moments ago the white house secretary reiterated the president mindscape -- president mindscape statement aboard air force one. >> we have laid out pretty clearly what he was thinking. his statement lays out pretty clearly he believes in the department of justice and believes his son was singled out. >> trump calling the part in an abuse and miscarriage of justice, conflating hunter 's prosecution with a january 6th rioters. as press reported last night after the bidens spent thanksgiving together with his family on nantucket, the president issued a sweeping pardon for any and all offenses his son may have committed over the past decade including hunter's federal conviction for illegally buying a gun and his guilty plea for tax evasion, both of which he was scheduled to be sentenced for this month. the pardon into his dealings with ukraine and china when his father was vice president. we begin with managing editor carol lee who broke the story, peter baker traveling with the president in angola, former deputy assistant attorney general harry littman, and former federal prosecutor williams

meantime, we have new insights on trumped mindscape plans to deport millions of undocumented immigrants person of the year interview with time magazine, trump said, quote, i will only do what the law allows, but i will go up to the maximum level of what the law allows. it comes as nbc news reports the trump administration plans to scrap long-standing policy preventing ice from arresting undocumented people at sensitive locations like churches, schools, and hospitals. joining me now, once again, we have alexi mccammon, msnbc political analyst and host of the podcast in sync with alexi. thanks for coming back with us, and as we have donald trump also saying the law prohibiting the use of the military for domestic law enforcement quote does not stop the military if it is an invasion of our country. and i consider it an invasion of our country. how far can we expect them to push the limits, and how strong our existing safeguards? and by the way, is the word invasion clearly defined relative to this or not? >> yeah, i mean, it is tricky. of course i feel like any president-elect is not going