a muslim woman, i find this band it is personal to me because i have Family Members who are on visa and now they are at risk of not being able to leave or enter the country. As a muslim, i feel like this is targeting our community in an unfair way. 12 30 alsore since before, it was like 100 people who showed up. Then we were live streaming. I actually tweeted for people to be here. It had like 2000 three tweets. As i was live streaming, i got a lot of shares, like almost 1000 shares. I think other people here do the same thing. The next thing you know, there is entire future crowds showing up. Now protests are happening all over the country. My name is sharing. I am here as a Jewish American who is very aware of what we did just a couple of generations ago and i dont want to see us do it again. Muslims are my brothers and they deserve to be here just as much as i do and no person is illegal. I am here to express that on this super cold night. My name is david. I am from texas bank, but my parents are from vietnam. Nermeen what brings you here . I am so angry. If it wasnt for the country letting my parents in here when they were refugees, none of us would be here. New w york is made up p of immigrants and refugees. This is infuriating. Nermeen your parents came here as refugees . Yes, from vietnam. My entire family did. It is absurd that mus