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i would like to say it's unamerican. but it's happening right now in america. >> reporter: president trump heads to capitol hill tuesday to talk immigration reform with house republicans. he blames the democrats. >> i hate the children being taken away. the democrats have to change their law. that's their law. enac t 2,000 children in shelters, their parents in jail. >> if i commit a crime and i'm put in jail, my four children are separated from their mother because we don't have a policy -- why would you want the children in jail with their parents? >> reporter: republicans say parents who come to a legal port of entry with claims of asylum are not supposed to lose their children. >> the administration needs to put an end to that right off. >> reporter: the trump administration denies it's using the children as hostages to get the border balarrder wall. >>> firstelania trump weighed in. her sswoman says she hates to see children separated from their families and hopes lawmakers can come together or reform. america needs

they called it the zero tolerance policy inhumane and unamerican. >> today, father's day, we spoke to fathers whose children have been ripped from their arms. who have no idea when or if they will see their children again. >> nearly 2,000 children have been separated from their parents under the immigration policy. five undocument immigrants died today in a crash involving an suv that was reportedly trying to escape the border patrol. they said the border patrol vehicles were chasing this vehicle near san antonio before deputies took over. the suv was going around 100 miles an hour when it ran off the road and rolled over of the most of the 14 passengers were believed to be undocumented. the driver and one praeng u.s. citizens. they are in custody. we'll have a closer look at the opposing views over the immigration crisis. that's tonight on world news on abc 7, right after this newscast at 5:30. >>> a number of suspicious grass fighters all happened last night with the largest fire burning a quarter acre of bush. firefighters extinguished up to ten small fires. >>> several water main

. >> children are b vd om their parents and cruel up necessary i would sa unamerican way. >> doctors and lawyers that visited these facilities say h the children areterical because they d know where fourth tender age shelter is set toon open in h. >> larry hogan and ralph northam ordered national guard soldiers to return home. thewo are among eight governor president supposeding or refusing to commit state military resources to state border security in employo te trump immigration policies. >> 4:31 is the time and continues to react to u.s. pulling out of united nation's human rights counsel. incomey haley called t counselll not worthy of his night citing chronic bias againstsr il. israel praisedhe desixingts haley lamb entered those accused of human rap right violations are all members of the counsel. some call itoyrnlt productive to american security. >> more security change from tsa the agency will ask foreign airrt sending flights to tous cut n any powders f ind carry on bags mostly containers size of soda cap. topsy wareness efforts aboutp the change and uming passenge keners in

unless there is evidence of abuse or another very good >> a policy that is unacceptable, unjust, unamericand unconscionable. >> congressional democrats working on legislation to end the practice, visit itted a detention facility in new jersey. we will not rest until we shut that policy down. >> first lady, melania trump weighed in today. through a statement. saying she hates to slieeesld. e adding that while this should be a country that follows all laws, it should also be a country that governs with heart. elaine. >> errol barnett, thank you. >>> a vehicle carrying any 1op iluded undocumented immigrants crashed today in big wells, texas, 100 miles southwest of san antonio. at least five people were killed. the county sheriff says the vehicle was being chased by border patrol agents when it crashed. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. >>> there was chaos in trenton, new jersey, overnight. when bullets started flying. at an all night arts festival. one of the shooters is dead. more than 20 are wounded. meg oliver has the the story. people flooded out of an art festival in trenton

. >> it is really unamerican to weaponnize children to stop unlawful immigration.ng the separation of children from parents is a threat deter immigration is harmful and inexcusable. >> reporter: now fort bliss and two other military installations here in the lone star state also being considered now for additional temporary housing units. that also from hhs. but we have not been able to get a clear answer on whether some of these new detention facilities will actually be more like tent cities. this is not actual structures like we've seen at that wal-mart super center but tents. hhs spokesperson saying some will be soft-sided structures with air-conditioning but wouldn't elaborate any further. shannon? >> shannon: all right, casey stegall for us live in dallas thank you. >>> meanwhile, house republicans going back to the drawing board these consider two immigration bills after president trump said this. >> i'm looking at both of them. i certainly wouldn't sign them. >> what's the bill have -- >> i need a bill that gives this country tremendous border security. i ha

it is unamerican. >> we will go live to the mexico border with the democrat leading a father's day march. >> he speaks and his people sit up in attention. i want my people to do the same. >> it's not a good place for any party to end up with a cult-like situation. >> has loyalty to the president trumped principle? >>> hello. i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is learning about another meeting. trump association roger stone tells the washington post that in may 2016 he met with a russian national who he says was offering dirt on hillary clinton in exchange for $2 million. he says he rejected the offer. he asks stone how crazy is the russians and stone answers wants big money for info and waste of time. the russian way. anything interesting? no. the revelation follows denials by stone that he had ever met with any russians during the campaign. >> i have never been to russia. i didn't talk to anybody who was identifybly russian during the two years up to this campaign. i very definitely can't think of anybody who might have been a russian without my knowledge stone a

it's unamerican, i said this yesterday, but increasingly donald trump is turning this nation into nazimany and turning these into concentration camps. it is deplorable, it's abhorrent and it is horrifying. it's totally against our american values. >> so john, how does the president defend that visual? how does the first lady who has now spoken out for the first time by way of her spokesperson who says she hates to see children separated from their parents is hoping both sides can come together and enforce the laws with heart. but then when you hear the descriptions like that from diane gallagher's point of view as well as other people who have been in these facilities who are saying people are lining the floors like carpets, and people are being held in cages, families, separated. >> melania is clearly throwing her political capital in to help it move and get a deal done in congress. >> how is she moving the needle? >> she's a very popular figure. >> she said the same thing her husband said, though. >> right, and her husband is saying, let's make a deal, letl. congress is going to be t

it's unamerican.necessary. >> ok b,ut come on, when is trump ever just remain quiet when verbal jabs being thrown, the white house maintains it's not their policy but the law. now, the president has blamed democrats for the situation, of course. today, counsel to the president, kellyanne conaway called both parties to finally work together on a situation and solution. >> is the presidenteadyo make that phone call to the attorney general t t dhso stop this policy >> t president is ready to get i meaningfuligration reform across the board, and chuck let me just telly you that nobod likes seeing babies ripped from their mothers's arms, mher's wo be frankly but we have to make sure that dhs laws are understood through the sound bite culture w live in. therare three circumstances by which dhs evaluates child at the boer. ones does this child have a amcustody dealilial relationship with the adult? nger?r two, is the child in any and plenty have been over time. some adults are using childre to gain access to

the art of justice to the heap of despair that is appalling and it is unamerican. liz: the white house responding this morning let's take a listen >> democrats are saying you can't deport them. you can't detain them. you can't prosecute them. the only thing you can do per a democrat is to release them into the interior without any ramification for what they've done by breaking our laws. it's absolutely incredible. they are only one of two things that can happen when they come here. you have to either release them into the interior of the united states as a family unit or separate the families. that's what the law says. this is up to the democrats they could fix this right now. the democrats decided to stand with people who are here illegally and unlawfully by the hundreds of thousands as opposed to hundreds of millions of american citizens. liz: all right, that is just flat out wrong. the law doesn't say that. there is no law that says this. it's discretionary. it only started two months ago choosing to criminally prosecute these illegal immigrant families coming i

that's unamerican. >> we'll go live to the mexican border with the democrat leading a father's day marchor families. >>> and cult of personality? president trump lavishes praise on dictator kim jong-un. >> he speaks and his people sit up at attention. i want my people to do the same. >> as one of his biggest republican critics say his party lives in fear of trump. >> not a great place for anybody to end up with a cult-like situation. >> has loyalty to the president trumped principle? >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is learning about another meeting between a russian national and a member of the trump team. trump associate, roger stone, now tells the "washington post" that in may 2016 he met with a russian national who he says was offering dirt on hillary clinton in exchange for $2 million. stone says he rejected the offer. the meeting was arranged by another member of the trump campaign, michael caputo, who followed up with stone in these text messages obtained by the "washington post." caputo asked stone, how crazy is the russian? stone answers, wa

. >> to separate families and put children in wirz situations is very unamerican. >> it's an absolute travesty of justice. >> parent abraham druker post-ed this invoit on facebook asking others to spend father's day protesting the policy of separating migrant families trying to enter the u.s. at the mexican border. >> and the fact that we are now wishing people trying to give their children a better life and trying to live the american dream that we all are living, is absurd. >> it breaks my heart. >> carina sanchez's husband caesar was recently detained by i.c.e. and risks deportation away from his kids. >> it sucks because my kids will be without their dad. >> shame on trump. >> the president blaming affects for the policy tweeting saturday can fix the forced family breakup at the border by working with republicans on new legislation for a change. today undocumented immigrants who cross the border illegal are charged with a crime instead of a civil offense so kids are taken away even those seeking asylum. the president is willing to ease up on the policy if he can get funding for th

. >> this is unamerican. it's like spitting in the face of god. >> reporter: another congresswoman said her mother was accidentally separated from her parents on ellis island and never quite got over it. >> it was traumatizing. that haunted her the rest of her life. >> reporter: she will be among that delegation that will go to texas on friday to see the facilities firsthand. congresswoman spears said there are also others going.. >>> >> ted cruz said he will introduce legislation this week to keep kids with their families. house republicans are working on two bills that also address the separation issue. >>> the fight over california's gas tax hike is ramping up. drivers have been paying more for seven months now but voters will probably get the chance to get rid of the tax and that has some democrats worried. >> there are people, millions across this state that have moved farther and farther away from their place of work in order to be able to get a house they can afford. then the legislature slaps them wit

some saying it's unamerican. and now the administration isus gettingh back from its own party. house speaker paul ryan telling reporter he's not comfortable with the separation of parents and children.ma oklaenator mark langford tweeting video of him telling sknsti constituent he'sg the white house to do everything to keep the families together. >> the white house is defending the policy. attorney general jeff sessions said it doesn't grant migrants from immunity quoting the bible as>>ustification. i would cite the apostle paul in his clear and wise command in rons 13 bey the laws of the government because god hash ordained government for his purposes. >> white housere press secry sarah sanders later doubled down sayingt's, quote, very biblical to enforce the law. also thursday the house gop's leader a draft of the immigration bill would stop the tion of families in exchange for billions of border security nds. speaker ryan says he hopes to bring it to a vote next week. >> now to the explosive inspector general report from the justice department, a 568-page scathing document uh

>> reporter: they spoke out calling the policy unamerican, unchristian, and inhumane. those are powerful words that a lot of people are agreeing with, especially after hearing that heart breaking audio of the children calling out for their families. >> to use children as a pawn in a game of economics and trade policies is immoral and unethical and it defeats what we stand for as a country. >> reporter: a country that is actively prosecuting adults crossing its borders illegally, a practice that is being felt and feared in places like san jose, santa teresa catholic church. >> there are migrant workers and undocumented people in this county. some come to this parish. >> reporter: he said it is not just separation. children are suffering. but san francisco republican leader howard epstein says it's a price that needs to be paid. >> it's unfortunate, but it's necessary to -- we have to stop the tide of people coming in illegally. if they know that's going to happen, less people will be coming. >> reporter: he disagrees. he says people will find a way to come to the u.s. i

it's unthinkable and i believe iteally is unamerican. >> you have now banned state agencies in colorado from using state resources to support any hearing reports of kids, young kids being shipped up to, for example, michigan, if your state's resources are needed. will your state -- will colorado except separated kids who need a place to go? >> well certainly. we're not going to turn kids out on the street. >> okay. >> but we're going to do everything we can to be part of the solution and not continue the problem. and i think that's the real challenge here is there should be a sense of urgency. i think what the trump administration's trying to do, there are problems with exports and nafta, all our trade agreements now all of our agricultural producers are having a hard time finding markets for cheese and for other economic products to go out. if you look, they just took away preexisting conditions for our health insurance. so someone is, you know, of the 130 million people that have preexisting conditions, now they if they switch jobs they might be unable to get health insurance. all the

. >> the members of the president's own party say the policy is unamerican. >> former first lady laura bush wrote our government should not be in the business of warehousing children in converted box stores. >> evangelicals, people like franklin graham calling it disgraceful, cardinal dolan called it unjust, the pope tweeted this. children must be able to play, study and grow in a peaceful environment. woe to anyone who stifles their scwhroiful impulse to hope. >> trevor: damn, even the catholic church is judging you for how you treat children, you done [bleep] up. (applause) and it's not hard, it's not hard to see why anyone with a soul is up set, right. we've all heard the stories about trawmized children, the federal government deporting parnltds but keeping their kids. we have even seen images of how homeland security is holding some of these children in cages. there is no way you can defend it unless you work at fox & friends. because i don't know if you guys know this, but apparently that cage is not a cage. >> we got from the border patrol some of the eu78 am-- images inside the

. >> this is unamerican. it's like spitting in the face of god. >> congresswoman anna esue said her own mother was accidentally separated from her parents on ellis island and never quite got over it. >> it was traumatizing. that haunted her the rest her life. >> the congresswoman will be among that congressional delegation that will go to texas on friday to see those detention are also others going, about eight of her constituents boarding a plane to make their voices heard on the border. joe vazquez, kpix5. >>> first ladies from across the political spectrum are speaking out tonight. >> separating families is not mandated by law at all. that is an outright lie. is >> laura bush wrote in a washington post op ed, " this zero tolerance policy is cruel, immoral and it breaks my heart." michelle obama retweeted the article and added, " sometimes truth transcends party," and current lady melania trump is also weighing in tonight. she says she hates to see children separated from their families and that the u.s. mu

. >> reporter: some lawmakers calling president trump's zero tolerance policy inhumane and unamerican. >> there's no policy justification for this. it's all political. >> reporter: today undocumented immigrants who cross the border illegally are being charged with a criminal offense instead of a civil offense, so their kids are being taken away, even those individuals seeking asylum. many of the kids seen sleeping on mats at this facility in mcallen, texas where families are being held. trump's former chief strategist, steve bannon, pushing the white house agenda on "this week." >> the morality is the law. they're criminals when they come across illegally and that's why they're getting separated. >> reporter: first lady melania trump commenting for the first time publicly on this issue. she believes we need to be a country that follows all laws but also a country that follows with heart. even former first lady, laura bush, blasting the policy, writing an op-ed in "the washington post," i live in a border state. i appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries

. >> to separate families and put children in wirz situations is very unamerican. >> it's an absolutesty of justice. >> parent abraham druker post-ed this invoit on facebook asking others to spend father's day protesting the policy of separating migrant families trying to enter the u.s. at the mexican border. >> and the fact that we are now wishing people trying to give their children a better life and trying to live the american dream that we all are living, is absurd. >> it breaks my heart. >> carina

. >> this is hardly an unamerican or divisive idea. >>

audio disturbing. [ child crying ] >> reporter: critics to the zero tolerance policy are calling it unamericans congress member said the president is turning the american dream into the american nightmare. dave and christine. >> nick, thank you for that. that audio hard to listen to. microsoft urging the trump administration to change the policy. will other companies do the same? microsoft speaking out after its working relationship with i.c.e. revealed. i.c.e. uses microsoft software with facial recognition. i.c.e. is not a new client, but a blog post of the relationship surfaced on monday. sweeping microsoft into the firestorm into the trump administration immigration policy. microsoft denounced that policy. calling on past legislation and ensuring children are not separated from the families. the rise of conscience capitalism. putting their support behind social issues like gay marriage and gun control and immigration. this would be a front in the corporate activism. >>> the white house is threatening tariffs on $200 billion in chinese goods. this follows the $50 billion it announced last w

families at the border, but before that, many companies spoke out against that policy calling it unamerican. facebook, uber, jpmorgan chase and many ceos coming out saying this should end. this is not all about the american dream. >> the question is will congress do anything about it? the executive order comes as the house prepares to vote on actual immigration legislator today. on the table is a moderate and a conservative bill. ahead of the votes, tensions boiling over on the house floor. take a look. this rarely happens. mark meadows says the bill is not ready for primetime. unloading on house speaker paul ryan. congress member carbello says he thinks conservative critics of the bill are trying to blow it up at the last minute. does the moderate bill have the votes? let's go to phil plmattingly. >> reporter: christine and ryan, if this bill served as a pressure release valve for republicans on capitol hill, at least on the near term, another issue came to the forefront. one the trump administration delivered a full court pressure on. they are supposed to vote on that today. this is a bil

democrats here in texas that i've spoken to say that's disingenuous and the president's policy is unamerican. this as we're seeing new pool numbers with the majority of americans disapproving of this policy. two third of americans saying they don't like what they're seeing. we've seen laura bush come out with an op-ed and we've heard melania trump on this issue. kate. >> thank you, nick. joining me now dana and chris. first it was the images of the children. now as nick is playing for us it's the sounds of children being separated from their parents. then add to that the reports from the "new york times" and "washington post" that donald trump and folks around him see -- always see immigration as an issue working for them. one quote from the post was if we're having an argument on immigration we always win because that's our ground. no matter what the nuances of the argument are. what are you hearing? >> look, the raw politics of this, they're right. when you -- cryou played some o what fox news has been reporting. when their supporters hear in the chamber of radio and fox news that this is

this is the reason you are seeing such an incredibly huge and broad outcry from the this policy is unamerican and complete kl appalli appalling. the reason i don't think this new plan is going to work -- i hope it does -- is that the first wave of emigrants that were separated from their children, when their children were taken from them, there was no record of who these kids were. a lot of these children were less than two years old. a lot of them couldn't speak english, a lot of them couldn't speak at all. so how are you going to put these togetherment. they are like internment camps during this. all of these parents' claims, we're going to need many more immigration judges. when you have the president saying hiring these immigration judges is a waste of money and a waste of time, it underscores just how heartless and soulless he is and his supporters are, but just how incredibly foolish they are in terms of the immigration law and what those families were being held. those that were perpetrated by eleanor roosevelt, those were american citizens who were abused because they were suspected o

et he said it's unamerican, you're protesting the flag.uld say it's an attack. >> at the end of the day, the problem here is this does have a reality game show feel to it where people with power can get their faces seen here. he's obviously given pardons for people who are deserving, who is undeserving. >> i also don't know if he hit the planet dutont, and is the next point of. i don't know how you hit resolution with this, especially because we're getting into a new football season next month. the president takes offense very easily, and people will switch up their play because this is going to be a much calmer communication and what's behind is this and the president shows that he reacts. did he reach out? the president said he didn't want a summit of all the white players. he doesn't get. do you want to know the most complicated thing? the gift, when we return. there is a history of injustice in this country that goes back to the very first day. but there's also a history of people pushing for justice. when we think about fighting the i

. >> reporter: across the country pressure is mounting, ptesters calling the policy unamerican. >> we want a great country. >> reporter: while president trump says that by strengthening the border he's only making t country safer. back here live on capitol hill we're expecting president trump to be in that meeting with reblican lawmakers for another 30 to 45 minutes or so. republicans have said that are all in favor of keeping families together and they hope to some sort of solution by the end of the week. politically ty're also u against another time crunch. we're talking about the midterm elections. election day less than five months from now. >> this is getting hotter, this issue and it's not going blayne alexander, thank you. local lawmakers are taking action too. today the governors m ofyland and virginia pulled national guard resources from the border. virginia governor ralph northam and larry hogan made a similar immigration ing enforcement needs to focus on criminals, not separating innocent children from their families. > close to home families are gathering at a local park w

many oft (crying) children are being f separatedrom their parents in cruel unnecessary i would say unamerican w a. we better than that. we are so much better. what country is that? the president does have the power right now to t reversehe policy that he put in place six weeks ago. weant to e the us the legal authorities aiving reurceso detainem andove the legalig immtion families and bring them back to their country. virginia cgressman don buyer represents the eighth district. he talked to immigrants being retained locally w have seen their children being taken away from them. evan mbert joi us live with the latest tonight. >>reporter: congressman buyer visited an iceacility in anne arrundel, maryland. he toredndt today spoke with parents who re teaking asigh lem h andave been separated from their children. he posted his reaction in a video on twitter. this is it. after lots of phone calls and e-mails back and forth with ice and the wail wee allow to come inrn here this oon a. we spent about an ur with two of the detainees. representative buyer met with two men, carlos and mario. he't no sha

it's so unamerican, and i saw conservatives on twitter yesterday stating the obvious. saying the right thing. talking about how unamerican it is to use trump's centralized state to say "i'm going to destroy your company." look what he has done to amaz he's lied, pressured improperly the post office to try to do anything he can to destroy amazon, because he doesn't like the "washington post." no. this is a president clearly out of control. this is a president who is shattering constitutional norms, this is a president who does not deserve the support of conservatives. whether he has it or not. he's not a conservative. >> there's a little something for everyone in what this president is doing at this point. if you love this country and you're concerned about where 's ing. we'll turn now to the supreme court and the travel ban. >> let's go to the supreme court which has given president trump a major political victory. ruling to uphold the travel ban. the justices ruled 5-4 yesterday to allow the ban after a series of federal court rulings previously had invalidated or ale

cardinal bishop, one of leading voices in the united states, call it unbiblical and unamerican. and the tucson archbishop has done something that i have not heard in many, many, many years about a political issue. he suggests ecumenical penalties, in the catholic church, taking away your right to go communion, it is pretty hard to overstate what that means within the catholic faith. what is it the white house thinks is appealing to his base. is it that bad actors will come over the border and are going to murder americans? no everybody is trying to down play that there have been murders. having said that, there are plenty of analysis that says this just isn't what the administration says it is. >> crime among immigrants is lower than native born americans. >> a number of things that resonates with his base. why are they allowed in our country at all if he says, they'll be murderers and thieves? he is playing on those fears. he is talking to the base that says people shouldn't be allowed to come in illegally. if frams broken up because of it, in this view, it is the responsibilit

it was an unamerican activity. beyond his ecochamber. and i'm glad that they've spoke up. i'm glad now that they're speaking out more publicly. to the question of what congress needs to do now, well, 1st we have to understand exactly what this executive order is to see if it has left some of the immediate and critical issues unaddressed. but, in the big picture, i can tell you the first year that i was in the senate of the united states, we passed comprehensive immigration reform with 68 out of 100 votes. we sent it over to the house. of course, it languished there. we can do this. but we should address all of these critical issues. the dreamers. the dreamers need to have certainty. they need to have a path to citizenship and the only country they have ever known as home. but we also need to fix numerous things. that includes smartboarder security. we can do this. it's awfully difficult to do at this time of year. >> but here's a question for democrats. you hear the president now, on a lot of topics, included looki

families at the border, but before that, many companies spoke out against that policy calling it unamerican. facebook, uber, jpmorgan chase and many ceos coming out saying this should end. >> let's talk about the politics of all of this. let's bring in daniel lippman. daniel, tha for being here. >> of course. >> i want to put up on the gr n screen of the backtrack of what the officials said about the zero tolerance policy from the white house. kirstjen nielsen -- oh, we will play this. take a listen. >> congress alone can fix it. congress can fix it tomorrow. >> only congress can fix this issue. >> fundamentally we are enforcing the law. >> we want congress to do their part. >> he can do it through executive order. >> only congress can do it. the president said a week ago i cannot do this through executive order. how is he able to do it with executive order yesterday, daniel? >> i guess they have been able to use their lawyers to find a way in the constitution to do that. you will not have democrats file a lawsuit against the trump white house and say you cannot do it through executive orde

. >> reporter: across thesuountry pres is protesters calling the policy unamerican. >> we want a great >> reporter: while president trump says that by strengthening the border he's only making the country safer. back here on capitol hillay republicanshat they are all in support of keeping families together and at least one senator, john corn cornyn says they hope to mt a solution by the end of the week. >> thanks, blayneet >>> go to break news now here at home. theovernors of maryland and virginia both polled their state and national guares resou away from the southern border because of the child and parent separation policy. both state have four guard members and one helicopter. virginia governor ralph northham said he will not support a policy. in a tweet this afternoon governor larry hogan says until the policy of separating children from their families has beenrescinded, maryland will not deploy any national guard resources to the border. >>> we know the story matters a lot to you. stay with news 4 over the next three hours for continuing coverage of ths cri at the border. plus on

. >>> inhumane, unamerican.se are just some of the words being used to describe new immigration practices where federal authorities pull children away from their parents at the southern border. right now democratic lawmakers are holding demonstrations in texas and new jersey. lawmakers in new jersey even demanding to get to be allowed inside the facilities. they were met by police. this after homela security announced 2,000 children have been separated from their parents in a six-week span. president trump says hates what's happening and fal blames democrats, saying his hands are tied. >>> and breaking news just moments ago, first lady melania trump weighing in, her spokesperson telling cnn, quote, mrs. trump hates to see children separated from her families and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform. she believes we need to be a country that follows all laws but also a country thatns with heart. let's bring in cnn correspondent polo sandoval. polo, what

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this is a backward and unamerican policy that fails to improve our national security.that a policy or is it the democrats' efforts this time trying to use the issue, the courts and immigration, to motivate their base. >> democrats are not running on the courts, they're running on health care and the opioid crisis and they're running on all these other issues. they're following the virginia model much more than what chuck schumer is saying about this. there is a policy argument to point to these restrictions and say they make no sense. there are a lot of countries with major extremism problems that aren't on this list. you could actually make a national security counterargument. that's not going to motivate a ton of voters, i suspect, but they're turning out in better numbers because of judges. twitter is running on merrick garland, but democrats across the country are not running on the judges, and i don't think this changes that. >> he's meeting at the white house. he's talking about his victory with the travel ban from the supreme court. he's also talking about zero

i want my people to do the game. [ audience groaning ] >> jimmy: right, nothing unamerican about thatall he wants from us is when he speaks, we sit up at attention. steve doocy does it, is it too much to ask? the reason people sit up at attention for kim jong-un, if they don't, he'll feet them to an alligator. i pay more attention to him than i do my own children, okay? [ laughter ] these comments this morning created quite a covfefe, so much so that trump was asked to clarify what he meant by the fake news team at cnn. >> what did you mean just now when you said you wished americans would sit up at attention -- >> i'm kidding, you don't understand sarcasm. wait, wait, who are you with? you're with cnn? >> jimmy: you guys, stop calling me out on my words! trump also lied even more brazenly than usual about what might be his administration's most despicable action to date, and that is taking children away from their parents at the border. this is a policy he implemented. but here's what he had to say about that. >> i hate the children being taken away. the democrats have to change thei

the question becomes at what point are they simply becoming an arm of people who are acting in an unamerican and should the aclu be putting money into defending that kind of speech. that's a good question. >> greg: i once shouted theater in the middle of a fire. >> candace: could it inflict harm and should they be doing more to certain kinds of speech. >> kennedy: can you feel harmed by someone's type of speech that does not mean that someone has harmed you. the aclu in defending the first amendment was objectively defending something that was an umbrella that covered everyone. but now there are groups that take these slights subjectively and say regardless of intension, this has hurt me. and i internalize it this way. it becomes the application of subjective group think. and that becomes the marginalizing principle now. because if you have certain aspects that you no longer defend, because you are worried that they are going to offend certain people, that means that it is an unbalanced application of what your charter is meant to do and what the aclu was meant to do in the first place. that

that is unamerican. that's something that does not happen in this country.an absolute disgrace that rudy giuliani, who used to work in the justice department, is talking that way. >> he was once the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. at the time, he was pretty much respected. what do you think has happened? >> that's a great question. i don't know. i mean, i think this guy is just -- he has become indoctrinated or indoctrinated himself in the trump approach. and he is just disgracing himself over and over again. putting aside the whole issue just the stuff he gets wrong. the unethical use of -- or suggested use of the criminal justice system is something that will tarnish his legacy forever. >> stick around. we will continue this conversation. more breaking news we're following. the president's former campaign chairman sent to jail. what does that mean for mr. trump? is rudy giuliani sending a signal to paul manafort and others about his reported comments about presidential pardons? >>> the breaking news tonight, paul manafort sent to jail

and we have to understand how an -- antithetical that is and how deeply unamerican it is.he greatness of george washington was that he was the first person in thousands of years who could have been a king, could have been an emperor, and he said, no, i will be a president with limited powers. and after a time of service, i'll go home. he established a precedent that the institution is bigger than the man, that the system is bigger than the office, and that the constitutional democracy bequeathed to all of us by our founders and paid for with the blood of patriots for 200 plus years. donald trump is asserting that he's no longer a president, but, in fact, a king whose powers are unlimited. that is the plain meaning of this legal memo. it is the singularly most disturbing thing ever articulated by an agent of a president of the united states with regard to presidential power, far exceeding any claims that richard nixon once made about the power of his office. >> katty kay, what's your view on what steve is laying out right there? >> it's not exactly government by the people

. >> i would like to say it is unamerican. but it is happening right now in america. it is on all of us. >> this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day". it is monday, june 18th. 6:00 here in new york. this is our starting line. the white house chose this. five words you have to remember as we learn some 2,000 children have been separated from their parents at the border. the white house chose this. the administration's decision to enact a zero tolerance policy on undocumented immigrants crossing the border has led to children, as young as 4 years old, held in structures that some say look like cages. the white house chose this. first lady laura bush said it is cruel. the president has lied about this, calling it a democratic policy. it is not. you can argue the merits if you want, which is attorney general, chief of staff and former chief strategist have all done. you cannot argue what caused it to happen. the white house chose this. >> so over the weekend

i spoke with nancy pelosi who said the bills are unamerican and they are essentially trying to shame president as well as the republicans. the republicans see this a lot a pressure especially former first lady laura bush as a game changer coming out with the op-ed criticizing the immigration policy. they are desperate to get something to resolve the family separation issue. the conservative bill that is going to come up is very unlikely to pass. that does not create path to citizenship for daca recipients. the one that went back in forth in terms of whether or not the president will sign off on it has a couple of things they think they can grab on to including $25 billion for border security, ending diversity visa lottery program as well as creating a path to citizenship for daca recipients and addressing the family separation piece but only partly. what will we expect in the next 24 to 48 hours? 3:00 today you have senators from the appropriations committee meeting behind closed doors with the president to talk about the expense and cost of the border wall. what can they sign off on

it's illegal, it's unconstitutional, it's unamerican, and we'll continue to see the trump administrationn court. >> maura healey, congresswoman of massachusetts. >>> one of the democrats in washington, we've got steve kornacki on deck next. stay with us. a bachelor. and that's how he intended to keep it. then he met the love of his life. who came with a three foot, two inch bonus. for this new stepdad, it's promising to care for his daughter as if she's his own. every way we look out for those we love is an act of mutuality. we can help with the financial ones. learn more or find an advisor at massmutual.com >>> on top of everything else, it is election night in seven states around the country tonight. that has produced some breaking news of national significance from new york state. democratic congressman joe crowley is on the verge of being turfed out tonight. congressman crowley has been in office for 19 years. he is the fourth ranking democrat in the house of representatives. he had an eye on becoming speaker of the house if things had worked out that way. but tonight he appears to b

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that's why being a communist could be thought of as unamerican. but beyond ideology, there has always been, be even in america, a more emotional conception of the nation. and immigration has become a proxy for that gut feeling, the sense the country must be able to define itself, choose whom it will allow to come in, and privilege its own citizens over foreigners. in politics, people remember a few simple things. to illustrate that point, a poster in the 1980s once told me a story. a focus group asked a man whom he would vote for in the 1984 elections. ronald reagan or his democratic opponent, walter mondale. reagan, the man replied. monday dale is a communist. it was explained this wasn't actually true. the man replied, well, maybe. i'll still vote for reagan. one thing i know, nobody has ever thought he was a communist. donald trump might have lost this round, but no one will ever think he is soft on illegal immigration. for more, go to cnn.com/fareed and read my "washington post" column this week. and let's get started. >>> the policy of separa