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everyone. hope you had a great holiday. this is "newsnation." this week president obama will formally ask congress for $2 billion in emergency aid to help deal with the surge of undocumented immigrants who have been flooding into texas and other crossing points. on wednesday the president heads to texas but as of now, he's not scheduled to address the crisis along the border. now most of the people flooding into the u.s. are women and children from el salvador, guatemala, and honduras. they've been majoring a dangerous journey as they flee violence in their country. thousands are facing uncertain futures in holding facilities across the southwest. here is jay johnson on meet the press yesterday. >> our message to those who come here illegally, our border is not open to illegal migration. >> what secretary johnson was repeatedly asked about what would happen to the more than 52,000 children who have crossed the border since october, he was
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more e v evasive. >> we are looking at ways to create additional options for dealing with children, in -- >> i'm trying to get an answer where most end up staying in your judgment. >> i think we need to find more efficient, effective ways to turn the tide around, generally. >> what does it mean? are you saying it's impractical to deport all who are here now? >> i'm saying that we've already dramatically reduce the turn around time for adults and in the process for the adults with the kids. >> meantime political pressure on president obama to act is intense. >> the thing the administration needs to do is immediately deport these families. these children. i know it sounds harsh. i know, it sounds difficult. they're creating a crisis at this time. but it's going to harm these
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children. >> with all due respect to the administration, they are one step behind. they should have seen it coming a long time ago. joining me live now usa today columnist and nbc news contributor. thank you for joining me. >> the waves of undocumented unaccompanied children continue to cross the border. it doesn't seem like the obama administration knows what they're going to do next. what do you anticipate is going to happen? what did you read into secretary johnson's comments there? >> i think it's interesting looking at the sunday morning shows. jay johnson is obviously trying to present a very carefully nuanced message about what the administration intends to do without saying whether or not they plan to deport these children. on the other hand, we look at representative saying we should deport them. it's problematic. when we look at that type of proposal, very decisive action, the more decisive the action is, in this instance, the greater
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the likelihood it will be troublesome. because of our laws about asylum or laws regarding refugees. when we look where the obama administration is, they're in a paradoxical situation. on one hand, the president is going to congress and asking for some more authority to expedite the removal of these children. and simultaneously, he likely is pressing ahead with his executive action to say that 11 million people who are already here should stay. that's a real conundrum in how to justify the positions ta at same time to the public. >> david gregory pressed secretary johnson the question of whether or not they would be able to contain the people who are continuing to come over. secretary johnson said the goal is to stem the tide. they are launching a campaign urging parents not send their children across the border. do you anticipate that the administration will have success trying to prevent people from coming in or do you think we're
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going to continue to see the numbers escalade? >> i think for the rest of the year we'll see the numbers escala escalate. i think the projections by the end of the year is something like 70,000 child my grants arriving there in texas. the problem, the logistical problem and the legal problem facing the obama administration turns on the very definition of asylum itself. for example, with asylum, so you to get to the country, basically by any means necessary and present your case. around the sbusinternational la. if you have a credible fear of danger to yourself that's a good case for asylum. many of these children do fit that definition. >> and that is what advocates for those children are arguing. absolutely. as you know, president obama heads to texas on wednesday. there's a lot of pressure for him to visit the border. a this point the administration said he has no plans to do that.
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should he. do you think he'll visit the border? >> i'm sure he's not going do it. for the president visiting the border would likely be a lose-lose proposition. there might be some photoopens with the unaccompanied miners, which, to me, liberal groups and progressives make him look more heartless if he decides to proceed and go ahead and remove them. and yet at the same time if he meets with people from the border patrol, border patrol agents they're likely to give him a earful about how we need control the border. it's hard to see that would be, you know, produce any type of benefit for the president going down there. and also, an additional consideration we have with the factor is say the international factor. are standing in the world. the united states frequently advices other countries to accept refugee s migrants in crisis situations. just by example, i believe in syria, they accepted 2.5 million refugees. how does it look for the united
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states if we're faced with maybe 100,000 unaccompanied children and our response is to send them home as quickly as possible. that's a tricky position for the obama administration to make internationally. >> all right. thank you so much for your insight. we appreciate it. let's bring in democratic congressman ed any johnson of texas. thank you for joining us. you heard your colleague say that these children should be deported. here is what texas governor rick perry had to say. i'm going get your reaction on the other side. >> what has to be addressed is the security of the border. you know that, i know that. the president of the united states knows that. i don't believe he particularly cares whether or not the border of the united states is secure. when i have written a letter that is dated may of 2012, and i have yet to have a response from this administration, i will tell you they are either are inept or
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don't care. that is my position. >> congresswoman, the governor said the administration is either inept or it doesn't care. your reaction? >> well, of course, i disagree with my governor. but not just on that issue. on many issues. >> what is the other key issue on which you agree with him? he makes the argument it's an issue of homeland security. do you agree with him on that point? >> well, i think we could talk about homeland security. i think our borders are fairly secure. when you look up and see loads of children unaccompanied approaching the border, it is not a matter of that tight of security. when we talk about security, we're trying to keep out elements of illegal trafficking of goods, this could be considered that. but these are human beings. and it is clear that we need to find out who is bringing the children, who is making the money, they're not coming here
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out of the blue sky. it is clear it's an arrangement. they're looking for relief. i don't know if the relief is in this country or not. someone had to give permission for the young people to come. it had to be with their parents. i don't know if their parents are here. and paying for them to come. or whether the parents intend to follow them. or even be with them. i think we have to analyze what we're dealing with. in the meantime, we've got find someplace to house these young people. >> secretary johnson -- let me ask you about the future of these young people. secretary johnson on meet the press indicated that the administration was stepping up its deportation of adults. he was more vague in terms of talking about the children. i know, that president obama is asking congress for more authority to be able to fast track some of the deportations. do you support that? should the administration be deporting these children more quickly? >> well, i don't think there's a single answer.
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i think we have to do more exploration to see if the parents are already here and sending for the children, or whether the children are esca escaping some violence or distreatment. i think it's not a simple issue. this country has been a mag innocent for immigrants. it continues to be. we have to deal with that. this country is made up of immigrants. and all of us had to come from somewhere. i'm not saying we open our borders, but i do think it takes time to analyze this influx. this was planned. you don't get 4 and 5,000 children landing, coming to this country coming from guatemala. they traveled through more than one country to get here. they didn't do this alone. >> let me get your take on president obama's trip. he's going to texas, to your state, on wednesday, as you know governor perry called on the
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president to visit the border. should he? >> i have not been in touch with the president. i think he has enough intelligence to make an advisory commitment to him. >> congresswoman, would you like to see him visit the board ensure. >> no, i would not. i think he has people in place to take care of the situation. there have been leaders from all over the congress to visit the border. the homeland security has been there. what would be the point? and the president going because -- >> well to see first hand this crisis right now that so many people are talking about and that is impacting thousands of children. >> we're seeing the crisis. they're housing some of the children right here in my area. we're seeing that not just at the border, we're seeing it through texas and california, perhaps even arizona, the border states. and so i think maybe if he desires to go see, fine. but he doesn't have to go there to see it.
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he is scheduled to do a business stop in dallas and one in austin within texas on wednesday and thursday. if he chooses to go, i think it's fine. i don't i had he needs to go get information. >> okay. information is ready available. >> thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. and to new security measures and overseas airports that will affect anyone traveling with a smartphone, laptop or tablet. passengers on outbound flights are being told if their devices cannot power up. they will not be allowed to fly. the new measures come after recent intelligence indicating that terrorists are trying to produce a bomb that will go undetected by airport screeners. tom costello has the latest. >> good day. home land security stressing to nbc news it's unlikely there will be any change to the security profile or protocols here in the united states. but they are concerned about travelers coming from overseas
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into the united states and the electronics they may be carrying. across europe and the middle east, a sudden stepped up security presence for all u.s.-bound flights. after american intelligence warned of a possible new terror threat. a welcome response for americans headed home. >> it makes sense. it makes sense to have added security. >> the new regulations require passengers to power on the electronic devices before boarding including phones, tablets, computers, and ipods. if they don't power up, they're not allowed on the plane and the passenger could be subject to secondary screening. the concern that al qaeda-related terror groups are working on a way to put an explosive inside a battery powered device to take down a plane. now at the request of the u.s. government, airlines and airports are ramping up security on district flights to the u.s. the homeland security secretary on meet the press. >> directed that we step up our aviation security at last point airports coming into the united
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states. this is not something to overreact to or over speculate about. but it's something we felt was necessary. >> for years al qaeda and the arabian peninsula has been fixuated on bringing down a plane. behind the christmas 2009 underwear bomb attempt and the 2010 plot targeting cargo planes with sophisticated bombs hidden in printer cart gara eer cartri. the bad guys one our enemy haven't lost their interest in commercial aviation. they're working hard at it. >> as we have been reporting there's concern that the bomb makers are teaming up with extremists in syria. westerners have joined the fight who may hold american or european passports and therefore might more easily be able to get on the flight bound for the united states. thus all the more increased security. >> tom, thank you. today for the first time
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ever. pope francis met with victims of clergy sexual abuse. the pope said the church, must, quote, make rev ration. we've live at the vatican. the u.s. is under cleanup. tornados touched down in the usa. also ahead. >> i saw that shark just eye ball the eye ball. and it came in and bit me. >> nightmare. a shark attack survivor speaks out after a fisherman's bait -- bate lures it toward swimmers. we kick off the exclusive series on american success stories called "born in the usa." we'll meet an incredible woman who turned a tragedy into a profitable pet business. join our conversation online. you can find the team on twitter @"newsnation." we'll be right back after the break. then... wham! a minivan t-bones you.
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residents in the mid west are bracing for even more dangerous weather after nearly a dozen tornados touched down in iowa yesterday. one of the twisters was caught on tape by storm chaser near the city of trier. there haven't been any reports of significant damages. more severe storms expected this week, people around the iowa river are racing around the clock to protect when they can from flooding. want flood threat is affecting residence debits across the midwest including missouri, where the mississippi river is expected to crest by wednesday. mandatory vaxs have been ordered in multiple states. pope francis is begging for forgiveness for the church and calling for reparation after meeting with victims of the sexual abuse scandal this morning. in what is called a history iic
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gesture. in his sermon the pope called the abuse of since saying clerical sexual abuse against minors have a toxic effect on faith and hope in god. meanwhile a spokesperson for the survivors network of those abused by priests called on the pope to do more saying, quote, reparations happen when the violence is over. this is an ongoing crisis. children are being assaulted right now. bishops are concealing the crimes right now and francis must take action right now. action to expose and remove those who commit and conceal heinous crimes again the most vulnerable. we are in rome at the vatican. thank you for joining me. some of the victims say it's too little too late. why did it take 16 minute mont the pope was elected to meet with the sexual abuse victims?
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it's the question we posed to the vatican press spokesperson. he said the pope was busy. he was. since elected 16 months ago. he said when he does things he wants to do it properly. he certainly did this time. it was -- apart from it being the first time he met with victims. it's the first time that any pope meets with victims of sexual abuse by priests inside the vatican. his predecessor -- he was outside or during his meetings. then, you know, of course he said the pope wanted to meet for at least half an hour with each of the persons to hear their stories. which he did. and certainly this makes it look like the vatican's spokesperson said not a formality and rejected completely accusations by a survivor that this was a publicity stunt and about that. and let's hear what the vatican
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spokesperson had to say. >> if you see the person that comes out of the meeting with the pope, you understand that it was not a public event. it was profound spiritual encounter, and dialogue -- the person that loves and understands and tries to understand the deeply >>well, the pope during his sermon said that he hoped that the meeting face to face with abuse victims will help to foster reconciliation in the future. of course, this is more of an emotional approach to the problem. and the crime while he's taken many steps since his election to fight sexual abuse by priests. after he was elected he set up a commission a panel that will help him decide the steps to take to prevent the sexual abuses from happening in the future. he changed the law in the
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vatican to make it clear that sexual abuse by children is a punishable by up to 12 years in prison. they found guilty -- formatter vatican ambassador who was found guilty of sexual abuse in children. he's the highest ranking -- and it was a sign of seriousness that the pope wants to take on the problem in the future. >> all right. reporting from rome, we appreciate the details. thank you. in just minutes, the record-breaking $2 billion sale of the l.a. clippers face a key legal hurdle. the big question did shelly sterling have the right to set up the sale? today a new push to hold north carolina's voter id law goes to court. college students say the law is unconstitutional. why the particular challenge is a first of its kind. we'll break that down. and here is a look what is happening today. monday, july 7th. at the top of the hour president obama will host a group of teachers for lunch at the white
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ri erratic. >> you say it's not about donald sterling mental capacity. there are two main issues at stake. >> the two main issues that both sides agree to discuss where the fraud and examinations because donald sterling's team is saying that shelly committed fraud by getting the mental evaluations done. >> they were her doctors, doctors she choose, in other words? >> yes. that's what they're claiming that the undue influence and reference them being marry talked to her. she knew what they were going to rule. and donald's team had another doctor to come and evaluate him who said he's okay. >> what is the second issue? >> the second issue is did she have permission to negotiate the sale. that is a major issue with this particular case. because donald sterling is saying, yeah, i let her negotiate but i didn't give her permission to sell the team. >> what is the defense? that seems like a very fine
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line. he gave her permission to negotiate. >> if someone gives you permission to negotiate. it doesn't mean you have to go through with the sale. for example, if you go a car. o dealership but it's up to you buy the car and sign the contract. same thing in the particular scenario. he gave her permission to do that. i don't think that she had permission to actually sell the team. according to the agreement. >> obviously the judge has heard the tape of donald sterling. >> yes. >> how strong is his case? >> i believe he has a decent case. because just like we talked about the other issues and he actually revoked his interest in the family trust, which means that the assets will come back to him. so this is going to be a law school question for generations ahead. it involves contract issues, probate issues, and major sale of an nba team and unprecedented price. >> it continues to be a
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fascinating case. we thank you for helping us understand it. it's complicated as well. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. a new report suggests hillary clinton is moving away from president obama ahead of 2016. how can she separate herself without alienating democrats? mark murray is coming up next. also, this. >> they punched me couple of times. i remember them punching me. after a couple of punches i went unconscious. >> u.s. officials are calling for an investigation into the beating of a florida teen by israeli soldiers. it happened during protests over the death of his palestinian cousin in what may be a revenge attack for the deaths of three jewish teens. we're live in jerusalem. ugh. heartburn. did someone say burn?
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quote, the presumed presidential candidate has made clear in recent public appearances she wouldn't be running for a de facto third obama term. our team points out, quote, to say she moves away from obama is overstated. there's an assumption by many that she will do what she can to distance herself from obama. joining me live now nbc news senior political editor mark murray. let me play you the recent sound byte from secretary clinton and get your reaction. >> my husband had some serious problems with the congress when he was in office. they shut the government down twice, they impeached him once. so it was, you know, not the most pleasant of atmospheres, but i will say this. bill never stopped reaching out to them. >> i don't know, mark. it sounds like she's trying to distance herself a little bit.
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you say it might be overstate the. >> you have to look inside the fine print and read between the lines. yes, i think you look at the tone of the statement is as bill clinton said you have to keep on trying even if the congress impeaches you. but if the same question were asked torp president obama right now. he would answer the same way. you keep on trying and taking executive action if you feel like you're not able to get anything done at all. we have seen president obama huddled with republicans and also they have to be able to work together when it comes to the emergency border security aid, too. and so i don't think it -- when you look at the big, big issues right now, and whether it's on taxes and war and foreign policy, big social issues. hillary clinton and barack obama are very closely alive. that's representative of the entire democratic party is pretty unified when it comes to the big issues. >> let me pick up on the points you made about the border, mark. president obama heads to texas
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on wednesday. there's a lot of pressure for him to visit the border. he's sort of getting squeezed on both sides. there are political pros and kontos visiting the border. that's a broader sort of theme that we're seeing. the president being squeezed on both sides with the issue. do you anticipate we're going see him visit the border? >> it's doubtful. anything can end up happening. but, you know, it's almost a no-win situation for him. ends up elevating what is already a tricky situation. you put well. it seems like we're talking about the crisis of the border. every two or three weeks there's almost a new crisis for the president and the administration all about four months before the midterm elections. that's never a good situation whether you're talking about the problem with immigration or the new crisis regarding iraq or the crisis on the p.o.w. bowe bergdahl, a prisoner swap. there's a negative story -- not sometimes negative story but
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tricky story where terrorist he easy answer. whether you look whether he's able to get the mojo back and the approval rating above the lo 40% where he is. >> thank you for breaking it down. and now to the rising tensions in the mideast. the associated press quotes an israeli official as saying three israeli suspects confessed today to the vigilante style killing of a teen. he was kidnapped and burned to death last week in apparent retaliation for the abductions and murders of three israeli teens. israeli prime minister called the palestinian teen's father to express his condolences. tensions continue to rise as israel launched air strikes reportedly killing at least eight palestinian militants. hamas viewed revenge. ayman mojadidi is live in
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israel. what can you tell us about the killing of the palestinian teen which has parked so much violence and unrest there? >> well, kristin, what we've learned from israeli authorities is in fact that the israeli police backed by security agencies did arrest and apprehend six suspect in this case believe are jewish nationalists behind the killing of the teen. there are questions whether or not they cob fenfessed to it. the police haven't said they made any type of confession. what we learned from the palestinian family. they say the police notified them they made substantial problem in the investigation. they did arrest the suspect. and according to the father of the murdered palestinian teen, he was notified police that there was a confession in the case. this has not been substantiated by the lawyers representing the defendant nor substantiated by the israeli police at this time. there is a focus on not only
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what happened to the young palestinian boy in terms of his murder but also what happened to the palestinian-american boy from tampa, florida who is badly beaten while he was in israeli police custody. so much so that the u.s. state department expressed he was profoundly troubled. i had a chance to speak to the boy yesterday. this is what he told me. >> that day i was watching the protests until i saw some guys screaming from the left side of me. behind them there was some soldiers, and there was a fence in front of me. i tried to jump the fence and i fell. and the soldiers jumped the fence and they beat me up and then started punching me. after a little i went unconscious. then they took me to the hospital. >> obviously he's the second american that has been caught up in the turmoil here.
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the israeli-american teen was killed and buried last week. american citizens, for that fact, are getting involved in the conflict. they are being sucked into the conflict. the growing concern among many is that the violence could spread out of control. we've seen some clashes happening in palestinian cities inside israel and overnight there was the air strikes in gaza that pushed this country to a possible all-out confrontation between ha mmas militants. >> thank you for that. check out the unbelievable video. cameras captured a military jet coming dangerously close to a crowd of onlookers. it's one of the stories we're following around the news station today. and the kickoff of the exclusive series "born in the usa." i'm talk live with the colorado woman who turned several tragedies into a successful doggy daycare business. what you can learn from her. that's coming up. stay with us. s.
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in frk north carolina today the first of the kind voter id college over the state's controversial law. the ncaa p and aclu and others are asking a federal judge to put the law on hold until after the midterm elections. joining the college is a group of college students who claims did unconstitutional because it discriminates on them base order the age. the u.s. justice department is contesting the law. they call, quote, the worst voter suppression law we have seen since the days of jim crow. joining me now is liz howard chief of staff at rock the vote. it focuses on getting young people to the polls. thank you for joining me. i appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> as mapped out. this is the fist time we have seen young people, college students, join the fight against these stiffer voter laws. what are the broader implications of this? >> well, if these college
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students are successful in and the court agrees that the 25 amendment protects young people against discriminate our policies that make it more difficult for young people to vote. young people across the country could bring challenges in their own states against such laws that discriminate against them based on age. >> let me play devil's advocate for a moment. the critics would say, look, some of the provisions of the law have gone into place, and voter turnout increased in some parts of north carolina. and they also argue that this is an attempt to crack down on potential fraud. what do you say to your opponent? >> no legislator in north carolina has provided any evidence of voter fraud by young people that these provisions would address. rock the vote supports poltss which make it easier for young people to vote across the board. these provisions make it more difficult. rock the vote supports efforts in other states such as
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california where senate bill 113 is pending, which would allow people as young as 16 to preregister to vote. >> there could be potential political implications. north carolina is a state that president obama won in 2008. there's been a strong resurgence of republicans, the legislature, the governor, of course, is republican. what could the broader implications be for north carolina for this? >> in north carolina in 2012, under the previous law, obama did not win. so the broader implications will allow students and young people across the country, if students are successful to challenge laws which discriminate against them in the other states. >> and just finally, there are seven states, i believe, that have challenges similar to the one we're seeing not necessarily with students but have these new stiffer voting laws being challenged. how does what we're seeing in north carolina play into that broader fight? >> well, the claim brought by
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the students is novel. so nowhere in no other litigation across the country is the 26th amendment at issue. north carolina is unique in exceptionally important to young people. and the outcome of this litigation could have huge impacts for young people across the country. >> all right. liz howard. thank you very much so much. appreciate it. >> a violent weekend in chicago tops the look at stories around the "newsnation" today. 60 people shot. two victims killed in separate shootings were sitting in a car when someone approached and opened five. five people were shot by officers. the teen pointed a gun in the direction of officers. fired shots in the air and refused to drop his weapon. two close calls a the international airports. one is barcelona. an argentina flight taxis into
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the path. able to aboard the landing, pull up and perform a go around. the plane landed safely a few minutes later. in britain plane enthusiasts got a closer look at the fighter jet. the turkish f-16 buzzed by. it was performing at the air show in waddington. terrifying! today we're kicking off a new week-long series. very exciting called "born in the usa." we're highlighting american success stories. here is the first edition. [ dogs barking ] very cute faces there! take a look at camp bow wow. a place for doggy daycare, overnight boarding, training, and grooming. the idea came about when a colorado couple couldn't find good care for their dogs in 1994. first camp opened in 2000. there are more than 146
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locations across north america. joining me now is heidi. thank you so much for joining me. i appreciate it. >> hi. how are you today? >> i want to -- i'm doing very well. we're excited to have you here. i want to talk about how it came about. you came up with this idea where w your husband at the time who was tragically killed in a plane crash when he was 25. my condolences, first of all. how did you push through that pain, that tragedy to continue to turn this into a business success story? >> well, i struggled for quite awhile. but really the answer lies in my dogs. i had two big mutts i loved and adored. they would drop the ball at my feet and say we have to get out there and live life. and so at the end of the day, they were the key to getting me back on my feet and getting me to launch the business. >> and i know your brother was instrumental as well, right?
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he helped you push through the financial challenges that you had? what was the advice he gave you about that? >> well, patrick saw me struggling and saw me really not enjoying life and very upset and sad and said, you know, why don't we dig up the old business plan and see if we can't make it happen and bring about joy in your life and help some dogs in the meantime. and so patrick gave me the prodding i needed to launch the business. >> incredible. you have 146 locations. your business makes $7 plus million. what is the secret of your success, heidi. >> i think it's tenacity and believing in what i'm doing. i'm so passionate about the dogs and their happiness and health. i love my business. i love helping my franchisees basically make a living out of something they love doing every day. >> one thing that is interesting is 41% of your businesses are actually owned by women.
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is that accurate? was it important for you to reach out to women to encourage them to get engaged in this? >> absolutely. i'm a firm believer in their ability to open a business and take charge in their life and do something that's really important to them. it warms my heart that so many women have kind of had the opportunity to start a camp bow wow or to do something they love every day that they are passionate about. >> i'm sure there are a lot of people watching you today who are incredibly inspired and who might have an idea of their own. what would your advice to them be? >> i'd definitely say pick something that you're passionate about because you'll eat, live, breathe it. it's everything that you do every day. so make sure it's something that you really love, and don't take no for an answer. be really tenacious and believe in yourself and believe big. believe -- dream big. you don't have to settle for a small little neighborhood business although that can be wonderful, too. you can also grow a really
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incredibly impactful business in america and make a difference for not just people but doggies, too. >> if your husband could be here to see everything that you've accomplished and everything that this business has become, what do you think he would say? >> oh, he'd probably laugh and just smile and say he's so happy that we were able to enjoy this ride or that i was able to and to see our vision through and to change the lives for so many dogs around the country. >> heidi, thank you so much for sharing your story with us. i'm sure you have inspired a lot of folks out there today. we really appreciate it. >> oh, thanks for having me. up next on our "news nation" gut check, a shark lured by a fisherman's bait near a popular california pier tononly to have that same shark attack a swimmer. should fishing be banned there? it was the biggest decision king's hawaiian had faced, since robert taira opened his first bakery in a small hawaiian town. making bread so good, that people bought two loaves
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one to take home, and one to eat on the way. so good, they grew from here. to here. to here. but to grow again, to the east coast they needed a new factory, but where? fortunately, they get financing from ge capital. we not only have teams dedicated to the food industry, we're also part of ge, a company that's built hundreds of factories. so we could bring in experts to help king's hawaiian make sense of transportation routes, supply chains, labor pools, and zoning to help them make the right decision. and, i'd like to think, to make their founder proud. if you just need a loan, just call a bank. at ge capital, we're builders. and what we know, can help you grow. but parallel parking isn't one you do a lof them.ings great. you're either too far from the curb. or too close to other cars... it's just a matter of time until you rip some guy's bumper off.
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beach after a swimmer was bitten by a young great white shark. police say the shark bit a 50-year-old long-distance swimmer saturday. witnesses say it happened about 45 minutes after a group of fishermen hooked the shark and kept it thrashing around on the line. victim steve robles described the attack that caught him right in the rib cage. take a listen. >> i saw that shark just eyeball to eyeball just like you and i. exactly the same distance. and it came in and bit me. i grabbed its nose and i started trying to pull it off of me. and i got lucky that it released itself. >> police have banned fishing from the pier until tomorrow because of the attack. robles says he's angry because the fisherman didn't cut the line right away. the fisherman said he couldn't do that because there was a group of swimmers nearby. it's illegal to pull a great white out of the water. witnesses say fisherman on the
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nearby peer were chumming in the twurt attract nearby fish but they insist they weren't trying to get the shark. what does your gut tell you? should fishing be banned from manhattan beach pier for good after this shark attack? tell us what you think. sdhat it for this monday edition of "news nation." i'm kristen welker in for tamron hall. tomorrow, levar burton will join tamron live to give us an update on his campaign to bring reading rainbow to a new generation. up next, "andrea mitchell reports." hope you have a great day, everyone. ow that playing cards with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast? ♪ you got to know when to hold'em. ♪ ♪ know when to fold 'em. ♪ know when to walk away. ♪ know when to run. ♪ you never count your money,
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my motheit's delicious. toffee in the world. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," danger ahead. the treacherous road for thousands of undocumented immigrants, many of them unaccompanied children. fleeing gang violence in their own countries to get to the promised land, america. what awaits them if they survive
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the trip? nbc's stephanie gosk in honduras. the starting point for so many children risking their lives to make this 1,000-mile trek. >> almost every young person that we speak to says it is worth the risk because they are confident that what they will find where they are going is going to be better than what they are leaving behind. out of hiding. a new video shows what appears to be the leader of isis making a brazen appearance in iraq's northern city of mosul. is he now the most powerful man in iraq? iraq's ambassador to the united states coming here. and my interview with middle east envoy, former prime minister tony blair. >> i take full responsibility for what we did. the important thuing is to realize this is a long-term problem. its root cause is this extremism. the pope's plea after his historic meeting today with victims of sexual abuse. abuse by the
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