the white house said the unaccompanied children coming into the country illegally will not be allowed to stay. this a day after homeland security secretary declined to say whether the children would be deported. >> once they go to the immigration system, it is our view it's unlikely most of the clids qualify for humanitarian relief. if they don't qualify for the relief. >> this as the controversy rages over the president's decision not to visit the border during a trip in texas. one of the top advocates for reform is criticizing. >> the border lands deserve a presidential visit. it's a complex issue. we're talking about economicing, cultural issues, we're talking high degrees of poverty on this side of the board. and so i think a visit by the president is reaffirming that

the border lands along the southwest worder are vital and important to the nation. >> perth alexander join us live from the white house. peter, first, let's talk about the $2 billion in emergency funds. this is in addition to another request the president plans to lay out, which is expanded powers in dealing with the crisis. >> yeah, that's right. those two issues are being handled separately. the first item is what you're talking about. that's the $2 billion you referred to. white house officials telling me a short time ago this, in fact, will be significantly more than $2 billion. the money largely designed to try to stem this tide but more significantly to deal with those undocumented immigrants so many of them children when they get here to help return them to their home countries as quickly as possible. that means border patrol agents, they will be getting more resources likely border security will be affected and immigration lawyers in addition to expanded

detention facilities and items of that sort. the effort to get expanded authority for the department of homeland security specifically that could come as early as later this week. but the priority for the moment right now is this money that the white house believes will help them deal with the sort of over capacity of so many young people specifically flooding that border in the southwest area. >> and i know we have some developing news regarding the president's visit to texas. as it stands right now, he's not visiting the border. there's a back and forth with the governor of texas, rick perry, who does not want to have the traditional meeting with the president at the handshake as he arrives on the tarmac. he's asking for a formal sit down. >> a little bit of texas show down about to take place as the president heads to texas. he goes to colorado first and then to texas he shall arrive tomorrow. we know rick perry said he didn't want to be a part of the handshake. want administer substantiative

meeting. overnight valerie wrote him and said the president would like a meeting with him. it will be take place tomorrow, wednesday, in north texas. quite a distance away from the border. it's scheduled to be with faith leaders and local elected officials as well a about the crisis in the region. white house officials told us they have yet to hear back from governor perry about whether he will participate in the meeting. but if it happens it's like two men will have that time to meet at some point tomorrow in texas. >> all right. peter alexander, live at the white house. joining me live democratic congressman lloyd. >> good join you. >> let me ask you, regarding the president's visit to texas. you have fellow democrat saying president needs to visit the border. where do you stand on this?

i think his going there would be constructive. it's more important he address the stone wall that the republicans have erected here in washington against reform than to see the stone wall along the border. >> are you referring to the do-nothing congress as many have referred to this 113th congressional group and that the immigration reform ideas are just stagnant at this point. things passed in the senate going nowhere in the house? >> yes, it really is alarming. on so many critical national issues whether it's how we deal with immigrants, our transportation funding, any number of issues that the solution the republicans are offering is to do absolutely nothing. and to try to make sure that everybody else can accomplish nothing. i think it's more as the border is concerned today and the children we have to be sure that our policies are not guided by hysteria. there's been a near history

tiara we were being invaded bay horrid disease. it's not accurate. for every thought against a bus against in california there's a volunteer lending a hand. for every hateful voice we hear from political opportunist, there's someone like judge jenkins in dallas who is looking for a way not take temporary advantage but provide temporary shelter for the children. >> i get what you are saying absolutely on the front. are you saying there is not a crisis when we see tens of thousands of people, many of them young people, who are fleeing dangerous situations but now they are in, in a sense this aby abyss. this land of nowhere. we hear from the white house, the children will be deported. that is confirmed just a day after jay johnson declined to --

or dodge the question on meet the press. >> i think clearly these are mostly children. and some are very small children. we're not asking that they all get amnesty. we need a little humanity there. there's the reason the congress in 2008 passed a trafficking bill that sets up the current trafficking procedures. we have been trying to deal with the problem of sex trafficking across the borders. that and claims of right to stay here in the country. we need to apply the law and not blame the kids and deny them rights under existing law. many of them will likely go back to the areas of violence which they came. we need respect the law and to enforce it with interest of the children foremost in mind. >> let me ask you about your colleagues there.

and particularly house republicans. here you have legislation that was passed in the senate a year ago but the house has not acted on this. we're talking about border security and the billions of dollars needed to enforce border security. there's no comprise in sight. it seems dead on arrival. how do you get the ball moving, do you believe that this is stagnant washington as usual business where this has been politicized to the point we're at the crisis? >> well, sadly it's republican do nothingism as usual. it's not only the bipartisan senate bill but that same house homeland security committee that governor perry relative waste of taxpayer money to speak last week. that committee last may approvaled a security bill which the chairman, mr. mccall proved unanimously and on a bipartisan basis would meet the needs of the american people to fix the

border. republicans have been afraid to even bring that unanimously approved border security bill to the house. they don't want to deal with immigration. they don't want to deal with any part of immigration. that's unfortunate. what the president has to do is use his executive authority as he did for the dreamers and prevent some of the families that have been here for a long time from being torn apart. >> fast forward to my last question. it relates to the president's visit to our home state tomorrow. fellow democratic congressman said the president not visiting the border could be his katrina moment. >> i think that's a bit of hyperbole like the hysteria we've heard the last week. what the president needs to do, i believe, be constructive for him to be there. but how to address the problem is what he needs to focus on. discourage the children from coming from the first place but grant relief since the congress is refusing to consider the issue. any form of it at all grant some

relief through executive actions. similar to what he did for the dreechlers. that's the humane thing to do. that's what the u.s. chamber of commerce and so many businesses tell us will spur job growth if we address the immigration issue. he can't do anything everything congress can do like the senate. through are steps he can take to address immigration concerns we have today. >> thank you so much for joining us. and developing now some recreational pot stories in washington open for business. it's not been smooth sailing in washington. the second state, by the way, after colorado, to legalize recreational marijuana. 25 retailers statewide have received their licenses to sell pot. but only five are ready to open their doors this very morning. only one in the state's biggest city, seattle. the state's careful rollout has businesses worried they won't have enough marijuana to meet demand. they expect to sell out within a matter of days.

even hours in some reports. today is a landmark for proponents of legalized marijuana who say decriminalizing will cut down on violates. joining me now is retired maryland state police major and the executive director of law enforcement against prohibition. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> let's talk about the rollout here. some of the issues already on the table for washington state. you well know that many who believe that we should not legalize recreational pot will see it as the dysfunction with doing something like this. what do you say? >> this is expected when something of this magnitude is beginning. you know, at the end of the day, it's going take some time. as we go from state to state. each state is a individual laboratory for this new policy. and, yeah, it's going it take some time. it will correct itself over time.

once the grow operations become established and the licenses continue to roll out. it will take hold. just like in colorado. colorado it's been six months and they're moving quite well. >> you give a unique perspective. i can't stress enough. you are a retired maryland state police major and the director executive law enforcement against prohibitions. you have the people different aspect of the law. people arresting folks not long ago for marijuana possession now saying it's time to change. you've got congressional testimony this year from dea chief michelle lindhart. she was claiming that mexican drug cartels are setting up shop in washington and colorado in anticipation of black market. she went on to say whatever the price will be set in washington and colorado, criminal organizations are ready to come in and sell it cheaper. is it an accurate statement? >> no. here is a point here. north of colorado in nebraska, the sheriff -- there was piece

that came out in another publication that where he was talking about the marijuana how it's being diverted across the border into his county. he said it used to be coming from the mexicans. now it's coming from colorado. that's a clear indication he has safer marijuana coming from colorado to his county. there was an interview, i believe it was by the washington post of a farmer in mexico who claims that he's no longer growing marijuana to come from mexico into the united states because there's no longer profitable for him. the indicators are there that this is working with only two states moving forward. just two states. >> all right. thank you, neil, for your insight into this. we'll keep track how things are going. as that state takes a huge leap in the debate that continues. a new picture is going

viral. that many believe shows johnny football manziel rolling a dollar bill inside a bathroom. there's no evidence he's doing anything illegal. but that is not stopped plenty of people from speculating about the party boyplayer. i'm going to talk to spiorts illustrated about the brown's quarterback. are people rooting against johnny football. also, ahead. >> i understand their argument. i don't agree with their argument. >> new jersey governor chris christie defends his refutile to meet with family members of sandy hook elementary school victims. senior political editor mark murray has this in our first reporting this morning. zblrngts part two of the exclusive series on american success stories called "born in the usa." i'll talk to two entrepreneurs who are helping aspiring

business owners who launch companies of their own. they're doing one each week for 52 weeks. maybe your idea could be picked up. they're going to be join me to talk about how you can take part. plus, this. >> probably won't have any neck problems tomorrow. >> is that worth millions of dollars? the yankees fan caught sleeping in the stand. he's suing he said espn, mlb, even the announcers humiliated him on national tv. and now he wants a few million for it. it's our "newsnation" gut check. you can find my team@"newsnation." i'm on facebook, twitter, and instagram. we have pretty cool pictures from our meet and greet in new orleans over the weekend.

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so far the cleveland browns are not commenting on what many believe to be a photograph of their star rookie quarterback johnny manziel that has gone viral. the photograph hasn't been verified by nbc news first apet appeared on busted coverage. they claim it's manziel in the bathroom rolling up dollar bill. the photograph and story has been picked up on multisites about what it was intending or what he was intending to do with the dollar bill. whether or not it was johnny manziel, the attention the photograph is getting is another example of intense as if nation with the heisman trophy winner star. is he being unfairly singled out. joining me now is sports illustrated assistant managing editor. i'm going turn over to you. i have a difficult time with

this. a, because he's a texan. b i'm a fan. in my opinion, we don't know what the photograph captures. when you look at the comments online, people have gone full throttle after this kid. what is it about him? >> well, we'll see what it is. the kid, as you say, he's invited a lot of scrutiny. it's not as if somebody who is quiet from the draft until today all sudden showing up in the photograph. >> by inviting the scrutiny because he's a flashy football player. i thought came with the territory. everybody can't be paying many. no offense. >> on draft day, that night he's in las vegas. least going out. it's fine and good to do. of course, people will notice him. he had been in las vegas and partied at justin bieber's house and kept showing up and the browns asked him to tone it down he said i want to lead my life.

>> he was at the nfl youth clinic and asked about the attention he's getting off the field. here's what he said. >> nothing i'm doing on the weekend is affecting my job. nothing i'm on the weekend is hopefully hurting any of my teammates. i want to wake up with a week and not have my name going through something and i'm working on getting better. if i want to go back home and spend time with my friends or go out and enjoy my weekends i absolutely have the right to do that. >> he does know playing football on the weekends, right? he has his right to do what he wants. which is true. the time he's going to face the pressure is if things don't go well. i paid $150 to pay the game and johnny manziel is throwing an interception. what was he partying for? s he should have been studying the play book. he has cornered the publicity. it's part of the reason why the jersey sell off the chart and such fascination with him. it's the latest. >> cleveland playing dealer on

the recent issues manziel has made headlines since may 8th for spraying champagne, floating on a swan with a large bottle in austin, texas and shouting an f-bomb into the money phone. which is a money phone made of large stacks of cash. who is an influence in his life? his family has been described as outlaws. they are millionaires. he comes from money. it's not like the rags to riches thing. he comes from, as they say, money. >> right. so the influence is going to eventually perhaps come from an older player or somebody who is going to kind of give him some guidance. if he does what he says he's going do, which is work really hard on the field and kbhand his teammate's respect that way, that's going to make a difference. it's really all fans care about when it comes down it. a guy like deion sanders didn't

have -- >> you read my mind. >> he was outspoken. teammates loved him. he was a hardest working guy both ways, you know, he helped teammates. he worked hard. he was great. if johnny football is that on the football field a lot of this goes away. there there's only one prime time. don't get carried away. thank you. great pleasure having you on. a california judge ordered donald sterling to testify today after skipping court yesterday. the new details on the $2 billion battle over the l.a. clippers. we have a fundamental disagreement about the effectiveness of what they're advocating for. new jersey governor chris christie defending his refusal to meet with the families of sandy hook elementary school victims. some critics wonder if there is just a setup or a possible presidential run. i'm talk with nbc's mark murray. you pay your auto insurance premium

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welcome back. los angeles clippers owner donald sterling has been ordered to appear in court this afternoon on the trial over the sale of his team. sterling failed to show up yesterday. it was the first person called to testify with mr. sterling absent the court heard from a neurology who testified sterling is suffering from alzheimer's disease. his team is trying to prove his estranged wife didn't have the authority to authorize the $2 billion sale. let's talk about the issue of being absent from court. if he's -- if his mental capacity is in question, and he doesn't show up, then what happens? >> well, in court if a person is subpoenaed. it doesn't mean they have to be at every hearing. oftentimes witnesses are placed on call for their lawyers to let them know the judge wants you

here at 8:30 in the morning or 1:30 in the afternoon. shelling's lawyer were posturing for the cameras. >> he need to be there. >> and the lawyers knew it when he wasn't there. >> the washington post are expected to argue that donald's attorney the medical examsing were improperly conducted and his privacy rights were violated when the diagnoses was publicly revealed. you have some who say now you have the battle over alzheimer's, his privacy, that this sale is just likely not to happen any time soon. >> i don't think it will happen any time soon. regardless of the decision, he's going appeal. if he loses, then he will appeal to an appellate court. that will stall anything from happening at that point. in reference to the alzheimer's i think it would have a major impact.

you have two sides. his side saying he's mentally stable and okay. and shelly's side saying he has alzheimer's. the question becomes if he has alzheimer's is just a little bit where he make the decisions for himself? she may not have done the right thing. >> they can't move past this medical health issue in my way. it has to be dealt with substantiatively and factually. >> the major issue is does she have the right to make the sale. >> that's based on his medical condition. his medical condition as well as he wrote a letter to the nba which stated she has permission to negotiate the sale. you have two layers. this is going to be a long process, i believe, even with the appeals. >> you've done a great job. thank you very much. you were on yesterday. i love that eric gave me his business card which has my

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and so why ten? why not six? why not two? why not one? why not zero. why not just ban guns completely? joining me live is mark murray. they said that christie's refusal to meet with them is coward cowardly. we know smaller magazines would have saved more lives at sandy hook elementary possibly the lives of our own children. off the top they call it a political move by christie. >> you know tamron, it's hard not to see it. christie has had a difficult first six months of this year dealing with the bridge gate scandal and other investigations by his administration and former top aids. but, you know, the gun control measures are very popular in the northeast.

particularly very close to connecticut where the sandy hook elementary school tragedy occurred. very close to new jersey where gun control measures are not popular with a republican primary voters and presidential contests. think about places like iowa, think about new hampshire. and i think that kind of tells you all you need to know. that if you are a republican who wants to run for the presidency, you can't be signing gun control measures into law. >> john was on earlier on christie's explanation of not meeting with the families. he said it's not hypocriticahyp. it's democracy to meet and hear out your constituents. >> and this is a big pr hit christie is having. this is coming after the fact he had already made up the decision. maybe he could have held a dialogue and said i respect where you are coming from, i'm going to continue to abide by the veto i just had. we probably wouldn't be

discussing this had he meth wit them. he said it's probably to stick to my gun and say no than to move ahead. >> and we know me plans a trip to iowa and new hampshire over the next several weeks to campaign on behalf of republicans. that's a broader view ofs a per rations whatever they are. >> and actions speak louder than words when we're looking at 2016. rand paul hired santorum's former campaign manager. these action moves speak are much more interesting, i think, than what people are saying regarding 2016. >> thank you very much, mark. it's a pleasure seeing you. up next a break in the case of a woman who allegedly abandoned a baby inside a busy new york city subway station. it is one of the stories we're following around the "newsnation" today. and tpart two of our exclusive series. helping americans launch a small business every week for a year.

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usa. you might have a great idea for business but no idea what to do with it. 52 businesses comes if. the entrepreneurs are helping people start a new business each week for a year. right now they are on week 17 developing the business plan for what is called the low culture innovation initiative at tulane university. joining me now is founder and ceo. >> i love the idea. colin. let's start here. were you in bed one night or having a cup of coffee, i don't know looking at the saints lose to the cowboys? sorry! how didd the idea come to you? actually used to call me a lot after i had started my first couple of businesses and say how do i get it off the ground.

i remember saying once, you know, really with the tools out there, you can really get a business started in a day. just trying to coax them into seeing how not easy but how much easier it is than they think. so i thought about doing one a day for a month or something. that seemed too crazy. >> too easy. >> and it switched to one a week for a month. and then one a week for a year. we brought on, you know, jason came on, max came on. it's really grown in scale and scope. we're able to do a lot more and think a lot bigger now with the great team. >> yason, give us an idea of the businesses you have launched. >> sure. they range from everything nonprofits for one of our sain s s nfl players to for profits the event planner that does everything from small party planning and nba and full scale

70,000 person events. >> colin said a lot of people think it's hard. it's not that it's easy but there are so many resources out there right now. you know, jason, one of the first things i think that comes to mind when you have great idea you don't have the capital or the money. i don't have a computer to launch a website to spread the word. >> right. one of the things to keep in mind is that there are those resources available within your community. whenever you are, usually. we want to make sure you're not necessarily seeking funding but those networks and those people who are interested in helping in whatever community. we're lucky in new orleans there are a great number of individuals who have had some success and want to see the community grow. they know they'll, you know, it's not 100% altruism but it is benevolent. they want to make sure you grow so they can grow. and the whole city can grow together. >> some of the businesses fit lock. the outdoor fitness park in

communities across the america. there's dancing man, a new orleans teacher and performer. second line dancing. people dance behind in the parade. they want to heal the world through dance. they started dancing from katrina and that is just a glimpse of the businesses. in the end, colin, people will see it and say, sure they say are going to help. it's a great idea but there's a catch behind everything. when they give you that suspicious question, what do you say? >> currently there's no catch at all. we work totally for free. we don't charge the businesses anything. we don't take any equity. we don't currently ask for anything of the businesses. we're helping them out. >> it is crazy how they offer to try and be a part of the next week's business and they want to be a part of the businesses that came before them. they offer their own services and expertise to try to make the, you know, the project better. >> right. it's like becoming a family. >> we're going to put the information up on "newsnation" so everyone can have access to

it. they can see the details there. but again, congratulations on not only your success but i think our responsibility in this world is to help other people in any way we can. you're giving people who have great ideas and deserve the break an opportunity. kudos to you. congratulations. just for that i'll say who dat. thank you, guys. tomorrow our "born in the usa" series continues with the makers of the tank chair. the chair climbing, self-parking amphibious wheelchair. incredible technology and born in the usa. the yankee fan caught sleeping during the fourth inning is now suing. he said he was humiliated on national tv. he wants a lot of cash. he wants to be a-rod. he wants a-rod kind of money. it's "newsnation" gut check. and levar's record is

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there's a lot going on this morning. democratic congressman john lewis of georgia marked the anniversary of his arrest in mississippi by posting his mug shot on twitter today. he wrote 53 years ago i was released from parchman penitentiary after using the white restroom. chairman menendez is asking the justice department for new evidence that the cuban government plotted to smear him. those allegations surfaced as the new jersey democrat sought re-election in 2012. "the washington post" reports cia uncovered evidence they wanted to derail the political career because he's one of the

unspoken critics of castro. those are the things we thought you should know this morning. time now for the gut check. a yankees fan said he was mocked and defamed on live tv. andrew fell asleep by watching in april. caught on camera. with his head to the side. the two game announcers saw him snoozing and did the commentary. here's a snippet of it. >> is that to his left his buddy letting him sleep or here alone? >> maybe that's a buddy an enlikes him better asleep. >> so he also claimed that the announcers used words like fatty and stupid but that's not heard on any recording. released by major league baseball. he is suing mlb, the yankees, espn and its announcing team for $10 million. what he claims is defamation. the lawsuit alleges that the comments opened an unended

verbal crusade and words against the plaintiff. do you think the napping yankee fan should win that defamation lawsuit? tell us what you think. an update now on yesterday's gut check. the city of manhattan beach in california's now banning fishing from the pier for 60 days after the shark attack. it hooked on to a fishing line attacking the swimmer. they banned fishing for four days. we ask you if fishing should be banned for good because of this attack. 61% of you said, no. 39% said yes. on facebook, patricia wrote fishing in a public swimming area should be regulated. swimmers should be aware of the dangers of fishing near swimming. after making history, reading rainbow will be making the way to more classrooms, mobile phones, ipads, even video game consoles all thanks to the $5

million in donations from manufacture than 100,000 people, the most ever for the online crowd funding site. and the tally got a huge boost from comedian and family creator seth maacfarllane pledging $5 million. levar burton is here. good to see you. >> how are you? >> fantastic. you have exceeded the expectations. every time i mention reading rainbow, we have a picture of the t-shirt you guys sent me. it got more likes on all of the pages than anything else. the mere mention of reading rainbow brings a smile to the face. what's next here? >> well, what's next is we get to work doing exactly what we claim that we wanted to do with the money. the first million dollars gave us the ability to port the app available on the ipad and kindle

to the web and serve as a template for basis of product for classrooms so that teachers can use the reading rainbow at the point of purchase. beyond that, universal access. we have nailed it down with the $6.4 million raised via kickstarter. android ask every day, when it's coming to android. done. set top boxes, roku, and the like. >> wow. >> done. gaming consoles. mobile. hand held devices. so we're really going to be able to bring it to every child everywhere. that's what the campaign was all about. >> we talked about this the last time we saw each other. the fact you did go to big comp rations and there was very little interest and that's what put you in the position to go to kickstarter and look for those willing to support the plan. >> and what a wonderful result that, you know, that came of

that. look. i made it really clear to the venture capital community from the very beginning i was building something that i wanted to last. i wasn't in it to flip it. and that's a strategy that, you know, just does not necessarily fit in with their game plan. so, we took it to the people and the people responded. and i'm enormously grateful. over 100,000 people, tamron, most of them adults now who grew up on the show wept into their pockets and put down $5, $10, $15 because they believe that reading rainbow needs to be there for the current generation and generations to come. that's extraordinary. >> i'm sure you have heard of teachers and parents thankful you took this huge step and you believe that it just couldn't be lost. the venture capitalists weren't interested. somebody else would be and proof in that. we applaud you. we appreciate everything that you've done and now you are the king of kickstarter but you may have a challenger now that this guy is raising money for potato

salad. >> potato salad man. you know what? i take a backseat. potato salad man is getting it done in a big way. >> getting it done? >> what is he up to? >> $36,000. $10 to raise money for a salad. $36,000. you have $5 million. that makes you the king of kickstarter and appreciate you joining us again. congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> i'm tamron hall. up next, at andrea mitchell reports." tters in just minutes. now it's quicker and easier for you to start your business, protect your family, and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. ♪he cadillac summer collection is here. ♪

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