And the crimes against god and man must be proclaimed and denounced. Amy those are the words of the great abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass who was born into slavery around 1818. He died in 1895. A factct President Donald Trump might have missed. Pres. Trump i am very proud know that we have a museum on the National Mall where e people ,an learn about reverend king so many other things, Frederick Douglass is an example of somebobody who has done an amazg job and is being recognized more and more i noticed. Amy does donald trump think Frederick Douglass is still alive . We will set the record straight great,uglassgreat, great grandson Kenneth Morris jr. Growing questions about the first counterterrorism operation approved by President Donald Trump. Authorities say it was a success, but human Rights Groups say 24 civilians were killed including a newborn baby and an american eightyearold girl, the daughter of u. S. Born cleric Anwar Alawlaki, who was killed in yemen by a u. S. Drone strike in 2011. It is hard to ever call something a complete success when you have the loss of life. Or people injured. We look at the totality of what was gained to prevent the future loss of life here in america and against our people and institutions and probably throughout the world in terms of what some of these individuals could have done, i think it is a Successful Operation by all standards. Amy we will speak with a human rights advocate who has talked to residents of the village that was raided and with the intercepts Jeremy Scahill. Then i changed and reporter at the public radios show rid of show wrote a blog post and found himself out of a job. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In a rare move on capitol hill, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell scheduled an unusual early vote this morning as 6 30 a. M. To advance the unit or to theevos nomination full senate. The Early MorningStraight Party vote dealt with a Key Senate Hurdle required to advance her nomination to the senate floor. The full senate is slated to vote as early as monday. Dedes is facining opposition frm lawmakers and education advocates. She is a longtime backer of Charter Schools and vouchers for private anand religious schools. She and her husband have invested in the student Debt Collection agency that does business with the education department. On thursday, parents and teachers flooded the senate phone system, calling lawmakers to demand they oppose her confirmation. Around 1 00 p. M. , dean heller tweeted this week, two republican lawmakers, Susan Collins and lisa murkowski, announced plans to vote against betsy devevos, leaving senatete republicans one vote short of confirming her. If the senate vote is 50 happen 50, Vice President mike pence would cast the deciding vote. If only one more republican senator decides to vote against betsy devos, her confirmation will be rejected. This means the full senate will not move forward on Jeff Sessions quest feet attorney general vote, because if he is confirmed, he will no longer be a senator, which would mean one less vote for betsy devos. Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway is facing widespread criticism after she attempted to justify President Trumps executive order banning people from seven majority muslim countries from entering the u. S. She invented a terrorist attack that never by inventing iteris attack that never happened. This is conway speaking to msnbcs chris matthews. I bet it is brandnew information of people that president obama had a sixmonth ban on the iraqi Refugee Program after two that iraqis can hear to thihis country, were radicalized, and masterminds behind the Bowling Green massacre. Most people dont know that because it did not get covered. Amy the Washington Post reports, there was no terroristt attack c carried out in Bowling Green, kentucky, by iraqis, or anyone else. There were two iraqi men who were arrested in 2011 on charges of having attempted to send money and weapons to alqaeda in iraq. The Washington Post also reports the Obama Administration never imposed a ban on iraqi resettlement, contrary to conways claims. The Obama Administration did, however, implement a more extensive screening procedure for iraqi refugees after the 2011 arrestss. White House Press Secretary sean spicer falsely claimed thursday that iran attacked u. S. Naval vessel, which,h, if it were tru, wowould c constitute an actct o. Spicer was referring to a who the rebel attack against a saudi ship off the coast of yemen on monday. This is white House Press Secretary sean spicer. I think general flynn was clear yesterday that iran has violated the joint resolution, that karens additional hostile actions are ones that we are very clear are not going to sit by and take. Amy this false claim comes after National Security visor irans flynn condemned recent Ballistic Missile test launch and said the u. S. Is putting iran on notice. This moaning, president this morning, President Trump tweeted many experts, as well as irans foreign ministry, say the missile test does not violate the terms of the 2015 Un Security Council resolution. The e test also does not violate the termrms of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal the between iran, u. S. , in other countries. The white house is expected to imimpose additional sanctions against others against the missile test. Reuters reports the u. S. Treasury department has eased sanctions against russian intelligence agency. The sanctions were imposed by president obama over the alleged russian hacking of the u. S. Election in order to help donald trump win. Defense secretary James Mad Dog Mattis is visiting south korea and japan today. Speaking in seoul, he issued a warning to north korea. Any attack on the United States were on our allies will be defeated, and any use of Nuclear Weapons would be met with a response that would be effective and overwhelming. Amy Trump Administration issued an unexpected statement thursday to the Israeli Government following the e announuncement t israel plans to build the first entirely new jewish only settlements in the occupied west bank in 20 years. In response, the white house said while we do not believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace, the construction of new settlements or the expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders they not be help full in achieving that goal. Trumps pick for u. S. Ambassador to israel, david friedman, is a longtime supporter of israels settlements. For years, ds served as friends, of american which has raised milillions of dollars toto support illegal jewish settlements in the occupied west bank. Arizona senator john mccain called Austral University are thursday in efforts to smooth over elections with australia after President Trump insulted australias Prime Minister and hung up on him over the weekend. On saturday, trump complained to prime mininister Malcolm Turnbul about the terms of her refugee deal between the u. S. And australia and told him that the conversation was the worst call life are that he had had with a foreign leader that day. The United States have pledged to exact and resettle over 1200 refugees from a Detention Center in australia under president obama. President trump has selected june a hassle to be the new deck of the director of the cia. She was responsible for running a secret eia black site in thailand where prisoners were waterboarded and tortured. The intercept also repororts she played a rolee in the 2005 destruction of to interrogation videotapes that depicted the torture of prisoners. The wall street journal has reported President Trump is slated to roll back the dodd frank financial reform bill enacted after the 2008 financial crisis. Mayjournal reports trump signed an executive action t to dismantle the financial regulations as early as today. President trump spoke at a National Prayer breakfast thursday which he vowed to destroy the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 provision that prohibits taxexempt religious or charitable organizations from directly or indirectly participating in or intervening in any Political Campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for electctive public office. The provision does not prohibit political activity by churches or religious organizations, but places some limits. What evangelical prprotestants haveve long pushed for the mm it to be repealed will stop this is President Trump. Trump to among those freedoms is the right to worship according to our own beliefs. That is why i will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution. I will do that. Remember. Amy in new york city, more than 1000 yemeni american owned bodegas went on strike thursday to protest President Trumps executive order banning people from yemen and six other majority countries from entering the United States. Thousands of these bodega owners and workers as well as their family members rallied thursday evening. Store. Rk in a grocery we closed to come out here. It is our duty to come so donald about. An see what we are this is wrong what he is doing. It is wrong. Amy after widespread protests, uber ceo travis callan it has stepped down from trumps Economic Advisory council over the lalast week, thoususands of people d deleted the uber app fm their phones afafter the c compy turned off search pricing it jfk airport friday in a move many saw as an attempt to break the new York Taxi Workers Alliance strike on picking up travelers from jfk airport in solidarity with the massive protests that had erupted there over trumps immigration ban. Activistsation day, chained themselves together to shut down the headquarters of uber in san francisco. Magazines have pulled out of white house Correspondents Dinner parties amongst president s proclaimed war with the media. Yorker has canceled its a no caps off party, while vanity fair has it will not cosponsor the dennis exclusive after party. Comedian samantha bee has announced she e will h hold in n alalternative event is a not as the april dinner. In 2011, President Trump, then a reality tv star, was eviscerated by c comedian seth meyers during the Correspondents Dinner. Then of course there is donald trump. Donald trump has been saying he wiwill run for president as a republican, which is surprising, since i just assumed he was running as a joke. [applause] donald trump often appears on fox, which is ironic, because a fox often appears on Donald Trumps head. He is arump said greater relationship with the blacks, the less the blacks are family of white people, i bet he is mistaken. Amy and those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We begin today with the good news that President Donald Trump opened black History Month by mentioning the renowned abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The bad news is, hehe doesnt sm to realize that he is dead. This is donald trump speaking at the black History Month event at the white house on wednesday. Pres. Trump i am very proud now that we have a museum on the National Mall where people can learn about reverend king, so many other things, for douglas is an example Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who is done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more i noticed. Amy Frederick Douglass was born into slavery around 1818 and died in 1895. Trumps comments about him lead to followup questions from reporters. It is about Frederick Douglass being recognized more and more. Do you know specifically what he was referring to . Was to highlight the contributions he has made and are a lot of the actions and statements he is going to make, i think the contributions of Frederick Douglass will become more and more. Amy in a minute, we will set the record straight when we are joined by the great, great, great grandson of Frederick Douglass. First, the words of douglas himself. On july 5, 1852 in rochester, new york, douglass gave one of his most famous spepeeches, the meaning of july 4 for the negro. He was addressing the rochester ladies antislavery society. This is a neck served of James Earl Jones reading the historic address during a performance o f howard zininns voicices of a peoples history of the United States. It is not light that is needed, but fire. It is not the gentle shower, but under. We need the storm, the whirlwind, the earthquake, the feeling of the nation must be quickened. The constants of the nation must be aroused. The propriety of the nation must be startled. The hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed and the crimes against god and man must be proclaimed and denounced. A makeover more, were joined by the great, great, great grandson of Frederick Douglass, Kenneth Morris, junior, also the great, great grandson of booker t. Washington the founder and president of the Frederick Douglass family initiatives. He joins us from irvine, california. Welcomome to democracy now your thoughts on Donald Trumps words, the president of the unUnited States, about your gre, great, greatgrandfather. Well, im in california come so when i woke up and my phone was ringing off the hook and i heard what he had said, my first reaction was, wow, the gift of Frederick Douglass has been given again on the first day of black History Month. Last year on black History Month, february 1, google honored Frederick Douglass with its Google Doodle of the day. That act introduced the legacy of Frederick Douglass and his life and contributions to the country and to the world, to millions of people. Then w when i heard that donald trump said that Frederick Douglass has done an amazing job i thought, ok, well, this gives us an opportunity to be able to introduce and talk about his legacy and his life to a wider audience. Amy amazingly, frederick at some was trending point on thursday. He was as popular on social media as beyonce and her pregnancy announcement. I have two young daughters. They were very proud that Frederick Douglass was number one over beyonce. Amy this is an incredible education moment. Can you talk about Frederick Douglasss life and what people around the world should know about him . Both of my ancestors, Frederick Douglass and booker t. Washington, were born into slavery. They were born into the most horrific conditions at a human being could be subjected to. But yet through the power of education, both of my ancestors understood from a very young age that education equals freedom. And for Frederick Douglass at the age of nine years old, he was sent from Eastern Sh