at this moment we have our eyes and ears on several things happening in washington, d.c. right now the homeland security committee is taking up the crisis on the border. what more can be done to deal with the children. tens of thousands who are coming here many alone and was there any way to see the crisis coming? they'll be answering those questions or looking for answers to those questions. we're waiting for speaker john boehner and house republicans as well as house democrats, both, are expected to hold news conferences any moment from now. we're watching those. we'll keep you posted. good morning. i'm craig -- we start with the ongoing border crisis. president obama will tackle the controversy head on later this evening in dallas, texas. he'll meet with local officials and republican governor rick perry. one of his fiercest critics. the president will not be

visiting the border despite requests from republicans and democrats. >> the president's instructions to his team and own efforts have been to stay focussed in what is most impactive. >> there are people trying to turn the situation into a political football. i understand that. i work in washington. >> tomorrow the senate will review the president's nearly $4 billion request to respond to the border crisis. kristin welker is standing by. let's start with the high profile meeting. what are the expectations, again, what is the white house saying about precisely why the president will not be visiting the border? >> first, to the meeting, craig. the expectations aren't very high. it's a chance for president obama to meet with governor rick perry's local officials there to get more of a firsthand sense of what is actually going on at the border. the crisis there. in terms of the tangibles that are going to come out of meeting, i don't think there's

an expectations that a whole lot is going to come out of the meeting. it's a chance for the white house to deal with the optics problem they have right now. the fact that president obama is in texas. he's going to fundraisers. but he has no planners to visit the boarder. the official line from the white house if he goes there, he could ultimate get the way of the efforts to deal with the influx of unaccompanied children and minors and folks coming across the border. the realty, there's a political problem for the white house. the optics of the president actually visiting the border are complicated. it's a no win situation in some ways, craig. if he goes there, what does he do? does he give a speech in does he meet with the children? what specifically would he do? so there are a lot of questions around how that would actually work. the practicality of that. so the white house made the larger calculation for him not to go to the board and visit

with governor we a perry. >> let's talk about the request. $3.7 billion. what is that money going to be used for? how is the white house saying the money will be dolled out? >> let's look at the break down, craig. as you point out, it's $3.7 billion. that's more than we were anticipating. the white house said it would be more than $2 billion. this is significantly more than the $2 billion we were anticipating. in terms of the break down $1.6 billion go to dhs and doj. it's used for additional border agencies. $1.6 billion goes to addition board agents. $300 million goes to outreach to central america to work with the government discourage people from crossing the border to educating the people who might be considering doing so. about how dangerous that journey actually is. so that is what the administration is asking for. a number of republicans saying they're not going to give

president obama a blank check. but it's an optics problem for republicans as well. how can they not do something to deal with what they have deemed as a crisis? there is going to be pressure on congress to do something. will the white house get the full $3.7 billion? that's dubious, craig. i anticipate you'll see a comprise. something in the realm of $2.7 billion. >> would there have to be offsets or going to be -- >> it's a great question. it will very likely be a part of the conversation and a part of how this debate plays out that is typically what we see when there is an ask this being of the white house. a number of republicans saying we're not going to write a blank check. i suspect you will hear talk of offsets. >> kristin welker, thank you. we'll bring in congressman democrat from texas. whose district shares a border with mexico.

president obama will be in your state this evening. he's not going to be heading to the border despite repeated requests from both sides of the aisle. is that a mistake? >> i don't know if it's a mistake. i think it would be important for the president to visit -- not so much visit the border. it's a matter of visiting the children. i think whether it's today or some time in the near future, i think it would be a good thing to do. >> why? >> i visited the facilities last week with other members of congress, i can -- there's a lot i can tell you. if the vision of a 7-year-old child in a 3x 8 cubicle pleading for your help doesn't hit you, i don't know that anything else can. but, you know, it's one thing to talk about it, read about it, and write about it. it's another thing to see for yourself. >> what do you say to those who, as kristen mentioned there the

optics of president obama being there with the children at the border? i mean, is it a lose-lose for the administration in terms of visiting the border? >> i don't think it's a lose-lose. i think the white house will make its determination in due time. they control their schedule and we control ours. this is a very complex situation. it's not going to go away any time soon. what we need to do is start getting our work done. we need to take a serious look at the president's proposal. but the most important thing we can do, there's a lot of blame being attached to the president on the issue of border secure fip the truth is in may of 2013, our homeland security committee in a bipartisan and unanimous fashion passed the mccall thompson bill. it never brought it to the house floor. it's been languishing for 14 months. the time to bring the bipartisan bill to the house floor is now. >> i want to play something that

republican tom coburn said on the daily run down last hour. he called the president's request is excessive. this was his solution on what to do with the minors that crossed the border. >> we can solve this problem by returning them to their home country. that sends a greater signal. now you have wasted $3,000 on something somebody sold you bill of goods on. it will stop the flow. >> is it that simple? is senator coburn right? would that stop the surge? >> i have great deal of respect for all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, but i don't think that's a serious proposal. the fact is that in 2008, president bush signed into law a provision that was agreed to by every single member of the house and senate. many of these people are sitting here today. so it's the 2008 law that regulates what we do with these

children. i believe that we need to give children from central america and mexico a due process right to make their appropriate claims under immigration laughs. it's going take time, like said. it's a complex situation. we'll deal with it step by step. i'm confident that we, as a country, can come together and get this one right. >> congressman, it sounds as if you might be saying that they should stay here until the process can work itself out. and to those who say the longer that some of these children and some of these adults stay, the longer they stay the tougher it's going to be to deport them. what would your response to that be? >> the existing law allows for a removal process. what we need to do, this is part of the president's proposal is we need to enhance our legal infrastructure so that we can process these individuals in a lot faster time. >> more judges. more facilities, et. cetera, correct? >> more court teams, right.

we need to set up the legal infrastructure so we can expedite the removal proceedings. a fair determination can be made on a case by case individuals whether they should stay or go. >> okay. congressman, we'll leave it there. thank you for your time. >> thank you. coming up the rhetoric. reaching a new level when it comes to president obama. calls for his impeachment. calling the border crisis his katrina. are some critics going too far? also, more victims of the violence in the middle east tensions are rising. as israel calls up 40,000 reservists now. could they be on the brink of another war? ? no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle insurance? no problem. you want to find a place to park all these things? fuggedaboud it. this is new york. hey little guy, wake up! aw, come off it mate!

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a new round of violence is erupting in the middle east as israel steps up attacks. israel taked more than 400 sites

in gaza since yesterday. they claim the air strikes are in response to more than 160 rocket takes launched by hamas. they are calling up some 40,000 reservists now in israel. it's warning that the operation against hamas will expand in the coming days. i want to bring in ayman m mojadidi who has the latest from tel-aviv. in the past hour, i understand an israeli air strike hit a house in the southern part of the gaza strip. what more can you tell us about that? >> that's correct, craig. it seems the strategy being taken by the israeli military right now is to target the homes of some of the senior members of the military belonging to hamas and islamic jihad. those are two of the most pow powerful factions. the air strike happened about an hour ago targeting one the senior military commanders.

as a result of that, he was killed along with other members of his family. pushing the death toll in the first 24 or so hours of these air strikes on gaza to at least 41 palestinian deaths, according to palestinian medical sources. in addition, about 300 or so have been injured. now some of the palestinian sources i've been speaking to said most of the palestinian leaders are faction leaders in gaza are actually now in hiding or under ground. the homes of these individuals aretargeted. that's why there is at least, a spike in the civilian death toll as a result of the strikes. nine children have been killed so for a. six women have been killed. it gives you a sense or the voracity of the attacks taking place. here in israel sirens have been going on. the indication that the two largest cities in israel are very much within reach of the palestinian rockets coming out of gaza. and in fact, not only are they

reaching tell arri-aviv which it 80 kilometers north. they are reaching towns north of tel-aviv. it's a major cause of concern for israeli officials that have been relying on-air power to suppress the rockets. as you mentioned, the callup of about 40,000 reserve soldiers has some people thinking there could be a ground invasion to stop the rocket fire. >> ayman mojadidi for us. thank you. i want to bring in steve clemons now, editor at large washington editor at large for the atlantic. steve, i want to pick up where ayman left off. the brink of a ground invasion. >> we don't see many issues right now, sort of preexampling or slowing in es collusion. when you see netanyahu's call for 40,000 new reserves to come into line. and people who have been fairly balanced and cautious in their commentary say a ground invasion

may be necessary. it certainly looks at this moment as if we're tilting in that direction. >> this is how israeli prime minister benjamin net ynetanyah is saying. how did we get here? >> we got here because peace failed. a credible peace effort by john kerry and others, the europeans, fell apart. in the absence of credible peace efforts and also with what we saw in egypt where you've seen the rise of cc who 0 closed the border with gaza. hamas has been in a credibility of vice as well as a agr geopolitical one. we saw the murders on both sides of the palestinian israeli line

of young boys. this just reached a point where neither side has been able to be -- i shouldn't say magnanimous enough to reach into the pockets of understanding in the other culture. you see an escalation. when the three tragic boys in the israeli side were killed, netanyahu said their blood would be avenged. what we see now is an escalation both of a revenge culture but hamas is striking out. it doesn't want to lose ground to more radical elements inside palestinian that want to take the ring of being the credible and true opposition. >> is there a way out or has the opportunity for a black through on peace talks. has the opportunity passed? >> i think it's hard. i think it's likely it's passed for the time being. we've been around this corner before. we'll see a lot of people die, unfortunately. an escalation of conflict. the wild card in this is right now most of the middle east is

consumed in a sunni shia civil war. and not kused on the traditional divide. it's going to be interesting to see whether you have groups like isis and other radical sunni groups continuing their campaign against shia sites and shia groups or whether or not what we see as a new possible ground invasion of gaza draws attention from the groups. that's the one thing that could make all of this significantly worse. when you see the palestinian side, essentially overwhelm by other players who entered this conflict. >> steve clemons, the atlantic. thank you. coming up after the break. sarah palin calling for the president to be impeached over the border crisis. we'll talk about it. stick with us. [ male announcer ] type 2 diabetes affects millions of us.

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it's coming from none other than sarah palin. >> a great awakening is due in this country. this is the message that will be sent to our president he's not an imperial president. impeachment is a message that has to be sent to the president we're not going to put up with the lawlessness. >> we're hearing from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle making somewhat of a dramatic appearance and calling this moment in president obama's hurricane katrina moment. >> i hope this doesn't become the katrina moment for president obama. he should come down. >> this is president obama's katrina. his failure to go down there in a timely manner. >> that was congressman fai farenthold from here yesterday. we have managing editor of msnbc.com. good to see you. >> good to be here. >> let's start with sarah palin. she knows that president obama is not going to be impeached. john boehner said a few moments

ago, i'm told, he doesn't agree with sarah palin. the president shouldn't be impeached. what is the angle here? what could the possible angle be for sarah palin to come out and say impeach? >> we haven't heard from sarah palin for awhile. >> that's true. >> what she has going is a fundraising operation, a pac tv appearances. so you to stay relevant. i see a little bit of, you know, can she grab the issue and be the one who pushes it and does that then bring in the money to keep paying the consultants that are paid out of her pac and pay for more to raise money. it's a fundraising game. that's how i see it. >> you would think that potential donors would be smart enough to know it's not going to happen. >> there's a long tradition of direct mail, especially on the right. you can raise money from conservative grassroots donors, from retires, if you hit obama you can raise money off it. >> this is -- we should note not

the first time or the second or third or fourth time that lawmakers called for the president's impeachment. >> right. and even as nick was saying. it helps with fundraising and people trying to get elected this fall. joni ernst who running in iowa jumped on. tried to step in and say the president is a dictator. maybe she's not or maybe he should be impeached. but getting out there to enough people to hear it. >> this is why john boehner is suing obama. it's a way to redirect the anger into something less disastrous for the own party. it doesn't play well beyond the grassroots. >> what is the list here? >> i got it from slate magazine. nine things compared to obama's katrina. the financial crisis. the swine flu, the underwear

bomber, haiti earthquake. the bp oil spill, hurricane sandy, benghazi, and the irs scand scandals. the obamacare rollout, and finally, now, i can add to the list the border crisis. >> and the auto bailout. that was obama's katrina. >> and the other part of this. i'm glad you brought up the katrina part. it's picking up some steam with regards to the specific crisis. we heard from the congressman on the broadcast yesterday. and we also heard from a congressman last night. how is it the president can go and be 230 miles away from this and not show his face? is that the reason? is the white house in the back -- are they saying in meetings, you know, we can't go because we remember hurricane katrina. we know the optics there. is it knowing that? >> i don't think so. i think there's a lot of optics here. i think the president, you know,

nobody wants to have the president. the president is not going to be pushed by people to show up somewhere again just for political theater. i think, you know, being in control or dealing with the crisis does not mean standing in front of cameras at the border. that's not how you deal with a crisis. i don't think the president being in texas or being anywhere near. there are undocumented immigrants who are being moved and people coming in the border going all over the country who are going to colorado, who are going to california who are going to different places. the president is stopping by shelter or border patrol detention centers anywhere in the country. >> if he goes there, he own it is. remember, one of the lines that the gop is push on this is it's a self-inflicted problem. inflicted by the president. by his own policies. of course, the white house would rather be seen as a product of the intractable debate over immigration. if he goes there, it feeds into their storyline a little bit. >> right. and the white house wants very much for congress to approve the

spending that the president wants to see in order to fix the crisis. >> my colleague alex wagner pressed the director of domestic policy tuesday on any potential. this is her response. >> so here is what we need what we expect from the president and the government is that we be engaged in what is most impactive and effective in dealing with the situation. that's been going on since it became clear that the situation was on the scale that it is. the important thing here is we have involved the whole government from the very beginning. >> does this come down to stubbornness on the white house's part and not wanting to give in to the criticism, at this point? >>, i mean, you know what you're saying earlier you don't want the president to be forced into going somewhere. you don't want to lose control that everyone is talking about. i think they're trying to figure out how they can respond right in the moment. this package is designed to create some opening for them on this issue. trying to move ahead a little

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border. mark has been coffvering the sty from the beginning. what is happening there? >> reporter: hi, we're in mission, texas. that's the rio grand. the buildings on the other side are in mexico. this is the hot zone defined by border patrol this is where people coming across the river into the park. a lot of activity. what the agents are seeing right now, they tell me, is a slight drop in some of the people coming across on certain days. down from 12 to 1300 a day in the rio grand valley area to about 1,000. but that goes up-and-down. they're not saying this is a trend, but it's something they're interested in and watching closely. they're talking to the immigrants who are coming across to see if they are hearing the talk at the white house and elsewhere in the united states and also the psa's that are going down to central america urging people not to make the trip and warning them about

deportation. they're wanting to see if it's having any effect. we got some important information from a conference that was held nearby here in the town of far, texas at the end of the month. it was a conference on border security and children involving top officials from the border patrol, i.c.e., fbi, and child care organizations including top intelligence officials in those groups, and they came up with four points at the conference as they were talking among themselves. one, they don't believe this crisis is going to end soon because of the core problems in central america and the smugglers taking advantage of that. two, they saw this problem coming two to three years ago. warnings went out but there was an insufficient response. three, there is still a lack of coordination between overwhelmed agencies dealing with these children and the parents bringing them and the children coming alone. and four, drug traffickers are having a field day. taking advantage of the immigrant flow in one part of the river to bring their drugs in on another part of the river. taking advantage of the

diversion. >> quickly, you mentioned the warnings two to three years ago. warnings from which groups and warnings to whom? >> reporter: warnings from the border patrol. warnings from other agencies. warnings from people down here about what was happening to washington. reports, we did a report two years ago on this. july 2012 we published a report on this. it's been building over a period of at least two years, probably three, and the complaint from many people in this area is they saw this coming but they weren't getting the attention of washington. now it's blown up and it's a crisis. and to some people a surprise. not to the people here. >> they sounded alarm and d.c. never sent the truck. thank you so much. we learned a lot in the report. i want to bring in leslie vel velez. an organization that fight for the rights and well being of refugees. i read your comments last week and wanted to make sure we got

you on. first of all, why should the undocumented children be classified as refugees? what is the thinking there? >> thank you for having us on your show. for us, it was very clear. we've been watching the trends increase since 2008. there has been a 712% increase in the number of asylum applications. an watching the number of children double every year since 2012 on u.s. soil was cause for concern. last year we did intensive research interviewing over 400 children to identify what are the reasons they're leaving. in that context, is there -- are there protection concerns, refugee concerns and other complimentary forms of protection. we found it's a mixed flow, but within that flow and in our research 60% of them feared violence and serious harm if they returned. most of them were convinced they

could not access any kind of protection there their own government. >> 48% apparently of folks say they were threatened by criminals. 48% of the undocumented children that you talked to. and then you have this. the homicide rates for the countries with the majority of immigrants are coming from. in guatemala just under 40 per 100,000 people. el solve door 41.2. honduras 40.4 per 100,000. are most people, you think, in this country missing precisely why it is this is happening? >> yes, the numbers are alarming but the stories behind them are heart wrenching. for example, we had one girl who left she had been threatened by criminal armed groups in her home and threatened to become a girlfriend for criminal armed groups a nonconsensual sexual

relations. she knew they would make good on the threat. they threatened her best friend at school. they ended up murdering her and dismembering her and her body parts. putting along the way to school so the girls in the town would know they shouldn't resist. these threats were not empty. >> it seems as if, leslie, the story of the human smugglers. the child traffickers. what more can you tell us about these people? >> there are many individuals preying on the vulnerable of these children. they're vulnerable in their home country and vulnerable for the opportunity when they're trying to escape for their lives. so there are people preying on them. what the u.n. is asking for is that these children, before being returned to these situations, have access to a fair process to review their asylum claim. both in mexico and the united states, the united states has a robust asylum system. we're asking that the children have access to that fair

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exhibit a rand paul's pac just hired a top new hampshire republican as well as iowa's gop former chairman as top strategies. new hampshire, iowa? exhibit b. tuesday he announce he's teaming up with cory booker on a bill to overhaul the justice system. a political odd couple but one that could help paul in a general election run. and the latest poll shows that paul is still a top gop 2016 contender in a very crowded field of potential candidates. top of the list 11% there. political strategies angela rye is here and gop strategists noelle. it expunges juvenile records for nonviolate crimes, limits solitary confinement, restores food stamps for low-level drug

offenders. it doesn't sound like it might play well with a republican base in the primary. >> that's why i like rand paul. i think the gop needs someone like rand paul that is not afraid to step up to the plate and join hands with cory booker. >> you don't get out of the dugout. >> look, he's number one. he's slated number one in the mixup for people that have not announced yet for 2016. and i know donors in conservative states of texas and arkansas that are willing to get behind rand paul. >> even when they hear him talk about foreign policy? >> yes, sir. angela, rand paul no qualms about, saying with the republican party needs to expand the base or they're going cease to exist. that was rand paul at harvard not long ago. >> the republican party will adapt, evolve, or die. they're not big enough. they have to be bigger. they have to include more people. i tell people that the

republican party needs to look like the rest of america to have a chance. that means with tattoos and without tattoos. with earrings, without earrings. black, white, brown. you go to republican event and it's all white people. not because we're excludeing anybody. we haven't done a good enough job encouraging people to come into our party. >> it's all white people. he seems to be, angela, about the only republican trying to follow the 2012 autopsy. does he have a shot at all with proposals like this and speeches like that at bringing in, perhaps, african-american voters, if he billiecomes the nominee. >> i think this is the challenge, craig. his actions with senator booker. it's not the first time they teamed up to work on something that overwhelmingly impact probably disportion nately communities of color and underserve communities. the challenge rand paul says is

the thing like that. the civil rights act should not force private companies to serve communities of color. he said things like cory booker has an imaginary friend. at some point his actions have to match the policies he says he supports. the autopsy plan whether it's for rand paul or anybody else in the gop is not going bear much fruit if they continue to have their words not match their action. i give you romney and his 47%. >> i forgotten about the t-bone comment until you mentioned it. it sounds as if you think part of this might not necessarily be completely genuine. is that what you're implying? >> here is the main thing whether it's genuine or not. i applaud him. it's not an endorsement. he's taking step in the right direction if he can get the rest of the gop foot soldiers to fold suit including priebus. >> looking at the primary politics. he's iowa and new hampshire with the new recent hires.

look agent the competition to someone like ted cruz, paul backed mcconnell against the tea party challenger. you have cruz hanging on to mcdaniel in mississippi. how does play out perhaps in the road or on the road in a primary? >> well, i mean, like i said. a lot of people, especially people in the middle look at someone like ted cruz as more of an extremist. they look at all that is more a right wing. is ted cruz running, i've heard through a consultants, yes, he's probably going to be running. there are a lot of folks looking that are extreme right that are looking to run. they appeal to a certain aspect to our base and the tea party base. but i think what we're trying to say with rand paul is the fact he can appeal to some of the voters that are still in the middle not knowing nay want to go democrat or republican. they like certain aspects of the republican party. >> if the gop is looking for a candidate who, you know, who people can get behind, has a chance at winning a general

election. what is wrong with the fellow named jeb bush? >> jeb bush is fantastic. he's excellent and appeals to a lot of sides as well. jeb bush has not been making hires and has not been hiring strategists or talking about pacs like rand paul. i think you've got get out there early, craig. you have to get the money and the donors pretty early. there's not a whole lot to go around. >> thank you to you both. president obama is in campaign cash mode. headlining for fundraisers in 24 ho 24-hours after delivering remarks on the economy in denver. the president will attend a launch for marc udall. we learned that udall will not be in attendance. he's staying in washington for a vote. after colorado it's off to texas. the president will be attending fundraisers in dallas and austin. then a fourth fund-raiser tomorrow in austin.

palmer beginnings is a reporter for t if. it seems if the only time a democrat ever goes to texas is to raise money. >> yeah. it is bit of an atm state, is it not? well we're seeing first of all, the udall development is quite interesting. he was slated to attend this $15,000 a plate fund-raiser with president obama in his home state of colorado this afternoon. then to hear this morning that he's going to kind of do a switchup and stay in washington, d.c. it's -- it definitely is another chapter in senator udall's kind of hemming and hawing relationship with whether or not he wants to be seen on the trail with president obama. back in january he had a memorable back and forth on live camera with whether or not he thought that president obama was a political liability even. and so then he was slated to, you know, to do this fund-raiser

out in denver, and now he's not going to do it. interesting development there, for sure. >> you don't buy the fact that the senator needed to stay down in d.c. for a vote? that doesn't pass the smell test? >> well, you know, i mean, i'm definitely not making accusations, but it certainly doesn't, you know, we like to throw around the phrase helping optics. helping or hurting optics here in d.c. it doesn't help that. >> it would seem to me if you have a buddy showing up to help you raise a few hundred thousand dollars the least you can do is show your face. maybe i'm old fashioned. >> right. >> off to colorado it's to the lone star state for two more fundraisers. a barbecue and the star-studded event. >> that's right. he's going to -- president obama is going to head out to dallas for a summer barbecue, and this is a very -- going to be a very pricey outdoor grillout event.

tickets start at $10,000 and go up to $32,400 per couple for this, you know, backyard grillout, which is pretty expensive if you ask us. >> that's a really good barbecue. >> it better be. it darn well better be. >> we have to leave it there. thank you. >> sure. we're just learning from both the associated press and the new york times that edward snowden, edward snowden has formerly asked to extend his stay in russia. this is according to the associated press and the new york times russia media are quoting his lawyer saying he's submitted his documents to lengthen his asylum in russia. again, learning that edward snowden asked to extend his stay in russia. we'll be right back. the summer of this. the summer that summers from here on will be compared to. where memories will be forged into the sand.

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and we leave you on this wednesday with today's political note. it's about president obama. in denver the president shook

hands with men, women, than guy! some guy showed up wearing a horse mask. yeah. another interesting greeting for the president. a sign that said free weed for obama. colorado we're talking about here. yeah. and at the denver bar, someone offered the president of the united states a hit. the president politely declined. take a look. >> do you want a hit? >> do you want a hit this? he may have declined some offers in colorado but he did say okay to a guy's night out with colorado governor john hickenloop hickenlooper. they ate pizza, threw back a beer, played some pool. and apparently we're told the president won. if you're a governor, i guess you are obligated to let the president win in pool. that wrapping up this hour on msnbc. up next on "newsnation." tamron talks to sheila jackson lee about the border crises and the president's visit today. all the buzz over espn magazines

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