maria teresa kumar is back with us.have the quotes from politico, former president obama talking to a group of democrats l.a. night. he was describing himself, he was describing how democrats reacted to him when he rose to the presidency and he was saying don't be looking for that, don't be waiting for that. but did democrats need that? >> i think people are waiting far but barack obama was once in a lifetime not just as a historical figure but as someone who has the policy chops and charisma. that's a unicorn. but democrats need to focus on turnout. that will win the election in 2018 and 2020. you saw in 2016 that turnout was down on many of the most important groups in the democratic base. black turnout was down, latino turnout was down so you have to ensure our voters get to the polls and cast their ballot. there's no other way to change the country. >> the flip side we look at a motivated democratic base, at least in 2018 in the midterm, the number that strikes me on the republican side is president trump's support

the founding president and msnbc contributor teresa kumar. washington post and msnbc analyst philip rucker and ken dilanian. teresa kumar, i want to start with you with the story we started off with jacob. there has been a lot of dissembling from trump administration officials. as lyndsay said, the trump administration could stop this with a phone call. >> this is a decision formulated when john kelly was head of d.h.s. he threw it out there and then it tuck and sessions literally put it into play in may. this is something he cannot only do overnight, but let's look at mitch mcconnell and at paul ryan. they also have a legislative calendar they can control. there are two pieces of legislation right now they can say they could end it today. there is something we need to underscore. 90% of these individuals right now that are being charged, they're being charged wi a misdemeanor. in april, the supreme court ruled thatigrants can be held indefinitely without bail, so it not only is it messy, but it's almost a lining to ensure these individuals a

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we can change it right now. >> you're the president. >> joining our discussion now, maria teresa kumar true thing he said is we can change this policy tonight. >> i hope that's what he's doing rooth now. i hope he's penning it. this is absolutely cruel. the more that you actually start digging into how they're identifying individuals to separate from their families, you actually learn the first time you cross the border, lawrence, it's considered a misdemeanor. 90% of the people that are passing the border are being separated from their children because they're being charged with a misdemeanor. you are also discovering that siblings are also being separated where they can only see each other sometimes once a week. just today in less than 24 hours, the very first tent city housing 98 kids as opened in texas. i was speaking with a state representative all day today, mary gonzalez, who has done an incredibly formidable job. she told me literally this contract has been signed by hhs with a private contractor of $10 million. they don't know who the contractor is, and they've made it specifi

mara teresa kumar, thank you very much for joining us tonight. we really appreciate it. >> thank you, lnce, for covering this. >> and as you know, as you can tell on the screen, it is election night in america tonight. that means steve kornacki joins us next to tell us what to watch. >>> we are just minutes away from closing in california onion night in america where primary voters are going to the polls in california, new jersey, alabama, iowa, mississippi, montana, new mexico, and south dakota, and that means we are joined now by steve kornacki with the latest on the races. steve, wt should we be watching? >> well, look, california in ten minutes, that's the bigg. before we get to that, let's tell you what's happened tonight and what's happening now becaus are going to talk about an awful lot this fall. leme put this in perspective. we know democrats need to pick up 23 house seats to get the majority in the house wre er four what they think are very ripe potential targets for them in new jersey. these are republican held seats they think they c

joining our discussion now is "washington post" opinion writer jonathan capehart and maria teresa kumar. maria teresa, this was clearly an event staged to counter all the other information we've been getting from the southern border tonight and these were tragic, horrible stories that we heard about today, including the traffic deaths, no mistake about it. these drunk driving deaths. but it had nothing to do with the babies. it had nothing to do with the children. it had nothing to do with the girls that we're still not being allowed to see at the southern border. >> that's exactly right, lawrence. what the president is trying to do is basically taking a page bom what startedis election, which was trying to criminalize undocumented immigrants and paint them all with the same brush. the fact that he shepherded all these women and fathers in front of a microphone to tell their tragic stories, america grieves for them. no one wants to lose a child. but to not have the decency to address his policy and recognize that there are 2,300 children that are separated right now from their families,

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jonathan swan, national political reporter for axios, susan del percio, political analyst and maria teresa kumar ceo of voto latino. the court rouling, 5-4, no surprise, all republicans against four dras, the same we've had for years now giving trump the seal of approval on his travel ban beak intended as a muslim bin. >> words he his people want people to know is vindication. he feels vindicationings. >> ha. >> but trump theoretically i think understood the value of having slus conservative staffed court. obviously released the list of his justices during the campaign and felt that contributed to his victory. but this is the first time he's seen a really tangible result of that conservative. >> maria teresa, this is aimed at muslims but now he's got a free fire zone for everybody. doesn't it smell like he's got what he wants which is a seal of approval, do what you're doing, mr. president, the court said. >> under this president we're seeing a massive revamping of our immigration policy. he basically not only remove daca but also removed temporary protective status allowing that part of that im

maria teresa kumar, president of voter latino. and immigration activist tonya chavez is with me as well. kristen welker is standing by for us in washington. kristen, let me start with you, if we can. walk us through some of what we heard from president trump. again, this appears to be, again, the president unplugged. second time here in six or seven days. >> he is digging in, craig. there's no doubt about that. this is a mounting controversy engolfing his administration. but he's not backing down. that is the message from the president based on those remarks that we all just heard from him. and a couple of headlines. i would tick through. the fact that the president really harkens back to the very first political speech he ever gave, launching his campaign when he said mexico's sending, his words, criminals, rapists. you heard him revert back to some of that language. essentially saying they're not sending their best people to us. threatening to pull any type of aid to countries which are not helping the u.s. deal with what he see