grining me now with a closer look at the imion landscape are julian aguilar, immigration and border security reporter withhe "texas tribune." he joins us via skype from el paso, texas. and a law professor from santa clara university. nice to have both of you here. >> thank you faving me. >> julian, let's begin with you. you're there on the border. what have you seen there? is the tide of asylum seekers truly at crisis proportions as president says it is. >> the word crise has thrown around a lot and i think even now democrats are starting to adopt thatlt termough they apply to humanitarian crisis where supporters say it's a security anumanitarian crisis. which en sort of hard line security stance. but the numbers are definitely we saw even last week, a week and a half ago, where border patutl wasng asylum seekers underneath the bridge. this is outside. they had a military-style tent and folks sleeping outside. and they said that was because it was full. i talked to directors, nonprofit organizattans, nongovernm organizations that say they're scrambling to find shelters for these so they're w

. >> julian aguilar, thank you very much. and also thanks to professor deep gulasecuruon with santa clara university. >>> now to the life journey of former president obama's longest serving adviser. vaerie jarrett stayed for both terms and was a long-time fmily confidante. before entering public service, she worked as a corporate lawyer while raising herter as a single mother. since tn she has become one of the most influential african-american women of the 21st ntury. advocating for gender equality, civil rights and criminal justice reform. in her new book, "finding my voice," jarrett sheds light on key moments of the obama presidency while also revealing intimate details of her own life. valerie jarrett is now senior adviser to theama foundation, and she joins me now. so nice to have you here. >> thank you. thank you. it's such a pleasure for me to be with you today. >> you had su an interesting childhood. your father was a pathologist and moved the family to iran in the 1950s because there were more opportunities at that t