jeh johnson? we'll try to re-establish that and also bring jeh johnson back in the next segment.messaging, concerns about the new cdc guidelines on masking that could hurt vaccination efforts where they're needed most. this is andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. ♪♪ t-minus two minutes and counting. ♪♪ um, she's eating the rocket. -copy that, she's eating the rocket. i assume we needed that? [chomping sound] ♪♪ lunchables! built to be eaten. she has eaten the rocket. [girl burps] over. >>> thanks. we've re-established our connection to former homeland secretary jeh johnson. i was asking about the fact that one in five of the people charged with participation in the insurrection had ties to the military, and i'm -- you were top pentagon official. how concerning is that? >> i would say i'm very concerned. in my experience in the department of defense and in the department of homeland security, the overwhelming majority of the military, of the coast guard, of dhs officials are patriotic, conscientious, diligent individuals. we have to accept the reality that in the military and elsewhe

jeh johnson has bipartisan support.t to come. you have a democratic coming on the president of the united states to put somebody new in charge. henry is right. i am supporting that effort. stay one usn jeh johnson has bipartisan support. why is he the right person for the job? what did he do under the obama years that would prove that he is going to tackle this crisis? >> he has always supported border security and the bill that i negotiated with my republican democratic colleagues with $40 billion in the gang of eight bill for border security. when we had unaccompanied minors coming from brazil and when we had families coming from brazil claiming asylum, he chartered a plane, put them all on a plane, and put them all to brazil. he said stop this. he was on the plane is sending people back to let the people in these countries know that you can't come to the united states this way. if he were in charge, i think you might be focusing on his get sent back. he would have a timeout on the ideas of the fnm system. he realizes

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we concluded almost instantaneously, jeh johnson jeh johnson. >> served as obama's second term homelandary. activists accused him of aggressive immigration enforcement. in the way a texas, rich edson, fox news. >> shannon: the biden administration wants a block texas law enforcement officials from stopping the transport of illegal immigrants even if they are covid positive, as case number serge. let's talk about the state of the border crisis and the state of covid. sheriff, great to have you with us. >> shannon: texas governor greg abbott has said he does not want people transporting people in the u.s. illegally outside of government entities. especially if they have the virus, they shouldn't be taken around the state. here's what he said with ag merrick garland told him no to that executive order. governor abbott says the authority you served to protect noncitizens direct with my authority to protect citizens of texas. the constitution and laws of the u.s. and texas allow me to protect the health and safety of texans. does that executive order do anything doubt about along the border?

and that's jeh johnson. at the border intensifying. here to react is acting dhs secretary ken cuccinelli. ken, you really got feel for henry cuellar, the representative there in texas. i mean, he sounds so desperate. he is so upset that. >> he is desperate. rachel: what's happening to his constituents for the people there in texas graham saying the answer might be jeh johnson. what do you think? >> well, look, jeh johnson has broad bipartisan respect for his performance as secretary of homeland security. he was the person who gave us the benchmark of 1,000 a day as a crisis coming over the border and they're at six times that at the border. they are completely overwhelmed. and, look, i give these two gentlemen all the credit in the world on the republican side, senator graham is off in the bipartisan mix immigration issues. he isn't always the toughest. to have him and then a democrat henry cuellar calling this out, first of all, is an incredible vote of no confidence in maker cass, the current secretary and

when jeh johnson headed up the department of homeland security under president obama, he said 1,000 a month was a crisis. y'all, i was just looking at the numbers. we had a few thousand in a week just last week in the mcallen sector. we had 20,000 a week -- i'm sorry, in a day. yes, thank you. we had a few thousand in a day in the laredo sector. a few thousand a day in the mcallen sector. we've had, i think, from memory, 70 border patrol agents get covid in the last month. we had 20 in laredo. all of this is happening in real-time. all while the administration talked about unwinding title 42 and not worrying about what's happening at our southern border while telling us and preaching to us about vaccine passports. oh, no, you better go mask up again. fentanyl. right down here. fentanyl. 2021 remember us is 2020 fentanyl numbers -- versus 2020 fentanyl numbers. here's 1,000 pounds of fentanyl in a month. 1,000 pounds of fentanyl in a month. that's enough to kill millions of people. but that's happening right now. but nobody seems to care on the other side of the aisle. oh, don't worry,

. >> dickerson: we'll talk with jeh johnson about what those consequences could be. and as americans hit the road and the skies for summer travel, we'll talk with united airlines c.e.o. scott kirby about the industry's recovery. then, after two decades, the u.s. military presence in afghanistan is nearing its end. we'll have a report from kabul. and finally, a look to the heavens, where billionaires are engaged in a space race. it is all just ahead on "face the nation." ♪ ♪ >> dickerson: good morning. and welcome to "face the nation." more than 151 million american adults are fully vaccinated. but just under a third american adults have not had even a single shot, which is worrisome to health officials. the delta variant makes up more than half of all of the new cases. and there is now confusion over the role of the booster shot. we begin with dr. anthony fauci. >> doctor: good morning, john. >> dickerson: let's talk about the delta variant. it seems to make the case for vaccination mor affective, with those that are unvaccinated the most getting infected. is it peop

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they have to look at the playbook that secretary jeh johnson and others had. obama, you have to follow the law. i disagree with this prosecutorial that is really over 55,000 it does not really work in the immigration system. a democrat of texas, represents the border area, thank you, sir. host: we will take a short break. we will return to your questions . will you put the mask back on? the cdc says even if you are vaccinated should wear one indoors. we will be right back. ♪ >> david stewart use to practice law in washington, d.c. he gave that up over 15 years ago to write history. his first book was all about the constitutional convention in philadelphia called the summer of 1787. that was in 2008. a year later he wrote about the trial of andrew johnson. next, james madison. now in 2021 he takes a look at george washington and in david stewart's words, his mastery of politics. >> on this episode of book notes plus, -- weekends on c-span two, every saturday you will find events with people in our nation's past. on sunday, book tv brings you the latest in nonfi

unvaccinated a legal immigrants are coming over the border and i think this letter, that's the part about jeh johnsoneason we are picking him, we thought about putting a republican in charge, and that's implementing public health protocols we will see if they actually go through with that. >> does the step on the administration's messaging about please, i'm appealing to you. let's protect people and everybody has to do their part. you hear these cases and it seems to, someone might take him seriously with that going on. >> richard: i think there is a problem with figuring out how to cope with positive people are crossing the border. so hiring someone to do the job is not a bad idea. his skilled but he's been in homeland security and understands the job. that being said i think we have to have a larger conversation about how we fix the problems of the border. i do stories on the border, i don't know about jesse. but i wrote a story about the border for forbes and what we found was folks seeking asylum would qualify as cuban migrants. the problem is we have an archaic and old system. according to the b

. >> with jeh johnson.is a very, very real present continuing threat to america, yet kevin mccarthy's paid adviser told me last night on the program, americans don't care about this any more. i mean -- >> they do care about it. >> a scary point of view. >> it may not be the americans they are trying to please. >> you wrote a really interesting opinion piece in the post, the headline is america thanks the trump's lawyers. to be sure barr's rectitude doesn't excuse his earlier kowtowing to trump and politicization of the justice department. it would be a low standard for members of the bar and it is, the refusal to have -- to behave lawlessly in the waning days of the trump presidency can't be o overstated. he timely did write it. >> the point i was trying to make in the piece was it has to do with the nature of being a lawyer. lawyers can be argumentative. they can push -- a lot of them may push the boundaries of what is reasonably arguable. i think that's what william barr did on a number of circumstances w

jeh johnson did in 2008 when he worked for president obama? he tried to secure the border.s is the first administration that's ignoring an ongoing catastrophe when i asked him you are dead right. president trump's statement i hope you look at it and can talk about it tonight is dead on. if you don't believe that giving legal status to people who have been here illegally for years without first securing the border will entice more people to come, you're crazy. we have always done border security first. i have been involved in every immigration reform proposal in the last 5 years. the democratic party agreed with me and other republicans to spend $40 billion to secure the border in 2013. now, i can't get them to admit that the pull factors that they have created are causing the flow of illegal immigration. there is nothing changed in the triangle countries. they are no worse, no better. what's changed is we changed our policies. >> brian: absolutely. so there is a big thing here and all wrapped in infrastructure. you guys have it decide whether you are going to move forward o

look, look at the playbook that scretary jeh johnson did under obama and he deported people, and lookingyou go back to google the way he did it, and i know because i was there, and showing the people that deported and have you seen one single photo of people deported? no, you see people coming in, and it is a message don't come, but you have to see the people deported. with due respect to the people who don't want to offend the left of immigration people being deported, but a lot of people are being deported. >> but you believe that the white house is making it intentionally that people are not seeing it, and in turn, it doesn't have the necessary impact on the whole don't come strategy. >> absolutely. i mean, i -- when i talk to the white house, i told them about that, it is not the first time, they said, well, we will take it under consideration. so yes, they are purposely, purposely not showing any people being deported. secretary johnson and i remember when i talked to him, and he did show people being deported, because you have to show the visual, the visual of people being deported