courthouse elevator. we'll stay on it. i don't know. watch this space. that does it it for us tonight, we have to have a safe country. we have to let people come in that love the country. this is about love. this building is about love. and we have to have people come in that are going to love the country, not people that are going to harm the country. immigration crackdown. the trump administration is laying out a plan for enforcing u.s. immigration laws, but some critics say it amounts to mass deportation. plus lawmakers are feeling the heat from constituents at town hall events. republicans and democrats are facing tough questions about the trump administration. and san jose, california, is under water this morning. major flooding has forced hundreds from their homes and rescue crews are going

door-to-door to help those stranded. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, february 2nd. i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. immigration is the new focus of the secretary of homeland security. following through on the border wall and citing the end of catch and release, the immediate deportation for those in the u.s. under 2 years, that's a change from obama, send central american refugees to mexico, and prosecute those who are smuggling their children into

the u.s. also dhs will add 5,000 more border patrol agents and add 10,000 more i.c.e. agents while ramping up the 287g program to recruit local help. this is enforcement of existing policy says the white house. >> is one of the goals here mass deportation? >> no. the message from this white house and from the dhs is that those people who are in this country impose a threat to our public safety or who committed a crime will be the first to go. and we'll be aggressively making sure that occurs. remember, everyone who is here illegally is subject to removal at any time. that is consistent with every countrot just ours. if you're in this country in an illegal manner, then obviously there's a provision that can ensure you'll be removed. >> there's push-back in chicago where the public school system instructed principals not to allow i.c.e. agents into the

classroom without criminal warrants. but so far dhs canceled all obama-era executive orders except the one issued in 2012 to allow those who came to america as children to stay here. yesterday the president told craig melvin the u.s. showed compassion for the approximate 750,000 dreamers raised in the united states. >> what about the dreamers? >> we are going to try to take care of the dreamers. >> homeland security also addressed the border identifying three cites where it plans to construct the wall. funding will come from congress and include the cost of $20 billion even before maintenance is factored in. president trump is facing criticism for not speaking out enough about anti-semitism.

following a tour of the african-american museum of agriculture. >> this tour was a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry, intolerance in all its ugly forms. the anti-semitic threats are horrible and painful and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil. >> will you denounce anti-semitism once and for all to clear up the confusion? >> i do all the time. i think it is terrible, i think it is horrible. whether it is anti-semitism or racism, anything you want to think about having to do with the divide.

anti-semitism is likewise, it is just terrible. and you don't know where it is coming from, but i certainly hope they catch the people. i think you may have had it for longer than people think and maybe it gets brought up a little bit more, but i will tell you that anti-semitism is horrible and it's going to stop and it has to stop. >> so you're denouncing once and for all. >> yes, of course, and i'll do it whenever i get a chance to do it. the president used the trip to once more saver his electoral win. >> i also want to thank senator tim scott for joining us today. a friend of mine, a great, great senator from south carolina. i like the state of south carolina. i like all the states where i won by double, double, double digits, those states. >> following the rise of anti-semitic incidents across the country, several muslim groups have started to join in

solidarity. cair is offering a $5,000 reward to those responsible. and the crowd-funding page is helping to raise money to repair the jewish cemetery that was desecrated over the weekend. all the money raised will go to other jewish centers that need repairs across the country. the president tweeted last night, the so-called angry crowds in home districts of system republicans are actually in numerous cases planned out by will liberal activists, sad. issa appears at morning rallies

addressing supporters and critics. there was a lot of concern over education and russia and immigration and, in particular, health care. >> my problem is that does this extend to people like me who will run out of cobra, acla will not be available for me and the insurance companies can deny me. that's my question. are you going to allow that to happen? >> i don't see how that could happen because when you go out of cobra, you're immediately covered by insurance. >> if it's there and they allow me to buy it. i'm asking are you going to -- >> where did you get the idea that somebody -- where did you get the idea that people didn't want you to have insurance? i don't know what you would be talking about. i haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing. >> i've been busy.

i'm on obamacare. if it wasn't for obamacare, we wouldn't be able to afford insurance. with all due respect, sir, you're the man that talked about the death panel. we're going to create one great big death panel in this country that people can't afford to get insurance. we're not getting rid of obamacare then prove it! >> it's nothing compared to 2009, well, 2009, the summer 2009. >> that was more intense than this? >> oh, yeah. >> but as grassley said afterwards to "the register," this that you have seen is the best way to do it. mitch mcconnell pushed back yesterday at the nearly 1,000 demonstrators that greeted him at a speech in his home state of kentucky met by chants such as

"no ban no wall." mitch mcconnell took our call as he arrived. while respecting those protesting, he said winners make policy and the losers go home. >> this congress for 240 years has been an open country where you can express your points of view. as long as you do it peacefully. we're proud of that. so i'm proud of those folks out there. they don't like what i'm doing. they don't share my agenda. but i respect their right to be there. why are they protesting? they don't like the result of change. they had their shot in the election, they certainly had their shot in kentucky. but in this country, when you win the election, you get to make the policy. i always remind people, winners make policy and losers go home.

>> scott pruitt spent his first day on the job trying to assure skeptical employees. in his first address to agency, he stepped back from regular overreach. at the same time, he also pledged to listen to his new employees. >> we aught to be able to get together and wrestle through some very difficult issues and do so in a civil manner. you can't lead unless you listen. i seek to listen, learn and lead with you to address these issues that we face as a nation. >> pruitt was sworn in last friday. prior to that, nearly 800 epa employees signed a letter urging the senate to reject his confirmation while serving as oklahoma's attorney general, pruitt sued 13 times in regards to his state. and the deadline looms for

those though evacuate the dakota access pipeline protest camp. here's more from the camp site with a good morning to you, cal perry. >> reporter: deadline day here. 2:00 p.m. local time is when the army corps of engineers wants everybody off that piece of land that is close to both the reservation and the pipeline being put in by energy partners. there are concerns about the camp, for one, there are mental health issues some have in this camp, which is why authorities are setting up a processing center here in the capital. there's also a sanitary concern, trash has been piled high in that camp. they have been trying to clear out the site for weeks now, but it's getting more and more difficult as water rises. keep in mind, this is why the governor put in that evacuation order according to the governor. this camp lies below a potential floodplain. that's a concern to authorities. and there's the concern there could be violence. there's a small group of

protesters that are holed up inside the standing rock camp who have vowed to stay past the deadline. the deadline of 2 p.m. where authorities say the protesters have a choice, they can leave peace any on their own and processed out here of the center and given bus tickets home. or they can be arrested at 2:00 p.m. that's when we expect to see the national guard start heading towards the camp. ayman? >> cal perry, thank you for that report. the new video has been released of actor harrison ford's close call with an american airlines jet while landing his plane at a southern california airport last week. the 74-year-old was coming in for a landing at the john wayne airport when he mistakingly landed on a taxiway just flying over the jet holding position for departure with more than 100 people on board. the faa has told nbc news that ford who is an experienced pilot had been instructed to land on the airport's runway and that he read the instructions back to officials. the faa's investigating the incident and there's no comment

yet from ford. all right, d.c. police have released dramatic body cam video of a man being rescued from a burning car. officials say he somehow ran his vehicle off the road into a light pole on monday night. you can see the car smoking as the officer approaches. here's what happens next. >> i'm going to break the window right now. >> can you open the door? open the door. get your seat belt off. >> yes, sir. >> he's coming! he's coming! >> dramatic video of a close call there. you can see the officers eventually pulled the driver to safety. metro police say he's been treated and released from the hospital. no word yet on what caused him to run off the road, guys. >> oh, man. >> wow. >> too scary. luckily for both of them, harrison ford as well as that man there in the burning car. >> thank you, louis, for that. still ahead, the banner may be gone now but the national

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welcome back. this morning national park police are investigating how people were able to hang a banner reading refugees welcome on the be of e statue of liberty. according to the lease, the banner was just unfurled before 1:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon. rangers took it down an hour later. that banner on the national monument is prohibited. the investigation is underway to identify the people who hung that sign. meanwhile, u.s. park officials are also investigating

vandalism at four memorials in washington, d.c. the world war ii memorial, lincoln memorial, washington monument and d.c. war memorial were all vandalized with permanent marker over the holiday weekend. crews are using solvent to remove the graffiti. investigators are reviewing surveillance camera footage from the areas. in san jose, california, more than 240 people had to be rescued because of rising floodwaters. in fact, the city declared a local emergency and issued evacuation orders or advisories for 1,000 homes. the floodwaters are tall enough to cover cars forcing rescuers to go door-to-door to search for residents. fire crews are decontaminating anyone who comes into contact with floodwater which has been polluted with both gasoline, oil, sewage, chemicals and other debris. according to the weather channel, there's been eight weather-related deaths as a result of the most drent storms in california. let's bring in bonnie schneider

with the latest. today's forecast should be dr the problem is we have seen so much rain, five inches for this month along, more than twice we would normally see for the month of february. let's look at the forecast for california and the rest of the west coast. light showers with additional snow in high elevations. i hate to say we have another storm in the forecast because we certainly don't need more rain there. but we are dealing with precipitation working into tampa bay right now. in terms of accumulation, it's going to be stormy. low pressure working its way across parts of the gulf of mexico. kind of unusual to see that this time of the year, but the low will trigger instability and more likely storms will build in with heavy rain and the threat of isolated flooding. so if you live in an area that tends to flood when the rain comes down really hard in florida, you may be seeing it from jacksonville down to miami. so accumulations will be fairly

light. mostly about a quarter to half an inch with isolated flooding. we have been talking about how warm it's been, but it's still winter. there's a winter storm coming thursday and friday across the plains and even minneapolis. we could see six inches, possibly a foot of snow thursday night into friday in cities like minneapolis. and even into scotts bluff earlier on. here's a look at the accumulations. just a reminder, you need the shovel and the winter coat. although much of the country is saying it feels like spring, but this is where it will be snowing. >> it is february. it's confusing. >> we're having record days in some parts of the country, 70s, in chicago they have had five days of incredible heat. thank you. still ahead, magic johnson gets a new role with the los angeles lakers, but it comes as part of a shake-up for that team. that team could use magic for sure. we have that story next in sports. this is the story of green mountain coffee and fair trade,

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welcome back, everyone. i'm alex witt alongside ayman h mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. the president discussed the uptick in anti-semitic activity

yesterday telling msnbc these kinds of actions have to stop. the president has faced criticism for not going far enough in speaking out. today is the day protesters against the dakota access peopleline have to leave their encampment. the army corps of engineers plans to shut it down today. a few hundred people are still at the protest camp. and house speaker paul ryan is expected to tour the u.s. border with mexico for the first time today. he'll need a small delegation of republicans to include the chairman of the homeland security committee, michael mccaul. the trump administration is trying to calm fears over the sweeping new immigration directives insisting the goal of the ramped up enforcement is not to produce mass deportation. also interesting is a particular segment of the undocumented community that the president spared. msnbc news justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: i'm with the homeland security ordering new

immigration laws on the books to carry out donald trump's executive orders signed last month. nearly anyone here illegally is now subject to deportation. so when undocumented migrants are picked up by police for any violation and their fingerprints are sent to homeland security, they could be deported. the memos call for hiring 5,000 more border patrol agents and 10,000 more i.c.e. agents. people detained at the border will now be held until their court hearings. no longer released and allowed to show up later. the rules call for immediate deportation without a hearing for anyone picked up who has been here illegally less than two years. and it used to be two weeks. but notably unchanged is president obama's executive order allowing so-called dreamers to stay. children who came here illegally with their parents. now most of this will take months, even years to fully enforce, and homeland firms don't plan any mass round-ups. >> pete williams in washington, thank you for that. packed town halls continue to pop up across the country.

the president tweeting last night, quote, the so-called angry crowds in home districts of some republicans are actually in numerous cases planned out by liberal activists. sad. last night was a contentious one in virginia with tea party congressman david bratt acknowledging the need to listen. >> it was an explosive hour and ten minutes where the republicans took questions. >> i was impressed with the way dave handled himself with the ignorance of people out here in the crowd. i thought he did a great job on what he was saying. i think he answered the questions well. >> i tried to explain the two-year transition path and nose kind of things so we can work on getting the anxiety level, so we can have more civil discourse. you can just hear the anxiety is real. people want real solutions so we're going to have to pay attention to that. >> and in virginia beach, freshman republican congressman scott taylor faced a second

night of large crowds getting an earful while answering more than 25 questions from a crowd of 800 people. >> roughly 800 people packed into the york high school auditorium that holds 1,000. some constituents waitehree hours outside to get that seat at the table. >> people are scared. >> a lot of unusual activity going on in washington. >> on donald trump, taylor reiterated he should release his tax returns. he also called on the nation to unite. >> i think that, you know, the country does have to get calm. the president himself also has to get calm and reduce those tweeting and reduce tensions around the nation. >> and farther south it was a similar scene. overflow crowds chanted "you work for us" as buddy carter spoke at a college cam pause in savannah, georgia. inside he tried to reassure to the crowd he doesn't plan to pull out the rug from anyone on

obamacare. and carter exited through a side door over security concerns. quote, i regret that. i was really happy about the turnout. everyone has the right to speak and i want to give them that right. i wish we could have been more cordial. and then there was this moment with congressman steve womack in arkansas. >> you guys just want to investigate everybody. and you guys wasted a lot of money on benghazi, waste a little on trump. >> joining me from capitol hill is molly hooper. molly, good morning to you. what a divide over the town hall crowds. put this moment in context for us, how contentious is this at its roots? >> reporter: you know, it seems very contentious. in 2009, after the tea party

movement really started to pick up steam, we would see these ruccous town hall meetings over the issue of obamacare. at that time, it was not a reality but just something that the congress was talking about. and climate change legislation, the efforts seemed to be very organic, not organized. people weren't speaking over each other as much. they were yelling very -- it was very heated but in a different kind of way. it seems like these town halls and the passion that is being seen is something that is coming out of this previous election. this country is very divided. and that was quite clear in the past year and a half. and this is just sort of an outcropping of that. and it is just a continuation over the poll already aization of this country it seems. >> molly, i want to switch topics to ask you about immigration, the announcement of the executive orders expanding some of the powers that

officials will have enforcing the laws. do you expect that to also be a high issue for congestiressiona representatives when they get back to their districts in the crowds? or is this an issue on obamacare? >> reporter: i believe immigration is one of the issues as well. for immigration, it depends more so on where the congressman's district is. i know, for example, dennis ross, a congressman in florida, had very passionate questions about the issue of carrying out the immigration orders. and the republicans like to say, this is not necessarily branching the federal government more authority, it's more so spilling out what these agents need to be enforcing. under the obama administration, the dhs chose to not enforce certain aspects of the law as str str

strictly. and basically the trump administration is saying, no, we're going to enforce the laws and hire more border security and more dhs officials and more judges for the immigration courts. and we're going to carry the laws out to the letter. so, you know, there's a question in how you really articulate that. but in districts in california, florida, manufacturing areas, these are very key issues to the people who live in those districts. >> molly hooper, great to have you with us this early morning. appreciate it. the controversial writer who was booted from cpac earlier this week resigned from his role. the senior editor at breitbart news is said to be a distraction. milo yiannopoulos was given an invitation and then a dis-invitation from simon &

shuster. he tried to explain his comments. >> my experience as a victim led me to believe i could say almost anything on this subject no matter how outrageous. but i understand that my usual blend of sassy gay british sarcasm and humor might have come across as flippancy, a lack of care for other victims or even worse, as seems to have been the case in reports, advocacy. i'm horrified by that impression and would like to restate my disgust at adults who sexually abuse minors. i don't believe sex with 13-year-olds is okay. when i mentioned that i was 13, i was talking about myself and the age i lost my virginity and striked americans as strange, but my mother's heritage in germany, the age of consent is 14. i did say that the younger gay

man can gain support from an older gay man. that is perfectly true and every young gay man knows it. >> they claim the scrutiny is part of a highly coordinated well-funded attack against him. and he tried to frame it in global terms. >> this sort of populist nationalist revolution that is happening, the anti-political correctness, pro-speech revolution is happening all over the western world and is not going anywhere. for the last 30 years, speech codes have been the order of the day and rightly politicians have run terrified and screaming for allegations of racism and sexism. and basically given ground on almost every serious issue. well, that's changing with the rise of bold electorates and bold politicians. donald trump is an example of that. i'm the example of what a cultural figure related to that social change is. >> yiannopoulos says he'll keep

going what he's doing just not under breitbart. and it seems that the president's chief strategist had a different message for one european leader. according to reuters, steve bannon questioned the effectiveness of the european union. bannon told the ambassador he viewed the eu as a flawed construct and favored conducting relations with europe on a bilateral basis. one source told reuters, quote, there appears to be no understanding in the white house of an unraveling of the eu and it would have grave consequences. the white house disputed the characterization calling it a quick hello while the german govern declined to comment. still ahead, walmart drives another ll street record high. that's coming up in business. plus, evacuation orders are still in place in california after another round of storms. teens are going door to door to rescue residents. we'll have the very latest on that.

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will he make it all four years of his term? >> that's up to donald trump. >> what do you think, joe? >> i think if he continues the way he's done the first month, i don't think it's sustainable and don't think it will last four years. >> or will we just get used to it and build a callous on our soul? >> here's the problem -- >> will it look like a big toe? >> i think we have already died a million deaths the first month. >> go joe. that was good. of course, it was joe on the late show with stephen colbert last night. >> let's go to bonnie schneider with bad reports out of san jose. >> we have seen five inches there so far, more than twice we typically see. scattered showers are in the forecast, but no thunderstorms.

there's a new storm system saturday night into sunday, but for now we are looking at light showers with onshore flow. look at this, snow in the forecast. and then we forgot about snow, i know it's still winter, but a big storm is coming through the northern and central plains and into the midwest. minneapolis, you could see a foot of snow thursday night into friday. we'll break it down because one storm will affect many people. heavy snow in the plains and midwest. and thunderstorms, remember temperatures are too warm in chicago for this to be a big snow event there, but it will be a stormy one. storms in indianalis all the way to western pennsylvania as the rain moves to the east. you may see a little bit of lights snow as it starts off in chicago. and then as we head into the weekend, we'll look outfor wet weather into boston and new york for saturday night. look at the widespread warmth. unbelievable. temperatures are soaring so high that much of the country, 71%, 50 degrees or warmer. that is really unheard of for february. as we look at the temperatures, another day where we have numbers 30 degrees above normal with more records likely to be shattered once again. 68 in chicago.

64 in cleveland. nashville, up to 73. by thursday, 64 in new york city. and in the upper 70s in raleigh. that's getting close to 80 degrees in north carolina. it will be 81 in jackson, mississippi, which is more than 20 degrees above normal. by the time we kind of wrap up this week, it looks like we'll get warmer. washington, d.c., 30 degrees above normal with a high temperature of 74. and into cleveland, 35 degrees above normal. so some really warm numbers for you. so keep that in mind. and also, just, of course, we are still watching california. we'll be watched for the scattered showers. but again, it's going to take a while for the water to recede. in fact, the national weather service for the san jose area says it will take 24 hours to get below flood stage. so something to keep in mind. >> i have whiplash with this winter. you don't know if you're coming or going. thank you for the heads-up on all that. still ahead for all of you, the latest on the bizarre death surrounding kim jong-un's half brother.

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now to the latest on the murder of kim jong-un's half-brother. an official with the title of

second secretary is a person of interest in the killing. they also named an employee of the state-owned airline as a person of interest. they did not elaborate on how the two are connected to the death of kim jong-nam. the attacker wiped a toxin on his face and you see him claiming and talking to people about what happened to him. they are looking for five other north korean nationals who they strongly believe returned to north korea. well, back here at home, another immigration issue is taking hold. this time on the northern border. only in this case, refugees aren't trying to get into the united states. that's exactly the issue. kevin tibbles has this report. >> reporter: in the dead of winter, they crossed illegally from the united states into canada. many arriving in tiny emerson manitoba.

population 650. this somali man was found frostbitten and alone. heesibes the trek as perius. >> often they are not equipped to handle the conditions out here, so it can be dangerous. >> reporter: out here the border is hard to see and harder to police. this year already more than 100 have made the journey seeking asylum. >> everybody that shows up at the port of entry are treated with the same level of respect and professionalism. >> reporter: this group with children in tow crossed from new york into quebec. ahmed usa from ghana describes how someone pointed the way. >> he said, you cross this field. >> it kind of freaks you out in the middle of the night when you're in a dead sleep. >> reporter: greg johnson says asylum seekers often wake up residents seeking help. >> it's the ban that president trump has put on and that is scaring the people.

>> reporter: once in canada, they can remain until their refugee case is heard. the salvation army in nearby winnipeg has had to make new beds available. >> we are doing what we can for these folks. they are in canada and need help. >> reporter: in this small town, many are wondering how many plan to cross and will they survive the winter. >> incredible story. that was kevin tibbles reporting. let's turn now to france's president le pen who canceled a meeting with lebanon's grand mufti after she said a headscarf at the meeting would be required. she's currently traveling in lebanon. she believes this is a symbol of submission as a woman adding you can pass on my respects to the grand mufti but i will not cover myself up. shep went on to her passing of the meeting says she has no disrespect for the mufti or is

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here's a check on the stories you'll hear about in the day ahead. >> president trump is set to meet with two members of his national security team as the administration looks to revamp the immigration policies. kristen welker has more. good morning, kristen. >> reporter: louis, good morning to you. today president trump will continue his reset here at the white house after a rocky start. on the agenda, he'll meet with his secretary of state rex tillerson. following that meeting, tillerson and dhs secretary kelly will travel to mexico to smooth out relations with officials there after president trump infuriated the mexican president while moving forward on his plans for a border wall. meanwhile, the president will also try to tap down criticism he hasn't been strong enough in denouncing anti-semitism after uptick in threats against jewish community centers. on tuesday he denounced the actions in the strongest terms yet. now as for the rest of todd, the president will hold a legislative strategy session as he prepares to roll out more

immigration actions later this week. louis? >> kristen welker from the white house, thank you for that report. and meanwhile, cpac kicks off today and donald trump and mike pence will speak during the conference. and nasa is set to hold a news conference to discuss a discovery beyond our solar system. they will look into the exo planets that orbit stars other than the sun and perhaps the best hope for finding life elsewhere in the universe. i can read about that all day. >> the planets, now they are learning new planets -- >> we'll wrap this up right now on this wednesday. i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. i have not seen you for a long time. how have you been? >> i'm busy. i'm on obamacare, if it wasn't for obamacare, we wouldn't be able to afford insurance.

with all due respect, sir, you talked about the death panel. we are going to create one big death panel where people can't afford to get >> the president calls the town halls fake. good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, february 22nd. welcome to "morning joe." with us on set, veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. political analyst and co-author of game change mike halpern and former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst steve rattner. in madison, wisconsin, "the new york times" reporting