you are watching monday in parliament with me, christina cooper.renfell tower fire is this friday. 72 people died when fire spread through the tower block in west london. hundreds were left homeless. the speaker has hosted a reception for the survivors in westminster. in the commons, mps wore green heart lapel badges to show their solidarity with the victims. the housing secretary has praised the strength of the local community. i know the pain of loss continues as they wait for answers and to see justice done as the police investigation and public inquiry continue their important work. but they should know that they are not alone. the government, this house and indeed our whole country will always have a stake in the future of grenfell. and i have every faith that this remarkable community working in partnership will move forward, rebuild and emerge even stronger. there has been some progress over these two long years, which we welcome and which individual members and ministers and the secretary of state deserve some credit. but a national disaste

cooperate with i.c.e. once raids began. christina coleman is following latest developments from los

i look forward to great cooperation between our two countries, and with that, i'm happy to take a couple of questions. >> christina in. >> thank you. hi, mr. secretary. >> hi. >> can you explain what in this agreement was different between what was -- [inaudible] and has -- in addition, is there a separate agreement with the mexican government than what was announced friday that the president has suggested on twitter? both sides said if there's not enough progress, we're going to come back to table and evaluate that, what kind of metric are you going to use? is there a specific number or target you'd like to hit? >> sure. i was part of the conversations in december when the original protocols were put in place. the scale, the effort, the commitment here is very different from what we were able to achieve back in december. and, frankly, wouldn't have happened. the entire team from the mexican government that came up, they came up because the president had raised the specter of 5% tariffs on their products. it's what prompted this series of conversations that took on a level of seriousness, and a timed commitment th

cooperate with i.c.e. once raids began. christina coleman is following latest developments from los angeles.hristina . >> jon just hours before the controversial i.c.e. raids set to start president obama called hem off on twitter after the request of democrats i have delayed the illegal immigration removal process for two weeks to see if the democrats and republicans can get together and work out a solution to the asylum and loophole problem at southern border if not deportation starts. both houses of congress are set to take up spending bill this is week to deal with issues at the border unclear as of yet whether they'll meet the president new two-week deadline but for now house speaker nancy pelosi pleased those raids were canceled here's what she posted on twitter this afternoon. mr. president delay is welcome. time is needed for comprehensive immigration reform. families belong together. the raids would have targeted about 2,000 families in ten cities including denver, atlanta, houston and los angeles. california is a so-called sanctuary state so limited cooperation with i.c.e. agents he

cooperation with i.c.e. agents here. eric? eric: christina, meanwhile critics are saying that i.c.e. raids would break up families and be very unfair but the president says it is about deporting dangerous criminals. people have already been deported before, what is a conflict? >> right that's exactly what president trump said. he said these people would have been apprehended already and they have been ordered to be deported so these are people who have not left the country yet. he also says raids would have helped make city safer. >> some cities will fight it. but if you notice generally they are high crime city is critical to chicago, they are fighting it. you look at other cities, they are fighting appear many of the cities are high crime cities and century cities. we were very focused, i.c.e. these are fantastic people. we are very focused on getting ms-13 out of this country. reporter: los angeles mayor eric garcetti strongly opposed the raids, this is what he had to say about it just moments ago. >> of course there should be some people -- [inaudible] reporter: also, going on ri