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, too, so now they fired claire grady. g she is leaving fell on kirstjen nielsen. that's who had to announce tonight that grady is out. that's the last thing they're having kirstjen nielsen do before tomorrow, she departs as her last day on the job. then presumably they'll have claire grady clean up somebody else's departure on their way out, too. last one out, turn out the lights. we'll be right back. ht back. whether it's a year old or a few years old, we want to buy your car. so go to carvana and enter your license plate, answer a few questions, and our techno-wizardry calculates your car's value and gives you a real offer in seconds. when you're ready, we'll come to you, pay you on the spot, and pick up your car. that's it. so ditch the old way of selling your car, and say hello to the new way-- at carvana. >>> that does it for us tonight. you should know neo that tomorrow morning attorney general william barr is going to be back in congress testifying in open session in a senate committee tomorrow. it starts at 10:00 a

on monday, it was the head of the secret service, tex alex, then claire grady.bs news learned the massive personnel changes we engineered and done by presidential adviser, stephen york with what it could mean for the immigration policy. good morning. >> good morning. there are plans of what the president plans to do to get tougher. sources tell the associated press, mr. trump is considering separating families at the border, again. more heads could roll. we are hearing the person who runs citizenship and immigration services is expected to leave as is dhs general council. a federal judge blocked the trump administration's policy of sending asylum seekers back to mexico to wait out their cases. he tweeted the ruling is so unfair to the u.s. it's not the first time the court stymied his immigration policies. this comes as the president overhauls the department of homeland security to get tougher on immigration. >> our country is full. >> reporter: so far, five senior officials have been purged as part of a plan orchestrated by presidential adviser and immigration

claire grady should actually be the acting dhs secretary and not mcaleenan. that's a tough one for me to pronounce. i have the code, its u.s. code -- >> harris: i thought you meant based on -- because mcaleenan worked under obama. >> jessica: i do know that, i'm not objecting to them. i'm just saying we may see claire grady in that role. he'll become a big fight. kamala harris was one of the fiercest critics of secretary nielsen. there are a couple pieces of reporting about this that are important. first of all, that it could take over 18 months for children to be reunited with their parents who have been separated already. >> melissa: what if their parents are in their home country? to be hugged either way, kirstjen nielsen oversaw a policy of family separation. that is something that has damage to reputation. i'm sure for the rest of her life, and -- she didn't quit when it was part out there, which a lot of people were saying, "how can you possibly do something like this?" and the other piece of reporting that matters is apparently president trump had want

claire grady, the number two at dhs is gone. next in line to replace kristjen neilson and she was forced out. kevin mcaleenan is now up. >> i never said i'm cleaning house. i don't know who came up with that expression. we have a lot of great people over there. >> the president signals a tougher line on stopping the flooding of people. >> the race for prime minister of israel, too close to call at this hour. 90% of the votes have been counted. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the putin party is ahead of benny gantz's blue and white party by fewer than 13,000 votes. both sides claiming victory. michael, what are you seeing? >> reporter: hey, dave. it could be days before it is all sorted out. quite extraordinary last evening watching both leaders, both main leaders, benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz claiming victory. only one of them is going to be right, of course. it appears benjamin netanyahu has the easier path. benjamin netanyahu looking like he could be, yet, again, the ultimate survival. he is cunning, politically,

skipping over deputy secretary claire grady who is legally next in line for the post so she will haveo go in order for mac alene. there was a similar situation when the president appointed matthew whitaker. >> if he becomes temporary dhs secretary, there will be five active cabinet level officials serving. sources tell pamela brown, one of the reasons she stayed on the job was to repair her image. she became the face of the child separation policy. over the weekend we learned it could take up to two years to identify thousands of immigrant families that u.s. authorities separated at the border and late last night, more threats by the president to shut down the border, tweeting quote mexico must apprehend all illegals or we will have no other choice. our country is full. president trump threatening tariffs on mexico if he doesn't help with the number of undocumented migrants coming into the u.s. before the president made that threat last night, economic adviser larry kudlow says he doesn't think it will happen. >> he is saying, if need be, he may have to take emergency steps to deal wi

acting deputy secretary claire grady was next in line to take over homeland security. her departure, effective today, clears the way for from the president trump's pick, kevin mcaleenan. randolph alice also resigned this week. the president denies he's cleaning house. >> i never said i'm cleaning house. i don't know who came up with that. >> reporter: despite confirmation from three u.s. officials, president trump also denies wanting to bring back the controversial policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the border. >> we're not looking to do that, no. we're not looking to do that. >> we're not going to separate families. >> reporter: attorney general william barr backing him up at a budget hearing that also focused on robert mueller's russia report. >> within a week, i will be in a position to release the report to the public. >> reporter: redacted, with secret and confidential information blacked out, with explanations for what's missing. >> do we really think it's fair to put out classified information or to throw innocent people under the bus? >

skipping over claire grady who is legally next in line for the post. she will have to go in order for mcaleenan to assume the role. >> if mcaleenan becomes temporary dhs secretary, there would be five acting cabinet number officials, a quarter of the cabinet. one of the reasons nielsen stayed on the job was to repair her image. she felt she had become the face of the administration's child separation policy, even though that was jeff sessions's idea. it could take two years to identify potentially thousands of additional immigrant families that u.s. sports separated at the southern border and late last night, more threats by the president to shut down the border, tweeting mexico must apprehend all illegals or we will have no other choice. our country is full. >>> president trump threatening tariffs on mexican autos, if mexico doesn't keep central american migrants out of the u.s. a head scratcher, since the new trade deal the president signed with mexico, usmca removes tariffs. economic adviser, larry kudlow down played the contradiction. >> he is sayi

the person who is next in line, claire grady, is still on the job, but the president announced someone else would be taking the job. there's a feeling that perhaps if he's going to have the line of succession he wants, that claire grady is going to have to leave as well. there's no word on whether that is actually happening. meantime, the reason we're at this point right now is because kirstjen nielsen has become so isolated in this west wing. she was the sort of second in command to the former chief of staff, john kelly, who left at the end of last year. and nielsen became increasingly isolated from a lot of the president's top aides, including miller, but also the national security adviser john bolton, and even the president's son-in-law, jared kushner. the president is now left with a cabinet that is frankly quite bare. there are a number of acting officials in those roles who are filling positions on a temporary basis. the president likes to complain that this is about democrats in congress holding up his appointees, but what it really apparently is is the president firing a lot of

now we do know there could be one in recent days, and that's because claire grady is currently the acting deputy secretary at dhs. john, she sees technically in line to take over for kirstjen nielsen when she steps down officially on wednesday, but the president has nominated -- has said he wants the cvp commissioner to instead take over so that would be a forced resignation from claire grady expected in the coming days because we're being told by sources she is not likely to step down, john. >> we'll keep our eye on that. more drama ahead. kaitlan collins live at the white house. appreciate that. with me in studio to share their reporting, margaret talev, jeff zeleny and $an from "washington post." we knew that for a long time the president has been unhappy with kirstjen nielsen. it was something he did and it's his frustration, sees the increasing numbers and all the hardliners on border saying we need our wall. what is it? >> i think her lives ran out. i can't report times that she was on the verge of leaving. she was brought in by john kelly, the former white house chief of staff and

claire grady was next in line to replace nielsen, but grady was forced to resign so president trump canb to kevin mcaleenan on an interim basis. the president says he's not cleaning house but more homeland security officials are expected to be fired. in the meantime the president has denied he's planning to return to separating migrant children from their parents. he blamed the policy on president obama, even though the obama administration never had a blanket policy of separating families. >>> senator bernie sanders says he's a millionaire. the presidential candidate tells "the new york times" that he will release 10 years' worth of tax returns by monday, which is tax day. sanders consistently criticizes millionaires and billionaires on the campaign trail. he says, quote, if you write a best-selling book, you can be a millionaire too. >> noted. >>> uganda says it has arrested some people for the kidnapping of an american tourist. kim endicott of california and her local driver were freed on sunday. they were kidnapped at gunpoint while on a safari in a national park. the police aren't

now we get word that the deputy secretary claire grady is leaving as well. that clears the way for the person president trump wants to take over the agency. at this point, president trump denies he's cleaning house there. phillip? >> quite a revolving door. never a dull moment. tracie potts in washington. thank you, tracie. >>> magic johnson is saying goodbye to his job with the lakers. the nba legend dropped the bombshell that he is step do you think as president of basketball operations at a press conference ahead of the lakers final of the season last night. he said the lakers owner had not been informed of his decision. johnson said he wants to get back to having fun, adding that he was happier when he wasn't president. expectations for the lakers were high after signing lebron james in the off-season, but the season ends in disappointment. two spots out of the western conference play-offs. >> it is weird to know that the play-offs are about to start and lebron james is not going to be part of it. >>> all right. let's get back to bill for more on this cr

current secretary leaving for whatever reason means the under secretary takes over and that's claire grady. it's not clear what the white house will do about that, but we had a purge of that whole department. nbc news reporting that the president has fired the director of the secret service, the secret service part of dhs, laura. >> so many changes, thank you very much, scott. >>> a potential presidential candidate opening up about his own sexuality. indiana mayor pete buttigieg was in washington, d.c. yesterday speaking at the lgbtq about his decision to come out as a gay man. buttigieg made the remarks as he prepares to announce a 2020 bid for president. he also addressed vice president mike pence over his opposition to gay rights. >> if me being gay was a choice, it was a choice that was made far, far, far above my pay grade. and that's the thing i wish that mike pence's of the world would understand. if you've got a problem with whom i am, your problem is not with me. your quarrel, sir, is with my creator. >> buttigieg who is an army veteran and also said there's only one way to find o

claire grady was next in line to replace homeland security chief kirstjen nielsen, but grady was forced to resign last night to make room for president trump's personal pick. the president denies he's cleaning house to better respond the surge in migrants at the border. he's also addressing that he wants to bring back the policy of separating migrant families. >> you wouldn't start separating the children again, would you, mr. president? >> obama separated the children by the way. >> would you consider doing it again? >> just so you understand, i'm the one that stopped it. president obama had child separation. now i'll tell you something. once you don't have it, that's why you see many more people coming. they're coming like it's a picnic because let's go to disneyland. >> reporter: the obama administration never had a blanket policy of separating families, but separations were made when the adults were accused of serious crimes. the president eventually said he's not reviving the policy. >>nk.it back? >> it brings a lot more people to the border. when you don't do it, it brings a lot m

and because of a statute, to dhs, acting deputy secretary, claire grady will have to step down to allow kevin mcaleenan to take over. more change are likely, driven in large part by president's domestic policy chief stephen miller. >> according to a law enforcement source this announcement this afternoon that secret service director would be stepping down came as a shock to secret service personnel. on immigration, a san francisco judge blocked administration's policy of sending central american asylum secrets back to mexico while their cases are ajudicated. the judge gave the white house until friday to respond. >> john thank you. >> reporting as usual, the 9th circuit court of appeals doing what we would expect. >> president's new choice to run the department of homeland security. kevin mcaleenan, is the head of customs and border protection, he is a deputy commissioner of cbp, he started there in 2014, he has supported president zero tolerance policy, and backed tougher asylum rules and would like to extend time that illegal immigrants can be held in detention before being released.

. >> reporter: the president continues, a fourth major departure from dhs, at the deputy claire gradythe president says it is not a purge as democrats have alleged. >> i never said i'm cleaning house. i don't know who came up with that expression. kevin is going to do a fantastic job. homeland security, that is what we want. >> reporter: the president made clear his tougher approach would not include bringing back the family separation policy though he noted it was effective as acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan is sounding the alarm. >> the situation is deteriorating. we are feeling pressure to solve the situation on the border. it is an emergency. >> reporter: numbers are surging, 92,000 migrants apprehended in march up from 66,000 in february, 103,000 when you add the inadmissible 67% of these were unaccompanied children, border patrol chief who we visited last week in the rio grande valley sector came to capitol hill yesterday imploring congress to act. >> mental mistake but the word is getting out. if you bring a child you will be released. our agents apprehended and a

major shakeup that the department of homeland security and less then away, acting deputy secretary claire grady, both republicans and democrats, so many vacancies dealing with crisis at the border and democrats saying the purge is calculated. >> people are being fired because they tell the president he can't break the law when he wants to do something. >> reporter: the white house is changes are being made because dhs leadership was unable to move the bureaucracy bound by obama era policy, donald trump is shooting down all accusations of a parody. >> i never said i'm cleaning house. i don't know who came up with get expression. >> reporter: the president said he's not looking to restart the policy of separating families at the border but he did defend the practice as effective. >> once you don't have it you see many more people coming, like it is a picnic, let's go to disneyland. president obama separated children. they had child separation. i was the one who changed it. >> reporter: there were instances of any obama administration but they did not have a policy of separating families at the bo

claire grady, the acting number two at dhs. grady was in line to replace secretary neilson. her departure is paving the way for kevin mcaleenan to lead. >> i never said i'm cleaning house. i don't know who came up with that expression. we have a lot of great people there. >> changes come as the president -- >>> the race for prime minister of israel too close to call. 90% of the votes have been counted. prime minister benjamin netanyahu's conservative party is ahead of benny gantz's blue and white party by 13,000 votes. both sides already claimed victory. let's go to michael holmes live in jerusalem. what's the latest? >> reporter: neck in neck when it comes to benny gantz and benjamin netanyahu. it could be days before this is thwarted out. it was fascinating watching both leaders, benjamin netanyahu and gantz going before their voters. they claimed victory with confidence. only one of them is going to be right. looks like benjamin netanyahu is the one with the easiest path to the prime ministership. it looks like he's going to have enough support from the smaller parties to

and acting deputy secretary claire grady. both have resigned amid reports that the white house is frustrated by the -- >> they have a failed immigration policy and they decided getting tougher is the answer. they're wrong. >> senator lindsay graham, a republican from south carolina says congress needs to find a bipartisan solution. the trump administration wants to make it more difficult for immigrants to seek asylum. >>> william barr says the justice department should release a redacted version of the report of mueller within a week. barr told a congressional meeting said part of the report has to be withheld to comply with the law. barr is expected to speak to a sub-committee about his department's budget. >>> developing news out of san bernardino, the search continues for two hikers reported missing over the weekend. eric and gabriele wallace haven't been seen since sunday morning or saturday morning rather. sheriff's deputies believe the two were headed toward cucamonga peak. a beanie and tracking pole were pound. >>> a p

it's likely under the law necessary for the current acting deputy secretary, claire grady, to have to resign. hogan gidley was asked about that earlier. didn't really have an answer. punted a little bit. listen to what he said here. >> i can't say -- i find it somewhat interesting that so much of the focus and the questions i've received have been about the tick tok, the palace intrigue of this particular move. i wish the focus was on the actual problem facing this country, the crisis facing the american communities and american neighborhoods along the southern border. >> there was a focus on process because they made a significant change at the top and that made a ripple effect all the way through. there's a statute specific to the department of homeland security that says, like a doj where matt whitaker became the acting attorney general while rod rosenstein stayed in his position, the dhs is different. it would be necessary for claire to step down for kevin mcaleenanto become the secretary of homeland security. democrats were very unkind. they won't appreciate her replacement more,

. >> outgoing secretary of homeland security kirstjen nielsen has announced claire grady's resignation, saying she has served with excellent distinction. and that "claire has led the men and women of dhs to support our operational staff. her sound leadership and effective oversight have impacted every dhs official and employee, and made it stronger as a department. claire has had a remarkable career in public service." that's 28 years at dhs and the pentagon. it's unclear if the white house asked for her resignation. grady's resignation is effective today, as is secretary nielsen's. grady was next in line to become acting dhs secretary. her departure means president trump's election, kevin mcaleenan, he's the head of the u.s. customs and border protection -- he can now become acting secretary. seniors administration officials said the white house wants new dhs leadership to become -- with policy changes. this comes amid fights in this federal court system paid the white house as announced it is going to challenge a decision from a federal court in which they blocked or stopped a trump

. >> there are a lot of big changes over there, nielsen out, claire grady, ron vitelle are all out ofou hearing about on that side of the department right now? >> morale is really low right now. i've said this before, acting officials are in a hard spot. in terms of leadership marshaling your forces to get jobs done, it is already a difficult job. departmenting the department of homeland is a difficult job. and societal issues and protecting against terrorism and national disaster,s it n it's nt immigration. so there are a lot of concerns who will be around, who will be the boss in a couple of months? that will affect the work product. this is the one department we don't need that from. they're often on the front lines for the american people >> what do you think this means for immigration policy and national security overall? >> i totally agree. these are professionals being asked to do un professional things. i 100% agree donald trump likes the acting positions to move people around and play this game he's playing but the reality is this is important for national security. homeland

is the last day on the job for homeland security secretary neilson and acting deputy secretary claire grady. the president is reportedly frustrated by homeland security's inability to implement his immigration policies. the administration is now considering a rule change to allow the government to detain migrant children from more than the current 20-day limit. the white house is working on a plan to make it harder for immigrants to seek asylum. >> you have to fix the asylum situation. >> they have a failed immigration policy, and they've decided getting tougher is the answer, they're wrong. >> the president denied reports he was considering reinstating his policy, separating migrant children parents at the border while at the same time, calling it an effective deterrent. figures from customs and border patrol show nearly 93,000 migrants were apprehended trying to cross the southern border illegally last month. the most in more than a decade. >>> time is 6:08. an outrage over a new chick-fil-a at the airport in san jose. how the city council says it got approved in the first place. >>> plus

because of statutes the acting deputy secretary claire grady will have to step down to allow him to take over. more changes are likely, driven in large part by the president's domestic policy chief stephen miller who last week was given total jurisdiction over immigration policy. as the white house engages in some administration cleaning, it is stepping up the political battle over the president's tax returns. chief of staff mick mulvaney telling democrats, they can forget about seeing them. >> never and nor should they. that is an issue that was litigated during the election. >> new york democratic state senator filing legislation that would allow new york tax authorities to share tax returns with congress. >> the public has a right to know whether their president's interests are impacting the decisions that he makes. >> love money democrats support him, some say he should make good on what he said during the campaign. he said he was happy to release his return so i wish you would do that. i see the democrats playing along his handbook which is going after his tax returns to a legislati

claire grady is expected to be pushed out. and head of customs and border protection is replacing nielson that now leaves a big void at the cdp. we found out monday that the head of the secret service is being forced to re-sign and francis could be next on the chopping block. all of this is happening while the situation at the border continues to get more chaotic and nothing this administration has done seems to make a dent. so what you have is a president that thought immigration could be his best issue in 2020 but unless he turns things around, it could end up being his greatest failure. john allen put it this way, quote, the humanitarian emergency at the border threatens to create a crisis in competence for his administration. if illegal immigration was a problem before trump took office, it has become worse, not better, since then and he is looking for scapegoats. remember those scapegoats will be members of his own administration. many of whom the president chose. remember kirstjen nielsen was not a lay over. he chose her

>>> just a few days after her boss kirstjen nielson was passed over for homeland security, claire gradyeputy secretary is heading for the exit. brady joins several others in what has been described as a near systematic purge of the agency. officials tell cnn that grady knew her fate was tied to secretary nielsen who was at odds with immigration hardliner and top white house adviser stephen miller. president trump recently empowered stephen miller to take the lead on all issues concerning immigration and the border and one source said that miller might as well be the next homeland security since he is the one driving the policy. here is how the president reacted to that idea earlier today? >> i've never thought about making -- [ inaudible ]. now stephen is an excellent guy, a wonderful person. people don't know him. he's wonderful. been with me from the beginning. he's a brilliant man and frankly there is only one person that is running it and you know who that is? it's me. >> gill gurl cowski was the border protection administrator during the obama administration and thank you for being

. >> reporter:in a deputy claire grady was next in line to take over homeland security and her departure clears the way for president trump's choice, mcal lien and krirs jen nielsen resigning and the preside denied he's cleaning house. >> i don't know who came up with at. >> reporter: despite confirmation from three.s officials he denies wanting to bring back the controversial policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the border. >> we're not looking to do that, no. we're not looking to do that. >> we're not going to separate families. >> reporter: william barr backing him up at a budget hearing that focused on the robert mueller myrtle beach repo -- the robert mueller russia report. >> within a week i'll be in a position to release the report to the public. >> reporter: redacted with confidential infmation blacked out with explanations for what is missing. >> do we really think it is fair to put out classified information or to throw innocent people under the bus. >> we'll wait to see the report. but color me dubaius that he will be fair. dnchts democrats get another c

last night kirstjen nielsen who leaves today confirmed that claire grady with potential legal hurdlesor the new acting secretary kevin mcaleenan to take over. despite this, trump rejected something major is under way? >> in the attempt to clean house in dhs -- >> i never said i'm cleaning house. we have bad laws. we have a judge that just ruled incredibly that he doesn't want people staying in mexico. we have the worst laws of any country anywhere in the world. we're bucking a world system that never, ever rules for us. but our job can be so much easier. i think kevin is going to do a fantastic job. he's acting, but i think he's going to do a fantastic job. we're not going to do anything very big. >> so a senior administration official tells "the new york times" that the trump administration plans to aggressively push for tougher screening of asylum seekers making it vastly difficult for those seeking asylum from their home countries from winning protection in the u.s. according to that official, president trump ordered the because they were acting slowly or even actively obstructing

dhs reports the president may remove claire grady in order to avoid any legal challenges. and lee cissna and john mitnick will be out soon as well. as for what's next the "wall street journal" reports that administration officials said trump recently told steven miller one of his most hard-line advisors quote you're in charge of the administration's immigration policy. political reports that miller has been telephoning mid-level officials at several federal departments and agencies to demand they do more to stem the influx of immigrants. vacancies at dhs have some top lawmakers expressing their worry about disorganization at the department. here's the republican chairman of the senate homeland security committee ron johnson. >> i'm concerned. i'm concern of a growing void in leadership within the department of homeland security and this is a department that's charged with trying to grapple with some of the most significant challenges facing this nation open i'll be talking to the cpb commissioner who will be the acting secretary. we'll talk about what's happening inside th

nielsen tweeting that another official is leaving the department quote acting deputy secretary claire grady offered the president her resignation effective tomorrow. for the last two years claire has served the department of homeland security can excellence and distinction. she has been valuable asset to dhs, a steady force and knowledgeable voice. nielsen's last day on the job is also tomorrow. coming up next a reality check on whether there is or is not an increase in hate crime in america. an interesting. >> attacker. masked, and he said this maga country [bleep] and punches me right in the face. i punched his ass back. re psori, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla repo

that's claire grady. not clear what the white house will do about grady.e the word acting in this. somebody is acting for a limited amount of time. president trump has department of defense acting secretary as well. not in a hurry to make it official. there's an acting secretary of interior. fema, i.c.e. as well. health care, the acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney reversed the white house position again. says a new plan for health care coming soon. >> i do think you'll see a plan. >> before the 2020 election? >> oh, yeah. we want to run on this. we're firm believers, you can't beat something with nothing. republicans have better ideas than democrats. we should not be afraid to talk about that. >> if reversing yourself is a 180. the white house has done a 360. last monday saying the health care bill would come soon and reversing thursday after the 2020 election, now reversing and saying it will have a full plan before the next presidential election. we're watching everything that's happening in washington. you can follow me on twitter. i'm @scott mcgrew.

that's claire grady. not clear what the white house will do about grady. normally someone is acting secretary for a limited amount of time. mr. trump has several acting secretaries, including department of defense, saying he's not in a hurry it make it official. also secretary of the interior, fema, i.c.e., as well, all acting. mick mulvaney reversed the white house position again. said a new republican plan for health care coming soon. >> i do think you'll see a plan shortly. >> will we see it before the 2020? >> oh, yeah. you can't beat something with nothing. we have -- republicans have better ideas than democrats. we should not be afraid to talk about that. >> if reversing yourself is a 180, then the white house has done a full 360. last monday saying health care bill would come soon, then reversing itself thursday saying it would come after the 2020 election. now reversing itself again saying it will have a full plan before the 2020 election. we're watching everything that happens in washington. you can follow us on twitter. i'm @scott mcdpru. >> than

of homeland security secretary, kirstjen nielsen, also resigning the department's number two, claire grady the way for current customs and border protection had, kevin -- i always screw this up. mcaleenan. thank you so much. [laughter] we practiced the other day, they were off. to lead the agency. before leaving the white house, the president calling on congress to close loopholes in asylum laws pushing back on claims that he is cleaning house at dhs and insisting he is in charge. listen. >> there is only one person. you know that his customer gets me. the whole asylum rules, laws, and regulation have been taken advantage of by people who are very bad people in many cases. these are the people running the cartels. it's very important that the democrats in congress change these loopholes. if they don't change them, we are just going to be fighting. >> melissa: as we know, everyone's getting in on the action here with the immigration problem. we have the governor of california going way down to central and south america to talk to countries there. alexandria ocasio-cortez piling on with her

now, the one that could be the most imminent is claire grady. she's the acting deputy at dhs and technically she's the one who would take over for nielsen when she resigns officially on wednesday. but trump said in his tweet yesterday he wants kevin macalanin to take over as the acting dhs secretary. for him to do that, grady has to do. source are telling us she's going to be forcing the administration to fire her by wednesday. whether that happens today or at the last minute on wednesday is still an open question. but clearly we're seeing a president who is very frustrated with immigration right now. he not only at the last minute pulled his nomination to lead i. krmt e. but now he doesn't have a dhs secretary. all this is really with the bigger backdrop. the president is becoming more and more frustrated about immigration, but erika, the question is what is that going to change? macalanin is not seen as a hard line immigration guy. people are wonder if he's going to be the person the president is pleased with leading that or if he's any differ

nielsen when she officially steps down but there's someone standing in the way that have and that's claire gradyho is right now the acting deputy secretary and technically she's in line to take over. sources i spoke to this morning says she has no intention of resigning in the coming days so essentially she will be force the administration to fire her so that kevin mcaleenan can take over on wednesday. brianna, that hasn't happened yet, but we're keeping our years to the ground to wait to see what's happening next and who it is that's going to be in charge of dhs. >> reporter: kaitlan collins on the north lawn there, thank you so much. >>> this depart you're homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen highlights the concern about the large number of vacancies that are in the trump administration. by the end of the week, there's actually going to be seven high-level positions with acting officials in charge, and that includes the defense department, the interior department, u.s. ambassador to the united nations, white house chief of staff and now you have the department of homeland security dire

as the department's general counsel but the next departure could be the acting deputy secretary claire gradyy in line to replace nielsen when she steps down on wednesday heard but trump announced that customs and border protection commissioner, kevin mcaleenan will step in 2 weeks sources tell cnn grady has no intention of resigning and is expected to force the administration to on. >>meanwhile governor gavin newsom is in el salvador where he wanted to learn the reasons for illegal migration today. the governor met with the president of el salvador sanchez, saran and other officials temporary protected status and migration were the main topics of the meeting and both sides shown interest in trying to find a definitive solution for the benefit of the salvadorian is living here in the u s suns agenda also included a meeting with other officials and human rights organizations as well another day and another person joining the race for the white house a congressman eric swalwell says he is running for president he made the announcement on the late show with stephen colbert are saying he felt pap

homeland security leadership continued tuesday with the resignation of acting deputy secretary claire grady. this comes two days after homeland security secretary kristjen nielsen's ouster and one day afafter director o of te secret service "tex" alles was removed. grady's exit clears the path for kevin mcaleenan, head of customs and border protection, to become the dhs secretary. the purging of high ranking dhs officials is said to be part of trump adviser stephen miller's plan to steer the administration towards and even more hard-line policies. reports also emerged tuesday the trump administration is pushing for border patrol agents to be put in charge of interviewing asylum seekers at the border. miller reportedly argues it would make it more difficult for migrants to argue a credible fear of persecution in their country of origin and move forward in the asylum process. initial interviews are currently conducted by citizenship and immigration services officials. attorney general william barr appeared before the house appropriations committee tuesday where lawmakers pressed for more deta

back in this country, acting deputy homeland security secretary claire grady has resigned. that paves the way for president trump's pick kevin mcaleenan, the commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection, to become the acting sretary of homeland security. but it also leaves the actg deputy position unfilled. mcaleenan's departure from customs and border protection means it now won't have a commissioner. the acting head of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement ron vitiello is stepping down friday, leaving a vacancy at the top of that ency as well. president trump left open the possibility today of sending additional u.s. troops to the southern border. he came to that conclusion after listening to stories about migrant crossings at a republican fundraiser in san antonio, texas. some 5,000 active-duty and g nationrd troops are currently stationed at the border. and wall street managed a modest advance today. the dow jones industrial average gained six points to close at 26,157. the nasdaq rose 55 points, and the s&p 500 added 10.on still to comhe newshour: israeli prim

claire grady is technically in line to replace nielsen when she steps down on wednesday, but trump announced that customs and border protection commissioner kevin mcaleenan will step in. sources tell cnn grady has no intention of resigning and is expected to force the administration to fire her. now, jake, cnn has obtained a letter that the former outgoing secret service director sent to his employees today, talking about what happened. he claims, jake, that he was not fired, but does acknowledge that several weeks ago, he says, the administration told him that transitions in leadership should be expected across the department of homeland security and that the president has directed an orderly transition for leadership at this agency. jake, you've noted that several officials that have left dhs in just recent days and now we'll see who could be next. >> kaitlan collins a to the white house, thank you so much. bill kristol, let me ask you, there is a legitimate humanitarian crisis at the border, whatever you think about the president's rhetoric. you have people coming in, families, they don't

claire grady was the acting deputy secretary of the department of homeland security. according to kirstjen nielsen, outgoing homeland security secretary, grady said she would be resigning, she offered her resignation. i spoke to kellyanne conway, the president's counsellor moments ago, she said she was not forced out, that this was simply a resignation on her own terms. but it follows the departure of kirstjen nielsen, ouster of tex head of dallas and the resignation of another than who have have been the head of i.c.e., customs enforcement in this country. so grady leaves dhs without a senate-confirmed deputy in place as its secretary but it does clear the way for kevin mclean, who is set to take over today. >> tell me what's going on today. >> you can hear behind me the president will be taking off to texas. he will sign a pair of executive offered. we will put up graphics to help walk you through the details. specifically they will help in the white house companies avoid unnecessary red tapes. they will make it easier for firms to build oil and gas pipelines. hard

confirming rumors that the acting deputy secretary, clair grady, that she's leaving as well.cting secretary, kevin mcaleenan, to take over. the president denied something was underway. >> what would you like to achieve with the new leadership? >> i never said we were cleaning house. we have a lot of great people over there. we have bad laws. we have a judge that just ruled incredibly that he doesn't want people staying in mexico. we have the worst laws of any country anywhere in the world. we're bucking a court system that never, ever rules for us, but our job could be so much easier. i think kevin is going to do a fantastic job. he's acting but i think he's going to do a fantastic job. and we're not doing anything very big. >> meanwhile, a senior administration official tells the "new york times" the trump administration plans to aggressively push for tougher screening of asylum seekers, making it vastly more difficult for migrants fleeing persecution in their home countries from winning protection in the united states. according to that official, president trump ordered the

acting deputy secretary claire grady handing in her resignation just days after kirstjen nielsen stepped down. president trump insists he is not overhauling the entire department. >> president trump: i never said i was cleaning house. we have great people over there. kevin will do a fantastic job. homeland security, that's what we want. no better term or name. we want homeland security. that's what we're going to get. >> sandra: doug mcelway reporting live from the white house this morning. the president says he is not cleaning house. the turnover at dhs certainly continues. >> that's right, sandra. the night before her last day as secretary of dhs kirstjen nielsen tweeted that the acting deputy secretary claire grady is also asking for her resignation. she said in that tweet and i quote, for the last two years claire has served at the dhs with excellence and distinction and a great asset a steady and knowledgeable voice. nielsen is going out as she will be remembered to put children in cages. the president talked that fake news. >> president trump: the cages that were shown. they were i