can, ken cuccinelli the acting head of the agency that administers the trump's administration immigration system will also be here. plus we sat down with former secretary of state condoleezza rice to get her thoughts on mr. trump's world view and device siives in the country today. >> divisiveness in the country. >> it is stop to quit labeling each other and say he or she is a racist. when you say that, it is meant to stop the conversation and we need to have a conversation. >> brennan: question will also talk with u.n. ambassador during the obama administration, samantha power. and as contracts news kicks off the special network series, eye on earth, we will take take a t our changing climate, a new survey out this morning shows that most americans think climate change is serious and needs to be addressed now. it is all ahead on "face the nation". .. >> brennan: good morning. and welcome to "face the nation" from our studio on the roof of the jones day law firm here on capitol hill are we will be broadcasting for the next few weeks while our washington studio gets some adjustments. we be

ken cuccinelli, he runs customs and immigration services.montgomery county, maryland. that county is mad because conservatives are pointing out the large number of illegal immigrant rapists and those committing sexual assault. he says bring it on. i'll stand up for the teenagers being raped. you can stand up for them. >> you have got to stand up for the american citizen first. if you don't, we are not sure why you are in office. the amount of rape is horrific. i think i have personally known someone 3 months old to 90 years old raped and left dead by illegal immigrants. i think it worst you can get in mexico is a year. and the girl has to prove she is honorable for somebody to be convicted. it's horrendous. it's horrific the number of rapes and other crimes besides murder. >> thank you for coming on and sharing your story. you are doing your country a great service. next up, more details on the obama administration reportedly orders republicans by satellite to keep a close eye on israel. that story coming up. tonight we have the house democr

. >>> we also have the president's top immigration official here, ken cuccinelli. we're going to ask him why the administration's making it so hard for bahamians to seek refuge here. now more so than before the storm. why? >>> and two titans doing remarkable work to help hurricane victims join us. chef jose andres is literally feeding the bahamas and nba all-star carmelo anthony is here with an important reminder. don't forget puerto rico. what do you say? let's get after it. >>> now, this is the interesting part about the missing situation. the number is down from, like, 2,500 to now 1,300 listed as missing, about 2 weeks after the most powerful storm in bahamas history. but we know that that number is soft because they haven't even been able to search all these places. and they know that for sure, there are thousands, many thousands, living with nothing and many need to get out of there, at least for a while. however, one escape hatch from the catastrophe seems to be closing. cbp here in the u.s. says those trying to enter the u.s. are being reviewed on a case-by

i blame you for ken cuccinelli. >> he was on cnn. >> a lot. >> yes. i know. >> a lot. >> i know. >> i didn't watch much one he was on. >> yes. >> because there's a certain -- i love your show. you know, every night i come home, my wife and i have, like, a glass of wine, handful of nuts, watch a little anderson, go to bed. that's it. that's how i end my day. >> handful of nuts? >> i got to stay in the suit. i can't come home, binge out. there are a few panelists i got to skip over. cuccinelli would be one of them. >> if any other person in an administration, in a prior administration, had rewritten the words of emma's poem which presidents from time immemorial have quoted with great revere e reverence, it would be an outrage. people's heads would explode. it's a fundamental bedrock marker of who we are. >> there's our physical constitution then there's our physical bill of rights and the physical declaration of independence, but there's also this emotional constitution that america has. there's an emotional reality that we all share. that makes us all

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you may be. [ applause ] and acting director, a person that you know very well, acting director ken cuccinelliplause ] he spent a lot of time with you folks and he has a lot of respect for you. and the terrific people at the department of the interior and the national park service. i want to thank you all for being here with us. it's a great honor. [ applause ] i also want to recognize everyone at american evolution and the jamestown settlement. the jamestown yorktown foundation. the jamestown rediscovery project. and preservation virginia. thank you very much. what a great job you do. thank you. the fact is that each of you has helped protect and preserve our national treasures here at jamestown. and it's a great debt. we owe you a great, great debt. thank you. what a job. on this day in 1619, just a mile south of where we are gathered now, 22 newly-elected members of the house of burgesses assembled in a small wooden church. they were adventurers, explorers, farmers and planters, soldiers, scholars, and clergymen. all had struggled, all had suffered, and all had sacrificed in pursuit of one

ken cuccinelli. there are so many, again, because all these people do not have to go through the senate confirmation office which would be problematic. you would simply not see this in a past administration, republican or democratic. brianna. >> yes, and it seems also, am i wrong, that we're just getting more of trump lately? >> i think donald trump operates on the if some of trump is good, more of trump is better. you're exact ly right. we know donald trump is an active presence on twitter, but look, 2017. light blue is retweets, blue is his tweets. look at these numbers. you're seeing a massive increase. i mean, up in here, did you follow his tweet? he literally follows 50 to 75 mings a day within the hour. he's talking moralie at his rallies. on july 2017, it was only 15 minutes long. it was like watching an hour tv. now it's almost 90 as he goes on and on. and breaking news, donald trump likes to hear his own voice. last one. he's also spending more time on camera. look at this, two and a half pl

acting citizenship and director ken cuccinelli says there is more work to be done. (man) hey. go home. (woman) banjo! sorry, it won't happen again. come on, let's go home. after 10 years, we've covered a lot of miles. good thing i got a subaru. (man) looks like you got out again, huh, banjo. (avo) love is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek. thand find inspiration who win new places.ct... leading them to discover: we're woven together by the moments we share. everything you need, all in one place. expedia. ♪ brian: a number of illegal immigrants apprehended dropped for the third straight month. here with update ken cuccinelli acting director of immigration services. 66,000 came across in august. that number is really high. >> it is. brian: not high to where it was in april 140,000. how are you doing it? >> yeah. well, we are doing it -- there is no one silver bullet. the president has literally thrown every domestic and international effort he can at this. it's paid off. as you noted, brian, we are down more than 50% since may in just three months. i should poi

and acting director, person that you know very well, acting director ken cuccinelli. [ applause ] >>s a lot of respect for you. and the terrific people at the department of the interior and the national parks service. i want to thank you all for being here with us. it's a great honor. [ applause ] i also want to recognize everyone at american evolution and the jamestown settlement, the jamestown yorktown preservation. the fact is that each of you has helped protect and preserve our national treasures here at jamestown and it's a great debt. we owe you a great, great debt. thank you. what a job. on this day in 1619, just a mile south of where we are gathered now, 22 newly elected members of the house of burgesses assembled in a small church, they were soldiers, scholars and clergymen. all had struggled, all had suffered, and was in pursuit of one wild dream. they called that dream virginia. [ applause ] it had been only 13 years since three small ships, the susan constant, the god speed, and the discovery, set sail across a vast ocean. they carried 104 settlers to carve out a home on

. >> can -- ken cuccinelli said you cannot debate the failure of sanctuary policies on violent assaults child victims so they resort to ad hominem attacks using nazi implications, arguments out of mountains also cited. is he right about that you >> it is the game plan. you've seen it time and again. when you can't engage on the merits, when you're sanctuary policy is leading to more dangerous environment what do you do when things go wrong? you talk by the issue, blame nazis and republicans and donald trump. you do anything other than engage on the issue. it is very frustrating. at some point we need to engage a real dangerous situation, the real serious issue. >> let's briefly switch subjects and look at this headline from the baltimore sun yesterday, trump to attend house republicans retreat in baltimore on thursday less than two month after calling baltimore a rat and rodent infested miss when a human being would want to live. he will be there this week where there will be protests. >> there are many protests but i love the president engaging. a lot of republicans of my generation, j

sex crimes since july to be baseless, illogical and xeno phobic, immigration services director ken cuccinelliw challenging him to a debate posting on twitter today i will defend children and crime victims, he can defend rapists and murderers who shouldn't even be in this country. >>> a california sheriff wants immigration reform claiming sanctuary policies allowed a violent illegal immigrant to go free and then later shoot one of his deputies. merced county sheriff's office says guadalupe lopez herera was in their custody in january, but because state lawmakers limited their cooperation with i.c.e., deputies couldn't turn him over for deportation. the sheriff had this to say. >> our immigration policies need to be revamped because we're going to continue to have more of this situation happen. we knew ahead of time that this guy's potential for violence was there. lou: joining me now, the president of the national border patrol council brandon judd. good to see you. the sheriff makes a point. it's a point we have heard made over and over and over in this country. sanctuary cities, are we ever

ken cuccinelli is acting director of the u.s. us tonight. thanks very much for joining us. >> good evening. >> tucker: so we've been following, horrified, as the toll of offenses and montgomery county maryland has risen by illegal aliens. clearly the county -- the flaming neo-nazis. they are completely unwilling to protect their own citizens. can the federal government do anything? >> even though montgomery county won't cooperate with eyes, it still does its job of removals. you noted the most recent illegal who was charged with sexual assault, rape, most recently, had previously ceidentified to law enforcement- they didn't let ice know. they undoubtedly knew he was illegal and get did not notify federal officials. when they don't know when a criminal is present, ice doesn't even know to try to pick them u up. alonemery county is still on this, their major pg county. we've all been reading it in the last few days about north carolina, the victims down there, almost 500 of these folks released without giving ice notice and is a pe

ken cuccinelli acting director of u.s. customs and immigrations services and he joins us tonight.cinelli, thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you, tucker. >> tucker: we have been following horrified as the toll of sex offenses in montgomery county, maryland has risen by illegal aliens. clearly the county -- officials there are doing nothing about it. they are blaming neo nazis for complaining about it, et cetera. they are completely unwilling to protect their own citizens. county federal government do anything to protect them? >> well, of course, ice, even though montgomery county won't fully cooperate with ice, ice still does its job of removals. when criminals come to their attention. you noted this most recent illegal who was charged with sexual assault, rape most recently had previously been identified to law enforcement. they didn't let ice know last summer when they had this person in their custody. and they undoubtedly knew he was illegal. and, yet, did not notify federal officials. and so when they don't know that a criminal is present, ice doesn't know to even tr

. >>> we also have the president's top immigration official here, ken cuccinelli.seek refuge here. now more so than before the storm. why? >>> and two titans doing remarkable work to help hurricane victims join us. chef jose andres is literally feeding the bahamas and nba all-star carmelo anthony is here with an important reminder. don't forget puerto rico. what d

. >> mike: ken cuccinelli tweeted friday sanctuary county montgomery county maryland cannot debate thef it sanctuary policies. on the merits, seven violent assaults, rapes, including child victims in one month, resort to ad hominem attacks using implications, arguments, out-of-bounds and civil society. is he right about that, governo governor? >> it's the game plan. you've seen it time and time again. when you can't engage on the merits, when your sanctuary city policy -- when you're sanctuary policy generally is leading to a more dangerous environment, what do you do when things go wrong? you talk by the issue. you blame nazis and republicans in president trump. you do anything other than engage on the issue. that's what canon is talking about. it's very frustrating. at least at some point we need to engage. it's a real dangerous situation here, women are being raped. it's a serious issue, you can't get by it by saying goodbye. >> mike: from the baltimore sun. trump to attend baltimore retreat in baltimore on thursday less than two months after calling baltimore a rat and rodent infes

citizenship and immigration services ken cuccinelli was asked on npr about that poem and said this. >you also agree emma lazarus's words etched on the statue of liberty, "give me your tired, your poor," are also part of the american ethos >> they certainly are. give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge. >> seth: first of all, you can't just rewrite the poem. [ laughter ] especially a poem on a plaque. once it's on a plaque, it's the thing. [ laughter ] the sign says "no smoking. not "no smoking but also smoking. [ laughter ] second, you want them to stand on their own two feet? trump can't stand on his two feet [ light laughter ] look at him. he's like a drunk guy trying real hard to pretend he's sober. [ applause ] trump is doing this for two reasons -- one, he's a racist and racism is at the core of his immigration policy and two, he can't deliver on any of the other promises he's made to voters. that's why his administration inflicts cruelty on desperate migrant families, like when they conducted the largest single-

the citizenship and immigration service acting director ken cuccinelli joins us now.g here. what is the cap on refugees and why are you putting a cap on? >> congress put in statute the president has to set a ceiling every year. it is that time of year. we begun our conversations with congress, proposed cap of 18,000 refugees to be resettled here in the united states. that is down from 30,000 this year. this is part of a much bigger humanitarian picture, stuart and we are putting enormous apartments of effort into the southern border but also into asylum which is very similar to the refugees. you're looking for people who are persecuted. protecting them from that. so in the entire humanitarian umbrella, you have asylum, refugee, crime victims, other things, trafficking victims. all together america is providing more support in settling more people in the humanitarian arena than any other country in the world. on a long-term basis. stuart: are you placing these limits because you feel that the refugee system or the asylum system is being gamed? >> well not the refugee s