ted cruz should win.t could be a close race. >> beto o'rourke the kind of candidates that democrats should be looking for towards their future hopes and maybe not this election but the coming years? maybe they can pick up steam there? >> i don't know. when you think back to the democratic primary, beto o'rourke squeezed by. it was a surprise to a lot of people. he had established his backing. the money didn't flow in the way that alex would be accustomed to for the leading candidate. the question is if he has that kind of appeal to energy the democrats that are necessary to turn out in large numbers to win. the key on the immigration issue, now he's leading marches to the border and using it as an edge and an effective wedge, which is why he's getting closer. >> dana: ted cruz has his idea of a solution, a very narrowly targeted bill. >> he's handled the issue very well. he's talk about what he's for rather than what he's against. he's offered common sense solutions for handing the immigration issue in te

they had the ted cruz victory parade. see tens of thousands of demons lined the streets to support their hometown guy. demons, scorpions, locusts. elephants with snakes for trunks. you name it, if it was unholy, it was there, and a bad time was had by all. this is something i want to make sure to get to. you remember when kim kardashian met the president in the oval office? so while kim sat down for an interview with van jones on cnn the other night, van asked if she thought it was possible that the president was using her to take advantage of her star power. >> trump is using you as a political pawn. now you've endorsed him in a way, you've kind of given him legitimacy. you might be in a campaign video. he used you. >> i think -- i think kanye's already given him legitimacy. so i don't, you know -- in that way. so i was working on this before. so -- i don't -- like for being -- i don't think i would be used. just -- if he already got that -- >> that box is checked. >> trying to use me? like how? because he already kind o

senator ted cruz three points away. they'll go to 8. they're playing to 15.e to win by two. >> i tell you what, jimmy. hold on. i'll give you that shot right there. >> jimmy: yeah. >> if you miss it, abc has to put "roseanne" back on air. >> jimmy: done. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> i think kimmel has found his spot. >> and we're level at 5. >> audible. you want to shorten it to 11? >> jimmy: yes. >> all right. done. >> jimmy: ted and i have made a compromise. in the spirit of bipartisanship. >> and life. >> jimmy: and life. we're going to shorten the game to 11. [ cheers and applause ] >> and the crowd goes wild. >> halftime will be at 6. one more basket and we go to halftime. >> jimmy: who's harder to defend, me or trump? >> he finally got the hook shot to fall. finally got it to fall. >> dicky: abc's "jimmy kimmel live," brought to you by subaru. oh, you brought butch. yeah! (butch growls at man) he's looking at me rig now, isn't he? yup. (butch barks at man) butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. (laughs) (vo) you can never have too many faith

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versus ted cruz. a canadian whose name isn't even ted. >> you're absolutely right. is rafael edward cruz. >> who lost an election to a game show host. >> bing bing. bong bong. >> who doesn't know the word hoop. >> that basketball ring. >> and is way too close to his mommy. >> not a day goes by that my mom is not lifting me up in prayer. >> that's right. >> for hours. at a time. >> it's american versus canadian. baller versus blobfish. kimmel versus cruz. the blobfish basketball classic. saturday june 16th. texas southern university. houston, texas. >> i was a mediocre high school player. i rode the bench an awful lot. >> ted man walking. for tickets go to kimmelvscruz.com. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's right. if you live in houston or near houston and want to be there live, this is your first chance to do that. go to kimmelvscruz.com for more information. you're coming with me, right, guillermo? >> guillermo: that's right, jimmy. >> jimmy: okay. very good. i mentioned kevin durant is with us tonight. we were in oakland for -- we had a crew up there for gam

texas senator ted cruz insulted by kimmel's comment telling him on twitter to put his money where his on the basketball court. >> it's not like kareem has challenged me to a match here. it's ted cruz. >> reporter: it's the most unlikely way to settle a score between a celebrity comedian and the powerful lawmaker he makes his punch line. >> this will be ted cruz's second mosbaemt siasrrngos >> reporter: the trash talk doesn't stop there. the two trade barbs on twitter leading up to the big event. are you ready for this?. i think it could bring an end to the sport of basketball as we know it. >> reporter: you have a killer cross over? you good in the paint? >> i have no actual moves. the game is going to take forever. >> reporter: we've seen kimmel's skills on the court before but in this matchup, senator cruz is the odds-on favorite to win. he is three years younger, and actually played varsity basketball in high school. the loser of the not so epic showdown will make a donation to one of two houston charities. >> under no circumstances willjimmy dunk on me. and i will pull his shorts

en jimmy kimmel took on ted cruz in a two hour one on one game.ruz suggested it and the loser was to give money to charity. i would not have picked ted cruz, but the real winners were detido hildren's hospital a who nations. >> thomas markle opened up about not being about to walk his daughter down the aisle. >> is am jealous, i wish it had been me. >> the unfortunate thing for me now is i'm a footne in a great moment in history rather than the dad walking her down the isle. -- aisle. he says he has spoken to his son-in-law in a few phone calls. he says prince harry is interesting. they have not had a face to fate meeting. he complained to him about donald trump. harry said to give trump a chance. he asked if harry was a trump supporter, but he may be getting a few laughs from the studio. but is this an insight of him as a father and father-in-law. he points out his daughter is a prize for prince harry. he said he may be a prince, but she has been a princess since the day she was born. he said he was happy about this love story. he said meghan tol

tuesday night i made mention of the fact that ted cruz was at game seven between the rockets and the rriors in houston. he tweeted a photo of himself from the game, and i noticed that he looked like a blobfish. [ laughter ] so apparently ted got wind of this and last night he tweeted, jimmy kimmel, all right big guy, you talk a good game, you besmirched my support for the houston -- besmirch. he really knows his way around a disk track, this ted. let's settle this man to man, one on one, hoops or ring ball if you prefer, the loser gives $5,000 to the nonpolitical charity of the winner's choice. i immediately went online and googled "how to guard a blobfish." [ laughter ] then i went on twitter and i wrote back, i like this idea, i'll accept on one condition, we both wear very short shorts. which will be great, right? [ cheers and applause ] wouldn't you like to see ted cruz -- ted in those little '80s larry bird shorts? he wasn't as enthusiastic about that idea. he wrote, as borat demonstrated conclusively, nobody wants to see that and abc would probably be fined by the fcc. how about

but ted cruz actually played basketball. on showing no signs of backing down from separating immigrant children and parents. >> a letter has been signed begging them to stay with parents, and house republicans are considering a bill that would include a proposal to end that practice. maggie rulli has details. >> reporter: outrage is growing from the streets. to inside the white house briefing room. >> don't you have any empathy for what these people are going through? >> guys, settle down. >> it's a serious question. these people have nothing. they come to the border with nothing. and these poor children -- you're a parent. you're a parent of young children. don't you have any empathy for what they go through? >> reporter: making politics personal, angry over the trump administration's zero tolerance policy, which separates families entering illegally at the border. since it was announced in may, nearly 700 children have been separated from their parents. the trump administration insists they're simply upholding the law, sayi

ted cruz has a proposal.'t seen the details but sounds like it's going in the right direction, i just don't know because we don't have the bill. but my point is, this can take a very long time to get through the legislative process because everyone is going to glom on other ideas. that's why we have to keep the pressure on the white house. we have republicans both from the congress but also throughout the country telling the president, do the right thing. the evangelical community, catholic conference. this rises above politics and that's what we're hearing from people throughout the country. >> senator, some of your democratic colleagues, kamala harris, senator rono, they have said how the administration has handled it, how they've reacted to it and what they're continuing to say about it, they're now calling on secretary nielsen to resign now. do you think she should resign after this? >> well, if i thought her resignation would solve the problem, i would definitely call upon her to resign. that was a miser

ted cruz introducing legislation to end family separation. here's the thing, republicans fear their control of the house is at stake, this could get voters in swing districts up off the couch to vote. is it time to set aside this policy because you lose the house and no border wall? >> here's the deal. republicans on capitol hill are scared of the pr optices and what's going on with the border detention controversy. if you go with ted cruz and solve the short-term pr crisis, what you're not doing is effectively decent advising illegal immigration. that's where donald trump made the point. ted cruz's point does not go far enough. and immigration, we need to solve the problem. democrats have no interest beyond open borders and have you republicans who can't decide exactly how much illegal immigration they want to curtail. so essentially donald trump has to put this on his back and actually a great issue in a midterm election for him if he can get the optices on your side. liz: breaking the law if you cross the border illegally. you're breaking

we have also been told ted cruz are alsoor feinstein looking at creating these separation bills they had before trump signed the order. you are seeing people come together from very different factions of each party because everyone wants to end this. it is not just moderates that want to this or democrats, we have people like ted cruz pushing forward. >> even if some compromise, narrow or wide, what is the likelihood in the senate to follow suit and make something happen? >> the senate has introduced a bill that would address this issue on a very narrow basis of what to do with the families at the border and how to keep families together while they -- immigration cases are being adjudicated or being sent back to their home countries. house republicans are expected to introduce a similar bill today to address that. the problem for the house republicans and just a backup on that, there is widespread concern among house republicans and democrats, both parties in congress that they need to have thise not only to end policy or heading into the midterm elections to show they are on record

and senator ted cruz, just a few moments ago, i gotta play this for you. he's a constitutional expert, right? constitutional lawyer, you know, this is ted cruz we're talking about here. he's asked explicitly whether the president could pardon himself and i have to play you the exchange, david. >> the president says he can pardon himself. would you agree with that? >> . [ inaudible ] >> that is not a constitutional issue i've studied, so i will withhold judgment at this point. >> david, that was 18 seconds. okay? you heard someone walking, but it was 18 seconds it took ted cruz to come up with an answer to that question. which is, oh, i don't know. what do you say to that? >> you know, senator cruz is ushl usually not short on opinions on constitutional law. so that's what i think you would call a very pregnant pause. john is right, it's an open question legally, although the office of legal counsel at the department of justice which isg presidential prerogatives, did conclude that the president couldn't do it. you can imagine a court reaching same result o

just tonight, ted cruz is introducing emergency legislation. so the pressure is mounting on this president to do something. he knows he does have the power to do it. the question is will he? >> kristen, great watching you there. i love the back and forth. i think you hit them right on the rhead with the policy. a policy they claim they invented but they claim the democrats for not getting rid of it. this is crazy talk. let me go to jacob at the reality that exists down there, not just the tv show. jacob, tell us what you see down there, what we should know. >> well, let me just also sing kristen's praises. she asked the question we still don't have an answer to. where are the toddlers? where are the girls? we've been given access to two 100 facilities run by health and human services where the separated child migrants are being held. i've been in one of them. nbc's got in another. we haven't seen any girls or toddlers. what we do know and what i would like to know, what the president would react if he got to see what i saw in that facility is t

ted cruz would destroy you.n the movie? >> kyrie irving, shaquille o'neal, nate robinson -- [ applause ] reggie miller, we got lisa lesl leslie, aaron gordon's in the movie, tiffany haddish, nick crowe. >> jimmy: of the players, which one is the best actor? >> oh -- well, let me say this. kyrie's amazing. >> jimmy: he's a star. >> he's a star, yeah. chris webber, he's going to surprise everybody. >> jimmy: really, chris webber, interesting. >> yeah. >> jimmy: did you get close to any of these guys? did you become life-long friends with them? >> not life-long. i can text them, you know what i mean? [ laughter ] they like my pictures on instagram. >> jimmy: whoa, that's big. [ laughter ] did you play basketball with them? >> yeah, well, that's all we did. it was a basketball movie. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i mean, like for real. did they really let you play? >> i mean, like -- well -- i guess. i can't give out nothing of the movie. i did get a lot of tips which them, which i know you're playing one on one against te

>> the fact that you even brought up ted cruz and bethel o'rourke, ted cruz's seat should never evenould never even have made a dentd in the political conversation. the fact that we're even talking about him, i think speaks volumes of the kind of dent that democrats have made and the kind of numbers that we have been able to rack up in the last elections because we have been able to really shrink the margins in places where democrats should never be in play. for example, connor's seat in pennsylvania, look at what happened in alabama, the enthusiasm, there's no question that it's on the democratic side. but let me address one thing. >> we're short on time and i do want to get this little tidbit in as well. in california, it is noteworthy that you look at the registrations of voters and republicans have slid into third, there are more registered democrats and more registered independents than registered republicans. steve, do you worry at all about that becoming a national trend? >> listen, it's possible, the republican party, i'll be real honest here, the republican party is in searc

same thing happened to ted cruz when he ran for senate.into -- but i think i'm getting in his head. there was a senate hearing today. now the hearing, as i understand, was to look into the federal judiciary's response to allegations of sexual harassment. but one of the senators clearly has basketball on his greasy little brain. >> mr. duff, you and i go back a long way. we've known each other over 20 years. spent a lot of time up on the basketball court at the supreme court. i suspect your fellow panelists don't know you were a walk-on basketball player at kentucky with a wicked jump shot. i hope you've kept that up. i've got a game coming up on saturday, i may need some of your coaching between now and then. >> put me in, coach. >> jimmy: anyway, back to sexual harassment. [ laughter ] by the way, there's a guy in the background, zoom in on the guy in the background. that guy, he's like -- what the -- [ laughter ] -- hell is going on here? this is all going down at texas southern university on saturday. if you live in houston or you want

no, we've given ted cruz a hard time on this show, but let's give him props.e wants to solve this problem. ( applause ) yeah. and i think we need to solve it before ted cruz decides to go to these detention centers himself because these kids have been through enough! ( laughter ) they -- they will be, like, please, please, let me oat out of this cage. what's that? no, no, keep me in! is that what you have on the outside? no, i'll stay in here. ( laughter ) lawmakers in both parties are against trump separating kids from their parents and more surprising even trump is against trump separating kids from their parents. >> we want to solve this problem, we want to solve family separation. i don't want children taken away from parents. >> trevor: now, i know you might be a little confused right now, like why would trump hate the policy he himself made? but let's be real, you don't always love everything you make. ( audience reacts ) and also, the president can't just change this policy. i mean, well, he can, but not without the approval of his advisors. and the pro

including ted cruz. late today. >> all of us who are seeing these images of children being pulled away from moms and dad in tears, are horrified. this has to stop. kids need their moms and dads. >> the president says he hates this. yet he and his top officials refuse to take responsibility for the policy decision that they in fact made happen. the dhs secretary would not even concede the existence of a policy. >> this administration did not create a policy of separating families at the border. >> keeping them honest, now the administration did not create a policy to specifically tear children from their parents. they were okay with that. listen to chief of staff john kelly when asked about it in march of last year. >> if you get some young kids who manage to sneak into the united states with their parents, are department of homeland security personnel going to separate the children from their moms and dads. >> we have tremendous experience with dealing with unaccompanied minors. i am considering an audit

ted cruz and i have a bill. cruz, dianne feinstein perhaps go back to senator lindsey graham and senator dick durbin. there are ways to come together. we just have to be willing to take the political risk in order to make this happen. >> dana: right. well, the law says they have to be separated but the policy is a choice for how to deal with it and the president was trying to explain that today. listen to somebody who is a 2020 hopeful on the democratic side. senator corey booker. >> right now, he should stop it. this is inhumane. it's abusing children. it's moral vandalism on our values as a country. is he attacking the very idea of what it means to be an american and assaulting the dignity of not just those kids but assaulting the dignity of every american and what we stand for. >> dana: yet, donna, as partisan as that might sounds in some ways if you are on the republican side of the aisle if everybody wants to solve, this they have a chance to do it this week. >> of course, there are two bills on the floor t

i agree with ted cruz. we have to keep the families together. those who are coming in a criminal perspective. charles: not a solution to the image of families being separated. >> based on what you just said it made sense that we should add to our capability of housing. charles: do you think the democrats should be open to more border turning, more wall funding. let's get this done once and for all. >> i'm for border security. i'm for daca being changed. we are not getting that done overnight. right now we have a serious thing on our hand. >> it hasn't been voted on for a long time. >> one of the things that bothers me about this now. charles: they are telling me to wrap. >> wide talk, broad talk doesn't address the issue. even in tes cruz's job. 750 judges, it takes time to train. you have got to put a system in place, medical care in place. all this happy talk about let's solve the optics of it doesn't work. we have got to close the border. 2,000 kids came from somewhere because of a surge being promoted by the open borders groups out there. >>

and jimmy kimmel did not disappoint. >> ted cruz! cruz for supports the houston rockets. between baskets the two discussed what else, politics. >> millions of people would be angry at obamacare where average family premiums go up $5,000 a year. >> that is not true. those are facts. >> i voted for hillary? >> how did that work out? jillian: in the end senator cruz won the game 1 1-9. steve: i like what you say, between baskets. brian: they cut it off at 11 because it was two hours long. 1 minutes after the hour. what is really happening on the border. what it is like to to be on the border. >> campaign ad setting a fire for no good reasons. >> there is inferno raging in washington. here in the land of 10,000 lakes, we know how to put out a fire. going out for a bite. going anytime. rewarded! learn more at theexplorercard.com at bp, everyone on an offshore rig depends on one another. that's why entire teams train together in simulators, to know exactly what to do before they have to do it. because safety is never being satisfied. and a

jesse: ben shapiro was there. >> greg: jesse. >> jesse: i guess jimmy kimmel challenged senator ted cruzgame. it was probably the worst basketball ever. they actually had to stop. they were going to 15. they stopped. they got so tired. cruz ended up winning and beating him 11-9, i believe. it was a pathetic display. i'm going to suspend the strategy. i'm going to criticize jimmy kimmel even though i might appear on his show. that was not good basketball. you challenged cruz and you lost to ted cruz in basketball. not a good look. >> dana: but it was for charity. >> greg: just because it was for charity doesn't make it good. >> dana: got it. >> greg: that's a great slogan for a t-shirt. >> dana: i i need a new graphic of dana's reading list. do you you know conor powell? his wife has written a novel called "a land of permanent goodbyes." it was spectacular. it's about the refugee crisis. it follows a fictional character but it is based on a lot of research of his harrowing escape because of isis and leaving turkey. there is a surprise in who the narrator is. it's very creative, very effec

ted blobfish cruz challenged me to play. d i'm going to play with him, which is something no one ever did with him in school. one within [ laughter ] one-on-one basketball is good for ted because there's no way he can get picked last. and i'm feeling good. i'm confident. but i'm not overconfident. one thing i'm worried about, to be honest, i just heard donald trump has agreed to temporarily give ted his balls back. [ laughter ] he's having them fedexed. but after the game they go right back in the trophy case. you want to be there to watch me defeat this gelatinous ass? go to kimmelvscruz.com. we'll see you there. this is shaping up to be quite a rivalry. they're calling it magic versus turd. i'm the magic. [ laughter ] and while that is happening there's another major sporting event happening in russia. today was day two of the world cup. today teams from spain, iran -- [ cheers and applause ] -- egypt played, all the chickpea-based economies faced off today. no day of world cup action would be complete without this. the wor

for that matter, how did ted cruz get in the senate? -- basketball game with jimmy kimmel starting to get a little more final here. place, what's the latest? a >> it's going to be a wkrom saturday and i'm looking fun. >> in high school you played basketball, he played clarinet. how is he possibly going to beat you? >>ell, listen a, i was a mediocre high school player. i rode the bench an awful lot. i don't know how it's going to shake out. my team is terrified that jimmy kimmel's going to dunkn me. >> jimmy: that i wouldn't worry about. [ laughter ] i have a two-inch vertical leap the only drunking i do is charitable thing? what does that work for? >> so the terms of the challenge -- jimmy kimmel was making fun of my rockets for losing. >> jimmy: okay,old on. first of all, i did no suc thing. i know wt you're trying to do here, lyin' ted, trying to turn the fans in houston against me because you say i made fun of the rockets. i did not make fun of the rockets, made fun of you pretending to be a fan of the rockets. and looking like a gre

now ted cruz challenged me to play one on one after i compared him to a blobfish.lobfish. [ laughter ] i thought i fairly compared him to. i've been working on something. on saturday, one unlucky person is going to go home with this ted cruz bloblehead ball. it's a little bit sticky. only one in existence. it will bring whomever owns it bad luck. if somebody wants it at the event i will give this away. since i'll be playing on ted's home turf i thought i might need help to get the crowd on my side and there's nothing sports fans love more than mascots. for the first time ever i'm pleased to introduce my new team mascot, the late night. the late night! [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, for the first time ever, here he is. let's give a late night tv welcome to the late knight! [ cheers and applause ] where the [ bleep ] is the knight? [ laughter ] okay, i said the late knight, ladies and gentlemen! >> a thousand apologies, my liege! i overslept. >> jimmy: oh, okay. >> my uber runneth late! >> jimmy: you overslept for a late-night television show. >> indeed, i beg yo

ted cruz, john mccain, "wall street journal." the polling comes out. 58% of republicans actually are in favor of the policy. is this a straight cold political calculation? one the white house thinks is a winner in the midterms? >> the white house we know will pursue further immigration crackdowns going forward. steve miller and company want to have some sort of prize they can show to their base in lieu of a wall. you don't win elections by putting kids behind chain link fences. this president and administration promised they would get tough on people breaking the law. they were going to be a law and order organization. make ms-13 cry for their marries, not the kids at the -- for their mothers, not the kids at the border. i don't know how that helps the republicans in swing states. >> i don't know. there are some people who are just so sick and tired of illegal immigration and the problem it has been for 30 years. honestly since 1986 with the last amnesty. there are people who say the problem is not the government not reacting wel

faith and freedom conference in the meantime here is some of yesterday's conference with senators ted cruz and marco rubio and house speaker paul ryan. this is just over an hour. [music] god bless the faith and freedom coalition. let me just say this is the first time in my life i've been asked to follow an angelic choir. and you know. i have to say i'm going to take in issue with ralph. it's really tough to be asked to go right after nuns. for you guys that is about as stark of contrast as you can imagine. i have to tell you by the way as a lawyer is not widely known but actually a number of laboratories across the country have begun using lawyers instead of rats in their experiments. there are two reasons for this. number one the scientists were growing too attached to the rats. and number two there are some things even rats won't do. what a blessing to be with you today. what a blessing to welcome you to thank you for your courageous stance. what i want to talk to you about this morning as i want to reflect on some of the incredible victories we had had for faith, for family, for the va

. >> this will be ted cruz's second most embarrassing loss to a late night host. >> reporter: it became a true test of strategy and stamina for the men who are just a bit past their prime. senator cruz, 47 years old, kimmel, 50. their one on one match to raise money for two texas charities and settle a score after this comment. >> he looks like a blob fish. >> reporter: what's your key move? a killer crossover? are you good in the paint? >> i have no actual moves. this game's going to take forever. >> reporter: and it did. nearly two hours of blocks and air balls before the senator scored the final point leaving with the coveted trophy. there he is with the hardware. congratulations, senator cruz. the former high school basketball player reliving his younger days. >> for two guys in our 40s and 50s, we'd beat daylights out of you. >> reporter: you look a little winded. >> both of us are going to sleep like babies. >> reporter: the challenge has been met. but kimmel and cruz say the real winners are the children of the city. marcus moore, abc news, houston. >> gounk he is still holding t

ted cruz, laura bush. i'm not editorializing. i'm reflecting the views of an overwhelming majority -- >> the alternative is the way the courts have ruled is to say you have 20 days to then release them with parents. that's the choice. parents are bringing children in illegally. there's an incentive to pair up with children, come across the border. they can get full asylum and stay with their children if they come through ports of entry. they are breaking the law coming in where they are. >> you are a father. you have kids. how do you explain this to your kids that these kids who are being separated from their parents are being ripped apart? what are you going -- >> the same way i did here on your show. it's a terribly choice. >> what is more moral? maybe they will disappear but they will be together. what do you say to the leaders of the catholic church, most of them are saying, this is a bad, bad policy. >> it's to say we need help from congress to provide the tools necessary so we can handle this better. right now, you are face

you heard senator ted cruz there, republican of texas, he's on the ballot in texas. he was saying it's heart wrenching to see these images. that is one thing we did not hear today from the white house. any sense of the fact, never mind the policy that these im e images and the sheer fact that this is heart wrenching. the message was congress needs to fix it, it's the democrats' fault. she came out here andanderson. >> the white house kept pushing the briefing later and later. why did that occur? >> reporter: the white house briefing was supposed to be at 1:15. ended up happening four hours later around 5:15 or so. the reality is secretary nielsen is running the front of the house on this, taking the lead on this. white house press secretary sarah sanders kid not, we're told, want to address these questions all by herself because they wanted someone with more gravitas, if you will, someone with more specific information on all of the specifics ofborde. secretary nielsen was in new orleans giving a speech earlier today again saying the administration is not backing dow

reminds us of the japanese internment camps. >> reporter: lester, late tonight, republican senator ted cruz from texas introduced emergency legislation that would keep immigrant families together. no indication whether it would pass, but it all raises the possibility that this could be a tipping point. president trump will meet with house republicans tomorrow. lester? >> all right, kristen welker, thank you. we'll have much more from this end. >>> first, a check of some other headlines to the country, some places breaking records. schools closing early, and now severe storms are firing up. here's nbc's ron mott. >> reporter: from columbus to richmond to massachusetts, the heat is on. in chicago where it hit 93, umbrellas were out. so was the a.c. for a time at this animal shelter. the brave still rolled out yoga mats despite an extreme heat warning. >> those mats are probably a little hot. >> it's bad. we went like from having 50-degree weather to all of a sudden to 90-degree weather. >> reporter: today it's all about the sizzle. 90-degree readings all around the heat zone, but an approachi

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can i ask about the ted cruz proposal? -- you can't separate families and in doing so would double the number of federal immigration judges to speed up processing. trump says he wants congress to fix it, but he just threw ted cruz's proposal down the stairs yesterday. let me play this for you. >> they should like to hire 5,000 or 6,000 more judges. 5 or 6,000. can you imagine the graph that must take place? you're small business owners so i know you can't imagine a think like that. >> if he wants something done why did he throw out the cruz proposal? >> the president's trying to accomplish what he ran on in 2016 which is come up to the big, broad, comprehensive reform and he has very specific principles and he talked about building the wall and ending chain migration and getting rid of the visa lottery and coming up with a real, long-term solution to the daca crisis and closing the loopholes for catch and release, but these are very specific policies we need to come up with tho approach the problem overall and he doesn't w

he'll probably bring in some pretty high-profile figures -- rand paul, ted cruz. he'll have funding from club for growth, so you can imagine if you litanain for a lot of candidates, but especially rosendale. >> will he have support directly from president trump or one of his ser gaturrogates? >> i'm sure he will. president trump has been very vocal that he will be getting involved in the general elections, and there's no reason why trump wouldn't support rosendale in particular. >> let's go to baltimore, maryland. john, you're next. >> caller: hi. shawn? >> go ahead. youn. call: a previous caller had asked about what's california doing to ensure illegals are not able to vote when they have driver's license, and you completely deflected. so, i'd like the actual answer. >> so, i mean, if you're going to talk about the actual policy of who's allowed to go to the voting booth, i mean, that's probably not -- you're probably going to want to talk to an expert on that. what i can tell you is that based on the research, there's not a lot ev that people who are t documente

it is not just moderates that want this or democrats but people like ted cruz are pushing forward. >> host: even if some compromise narrow or wide or whatever what is the likelihood of the senate than too follow suit make something happen? >> guest: let's be clear. the senate has introduced a bill that would address this issue on a very narrow basis of what to do withh the families at the border and how to keep families together while they are cases of being adjudicated or sent back to their home country. house plans are expected to introduce a similar bill today to address that the problem for the house republicans and just to back up on that aspect there is widespread concern among house republicans and democrats both parties in congress that they need to havend a vote not only to end this policy but heading into the midterm election to show that they are on record voting against what the president has done with the zero-tolerance policy. they are concerned that a number of lawmakers have said they are concerned that having this on them and not taking action ahead of the election do

texas senator ted cruz says he's introducing emergency legislation to keep migrant families together. >> and tonight local church and immigration leaders spoke with abc7 news reporter amanda del ka ci -- castillo. she's live with the story. amanda? >> reporter: they spoke out calling the policy unamerican, unchristian, and inhumane. those are powerful words that a lot of people are agreeing with, especially after hearing that heart breaking audio of the children calling out for their families. >> to use children as a pawn in a game of economics and trade policies is immoral and unethical and it defeats what we stand for as a country. >> reporter: a country that is actively prosecuting adults crossing its borders illegally, a practice that is being felt and feared in places like san jose, santa teresa catholic church. >> there are migrant workers and undocumented people in this county. some come to this parish. >> reporter: he said it is not just separation. children are suffering. but san francisco republican leader howard epstein says it's a price that needs to be paid. >> it's unfor

senator ted cruz introduced legislation on that yesterday.tween democrats and republicans on this issue? then we could see quick legislative action. congress is hearing the politics building up about this. this is something we're going to be talking about straight through november. >> i don't think a lot of people are holding their breath that anything comes out of tonight's dinner with the gop about a possible fix for this. we'll be reading axios a.m. in just a little bit. can you sign up for the news letter at signup.axios.com. >>> that does it for us, i'm yasmin vossoughian, alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts right now. >> with us we have msnbc contributor mike barn kill. washington anchor for bbc world news america, catty kay, and nbc news chill correspondent and host of kasie d.c. on nbc, kasie hunt. and pulitzer prize winning author and historian, author of "the soul of america" jon meachum will join news a morning. joe has the morning off. willie and i are here and we want to get to a lot this morning. t

and i have a feeling even though they are in the home state of ted cruz jimmy kimmel will have a littlere fans there for his support. >> major ratings, and let's hope a scuffle doesn't break out. >>> as the stigma around plastic surgery actually lifts more men, believe it or not, are opting to go under the knife. the american society of plastic surgeons is reporting that the number of plastic surgery procedures performed on men was 29%, from 2000 to 2017, with 1.3 million cosmetic procedures done on men last year alone. some of the most popular ones include nose reshaping and hair transplants. obviously not an issue for you. not everyone is born perfect. but there are some -- >> no shaming. >> -- that need some help. >> no shame in my game right here. i'm actually 61 years old. the proof is in the pudding there. >> very impressive. >> no shame. all right. another great story for you. there's a viral video out there, and it's going to make its way into your heart this morning. we wanted you to meet 5-year-old ian, who met luca the bear in nashville's zoo. and they jumped at the chance t.

jimmy kimmel and ted cruz squared off in a charity basketball game saturday.bad if you missed it. because missing things was the theme of the nice night. that's got to hurt. they were playing for a children's charity. but they shot like they were playing for the washington generals. roseanne barr is better at twitter than these two are at basketball. but on the plus side they raised big money for charity and built low income houses with all the bricks they put up. cruz won the game 11-9. one is a political lecturer who annoyed half the country with his take on the issues, and the other is ted cruz. israel not competing in the world cup, but their fans are still behaving like a bunch of animals. a zookeeper gave these lions soccer balls. we can't really ask them why because they ate the ball. very good. mexican soccer fans caused an quake yesterday with their wild celebration of the team's winning goal against your money. and get this. police didn't know it was an earthquake. when they felt the ground shake they just assumed el chapo was tunneling out of jail a

as senator ted cruz has called out jimmy k and he will challenged him to a game of one-on-osketball.te-night host accepted the republican senator's challge and the talk has already begun.wn the show happens this saturday in houston. and the proceeds are goingto benewo local charities. the loser said they will donate $5,0 to the winner's charity of choice. and i have a feeling even though they are in theome state of ted cruz jimmy kimmel will have a little more fans there for his support. >> major ratings, and let's hope a scuffle doesn't break out. >>> as the stigma around plastic surgery actually lifts more men, believe it or not, are opting to go under the knife. the american society of plastic surgeons is reporting that the number of plastic surgery procedures performed on men was 29%, from 2000 to 2017, with 1.3 million cosmetic procedures done on men last yearal e. some of the most popular ones include nose reshaping and hair transplants. obviously not an issue for you. not everyone is born perfect.re but tre some -- >> no shaming. >> -- that need some help. >>o shame i my game

senator ted cruz september the only one grappling with this issue.you can only imagine how this is playing and no one wants to be seen criticizing mr. trump. she does not like seeing kids separated from parents but voided taking it on at all. while former sheriff joe arpaio said it's the law. and dean said he did not support taking kids from their families. those are the three senate races we thought had the most direct potential impact on this, and we thought it would be interesting to see how they're all doing. we'll be watching to see how this policy plays otipthout in races particularly the arizona senate primary. ng out missing out after hours. not anymore, td ameritrade lets you trade select securities 24 hours a day, five days a week. that's amazing. it's a pretty big deal. so i can trade all night long? ♪ ♪ all night long... is that lionel richie? let's reopen the market. mr. richie, would you ring the 24/5 bell? sure can, jim. ♪ trade 24/5, with td ameritrade. ♪ if yor crohn's symptoms are holding you back, and your current treatment hasn't