to die more slowly. that is what went on here. and there were an estimated 1.1 million people killed here. and we are talking about almost all of them. were jews chosen for death because of that, that religious faith. but there were also poles killed here. the roma, gay men, soviet pows. all these people lost their lives because of the actions of the third reich and its collaborators. and so now this is a time to remember not just the people who lost their lives here at auschwitz, but throughout the holocaust. we're talking about a combined roughly 6 million jews killed many others from various groups. and this is a moment to reflect on the past, but also a warning for the future from these survivors. anna. >> so important we cannot forget. jesse kirsch. thank you for that reporting. that does it for us today. i'm ana cabrera, reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage next.

>> good morning. 11 a.m. eastern at am pacific. >> i'm jose diaz-balart. >> we begin. this hour with. >> breaking news on. president trump's. >> efforts to. >> carry out his promise of. >> the largest deportation operation in american history. >> ice agents, along with. >> other federal agents. >> carried out arrests. >> in a. >> number of cities over the weekend, including chicago, denver, atlanta, los angeles. >> phoenix. >> miami. >> san diego. >> and san juan, puerto rico. >> ice says. >> it made. >> a total of. 956 arrests. >> on sunday. >> detaining nearly. >> 2700 people since the start of the trump administration. >> just one week ago. this comes as the u.s. and colombia. >> were on the. >> brink of a full blown trade war. after colombia's. president refused. >> to. >> allow two previously scheduled. >> military planes. >> carrying deportees. into the. >> country after a war. >> of words. >> that lasted several. >> hours. >> colombia agreed. >> to accept all. >> deportation flights. >> with us now. >> nbc's shaquille brewster in

chicago and nbc. >> news white house correspondent. >> aaron gilchrist. shaq, let me start with you. >> even though. >> it seems detentions. >> were carried out. >> everywhere around our country, chicago seems to be ground zero. what's happening there today? >> yeah. and you remember right after the election, tom homan, the trump administration border czar, said that chicago would be ground zero for those operations while he was in chicago. today, he's still here, or he was in chicago yesterday. he's still here today overseeing those operations. and we just learned about the scope and scale of the operations in this city, learning that there are ten teams, ten federal government teams fanned across the city and its suburbs, each team having approximately ten federal agents with them. and remember, it's not just ice, but there's this all of government approach to this. we know that, for example, when you look at what happened in colorado, it was actually a dea, a drug enforcement agency warrant that then allowed ice to detain some 50 people in an operation there. one thing that

we're also seeing here in chicago is the resistance that you're hearing from local leaders. you heard the mayor emphasize that immigrants should know their rights during these roundups and during these arrests that are taking place. but you also heard the governor say that if ice is arresting criminals, if they're going after people who have been convicted of a crime, he welcomes that. but his concern are the collateral arrests that are taking place in the sense where ice says they're going through a list of names of people that they're looking for. but if they find someone who is unauthorized in the united states, they will also pick them up and they are subjected to deportation. that is a lot of the that is the source of a lot of the resistance that you're hearing in the city. >> and shaq, the authorities. homan being the. >> principal. >> i. >> guess. >> spokesman of this. >> have. >> said over and over. >> again that they are not targeting those. people that they're calling. >> collateral. >> right. >> that are the people that are

maybe living with or working by. or walking with a. >> specific target of theirs. >> these targets. >> they say. >> are who? >> they say they are targeting criminals. they say that they're working with a list or working from a list of about 300 people who have been convicted of a crime, people who they know they're looking at specific names and they're going and targeting them. but tom homan, yesterday in an interview with our colleague gabe gutierrez, acknowledged that there are these so-called collateral arrests. he wasn't able to put a number on them. but we do know that there are people who are not convicted criminals who are being brought in. and it's because of that that that detail that is the source of so much speculation and fear in the city. it's the reason why you have these know your rights workshops that i attended yesterday and saw how immigrant communities were being trained on exercising their right to remain silent, taught about the

difference between warrants. i spoke to the pastor of the church that housed or hosted this seminar. listen to a little bit of what he told me about the migrants in his congregation and the anxiety that's being felt. how has that been showing itself in the community? >> well, in many forms, for the most part, just being anxious. >> some people are. >> sheltering in, some people are not coming out. >> and then of course. >> we understand. >> just. >> like with stress, stress is. really and anxiety. >> is. really difficult. >> for us to. see it on. the outside. >> but it's what's. >> happening on the inside. >> right? >> he says he hosts a bilingual and bicultural worship experience and said yesterday, the day that we saw this really increased enforcement start here in chicago. he described it as an incredibly emotional worship experience, describing that as some of the effects that you don't see that are not visualized, but that are being

felt across the city. >> shaquille brewster in. >> chicago, thank. >> you very much, my friend. i really appreciate it. aaron, i. >> want. >> to get. >> into the almost. >> full blown trade. >> war. >> that broke out yesterday between colombia. >> and the. united states. >> yeah, jose, this was the result of some of these repatriation flights that that had that have been happening for a long time. the difference since president trump took office last week is that military aircraft. >> have now been. >> included in the effort to return people who are in this country without documentation to their home countries. in many cases, we saw two flights leave california yesterday, headed to colombia. apparently those flights had authorization to go there to land there. these were military aircraft, and as they approached, they were apparently turned around. the colombian government indicated that there were concerns about people being treated with dignity. i think if you look at some of the repatriation flights that we've

seen in the past, they're often, often they were often passenger planes that were taking these migrants back to their home countries. in this case, we saw effectively a military cargo plane. i think most people would would think of it that way if they saw one of these c-17 aircraft taking these people back. the colombian government said they didn't want to accept them in that way. after a few hours, it seems of talk between our government and the government of colombia, there was a change of tune. the trump administration said that they were going to be able to take people to colombia without any conditions. the colombian government said that they would continue to receive colombians who were brought back to that country under dignified conditions. is the term that they use, that they are citizens of colombia and that they have rights, and they would continue to see those folks brought back to colombia. but again, jose, under dignified conditions. so we avoided tariffs and sanctions being placed on colombia and potentially placed on the united states by colombia. >> aaron gilchrist in washington. >> thank you very much.

>> for that. talk about a change of tune. that was entirely the change of tune by the president of colombia. with us now is the former. >> president of colombia. >> ivan duque. he is currently the chair and distinguished fellow of the ivan duque center for prosperity and freedom at the wilson center. president, thank. >> you for being with us. >> what exactly happened. >> yesterday? >> well, jose, first. >> of all. >> thank you. >> for having me here. >> in your show. >> and i. >> think what we. >> saw. >> was a reckless behavior from the colombian president, because colombian has for a long time exercised a common and agreed deportation policy with the united states regarding. people in illegality conditions in the. u.s. and actually, the two. flights that were supposed to arrive to colombia had a previous permit from colombian authorities. and all of a sudden, at 3 a.m. in the morning, the colombian president decides to send a message saying that he will deny the arrival of those planes. and then he enters into an ideological battle with

president trump, sending, you know, different kinds of messages and trying to exacerbate the situation. and obviously, what he got in response was a clear application of sanctions that could have destroyed the colombian economy within weeks. and fortunately, i think the colombian officials that saw how this crisis was unfolding decided to push back inside the administration. and finally, colombia accepted the deportation in the terms and conditions that the us had said. but let me say something. just last year, colombia received more than 14,000 deportations from the us without any major problem. so i think this was a real reckless behavior, trying to exercise some kind of political attention worldwide. but i think it went very bad for colombia. and fortunately, i think now everybody it's a little bit calm. but just because the colombian administration decided to fully accept the conditions of the

deportation set by the us. >> as president, those. >> 14,000 deportees last year that. >> were. >> received by colombia, of its citizens being. >> deported from the. >> united states. >> was under. >> the current president of colombia's term. it's not. >> like there's a change. >> but let me. >> say this. let me say this. the us has deported people to colombia for decades, and there has always been institutional agreements to allow those deportations to take place. and as i said last year, and it was still in the administration, they received 14,000 and. nothing was said. it was all managed through the institutional challenges. but let me also put something into consideration. we have been receiving from mexico, for example, massive amounts of deportations and at the same time in admissions. and nothing has been said by president petro regarding the mexican administrations. neither the lopez obrador and now the

chamber. so clearly, what he tried to do here was try to gain some attention and trying to enter into an ideological battle based on prejudice at a cost that would have been horrendous for the colombian people. so this just shows this pattern of reckless behavior that is putting on a permanent basis our economy and our people into difficult situations, stress situations, and even the possibility of people to lose everything. >> i want to ask you about the president of the united states. his reaction not just. >> yesterday. >> but but president trump. >> has said he may impose tariffs on mexico and canada as soon as this next saturday. that's despite the free trade agreement. he negotiated during his first term. >> with the united states, mexico and canada. what would you. tell the leaders of. >> mexico and canada? >> well. >> you know, jose. >> i let me. >> just start by saying that i had the possibility of serving

with president trump when i was president of colombia, and we had a great relationship. i think we got to not only strengthen our free trade agreement, we also got a lot of u.s. investment, but also the united states helped us lead with many security challenges in the battles that we had with the maduro regime, since we also accused him of the international criminal court. he supported us during the pandemic, and he also supported us through usaid to manage the influx of venezuelan migrants that were literally leaving their country, because all the humanitarian crisis triggered by the dictatorship. so we had a great relationship. but there was also bipartisan and bicameral, and i believe that trade is a great instrument if it is managed in the right way and if it's a win win situation. but i also believe that in particular, in the case of mexico, what the us wants in return is to have a really strict policy against narco trafficking and also putting an

end to the massive amount of illegal migration that is taking place in the us southern border. now, in those negotiations, i think if mexico takes a great responsibility and really enters into what everybody expects, which is to tackle the criminal behavior of their cartels and also contributes to reduce the pressure in the southern border, i think they can build a very clear agreement with the us. with canada is much different. it's more complex. and i don't think this is the main issue of discussion, because this is also related to trade policies, migration policies that have been there for decades. and as you know, it has multiple nuances that have to be defined bilaterally. but i think in particular, in the case of mexico, if mexico continues supporting the mexican cartels by not enforcing the spirit of law and order, and if it doesn't do what they really have to do in terms of deter the massive pressure in the us southern border. i think the us is going to use tariffs as a way of

leveraging the negotiation. >> former colombian president ivan duque, i thank you very much. let's continue our conversation going forward. i very much appreciate your time, sir. >> thank you so much. mr. >> up next, a high stakes meeting. today between president trump and top republicans at his golf. >> club in miami. >> how what. happens today will have a. major impact on trump's plans for the next four years. plus. >> as pete hegseth begins his first week. as defense secretary. >> several of trump's other. >> controversial cabinet nominees are gearing. >> up for a week of. >> hearings in front. >> of senators. and later, tears. >> of joy. >> and relief as hamas releases. >> four women. idf soldiers held hostage. >> for almost 500 days. one of them seen here. now, her aunt joins us next. you're watching jose diaz-balart reports on maya knows how quality care can bring out a smile. jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc. but it's been a few dog years since she was able to enjoy a smile of her own.

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>> strategist and former executive director of the new york state democratic party. so. >> julie, first with you. >> what is. >> this retreat. >> all about? >> well, it's all about making. >> sure that all. >> of the republican. members in the house are on. >> the same page. >> when it comes. >> to moving forward. >> with their agenda. >> in the next couple of weeks, and. it's not. >> so much their agenda. it is the agenda of president trump. it is really about. >> making his campaign promises. >> on the. >> border. >> on immigration. extending his 2017. >> tax cuts. it's about. making those into legislation that he will then sign into law. the question is, how do you get there? we already. saw a disagreement in strategy one, bill two bills. the point of today will be for all of these republicans to hear from the president directly. he's held smaller meetings with smaller groups of republicans over the last several weeks. this will be a chance for them to hear from him for the first time since he's been inaugurated, about the immigration proposal, about the tax cuts, and making sure that there aren't going to be one, 2 or 3 republicans who vote against him. it's certainly going to be a challenge to get

them on the same page, though we already know there are some, for example, who never want to vote to extend or expand tax cuts. we know others, for example, don't want to move on border legislation first. we also know there's a real problem with funding. we've already seen that in his administration's attempts to carry out those mass deportations that you were just talking about, jose. and so over these next three days in miami, the republicans are going to have to get on the same page, because in the next few weeks, they're going to have to start moving on these things before they run out of time. >> susan, by the way, this move from the white house to fire these inspector generals, despite. >> a 2022. law that. requires congress to be. >> given 30 days notice from the. >> administration, what exactly does that. >> tell you? >> it says that donald. >> trump does. >> not want his administration to be held accountable for. >> anything he. believes wrongly, in my opinion, that he has a mandate. >> to. >> go into. >> government and do. >> whatever he. >> sees fit. that is not the case. however, it's. >> also worth noting. >> he believes he also has immunity. so while he may have.

>> immunity, i should. >> say from the. >> supreme court. >> in any actions. >> that come. >> out of his actions, his. >> presidential orders. so by. >> firing these ags, igs. excuse me. he is in fact saying like, i. >> don't care what the law is, i'm immune, and i don't want. >> people who may. >> be. >> calling out mistakes that happen in agencies. which is ironic because inspector. >> generals. >> what they do is find fraud, waste. >> and abuse. >> that tend to save the taxpayers money. julie, what's the reaction. >> on capitol hill to this? >> well, it's certainly mixed. you have republicans trying to walk the fine line of not criticizing trump in his first week in office, but this is not a move that is going to be respected or accepted well by republicans and democrats alike up here. of course, they're all coming back to town on the senate side. at least later today. we'll get a chance to ask them directly. but for example, chuck grassley, who for as long as i've covered him under the trump administration, under the biden administration, has sought

to bolster protections for inspectors general, has sought to keep his relationship with whistleblowers in a good place. he already put out a statement over the weekend saying that he would like more information, a, quote, further explanation from president trump, because trump did violate a law that grassley and democrats and republicans alike have signed several years ago. it requires a 30 day notification, at least from the administration to congress, when they were to if they were to fire any of these inspectors generals, that didn't happen in this case. that's exactly what kristen welker pressed senator lindsey graham on. watch this. >> i'm not overly worried about that. it's not the first time people have come in and put their team in place. when you win an election, you need people in your administration that reflect your views. so i'm not really worried about that. >> but very quickly, the law. >> says he's supposed. >> to 30. >> days, 30 days notice. he didn't do that. >> do you. >> think he violated. >> the law? well, technically, yeah, but he has the authority

to do it. so i'm not, you know, losing a whole lot of sleep that he wants to change the personnel out. >> technically, yes. i think that was such a revealing. add that word there. technically, i think it certainly means that republicans are probably not going to do much when it comes to this. again, they control the house and the senate. so it's really on them to do anything here. >> yeah. i mean, the now. >> former inspector general of the small business administration spoke with my colleague ana cabrera. here's how he reacted to the firings. >> if it's about changing priorities in the administration and non-adherence to the to the to the rationale that we're not a part of the administration, and you're going to put people in who are more like loyalists, then the whole system is in shambles. >> basel. that that gentleman did go. >> on to say that. >> the president has the right to do this. where is that right

to do things. and not do things? and on something so. >> sensitive as this issue? >> well. >> i think. >> that's why lindsey graham's point, you know, is something that we really should be reflecting on going forward. because while the president does have the right to put his own appointees in place, he can do so in accordance with the law. that's why the technically yes comment is so striking, because it suggests that while the president would need and we would expect the president to follow the law, he's going to do whatever he wants to do whenever he wants to do it. and, you know, to julie's point earlier and susan's point bringing making sure that republicans are on line in line with this is critically important because in the house, they have the smallest majority, the republicans have the thinnest majority, the second thinnest majority they've ever had in history. there's obviously a thin majority in the senate. you see, mitch mcconnell, mitch

mcconnell's comments against texas the other day, which was, you know, not necessarily a profile in courage because he really doesn't have much to lose at this point. but it does suggest that there might be a lot of members who are uncomfortable with his moves. so he brings them tomorrow to florida to get them comfortable with the things that he needs to do going forward. so the technically, yes, but we'll do it anyway, i think is going to be a recurring theme in the next four years. >> and julie, meanwhile. >> speaking of hegseth. >> the new defense secretary. arrived at the department of defense and spoke to reporters. listen to. >> what somebody had to say. >> it's an honor to be here. it's an honor to serve. >> on behalf of the president and. >> serve on behalf of the country. it's an amazing job beyond what anyone. >> can fathom. >> but in talking to the chairman and so many other folks here. we're in. >> capable hands. >> the warfighters. >> are ready to go. and, julie, i mean. >> this came only after the vice. president broke the tie to get. >> him confirmed. what's ahead

for the president's other nominees this week? >> yeah, that was such a rare moment, by the way, a tie breaking vote needed on any nominee, let alone somebody to lead the pentagon department. but over the weekend, in addition to hegseth, you saw ti noem, who is trump's homeland security secretary, be confirmed by the senate over the weekend is critical here because i think you're going to see that happening over the next weeks congress needing to stay in to push trump's agenda over the finish line, nominees or otherwise. and then later this week, sean duffy, who's going to be trump's department of transportation secretary, we expect the senate to confirm him. and then that gets us into some of the more controversial names that we've been hearing about that have yet to have a hearing before the relevant committees of jurisdiction. i'm talking about somebody like tulsi gabbard, who is going to be trump's national intelligence director. if she is confirmed. that's a big if, because she does have bipartisan opposition there. republicans concerned about her. there are democrats concerned about her. even lindsey graham yesterday with kristen welker was a hard maybe.

the question is do republicans then follow suit? anyway, like we saw happen with pete hegseth and some of the more reluctant republicans, thom tillis and others coming around and ultimately pushing them through, i think a similar picture is going to happen with rfk jr, his hearing the same day as tulsi gabbard's hearing. it's going to be a busy one again. republicans certainly pushing back against him. the former vice president, mike pence, is no fan of rfk s policy, specifically when it comes to his views on abortion democrats. he might pick up votes on that side of the aisle in terms of his food policy stuff that he wants to do in that space. so a lot of interesting hearings that are coming this week. we'll see if republicans do shore up the votes to get them across the finish line. i think if hegseth was any reflection of that, they probably will. jose. >> and so, susan and basil. >> let me ask. >> you first, basil. >> gabbard, rfk jr patel. >> who do you see as. >> the. >> most. >> vulnerable? >> you know, in some ways, i actually see tulsi gabbard as the most vulnerable. republicans that she met with expressed real

concern about her comments with respect to edward snowden. and this is one of those areas where because of her comments, because of her relationships, you can draw a line between or at least her opponents will draw a line between, you know, her, her positions and challenges and dangers to the united states. that that seems to be the most controversial to me. >> and susan. >> i would also. agree with basil. >> in saying. >> that it's. >> tulsi gabbard only because it comes down to national security. but i also think jfk, jfk. >> jr is certainly. >> in the running. >> to be. knocked out of his of. this nomination. i'm sorry. >> rfk jr apologies. >> thank you. julie and. >> susan del percio and basil smikle. thank you so very much. appreciate it. >> up next, we'll talk. >> to the aunt of naama. >> levy, one. >> of the four. >> women hostages released by hamas over the weekend. and back home, we'll go live to el paso,

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>> yesterday. >> president trump made the following. comments about. >> the people of gaza. >> i'd like. >> egypt to take. >> people and i'd like jordan to take. >> people. i guess. >> you're talking. >> about probably a billion and a half people. and we just clean out that whole thing. >> i guess he was saying he cleaned out that whole thing and then they can go back in. >> but all. >> of this, after. four more. >> israeli hostages were returned. >> home on saturday. this is the moment the four women reunited with their loved ones after more than 470 days. >> in captivity. >> joining us now from tel aviv is nbc's raf sanchez. raf, when do we expect more. >> hostages. >> to. >> be released? >> so, josie, first group of three hostages will come out on thursday. according to the israeli government, that is a new development. the agreement calls for hostages to come out on the weekends. but last night, after some late night crisis

talks brokered by qatar, three additional hostages will come out on thursday and then the three scheduled hostages will come out on saturday. so that is a total of six coming out. and there are rising hopes that 65 year old american keith segal might be among them. but josie, we are really seeing joy and grief living alongside each other in both israel and gaza right now. earlier today, the israeli government confirming that of the 26 hostages still in gaza slated to be released during this phase of the deal, eight of them are dead. that is a cold reality that people are having to face up today, even as they celebrate the images you're seeing on your screen. you're seeing there larry alba. she's one of those four soldiers. we spoke to her aunt just a few minutes before she was released, and her aunt was very conscious that not every story is going to have a happy ending. take a listen.

>> it's a. >> big moment for us, but. there are so many lives that were lost in this war and on that day, we were so sorry for them. >> and jose in gaza, tens of thousands of displaced palestinian civilians today, beginning the long exodus home to the north of the strip. this is something that these displaced people have been praying for 15 months now. you can see just that sea of humanity making its way north. but the reality is, jose, there isn't much left for them there. the united nations estimates that 90% of all houses are either damaged or completely destroyed in gaza after 15 months of war, but these people are absolutely determined to go back to the place they call home. >> jose raf sanchez, thank you very much. appreciate it. and

joining us now is efrat moskowitz, the aunt of naama levy, who was among the four israeli. >> hostages released this weekend. >> boy, what a. i've just been so looking forward to seeing. >> you. >> too. >> and just. how is naama? >> what a moment. yeah, she's she's a hero. and she's the sweet girl that we knew. she's, you know, weak and, you know, skinny as you would expect. but she's in good spirits and she's doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances. >> you know, it's. >> i just keep thinking, you know, and i try and try and try to put myself in, in your family's shoes and what it is that one does and how this last

week, even these last, you know, 48 hours have been for you. >> what how. >> did you do it? how do you do it? >> it's hard to articulate. and i'm watching these images as they come on. and it's still i get chills, you know, it's still as moving and as emotional as it was on saturday. and it's almost hard to comprehend that it's been only for, you know, about 48 hours or so. it feels like it's been a week. we talk a lot. we visit her as much as it is possible and, you know, try to balance her, you know, her need for privacy and their caretakers and doctors and all of that. and we try to, you know, we just try to process. it's there's relief and there's joy and there's, you know, we're all so anxious and worried about the hostages that remain. and there's a whole lot

of gratitude for. >> yeah. >> for being able to hug her again. gratitude to everyone who supported, who helped, who fought alongside us. and you know what? thank you. you've been such an inspiration and so much compassion and support from you. so i know my sister would would be mad at me if i did not convey that to you as well. >> i've been thinking a lot about your sister too, you know, and you know what? and it is i who have to be grateful to you for everything. because, you know, in the final analysis, everything boils down to people. and. right. you know, how has how has that extraordinary young lady passed a. test that many, many would not be able to pass? and, you know, on this day

specifically, let's think about what this day is. you know, we're talking about the 80th anniversary of the remembrance of the holocaust, the extraordinary suffering of the jewish people. and i'm just wondering, what is it that you can tell the families of the other people that are now waiting, as you have had to wait for news of their loved ones? >> that we will not stop and we will continue the efforts and the and the fight to get everybody back, because we are all hoping and praying that they'll have those moments, those sweet moments of seeing their loved ones back and safe and hold them in their arms. and i get so emotional even saying that. i just really hope and pray that every single one gets that. just see that pure joy.

there's just there's no even words to describe that. and we will continue with all our efforts to make sure that that happens to every family. >> i find it i, i celebrate on so many levels with you and your family. thanks. >> i know, and thank you. thank you. >> still ahead, 80 years ago today, one of the greatest atrocities against mankind was uncovered. we'll go live to the former auschwitz death camp, where survivors are marking their liberation. plus, we'll play for you. how? vice president jd vance is defending the administration's decision to allow agents to make arrests near schools and places of near schools and places of worship. you're watching jose it's time to feed the dogs real food in the right amount. a healthy weight can help dogs live a longer and happier life. the farmer's dog makes weight management easy with fresh food pre-portioned for your dog's needs.

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party in every spin. >> 41 past the hour on sunday, immigration and customs enforcement and federal. partners say they made nearly a thousand arrests. across the country. the washington post reports the white house has issued quotas for ice officials to arrest at least 1200 to 1500 people a day. that's according to four people with knowledge of the briefings. this as vice president vance defends the government's decision to allow federal agents to conduct immigration detentions in sensitive locations like schools, churches and hospitals. >> we empowered law enforcement to enforce the law everywhere to

protect americans. >> effect a chilling effect, arguably do people. >> to. >> not send their. >> kids to school? >> i desperately hope it has. >> a chilling effect. >> on illegal immigrants. >> the u.s. >> conference. >> of catholic. >> with us now nbc's priya shridhar. along the border in el paso, texas. and alan orr, an immigration attorney and past president of the american immigration lawyers association. so, priya, what's the weekend look like there where you are and what can we. expect going forward? >> hey. >> jose, it's been a very active few days here in el paso, and we just learned. >> that texas governor greg abbott. >> has actually mobilized. >> an additional. 400 national. >> guardsmen to. >> come here to the border to join. >> the. >> 15 other 1500. other troops. >> that have been. activated to come down here along the border. we saw several planes landing here at biggs. airfield at fort bliss, coming. >> to do the mission. >> that they've. >> been sent to do. so they're going to have three. >> primary functions here. the first is to build these temporary. >> and permanent. physical barriers. >> to stop illegal border

crossings. the second is for intelligence analysts to be. >> used for the. >> detection and monitoring of. >> potential migrants. and the. >> third. >> and perhaps most. >> interesting, is that they're going to be. >> using military aircraft. >> to. assist the department of homeland security in those deportation flights. and we actually. >> saw the first of. >> those flights. leave from here at fort bliss on thursday, headed. towards guatemala. so texas governor abbott has. >> famously complained. >> about the lack of federal resources. so he has now praised the trump administration for. this new troop surge along the border. >> jose. >> british, i thank you very much. so, alan, president trump said a whole new set of immigration rules starting on day one with his executive orders. what are some of those major changes? >> well, i. >> think mostly. >> it's the production. and that's what we're seeing. now is this armed forces at the border to really scare people, because it's not something that you can do by executive orders. as we already saw, the birthright citizenship has failed. many of the orders are drafted poorly. they're not written well with an

understanding of the law. and so there's conflicts within them, and they're not clear. much like with marco rubio's statement last night about saying they would stop issuing visas in colombia to followers of the president and his family and otherwise. so that, in concise and imprecision, shows you the novice language that's being instituted at the border. more importantly, the trump administration should have learned from the first time that enforcement only is not a way to really resolve this problem. they're throwing money at something that cannot fix those. military airplane flights are about $800,000 a flight for 80 people. and ice flight, on the other hand, is around $8,000. so as we mobilize and move military forces from readiness, from real threats, we're sort of showing a focus on just this production of saying we're really doing something. and what we learned from family separation is this will not deter individuals to come to the border. >> alan, you know, this is important, and i'm glad you mention it, because the president, in no small part, won the election talking about immigration and the border and

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process, which, as you know, takes 2 to 3 years. so we really are removing people. what we're doing is, is building up a system of prisons, which is basically a cash grab for companies. right? private prisons are a big money grab. and i think aoc had it right on the floor. the people are going to benefit most from this interior enforcement are prisons and companies that serve them. >> eleanor. >> always a pleasure to see you, i thank you. up next, the horrors of auschwitz. the world marks 80 years since that death camp was do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have $100,000 or more of life insurance, you may qualify to sell your policy. don't cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit coventrydirect.com to find out if your policy qualifies. or call the number on your screen. coventry direct, redefining

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>> 51 past the hour. today marks 80 years since the liberation of the largest nazi concentration camp, auschwitz. these are live pictures of the ceremony, a former concentration camp where holocaust survivors are sharing their stories 80 years later. joining us now from auschwitz is nbc's jesse kirsch. jesse. the horrors of the holocaust are so vivid, so real. what what are we hearing from survivors 80 years later? >> yeah. >> jose, where i'm standing right now to put into context is the site of genocide. we're talking about more than 1.1 million people, roughly 1.1 million people killed. at this concentration camp, the largest extermination facility for the

nazi regime. and the overwhelming majority of those people were killed simply because they were jews. but there were poles killed. soviet pows, gay men, roma, all of these groups persecuted by the nazis and their collaborators. and just. speaking to the depravity, the depravity, excuse me, of the nazis. i spoke with a woman yesterday. her name is eva umlauf. she is at this ceremony right now, and she was less than two years old when they etched a tattoo into her forearm. here's part of my conversation with her. >> it was very small because the whole arm was small. >> they did. >> this to you at two years old? >> yes. it's not as much as a reminder as. >> it is just a part of her from. >> because she. >> was so young. >> that's the way that she remembers herself. >> and it's also the commonality of all the people that share. >> that experience. >> so part of. >> that conversation was in german. that was her, her son translating for her, and just

speaks to the. >> horror that. >> people were going through. the reality was, even if you weren't immediately killed, you were still expected to die, just a prolonged death through slave labor, through starvation, through disease. that is what went on here. and what we hear from survivors and others at this ceremony, which includes world leaders, is a plea for the world to remember what happened in hopes that this does not repeat itself at a time when anti-semitism is surging and there appears to be a lack of awareness about the fact that 6 million people were killed in the holocaust just because they were jews. just on a human leve, just turn around. what is it that you feel? just turn around. look at that. >> yeah. >> jose, what i can tell you is i've seen images of this place, both the real place and places that have been depicted in film so many times since i was a child. as young as i can remember, what stood out to me the most. having toured this camp for the first time over the weekend was something we can't even photograph. it's the piles of hair. out of respect for the

victims, we do not show those on camera, but there are piles of human hair, and that just speaks to how many people had their lives ripped away from them. and for people who deny this ever happened, there are piles of eyeglasses, of suitcases, of shoes. and another thing that stuck out to me was a little child shoe. i think of my mother keeping my baby shoes, and there were little shoes. those are of children, countless children who have lost their lives for no reason. and this is something that these people continue, these survivors continue to warn about from the past in hopes of preventing it from happening ever again. and it's just hard to imagine what people went through here. jose. and just one more thing. if you'll indulge me here. i spoke as well with yad vashem, which is the official museum in israel, and we talk about that number 6 million people who were murdered just for being jewish. we still do not know more than 1 million of those people's names. so there are countless people out there who are still unnamed, but they are not forgotten.

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news from deep sea. this is a chinese ai company that's been making waves not just in the ai space, but across the entire stock market, because they have. >> had. >> an app that has soared to the. number one downloaded spot. >> on the. apple app store. >> it has. >> eclipsed even openai's chatgpt in terms of downloads, as people are going to this chinese ai assistant, which some people say could be even better than openai. and it's not just that, it's that they're allegedly doing it at an even cheaper cost than american companies have been doing. so the chinese company, again, it's difficult to actually fact check this, but they claim that it only costs them $5.6 million to train their ai. that has had a lot of investors who have been watching the likes of microsoft, openai, meta pour billions of dollars into their ai models and kind of have their heads scratching, saying, is there a way that maybe american companies are doing this ai development at a rate that isn't as efficient as the chinese? now, this is a very big question, especially when you consider there are national security concerns that could be wrapped into this, because, again, you'll recall the debate

about tiktok and the american government going after that app because it is a chinese company. this is a chinese ai company that is now being downloaded by americans on their phones. could that lead to a national security question as well? that does remain to be seen. but again, the nasdaq having a pretty bad day on wall street down over 3% this morning. jose. >> brian chung, thank you so very much. and that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can always reach me on social media at jd balart, and you can watch clips from our show at youtube at msnbc.com. slash jdb. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. >> right now. on andrea mitchell reports. the trump white house ramping up immigration operations across the country. in chicago, denver, los. >> angeles as. >> mr. trump threatens colombia with 25% tariffs for blocking military planes with deportees before colombia backed down, narrowly avoiding a tariff war. also, bipartisan criticism for the white house