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aman amanda, the president is saying there's no proof of anything. that in and of itself is kind of a revealing statement, no? >> well, of course it is. but i think we all know pie now that the president is a very visual person. and so once those photos of the caravan hit the news wires, went on tv, he knew that was something that his voters would be extremely worried about. i think anybody can look at those photos and see there's humanitarian crisis with certain economic, financial, possibly security and health implications. and so then it's away to the races for trump because he fills in the gaps. we have seen him fill in the gaps with lots of questionable statements about who those people are and their motivations, but to be honest, it's really not clear, and there's no alternative message for umthe democrats other than kind of saying we don't want to talk about this. we're going to stay focused on health care and everything is fine. everything is not fine. there is a crisis unfolding before our eyes, and someone needs to explain that clearly to p