he doesn't want to mess with the support from the anti-semites that did support him. when he's talking against the media, when we all remember during his rallies, people shooting jew fa and looking at the media, i think one has to do with the other. i think there is a correlation between his attacks on the media and a lot of these anti-semitic feelings. what i would say to america is, we've got to do it ourselves. we've got to be vigilance against anti-hate crimes. when we see something, we must fight it and denounce it and condemn it. we must report it. forget president trump. forget relying on him. he's not going to fix this. he's not going to be full-throated about this. each one of us has power to be a

soldier against this war on hate. >> look, we've learned the lessons through history too many times and it's always bitter. that which you refuse to reject, you often encourage. gentlemen, ladies, thank you very much. appreciate it. we're following a lot of news. what do you say, let's get to it. >> the number one priority is making sure that those who pose a threat are immediately dealt with. >> we have bad hombres here and we're going to get them out. >> 11 million immigrants could now face deportation. >> the president can't condemn anti-semitism in his west wing. >> no matter how many times he talks about this, it's never good enough. >> tensions are high across the country at town halls. >> answer his question! >> if you answer any of that,

i'll shut up and sit down. >> this is "new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camorota." >> welcome to "new day." crossing the border illegally automatically means you can deported but enforcement has always been tailored to criminals. maybe not anymore. >> we are awaiting details of the president's new travel ban. we are in day 34 of the trump presidency. let's go live to joe johns at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. this is not clear how the administration expects to pay for this mass deportation but they are taking the shackles off immigration officers and they say they are just enforcing

existing law, though it's clear this is a much more robust enforcement of existing law. >> we will have strong borders again. >> reporter: under the new guidelines, the majority of the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants could now face deportation. >> everybody who is here illegally is subject to removal at any time. but the priority that the president's laid forward and the priority that i.c.e. is putting forward through dhs' guidance is to make sure the people who have committed a crime or pose a threat to our public safety are the priority of their efforts. >> reporter: but the trump administration's new guidelines direct immigration and border agents to deport any undocumented immigrant charged, convicted or even suspected of a crime. even minor crimes like a traffic violation or shoplifting. and crossing the border illegally is technically criminal. >> anyone who is found in an undocumented status would ultimately be apprehended and deported with due process,

totally eroded. >> reporter: the rules facing more restrained policies faced by previous administrations. under obama, i.c.e. focused mainly on those deported of serious crimes and anyone arrested within two weeks of illegally crossing the border could face expedited deportation. now, anyone within two years of crossing the border could be deported without due process. immigration officers now have greater authority to decide who stays and who goes. >> the tight rope that the administration will have to walk will be what do they do with the people who are here, young people, someone who was 2 years old when they were brought to this country. that's going to be difficult. >> reporter: the white house emphasizing that president obama's program protecting dreamers, those brought to the u.s. as children, won't be targeted. >> if they were brought here in such a way -- it's a very, very tough subject. we're going to deal with daca with heart. >> reporter: but the hard-line immigration policy is sparking fear in immigrant communities.

>> we're concerned about what donald trump means for our family. will it mean that we will be separated from our mother just like we were separated from our father nine years ago? >> meanwhile, president trump caving to pressure, condemning rising anti-semitism during a visit to the african-american history museum. >> the anti-semitic threats targeting our jewish community and community centers are horrible. and are painful and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil. >> reporter: before this, the president skirted the issue in news conferences since taking office. >> i am the least anti-semitic person that you've ever seen in your entire life. >> reporter: and president trump meets this morning with his new secretaries of state and homeland security before they fly off to mexico later today.

they have a big challenge to go and try to establish relationships in a country that's really become quite angry over president trump's rhetoric. chris and alisyn? >> joining me is a member of the house foreign affairs committee and an iraq war veteran. you also happen to be my congressman of the first district out there on central and eastern suffolk county. we've talked many times. you have unique challenges coming your way, congressman, because that first district, your area, could be ground zero for the reality of these new policies. are you concerned that this broad a scope of enforcement will lead to mass deportations in your own district? >> well, we are a nation of immigrants and people should be able to come to our country and my district to pursue the american dream and hope and

opportunity and education. it's a unique district out here because we have a lot of people who come here legally, seasonally. we have the vineyards, the farming of the tourism and hospitality industry of the south fork. we also have a big issue here with regard to ms-13, gang violence, a lot of people who are here illegally and are disrupting communities and destroying lives. so the implementation of this new order is going to be incredibly important. i want to see a priority of effort placed on where i see that disruption of a local community, that disruption of the family as opposed to putting the higher priority on others who may be here who love our country, who want to be great citizens of our community. i also want to see an implementation of this in a way that those who are not here yet

because they went to their local embassy to figure out how they can come to america and they are waiting in line, we should put a priority and effort in making sure that they can come here as well. >> right. but if you're a gang member, that's a no-brainer. and if you're a seasonal worker, you have your pass and your documents. that's a no-brainer. we're talking about this other group that looms large in your district and you know this, the schools are filled with them. they are undocumented but they have assimilated into the communities. they have families there, they are working, they are law-abiding. they are vulnerable more than ever under these new guidelines. can you stand for that? >> we're going to have to see how it ends up getting implemented. it's difficult for me to comment on exactly how many people are going to get deported, how it's going to get enforced in the

coming weeks, months and years. what i am encouraged by is that when the executive order on the travel ban was first signed off by the president, it seemed like the secretary kelly wasn't involved enough in that process. we didn't see the memos being signed out of the gate from the secretary of homeland security to be able to do the questions and answers. but what we're seeing now with the memos that were signed, if you go on the dh website this morning, you're able to get a lot more answers than the rollout of some of the prior executive orders. so we know what we know now but it's difficult to guess exactly what the numbers will look like, the implementation and process. if it crosses a line and there is an improvement that needs to be advocated for, i'm all for it. >> when are you going to have a town hall? you're going to be vulnerable to that. now, for the audience, lee came in in 2015, beat a democrat

named tim bishop. you have a lot of popularity. when you go into a town hall with this being out there right now, what are you looking forward to? >> a few things. i had several meetings yesterday, actually, people on the other side of the aisle, people who maybe are involved in a protest and doing the same thing today. tomorrow night, i'll do a town hall where i speak to thousands of my constituents at once. >> a tele town hall? >> yeah. i've been doing them for years. it's great. people love them. you get thousands of people on the phone. >> again, so next week, we're having mob bibl office hours where people come in and their able to walk in off the street and ask me whatever questions

they want. people are upset saying that they are not meeting with their members of congress that are not requesting meetings. there are a lot of people asking for town halls for the purpose of disrupting a town hall with no sense of decorum. i'll stand inside of a room with 6,000 people and all 6,000 people can spend the entire time and what's important is that i'm given an opportunity to answer it. what's taking place in town halls is it's turning into political theater. people take out their phones and want to get their 19 seconds of fame. what's disrespectful is those in that room who actually want to hear what their member of congress has to say. so actually what those tactics of shouting down, that member one or two words into their

answer, it's disrespectful to everyone in the room. >> i agree. congressman, you know how it plays and that's part of the role of leadership is how you handle it. we've seen it manifest in a different way. lee zeldin is a veteran. he's served this country. he's also a proud member of the jewish faith. you know that these reports of anti-semitism and these increased threats, they resonate. they create fear. and one of the reasons that the jewish community can live safe in the knowledge that it's not going to be victimized in a real way is because everyone takes their back starting at the top. do you believe that the president of the united states dealt with the anti-semitic threats the way he should have? >> two things. one was when he was asked the question in his press conference -- and you mentioned it on your network on friday when i was asked about it -- it was like he was answering a different question. it was an opportunity for him to

leadership in a way that a lot of people who didn't vote for him would be nodding their head in agreement because he would be talking strongly with the need to tackle the rising tide of anti-semitism all over our country, the bomb threats targeting jccs, the anti-semitism on college campuses. as a leader of the free world, there's anti-semitism abroad. i was critical of the president that he left the reference to jews off his statement and i'm encouraged that he's now speaking up against what we're seeing, targeting of jccs. there's a lot more to be said and done to tackle anti-semitism. >> but if you don't call out what's not being said, isn't that a way of encouraging more of the same? you have not heard the president talk about this objectively the way he does other things that piss him off. if he doesn't like something,

he's full-throated, on social media, banging it down, even if the facts are not on his side. on this one, he has the facts on his side and he's not been as voiciferous. true or false? >> it's true. he hasn't come to advise. for me personally, it's pretty instinctive when i'm asked a question about bomb threats targeting jewish community centers, anonymous bomb threats that are instilling fear inside of a community, it should be to fully investigate, you know, with all resources, all law enforcement tools to figure out who they are making these calls to crack down on it and to send a message that there is absolutely no room in america for anyone to be instilling fear on people based off of the fact that they are jewish and for me i would obviously be answering

this differently. it would be great if he came to me asking for advice on how to handle it. he's not doing that. this is a great opportunity for him to take what he said in the most recent day or two and take it to the next level and not stop until it's actually eliminated. >> and part of the concern is, why would it be any different coming from you? just because you're jewish? leadership is leadership. we had our jeff zeleny talking to sean spicer, the press secretary, and the idea of whether general mcmaster would have the ability to put whoever he wanted in the nsc, the national security council, including removing steve bannon, if that's what he believed the right thing to do would be. >> i think we have an amazing team. the president has, with other candidates, told them that they would leave the team and have the discretion with -- jeff? >> you said that he has the full authority to structure his office as he sees fit.

does that extend to the principle's committee as well? if he advises the president he'd prefer not to have the chief strategist as the committee -- >> the president has made clear he's got full authority to structure the national security team the way he wants. obviously with something like that he would come to the president and make that recommendation but the president would take that under serious consideration. >> what do you make of that? do you think there's any chance that the president would allow his national security adviser to remove steve bannon from the principles committee? >> could be. it could be possible that he allows that. i think that you need to have the right chemistry on that committee. you need to be surrounded by people who, at times, may be telling you what you want to hear and other times telling you what you don't want to hear, giving you the best possible advice so you can make the best

decisions. i don't know steve bannon or general mcmaster or the chemistry between the two. at the end of the day, you need to have the committee aligned in a way that will allow the president to make the best decisions he can and a conversation between the president and his new national security adviser, that decision is made to keep or remove steve bannon. what's most important at the end of the day is the president is making the right decision to keep america safe and to do his job to the best of his ability. i don't know whether or not he will, what kind of changes are coming. i really do wish our president success. i want him to be successful. i actually remember when i first came in the state senate, giving a speech in stoney brook, governor cuomo of new york had just gotten elected and i said i wanted him to be successful. his success is our success as new yorkers. whether you voted for president trump or you didn't, his success is our success as americans.

president obama was my president even though i didn't vote for him. president trump is my president. i did vote for him. and i just want him to make the right decisions and be surrounded with the people that will allow him to be an effective president as much as possible. >> i didn't agree with you with what you said about the governor but i understand what you said about the president. thanks for outlining these issues for us. you're right. we'll see how the enforcement goes. you judge how it's affecting your district when we have you back on. take care. >> thank you. >> alisyn? there are concerns about mass deportations. up next, we have the first dominican american who is in congress. he also is the first formerly undocumented immigrant to be in congress. we'll talk to him next, here. . online and on your phone nope. it's been masterpassed. for the little victories, am i right? masterpass, the secure way to pay from your bank don't just buy it, masterpass it.

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the white house is expanding the criteria for deportations of undocumented immigrants, possibly setting the stage for mass deportations. this banner that you're about to see reflects what's going on. it's been put at the bottom of the statue of liberty. it says "refugees welcome" and it was briefly draped there at the base. joining me now is a congressman from new york, the first dominican american to serve in congress and also the first member of congress who was once an undocumented immigrant. congressman, thanks for being here. >> thank you so much for inviting me. >> so you have a fascinating perspective. but i want to ask you about your personal story first.

when were you an undocumented immigrant? >> i came here at the age of 9 with my parents and my brother and sister. we were here on a visa and overstayed. >> as so many people do. >> as so many people do. we were actually here without any documents and had to go back to the dominican republic to get our green cards. had we not gotten our green cards, we would have been stuck there. >> what was your life like during that time? >> i was a young boy but i remember my grandparents talking to us about being careful where we went, not approaching any strangers and it sent a chilling effect to anybody who doesn't have any documents. how do you move around? how do you go to school? how do you go to a store? you move around the neighborhood. it sends a chilling effect to anybody who doesn't have any papers, these kinds of actions are occurring now. >> because you do sort of live in the shadows? >> that's true. there's no question about that.

what i find is many people are afraid. i hear in my district office people calling in concerned. they don't know how this new guidelines will apply to them. people are afraid to go out during the daytime. i heard of folks that only go out at nighttime. and so there is concern. there is fear out there. >> but so you -- then what happened? you lived here for a year and a half as an undocumented child and then you and your family had to return to the dominican republic and you had to, basically, go through the proper procedure to come here legally. >> that's correct. >> you know what mr. trump's supporters would say, why doesn't everybody do that? that's what everybody would have to do. >> i was a child, just like many other young kids coming in because their parents bring them here. should they be penalized? they were raised here in america. they speak english and many don't even speak the language of their country. >> you would have been called a

dreamer. had that term been invented during your day, you would have been called a dreamer and his guidelines don't touch the -- >> but it unleashes the hound dogs, as they say. it expedites removal. it fractures families. you know, removal is not a straight and narrow procedure. you know, there are families that are here undocumented whose children were born here. so if you remove the father, let's say, that family now will not have a father figure there. if you remove the mother or both of them, what would happen to the children that are u.s. citizens? they have rights and privileges just like you and i have have. and so it is not a straight and narrow procedure. it will have implications across the board. and so we are very concerned about these guidelines. >> but what do you say to all of the people who say there are laws in this country. we are a sovereign nation. people have to do it right and

have to wait in line like ultimately your family had to. i mean, how could -- >> there are laws and we're not asking for people to break the law. we're not saying that if someone committed a violent crime, they should not be arrested and deported. but we are a country of aspirations. are we a country of deportation or a country of mass deportations? i think that's what's on the table right now. have we changed the course of america? we're now a heavy-handed bullying country or are we a country that anybody could do anything, including an undocumented young boy that's now a member of congress. >> your personal trajectory is remarkable. we know a few details of what mr. trump's plan looks like. he would add 10,000 i.c.e. agents to help with deportation. 5,000 border patrol officers would be added. additional detention centers and

an expansion of immigration courts. the estimated cost is 1 to $4 billion. what concerns you the most? >> i think that, first of all, do we have the money to implement all of this? is this the best way to spend our money? or should we be building schools? should we be building infrastructure? should we be doing positive things with this money? or are we in a lockdown in my district? is the nation going to be in lockdown? is it martial law? are you unleashing the hounds? are people going to be afraid to walk down the street even if they have their green card, even if they're a u.s. citizen because they look and speak a certain way? is this really america? and so that's what's on the table. we're not saying that people should break the law and come here but people aspire to come to the united states and that's why this nation is great. so these policies that are being implemented by president trump

are heavy-handed policies. they set the guidelines for mass deportation plan. are we going to see deportation trucks, vans going through the neighborhood? are they going to go to churches? are they going to go to schools? are they going to take away caregiverers even though they are undocumented? people take care of the frail and elderly. is this what america is about? >> congressman, thank you very much for coming in and sharing your personal story. you're a role model to all sorts of kids and immigrants as well as the undocumented. thank you. >> thank you so much. we have a quick programming note for you, dana bash and chris cue oem mo will moderate a primetime debate tonight. the eight candidates who want to lead the democratic national committee will be there just days before the vote. so join us, please, tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. looking forward to it, chris. republican lawmakers are catching heat as they meet with constituents in their home districts. this is happening all across the

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all right. voter outrage appears to be spreading like wildfire popping up in congressional town halls all across the country. take a listen. >> we have in the white house now the president of the united states and would like to know your thoughts on that. >> first of all, i don't speak for the president. >> how do you feel about it? you're our congressman. >> you have to acknowledge, we have too many people on food stamps in kentucky. the jobs are not coming back and now the people don't have the insurance they need because they are poor. if you have answers for that, i'll shut up like elizabeth warren. >> the congressman said i hope you feel better now. careful. talking to constituents is not like talking to us. you have to show respect. let's go to political analyst

ron brownstein. much to do about nothing or something to watch and see as potential impact going forward, these town halls? >> something to watch, clearly. especially when you're considering a midterm election. one thing i've learned, i thought that intensity didn't matter as much because it gets washed out in the sheer size and scale of our national elections. but the fact is, in 2010 and 2014 and 2016, intensity mattered a lot. the fuel for this, while there are a lot of people who feel trump is doing what he was elected to do, he is facing by far the highest level of of disapproval of any president in polls and i think what is more relevant, virtually everyone who say they disapprove of mr. trump say they strongly disapprove of mr. trump. those are the kind of emotions that drive people to come out to town hall meetings in the middle

of november and turnout in a lower midterm elections. >> president trump has tried to say that these are left-wing agitators that have sent all of these people. these folks don't take kindly to that, this notion that it didn't born out of their own outrage organically. >> yeah. i think it is easier now -- one thing we're seeing is a secular change in our politics. in the social media age, it's easier to organize movements than we've ever seen before. look at the protests about the day after president trump's naug immigration. more than 1 in every 100 americans was on the street. that's incredible without any real kind of national structure or organization and it just shows how much the social media era makes it easier for like-minded people to find each other and encourage each other. if you want to believe that all of this is manufactured, i think you are setting yourself up for some trouble.

you're talking about a disapproval rating for president trump that is well over 80%. an approval rating that is in the single digits. there are a lot of opposition out there. it's genuine and something republicans will have to deal with in 2018. >> let's play on the idea of seeing what it leads to in light of these new parameters for immigration enforcement. with hear from republican lawmakers, let's see who they round up before we go to the extreme. the problem is, they've just created the potential for selective and harsh law enforcement. what's the plus/minus? >> first of all, the context for this is often misunderstood. the best data we have comes from the pew research center, using u.s. and mexican sources, they

show the number of undocumented immigrants peaked in 2007. we've had a net flow in the other direction towards mexico. 500,000 -- >> people see tons of people that they believe are undocumented. the numbers are still real. >> right. >> the reality is second to the perception. >> right. the number is actually lower today than it was seven, eight years ago. first, in polling, historically going -- i've been writing polls on immigration at "the l.a. times" and consistently always a majority of americans support some path to legal status of not necessarily citizenship for people who have been here and committed no other wrongdoing other than the fact of entering illegally. there's never been an authority for illegal deportation. only in two states that i recall support deportation. there is the idea of mass deportation has never been something with a big approval.

by the way, most house republicans are in districts with very few foreign-born americans. so to some extent, they are insulated against the backlash. the question is the white college suburbs where deportation is unpopular. >> ron, thank you for the bottom line. >> thanks. voters sharing their thoughts on the trump presidency just one month in. what do they think he's accomplished and how do they feel about the russia connection? more of our voter panel, next. it's never been easier. except when it comes to your retirement plan. but at fidelity, we're making retirement planning clearer. and it all starts with getting your fidelity retirement score. in 60 seconds, you'll know where you stand. and together, we'll help you make decisions for your plan... to keep you on track.

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about president trump's first month in office? well, we wanted to head to the heartland to find out. i sat down with some passionate trump supporters as well as some of his critics in columbus, ohio, at the ladies gallery inside the ohio statehouse. our discussion centered or foreign policy, russia and if there's any chance of uniting this divided country. >> are you comfortable with the idea that some of mr. trump's advisers would be dealing with the russians during the campaign and before he was installed in the presidency? >> well, it's the old rule that 80% of the things that you worry about never happen. we probably get overexcited about a lot of these things and probably it's nothing most of the time. look at our history. it's been that way. it's not the only thing that's ever happened that was skeptical. >> here's the big deal. the big deal is we don't always -- >> keep them under the radar. they are supposed to be talking to these people.

>> exactly. does any of you remember gorbachev and the shoe and -- >> what do you mean by that? >> russia told us they were going to displace from the inside. they are a snake. >> oh, sure. >> they are. >> we don't disagree on that. >> so keep your friends close and your enemies closer. we've been doing that over the years and we haven't -- i could see how you would want to increase communications with them but that is slow, careful process, not, let's get in bed with russia. i don't want to be buddy-buddy with the bad guy. >> i don't think we are. i think what it comes down to is you've got to look at trump from a miss person. if i'm sitting down and doing a business deal with you, if we hate each other, we're going to get nowhere but if we can at least converse, we have a chance of getting somewhere. >> so do we converse in those back rooms? >> sometimes you have to. >> do you guys ever play a game with yourself called what if

hillary clinton did it? and do you ever do a mind trick -- >> on both sides, yeah. >> so i think it's an interesting game. and so when you say what if hillary clinton's national security adviser before she was installed in the white house, the top advisers had repeated calls with the russians on the sunday show and misled her vice president and lied about it, then what? >> i would call for an investigation. not a problem. >> why do you seem to be more calm about it on the trump side? >> i'm not calm on either side. >> so are you comfortable with an investigation with mr. trump as well? >> sure. i don't have a problem with it. >> if huma abedin were in this same situation, you would say, people have back room conversations. what's the big deal? >> no, i would say there's room for being a skeptic. >> how about an investigation? i'm a facts person. we're just speculating. i do hear that they have transcripts of his calls so

there's not any funky stuff that they don't know about going on. once the facts come out, you know, that's what we run with. >> and if there was something where he was saying, we have sanctions, then would you be disappointed and think differently? >> yeah. i mean, i'm all for doing the right thing. he already resigned. you know, i agree with that. >> i want to do the right thing. silence. there's nothing after that. we all want to do the right thing and you got behind the guy that yelled the loudest and made the biggest show. he didn't say anything while he was running, he's not saying anything now and you can't tell me -- please, i would really -- i don't mean this as an attack. i like to sit back and be calm and really listen. >> but at the end of the day, the themes like when someone on

the right does something wrong, there's an automatic assumption that they're wrong. and that there was evil motive there. and if you look at the course of the last 10, 20 years, it's gotten even worse. >> do you guys ever play that mental game? >> yeah. >> of what if barack obama did this, what if hillary clinton did this, what if hillary clinton's national security adviser had conversations with the russian ambassador before hillary clinton. would you say she's making an overture to a foreign dignitary, big whoop? >> i was not all like, woo-hoo, obama. i would be livid. i try to look at things from all sides. >> this is what i think is part of the issue. i don't know that i'm right and you don't know either. we have to begin to say to each other, i don't know. i believe x, y, z, but i don't know and i want to have the

humility enough to listen. if we keep saying, i'm right and you're wrong, or you have to be wrong for me to be right, which is not true, we can both be right, we can both be wrong. until we overcome that, until we can say with humility, i don't know how to address these issues and i'm not going to come at it in a partisan way but i'm going to use my mind and my heart equally and have compassion and empathy for the human being and the planet, nothing changes. >> how are you left feeling? when you see the division in the country, what do you think is going to happen? >> honestly, i'm cautiously optimistic because, you know, he did say that he was going to unite america and it appears to me that the majority of america has united against his agenda

and is now starting to mobilize in a way we've never seen before. >> but then where does did leave these guys? in other words, if you're marching all the time against president trump, what about the 44% of the country that thinks he's doing a great job? what do we do about these guys? >> that's the question i've been asking everyone that i come in contact with. that's the million dollar question, really that's why we need to have this dialogue. >> how do you feel? do you feel that there's any -- do you feel like trying to find common ground or do you feel like giving up with the other side because we don't have a lot of common ground with them? >> i personally have tons of friends from all walks of life. we get along. i think there's too big of an anti trump bandwagon going on right now. we have to give him a little bit of a chance here. it's gone a little crazy. >> akristen, what do you think in terms of the division? is this just what we live with now? >> he ran on make america great

again. one, i've always thought america was great before. i think we're still great and i think we're just getting better and the world is now seeing what america really is. and that is, that when we see something that isn't lined up with what we believe, we have the right to stand up and the world will see. the world will see. >> all right. so we asked for your thoughts on this discussion. i want to share tweets on what you sent in. henrick writes, "come on. there are a lot of people sore about the progressive agenda falling down and that's it." and "if hillary had remotely done any of these, trump would be holding lock her up rallies. the hypocrisy is incomprehensible." we thank you very much for weighing in and for watching. i'll see you tomorrow. cnn "newsroom" with poply harlow is here after this very quick break. from long island to buffalo,

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good morning, everyone. top of the hour. i'm poppy harlow. john berman has the week off. we begin with lawmakers back at home greeted with anger, hostility and jeers. those are the town halls across the country erupting in shouting matches as lawmakers field questions from angry constituents and everything from immigration to the travel ban and obamacare. some republicans dismissing those protesters as paid activists and the president piling on