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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: the crisis on the u.s. southern border deepens tonight. thousands of haitian migrants who descended on the town of del rio, texas are now being deported. thousands remain encamped under a bridge in dire conditions. and most of those sent home return to a chaotic haiti, reeling from one disaster after another. there are also major developments in congress, touching on the fate of u.s. immigration policy more broadly. yamiche alcindor begins with the situation in del rio. yamiche: today, homeland security secretary saw firsthand the tense situation. he pledged to continue immigration enforcement while

dealing with the migrant's humanitarian needs. >> it is extradinarily challenging. it is very heartbreaking. we are surging resources not only to ensure the security of this area and the community, but also the well-being of the migrants themselves. yamiche: in recent days a crowd of migrants swelled to more than 14,000. they sheltered under near this bridge. they had been waiting to be processed in squalid and sweltering conditions, and with food and supplies constantly running short. >> there is not enough food to give to everybody. we need to get out of the camp to look for food. yamiche: many of them are migrants from haiti who fear returning there right now, both in the wake of an earthquake and in the aftermath of the assassination of their president. over the weekend u.s

authorities stepped up efforts to slow the flow of migrants to that part of the border. agents on horseback aggressively confronted some migrants who were trying to make their way to the encampment. photos and videos as well as the mass deportations have led to intense backlash. the white house called the images horrific. >> is at the white house's stance that these agents would be fired or never be able to do that again? >> of course they should never be able to do that again. it is obviously horrific. i don't have any more informion on it. we will see if there is more to convey. yamiche: the u.s. has started deporting many of the migrants back to and other countries en masse. sunday, more than 300 deported migrants landed in the haitian capital. >> i left haiti to find a better future because here in haiti, all of us young people despite

finishing our studies cannot get any work. we are on the streets with nothing. that is why there are many youngsters on the street and many criminals. it is because the authorities do not think about us. yamiche: a dhs official said the encampment has started to shrink. the agency is still working to ramp up deportation flights. judy: we turn now to yamiche at the white house. and lisa desjardins is here with me. yamiche, you've been covering the crisis in haiti and talking to human rights activists on the ground in texas. what are they telling you about all this and how is e right -- the white house reacting? yamiche: human rights activists and the white house describe the situation as heartbreaking. human rights activists and specifically haitian-american activists say this is the biden

administration treating these migrants cruelly and inhumanely. a lot of people are angrynd say president biden promised haitians that he would treat people in a more dignified way than former president trump. but a lot of people say these images prove that president biden is not keeping has word. i should note there are human rights activists who say sending people back into haiti, a country facing so many crises from gang violence to the aftermath of the assassition of the president and the earthquake, that it is not the right thing to do. one activist told me sending people back into haiti is like sending children into a burning house. that said, the haitian government says officially we can take these folks, but the head of the haitian national migratio office said he would like to see as few deportations as possible. by the white house says this is what needs to happen these

deportation flights will continue. and people do not have the right to remain in the u.s. even though there are people who think there is due process in these migrants should be allowed to be able to file for asylum in this country. under title 42, people are being sent back under the idea of a public health crisis and saying that the u.s. cannot absorb these people at this time. judy: as all this is going on, lisa, you have been reporting on this development on capitol hill that could affect millions of undocumented immigrants who came to this country as children. what happened? lisa: the dreamer situation, millions of immigrants, a major decision in the last day surrounding get reckoned -- budget reconciliation. it is the democrats best chance to pass the most controversial and difficult legislation. let me remind people what we are talking about. it is the process by which you

need 51 votes to get something through the senate. democrats would like to use that to include immigration because they don't have 60 votes for immigration reform. but they may get 51. it has to have a budgetary effect is the thing. so who decides if any legislation has enough of a budgetary effect? the senate parliamentarian. she issued a ruling to senate leaders last night, and she said giving this legal permanent status to these undocumented immigrants would give these persons freedom to work and live openly in r society, changing the law to clear the way to that status is tremendous and enduring policy change that the worse its budgetary impact. essentially she is saying you are trying to get around the purpose of bucket -- budget reconciliation to do large policy changes and i am not going to allow that. it does not fit with this process. that is a body blow to what

democrats hope to do. it's a win for conservatives. judy: lisa, so what does this mean for immigration reform going forward? lisa: it depends on who you speak with. activists still help out hope there could be sit -- hold out hope there could be some window. democrats could try some maneuvers, but this was their main form of attack. think of it as a political wall. now this narrow opening is even smaller. judy: back to yamiche, you now not only have this crisis on the border you have what was going on at the capital. how is the white house looking at all this? yamiche: president biden is stillvery dedicated to having a humane and fixed immigration process. that said, a number of white house officials said they were deeply disappointed at the

parliamentarian's ruling that this immigration path to citizenship could not go into the reconciliation bill. but they hope senators can find a way to put it back into a bill or immigration reform can pass on its own. a very hard thing to get through something which democrats and republicans have tried to get through for years. the white house says this is on a list of other things they want to get done. this is just another challenge for this white house that is facing a number of challenges. judy: the challenges are just piling up. thank you both. amna nawaz now takes a wider look at the status of immigration reform in this country, and what's at stake. amna: that's right. joining me now to take that bigger look at immigration reform right now is marielena hincapie. she is the executive director of the national immigration law center. you heard the secretary say

earlier we are in the midst of a pandemic and in the middle of a critical migration challenges. these arriving haitians will not be treated any effort leave that anyone arriving any part of the border. broadly speaking, what is your reaction to the way the administration has handled this latest crisis at the border? marielena: these images are horrific. it is incredible that the biden and harris administration is using a failed approach of deterrent strategy when these are the very people you look at those images, there is no difference between them except for their names and national origin and their black skin when you compare them to people coming from afghanistan are welcoming and should be welcoming to the united states. we urge the administration to stop the deportation flights t haiti. they must put an end to western hemispheric bias of people coming from the south of the border. whether it is from haiti,

colombia, central america or mexico. they should also have the legal ability to file for asylum and safety and freedom and our nation. amna: whether it is in del rio or another part of the border, it feels like we are seeing and talking about another crisis every few months. this goes back years. whichever group is arriving and overwhelming the system. there has not been meaningful reform in over 30 years and now we are all looking at this news today with senate democrats trying to advance regression reform and were blocked. so what now when it comes to reform? marielena: one is what we're witnessing the border as well as afghanistan is a global prices being fueled by foreign policy, by failed domestic policies, by climate crisis, and of course by the recent earthquake and

political assassination of the haitian president. so we need to take a step back. when president biden was elected by a historic number of multigenerational, multiracial coalition of voters who outright rejected the divisive and anti-emigrant agenda of the previous administration, because president biden talked about having a vision for his 21st century system that recognizes immigrants are a strength to our nation and that centers dignity and humanity of immigrants. that is not what we are seeing at the border right now. the second thing is the reconciliation process that lisa just reported on really shows us that we have a senate parliamentarian who is not elected to office saying the path to citizenship that democrats put forth does not belong there, despite the fact it has a profound budgetary impact. so we are urging and very

encourag by senate champions who are saying that they will keep trying to get that path to citizenship. there are options we are looking at and working closely with our senate champions. we believe that democrats were elected in the senate and the house and white house, they have a governing trifecta and they must deliver. amna: do you want them to ignore the parliamentarian? marielena: we believe there are a number of options including with the parliamentarians ruling weaves open if there is a way to use existing law, updating the registry date. the immigration system is so outdated and dysfunctional, the last time the registry date was updated was in 1971. i was not even in this country yet. there are a number of different changes that can be made to existing law that would provide that path to citizenship. if for whatever reason the senate democrats are not

successful in getting the parliamentarian to include a path to citizenship and legalization for immigrants, we are urging them to use their political power and all of the tools at their disposal because they have been elected by the voters, not the senate parliamentarian. if it is necessary to negate the parliamentarian,hat is what they should do. amna: the executive director of the national immigration law center joining us tonight. thank you so much for your time. judy: a sell-off hit the financial markets today over worries about chinese real estate and u.s. federal reserve policy. the dow jones industrial average gave up 614 points to close at 33,970. the loss of 1.8% was the worst since july.

the nasdaq fell 330 points, more than 2%. the s&p 500 lost 75 points, or 1.7%. for both the nasdaq and the s&p, those were the biggest percentage drops since may. we're joined now by diane swonk of grant thornton to explain what was driving this. tell us what was behind it. diane: it is really a reality check. what we saw as the markets had gotten very complacent about the risks, what we call black swans. rare events are now the norm. re-think from china slowing and what happens in china in the real estate markets can wash up on our own shores. the second largest economy in the world slowing has an effect on the global economy. the federal reserve talking about reducing their asset purchases, taking their foot off the gas, no longer providing as much support for the economy and for financial markets.

and the shenanigans we are seeing in washington over the lifting of the debt ceiling. we had a failure to lift the debt ceiling in 2011 which triggered a downgrade in our debt status and the federal reserve to intervene and say treasury bonds were still investment-grade. all of this together and the fact this is the time of year when people come back and they actually start looking at financial markets and figuring out what is going on. the world now has more black swans flocking instead of just a rare event. judy: i see some analysts are saying today this should not have been a total surprise, that it was due in some way. diane: absolutely. we have known about this for over a month and the payment by this one fund in china is due on thursday. a question is what will the chinese government do so it does

not become a more contagious event which we have already dealt with from china. the larger issue is you also have the delta variant that has been a game changer. here we are going into the fall with the same number of cases we had in january. that is disturbing is wealth --as well. all of this together i think has come to sort of focus the financial markets at the same time the federal reserve is meeting and looking more hawkish with an economy that might be harder in terms of an -- hotter in terms of inflation but cooler in terms of growth and that is not a combination anyone wants. judy: we are all trying to understand it and we thank you for giving us this smart look. thank you very much. stephanie: i am stephanie sy at newshour west. we will return to the full show after the latest headlines. the homeland security secretary

said footage of agents on horseback confronting migrants is extremely troubling. he said an investigation is other way. a san antonio doctor who said he performed an abortion in defiance of the new texas abortion law has been sued. he is the first medical provider to publicly admit to performing the banned procedure after six weeks of pregnancy. one of the attorneys who filed suit said he did so to force courts to examine the legality of the new law. the number of covid-19 deaths in the united states topped 675,000. that equals the total killed nationwide in the so-called spanish flu pandemic of 1918. the u.s. population then was just over 100 million, less than a third of what it is now. also today, the biden administration lifted restrictions on foreigners flying to the u.s., starting in november. they'll need proof of

vaccination and a negative covid test. and pfizer announced its vaccine works in children five to 11 years old. we'll have more on this after the news summary. the world's largest vaccine producer -- india -- says it will resume exports and donations of covid vaccines to nations in need, next month. new delhi had halted shipments after a devastating wave of infections swept the country last april. today, in a government video message, the health minister said it's now possible to re-start vaccine exports. >> vaccine production is increasing. the vaccination program is moving ahead in a fast pace. next month, in october, we are expected to get more than 300 million doses. going forward the production will increase. stephanie: in rwanda, the man who inspired the film “hotel rwanda” has been convicted on terrorism-related charges and sentenced to 25 years in prison.

paul rusesabagina saved ethnic tuts during the 1994 genocide. he is also a critic of the rwandan government. he had branded the trial a sham, and said he did not expect justice. supporters called it part of a crackdown on dissidents. russia's ruling party has won parliamentary elections after barring most oppositn candidates. there were also widespread reports of voting fraud. in a video conference today, president vladimir putin welcomed the outcome that reinforced his long-running grip on power. >> i'd like to address the russian citizens and thank you for your trust and for your proactive approach to life, dear friends. it means that people take a responsible approach in electing the state parliament. stephanie: canadians voted today in a tight race on who will run the country. prime minister justin trudeau and his liberal party faced a strong challenge from the rival conservatives. they rallied against trudeau's

handling of the pandemic. and back in this country, two wildfires have burned into sequoia national park in california, home to some of the world's largest trees. four giant sequoias, known as the four guardsmen, were unharmed. other trs did burn in a separate fire, but the extent of the damage was not clear. some of the sequoias are 2000 years old. still to come on the newshour, what you need to know about a potential covid vaccine for young children. one on one with the president of colombia in this moment of crisis. president biden's point person on combating climate change. and much more. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: t's dig into the promising news about a covid

vacce for children. kids now account for more than one in five new covid cases. and the highly contagious delta variant has put more children in the hospital than at any other point in the pandemic. while there is no vaccine available yet for children below the age of 12, that might be changing soon. stephanie sy looks at the prospects ahead and the larger problems right now. stephanie: judy, pfizer and biontech said their coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective in children aged five to 11. it's the result of a study of over 2000 children who were administered two small doses 21 days apart. the doses are about a third of the amount given to adults. the data have yet to be peer-reviewed or published. but the companies say they plan to seek emergency use authorization from the fda before the end of the month. some experts say if all goes smoothly, the vaccine could be

authorized in a matter of weeks. dr. rhea boyd is a pediatrician and public health advocate and she joins me now. thank you for joining the newshour. what's your reaction to this news out of pfizer that the vaccine is safe and effective for children five to 11? are you relieved? dr. boyd: yes. i think pediatricians across the country are reassured to see this data. we have been eagerly anticipating the emergency use authorization of a vaccination of kids five to 11. to hear that david is ready is reassuring. but we are also going to wait until the data is publicly available and reviewed by the fda before making recommendations. stephanie: there has been talk that the fda could approve the vaccine for children ages five to 11 possibly by next month. talk about the urgency of getting these shots into children based on the rate of infections and hospitalizations we have been seeing across the

country. dr. boyd: with the delta variant being more than twice as contagious as earlier strains it is so important as kids return to school that we have a way of keeping them safe. one of the best way to keep them safe is to make sure they are vaccinated and all the caregiver, staff, and teachers are also vaccinated having this vaccine receive emergency use authorization cannot come a day too soon. stephanie: you have been very involved in educating your community about the safety of vaccines. what are the risks of covid vaccines -- dr. boyd: we only have what pfizer said in their statement. based on that statement they have acknowledged that the safety profile for five to 11-year-olds is milar to what they saw in teens and young adults. which means we can expect kids after their second dose of the vaccination will have some mild side effects but that those side

effects are mild and easily treatable with common medications like tylenol or advil. things like fever or aches and pains. they are things they also saw in kids. one things pediatricians are looking for is to make sure we do not see signs of more serious side effects for younger kids. pfizer today said they did not see a single case of myocarditis, which is that heart inflammation that was seen in teenagers who received the pfizer doses before. so we want to make sure we do not see that in kids five to 11 and so far we have not. stephanie: we should say the cdc says no children have died from it. most have been addressed through ibuprofen. besides being a pediatrician, you also study the relationship between public health and structural racism. as we think about this new development, children gting the covid vaccine, what are your

hopes and concerns? dr. boyd: what we have seen is access to the covid vaccines have not been evenly distributed. what we now see is that black and latinx communities are the least likely to have received a covid vaccine. so as part of the public health community and myself as a pediatrician, we are working really diligently to make sure we get the vaccines to the communities who have been disproportionately impacted by covid. so as we -- we have to continue to use opportunities to vaccinate children as opportunities to vaccinate famies and communities. every site should alsoffer it to their parents, siblings and other caregivers who go to their visits with them to make sure that we are surrounding kids with caregivers who e also equally protected.

stephanie: how much of that lag in vaccination especially among black adults is due to access to vaccines vsus vaccine skepticism and misinformation in communities? and how do you combat that as you look to persuade parents? dr. boyd: this is a critical question. we know what the main barriers are to communities of lor receiving a vaccine is access. for example, there was a poll that found that parents who go to high income schools, schools with a wealthy student population, were more likely to have the vaccine recommended by their teacher, more likely to receive information about the vaccines through their school. meaning those students and families are more likely to get vaccinated. all of our kids in low income schools, which we know our

nation's history of segregation, means they are more likely to go to low income schools and do not have equal access to information. what we have been doing is make sure we go directly to our communities of color to share the credible information and the science, to say these vaccines are safe and incredibly effective and the best way our communities can protect ourselves from the devastation of covid. stephanie: a lot of parents hopeful tonight that those vaccines are coming for their children. thank you so much for joining us. dr. boyd: thank you for havin me. judy: the united natio general assembly gathers this week in new york. chief among the topics, the pandemic, climate change, and migration, as more than 80 million people are displaced across the planet.

one leader attending the discussions has to contend with many of these problems all at once. president ivan duque of colombia has been in office three years, at a crossroads of south and central america. we spoke a short time ago. thank you very much for joining us. your office says the main focus of this trip has to do with climate change and migration. so let me start with climate and ask you what steps is your government taking right now to address the climate goals, and in connection with that, to stop the killing of environmental activists? we know 65 of them were killed in colombia last year, the most of any country in the world. pres. duque: thank you set much for having me on your program. i should mention that we are going to the summit on climate

change and colombia is committed to reduce by 51% the co2 emissions by 2030 and becomin carbon neutral country by 2050. you point out the challenge we have because terrorist organizations we have want to kill the environmental leaders that are making the case for the people to leave aside narco trafficking because that is ec s cide in colombia. so we're protecting this movement and that is why we are so committed to this. judy: with regard to migration, you are visiting the u.s. at a moment of great stress on our southern border with thousands of migrants from haiti who have gathered in addition to the existing migrants coming from central america, south america. you said there should be more

u.s. investment in the region. right now the biden administration is investing in the so-called northern triangle countries. is that the right focus? what difference should the biden administration be doing? pres. duque: i should mention a country like colombia is embracing right now a very strong fraternal migration policing. we are granting temporary protection status to almost 1.8 and is willing -- 1.8 million venezuelan brothers and sisters in our countries. you mentioned this situation on the u.s. border, the approach taken by the u.s. in order to -- let's bring u.s. factories that were deployed in asia to be installed in latin america. i think that can generate a lot of opportunities and job opportunities in central america in countries like colombia. judy: one of the paths north these migrants are taking through colombia is a so-called

gary in gap, very treacherous journey. we have had reporting here on this. what obligation does your government have to ease the terrible conditions these migrants are facing? pres. duque: i think it is not that they are coming to colombia, because they are already coming to colombia from other countries. this is a situation that we have seen for many years and colombia has made interventions in the gap. we have regular controls with panama. what happened in haiti not only with the pandemic, the earthquake, the political crisis, is putting more pressure on people to migrate. they continue to move north. that is why we need to have a more coordinated migration policy, because what we need to

develop in haiti are sustainable working opportunities so that people can have a way of living there. judy: there are a number of issues particularly challenging right now according to human rights watch. , and you know about this, the death of 25 demonstrators at the hands of colombian police officers. no one has been sentenced or jailed as a result of this. why not? pres. duque: we have said since day one of my administration that there is zero tolerance to any wrongdoing of members of the police force or the army. and we have been acting with investigations. there is a prosecutor doing work. and we have tried to move forward very fast. but obviously we have to move through the judiciary system and also with the guarantees that have to be part of a fair trial in colombia. judy: you have been critical of

the historic deal the previous president of colombia cutith the so-called fark rebels, who staged a decades-long insurrection against the government. however, five years after that deal, according to the critics, progress is slowing on implementing reforms that had been agreed to. one oversight group based in america says quote, there has been a persistent standstill on commitments that would allow for progress towards reforms erected at the expansion and strengthening of democracy. how do you answer? pres. duque: in the united states there was a very important phrase used by many politicians that said that in politics, you are entitled to your own opinions but not to your own facts. it is through facts that we respond to this question. the most important thing to say is a few days ago colombia

published a report about the implementation of the peace accords and it was clear in a statement where he said in the last three years of the duque administration there have been more advances than in the previo us 20 months during the government that sign the agreement. we are committed not only to have all the investments in rural areas, but we're also committed the principles of truth, justice, reparation and non-reparation are the ones that lead this process in order to be successful. judy: one other area i want to ask you about has to do with refugees from afghanistan. right now colombia has agreed to accept around 4000. are you confident that there will be a home for these refugees somewhere else the

united states? and if they want to stay in colombia are you prepared for them to do that? pres. duque: what is important is that since day one when we saw what was happening in afghanistan we expressed to the united states that we were ready to participate in the process of having them temporarily in our country before they get the migration status in the united states. and i think so far the u.s. has mentioned that may be due to logistical procedures and costs it might be easier for them to be received in the united states. we have already made our commitment that we are ready to support so i think if the united states decides that they will come to colombia, we are prepared to help this fraternity migration policy. otherwise i think they will be here in the u.s. but what matters is we sharehe value is that purpose, humanitarian, migration is something that is much needed in

cases of turmoil and distress at the ones we saw in afghanistan. judy: thank you very much. we appreciate you joining us. pres. duque: thank you so much judy. all the best and thank you for having me on your show. judy: this is an important week for the president's efforts to tackle climate change, a central pledge of his campaign. tomorrow, the president will further his call for other nations to act. and democrats are trying to walk a careful line in order to pass major legislation as part of a much larger bill. but today, the biden administration focused on the problem of extre heat. as william brangham tells us, it aims to help americans and workplaces better adapt to new realities. william: judy, this was one of the hottest summers ever on

record. july was the hottest single month since records have been kept. and brutal streaks of triple digit temperatures claimed hundreds of lives this year. extreme heat is only expected to get worse with climate change. the biden administration today announced a plan to develop new workplace standards for people who work outside. the labor department would prioritize heat-related inspections, and more funding would be made available for cooling centers and for home air conditioning. gina mccarthy is the white house national climate adviser and she joins me now from the white house. so good to have you back. this move is obviously part of this growing recnition that the waves are becoming more intense and are lasting longer and they are more frequent. would you tell a little bit more about what the administration's plans are? gina: this extreme heat challenge is a silent killer. it is one of the biggest

challenges we face in climate. and yet people do not recogze it until it is too late. so we need to start preparing. what the plan is is a multiagency effort to make sure that we are preventing impacts from heat stress. we are recognizing that they are happening and it is getting hotter and hotter. so the time is now for us to invest. first of all you mentioned the department of labor is going after an ability to establish a heat standard. weeed our workers to be protected whether they are the ones indoors or outdoors laborers. and they are also in advance of having that completed did they are going to look at their whole response to compliance and enforcement so they can begin to be more aware of this challenge and start developing the kind of education for industry and the kind of response that they can take under the existing law. we are also looking at programs

which many now are also- are actually focused on low income energy assistance. those programs have now been basically providing more flexibility from the federal government about how states use those dollars. and we are doing it because it is now the time to recognize that maybe seniors would benefit most from being able to have access to an air conditioner. so we want to provide new ideas and ways that we can work with states and local governments, including cooling centers in our schools. but we have a breadth of agencies working on this including the department of homeland security was putting out a challenge looking to ask people to tell them what they and other agencies acrosthe federal government can do to protect our communities moving forward from this really silent but deadly killer. william: addressing these type

of heat deaths require a slew of additional strategies. how we build cities and homes, how we strengthen the electrical grid hurricane ida killed more people because of lack of power to run their air-conditioners than the flooding did. do you think this plan does enough to adjust the silent killer that you are describing? gina: not in and of itself. it is an effort to make sure we are worki with states and communities diligently in the areas in which we have direct funding to offer right away and strategies we know the federal government can initiate. but president biden has been working with congress to provide significant resources to make our future more resilient. we are talking about resilient infrastructure. part of this is about looking at our cities where we know we have heat stress and capturing of those heat in these impervious surfaces that iacts our urban communities the most.

we are talking about those most impacted by heat stress being the black and brown community, indigenous communities, outdoor workers. william: we know president biden is urging other world leaders to step up their green gas emission cuts. but the president's own agenda is still in flux in washington and a good deal of that climate agenda is being written by a senator with very strg ties politically and financially to the fossil fuel industry. how does that formula create the bold agenda you are talking about? gina: i think the president's agenda is quite clear. he has articulated on day one he is rejoining paris and we established a commitment internationally that is a strong commitment to half emissions down by 2030, achieving net zero

by 2050. but we know we need resources and investment. they are not the only tools that we have, but they will be the best way for us to accelerate in this most important that at. senator manchin has raised concerns many others in congress have as well. but we have been working all along with the senator as a strong partner trying new ideas, looking at being flexible, looking to get where we both know we need to be witches is towards a clean energy future and one that recognizes the impacts of climate. and the fact that if we do not invest now, we are risking our lives, our health, and the future of our kids. if we invest now for every dollar we invest we are going to save six dollars in future expenses. so this is going to be an important step forward. but it bind mow means is confining the president's

aggressive agenda. william: thank you very much for being here. judy: back to the top political issue of the day -- immigration. with president biden confronting a growing crisis at the border and a legislative loss on the issue here in washington, our politics monday team is here to unpack this and more. that's amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter, and tamara keith of npr. and hello to both of you on this monday. it is very good to see you. tam, this border crisis that president biden is facing is just one of it seems like every day there is another challenge in front of him. at this point given these

pictures we are seeing of haitian refugees, what does it mean for him? tamara: this white house has been trying to thread a needle and it is not easy and they keep discovering this again and again as every new border crisis breaks out or new variety of border crisis. in this case they are leading heavily on a trump era policy, this title 42 that allows them to immediately expel people, even people who are legally seeking asylum. they are leading heavily on that rule, which is a covid public health rule. at the same time they are trying to say we are more humane than the trump administration. but when you have images like the ones coming out of the del rio area and images of enforcement happening, it is not pretty and they know it is not pretty, and it is a real

challenge. judy: we are only eight months into this presidency, but this follows the situation in afghanistan. what are the options left for the president? amy: this is a president who ran as a candidate saying if you elect to meet we are going to get back to normal. we are going to bring competency back, we are going to bring consistency, i am going to bring people in with me who are experienced, he can handle a crisis, they will be no drama. and that was working, until it was not. starting with the delta variant and the reaction to that crisis. of course afghanistan and now the border. so the bigger challenge right now is one of competence. that this is much less about immigration than about management. which is how will an administration, when things go

wrong handle this. tam is right about threading the needle. this has always been a challenging topic for democrats because on the one hand they want to keep their advocates on the left happy. on the other, they know that this is an issue where democrats are seen by even independent voters as being not strong on the border and certainly this president from very early on has gotten remarks on his handling of the border. judy: you have with thsenate parliamentarian decision the fact that the immigration language, the dreamers, cannot stay in that piece of legislation. it i a reminder of just how tough it is to get any kind of immigration reform done in this city. tamara: when amy said that biden ran on returning to some semblance of normal, i was

thinking normal? the norm in the american immigratn system which has been hobbled together over the last however many years with executive actions. the u.s. immigration system is broken. everyone on all sides of the political spectrum agrees it is broken. they cannot seem to find a way to fix it. in terms of the parliamentarian's ruling, advocates in the white house and allies in congress areoping this is not the final word. certainly it is a blow, and one that they are hoping they can get around to try and find some other way to include immigration in this big reconciliation bill. it is not clear what that path is but they are not giving up. the president has not thrown it overboard yet. judy: it is just tough. amy: and to go back to this needle threading, which is when

things are going badly at the border, even success on something like daca isn't going to make up for what people are seeing on the left and the right. on this program tonight you heard criticism from both about how mishandled this has been. so while the issue up daca -- of daca is very popular, it would get tremendous support among the american population. judy: there is empathy. amy: but that is not what people are focusing on and this is where you get a credibility problem. voters give you a little bit of time as president. a little bit of, ok, we will give you a little benefit of the doubt. that starts to go away if you are not living up to the expectations they had for you or that you set. and we talked about this earlier. but saying we are going to keep -- we are going to be competent, 180 degree different from the

last person in this office. while there is no tweeting and there is no parading, the other pieces are not coming together. judy: and the clock is ticking. what have you done for us lately? speaking of what the parliamentarian was dealing with with this reconciliation measure, it is supposed to be about people coming together. there is not a lot of coming together over this. what is at stake here? if this does not somehow get over the finish line for president biden, what is at stake? tamara: i do not think we would be declaring it doomed at this point. there are lots of democrats in congress who have very different ideas about what must or must not to be units. it is going to be up to the president and the speaker and the majority leader to figure out how to balance those equities. it seems like a mighty challenge.

but this is the key to the biden agenda. this is the biden presidency. so much is resting on this piece of legislation and the smaller infrastructure only ros and bridges broadband. judy: 20 seconds of wisdom. amy: i completely agree it will be hard to come back from a loss which i think is why we will see democrats come together. the one big challenge is republicans are defining it while democrats are fighting among themselves. the quicker the democrats get it done the easier -- the more time to hefty message it. judy: -- the more time they have to message it judy: judy:. and we judy: have not even talked about the calendar. -- the more time they have to message it.

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