—Homeland Secretary John Kelly references 9/11. He said those attacks taught us we could not take our nation’s security for granted.. that we needed to overcome our collective inability to connect the dots.” No mention that 15 of the hijackers were Saudis or that billions of dollars worth of bombs were sold to the Saudis who are bombing Yemen, one of the nations included in the ban.
—Trump’s travel ban comes amid allegations by Trump that Barack Obama tapped phones at Trump Tower during the election campaign. Nasty tweets about Obama from Trump followed Jeff Sessions recusing himself from investigations into whether Russia meddled in the election campaign. Sessions recused himself because he got caught lying to a Senate Committee during his confirmation hearing. Meanwhile Russia blamed mainstream media for not allowing Trump to even talk about improving ties with Russia.
—Also in the newscast, parents, teachers and education advocates marched for funding for public education. Matt Bailey reports.
—Armand Echeverry reports on resistance by medical students to the Trump administration’s plan to roll back the Affordable Care Act.
—Ben Max of Gotham Gazette gives us a preview of the week ahead in NYC and NYS politics.
—Earthmum tells about plans to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline in Washington D.C. this week.
—Sally O’Brien reports that civil rights firebrand Lynne Stewart may be nearing her last days. Stewart's husband Ralph Poynter welcomes your email. He's at [email protected].