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migrant care facility amid the humanitarian emergency. plus, in the wake of two horrific mass shootings what's next for the white house's push for gun reforms? the answer could also reveal what happens to voting rights, climate change legislation and every other pillar of the biden agenda. and jury selection is complete in the trial over the killing of george floyd. we're going to take you inside the jury pool as both sides prepare to make their opening arguments. ♪♪ welcome to wednesday. it's "meet the press daily." i'm kasie hunt in for chuck todd. we're following developments at the border, at the white house, and on capitol hill. and as the urgent agenda items pile up for president biden, so do the political risks. first up, there's the emergency at the border, which vice president harris called a, quote, huge problem for the administration this morning. today the white house is

allowing a tv camera to accompany a delegation of congressional members and white house officials as they visit a facility for unaccompanied migrant children on the texas border. it comes as republicans continue to hammer the white house on the issue. they're trying to force votes on the senate floor right now and are leading their own delegation to the border friday. at the same time there's a major confrontation brewing in washington on a sweeping voting rights overhaul that recently passed the house but likely can't pass the senate without an overhaul of the filibuster. this morning is that the majority leader chuck schumer and minority leader mitch mcconnell made rare appearances at a rules committee hearing as democrats began rallying their troops to convince them to fight for the bill. >> some of these voter suppression laws in georgia and other republican states smack of jim crow rearing its ugly head once again. this is infuriating. i would like to ask my republican colleagues, why are you so afraid of democracy?

why instead of trying to win voters over that you lost in the last election are you trying to prevent them from voting? this is one of the most despicable things i have seen in all my years! shame, shame, shame. >> now, the border and voting rights are just two items on president biden's agenda right now. there's also the push for gun safety reform in the wake of shootings in atlanta and in boulder. plus biden is also getting ready to push a mass infrastructure package. he has foreign policy challenges escalating with china. and there's also an ongoing global pandemic that has the white house looking to kickstart the economy, sell its massive relief bill and get vaccines into arms as quickly as possible. so 63 days in this is where the biden presidency stands. so much on the agenda but no clear way to get so much of it done. and the president of course is

going to be answering questions about all of this tomorrow at his first white house press conference. joining me now is msnbc.com senior white house reporter shannon pettypiece. leanne caldwell. and peter baker, the chief white house correspondent for the "new york times" and also an msnbc political analyst. thank you all for being here. and peter baker, i actually want to start with you because you've covered the beginning of so many presidential administrations and we're still early in president biden's term. i think for all of us who spent four years covering trump it does feel that at the very least the temperature is a little lower, the pace is a little slower. but as we just outlined, there's no shortage of crisesbiden as h move forward and if you think of how he put it during the campaign restore normalcy to a lot of systems that were broken. how do you evaluate and look at these challenges that president biden is facing here and whether he can rise to the challenge?

>> well, kasie, you're exactly right. i think these are enormous challenges for any new president and particularly one who's come in with as narrow control of congress as president biden has. remember, of course, democrats have control of both houses of congress but just barely. a 50-50 margin in the senate with a tie-breaking vote by the vice president and in the house only a couple votes larger than that. and that limits that ambition. there's a lot of pent-up desire on the part of many democrats including the president i think to do some big things. big things on climate. big things on guns. big things on health care. big things on infrastructure. all of that depends not just on getting any republican votes, because they're basically not going to get them, it looks like, on many of their major issues, but even just keeping the democracy together. because wove seen already if you lose a single democrat in the senate then you've lost your chance to get something through. and that's why these big problems piling up on the president's agenda are so daunting because the question, what can he do about them even

if he wanted to. >> you're absolutely right to point out that the challenge right now is counting to 50. not even counting to 60. shannon pettypiece, let me go to you on that. and i want to talk to leanne also about some of these issues in depth in just a second. but let's focus for a minute on the border, what's going to unfold there. they're bowing to pressure essentially to have tv cameras go down to show, highlight this issue. kamala harris, the vice president, using sharper language to describe what's happening than we had before. or than the administration had before, certainly than jen psaki had before. how did we get to this point, and what's the game plan going forward? >> and i think today definitely feels like a shift. not only do you have this delegation of white house officials and congressional officials going down, allowing a tv camera to go with them, which is something journalists and reporters at nbc and i'm sure a lot of other news organizations have been pressing the white house and the administration for

for weeks now really. not only do you have that visit, we're also expected to hear from the president, who is meeting with the vice president along with hhs and border officials within about an hour we're expecting to hear from him there. so we'll get some remarks from that. because for weeks the president really was not talking about it. he was asked about it in an abc interview. there was a spanish language interview he had done several weeks ago that it came up. but he was not addressing this issue head on. and when the administration is saying that they are trying to get the message to people not to come, that message may be coming out from other officials, it maybe on radio ads down there, but it has not been strongly coming from the president. so that's why i feel like today we are finally starting to see this shift because in talking to white house officials for the past two months now the focus has been covid, covid, covid. laser focus on vaccination, on covid relief, not on immigration, these issues at the border. and i would say even at hhs and

fema and dhs their focus has also been on cove sxid trying to get this pandemic under control. i think obviously all those agencies have been scrambling, trying to address this issue, but it has not been the number one focus. we'll see if that starts to become the focus going forward and less so on covid or they're just going to have to have two really big focuses going forward, as peter baker said. sometimes you have more than one crisis you have to deal with. >> yeah. and you know, our colleague julia ainsley has also pointed out that a lot of the challenges at the border are actually intertwined with the pandemic because it affects how we can run these facilities. leanne caldwell, let me go to you. we showed a little bit of that video of both mcconnell and schumer testifying at this hearing. to me that underscored that while we have all of these things that we just outlined, plenty of crises the administration has to deal with, if there's one that's really going to push us into new territory in terms of how

washington works, it's going to be voting rights. it's incredibly emotionally charged. there is so much at stake. you had both leaders going and talking about it. and again, the central focal point for this is senator joe manchin of west virginia. republicans orchestrated this hearing, it seems, almost to make him the audience of one. what did you see today in covering that? >> that's right, kasie. one of the people that republicans called to testify to oppose this voting rights legislation that democrats are trying to push through is the secretary of state of west virginia. he gave an impassioned testimony saying that this legislation is a federal takeover of the election system, that it's going to be a bunch of unfunded mandates, and this was to put pressure, political pressure and local pressure on senator joe manchin to stay -- or remain opposed to this legislation. manchin hasn't come out

specifically either way just yet on where he stands. but he is just one -- or the only democratic senator who has not signed on to co-sponsor that legislation. so while voting rights is becoming the premier issue that democrats are using to call for the need of filibuster reform, in some cases the elimination of the filibuster, democrats still have a roadblock there in senator joe manchin at this point. he says his mind is not made up. but it is just a long list of issues that joe manchin has been a thorn in democrats' side and their agenda that they're trying to get passed very quickly, kasie. >> so peter baker, to pick up on, this you mentioned the 50-vote threshold, right now manchin the most critical it seems of those 50 votes at there

are obviously other important democrats for the white house to court. but manchin specifically spoke to reporters on capitol hill via the pool. he mentioned distrust in elections in the context of being concerned about this voting rights bill. he said we shouldn't want to do anything to create more distrust. and frankly, that sounded to me like a lot of the way that a lot of republicans talk about what happened in 2020, the way what president trump said filtered down to voters. the takeaways their constituents had from all of that. it says to me there are some people who are getting to manchin here in his home state in a way that could really have significant impact for democrats in this 50-50 majority. and manchin, you know what kind of politician he is. he's someone who has a very careful sort of -- i shouldn't say careful. but he has a very good feel, very personal feel for his state and for where he needs to be to get re-elected and to be doing

things that keep him popular with his voters. what do you make of how he's threading this needle? >> i think that's exactly right. you see these polls show that most republicans or a large number of republicans at least believe that something wrong happened in last year's election. largely because that's what they were told by president trump. not because there's any proof of it but just because the president told them something bad happened. and that means that a lot of people in joe manchin's state, wes a particularly strong trump state, who probably believe the same thing. they have been told, and we can sit there and tell them on tv that there's no evidence of the kind of fraud that the president talked about last fall and early this year, but that hasn't changed a lot of minds. and i think that makes senator manchin a little wary of crossing into territory that would seem to be overly partisan. remember, this is a bill, the voting rights bill, that is supported only by democrats, not by republicans.

meritorious or not as it pb if it's seen as a democrat-friendly bill, that puts you in a tough place in a state that is trending republican. so i think joe manchin is in fact, as you say, trying to navigate a tough state for a democrat while, you know, remaining in the party and not leaving. reminds me of 2001, by the way, when jim jeffords was a republican, senator from vermont -- >> i wonder when'd you were going to bring that up. >> yeah. and this is why it's so hard for president biden. he's trying to avoid happening to him what happened to president bush. jeffords thought the republicans were going too far in their agenda, left the party, and suddenly the republicans no longer had control there. that's what president biden wants to avoid this time around. while he may be frustrated with joe manchin, he's also trying to be careful about alienating him too much. >> shannon pettypiece, where do you think the white house is on that? clearly chuck schumer's being very careful in the senate to keep joe manchin in the fold. but to peter's point, i remember reporting a few years ago about

questions about whether manchin was going to switch parties. the reality is his state's gone so to the right that there's no way democrats are going to own that seat if joe manchin isn't sitting in it. so how does president biden navigate this relationship? >> well, i have been told by white house officials that they are spending a fair amount of time on outreach to joe manchin. but you know, when you look at the messaging from the white house, for example, on the filibuster, who came out first and discussed moving to the talking filibuster? it was joe manchin. and then you heard president biden echo similar language. what about the priorities we are hearing from the white house? obviously, there's this big focus on immigration because of this terrible situation that's unfolding at the border. but if that wasn't on the table, what the white house would be talking about now is covid relief and infrastructure. what's an issue that a moderate democrat like joe manchin would like?

infrastructure. the white house is not moving hard into these far left issues. certainly they say they support the voting rights act. certainly they would like to see gun reform legislation. but are they heavily engaging to get those items next on congress's agenda? not necessarily at this point. i don't know if that is the joe manchin influence or if that's just joe biden's instincts, which it seems from what i'm told that's president biden's instincts might be closer to joe manchin's than they are other members of the democratic party at this point. >> that makes a lot of sense. shannon pettypiece, leigh ann caldwell, peter baker, thank you all so much for kicking us off today. really appreciate it. and coming up next, asian-american elected officials are putting pressure on the biden administration calling for more representation and more engagement from the white house on all issues of importance to the aapi community. we're going to be joined by congresswoman judy chu of california just ahead. and later, as calls for gun reform heat up on the hill we're hearing from the family of one

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wlob. as we were just talking about, with a slim one-vote majority in the senate getting democrats on the same page is crucial to any hope of getting the biden agenda passed. but yesterday senators duckworth and hirono threatened to object to all of president biden's future nominees, citing their frustration that none of biden's 15 secretary-level cabinet picks are asian-americans or pacific islanders. in response the white house is now committing to appointing a senior-level asian-american pacific islander liaison in the biden administration. senators duckworth and hirono are reversing course on their

threat. the deadly atlanta shootings last week, which left six women of asian descent dead, has put a much-needed spotlight on both the rising wave of anti-asian hate incidents and the need for diverse representation across all parts of our society. joining me now is democratic congresswoman from california representative judy chu, congresswoman chu along with several of her colleagues is calling for a virtual day of action against anti-asian hate on friday. welcome to "meet the press daily," congresswoman chu. thank you so much for being here. is the biden administration doing enough to listen to the concerns of the aapi community? >> well, i can say on addressing anti-asian hate there has been a world of difference with president biden. as you know, president trump stoked the flames of xenophobia by constantly using the terms china virus, wuhan virus, and even kung flu and then urged his followers to use the same racist rhetoric. but when president biden took

office, within a week he issued his executive memorandum condemning anti-asian hate but also directing the department of justice to meet with the aapi community to come up with solutions on combating anti-asian hate crimes and incidents. and in fact, immediately we met with the department of justice. he's done extraordinary things since then, including addressing this issue in his first primetime address, and going to atlanta to meet with the community, the aapi community affected by this, and also having flags fly at half staff. and i tell you, for me being at the u.s. capitol seeing that, seeing that he was so considerate of these victims and valued them that he would have flags fly at half staff, that was very, very touching to me. so yes, he has done quite a bit

on anti-asian hate crimes. nonetheless, there is more to do. this is why we are calling for this national day of action and healing on friday. we would like everybody to do anything that you can, which is a tweet, a post, an in-person event which you could stream or a virtual event, and use the hashtag stop asian hate to be able to raise your voices on this issue so we could have an echo all across this nation about condemning this anti-asian hate and coming together as a nation. in fact, you can find more information at www.asianamerican day ofaction.com. >> this is obviously something, as you point out, that members of the community have been trying to get attention to for the last year. and it's obviously extremely sad commentary that it took the

shooting to kind of raise it to this level. you've outlined your day of action but of course there is this reality that sparked senators duckworth and hirono to speak out and say you know what, maybe part of the reason why not enough attention was paid is because we're not getting representation at the highest levels the way our community deserves. do you think there should be more representation of asian-americans in the cabinet and more people who have experienced this in their lives? >> i definitely feel that there has to be more representation. in fact, there is no aapi cabinet secretary despite the fact for the last 20 years there has been one in both democratic and republican administrations. senators duck wrorth and hirono are expressing a kind of boiling feeling that has emerged from the aapi community about that lack of representation, and in

fact every major constituency group has been represented amongst the choices for the cabinet, blacks, hispanics, native american, lgbt and women but there is no asian-american. so that is what's leading to this frustration which erupted on monday. nonetheless, i do have to say it was a positive step forward when the biden administration said there would be a senior level staff person in the west wing who would address this issue, who would be assigned to this issue and assist in getting more aapi appointments as well as in addressing aapi issues. >> let's talk for a second about the nature of the crime committed in atlanta. i know you said over the weekend it should be considered a hate crime. but as you know, the legal bar for that can be extraordinarily

high and prevent that from actually happening. what kind of legislative changes could congress make to make it more clear and more straightforward to charge hate crimes in situations like this? >> well, this is why we are pushing for our legislation. there is the covid-19 hate crimes act and also the no hate act. actually, as a nation we have failed in the prosecution and reporting of hate crimes. even though there was a 1990 law that said that hate crimes should be collected, the data on them, that is, should be collected by the fbi, the data is very, very flawed because they rely on local law enforcements to report it. and most of the law enforcements that are local do not report it. in fact, 18 states have no mandate to do that and three dates don't even have a hate crime statute.

when you do have hate crime programs, then local law enforcement pays attention to these crimes but we have quite a few local jurisdictions that don't do that at all and the no hate act would have grants to establish that. >> all right. congresswoman judy chu, thanks very much for spending some time with us today. we really appreciate it, and we'll be keeping an eye on that legislation. so thank you. also on capitol hill today world cup champion megan rapinoe testified in front of the house oversight committee as part of equal pay day, speaking about the united states women's national soccer team's struggle for equal pay, equity and recognition. >> we've filled stadiums. we've broken viewing records. we've sold out our jerseys. all the popular metrics by which we are judged. and yet despite all of this we're still paid less than our male counterparts. and if it can happen to us and it can happen to me, with the

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happened. authorities say there's no evidence to suggest the shooting was an act of terrorism or a hate crime. the suspect, who's expected to make his first court appearance tomorrow, appears to have a history of mental health problems. nbc's steve patterson is in lafayette, colorado this afternoon where we just heard from the family of 25-year-old rikki olds. steve, thank you for being here. it was very, very difficult to watch and hear about the pain that that family is going through. >> extremely difficult, kasie. this is a family dealing with abject grief. the reason why i'm in here sitting down is because i have the family member of rikki olds, robert olds, rikki's uncle. rikki was a 25-year-old effervescent from what we hear gregarious, charismatic, could light up the room. i heard you talk about her. how close were you to your niece? >> well, like i kind of talked to there, her life started out

pretty rough and we were pretty close and she was with us traveling and stuff like that and at our house. you know, when my parents were working she was at our house. so pretty close relationship. >> reporter: what do you remember most about her? >> just how she could light up and make me smile. i know you can't see my smile underneath this mask but i'm smiling now just thinking about her walking into the room and just being around and just talking and joking and laughing. i miss that already. >> one more question. i know her dream was being a nurse. but her dream was also working at that grocery store. she was the front end manager p the through line there is that she wanted to help people, right? >> exactly. >> reporter: just talk about what her mission of help was. >> exactly. and like i said in there, i think it stems from her

childhood. and that relationship that she didn't have. so she needed to be a nurturer. she needed that in her life. she needed to help everybody else and make them feel wanted and make them feel accepted and make them happy. that's who she was. >> robert, thanks so much for sharing and talking to me. we'll of course talk to you a little bit later. kasie, you heard the dramatic testimony about a loved one who was lost, a life cut too short. these are the kinds of stories we've been hearing now for the past 24 hours. truly heartbreaking. back to you. >> all right. steve patterson, please do give our condolences to her family. thank you very much for that. we are also following today some breaking news in the investigation into the january 6th attack on the capitol. according to court documents just filed, prosecutors say the paramilitary group the oath keepers coordinated with other groups including the proud boys weeks before the attack. it's the first time prosecutors have suggested that various

extremist groups coordinated before coming to washington. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins us now with more on this. pete, what do we know about this coordination and how it is or isn't related to the people that we saw break into the capitol on the 6th? >> this comes in a justice department memo that opposes pretrial release for a man named kelly megs from florida. prosecutors say he's one of ten members of the oath keepers who played a leading role in the assault. this is what this document says about context. it says that on december 19th megs posted a message on facebook saying that he organized an alliance between the oath keepers, the florida 3 percenters and the proud boys, and then between december 12th and january 4th the government says he organized and participated in some ten online discussions affiliated with the oath keepers, led and planned the group's activities, paid for two hotel rooms in washington. it does not allege that these groups formed a plan to attack

the capitol before arriving in washington. and when michael sherwin was asked during a "60 minutes" interview last week if there was a premeditated plan, he's the man that supervised the investigation, he said that's what we're trying to determine right now. in one of several messages that he posted on social media megs appeared to contemplate some kind of street protest action saying the oath keepers would march with the proud boys and then fall to the back of the crowd and be prepared to engage with any members of antifa who might show up. and in another facebook message he predicted that president trump would not resign. he said this -- "trump's staying in. he's going to use the emergency broadcast system on cell phones to broadcast to the american people and will claim the insurrection act." but by the afternoon of january 6th, the day of the riots, the prosecutors say megs and other oath keepers did end up rushing into the capitol in a military-style formation. we know now the government says

these groups were in touch with each other. we still don't know whose idea it was to storm the capital sxl when that plan was formed. >> and of course as you've reported, at least we've discussed previously, a lot of questions about exactly what role the president's rally played in incentivizing these groups of people to actually go to the capitol. pete williams, thanks as always. we really appreciate your reporting. and coming up next here, with the jury complete and opening statements set for next week, we're looking ahead to what we can expect in the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin, charged with george floyd's death. stay with us. death. stay with us ss growing has you swamped. you need to hire. i need indeed indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a shortlist of quality candidates from a resume data base claim your seventy-five-dollar credit when you post your first job at indeed.com/promo

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welcome back. in minneapolis the jury's now set ahead of monday's opening arguments in the trifle derek chauvin, the former police officer charged in the death of george floyd, after kneeling on his neck for about nine minutes. 15 jurors, 12 permanent jurors, two alternates and one backup in

case a juror drops out, were chosen over three weeks of questioning. and the final slate of jurors is made up of nine women and six men. five when the backup is dismissed. and in a case that gave rise to countrywide protests for racial equity last summer, nine of the jurors are white, four are black, and two are multiracial. joining me now for a look ahead to the trial is msnbc legal analyst paul butler. paul, it's good to see you. thank you for being here. i'd like you to just sort of set the stage for us here. when you see those numbers, when you look at how this jury is made up, what are your concerns about how these jurors may consider things and if you are the prosecution, the defense, how might you look at this? >> kasie, we have a jury that's more racially diverse than the city where the trial is taking place. that's very unusual.

there's a critical mass of african-american jurors. we know it takes more than one or two jurors to make a difference. so the presence of at least four african-americans and two multiracial jurors could be significant. we've also seen an interesting effect of the black lives matters protests. during jury selection many of the non-black jurors expressed the same racial justice concerns about the police as black jurors. so we may be moving away from the day when lawyers could assume that white jurors would be more sympathetic to the police. >> so paul, i want to play for you some of the things that were said in the course of the jury selection. specifically about black lives matter, which of course is the movement that swept the country over the summer. let's listen to what these jurors had to say and then we'll talk about it. watch. >> i don't know a lot about

their organization as a whole. i feel like their cause is to protect black lives and bring their issues to light. >> okay. >> and i believe they have a right to do that. >> every life matters. i say that, yeah. but again, the black people, that's what they think. >> with respect to black lives matter, you had a very favorable response and you wrote, "i am black and my life matters." >> it does. >> absolutely. >> what do you make of those responses there and how it might impact how this plays out? >> kasie, this is so interesting. during the jury selection the defense attorney would say to the jurors this trial is not about race. and then he would proceed to ask a bunch of questions about black lives matter and how people feel about biased policing. and the judge has done a very

good job at understanding that everybody has views about the police, a lot of people have views about black lives matter, and the question isn't whether you've heard of these situations but whether you can put aside what you think you know and only decide the case based on the evidence presented in court. in every criminal case jurors are instructed that they should evaluate the evidence using their life experience. and the fact that the life experience of african-americans or latinx people with the police might be different from the life experience of some white folks doesn't mean that any of these jurors are less competent. >> so let's look ahead to the opening arguments that are set to begin next week in this trial. what do you think we can expect to hear from both the prosecution and the defense as we open here? >> so the defense is going to do the classic blame the victim strategy. they will say that derek chauvin did not kill george floyd,

george floyd died from a combination of a drug overdose and pre-existing medical conditions. and the prosecution will counter that by saying it's not just a coincidence that floyd died after officer chauvin put his knee on floyd's neck for nine minutes. and so there will be a lot of medical and other expert testimony about the cause of death. but at the end of the day it's the jurors and their common sense that will make them render their verdict. >> paul, i mean, it's all on video. how are we going to see -- that's what so deeply, deeply shocked us all. i mean, it's hard to imagine there's anyone that's going to sit on that jury that hasn't already seen that video. >> and kasie, starting with the rodney king case back in the '90s on up to prosecutions of officers in the 2000s, there's been videos and there's still

been acquittals of officers. so both prosecutors and defense attorneys are very good at selectively looking at parts of the video. so the judge and the juror will look at the whole thing. but a lot of people will look at that video and think that this case is a slam dunk for the prosecutors. no one should think that. no case against a police officer, especially a murder prosecution, is ever a slam dunk. and in fact, the vast majority of times when officers are prosecuted for homicide, they walk. they're either found not guilty, there's a hung jury or the charges are dismissed by the judge. so don't believe the videotape. you can believe your own eyes but don't think that the videotape guarantees any outcome at this trial. it's going to be a very interesting three weeks. >> all right. paul butler, thank you very much, as always, for your expertise. we really appreciate it.

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welcome back. billions of people in china may not be allowed to watch this year's oscars ceremony. in a documentary that was part of the meet the press film festival with afi is the reason why. they have ordered chinese media to downplay oscars coverage for two reasons. because khloe zhao and hong kong doc noms discounted them. they were part of the afp film issue last october. >> now we can't study anymore. only democracy can safe us from this disaster of the colonial government of china.

>> people will finally do something. because of this, we'll see hope. >> i'm joined by director and co-producer of "do not split "? it's nice to see you again. you and i talked about this. are you surprised at all by the chinese government's reaction, a strong reaction, to your film's nomination? >> actually not surprised at all. it's just in line with what's going on in hong kong right now. during the period when i was filming in hong kong, you could see that china was putting great, great pressure on freedom of expression and freedom of press in hong kong, and that's just continued to the day-to-day. you can really see how basic

human rights are disappearing in hong kong and that china is reacting very strongly against anyone who will dare to criticize that development. >> do you think you would have a harder time making this film today if you tried to, and i realize, obviously, these large scale demonstrations have been put on hold because of covid, but based on what you just said at how the chinese government is reacting? >> yes, because last summer they introduced a so-called national security law in hong kong, and that's a law that was put in place by china, and it puts great restrictions of any kind of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly, and basically just making it very hard to protest against the official politics of china and the local government which is loyal to china in hong kong.

and you can see in our documentary, they're actually imprisoned right now together with 50 other local politicians and activists, and they are charged under this new draconian national security law. it's very strict, and it's clear it's made to create fear and stop people from protesting against china. >> i know we showed a little bit of the film, but to bring people kind of inside, the dramatic scenes, you're in the streets at night with protesters. often things seem as though they're violent or about to get violent. you're right in the middle of all of that filming. i really can't commend it highly enough if people want to really understand what feels like to be on the streets or what it felt like to be on the streets at the height of this.

anders, what do you think an oscar win for your film would mean to those people who are shown in the film, especially those who are now in jail? >> i think we've seen since the movie was nominated for an oscar that we have controverted to create tension around hong kong right now, and i'm happy we're able to do this, because with this documentary, we can keep the spotlight on hong kong and hopefully make more people care about hong kong. and it seems like quite a few other people living in hong kong are also happy that we can bring some good news into this very dark place right now through this oscar nomination. because everything else happening in hong kong now is really sad and depressing if you care about basic human rights.

>> right. anders hammer, the director of "do not split" which is nominated for an oscar, thank you very much for being with us today. we do, however, have to get to breaking news. a delegation led by the biden administration appears to have a arrived at the border facility. it's not because of the humanitarian happenings at the border but because there is a tv camera there for the first time. eamon is at the texas border. eamon, what can you tell us at this hour? >> reporter: kacie, to your point, we believe that delegation of white house officials as well as congressional members arrived just within the last couple of minutes. we don't have confirmation of

that. certainly we'll be trying to get it in the coming hours. as you mentioned, there is a reporter inside and all of this to try to relieve some of the pressure on the biden administration to deal with the issues surrounding what exactly is happening on the border, what exactly is happening at these facilities. transparency has been an important part in all this. there are growing calls by the media, by growing civil rights leaders and activists to try to get more access to these influx care facilities, as they're being called now, and we're at one right now managed by the health and human services department. this was set up in 2019. it could take up to 1300 unaccompanied migrant children, and back then it was a very different story than what we're seeing now. but the influx now is certainly raising these questions. we'll certainly find out more in the coming hours once the information starts to trickle out of that delegation, kasie.

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good afternoon. i'm katy tur. it is 11:00 a.m. out west and 2:00 p.m. in the east. as we come on air, we have breaking developments on two unfolding stories. first, as investigators hunt for a motive behind that shooting at a supermarket in colorado, prosecutors announce the suspect will make his first court appearance tomorrow. and we are also learning a lot more today about the ten people who lost their lives at the store. one of them was kevin mahoney who was about to become a