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sunshine state. >> thanks as always. that wraps up this hour of "msnbc live." we had two democratic presidential candidates on the program today. we'll have two more tomorrow here at 11:00 a.m. eastern on msnbc. "andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. thank you, craig melvin. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," who loves a parade? president trump promises a military extravaganza with tank and fly overs. plus a presidential speech in front of the lincoln memorial. instead of the traditional non-political july 4th celebration on the national mall. >> we're going to have a great fourth of july in washington, d.c. i hope a lot of people come. >> mr. president, how about a hot dog and a hamburger rather than an extravaganza that divides the country? it feels like a jail. members of congress describing horrendous conditions at a detention facility on the texas border. some of the latina members were
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denigrated on facebook by border patrol officers. >> what we saw today was unconscionable. >> it was clear that the water was not running. in fact, one of the women said that she was told by an agent to drink water out of the toilet. and the leaderboard. poll numbers showing a shakeup in the democratic primary race. shift after the first debates. >> in the first 24 hours after those debates last week there was a poll that suggested biden was going down. the most dramatic provemeimprovs for here. good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. we have some breaking news. vice president pence was on route to new hampshire for a previously scheduled opioid event. air force 2 turned around,
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returned back to andrews joint base, he landed safely. we understand there was some meeting at the white house he's now heading to attend. we'll have a lot more on that from kelly o'donnell as we sort there. something did draw him back. we understand there's no health emergency. everybody is well but there's no cause for alarm according to white house officials. previously scheduled event changed midair. that, obviously, could be very important. president trump's plan for a fourth of july spectacle also important and causing deep concern that the president is trying to turn a non-partisan national celebration into a campaign rally. >> it's a salute to america and i'm going to be here. i'm going to say a few words and we're going to have planes going overhead. the best fighter jets in the world and other planes, too. and we're going to have some tanks stationed outside. going to be pretty careful with the tanks because the roads have
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a tendency not to like to carry heavy tanks. we have to put them in certain areas. >> the president's decision to transform the country's traditional fourth of july celebrations is causing concern. the defense department has not released its estimate on how much this is going to cost. but just the flyovers of military jets is expected to cost millions of dollars for fuel and maintenance alone. still, president trump tweeting today, the pentagon and our great military leaders are thrilled to be doing this. joining me now is ashley parker, washington post white house reporter. jeremy bash, and msnbc national security analyst bill crystal, director of defending democracy together. welcome all. ashley, first to you. let's talk about the plans on
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the mall. i don't know if you've heard anything more about the vice president's turn around. we're interested in anything you may be gathering. >> our team has reached out to his office and we have the request in. i don't have anything beyond he was headed there, he was asked to turn around. it seems like there's something going on that they want him to be a part of. which for what it's worth, it will be interesting to find out exactly what it is because the vice president's office can sometimes be a little opaque. so to understand where is his role, is he being asked to rush back for a national security emergencies. it will be illuminated he plays behind the scenes. >> the july 4th plans, jeremy bash, the pentagoning does not like to get involved in politics as you know better than anyone. and this is expensive. this is unusual. it was presaged by the bastille
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day event he saw. >> one is the militarization of a national celebration. the second is putting trump there and making it into a political rally where the republican national committee is handing out tickets. >> not the democrats. >> on the first issue, i'm all in favor of the blue angels, which is largely ceremonial and designed for events to celebrate american military skill and precision and heroism. i'm all for them doing a flyover. it's the tanks in the streets i think is the wrong message. it sends a message we're becoming an autocracy. on the partisanship, i don't think there's any role for political partisanship in the fourth of july. >> we just showed you a couple of stills.
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we can get them back up. these are on flat beds. they were brought in on rail, the tanks. we're talking about military equipment that pennsylvania and constitution avenue are not prepared to handle this. they could collapse. it's going to be hot weather. the asphalt is fragile as it is. we've got the worst possible potholes already in d.c. and $11 billion in infrastructure money they're waiting for to help rebuild and repair d.c. >> even if they can manage it, it's inappropriate. it's not a military themed holiday. some parades, some barbecues, some celebrations, reading the declaration of independence, whatever people like to do. trump intruding himself into it i find annoying frankly. as a resident here, it's always been a wonderful celebration. presidents haven't attended. there's been really -- unlike
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most things in d.c. no politization over the years. suddenly it's personalized. and the tanks are inappropriate. memorial day and veteran's day are military themed. july 4th is a military and civil holiday. trump ruins everything. we're pro military, pro recognizing and honoring the military. trump and the way he does it makes it almost, you know, difficult to then say look we have to have an appropriate honoring of our servicemen and women. vice president to try to tie these things together. i was a chief of staff to a vice president. i'm assuming it's not a health or medical issue. it's hard to see what domestic issue would require him to come back. trump might summon him back. even so, there's nothing that happens at 2:00 p.m. that can't
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happen at 5:00 p.m. i don't think. one imagines it's a foreign policy issue. the most obvious one is iran where they announced we've been in a confrontational stance with them. they announced -- >> they're breaking out. >> out of the iran nuclear constraints, from the treaty. so i guess we'll find out. >> there's that. there's a divide between john bolton and the diplomats on how to handle north korea, which has become very public. it could be a staff issue as well. kelly o'donnell is joining us now from the north lawn. any insights into why the vice president turned around from a trip to new hampshire? >> reporter: well, you know how unusual it is to have a public event like this canceled. it's rare. that caused a lot of concern. we know the vice president is back here at the white house. officials tell me there's no medical reason for his return. that being his own medical situation or that of his family. and primarily the president. the constitutional duties of a vice president are limited. we inquired immediately about the welfare of the president.
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we're told he's fine and here. but the white house says there was a reason he needed to cancel a new hampshire event and be at the white house. we have pressed multiple officials, both in the vice president's office as well as the west wing for further clarification because of the unusual nature of this. and the need to understand what is happening, could there be any sort of business reason. we've been told not to anticipate this has anything to do with global events. but some other reason the president was -- i'm sorry the vice president was required to be back here at the white house. we always take this sort of measure seriously until we get a full explanation. because if we look back at history, there are times when the sudden return of a vice president to the white house or to the west wing is cause for alarm. here officials have said very clearly no cause for alarm. no emergency. yet, an event where people were expected to be present in an important state was canceled or
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postponed. and that raises these questions. we're hoping they can provide additional answers. i mean the vice president we were told as of minutes ago was in the west wing, although not with the president is what i was told. as soon as we get more explanation, we'll gladly bring it to you. i guess the good news here is that there isn't an emergency. there's not a medical reason. that always is something of great concern. and so what is the policy question or the work reason or something else we're not considering that would have brought the vice president back? andrea. >> very well framed. with former vice presidential chief of staff here to dan quayle, we can imagine a political reason, a staffing reason as well. if he's in the west wing office, he's not in his old executive office building. eisenhower i guess office building they now call it. the office across the way. he's right there, only feet away from the oval office. we don't go if there's in the
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situation room. he would have secure communications on air force 2? >> absolutely. what's unusual about this -- kelly mentioned maybe -- i have to add one thing to her excellent report. it's not that unusual for an event to be canceled at night before or 8:00 a.m. this morning and you don't take off. the president says we have to have a meeting this morning, it's unfortunate these people are planning -- to turn around the plane in midair, that's very rare. maybe vice president thought he had to return. it's unusual to turn the plane around in midair. >> we have something from the vice president's spokeswoman. let's see if we've got that available. something came up that required the vp to remain in d.c. he looks forward to rescheduling the event in new hampshire very soon. ashley parker, i want to return
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to this july 4th controversy. memorably one of the most important july 4ths i ever experienced -- there's been so many going back to the 1986 bicentennial celebration with ronald reagan out on the statue of liberty. there's been so many over the years. very often previous presidents invited the press corp to join the press corp and kids onto the south lawn. just a picnic, bring your own. it was in baghdad in 2009 with vice president joe biden swearing in what we would now call dreamers. swearing in u.s. troops as u.s. citizens. they were of all nationalalitti. those who were serving in wartime. we were at camp victory witnessing a swearing in.
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never before, except harry truman has the president given a july 4th speech in washington. >> it can be a deeply symbolic holiday. the thing with this president, especially is he's arranged for this parade in his honor, some people have likened it to a make america great again rally on the steps of the lincoln monument. if you look back at past moments, doesn't strike the right tone or substance for that moment. there is a world in which he delivers a speech that is light on politics and heavy on patriotism. read off the teleprompter. but you have to remember this is a president who very early on stood before the wall of stars at the cia and talked about his inaugural crowd sizes. this is a president who went to
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the boy scout jamboree and injected politics. it's an open question. in addition to the costs and the tanks and what the critics say is a self-aggrandizement. >> this is so routine, it's not reported. he attacked the democrats on foreign soil -- >> just after the meeting with kim jong-un. >> speaking to troops, the most kind of where the tradition is to be so non-partisan. he thought nothing of attacking the democrats on somewhat fictitious grounds. >> which was wrong. >> right. >> which was incorrect. moreover, the president in his last engagements overseas really gave every autocrat something he wanted to hear. and whether it was kim jong-un, north korea dictator, or vladmir
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putin, the leader in russia, even yielding important concessions to sxi jinping. it was a demonstration of the president of the united states for affinity for strong men. when he was asked about the leaders from our nato allies, he'll say some of them aren't as strong. as if strength is the only thing he values as opposed to upholding some values that are synonymous with american freedom. >> on june 6th, the interview where he was attacking joe biden, nancy pelosi with the crosses behind him. i want to clarify now that we were all reporting based on what the white house officials or the officials the opioid event told the awaiting crowd at that event. they said he was midair. peter alexander is reporting from the white house he never
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was in the air. it wasn't a turn around, it was a canceled event within the hour of him having to -- scheduled today arrive in new hampshire. we're going to get all of this clarified. this is what we're being told by peter alexander at the white house. more to come, stay with us, and thanks to all of you. coming up, the contenders. new reaction from mayor pete buttigieg about his hometown police situation. hometown police situation is it that obvious? yes it is. you know, maybe you'd worry less if you got geico to help with your homeowners insurance. i didn't know geico could helps with homeowners insurance. yep, they've been doing it for years. what are you doing? big steve? thanks, man. there he is. get to know geico and see how much you could save on homeowners and renters insurance.
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democratic candidate mayor pete buttigieg posted big fundraising numbers this week, but now he's facing the challenge of trouble back home. he's been asked to recuse himself of any decisions in the face of the shooting incident of a black man. buttigieg spoke today in front of the rainbow push coalition in chicago. >> what have you learned in this process you didn't know before? >> first of all, i don't make disciplinary decisions. i would expect them to understand that one of the things i really need to continue conveying to our police officers is that it's not anti-police to be pro racial justice. on the contrary, we absolutely can and absolutely must be both. >> joining me now is nbc's shaquille brewster in chicago
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and our white house count correspondent for pbs. it was you who asked that question of mayor pete and how much is this dogging him? it took him off the trail for most of last week, despite his appearance at the debate. so how is it a hampering if at all his campaign? >> reporter: you mentioned it. it has taken him off the trail somewhat. he's been focusing on african-americans and reaching out to the black community directly. and that's what he did on stage today. it was a speech targeted for african-americans. he made the point and he was very clear about the fact that he has an agenda that not only addresses all issues but is targeted towards african-americans specifically. he calls it the douglass plan. it increases capital and credit opportunity for minority owned businesses.
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his plan to direct more federal funds to minority owned businesses so more money is directed to the african-american community. this is an issue that's come up -- he's been dealing with that police involved shooting at home. his campaign is facing a mix of indicators as people judge the strength of his campaign. so we had those fundraising numbers, $25 million in quarter two that were raised. you see the soft polling numbers, 4% in the latest cnn poll. he had that great debate performance or debate performance that was praised by many critics. he has been dealing with the police involved shooting and his reaction to it t. jesse jackson while he was there standing behind mayor pete said he respected and praised how mayor pete handled the situation, saying he was transparent. >> i know, but he did have some tough town hall meetings. there was a lot of anger in the community, which stems from his
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firing the african-american police chief. and he admitted i didn't get it done in terms of increasing diversity. this has become a big issue. the numbers of diversity, you know, of having african-american police officers have actually dropped under his leadership. >> that's true. i think what mayor pete is really trying to do right now is to really take responsibility for all the things that are happening in south dend. the idea he didn't make excuses, but he said i need to be better. police forces all across the country aren't that diverse. not to say he should get a pass in south bend, but it's an issue that city official and leaders all over the country are trying to tackle. what we're seeing now is mayor pete being put to the test to see whether he can handle a crisis as a mayor. a lot of voters are looking at mayor pete, say they want to give him money but are also wondering whether he's up for the task of handling a national
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office. i think there's always a lot of people looking at all sorts of other candidates and their racial justice issues and policies like julian castro who has a plan for specifically policing issues. so i think we're going to see whether or not other candidates while mayor pete is dealing with this issue, whether they roll out some sort of policing plan. >> when we look at those numbers, $24.8 million in the quarter. startling numbers in such a large field. he bested bernie sanders, who was a fundraising king in previous cycles. i assume he had an online advantage in the past. jeremy peters, but dwarfing this is $105 million from the trump km campaign announced today. >> they have so much money and have a leg up over the democratic candidates in terms of how they're penetrating only, especially facebook. >> that facebook operation is way ahead of anything the
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democrats have been able to attempt. >> and the democrats i talked to are very worried about that. they don't have a nominee but you'd spectacular them to be further along, for the candidates to be spending more money, paying a little bit more attention to countering what is just an overwhelming show of force from president trump and his allies. it's not just trump, that's the thing. it's the conservative groups that are out there pushing the same types of messages that the trump campaign is. it's really a sophisticated level of coordination. as i said, it has a lot of democrats i'm talking to pretty nervous. >> we're on this, there was also that fake website going after joe biden by a trump campaign consultant. the campaign claimed thad ihey nothing to do with it. "the new york times" outlined this week the entire website that looked like a joe biden website but is actually taking down joe biden. >> it shows you the level of disinformation that is out there right now is something that -- i
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don't think we've began to see really -- just the tip of the iceberg on this type of stuff. it's going to be so ugly. combine that with the viciousness of the campaign once you get down to the general election when it's president trump versus his democratic opponents. i think it's fair to say from the people i'm talking to on both sides this is going to be the ugliest -- nastiest, most personal campaign we've ever seen. and we'll have levels of disinformation that we haven't seen since nixon. >> we haven't seen since russia. >> that too. >> that too. thanks so much. coming up, over the line? members of congress witnessing what they call horrifying conditions at a texas migrant detention center. we'll have details next on "andrea mitchell reports." stay with us on msnbc. "andrea mitchell reports." stay with us on msnbc. this is hal.
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we have a powerful account of conditions inside a border patrol facility in clint, texas, from one of the youngest people being housed there. a 12-year-old migrant girl says she slept on the floor and that some children were locked away crying for their parents. the unidentified young girl spoke in spanish with her attorney who made this video.
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>> we should note that nbc news did not record that interview. we don't have access to speak with the girl. this has been reported by her attorney. joining me now is an investigative reporter for the associated press, part of the team that broke this story. joining us as well, julia ainsley who has broken so many stories on this beat. tell us the ground and how you assess this story of this young girl's terrible report. >> thank you, andrea. i think since we broke the initial story on the clint border patrol station and the treatment of kids there about ten days ago, clint has become a touchstone. so what was so powerful for us
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in hearing and seeing this video is that this is really the first time that we have had the chance to hear in a child's own words what that experience was like. so just very poignant to hear her talking about sleeping on the floor, you know, being cold. children crying for their parents wanting to be taken to their hospital. feeling sick. the girl told her attorney that the border patrol agents were not treating them well either. >> julia, we also of course had the invest by the congressional delegation to the texas border, reporting terrible conditions and also reacting to a report about really disparaging remarks on a private facebook group. >> that's right. on that facebook group, they did not talk about these immigrants like they were people. they had sexist remarks, demoralizi
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demoralizing, not treating them as human beings. we have not independently verified that -- >> they haven't denied td. >> they say it goes against their norms. what i'll say based on the reporting we've done where customs and border protection agents talk to inspectors, it sounds like they're doing all they can in these incredibly tough situations. now, they talk about how some are having to buy food because there's no system to bring down food on a regular basis. they talk about being worried about hunger strike and riots. i think this is something worth looking into. it seems to be systematic of a problem that really starts at the national level. >> i wanted to play some of the complaints and concerns expressed by the hispanic caucus, joaquin castro speaking today about what they claim they saw. >> when we went into the cell,
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it was clear that the water was not running. there was a toilet but there was no running water for people to drink. in fact, one of the women said that she was told by an agent to drink water out of the toilet. >> there were protesters there with maga hats, so this has become obviously a political, you know, firestorm there at the border with these members of the hispanic caucus. the things that were said against some poispecific memberf congress were outrageous. >> well, what we've really been trying to do is to focus attention not on the politics of this per se, but rather to continue to look at the treatment of children, migrant children in customs and border protection custody. we've really seen growth in the number of children coming alone
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to the united states from center america as well as children being separated from their families. these border patrol stations are dealing with very young kids and are not equipped with the kinds of things you might imagine they would need to handle toddlers. o onesies, diapers. et cetera. we've been trying to keep our focus on how the kids are doing and let politicians indo what ty do. >> fair point. you've been reporting on the way customs and border protection has been scrambling to deal with this and the fact that children are being separated from aunts, uncles and other relatives they come over with. >> under u.s. law if you come over with a grandmother, grandfather, anyone who is not your biological parent you have to go to health and human services and then they do a
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vetting process. that could be changed, but it would take an act of congress. what we're seeing a lot of is that kind of separation rather than biological parent. we're not at the point where we were last summer under zero tolerance where anyone who crossed the border was separated, parent or not. it sounds like there's increased separation at a stage we didn't see before when you're starting to separate families, not usually biological parents. they're separating them early on, before they send them off to another facility. it seems to be happening more and more in el paso like what we saw in clint, which was in the el paso sector. >> i know you're staying on this. thanks so much for being with us today. coming up, a house guided. the national security team split over concessions to kim jong-un. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. g "andrel reports" only on msnbc n you hav, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. ♪ (vo) try new pepto liquicaps for fast relief and ultra-coating.
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today a public divide among the president's top advisors over north korea after john bolton, sidelined during the weekend meetings protested on twitter against any concessions to kim jong-un. "the new york times" first reported that u.s. diplomats were considering offering him a nuclear freeze, instead of denuclearizing. joining me now is a formerna na
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commander. and the white house correspondent for the white house. admiral, this is a public dispute i haven't seen in any a decade between the diplomats and the national security advisor on what could be the most important issue right now, apart from iran perhaps. >> it's hard to imagine a scenario like this, kind of in the past where you have like steve hadley, extremely thoughtful national security advisor disputing his boss in public or tom donlin disputing barack obama. unthinkable. it's very concerning, andrea, both inside the inner agency -- and i've been in those debates and confrontation in the situation room. but normally, you resolve it in the situation room and then you walk out together. so inside the inner agency it's bad form. publicly it sends a very bad signal, both to our allies and
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also it encourages our opponents. kim is thinking, wow, this is terrific. president xi is looking at this thinking i've pushed president trump to a very different and strange place. so however you score the merits of should we continue to press for a full verifiable total all nuclear weapons gone, or is there a middle ground. that's a debate we should have, but not in public over twitter between the president and the national security advisor. >> well said, admiral. when i think about this, i think about a very public dispute between the secretary of state and the national security advisor which resulted in vance's recognition back in jimmy carter's white house. we haven't seen anything like this. you've covered the pentagon, white house and state department. we've dealt with john bolter before and seen disputes.
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it was after the fact and not on twitter. >> the powell example is maybe the closest. it's not really that close. he wanted a lot more time and a lot more evidence before making troop decisions about invading iraq, doing anything close to that. he was less comfortable with all of that than rumsfeld and bolton who was in that administration, too. or were at the time. but although we knew it, we knew that there was a division of opinion, it never boiled over into any kind of public confrontation between powell and anybody, cheney, rumsfeld or the entire white house. >> we waited for the memoirs. >> exactly. it sounds like ancient history. you had to wait until after the administration had passed from the scene to find out what the
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agreements were. it was before twitter. >> admiral, there have been disputes -- excuse me. there's been disputes among the trade negotiators in this administration regarding china, how tough to be. so that we knew in real time but they weren't doing it publicly. they were trying to smooth it over in public. for john bolton to go on twitter, arguably could be a firing offense. >> i think anything could happen at this time because we see such a rage of reactions from the president. this is really typical of the way in which he operates, which is to kind of create a crisis, say north korea, fire and fury, kim jong-un as little rocket man. now they're the best of friends. in iraq, we see him go right to the edge of launching strikes, but then it's back to, well, it
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would be fine. we can talk some more. in terms of john bolton, who i think knows where his positions are, he's smart. he's got a viewpoint. i don't know always agree with everything he says. but i got to think when he's watching events unfold from a visit to mongolia while the president is in the middle of high level discussions about north korea, he's got to start seeing that self-respect light flickering a little bit, flashing yellow. he has to figure out a way to close the gap with his boss or look for other opportunities to serve. >> and before i let you go, as a military man, let me ask you about the tanks in the streets of washington, d.c. and whether you think the july 4th celebration is the right place for a military parade. >> that would be a big fat no. it's not. but let me raise one point about it that i haven't heard in the excellent conversation you had
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earlier with jeremy bash and bill crystal. they correctly point out the politization of it and the expense of it. i'll add one other thought. the military tea parpeople havee up their fourth of july. they have to be marching in formation, believe me they would rather be having a beer and be at a barbecue on the fourth of july like the rest of the country. there's an internal personal dynamic here that along with those other reasons makes this not a very good idea. >> that's a great point to make. thank you. and coming up, leader of the pack. who is up? who is down in the democratic pack following last week's debates? steve kornacki has the numbers, only on msnbc. e kornacki has th only on msnbc. l premium fuels are the same? new shell v-power nitro+ premium gasoline is engineered with four levels of defense against gunk, wear, corrosion and friction. that helps keep your engine running like new.
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come in now 6789 t. the polls coming in after the debates last night. this is one from cnn. it was conducted over the weekend. it wasn't just folks who watched the debate and immediately reacted, it's folks who processed how the debate continued in the media and public around the weekend. setting off alarm bells in the biden campaign, 22%, harris 17% behind him. this would be a significant change from what we're talking about, harris moving up in a big way, biden following back in a big way. question here is as more polling comes out over the next few hours potentially and days, is this going to become closer to normal on the democratic side? we can show you a new poll out in iowa, leadoff caucus state, something similar, biden leading 24%. remember cnn had him 22% nationally. look who's in second place, all of a sudden kamala harris off that debate performance last
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week going all the way up to second place within so points of biden. the other thing that really jumps out of you, go all the way down to fourth place, single digits in iowa, bernie sanders in this poll. think about that, a couple of years ago bernie sanders basically battled hillary clinton to a tie in iowa. now buried in single digits. see how that shakes out. i expect there might be polling talking about by the end of the day today but that's what we're starting to get here, the readout off the debate. the one positive thing biden can point to in this cnn poll. just ask the basic question, of all of the democratic candidates who has the best to beat trump? biden running out of the idea of sound electability. he's still on top with that question but look there's not a consensus second choice on this among democratic voters as we've seen in the past. that can change. i'm not sure how comforting that number is to biden, some of the breakdowns here.
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one of the reasons harris is rising in that poll among liberal voters, she now leads ahead of sanders, biden, been doing better among moderates but this is a step back for him in terms of how he's doing among moderates. again, andrea, i think we'll have more polling by the end of the day to talk about but what we've got right now here, biden can't be too happy coming off that debate. for harris, that's the most positive thing that happened to her campaign so far. >> wow, all very, very interesting indeed. steve kornacki, we will be watching all afternoon. and coming up, 15-year-old coco gauff's amazing debut. debt as your life grows, so do your needs. ♪ and with bank of america and merrill, the benefits you get can grow, too. as a preferred rewards member, you can enjoy priority service and exclusive discounts... so your growing life can be more rewarding, too.
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cori. one of the greatest players in women's tennis history now at center court in wimbledon this hour, serena williams on day two at wimbledon. they're facing off in the shadow of the stunning upset of sister venus in her first round match on opening day. the oldest player in the field at 39, venus was defeated by the youngest, 15-year-old cori coco gauff in an emotional triumph over her childs had hero. just last week she was in high school taking a science test. as nbc reports, hike schogh sch change suddenly on the courts.
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>> reporter: game, set, stunning. cori gauff, whose nickname is coco, serving up a victory in her first grand slam match, betweeni beating venus in her own game. the 15-year-old phenom showing no signs of nerve as she faced her idol, winning over the center court crowd with every single shot. after the match coco shaking hands with the woman who inspired her to pick up a tennis racket. >> she just told me congratulations and keep going and good luck. after i match i told her that you for everything that you did. i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her. >> reporter: the teen tiering up on the sidelines. >> really i don't know how to feel. this is the first time i ever cried after a match or winning, obviously. >> reporter: her proud parents celebrating in the stands. >> it's a lot that she
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sacrificed and i'm just so happy that she's living out her dream. >> reporter: 39-year-old venus admitting she was outplayed. >> she did everything well today. i mean, she put the ball on the court, which is much better than i did. >> reporter: before coco even stepped out on to the court monday, there have been comparisons to venus. one even coming from the tennis vet's sister serena. >> she's playing against a player that actually reminds me of venus the way she just kind of -- her body and everything. >> reporter: the williams sisters also finding a love of the game at a young age. a 10-year-old venus telling today her family played a key role in her early success. >> helps me to go out there to do my best and to accomplish my goals. >> reporter: venus turning pro at 14, earning her first grand slam singles title at wimbledon at the age of 20. an iconic player who helped redefine the sport. now inspiring its future.
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>> i'm literally living my dream right now and not many people get to say that. >> morgan radford reporting on that changing of the guard at wimbledon. that does it for us. for andrea mitchell, here's ali velshi for "velshi and ruhle." >> andrea, thank you very much. coming up -- migrants drinking out of toilets and other details. we will hear from those who seen this firsthand and people who toured those centers. plus, the secret facebook page where border patrol agent spouted off racist and sexist comments. now the government is investigating and as the humanitarian crisis at the border grows,ly speak live to the acting director of u.s. citizenship at immigration services. we also have all of the new details on president trump's