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An unclassified briefing warns of potential violence, possibly even today. cnn crime and justice correspondent is on capitol hill. set the scene for us ahead of this law enforcement briefing that were expecting to happen at any moment now. >> yeah. were going to hear from the chief of the capitol police. im sure there will be other law enforcement officials there as they talk about preparations for tomorrow, what theyre hearing, the concerns. we already have some idea from that memo we obtained ...

Fellow at the foreign policy research institute, and dr. irwin reidliner back with us as well founding the center for disaster preparedness. he advises us to public health. hes also a professor of pediatrics at the albert einstein college of medicine. good evening and welcome to you all. clint, given the urgency of tonights dhs warning, id like to begin with you. they tried not to cry wolf, as no one needs to remind you. theyre also a government agency so they have to watch out for their backsid...

Administration officials recommended last month, it is going to be one more instance where this white house essentially set an artificial deadline for themselves, like july 4th having 70% of the population vaccinated or, foreign policy, having troops out by september 11th, and then august 30th. another deadline they have placed on themselves that they wont be meeting. >> clint, back over to your expertise as we bounce around among these topics. part of the warning from dhs that got the attention...

Disaster preparedness, he advises us on public health, hes also a professor of pediatrics at albert einstein college medicine. good evening, welcome to you all clint, given the urgency of tonights dhs warning, i would like to begin with you they try not to cry wolf as no one needs to remind you, they are also a government agency, so they have to watch out for their backside with one six in mind, what do you reckon went into a warning like this and how worried are you about tomorrow or saturday f...

This was by far the most intractable, difficult issue i ever worked on in public life. if you go to any border congressional district, laretto, texas, for example, theyll tell you that we should be fair and humane to migrants. we should support daca and support the daca population. we should give people an opportunity for a path to citizenship if theyve been in this country for years. but they also want us to control our borders. we have to get control of our borders. 200,000 a month is a lot of...

Our reporter spoke to the secretary about this situation earlier morning. >> im sure youve seen the scenario 6,000 del rio, texas. hundreds and more huddled under a bridge. that is what a fair and inhue maim organization system supposed to look like? >> a fair and humane situation is how we address the situation of a large number of haitians arriving at our border and we will address it accordingly. >> im joined now by nbcs own reporting who covers the homeland security department. it feels we a...

Border. and blaming the biden administration, saying that agents are overwhelmed and then saying that it was actually customs and border protection with dhs that had asked the state of texas for resources to assist in the closure of these points of entry. dhs firing back yesterday, saying that that was not true. now, there might be a squabble here, between the federal government and the state government. local officials here say, look, there doesnt have to be anything other than solutions if eve...

It overwhelms the ability of dhs, the border patrol, i.c.e. to cope with the incoming. it saps the communities on the border. it saps catholic charities that are there doing their best to clothe and feed the migrants. and so -- and the recent decision of the u.s. district court in washington that dhs and hhs can no longer invoke the public health exception to send people back to mexico only complicates matters. we have to do something to enhance enforcement. longer term weve got to deal with the...

President has been tasked with the diplomatic aspect of this dealing with central america, and that requires a sustained engagement by whoever is responsible for this. youre correct. vice president -- then vice president biden took a great interest in central america. i personally traveled with him to central america. i personally met with the presidents in that region alongside vice president biden. it takes a sustained engagement over and over and over again. and so that would be my candid adv...

Humane than the policies of the trump administration? no critically thinking person could say migrants are being treated more humanely under biden than under trump. what we look at is incredibly strained dhs, assistant secretary and chief of staff for border security just resigned in it is past week or two and they did so reportedly out of frustration for what we are seeing at the border. this all goes back to how are we able to vet all these people, able to take on the responsibility of vetting...