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think the second choice, the second betting choice is going to be a horse who is also trained by todd pletcher. he may have the top two choices according to the public. two horses from japan, the japanese horses have been taking the world by storm. they have won all the major prestigious events, except this one. is tomorrow the day for them? >> we have so much suspense with that report you just gave us. we know who to watch. thank you, steve kornacki. enjoy the weekend. looks beautiful there in kentucky. that's going to do it for us today. thank you so much for being here. i'll see you back here monday, same time, same place. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. good morning. i'm jose diaz-balart. the world health organization declaring covid-19 no longer a
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global health emergency, but the declaration comes with a warning. on wall street, the dow jumps 400 points this morning with good news from the banking industry, and a jobs report that beat most expectations. overnight, a major twist in one of the bloodiest fights in ukraine, in a furious announcement posted online, the head of russia's wagner mercenary group threatens to pull his troops out of bakhmut next week. at the southern border, officials say more than 2,000 migrants a day are now apprehended, just in the rio grande valley area. we're live with new video of just how desperate the situation is for men, women and children as the secretary of homeland security visits the area. and now to breaking news, the world health organization making a major announcement about the status of the covid-19 pandemic. the director general says more than a year now the pandemic has
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been on a downward trend and that the emergency committee that has been analyzing the data recommended yesterday he downgrade the threat. in a statement, he says, quote, it is therefore with great hope that i declare covid-19 over as a global health emergency. joining us now is dr. kavita patel, former obama white house policy director. always a pleasure to see you. how significant and important is this announcement? >> yeah, jose, i can't think of anything more significant because this really was the committee that was looked to by countries all around the world, for how they should act or what they should be doing at the country level. the world health organization making this declaration, and, again, as you iterated, not the end of the pandemic, but the end of declaring it an emergency of international concern. so, just to take this into effect, this has been in place since january 30th of 2020 and i estimate that at least 20 million people around the world have died from the disease. so this is a pretty big deal.
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>> yeah, we just look at the -- some of the numbers, these are, you know, these are human beings, almost 7 million people have died around the world. and according to the w.h.o., and the cdc says more than 1.1 million have died in the u.s. from covid. what lessons do you think we learned from this and what lessons do we still need to learn as we look forward to the possibility of whatever may be down the pike? >> yeah, i'm going to quote the director general of the w.h.o., he said it the best, covid changed our world and it changed us. so if we go all the way back to the way we were before covid-19, we failed to learn those lessons and i think the key lesson here is for the united states, investments in public health matter. we didn't have that infrastructure, and we had to put it all together and honestly, jose, still even to this day we see failures in getting vaccines to communities of color. we see failures of being able to educate people about the myths
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and the facts around these things. and then i think the other lesson is that we can do these hard things. i mean, if you told me as a doctor i would convert a medical practice and community clinic 24 hours overnight virtually, i would say you were crazy. but i think it has been critical to acknowledge that we can do these hard things and we have to be able to do the hard things or we'll fail future generations. critical lessons learned. i hope we keep them and translate them for our current generation and those to come. it will be important. this is not our last and only pandemic. but we should be better prepared for future ones. >> dr. kavita patel, a pleasure. thank you so much for being with us this morning. this morning, a brand-new report shows the economy added 253,000 jobs in april. that beat almost all expectations of about 180,000 jobs. the unemployment rate ticked actually down, but as we look at -- we break down the numbers, 253,000 job added.
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as far as unemployment rate by race, whites, 3.1%. african american, 4.7%. asians, 2.8%. hispanic, 4.4%. this is no doubt a very important jobs number. i want to go right to cnbc's dominic chu. dominic, what do these numbers tell us? >> so, jose, what the numbers may suggest overall and to your point is that the american economy might be able to, might be able to avoid a more catastrophic economic downturn while at the same time taming the inflation story. that may be why you're seeing a lot of optimism return to the stock market today after one of the longer losing streaks we have seen so far in 2023. with as many stresses as there are in the american economy, the jobs market still remains relatively strong. relatively. you mentioned those job headline numbers, much stronger than expected, while at the same time the prior months we saw over the
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last couple of months got revised markedly lower. we got jobs growth, but not massive jobs growth. on the wages front, we're seeing broader signs of wage growth. average hourly earnings rose by half a percent month over month, making the year over year gain around 4.4% for april. it is worth noting because both of those measures were actually hotter than forecast. what this now suggests is that the fed has the ability to actually pause at least for a little bit and not raise interest rates until they can get more of a sense of how their previous ten interest rate hikes have affected the economy. but, jose, we still got a lot of data to go on the inflation and jobs front ahead of the next fed rate meeting which happens june 13th and 14th, jose. >> and, so, dom, as far as those rate increases, you know, 10 in a year, it had an impact no doubt on the banking system in our country. what is the latest with these
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struggling regional banks? >> they're not struggling today. they're rebounding. rebounding in a big way, the regional bank stocks, jose, not unexpected. it should be construed as an all clear sign that the regional banking system is out of the woods by any measure. this kind of extreme volatility can be part and parcel to the kinds of stress we're seeing in the business. now, overall, many of the most embattled regional lenders, names we talked about, pacwest, western alliance, will finish the week sharply lower. there is still an intense amount of scrutiny on the deposit levels and specifically the uninsured deposits at these small and regional sized lenders. but those deposits, they have largely stabilized over the last few weeks. this is now very much about what is being viewed by some banking industry insiders and experts as a bear assault or stampede, speculators trying to push bank stocks lower to profit from market value declines. that is prompting some analysts
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and experts to call for financial crisis era type policies like banning certain kinds of trading that profit from stock declines or so-called short selling. also, significantly raising deposit insurance limits for all accounts at these banks no matter what size they are. jose, a big rebound today, but not an all clear sign. >> dominic chu, great to see you. thank you very much. we're back in 60 seconds with new calls for supreme court ethics reform. we'll share new reporting about money being directed to justice clarence thomas' wife without revealing her name on the paper work. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. i'll see you in 60 seconds. on . i'll see you in 60 seconds when it comes to reducing sugar in your family's diet, the more choices, the better. that's why america's beverage companies are working together to deliver more great tasting options with less sugar or no sugar at all. in fact, today, nearly 60% of beverages sold contain zero sugar. different sizes? check.
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to a lack of support from russia. in this video, the wagner group's chief said his forces in bakhmut are in desperate need of ammunition and that his troops were, quote, doomed to a senseless death. joining us now is nbc's ellison barber, live in kyiv this morning. what is the latest on the ground there? >> reporter: hey, jose. the head of the wagner group posted a series of videos on social media, one of them an incredibly graphic video showing rows of dead russian soldiers behind him as he angerly pleaded with russia's ministry of defense to provide his forces, his unit with more ammunition. he threatened to withdraw all of his fighters out of bakhmut by wednesday if they do not get more ammunition. ukrainian officials, they're incredibly skeptical of this claim. the defense minister saying russia is desperately trying to seize bakhmut by tuesday may
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9th, an important holiday known as victory day. she says russia is actually moving wagner fighters from other directions. a spokesperson for the eastern group of ukrainian forces claims wagner fighters are not dying because they lack ammunition. he said ukrainian positions have been hit in bakhmut 520 times just in the last day. he says the wagner group is suffering colossal losses because of the successes of ukrainian forces. and he is saying that this allegation this claim is a lie to try and justify the failures that they are having in bakhmut. that has been the site of the longest, bloodiest battle of this war. it has gone on for about eight months, with neither side making significant territorial gains. the thought among military experts is that part of ukraine's strategy is to keep russian forces and the wagner group engaged in this fight here so they deplete their number of
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forces and also their weapons so they have a better chance to launch a successful counteroffensive, one we expect to happen really any day now. on top of all of this, there was a tense evening in kyiv last night. i want you to listen to some of what we saw and heard from the capital last night. >> get it, boys. get it, boys. >> reporter: with another russian air attack, but it turned out to be a ukrainian drone. ukraine's air force says one of their drones malfunctioned yesterday evening, likely they say from some sort of technical issue and they had to shoot it out of the sky. things are incredibly tense here because we have seen russia increase air assault targeting the capital of kyiv in the last week or so. and those nerves have been increasingly ramping up after the kremlin accused ukraine of
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trying to carry out an assassination attempt on russian president vladimir putin, a claim that ukrainian officials adamantly deny. jose? >> ellison barber in kyiv, thank you very much. according to documents reviewed by "the washington post," conservative activist leonard leo arranged for thomas' wife ginny to be paid tens of thousands of dollars for consulting work over ten years ago, but specified that her name be left off the paper work. and in 2012, leo instructed kellyanne conway to bill a nonprofit he advises and use the funds to pay ginni thomas according to the post. neither connie, the thomases or the head of the nonprofit have commented on this story to the "washington post." nbc news has not seen the documents and cannot independently verify the report. in response to questions from the post, leo issued a statement saying in part, quote, the work
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she did here did not involve anything connected with the court's business or with other legal issues. knowing how disrespectful, malicious and gossipy people can be, i have always tried to protect the privacy of justice thomas and ginni. joining us now with more is law professor at the university of alabama and former u.s. attorney joyce vance, also an msnbc legal analyst. so, joyce, good morning. do you ever see potential legal issues that could arise from these reports? >> right. so there are a lot of issues that are raised here. and i think at this point squarely presenting is the issue of whether clarence thomas can continue to serve on the supreme court. that's an issue in the first instance for the justice to determine himself, which is this awkward conversation we have been having about how the supreme court essentially is unbridled when it comes to ethics issues and they're the
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masters of their own fates in this regard. but this new evidence does raise the specter of potential additional legal issues. at a bare minimum, this violates the canons of judicial ethics, which tell judges they should avoid even the appearance of impropriety. and we can see that in leo's statement. he doesn't defend the conduct. he doesn't make any effort to acknowledge the fact that they hid this payment. we know it is always the cover-up. and that alone is enough to make it clear that there is something here that merits serious further investigation. >> so what would be the potential legal issues raised here, joyce? >> right. so we don't know. it is important to say we haven't seen the facts here we don't know if this is somehow a legitimate payment that is done in an awkward fashion, as leo suggests might be the case, or if there is something more at work here. what there is clear reason for people to dig deeper and take a look at that.
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and whether that happens quite frankly on the ethics side of the house or whether someone on the prosecutorial side, at some point believes there is a basis to open an investigation, that is something that will have to watch unfold over the next few days and weeks. >> and over these past few days and weeks, just seems to be a number of stories coming out about the magistrate. on thursday, propublica reported that harlan crow paid private school tuition for a relative of clarence thomas. do you see any legal differences between these two controversys? >> one of the issues that presents through all of this is whether there are consequences and to know the answer to that, you have to know what the thomases were reporting on their tax returns and how they were reporting it. i think it is important that we not get ahead of that side of the equation while acknowledging there are issues that need to be explored. the bottom line is that this
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clearly violates the rules that would apply to any other federal judge in this country, rules that would have applied to me as a u.s. attorney, i didn't let old friends buy me lunch when i was a u.s. attorney, let alone my mom's house or pay for my kids' private school tuition and clarence thomas needs to acknowledge this. right now he's just seeing if he can fly under the radar screen and survive a couple of new cycles. the important thing here is to keep the pressure in place, otherwise people's confidence in the supreme court's integrity will be compromised beyond restoration. >> and i'm just wondering, in whose hands are -- lies the responsibility to either create new rules or if not create them, at least kind of follow through on them? >> right. i mean, there are issues here. the supreme court, there was a time that they could have done that. but this has been a steady drumbeat at least from around
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2010, when the first early reporting about thomas' relationship with harlan crow surfaced in "the new york times," never to be heard about again and the court did nothing to adopt binding rules. in fact, in ducking an appearance before the senate judiciary committee, the chief justice submitted a letter signed by all of the justices saying from this point out, we're committed to adhering to guidelines. but that moment where the supreme court can credibly say that has long passed and it may mean that congress needs to step in, there is some important issues of separation of powers that they will have to navigate, but at a bare minimum there needs to be a position in place that permits people to report ethical issues and to make sure that there is follow through because it is clear that the american people no longer have confidence that the court will do that on its own. >> joyce vance, thank you very much. good to see you. up next, as the number of migrants at the border rises, we'll talk to a texas pastor
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now to the latest on the growing humanitarian crisis at the southern border. days before pandemic era border restrictions known as title 42 are set to be lifted. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is spending another day in the rio grande
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valley, south texas area, reviewing response plans and operations. his visit comes as many places along the southern border are already seeing a huge increase in the number of migrants crossing from mexico. telemundo captured this video of migrants crossing to brownsville, texas, yesterday. they joined hundreds of men, women and children sleeping on the streets of el paso for days now. the thousands more camped out in mexico hoping to start a better life in the u.s. nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley joins me now from edinburgh, texas. great seeing you. this crisis is not just limited to a few areas of our border, is it? >> reporter: that's right. we have seen a lot of images from el paso, we also understand del rio is seeing an uptick in migrants. i'm here in rio grande valley, outside of the sheriff's office. the locals here are feeling this too. they want more support from the federal government because
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they're already seeing their numbers rise. right now in the past few weeks rio grande valley has been the busiest sector seeing over 2,000 apprehensions a day. and we also have the opportunity to ride along with border patrol and see the kinds of people they're interdicting and apprehending and i spoke with some of them to see why they're making the journey now. here's what they had to say. >> reporter: so you can see a lot of these people just think that they have no other option, that they left their homes, they weren't able to work, they were threatened and they found their way here like that man who also said his wife was threatened along their journey. >> julia, why are they handcuffing them?
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what's the reality for them as they await the possibility of finding a way to legally ask for asylum? >> reporter: right now, those -- those possibilities are diminishing. we saw some migrants shackled as they boarded a flight to be returned back to guatemala. those migrants were very quickly turned around before they could claim asylum. that's because of title 42. now, next week the u.s. will lose that authority to be able to quickly deport people, but they will still be limiting access to asylum. we understand that the department of homeland security and mayorkas will instruct border agents to make anyone who doesn't first claim asylum in a country they cross through on the way to the u.s. ineligible. a lot of advocates are up in arms about the new restrictions. but either way, border agents say adding that on could still mean longer processing times. it will take them longer to figure out who can stay, who can be removed, and they think that could lead to overcrowding here along the border and that's what has local officials really
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concerned. >> julia ainsley, thank you so very much. this happens as colombia announces they have put a suspension on allowing flights in colombia from the united states with people that are being expelled from our country. hundreds of migrants spent another night sleeping on the streets of the border city of el paso. many of them camped out in front of sacred heart church in the heart of el paso. its shelter is overwhelmed, like so many of the city's other shelters. and joining us now is father garcia of sacred heart parish in el paso. what are things like for you in and around your church right now? >> well, thanks for having me, first of all. around the church for the past ten days or so, the number really spiked. there is an estimate of maybe 1,000 people out on the streets in our area. we had a shelter since december 13th because that's when the
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number of people increased and freezing temperature at night, so we started december. but right now our capacity is about 120 to 130. we do that the best we can. we prepare meals. we have a place that is well staffed. but we come to the completion we cannot help everyone. there was a point when most everyone on the streets was able to come in. but now there are just hundreds and hundreds of people we cannot serve. >> and, father, what are these men, women and children telling you about what they have had to experience, to try and reach the united states, and why they are taking these steps that are so dangerous, so difficult for them? >> yes, majority, 90% of the people we serve, we see are from venezuela and the situation continues to get worse and
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worse. they tell us that the -- with the evalevaluation, the salary 5 to $10 a month and a bag of rice costs $5. that's all we have been told. if i was in their situation, i would do the same. they embark on this dangerous journey through the pass. they tell us, very sad to hear the stories of the families telling us how children have seen dead corpses on the paths. people die along the journey. there is criminal elements. and then they tell us they're coming through mexico, it is particularly difficult because there is a lot of criminal elements, corruption, they get off and they get kidnapped. by the time they get here, they usually have gone through a lot. i don't think anybody would embark on that journey if it was a real -- unless it was a real necessity. >> and, father, what resources do you and your church need now?
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>> well, we have staff. we have over 20 persons on staff because we cannot run the shelter efficiently without staff. we have staff. we have people working with the people directly. so, just -- we are self-sustaining right now. donations come to the church to sustain the shelter. we have different needs, but it varies a lot day to day on certain over the counter medicines, clothing, food. overall, it is a matter of the expenses, utilities have gone up. water bill has gone up. so it is -- we're making the best we can, but thanks be to god we have had generous people send us money, and we continue with our mission. >> i was just thinking when you were 9, you had to leave your country, cuba, with your parents, because of the reality there, the reality that continues 62 years later. when you see men, women and children, you have to realize there but for the grace of god go i in so many ways.
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>> yes. and lately i've been really connecting with them in that sense. that was also my history coming in, 1962, with my mother and brother. so, it is very sad that these situations continue. i find that dictatorships whether from the left or the right, they don't work for the people they should serve. so i hope the home countries reform to help. >> father, thank you very much for being with us this morning. appreciate it. >> god bless you. thanks. bye-bye. coming up, final preparations are under way for king charles' coronation. live to london next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. for instant relief that lasts up to 12 hours. vicks sinex targets congestion at the source, relieving nasal congestion, and sinus pressure by reducing swelling in the sinuses. try vicks sinex. introducing astepro allergy. now available without a prescription. astepro is the first and only 24-hour steroid-free spray.
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35 past the hour. now to what will be a crowning moment for britain's king charles iii less than 24 hours from now. he will, officially be crowned king in a ceremony that dates back a thousand years.
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earlier today he and queen consort camilla went to westminster abbey for a final rehearsal. first lady jill biden is in london to attend the coronation. today she met with the wife of british prime minister rishi sunak. with us to talk more about this, nbc news senior foreign correspondent meagan fitzgerald in london and henry bonsu for times radio in london. what are things like today? >> the excitement in the city is mounting. you can feel it anywhere you go. the countdown most certainly on. we saw king charles at westminster abbey earlier this morning for a final rehearsal and inspection 120 different varieties offlowers were flown into westminster abbey. we're in store for a really incredible event tomorrow. and then, of course, this afternoon we saw king charles along with william and kate
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meeting and greeting with the thousands of fans and spectators who have flown in from across the world. we saw americans as well there. many of them camping out to get that front row seat of history tomorrow. later on today, we know the king is going to be meeting with dignitaries and royalty that flew in from across europe. and then lastly he will have a reception later this evening, where we expect to see first lady jill biden. so a jam packed day for the king ahead of the day he's been waiting his whole life for, tomorrow, jose. >> and waiting his whole life for that. charles has become king in a far different time, and a far different place, really, than his mother. how is the ceremony changed from the last coronation 70 years ago? >> well, significantly 1953, the youngest 27 years old, britain had an empire, all the senior dignitaries took part in the solemn coronation event were
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old, white male aristocrats and 8,000 guests. this time around, just 2,000 guests, a suggest number will be commoners, people who have done good service, members of the public will be allowed into westminster abbey. a lot of the lords will not be present. and then in terms of the people presenting the king with the scepter and the orb, there will be women of african, caribbean and asian origin, a female bishop of london. it is truly different and i think people have realized, led by the king himself, this is a very different world and he wants his coronation to reflect that. >> how is this coronation and the whole royal family funded? >> well, the royal family is funded by something called the sovereign grant, which this year 23, 24 will be about 86 million pounds. that goes to the sovereign and he disperses that money among the senior members of his family. he also gets about 20 million pounds ai
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a year from the dutchie of lancaster, that's gifted to the male heir to the throne and goes back quite a number of years. so you can imagine that the working royals like princess anne, whose sister, prince andrew doesn't do any royal duties anymore because of his disastrous television interview some four years ago and his association with the now dead jeffrey epstein, but prince william, prince kate, harry not anymore, but you will be aware who the senior members of the royal family and the direct descendants are and they're the ones who will be given this money. to perform royal duties. not for them to go gallivanting around having a spending spree. >> 86 million pounds is like $108 million. that's a lot of money. meagan fitzgerald and henry bonsu, thank you for being with us. watch the coronation of king charles right here on msnbc. our special coverage begins at
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44 past the hour. there is growing reaction this week to a sweeping immigration bill passed by the florida legislature this week. governor ron desantis who proposed some of the provisions in this bill is expected to sign it into law. we met with one of the people here in miami whose life will be directly impacted by the changes to this immigration policy in the state of florida. take a listen. 35-year-old julio is an entrepreneur who calls miami home. good barbershops. zona barbershop in little havana is where he's been getting his shave and a hair curt for years. he graduated with a degree in economics and now he's using that degree to help small businesses like this miami bakery where he helped increase their online presence.
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all of this could soon change now that the florida legislature passed a new immigration bill that will have a direct impact on the estimated 775,000 undocumented immigrants who live in florida. people like julio. julio came here from honduras after he turned 16. he didn't qualify for daca. >> the fear of deportation, it is real. i can give more to this country and i want to give more. >> reporter: the legislation would impose harsher penalties for transporting undocumented immigrants into florida. invalidate driver's licenses given to people who can't prove their legal status, prohibit undocumented migrants from becoming certified lawyers, require employers with more than 25 employees to use e-verify. allocate $12 million in the next fiscal year to send migrants out of florida. and require hospitals that accept medicaid to ask admitted patients for their immigration status and report that data to the state. how would your life change if
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this immigration-related bill takes effect here? >> there is a higher risk. i look at the things i needed to change in my life, taking more public transportation, being more careful about the places that i go to, and i'm already implementing those things. >> reporter: julio says one way the bill would impact him is he would have to be more careful about seeking medical care, avoiding hospitals that will be required to report his status to the state. the bill's sponsor, republican state senator govia said the bill is meant to counter the mounting border crisis and make florida the model for how to safeguard residents. >> i wake up every day with one thing to serve others and to i pray every day and i know that my life will continue. i'm not going to stop myself on that fear or put out all my energy and attention into that
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when i can go out and help build the type of community that i want to build. >> immigration bill is just one of many pieces of legislation approved by the florida legislature during its 60-day session that ends today. lawmakers have approved bills on things ranging from abortion restrictions to loosening gun restrictions to expanding the parental rights and education act, which critics call the don't say gay bill. with us now to talk more about this is former florida congressman carlos who is an msnbc political analyst. always a pleasure to see you. this is a very busy legislative session for the florida legislators. what -- can you explain what are the reasons behind all of these different bills we just enumerated? >> to understand what the legislature here in florida has done this year, you have to understand that ron desantis for some time has been thinking
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about running for president and, of course, that means getting through a republican primary. so, these are all bills designed to help desantis check important boxes for base republican voters, abortion, tough on immigration, conceal carry, right? expanding gun rights. now, this is perhaps a good strategy for a primary republican electorate. the challenge is, this is the trap that republicans and to a lesser degree democrats have found themselves in in the last decade, if you go too hard to win the primary, you can hurt your chances in the general election. and a lot of people are worried about ron desantis, if he were to get past donald trump in a republican primary, with these policies, which the center, the political center of the country does not necessarily embrace, is he making himself a weaker general election candidate? and, of course, in 2022, we saw
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a lot of republican candidates lose races in swing states because in the primary they moved way too far to the right. >> so that is clearly the political calculation that his people are doing, so that he could get past a primary. but are these issues going to be just too restrictive? >> well, take this immigration issue, which you highlighted. >> a lot of issues in it that looked like sb-1070 in arizona more than ten years ago. >> exactly. while a lot of people agree that we have to get the southwest border under control and that we should have legal immigration in this country, a lot of states like florida, there is a degree humanity when it comes to undocumented immigrants because people know them, they see that they're people who are contributing. we're living at a time where there's a labor shortage in our country, it's one of the reasons why we have high inflation.
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so for the political center, josé, these policies could end up being a turnoff and candidates like desantis could actually end up hurting themselves. sure, they might score some points in the primary, but the goal is to win general elections and this makes it harder. >> when you see just the amount of work that -- and you know this, i mean -- the amount of work that folks do in the fields, in the service industry, in every single industry in our country and yet it's kind of like they're targeting those to try to put them together with the humanitarian crisis that's going on at our border. >> these are people who are doing jobs that quite frankly most americans do not want to do. most americans appreciate that there are people from other countries who want to come here and do this difficult work. some of the work is very difficult. and the labor shortage situation is a big deal in the country. it's hurting not just big businesses but also small businesses.
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55 past the hour. title 42 is set to expire in less than a week but on capitol hill senators kyrsten sinema and thom tillis are working on legislation to extend it for two more years. joining us now democratic congressman raja krishnamoorthi of illinois, he is also a member of the house intelligence committee. always a pleasure to see you, sir. i thank you for your time. i want to get your reaction first to this senators sinema
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and tillis working on extending 42. >> i don't think it's going to go anywhere. it doesn't have the votes. i think at this time we have to prepare for what's to come next week. i am concerned but i'm glad that the biden administration is surging resources to the border and at the same time setting up these different processing centers throughout latin america to deal with asylum seekers and safer places so that they don't have to resort to smugglers taking them to the border. >> i mean, you know, we are in the 5th of may, 11th of may is just around the corner and they are talking about these centers, et cetera. today colombia announced it would not be allowing repatriation flights into colombia from folks deported from the united states. i'm wondering, congressman, is there anything you think that could be done to focus on the men, women and children who are trying to ask for asylum? there's no real way for them to do it without reverting to the
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coyotes and the drug and human smugglers. >> well, as you know, there are a lot of people who are awaiting their court date so to speak or at least trying to get a hearing for their legitimate concerns. i actually agree with some of our border state colleagues who are asking for a surge of immigration resources to the border so that people's cases can be legitimately addressed and adjudicated because, as you say, there are people that legitimately fear persecution or torture or worse if they were returned home. we have to deal with them properly. >> i want to turn to another topic i know you're focused on, you and your republican colleague mike gallagher sent a letter to a number of u.s. companies including nike about the potential forced labor of uyghurs in china. tell me a little bit about this effort. >> it's a big deal. there is a region of china called xinjiang in the northwest
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corner of china and there the would he beers are -- the would he beer people are facing a genocide. not only that but they are being forced to work factories to produce goods for various supply chains, including the apparel supply chain and so we have a law that was passed in a bipartisan way that prohibits the importation of any goods from that province. the xinjiang province. unfortunately what we found due to various conditions is that various companies are trying to circumvent that law and nike and some other companies were identified as potential violators of this law at a hearing that we had recently in congress. >> congressman, i can't thank you enough for being with us, always a pleasure. i very much appreciate your time. >> thank you so much, josé. >> thanks. that wraps up the hour for me,
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