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democrats are trying to turned it around. they're fundraising off it. right after the decision came down the democratic national committee fired off e-mails to rake in cash. harry reid tweeting this. if the supreme court will not protect women's access to health care, then democrats will. senator chuck schumer talked about the consequences for women at the press conference last night. >> now we're going have, you know, millions of women told what to do by not a church or an individual, but by a corporation, which is there voluntarily. >> i want to bring in mississippi northbound contributor and domestic correspondent for the new york times. and elizabeth plank. good to see you. this is what one of those fundraising e-mails look like according to politico. it's a shaleful day for our our

country. we can't let the gop use to steal the momentum and steal our lead. the consequences would be dire with 14 hours to go before the most critical deadline police pitch in to stop a gop senate takeover. could it be something that ends up helping democrats at least in the short term? >> we five old conservative men that tell women that discrimination against women is religious freedom. the 27 million who already benefitted from the birth control mandate it might go away. i don't think it's going to be popular with female voters. we've seen them swing elections in the past. and more over, even among voters that aren't just female. male voters, too. overall americans they are not, you know, they don't share the values that were brought forward in the decision by the supreme

court. >> so you a political party using a supreme court. it tends to happen every week in some way, shape, form, or fashion. >> the politics of the issue are different from the substance. the politics are basically a discussion about how we feel about sex. i think a for a lot of conservatives the hangup is basically there aren't there that many people who oppose the use of birth certificate control outright. some do. it's the sense, like, sex is something that government shouldn't be paying for. there was a quote from mike lee that women are using it for recreation purposes. i think democrats realized that this is going to be an issue that creates opportunities for republican candidates to say things that will come back to bite them in elections. even if they would be able to substantiatively defend the position they were taking if they were more caveful. >> former secretary of state hillary clinton was at the -- she's at the aspen ideas festival. she was asked about the hobby lobby decision. this is what she had to say about it. i think there should be a real outcry against this kind of

decision. and there will be many more now. look, many more companies will claim religious believes and some will be sincere, but others maybe not. and we're going to see this one insurable service cut out for many, many women. >> what does yesterday's decision, what does it mean for the overall birth control debate in this country? >> well, i think it's made it clear where the supreme court stands. again, i think americans do not feel the same way. and i think we're going see that at the polls. i think it's going to obviously help us. voters are not going -- do you want to vote for the guy who took your bitter control away or the guy or the women who wants to preserve that benefit? and i think the gop is generally recovering from, as josh mentioned, so many misogynistic fails from todd akin, the positions on pay equity. it's going to be easy for democrats to score points.

>> i don't think you said that. >> i'm translating. >> let me bring in democratic congresswoman. sel of your colleagues said they are going to be pursuing legislation to fix this decision. people like senator patty murray, senator dick dur ban. what are some of the potential legislative fixes? >> well, i can tell you -- thank you for having me. i'm glad i'm on today instead of yesterday. i couldn't have picked myself up off the ground. it was so stunning. this is the reason that women need to vote during the midterm elections in order to protect their health. the legislative fixes are that congress, the congress and the senate house in the senate with really put into statute and law

anything that even though the supreme court has ruled. we can fix this through legislation >>well, -- >> if women allow -- >> you say -- yeah. you say that congress can fix it legislatively. but, i mean, we've heard this line before from congressmen and congresswoman. big ziegss come down from the high court and lawmakers say they're going to pursue legislation to fix what the justice. for example, democrats vowing to get the bill through to fix the voting rights act. nothing has been happened. citizens united. that decision comes down. nothing from congress. what is different this time? >> what is different this time is that the court did stop short of overturning the provision that companies and corporations cannot deny women this often

life-saving medical procedure. and what we can do statutorily is to really limit those numbers of people who will come and claim that they, too, are people that my corporation is indeed a person. and we can really narrowly define those companies that are able to get this exemption. you know, for example, the christian bookstore that said we're closely held family organization might be able to get the exemption. but a hobby lobby that sells arts and crafts in 500 locations, knitting needles and yarn. >> you dispute the claim that hobby lobby is a business that was founded on christian principles? >> you know, what i am -- what i am objecting to is that they

should not -- these bosses should not be able to tell their employees that they cannot use birth control. mother hood is not a hobby. that is what i'm -- >> for the record -- it should be noted they did not tell their employees they could not use birth control. >> they would not pay for it. women pay a lot of out of pocket expenses, and indeed, 380 million -- $380 million in extra costs were not paid by women but a of the affordable care act. a third of all women, and 99% of women of childbearing age have used birth control. catholic, baptist, no religion, jewish have used birth control. 99% of all women. many women use it for ill for o

illnesses. women have struggled to afford birth control. i can tell you that in order to get an iud, that would take a mon months' pay of a minimum wage worker. >> congresswoman gwen moore, thank you. >> i want to pick up on something, josh. it's something you hear. it seems as if you hear it every time a high court decision comes down that somewhat controversial. lawmakers we're going to change and it fix it. nothing gets done. >> there are a number of administrative options. first of all, something that justice alito said in the opinion that the administration can do is same thing with private employers that already allowed to nonprofit that religiously affiliated. there's a work around where the insure e pays the cost. and interestingly some of the nonprofits sued claiming it's not good enough.

alito is going to allow the work around that the administration used. you can allow over-the-counter-sale of birth control. cost isn't the only barrier to access. you can generate access by making it easier to get it. the mandate hasn't been a fully effective med of getting birth control to americans. the plans that are grandfathered are exempted from the rule regardless of the religious affiliation of the employer. there's a lot that can be done here aside from the decision itself. >> any of the solutions make sense? >> some do. you didn't mention the sort of most ironic one which he suggested that the government should be maybe paying for the birth control which is laughable given that we love the pay for stuff like birth control. >> the government does pay for a lot of birth control already. >> right.

these people are saying some of the birth control is abortion. we obviously have a lot of laws on the books to prevent that kind of stuff from happening. i think it's going to be difficult to find a solution to the problem. josh, elizabeth. thank you. coming up israel launching air strikes on gaza hitting 34 points. the bodies of three kidnapped teens are found. first, an in-depth look at isis and the plan to control the entire muslim world. could it start a new war between isis and al qaeda? ping you frome healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes, if frustration and paperwork decrease... the gap begins to close. so let's simplify things. let's close the gap between people and care.

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against isis terrorists. in a letter to congress, the president writing, quote, this force is deploying for the purpose of protecting u.s. citizens and property, if necessary, and equipped for combat. the force will remain in iraq unless the situation becomes such that it is no longer needed. several counter terrorism officials tell msnbc that it is extremely high as isis continues the plan to carve out a new islamic state across iraq and syria. let's bring in the director of terrorism research at the nor w -- norwegian. how fast is the isis threat going and are we vulnerable to an attack at home? >> well, isis is advanced in iraq. it's very, very quick, and its recent propaganda initiatives on the social media in the foreign

of declaring -- has also struck the world like a bomb shell. as far as the threat is concerned, i think very much depends on the nature of the western intervention in iraq and syria. i see this later decoration is a way to scare off the west from any form of intervention. they're saying look, we're going have a easier time persuading jihadists around the world to attack you. >> why would it make it easier? how would it make it easier? >> because the -- there's a long standing narrative in the wider islamist movement that says that the west cannot stand islamists

getting power. and in many jihadists have pointed to examples to sort of argue that any -- every time a jihady group makes an advance or becomes powerful, then the west hits them. so if there is a zblsh striincr military presence in iraq, it can be easily cast, you know, as another piece of evidence in that narrative. >> we played into the narrative. isis versus al qaeda here. experts are saying that isis is growing in popularity on the jihad scene. it's more exciting for terrorists, as you indicated, the call fin. is there a rivalry here?

>> it's already begun. there have been fighting bloody battles in syria for months, and the war of words has been going on for at least as long. and the war of words in the past 48 hours after the declaratilar has been very heated. the declaration has basically split the jihad movement down the middle. with isis on one hand saying it's fantastic. isis finally managed to do what no other jihad group has been able to do for decades. and al qaeda supporters saying it's preposterous. how do they dare to declare this without consulting anyone else and demanding all other jihad i did groups pledge allegiance to

them. the debate is sort of new guard versus old guard. it's a youth rebellion, to some extent. most of the support seems to be coming from junior aidealings ad fool soldiers. >> thomas, we're going to leave it there. thank you so much, sir. thank you. israel's military said it launched air strikes now in response to those attacks against israel's southern communities. the air strikes were carried out overnight in the gaza strip. and the israeli military said it struck 34 targets in all. meanwhile israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing tough action after the bodies of three teens were discovered yesterday. more than two weeks after they were kidnapped. net yat hoo responding, quote,

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border. all the water comes here. >> reporter: maria lives in the shadows of america. quite literally the dark corners that most people don't even know exist. the colonies are underdeveloped neighborhoods. they don't have as many regulations as we have cities. >> reporter: martha is a coordinator for lupe, a community based advocate that works for low-income families. they are working on improving the alcohcolonies. >> they don't feel like they have their rights met. and they feel less dignified as a human being. it happens when they live in the dark areas and we feel like we're less than the people that live in the city. >> you can find them along the southern borders in california, arizona, and new mexico. most of them are in texas. there are nearly 2300 in the

lone star state. 400,000 people have home. in in. >> a lot of people that live in the cities don't know they exist. it's like we tried to hide it from the society. >> reporter: more than half are born in america and are u.s. citizens. the struggle is even tougher for undocumented. living with the reality of being politically invisible and the fear of being discovered. >> translator: when they check your documents i'm afraid. >> shoost undocumented but has four children who were born here. >> do your children know you don't have papers to be here? si. >> translator: yes, they know. they don't know they can separate us and i would not be with them. >> reporter: for the men and the winl, undocumented or here legally their voices and needs

often fall on deaf ears. >> the problem with d.c. and austin is they don't come over here and meet the people and understand there are people just like them. >> reporter: eddie is the commissioner elect for the county and he'll take over in january. >> we know a lot of immigrants as our friends, as our neighbors. hopefully one of these days people realize they're people just like everybody else. >> reporter: that connection is often what is lost in the debate about immigration. letty sanchez came to america more than a decade ago with her husband. >> translator: we crossed in a tire in the night. >> reporter: she's one of the 11 million people waiting to see if washington will create a path to citizenship for the undocumented. >> translator: many of the people don't want to do the work we come to do. like clean homes, mow lawns. so why are they saying we should go? if we go, we're not going to

keep contributing to boosting the economy here. >> reporter: sanchez believes she pays her fair share. >> translator: like many we pay taxes. we're not here taking free things. like me, i've never asked the government for help. i've supported myself alone. >> reporter: instead sanchez and her family have paid even higher costs. ones that come with living here illegally. when one of her brothers was injured in america, her mother wanted to visit from mexico. >> translator: my mother died after she drown in the river. and when i remember that i get very emotional. but i think that's the price i have to pay to be here. >> reporter: for now sanchez will remain in the shadows, waiting. >> translator: i will never return to mexico. i'm staying here. i'm giving the u.s. the bill for

that. i'm going to stay and i'm not leaving until there's legalization for myself and my children. >> that was alex wagner there. let's start with you. let's start with president obama's declaration he's going to essentially go at it alone. act unclatly since the congress will not act. what can the president do? >> he actually asked the homeland security chief jay johnson to evaluate what they could do make policies more humane on priorities. they could change who is a priority for reentry into the country. is it three years they would be looking at people to remove in the last three years or the last few weeks? there's different things. they can get work permits. when he was working the dhs reform that's a memo that happened. activists have been asking for larger reform. like deferred action for undocumented youth, the

so-called dreamers. what people are saying can we define a new group that would be like the dreamers, possibly the children, the parents of u.s. citizens? >> what the argument about deferred action program is part of what is created this crisis at the border now? >> yes, certainly when you talk to house republicans and they talk from the beginning from eric cantor, his loss, to now what is going on at the border with unaccompanied miners, this has allowed people who didn't want to deal with reform to say to use a narrative to say there's a lawless president. his policies have put us in this position. >> juanita, this was a reaction on morning joe. >> there are many things the president can do. i expect just as republicans have said no, no, no, i expect the president to be broad, expansive, and generous in the use of his prosecutorial discretion. >> juanita, you're in arizona. a state literally on the front lines of this thing. a state dealing with this recent

surge of immigrant children crossing the border alone. what dough you think needs to be done, and what would you tell president obama, or congress, for that matter? >> well, i think right now we're seeing an influx of migrants. which is something we have seen every ten years since the '80s. the reality is that the civil unrest in central america along with the economic issues of exacerbated this issue, and of course, we're seeing more people here. and i think the most important thing, especially in regards to the children, is refrain those. look at this as a humanitarian crisis. a refugee crisis as opposed to a detention crisis. these people do not pose any risk to our national security. >> it sounds to me, juanita, you're saying we should not be deporting these children. >> we definitely need to spend time with these children, evaluating their situations and making sure we're not deporting children back to countries where they may be killed, where they

may be hurt. people are risking their lives. it's an incredible thing to be here on the border and see so many mothers and children and have the opportunity to talk to them and hear about their harrowing journey. they believe this place, the united states is a beacon of peace and justice. and their hope is that their dangerous situations will be ak nojted by this country and they will be able to seek safety here. >> adrian, it's like the ones we've been seeing at the border. hearing the stories like the ones we heard in alex wagner's piece. what do those pictures, interviews, what, if any, do they do to the immigration conversation in this country? >> yeah. you know, i think it's clear that republicans have been, you know, seen what happened. they do not like where the narrative has gone. they don't like what the president's policies have done. what it does to the immigration debate. yesterday i was on a call, and a lot of people who were working, like juanita, working at the

border say it's a refugee crisis. there's a record number of murders in children in honduras. when you see mothers coming with the children it's a sign of refugee crisis. it doesn't have to do with immigration crisis. >> refugee crisis versus humanitarian crisis. what does it mean for the debate moving forward? if we treat it like it's a refugee crisis versus a political crisis, what then? >> obama is asking for $2 billion from congress. he's trying to deal with the issues separately. a lot of activists are saying so you to give due process and allow them to talk about. these are children. they have to have a couple of days to with lawyers to say i'm in danger in my country. >> and $2 billion, by the way, more immigration judges, open more detention facilities, he wants to be able to speed up deportations for a lot of kids there. the associated press pointed out many immigration reform advocates have reacted, quote,

hashly, to president obama's plan accusing his administration of being unnecessarily aggressive with regards to these deportations. one of the things that continues to strike me is how you have so many people who have claimed that president obama is lawless when it comes to immigration and enforcing immigration laws. here you have an administration that deported more kids, more adults than any administration previously. how do you reconcile the two of those things? >> i think it's very difficult to reconcile both concepts in this political climate because, unfortunately, i think people are using the opportunity of the children to twist in their political agenda. when, really, from a practical logistical perspective they are two separate issues. when we look at immigration reform and we look at adults who are here in the united states who need a different lawful status in order to come out of

the shadows versus the practical, emotional, and physical crisis of the children that coming across the boarder from central america. they are two separate issues. >> border patrol apprehended more than 52,000 immigrant children crossing the border so far. we expect the number to rise, juanita. for folks not familiar with the process, what happens to the children once they make it? how long do they stay here? and where -- are they all just sent back to their home countries? >> jounz you know, it depends on what it going on. we're seeing an influx. our federal structures are unable to process people as quickly as usual. usually children in detention would be in a national placement center for 48 to 72-hours. but because there's a huge backlog within other parts of the government, we're seeing some children have to stay there up to two weeks. it's a huge strain on the

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u.s. coach jurgen says that the c sky is the limit. he has been claiming one of the referees for today's game. our man on the ground there with the latest. bill, good to see you, sir. what is the complaint with the particular referee? >> well, the referee is algeria, speaks french. many of the u.s. players speak german. it's not as if they speak any other language. i think it's mind games before the match. jurgen is good at this. he's been getting the players motivated by saying, you know, not one of you has so far given 100% and some of you this may be your last chance. especially you guys over 30. this is a guy who is well used to mind games. he's a world cup winner himself. he knows what it takes to psych

the opposition and his own team. >> compared to a few days ago, bill, what is the energy level like among our fans there? >> well, you know, a lot of u.s. fans left after the group day. they came, they knew they were guaranteed of watching three games. then they went home. i think there are a u.s. fans here. tens of thousands we maybe less than than the groups games. they are extremely motivated. it's a 50/50 chance for the u.s. number two, it's do or die. it's sudden death. this could be penalties. this could be the most extraordinary, emotional, and dramatic day. the u.s. has a great chance. it's it's an under performing belgium team. a team of wonderful individuals many people said were the dark horses to do well in the world cup. so far they have won bay single goal. they have have only scored at four. they conceded one.

but the belgium press said it's not what they expect. the u.s. team has a great chance. it will depend on the stalwarst. clint dempsey playing with a broken nose. tim howard who knows the players. they're the people that hold the key. and also the striker has been declared fit to play whether he will play or not we don't know. this is a team that needs to step up a gear. anything is possible. they've got a great chance. >> one of the, you know, i've enjoyed your reports. it's so obvious that you are a huge fan of the football. >> i am. i'll tell you another thing. i used to coach soccer in the u.s. in 1978 up in maine. and then we thought that soccer's day had come. but we're still waiting. >> thank you, sir. we appreciate you. be safe down there.

another insider's perspective i want to bring in greg lawless. the editor in chief of soccer.com. i want to pick up on something bill said. our coach, jurgen. he's the mind master. i remember he said, you know, don't watch. don't come. we've got no shot. this is not a great team. and it seems as if now it is obvious it was a psychological employ. >> it was. and, you know, bill talked about it. he talked about the mind games we've seen jurgen klinsmann play. he's playing with the ref free when he talks about the referee and the french. these are minds games. i compare him to guys like phil jackson. talk to the media, to everybody else but then they go in the locker room and say this is what we're going to do it.

how do we beat them? >> i think the first thing, they need have very strong games on the flanks. that's so important. if we can get guys like johnson and graham. if these guys can be pushing a lot out wide and controlling their strongest players on the wings, that, i think, is where the u.s. will have the best success. >> our chance today is 50/50 as bill indicated. >> absolutely. he talked about belgium is an underperforming team. ic i think we would say the u.s. is an underperforming team. they haven't played on their best level. everyone talking about michael bradley not playing at his best level. he's doing a lot of other thing. if he has a great game today the u.s. has a better than 50/50 chance. i think the weather is going hold up. how does the particular world cup compare to previous world cups? >> well, it's the best world cup

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property. the white house insists the additional troops are not a -- that is slalic extremists from isis are planning attacks in western europe and in the united states. more on that and on the growing u.s. troop presence. richard engel has the details out of baghdad. >> reporter: good morning. they're here to protect the u.s. embassy, also, the baghdad international airport. the extra 300 brings the total number of u.s. service-members to around 1,000. several hundred were already here when the crisis began. but the escalation shows how the u.s. is increasingly taking this threat from isis very seriously. both the threat to iraq and to the united states. simple u.s. counter terrorism officials say the threat from isis to u.s. interests is, quote, extremely