[applause] president trump: this is tom selleck except better looking, right? [laughter] better looking. angel: thank you. my name is angel agnes. my family legally emigrated from hungary. we escaped during the revolution. we couldn't come to the united states as my mother planned because my father was born in yugoslavia. and they wanted us to stay. and because my mother said no they didn't allow us to come to , the american embassy. we went to -- we had the choice of south africa, austria or brazil. we went to brazil. and we lived there for 13 years trying to legally emigrate to the united states. when we emigrated to brazil, we wear state lists we didn't ate-less, we didn't belong anywhere because the government took our citizenship because we escaped. when we came to the united states, we were stateless. i'm very honored and proud to say this is my home, my country, and i will fight for this country until my death. thank you, law enforcement, border patrol, immigration, barbara, everybody that got me here today. and thank you for fighting this fight with us

[applause] >> this is tom selleck. [laughter] >> except better looking, right? better looking. >> thank you had. >> thank you, my name is angel mom agnes. my family emigrated from hungary, we couldn't come to the united states as my mother planned because my father was born in yugoslavia and wanted us to stay and because my mother said no, they didn't allow us to come to the american embassy. we went -- had a choice of south africa, austria or brazil. we went to brazil, and lived there 13 years trying to legally immigrate to the united states. when we immigrated to brazil, we were stateless. we didn't belong anywhere because the government took our citizenship because we escaped, and we came to the united states, we were stateless, and i'm very honored and proud to say this is my home, my country, and i will fight for this country until my death. thank you, law enforcement. border patrol. immigration. barbara, everybody that got me here today and thank you for fighting this fight with us because trust me, you don't want to walk in our shoes, and president trump,

[applause] >> this is tom selleck. extent better looking, right? better looking. >> thank you. >> thank you. i'm angel. my family immigrated from hungary. we escaped during the revolution. my father was born in yugoslovia. they didn't allow us to come to the american embassy. we went to -- we had a choice of south africa, austria or brazil. we went to brazil. we lived there 13 years trying to legally immigrate to the united states. when we immigrated to brazil, the government took our citizenship. when we came to the united states, we were stateless. i'm honored and proud to say this is my home, my country and i will fight for this country until my death. thank you law enforcement, border patrol, immigration, barbara. everybody that got me here today. thank you for fighting this fight. you don't want to walk in our shoes. president trump, thank you for always standing behind us. you are the biggest birthday present i got and i'm still waiting for that shovel to help build the wall at the border. i live in california. i would like to ask if you don'

. >> this is tom selleck. except better looking, right? better looking. >> nine people with tragic stories to tell then stepped up to the microphone and most of them, most of them told stories of how their loved ones were killed in traffic accidents. the president never mentioned any of the babies that he is holding under arrest in america tonight. joining our discussion now is "washington post" opinion writer jonathan capehart and maria teresa kumar. maria teresa, this was clearly an event staged to counter all the other information we've been getting from the southern border tonight and these were tragic, horrible stories that we heard about today, including the traffic deaths, no mistake about it. these drunk driving deaths. but it had nothing to do with the babies. it had nothing to do with the children. it had nothing to do with the girls that we're still not being allowed to see at the southern border. >> that's exactly right, lawrence. what the president is trying to do is basically taking a page bom what startedis election, which w