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is the massive number of people blocked from voting and for example a trump relied on a guy in kris kobach of kansas who is both the in chief that elected trump it by the way he was not elected by some email capture that was printed by wiki leaks if it did have by the way one thing i would know if you really believe that some mentions of some material from the memos of hillary clinton and her cronies being public of affected the election well you know what that's what information is supposed to do the truth is the truth it can't be partisan when i talk about taking away votes of black people taking away votes of young people hispanics and others which is a real crime the continuing apartheid in our electoral system in the us and that's an elected trump that's that cannot be discussed on mainstream us television because that breaks the myth of the great american democracy so there's a great america about this america is more of a mockery of democracy than a true democracy but i mean obviously u.s. authorities would deny any accusations of apartheid in fact so successful as a voter id voter

shortly thereafter possibly the next day i did have a conversation with kris kobach. -- yoummings: mr. bannon spoke to mr. kobach on july 14, 2017, is that correct? rep. cummings: i don't remember the -- sec. ross: i don't remember the date but sometime around that point in time. rep. cummings: you spoke to him on the july the 14th of 2017. mr. kobach emailed you and asked you to add the citizenship question. this is what mr. kobach wrote to you. he said he wanted it added " problem was a quote that aliens who do not actively reside in the united states are still counted for congressional enforcement purposes ." that was several months before any letter from the justice department, is that correct? it. cummings: -- sec. ross: is correct that that was before the census letter but it is also correct that i rejected the question mr. kovac wanted to ask. rep. cummings: you had nothing in your emails or phone calls with mr. kobach had nothing to do with your efforts to push the citizenship question? i have no control over what kris kobach or anyone else but it emails sent to me. as we eval

>> well, kris kobach. mean, he's an elegant person. >> won't he have the same impediments that kirstjen nielsen went up against?o, >>he wasn't even trying. >> kris kobach was the secretary of state of kansas. >> yes, and he also came up with self-deportation, which, you know, people may make fun of, but that is a very humane way to deal with "how are we gonna get wages up for americans?" and, look, this isn't anything ugly about them. a lot of illegal immigrants, probably the majority, are very hardworking, they're reallyle sweet pebut we have to take care of our own. that's the issue. >> politically, one of the arguments you make about a restrictionist policy on immigration, actually, it seems to me, once you get through some of the outrageous things youth say, 'caus is one of the things you do -- you say things that are provocative that i think you probably know will offend people, and are probably so intended to make them think. >> i would say i'm not trying to offend, but i do want --yo >> but wheget t

lou: yep, and kris kobach seems to be leading the way.rumper, what -- we have not got time, jason chaffetz always good to talk with you. >> thank you. lou: take care, president trump taking bold steps, shaking up dhs leadership, fixing our broken immigration system and secures our borders we'll be back with much more stay with lou: among our guests tonight he made a strong, strong policy proposal on border security. >> i would submit quite humbly that maybe better than catch and release would be a one-word doctrine of repel. don't let them do what the texas cps does. don't let them put on our soil unless they're coming in legal legally. lou: policy of repel. that's an idea for that is it for us tonight. thank you for being with us. joining us here tomorrow night republican national committee chair, ronald mcdaniel. congressman matt gates former i.c.e. director and among those apparently be considered by the president to be immigration czar. that is here tomorrow and hope you will join us. reminder to follow me at twitter, like me on faceb

kris kobach program for my nissan boss carlos go on says he's the victim of a conspiracy he made the claims in a video that was recorded before he was rearrested last week on additional charges of financial misconduct mr gong was credited for rescuing the son but now he says his former colleagues are out to get him. i mean a set of all the charges that have been brought against me and i'm also innocent of all the. accusation that came around these charges that are all biased taken out of context twisted in a way to paint a person of greed and a person of dictatorship. when he's on both callers don't speaking there now the united states has threatened to impose further terrors of more than one hundred of more than eleven billion dollars on your products and.

kris kobach good to have you with us the world's biggest industrial fair is underway here in germany and it takes place in unsettling times many of the exhibitors in hanover are fearing for their future business as britain's exige from the e.u. is poised to disrupt supply chains meanwhile china's tech giant huawei is trying to convince visitors it's not spying for the chinese government so is there enough time and space to present the industrial equipment of the future well take a look. this is not a computer game real virtual manufacturing workstations are being constructed here using these virtual reality glasses the planet can instantly see how wide the passages are and whether the materials can be easily reached by the employees box plan has been in development for two and a half years already six companies from different sectors of put in orders for the software therefore this does it for and for the advantages that from the outset i can experience of my own body how the assembly point works how the workstation functions i pick up a part of to move it from one place to another i

lou: yep, and kris kobach seems to be leading the way.i, a never-trumper, what -- we have not got time, jason chaffetz always good to talk with you. >> thank you. lou: take care, president trump taking bold steps, shaking up dhs leadership, fixing our broken immigration system and secures our borders we'll be secures our borders we'll be back with much more stay with you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase sensimist relieves all your worst symptoms, including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. and all from a gentle mist you can barely feel. flonase sensimist. you can barely feel. everything we have, we've earned. we got no free pass. the unmistakable lexus is. lease the 2019 is 300 for $329 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. my ideal cloud? it has to work like air traffic control. it's gotta let new data integrate with data from our existing systems. ♪ ♪ be able to pull from reservation platforms built 20 years ago. and also be able to use

lou: yep, and kris kobach seems to be leading the way.i, a never-trumper, what -- we have not got time, jason chaffetz always good to talk with you. >> thank you. lou: take care, president trump taking bold steps, shaking up dhs leadership, fixing our broken immigration system and secures our borders we'll be back with much more stay with us. as the one who is always trapped beneath the duvet i'm begging you... take gas-x. your tossing and turning isn't restlessness, it's gas! gas-x relieves pressure, bloating and discomfort... fast! so we can all sleep easier tonight. openturning 50 opens theuard. door to a lot of new things... like now your doctor may be talking to you about screening for colon cancer. luckily there's me, cologuard. the noninvasive test you use at home. it all starts when your doctor orders me. then it's as easy as get, go, gone. you get me when i'm delivered... right to your front door and in the privacy of your own home. there's no prep or special diet needed. you just go to the bathroom, to collect your sample. after

lou: former secretary of state kris kobach at the border this week where he witnessed border securitysis first-hand. he joins us tonight. survive -- surprising revelations about how generous our government is when it comes to illegal immigrants and america leading the world in 5g technology taking another step to president trump promises the united states will maintain its lead in the 5 g. industry. >> we cannot allow any other country to outcompete the united states in this powerful industry of the future. we are leading by so much in so many different industries of that type and we just can't let that happen. the race to 5g is a race america must win and it's a race frankly that are great companies are involved in. we have given them the incentive they need. lou: fcc commissioner ajit pie joins us tonight. national security experts dr. walid phares k.t. mcfarland among our guests here tonight. our top story president trump taking another bold step in his fight to secure the border telling the radical democrats if they won't work to end the crisis he will move illegal immigrants in t

hay que tomarlo muy en serio si es en un area el exsecretario de estado de kansas, kris kobach dijo que y el fraude en asilos, al terminar de manera unilateral las remesas a mexico.en entrevista con breibart news seqalo que deberia haber un reglamento ejecutivo.la amenaza de terminarlas, ejecutivo, la amenaza de terminar puede usarse para forzar a mÉxico a un acuerdo con estados unidos que prohÍbe pasar por mÉxico para llegar al paÍs. esto serÍa muy importante porque segÚn el último informe bimensual, en enero y febrero de este aÑo los mexicanos que estÁn viviendo en estados unidos han mandado casi 5 millones de dolares a mÉxico, serÍa un flujo de dinero que se cortarÍa por lo sano. pamela: simplemente es una propuesta. kovac ha tenido una polÍtica tambiÉn muy anti inmigraciÓn ilegal. su opiniÓn y su sugerencia personal en este momento lo ha dicho pÚblicamente, su opiniÓn sobre lo que piensa era inmigraciÓn ilegal. otro revÉs para esta polÍtica de tolerancia cero de la administraciÓn del presidente trump. un juez federal de san francisco bloqueÓ la orden de regresar a los solicitantes d

the fact that stephen bannon, kris kobach, jeff sessions -- the most anti-immigrant, most anti-voting rights people in the country -- they were the ones who were instrumental l in pushg to get this question on the census. it had n nhing to dodo with enenforcing voting rights. it was preserving what political power for the next decade. juan: thomas saenz, your sense inin terms of the impact this could have if the question is allowed on the census? this whole issue as just a soda mayor said, it is a must 100% guaranteed many folks, especially immigrants in the country, will choose not to cooperate with the census and the impact it could have, especially in the climate of the trump administration constantly raising the dangers of undocumented immigration or as they say, illegal immigration in the country? right.lutely the climate that has been created by this a administration, the census bureau as don't for a long time, is are ready creating challenges for getting folks to respond to the census. as long ago as november 2017, before the announcement of the citizenship question, the bureau

there are some who are wondering if it's going to be former kansas secretary of state kris kobach.ws last night. here is the case he made. >> leadership at that agency for the past two years ever since the president took office has been unwilling to execute many of the president's plans and i can say from direct personal experience i have been in the room when the president has given express orders to leadership at dhs and been assured that, yes, those orders will be carried out and then a year later nothing has happened. so there has been deliberate foot dragging. >> he's saying this is all just because people aren't doing what the president says. what do you say? >> well, first of all, i think that would be an interesting confirmation hearing to see kris kobach go through the senate. nielsen her legacy is tarnished and i think rightfully so by family separation. i think the way she handled that, the way she misled the public she deserves some blame for that. at the end of the day the failure at the border falls on the white house not on the department. this is not an issue of try

kris kobach has come up. >> those are a number of the names i'm hearing as well but it's too early to tell at this point and the with the president especially , it's usually the last person who catches his ear that ends up winning the nomination so i have learned in my years of covering this president never to make predictions but those are definitely curious names thatought to be floated . >> an already busy week in washington. phone lines as usual, republicans 202-7482 1000. independence 202-748-8000 two. sam brody, let's go to another cabinet member, attorney general william barr oron capitol hill tomorrow, where she going to be and why? >> he will be appearing before senate and house appropriators in charge of the budget for the department of justice. this is the annual event at which cabinet officials come forward to talk about their budget. i think that lawmakers for both sides of the aisle will be interested in a lot more than the doj budget . when general bar comes up sometime soon this month, he is supposed to release a redacted version of robert mueller's report. there's bob

former kansas secretary of state kris kobach and former virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli. (pam) closing the border would impact everything ... from trade to travel to the immigration status of those immigrants who are already here ... and trying to gain legal status.(ken) kron four's rob fladeboe has reaction to the president's threatened border action from san jose. jan morris/direct travel "...everybody is talking about it..."travel agents like direct travel's jan morris say president trump's threat to close the border hasn't resulted in any cancellations just yet. but were the border to be closed, morris can only imagine the complications that could impact a cruise or air travel already booked.jan morris/direct travelnats (counselors at amigos de guadalupe) the possible border closure was also on the mind of maritza maldonado, executive director of amigos de guadalupe, which supports immigrants with housing and counseling.maritza maldonado/amigos de guadalupe maldonado says there is real fear in the community that families will be forever cut off from one another. a bor

kris kobach, thanks for your time today. >> my pleasure.as you can see, thousands, if not tens of thousands, of what are called yellow vest protesters in the streets rallying against tax and inequality issues. there is a connection between those two things. molly line on the streets in the city of lights as it is saturday evening with more. hi, molly. >> reporter: hi, leland. some 60,000 police officers were mobilized by the french government despite the fact that this fire happened at the notre dame cathedral, that did not deter the yellow vests from taking to the streets today. this is the 23rd saturday they have protested in the streets blocking streets, throwing bottles, setting small fires. police have responded with water cannons, tear gas, stun grenades. in the weeks past the protesters have trashed businesses. they are predominantly middle and lower class citizens voicing their fury over the economy, high taxes, the leadership of emmanuel macron, and now some reportedly are quite miffed by the billion dollar outpouring to restore no

> the associated press repts that mr.trump is considering either former kansas secretary oftate kris kobachr former virginia attorney general ken . cuccinel both candidates are immigration hardliners. nbc's tracie pott joins us with the latest from d.c. the focus is on immigration and healre care >> reporter: exactly. let's start with immigration and the border because it could be more immediate situation. the trump team says the president is serious about trying to shut down the rder, possibly as early as a week from now. he has threatened s to do before, but those around the white house have suggested that the tone seemso be much more serious this time. the president laterkihis week a trip to the border. there are, in fact, a record number of families and unaccompanied children trying to enter thees united st the administration has shifted some customs and border patrol agents away from the ports of entry to try deal with this situation. but there is concern. nif you shut d the border, you shut down trade, and that could raise pricesre some experts already suggesting it could throw the un

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quote, trump is weighing two potential candidates for the post, former kansas secretary of state kris kobachormer virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli, two far-right conservatives with strong views on immigration. i never thought that two names could make me miss keirsten nelson's views on immigration. minors by themselves on unaccompanied minor trains and flights out of the -- what isn't going harshly enough for him in the category of immigration? >> going tougher seems harder to believe but that seems to be the message that the white house is telegraphing. great work from my colleagues at the ap. it shows you the renewed emphasis on this issue of immigration for this white house right now, even coming off what they perceive, at least for now, is a victory on the mueller report. they want to shift back to what they believe is their core agenda, enforcing that southern border. the wall has not been built. although the president is going on friday to the border in california to inspect a piece of it under construction. we should expect to hear a lot about this then. then the new plan. fir

kris kobach joining us, former kansas secretary of state.le candidate for the border czar we understand. the question being, if mr. trump is bringing in perhaps someone stronger on border security, do we need a border czar if we have a hard-liner already in place? >> you know it's possible that the white house might want a border czar in addition to -- obviously they will have a new homeland security secretary. the key is you have to have seamless communication between the white house and the department of homeland security. we have to make sure that the department of homeland security is executing very quickly if the white house wants to take a change of direction or launch an initiative. it makes sense to have both. if he has a strong leader at dhs, you could also get by without a czar too. ashley: i guess the question is would you like to be the border czar? >> you know that is obviously the president's decision to make. i have worked with him in the past and served on his transition team for immigration. if he decides it would be right f

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quote, trump is weighing two potential candidates for the post, former kansas secretary of state kris kobachrginia attorney general ken cuccinelli, two far-right conservatives with strong views on immigration. i never thought that two names could make me miss keirsten nels nelson's views on immigration. minors by themselves on unaccompanied minor trains and flights out of the -- what isn't going harshly enough for him in the category of immigration? >> going tougher seems harder to believe but that seems to be the message that the white house is telegraphing. great work from my colleagues at the ap. it shows you the renewed emphasis on this issue of immigration for this white house right now, even coming off what they perceive, at least for now, is a victory on the mueller report. they want to shift back to what they believe is their core agenda, enforcing that southern border. the wall has not been built. although the president is going on friday to the border in california to inspect a piece of it under construction. we should expect to hear a lot about this then. then the new plan. first

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former kansas secretary of state kris kobach and former attorney general of virginia ken cuccinelli arein the running for the job. (ááálandingááá) closing the border would affect everything -- from trade, to travel, to the immigration status of those immigrants already here, who are trying to gain legal status. closing the border could also affect many bay area agencies and organizations which help families with ties to mexico. travel agents say president trump's threat to close the border has not resulted in any cancellations just yet. but if the border is closed, the complications could affect cruises or air travel already booked ... especially for all those spring break vacations . (ááálandingtagá áá) a border closure could also have a major economic impact on local businesses which rely on trade with mexico. a new report estimates, americans would run out of avocados in just three- weeks, if imports from mexico are st

former kansas secretary of state kris kobach -- and former attorney general of virginia ken cuccinelli are said to be in the running for the job. (vicki) he hasn't even announced plans to run for president, but joe biden is already dealing with scandals that could hurt his possible campaign. the former vice president is facing allegations of inappropriate behavior.(grant) former staffers and supporters have rushed to his defense... but biden's potential rivals framed it differently. cnn's arlette saenz reports. plant a slow kiss on the top of my head a day and a half after the allegation first surfaced united reacted in my many years on the campaign trail and in public life. >>i have offered countless handshakes hugs expressions of affection support in comfort and not once never did i believe i acted inappropriately adding. it is suggested i did so i will listen respectfully, but it was never my intention, i'm glad that he is clarifying his intentions, frankly, my point was never about his intentions in they shouldn't be about his intentions it should be about. >>the women on the recei

. >> kris kobach, he has a whole voting commission. >> stopped. did you not see what just happened to california? you can't stand by that. >> oh, i stand by the fact that what donald trump said about millions of illegal people, that is a fiction. he knows it, we know what, everyone on the show knows it. we should actually ask that question on the senses and figure out how many people are here. we'll talk about it a little better. >> how many of them are voting? >> jason: we'll take about a little bit later. thank you for being with us tonight. today former secretary of state hillary clinton waiting for the first time since the mueller report draft. >> i'm really of the mind that the mueller report is part of the beginning, it's not the end. maybe as churchill famously said, it's the end of the beginning. because there are still so much more that we should know and we should act upon. >> jason: i think she's actually right but i doubt it's for the reason she thinks. last night on our show, representative john ratcliffe, a gentleman from texas, on t

now on friday kris kobach said he would consider the job. >>> president trump spent most of the weekend trying to get a handle on his border policy. on saturday night he tweeted this. we have redeployed 750 agents on the southern border's specific ports of entry in order to help with the large scale surge much illegal migrants trying to make their way into the u.s. quote this will cause traffic and commercial delays. but the president seemed frustrated by beefing up resources at the ports adding this. until mexico cleans up this ridiculous massive migration, we will be focusing on border security not ports of entry. in public appearances evented his desire to change the laws. >> now, congress has to act. they have to get rid of catch and release, chain my grags, visa lottery. they have to get rid of the whole asylum system because it doesn't work and frankly we should get rid of judges. you can't have a court case every time somebody steps their foot on our ground. we've had some very bad court decisions. the flores decision is a disaster, i have to tell you. judge flores, that decision

reports "trump is weighing two potential candidates for the post, former kansas secretary of state kris kobach and former virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli, strong view on immigration. i never thought that two names could make me miss john kelly and kirsten nielsen's far right views on immigration. they have put children in cages. on friday they announced a plan to deport unaccompanied asylum seeking minors by themselves, essentially on unaccompanied minor trains and flights. what isn't going harshly enough for him in the category of immigration? >> the idea of going tougher seems hard to believe. that's the message the white house is telegraphing. great work from my colleagues at the ap for this story. not a done deal, but it shows you the renewed emphasis on this issue of immigration from this white house. coming off what they perceive as a victory in the mueller report, they want to shift back to their core agenda, enforcing that southern border. the wall has not been built. although the president is going on friday to the border in california to inspect a piece of it under construct

people like kris kobach and others who would be morale lined with the president than steven miller, to go even further what typical republicans have said and be more in terms of the hard line route on what it means to be an american and just who is allowed to be an acceptable immigrant in this country. >> okay. thank you very much. errol, congrats on the podcast. everybody should be listening to it. we appreciate. always good to have you. >>> acting white house chief of staff nick mulvaney says democrats will never see president trump's tax returns. why? we'll speak to a former irs commissioner about what the rules are. >>> plus, on the eve of elections in israel, prime minister benjamin netanyahu promising to annex settlements in the west bank. it could be good for his chances in the election tomorrow. we'll see. what does it mean for peace in the region. >>> an american tourist while on a, quote, dream trip to uganda has been rescued. we're live with the details. all your worst symptoms, sens including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. and all from a gentle mist you can barel

. >> brian: coming up next kris kobach is a former kansas secretary of state. he joins us now.ve a different view, i know. >> yeah. i couldn't disagree more with what ethan just said. he said these individuals are -- he suggested they were making legitimate asylum claims because they were fleeing violence and food insecurityio when he put it. asylum is when you are fleeing a government that is persecuting you because of your membership in a particular social group. the international definition of asylum does not include the factlu that you are poor or that you are fleeing criminal -- criminals in your own country. that is not a basis for asylum. what's happening, you know 10 years people people sneak in our country in the cover of night in small groups. now they come n groups of 200, 300, walk straight up to the border patrol and tell the border patrol here i am please take me to your station ie would like to make a claim of asylum a bogus claim but here's the thing. right now they are so overwhelmed with bogus asylum claims and vast majority are being denied when they get hear

tougher, the pan who's at least suggesting he would be tougher when it comes to immigration, is kris kobachof state of kansas, and he did his audition last night on fox tv. here's what he said how he would do things differently. >> leadership at that agency for the past two years, ever since the president took office has been unwilling to execute many of the president's plans, and there has been deliberate foot dragging and i think that's why you're seeing the white house take the necessary steps to clean house at dhs. >> kobach the guy who led that voter fraud panel that's now disbanded because they were chasing ghosts, essentially. the president's misinformed opinions. what is kobach suggesting, unwilling to execute many of the president's plans, what could have kirstjen nielsen have done and could that guy get through senate confirmation. >> to take the necessary steps might essentially be ignoring the law, which, you know, is kind of a frightening thing. if you have one, you know, secretary of homeland security who won't execute certain things, who won't do certain things regarding asyl

kris kobach has come up, rick perry. are you hearing that as well? vivian: a number of names we are hearing as well, but it is too early to tell at this point and with this president, it is usually the last person that catches his ear that ends up winning the nomination. i have learned in my 2.5 years in covering this president to never make predictions, but those are definitely serious names being floated. >> a busy start to an already busy week in washington. you can join in in this segment. phone lines as usual, republicans, (202)-748-8001. democrats, (202)-748-8000. independents, (202)-748-8002. sam, let's go to another. attorney general william barr will be on capitol hill tomorrow. where and why? sam: he will be appearing before senate and house appropriators in charge of the budget for the department of justice. this is the annual event in which cabinet officials come forward to talk about their budgets. i think lawmakers from both sides are going to be interested in a lot more than the dod budget this week when attorney general barr comes up

that's somebody to keep your eye on, by the way, is does he decide if he goes with someone like a kris kobache could have confirmation problems in a way that there's a confirmation position. if you're the head of the dhs you're supposed to be doing a lot of other stuff in addition to border protection. >> right. >> it's a whole job. cyberer is supposed to be a huge meese of it. the president is primarily interested right now in the border crossings piece of it, but if the department of homestand security secretary stopped doing all the other stuff, someone else would have to pick up the slack. >> and the deputies are going to be forced out so have another agency where you'll have staffing -- experienced staffing issue. >> he has a strategic decision which is does he take the person he wants to be the face and the voice of the border stuff and make them the next dhs, or does he come up with some different role for that person and make the dhs the person who handles all this other stuff for the acting, for the gentleman who will step into that role now? this is an opportunity to be up front wit

and bannon asked ross to meet with kris kobach, another anti-immigrant, in this case, politician, anduppressing voting rights in his state of kansas. kobach and ross, we're not sure what they talked about, but after this meeting, ross starts asking the justice department to provide him with a justification for adding this citizenship question to the census. so, you see these right-wing anti-immigrant figures, really try to influence the government. and you know, the census is a very short form. it only has ten questions on it. we have not asked a citizenship question since 1950. and the census bureau itself had found that there was a lot of concern among immigrants, among people who live with immigrants about answering a question about citizenship at a time when they have a lot of reason not to trust the government. >> so the trump administration argues that people who are here illegally should not have the right to participate in it. help us understand why it matters to every american and everyone who drives on a highway, sends their kid to a public school. >> so since the american f

there are some names being kicked around, including kris kobach, the kentucky secretary of state, andccinelli, the former official in the state of virginia and also cnn political commentator, as well. jake? >> i've heard a lot of republicans, abby, talking about how they think cutting -- shutting down the southern border will be a horrible idea, because it will be a self-inflicted wound on the united states' own economy. what type of economic impact would a border closure have? >> reporter: jake, that argument is also being made within the white house. officials briefing the president over a period of months about these economic impacts. and let me just show you a little bit of what we're talking about here. mexico is the second largest trading partner for the united states, as of this moment. and 78%, almost 80% of u.s. exports go to mexico by truck or rail. so we're talking over that southern border. mexico also accounted for almost half of the agricultural produce that comes across the border. and that's not even talking about the flow of people. people who work in the united state

i would anticipate we hear a name and the names you heard before like a kris kobach or others may be the kinds of names that we're going to hear which is, you know, people who are less concerned with effective government and more concerned with ideology and kirstjen nielsen, ironically, you know, is, you know, despite being the face of almost some of the horrors you and i have and all of us have been talking about over the last couple years including with family separation will find herself without an agency to run. without an administration defending her and with a public and private sector that is not likely to take her back nicely. and she must have known that. but that's sort of where she finds herself tonight. >> looking on cbp's website and they say commissioner kevin mcaleenan was sworn into his current role as customs of u.s. border protection march 20th, 2018, so he comes obviously within the system. >> yeah. >> he's been serving as acting commissioner, prior to serve that he was serving in that position since january 2017. so, boy, he has a big load on his shoulders now, sa