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Welcome to democracyow democracynow.org the Warren Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman. A gunman charged a security
9 seconds
checkpoint at the White House correspondents dinner Saturday night at the Washington Hilton exchanging gunfire16 seconds
with law enforcement before being subdued and taken into custody.21 seconds
President Trump and other senior administration officials were abruptly evacuated from the ballroom as Secret28 seconds
Service agents swarm the venue and some attendees ducked under tables. The suspect has been identified as37 seconds
31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen from Torrance, California. He'd checked into the hotel the day before, traveling by46 seconds
train from Los Angeles to Chicago to Washington DC. Allen's expected to be52 seconds
formally charged in court today. He reportedly left behind a written manifesto in which he stated he wanted1 minute, 1 second
to target officials in the Trump administration. In his so-called manifesto, the suspected gunman does not1 minute, 10 seconds
mention
President Trump by name, but writes, quote, "I'm a citizen of the
United States of America. What my representatives do reflects on me, and
I1 minute, 18 seconds
am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and trader to coat my hands with his crimes," unquote. In an1 minute, 28 seconds
interview
with 60 Minutes, President Trump became defensive when host Norah
O'Donnell read an excerpt of the suspect's manifesto.1 minute, 38 seconds
You think he was referring to Excuse me.1 minute, 40 seconds
I'm not a pedophile. You read that crap from some sick person. Uh, I got associated with all stuff that has1 minute, 49 seconds
nothing to do with me. I was totally exonerated. your friends on the other side of the plate are the ones that were1 minute, 58 seconds
involved
with, let's say, Epstein or other things. But I said to myself, you
know, I'll do this interview and they'll probably I read the manifesto.
You know,2 minutes, 7 seconds
he's a sick person, but you should be ashamed of yourself reading that because I'm not any of those things, Mr.2 minutes, 14 seconds
President. I was never Excuse me. Excuse me.2 minutes, 18 seconds
You shouldn't be reading that on 60 Minutes. You're a disgrace. President Trump quickly moved to use the attack to2 minutes, 25 seconds
promote the massive new ballroom he's constructing on the White House grounds, posting on Truth Social Sunday morning.2 minutes, 33 seconds
This
event would never have happened with the militarily top secret ballroom
currently under construction at the White House. It cannot be built
fast2 minutes, 42 seconds
enough,
he said. The Justice Department also used the shooting at the White
House Correspondents Dinner to try to pressure the National Trust for
Historic2 minutes, 51 seconds
Preservation to drop their lawsuit against Trump's $400 million ballroom project. Assistant Attorney General3 minutes
Brett Chumate gave the trust until 9:00 a.m. today to dismiss its lawsuit,3 minutes, 6 seconds
writing
in a letter that the ballroom quote will ensure the safety and security
of the president for decades to come. and prevent future assassination3 minutes, 15 seconds
attempts on the president at the Washington Hilton.3 minutes, 21 seconds
Meanwhile, on Sunday, nine people were injured in a mass shooting near the campus of the University of Indiana,3 minutes, 29 seconds
Bloomington.3 minutes, 31 seconds
Ceasefire talks between the US and Iran collapsed over the weekend. President Trump abruptly cancelled a planned trip3 minutes, 39 seconds
to Pakistan by special envoy Steve Witkov and his son-in-law Jared Kushner,3 minutes, 44 seconds
posting
the decision on Truth Social minutes after Pakistani officials
announced that the Iranian foreign minister Abbasari had left Islamabad.3 minutes, 56 seconds
Iraqi traveled today to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the ceasefire negotiations.4 minutes, 4 seconds
Axios is reporting Iran gave the US a new proposal to reopen the straight of Hormuz and end the war with nuclear4 minutes, 12 seconds
negotiations postponed for a later stage. Meanwhile, Reuters reports an4 minutes, 19 seconds
internal Pentagon email has outlined options for punishing NATO allies the Trump administration believes failed to4 minutes, 27 seconds
support the US operations in the Iran war, including suspending Spain from the alliance.4 minutes, 37 seconds
Lebanon's health ministry reports Israeli strikes killed 14 people and wounded 37 others on Sunday, including4 minutes, 46 seconds
two children. Despite the US brokered ceasefire, the Israeli military also ordered residents to evacuate seven4 minutes, 53 seconds
towns north of Latani River beyond the so-called buffer zone Israeli forces have occupied. Meanwhile, Hisbullah said5 minutes
it
had attacked Israeli troops inside Lebanon, as well as the rescue force
that came to evacuate them. One Israeli soldier was killed and six more
wounded.5 minutes, 10 seconds
More than 2500 people have been killed in Israeli strikes across Lebanon since5 minutes, 16 seconds
March 2nd, including 177 children and 100 medics. According to Lebanon's5 minutes, 23 seconds
health ministry, more than 1.2 2 million people, nearly a fifth of Lebanon's population, have been displaced.5 minutes, 33 seconds
In Gaza, Israeli forces killed at least 12 Palestinians Friday, including eight people killed when Israeli forces struck5 minutes, 40 seconds
a police vehicle in Kanunas. A separate attack in Gaza City killed two police officers. Two others were killed in the5 minutes, 49 seconds
bombing of a house in Bethleia in northern Gaza. Since the US brokered ceasefire last year, Israel's killed at5 minutes, 56 seconds
least 984 Palestinians. This is Alaj Jabar. His brother was killed in Israeli attack on Friday.6 minutes, 6 seconds
They should find a solution. Enough.6 minutes, 7 seconds
They
should find a solution. Where's the new government? Where is the new
government? Where is it? You hear of five, 10 martyrs every day. Where?
The6 minutes, 15 seconds
Israelis advance on us. Fire and projectiles. And we are living in the east of Gaza, close to death. Where should we go?6 minutes, 23 seconds
The US Justice Department said Friday it'll use firing squads and single drug lethal injections to kill condemned6 minutes, 31 seconds
federal prisoners as it seeks to ramp up and expedite capital punishment. It's also planning to impose new restrictions6 minutes, 38 seconds
on the ability of death row prisoners to seek clemency or pardons along with a regulation designed to cut years off the6 minutes, 47 seconds
federal appeals process for state death penalty cases. At the Vatican, Pope Leo reiterated the Catholic Church's6 minutes, 54 seconds
opposition
to capital punishment on the same day the Trump administration
announced its plans to expedite expand state sanctioned killings.7 minutes, 5 seconds
In this regard, we affirm that the dignity of the person is not lost even after various serious crimes are7 minutes, 12 seconds
committed. Furthermore, effective systems of detention can be and have been developed that protect citizens7 minutes, 21 seconds
while at the same time do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption.7 minutes, 28 seconds
Later in the broadcast, we'll speak with Sister Helen Pjan, the renowned anti-death penalty activist. We'll speak7 minutes, 36 seconds
to her in Chicago where Pope Leo comes from. The Board of Immigration Appeals,7 minutes, 42 seconds
BIA, has issued a ruling that makes it easier for the Trump administration to deport people with DACA. That's deferred7 minutes, 50 seconds
action for childhood arrivals. The new president decision by a three judge panel outlined DACA can no longer8 minutes
guarantee deportation relief for thousands of people. The BIA operates within the Department of Justice. The8 minutes, 7 seconds
ruling came in the case of Catalina Soil Santiago, a DACA recipient and immigration rights advocate who was8 minutes, 15 seconds
released from an ICE jail last October after being detained for about two months. The targeting of people with8 minutes, 23 seconds
DACA has intensified under Trump's second term with nearly 300 DACA recipients arrested last year, according8 minutes, 31 seconds
to
the Texas Tribune. In Colorado, an Egyptian mother and her five
children were detained by federal immigration agents for several hours
Saturday, less8 minutes, 40 seconds
than
two days after a federal judge ordered their release from the only US
family detention center where they'd been imprisoned for 10 months.
Haimal8 minutes, 49 seconds
Gamal was arrested when she complied with a requirement she check in with an ICE office in Denver. Her lawyer says8 minutes, 57 seconds
she and her children were put aboard a deportation flight, but were removed from the plane before it could leave the9 minutes, 4 seconds
US after a federal court granted an emergency injunction. The Elgamal family has already endured the longest known9 minutes, 12 seconds
family
detention under President Trump's second term at the South Texas Family
Residential Center in Dilly, where they say their mental health
suffered as they9 minutes, 21 seconds
endured abhorrent medical care, rotten food, and a disregard for their religious freedom to practice Islam.9 minutes, 28 seconds
They
said the Department of Homeland Security has given guidance to
immigration officers instructing them to deny green cards to immigrants
who burn the US flag,9 minutes, 40 seconds
criticize the state of Israel, or participate in pro Palestinian campus protests. That's according to the New9 minutes, 47 seconds
York Times, citing internal DHS training documents which have not been previously reported. The guidance discourages9 minutes, 56 seconds
officers from granting permanent residency to people with a history of quote endorsing, promoting, or10 minutes, 3 seconds
supporting anti-American views or anti-semitic terrorism ideologies or groups unquote. One example of10 minutes, 11 seconds
questionable
speech provided to officers is social media post that declares quote
stop Israeli terror in Palestine unquote and shows the Israeli flag
crossed out.10 minutes, 24 seconds
In
Washington DC, a federal appeals courts ruled Trump's claims of an
invasion in order to shut down asylum requests at the US Mexico border
is10 minutes, 32 seconds
unlawful.
ACLU attorney Lee Alert, who argued the case, said, quote, "This
decision puts an end to the inhumane Trump policy of sending people,10 minutes, 43 seconds
including families with little children,10 minutes, 45 seconds
back to horrific danger without even a hearing." Trump issued the proclamation on his first day back in office.10 minutes, 54 seconds
The US military said Sunday it carried out another strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing at least11 minutes, 1 second
three people. US Southern Command shared a video of a boat bursting into flames as it moved through open international11 minutes, 10 seconds
waters. The Trump administration once again claimed the vessel was carrying drugs without providing any evidence.11 minutes, 17 seconds
Since September, the Pentagon says it's killed at least 185 people in strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific. The11 minutes, 25 seconds
attacks have been widely condemned as illegal.11 minutes, 30 seconds
The Mexican government said Saturday the two US CIA agents killed in a car crash in northern Mexico after a drug raid11 minutes, 37 seconds
earlier this month were not authorized to participate in such operations in the country. The car crash prompted an11 minutes, 44 seconds
investigation into the agents role with Mexico's Ministry of Security, saying in a statement, quote, "Mexican law is11 minutes, 51 seconds
clear.
It does not prot permit the participation of foreign agents and
operations within the national territory." unquote. Two Mexican law11 minutes, 59 seconds
enforcement officers were also killed in the crash. In Ukraine, Russian drone and missile attacks killed at least 1612 minutes, 8 seconds
people over the weekend, including nine people killed in Denipro, where a Russian onslaught sparked fires across12 minutes, 16 seconds
the
city and partly destroyed several blocks of homes and businesses.
Dozens of people were left wounded. This is a 74year-old resident of the
Nepro who12 minutes, 25 seconds
narrowly avoided death when his apartment building was bombed.12 minutes, 31 seconds
Can you imagine the force of the explosion? It was so loud. I was laying down when the first blast went off.12 minutes, 37 seconds
Debris
started raining down on me and the balcony was blown away. I had just
grabbed a cigarette and gone into the toilet and the last blast, it went
off12 minutes, 46 seconds
right next to me and everything came crashing down. If I hadn't gone to the toilet, I don't know if I'd still be alive.12 minutes, 54 seconds
Meanwhile, Russian officials say a Ukrainian attack on the Russian occupied Zaparicha nuclear power plant killed a13 minutes, 1 second
worker. The International Atomic Energy Agency, the IAEA, said it had launched an investigation and reiterated that13 minutes, 9 seconds
such attacks quote endanger nuclear safety and must not take place unquote.13 minutes, 14 seconds
In Mali, armed to separatists joined fighters with an al-Qaeda linked affiliate in a massive coordinated13 minutes, 22 seconds
attack on the capital Bamako and four other cities Saturday amidst reports of explosions and gunfire at Bamako's13 minutes, 28 seconds
international airport. Officials reported Mali's defense minister Sajio Camo was killed when an apparent suicide13 minutes, 37 seconds
attacker set off a truck bomb as his residence. Mali's military ruler,13 minutes, 41 seconds
General Asimi Goita, was reportedly moved to a secure location after his home was targeted. He has yet to make a13 minutes, 50 seconds
public statement. And Maine's Democratic governor, Janet Mills, has vetoed what would have been the nation's first13 minutes, 58 seconds
statewide moratorum on large AI data centers. Mills said in a statement she'd blocked the landmark bill because it did14 minutes, 6 seconds
not include an exception on a data center in the town of Jay at the site of a vacant mill that shuttered in 2023.14 minutes, 14 seconds
Maine's data center moratorum had drawn strong bipartisan support and was backed by Maine residents who'd raised alarm14 minutes, 22 seconds
about
the potential threats to the environment and higher energy costs. At
least a half a dozen states, including New York and Michigan, have
considered14 minutes, 30 seconds
similar measures. To see our coverage of this story with the sponsor of the main legislation, go to democracynow.org.14 minutes, 40 seconds
And those are some of the headlines. This is democracyow democracynow.org,14 minutes, 44 seconds
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