demonize trump. and the two democratic candidates such as joe biden and corey c booker both promised thy would like to beat up trump, use physical violence, and they re running for the united states. if you or i walked out with a beto hat or elizabeth warren hat, nobody was touch us, but walk out with a maga hat. and jesse smollett can completely fake line and it just become as punch lean duct matter. he will probably go on and get another good acting job and his contrary will go on and it will be forgot about just like the covington catholic stuff that gets forgotten about and trump will be painted as the angry, seethe gig and as we just talked about, they re trotting out lend dah czar sour with bernie sanders campaign.
too, laura, because the two democratic candidates such as joe biden and cory booker both promised they would like to beat up from, use verdict on my physical violence. if they are running for president of the united states. you know if we walked out with elizabeth warren hat, no one would touch us. we put on a red hat, we know it s going to happen, so it s ironic all the way around. shannon: and we re still people like jussie smollett and then it just becomes a punch line and it doesn t matter. he will probably go on and get another good acting job in his career will go on. it will be forgotten about. the covington it will get forgotten about and meanwhile, trump will be painted as the guy who s the angry seething guy and meanwhile, there trotting out linda sarsour with bernie sanders campaign, talk about hateful.
shakeups there. so he went from one acting job. he is now running the cbp, not i.c.e. both jobs temporarily, mind you. so now the deputy is temporarily running i.c.e. again because the agency s fifth acting chief under trump had to go run the cbp. cbp because that chief had to go temporarily run the entire department of homeland security. ooph. you may wonder is that any way to run the border amidst a migrant crisis. joining me now from the white house is nbc s hans nichols and phil rucker and an msnbc political analyst. and andrea mitchell and host of msnbc s andrea mitchell reports. hans, you re take white house so i want to start with you. you know, on one hand it s not a new story here, the president even brags about liking the actings. i alone can fix it, well, he alone is in charge.
the table. with all of that, the first day on the job for acting defense secretary mark esper. he was secretary of the army until friday, the day he was also officially nominated for the permanent secretary of defense position. because of quirks in the laws, he can only hold the acting job until july 30. he has to step down to go through the confirmation process. in his first five days of the job he goes to a nato meet. a big week ahead for the 2020 democrats with the first presidential debate set to kick off. he s going to cancel all $1.6 trillion for some 45 million people. it is a little bit crazy for people to do what they have to do, which is to get a quality
this, when the community says hey, collectively this is not how we should be doing business? yes, it speaks to how much authority people in those roles have. and it also gives the president more power because he is in a stronger position because he has people in acting jobs. why is this shanahan nomination stalled? it just hangs out there, to your point about where are the officials inside of the government? where is shanahan? that seems like suddenly, nbc news has reported the president suddenly soured on the person he picked for this. where does that stand? we re just not having a secretary of defense until 2020? it s up to the whims of the president. we have a secretary of defense, but not a confirmed secretary. emphasis on whims of the president. that s why the intel security is skeptical to disclose this contents. the private overtures, things he stated in the public rose garden or even helsinki are red flags they should be evident in being