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and yeah, we're going to have sabrina singh as well on our show in the next hour.r that. joining us now for more on the trump administration's immigration crackdown is krish o'mara vignarajah, president and ceo of global refuge and former obama white house policy director. krish, good to see you. so let's get into this because in addition to more troops at the border, the trump administration threw out policies protecting sensitive locations, including schools, daycares, churches. what does this say to newly arrived immigrants who may have fled violence for places where their children and families can be safe? what are parents supposed to tell kids when the administration uses military aircraft to carry out deportations? this could have. >> a. >> profound impact. >> on immigrant. >> communities and. >> the broader public. and, you know. >> we are hearing. >> from immigrant families. who they're scared, the chilling effect that this was intended to have. it's working, and it's sad when you see changes like the sensitive locations of churches, hospitals, schools now

sabrina singh will be speaking to reporters live on c-span 3. >> on behalf of the department, we are thinking of the families of those who were killed and those who were injured and the people in new orleans after the horrific attack that occurred on new year's day. officially, we are tracking the explosion of a cybertruck outside the hotel in las vegas. secretary austen has been closely monitoring both situations and is actively engaged in providing updates to the president and homeland security leaders as needed. to date, no dod support has been requested in response to either incident in either new orleans or las vegas. on january 1st, the national guard was activated to provide support to the new orleans office of homeland security and emergency preparedness. for additional information on the support, please reach out to the louisiana national guard. we will continue to closely monitor the situations and stand ready to assist our interagency partners if needed. looking ahead, throughout the month of january, the department will support our interagency partners for three high-prof

joining us now is the former deputy press secretary for the pentagon, sabrina singh. >> sabrina, welcomea busy week. >> we're we're we're. still trying to take. >> it all in. >> hegseth is now our secretary of defense. i'd like. >> you to. >> hear what armed services. >> ranking member. >> jack reed had to say about. >> all of this. >> the senate is not considering a low level appointee right now. we are advising and consenting on. the nominee for. secretary of defense, and we cannot. risk installing a leader who may have a history that is exploitable by our adversaries. nor can we risk. confirming a secretary of defense who has shown. that he is. incapable of being responsible, accountable, and law abiding 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as that job. >> requires responsible. >> accountable. >> law abiding. what's the expectation with hegseth? i mean, i mean, what do senators and. dod personnel at this point, from, from your. >> understanding. >> think is going to happen next? >> well. >> look, i mean, he was just confirmed. so he's going to be walking into that building. >> i think w

sabrina singh, appreciate your time and taking the questions. thank you. sarah. all right. >> first on cnn. excerpts from a new book that details how donald trump got the questions for a fox news town hall in advance. a major breach of ethics. and we're on the ground in california, where three of the out-of-control fires that are raging continue to be 0% contained and prompting los angeles fire department to tell all off duty firefighters to report their availability. we will go back to los angeles in just a bit. >> hi, i'm ben. for almost 20 years, abacus life has been purchasing life insurance policies from seniors. and in just seconds, you can use the free calculator at abacus.com to learn what your policy might be worth. >> for many of my clients selling their life insurance to abacus was right for them and their estate plan. >> don't sell or lapse your policy without going to abacus pays.com first. there are no fees and no obligations. get the real value from your life insurance when you need it. with abacus, you'll find them in cities, towns and suburbs all

joining us now, former deputy press secretary for the department of defense, sabrina singh.gressman carlos curbelo of florida. he's an msnbc analyst as well. carlos, i want to start with you. of course, big day on the hill for trump's nominees. we'll start with kash patel, because i think there was a really fascinating thread that i saw between patel that we've seen from most of these other nominees to this idea of distancing from the very things that make them controversial picks in the first place. for patel. it was on january 6th and trying to soften his stance, even breaking. quote unquote, with the president saying that not that violent offenders shouldn't have been pardoned for what they did on january 6th. but i think it's a question of will people actually believe that just because they got nominated to these posts, they've suddenly changed their tune? what do you think? >> yeah. >> this is. the key. >> ali, because all. >> of these controversial nominees. especially the three we've seen this. >> week. if you know. >> their emphasis. >> their big. >> goal has been to

also with me, former deputy pentagon press secretary sabrina singh. joyce vance is a former u.s. attorney, law professor at the university of alabama and an msnbc legal analyst. good to have all of you here. sabrina, you know this topic so well. what's your reaction to the moves you've seen out of the trump administration, particularly the expanded use of the military to secure the border? >> look, under. >> the biden. >> administration. >> you did. >> see us send active. >> duty military to. >> the border to help. >> with what was going on down. >> there, sending. an additional 1500. >> to augment. >> what's already. >> happening down there. >> i mean, we've already seen. those numbers. >> at the border. >> go down in recent months. so i think the question that we really need to be. asking here. >> is, what. >> are these active duty. >> troops doing. >> and what are they being. >> pulled away. >> from in their longer term missions? >> and how. >> much of this is going to have an impact to readiness? because again, dod can can fill. >> in. >> some of these. >> gaps that dhs needs.