somewhere around that point in time, there was a follow-up from kris kobach to may. -- to be -- me. rep. cummings: you spoke to him in july and mr. kobach ask you to add the citizenship question. he said it was to address the -- and i want you to listen carefully. this is what kris kobach wrote to you. he said he wanted it added to because "problem that aliens who do not actually reside in the united states are still counted for congressional apportionment purposes." that was also several months before any letter from the justice department came to you, correct? sec. ross: yes, and it is also correct that i rejected the question he asked. rep. cummings: did the phone calls with mr. kobach have anything to do with you putting the citizenship question? sec. ross: i have no control over what anyone puts in an email to me. rep. cummings: as we evaluate the truth, we also look to see if testimony is corroborated by documents. these documents show the reason you have given to us for adding the citizenship question is a pretext. in fall of 2017, your staff hand-delivered a secret memo and h

just in time, rinos rear their ugly heads, kris kobach. general council for nonprofit we build the wall. they have ambitions to build a privately funded wall, kris thank you. >> thank you. lou: as will began his report, dhs, border protection, basically flying a white flag in the face of tens of thousands of illegal immigrants, confront our border, this is shameless. >> shocking we're on track to have highest level of border apprehensions in 12 years. and great irony is president trump is the strongest president we have had on the issue of illegal immigration. he campaigned on it. yet we have his dhs, sitting on its hands, have you strong president who wants to solve the problem, yet agency is not. lou: we heard today saying, we need congress to solve this. i heard that pretext, that nonsense, that bull, for what 20 years. which is simply a ploy and a ruse, they are purposefully refusing to enforce the lay law and protect that border. >> it is a cop-out, yes congress could pass desirable legislation no question about it. but the agency has

had sued several times, alleging voter suppression, was in a tight five-way race for governor. >> kris kobachath to uphold the constitution, and then, as secretary of state, he was held in contempt of court for refusing. >> stahl: the a.c.l.u. ran tv ads and sent mailers critical of kobach's record. >> ...threatening children with disabilities. regardless of who you vote for on november 6, we the people must demand that politicians respect the rule of law. the a.c.l.u. does not endorse or oppose candidates. >> stahl: here's what i smile at. >> shakir: yes. >> stahl: you have that ad. you tell the voters of kansas all the things that you strongly disagree with about him. and then at the bottom it says, "we don't endorse candidates." >> shakir: yes, that's right. we are also advertising to people that we are a nonpartisan organization, that we don't endorse and oppose candidates. so when you watch an issue-- >> stahl: it's like a wink thing. ha, ha, we don't endorse-- >> shakir: i don't think it is a wink thing. >> it was the most horrific day of my life. hl: in geo addicted to drugs. governor'

following that path about so much as much states when he was when brian really started closing the gap kris kobach his men start winning dortmund ferrer to beat you and out spec during that time and that's really not good enough i think you know they've struggled with some injuries that really missed markers royce when he was away but i think the biggest problem has been in defense they were so tight before christmas addressing a big problem from last season but the floodgates of kind of opened and they really look french on the defense don't forget the game against. time just three in the lead and in the end of the game with us for three so unbelievable the defending and a team like this they have to we discuss definitely maybe a case of taking their foot off the gas now and the buyer and players in the shell say they're jersey weighs a bit heavier how much credit did they deserve catching up to byron dorgan so fast you see the mimic they have. one hundred percent what they have to know is not only the team it's all the people who newsroom anita and they talk to them all the times and brought so

it is also correct that i rejected the question that kris kobach wanted asked. >> is it your testimony that nothing in your e-mails or phone calls with mr. kobach had anything to do with your efforts to push the citizenship question? >> i have no control over what kris kobach or anyone else puts in an e-mail sent to me. >> mr. secretary, as we evaluate the truth, we often look to see whether testimony is corroborated by documents. these documents on their face show that the reason you have given to us for adding the citizenship question is a pretext. in fall of 2017, your staff hand delivered a secret memo and handwritten note about the citizenship question to john gore at the department of justice. did the secret memo or note describe the real reason you wanted to add the citizenship question? >> first of all, sir, i think i would like to correct the record. i don't believe there's anything in evidence that my staff delivered a message of that sort to gore. >> well, that's why we need to see the documents, so that we can get to the truth. we have been trying -- so i'm sorry. >> did yo

as i described earlier in my testimony, kris kobach did have a conversation with me early on -- >> so, you -- sec. ross: i'm sorry, i'm not finished. chris kobach did have a conversation with me. he said he had a question he would like us to ask. mr. kobach later sent an e-mail to you on july 148th writeth writing the lack of the citizenship question, quote, leads to the problem that aliens who do not actually reside in the united states are still counted for congressional apportionment services. of course, they do reside in the united states. they reside in my district. they're constituents. he then wrote, "it is essential that one simple question be added to the upcoming 2020 census." it's all there in black and white. kobach is clear about his reason for adding the citizenship question in his correspondence to you and has nothing to do with the doj, has nothing to do with the voting rights act. it's about congressional apportionment to immigrants. but following that e-mail and concerning contents did you cut off all contact? sec. ross: i have no recollection -- >> we do have the --

tomorrow, former kansas secretary of state kris kobach and the daily caller's christopher bedford amonguests. we hope you'll join us. thank you for being with us heren tonight. good night from new york. ♪ ♪ lauren: here are your market movers at 5:00 a.m. brand-new trouble for boeing, a 737 max jet is forced to make an emergency landing. as u.s. regulators gear up for a grilling on capitol hill today to see how these planes were ever cleared to fly. call it the green no deal, alexandria ocasio-cortez's cry y climate change deal didn't go well. president trump says he wants to overturn . are you tired of hearing millennial phrases like bae or

tomorrow, former kansas secretary of state kris kobach and the daily caller's christopher bedford among for being with us heren tonight. good night from new york. ♪ ♪ david: breaking right now, the angry democrats and liberal media justin can't seem to come to grips with the findings in the mueller report. a adam schiff, who for two years claimed he had proof of collusion and even though bob mueller's report cleared the president, he just can't seem to let it go. listen. >> i've said all along that we would accept whatever conclusions he reaches as a prosecutor. i've also said that there was a big difference between the whether there was evidence of collusion -- and i think that evidence is in plain sight. david: schiff is facing growing calls from gop members to resign. one of those congressmen is here in just moments. >>> and a bombshell in the jussie smollett

but there are slight cracks and you have heard from strong trump supporters like i was talking to kris kobacho weeks ago, well, everyone is behind the president. that's assuming there's no big contact. the mueller report is maybe likely probably coming. >> maybe. >> maybe. >> and you have all of these investigations on capitol hill. and there's a lot in the air that we and republicans and democrats don't know what it is. so i think we're in the campaign cycle. some of these senators are up for re-election. i wouldn't even call them cracks. they're like fine lines. >> the question is does it grow. you see the kabuki dance, well, will you give us legislation on future emergencies and then we'll sort of turn a blind eye to this snow the high road. >> they're staunch in their gimmicks, but they'll say, see, i turned on principle. a bizarre debate. >> legally it's difficult to say it's not a legal precedent. >> you talked to democrats about this and they're against it, but if it happens, it could be good for climate change. >> constitutional conservatives. before we go to break, a touching break o

kansas secretary of state kris kobach joins us to react.american countries. why? >> the president was absolutely right, and the reason, pete, is that the governments of these countries have been willfully looking the other way, as over time, tens of thousands in each caravan but hundreds of thousands year after year are leaving these countries and coming to the united states. why are they looking the oh -- the other way? because they don't have a welfare safety net like we do. so they come up here and send money home to their relatives in the form of remittances. meanwhile, we the taxpayers have been paying, writing big checks in the form of foreign aid to these governments who are injuring us, and finally president trump has done what previous presidents should have done -- pete: so that foreign ailed, it mix us feel good, but it -- can makes us feel good, but it hasn't had the intended result we've wanted in those countries. >> exactly. and, indeed, they've been sending more people our way. the notion that it's somehow causing the countri

21, 2018 writing quote, steven bannon called in the spring of 2017 to request that i speak with kris kobach about the latter's ideas about including a citizenship question on the 2020 census. in december 2017, mr. bannon worked at the white house as steve strategist and senior counsel to president trump, is that correct? >> i would like to refer back to the slide that you put up, because i don't think -- >> well, just please answer, if you worked as the white house, the chief, at the white house as the chief strategist and senior counsel to president trump? >> i'm sorry, would you repeat the question. >> mr. bannon work at the white house at the chief strategist and senior counselor, the time you spoke with him. >> i believe what is correct. >> what did you discuss with mr. bannon about the citizenship question. >> the extent of the discussion wa that he requested i consider taking a phone call from an individual called chris cloeback. >> what did he say that, what did mr. bannon say he wanted to you speak about. >> he said that kobach had a question that he thought should be asked on the c