mr. fernandez, i agree. but don't you find it interesting that it didn't hurt donald trump at all in the polls? what about that jenaveve? >> i will agree with jenaveve on this. >> yeah hold on a second too. i don't know when the latest poll was taken. you have to take some of that into account. >> within the last week. within the last week. i mean it came after his announcement on the 16th. >> well the story has been blowing up. >> yeah but not everybody is watching. i know this may be hard for cable networks and the news outlets to know but not everybody is watching every presidential announcement that comes out. and most people are not following it all that closely. so this has become a bigger story this week and we'll see how it reflects in the polls. >> great to have you with us tonight. appreciate your time. remember to answer tonight's question at pulls.msnbc.com/ed. ted cruise calls for what? supreme court elections? match that up with citizens united and what do you got? we'll have a round up of poli

mr. fernandez, your reaction to his depiction of people who come to this country. >> wow. i just have to say wow. i mean talking about mexicans and people of mexicanntionxican decent as rapists, criminals. el paso, texas, and san diego, california california both are border cities. as the complete myth. and frankly a disturbing myth that immigrants bring crime. quite the opposite is true. when we look at cities with large immigrant populations, they tend to be the safest in america. >> do you think the republicans need to distance themselves from that comment? >> i think anyone who seriously wants to be president of this country cannot be talking about a large block of the population of this country as rapists and criminals. >> that is disgusting and completely inappropriate. and i would hope that politicians of all stripes quickly come out to disown those comments. >> and your reaction to his comment saying that he would eliminate all of the executive orders that have been signed by this president on immigration? >> i think he's also flipping and flopping on this issue. b

mr. fernandez did not seem to be very open to consolidation at all and i guess based on the 2014 agreementhat the organizational charter which we were familiar with what has been done. have you met with anybody at the usda to figure out how we can consolidate effort between the usda, hud and efforts as well as the da after us. >> is a great question. i know we have had conversations in the past with rural housing service. of course we can get you details. >> i would like to see them because this is some rain that has been an issue since 2011 when the president started out on the course. >> the time of the gentleman has expired. mr. clay, ranking member. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you secretary castro for coming back. before you ask any questions let me personally thank you for the visits he made to st. louis and the state of missouri. we hosted with a newly minted promise on designation. today it is an unfortunate reality that a child's zip code has huge implications for life outcomes, including access to quality education, health care and transportation. hud is currently working to