michael weiss, editor of "the daily beast." thank you so much. >> sure. >> hockenberry: growers in california and alabama may be worried about the sund shortage of undocumented immigrants to work their field, but the private prison industry stands to benefit. the department of homeland security has been asked by the white house to find 80,000 bed for detainees, doubling capacity, and as detention goes up, so does the prison industry's profits. here to discuss the aggressive new defensive policies, jackie stevens, heads the deportation research clinic at northwestern university's institute. welcome to the show, first of all. let's talk a little bit about what we can expect from the aggressive policies from the trump administration. >> well, i think what we'll see is a return to the raids and, you know, uptick in detentions and arrests and deportations that go back to the bush administration years. right now the detentions were going down since 2012, and now there will be an uptick. >> hockenberry: i think people are prepared for

michael weiss is here.uliet chiem, and -- good to -- jack kingson and russian media expert liz wall. juliet, i'm going to start with you, as a security expert here. i want to start by getting you reaction to the breaking news tonight. what do you make of it? >> it confirms where comey was essentially hinting on monday. i mean, him recognizing and acknowledging that there was an investigation of members of the trump team is -- the only conclusion is there's an investigation related to russia and potential collusion. that we have to take as a fact because comey is leading the investigation at this stage. that others are confirming this to the media seems to be just another marker to put down. i believe one of the reasons comey came out so strongly on monday -- he didn't need to. i was shocked. thought would be a nothing hearing. one of the reasons he came out was to protect the investigation, put a public statement out there that this thing was going on. when you saw what nunes did today on the house intel si

michael weiss. i know you are very familiar with bharara's work. tell us more about this seemingly larger-than-life attorney. >> this guy was fated for high office. political career, he's gone after some really connen speck wous targets, including mayor de blasio. including the governor of new york and especially a case that i've been studying and i must have filed a half a dozen stories on. a russian money-laundering case, the theft of $230 million a decade ago from the russian taxpayers. much of it going into manhattan real estate and assets here in manhattan. and this is involving not only the agents of the russian government, but also organized crime figures, in a way sort of like the elliott ness of u.s. attorneys. kind of a crusader when it comes to picking these legal battles. >> and he's been nonpartisan. you point out he's going after the investigation, looking into the mayor of new york who is a democrat. even though he was appointed by a democratic president. >> he is a democrat himself. he worked for chuck schumer, helped take down albe

with me is michael weiss, a columnist for the daily beast and co-author of "isis: inside the army oferror." the book has been updated and reprinted. i'm pleased to welcome him to the program. >> it seems like mosul is still in transition. >> part of the ambition is to prevent isis from reconstituting itself or fortifying the city. most of the guys are fleeing mosul because it is a spent force and they will lose the city in a matter of weeks. the goal is to squeeze both ends of the balloon at the same time. racka i fear will be a more difficult fight rate only because it is the de facto capital of their caliphate. but the forces are ready to retake it. they will not be welcomed in as liberators. the organization, whether the umbrella group, the syrian democratic scientists the best forces, they are large list level -- largely kurdish. the sunni arabs that are part of the umbrella are kept down. they are not meant to exert lyrical will for a reason which is the kurds are building their own state in northern syria and doing so with the backing of american firepower and jets overhead. th

with me is michael weiss, a columnist for "the daily beast" and co-aut

michael weiss is the adviser. he hears the russian ambassador he hears kushner take a meeting.ay don't do it because the bank is under sanctions regime. number two, if you are going to do it, we need to have a serious conversation of what you disclose. by the way, there is no thing as an ex-spy in russia. the idea is you do not want to unwitnessi unwittingly disclose information. they are not going to come up and say tell me classified secrets. it is about loosening you up and teasing information out of you. somebody like jared kushner could let something slip. he was on the transition team at the time he met with the banker. we don't know if he met with them once or several times because he won't say. the bank says this is part of our traveling road show. again, that's pr. >> people want to dismiss meetings as just proforma. people meet with russian officials all the time. there is nothing wrong with that unless you can show the meeting had some malintent behind it. what questions would you have for kushner? >> did he know the guy's back ground and what was discussed in the me

michael weiss is here. juliet c juli juliet chiem, and -- good to have you all. to the breaking news? what do you make of it? >> it confirms where comey was hinting on monday. him recognizing and acknowledging there was investigation of members of the trump team is the -- only conclusion is there's investigation related to russia and potential collusion. that we have to take as fact because comey is leading investigation at this stage. now that others are confirming that to the media just to put another marker down. i believe one of the reasons comey came out so strongly on monday -- he didn't need to. i was shocked. thought would be a nothing hearing. one of the reasons he came out was to protect the investigation, put a public statement out there that this thing was going on. when you saw what nunes did today on the house intel side we know why comey was worried about the investigation being compromised or others trying to stop it. monday to me was the beginning of what will be a long series of pieces of data that will eventually lead to -- fill in the blank. i

with michael weiss of the daily beast. >> in syria, any kind of accounting for the demographic and sectarianhat country seems to have gone out of the window. now we're saying let's get the job done quickly. the kurds are good at fighting i.s.i.s., a trusted and reliable proxy, we'll worry about the political aftermath later. militarily you can defeat organizations like i.s.i.s., we did it in 2010 when it was known as al quaida in iraq, but what comes next is what you need to worry about. >> hockenberry: then the trump administration's immigration detention policies. >> people need to think