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Communities. surrogacy and egg and sperm donors and adoption. and cannot avail themselves automatically of birth right citizenship. were very worried for our members. >> youre worried about this leading to a larger goal, invoking birth right citizenship? >> well im worried that the population is larger than anyone is acknowledging. that is correct. i dont know if the 100 number theyre putting out includes dod civilians, for example, those are all mop laces we serve and were worried how this affe...

And that he was struck, and im going to quote here, by the degree to which our competitive military edge was eroding, including our technological advantage. we would have to focus on regaining that edge. do you think that mattis helped regain that edge in his time there? >> if he was here, i think he would tell you he certainly didnt get there, but he certainly tried. artificial intelligence, unmanned systems, use of lasers, cyber offensive and defensive capabilities and certainly exploring oppo...

Jillian: the trump administration will deploy service medals on the border. these troops deserve everything from us. we give thanks to them every day but why do you think this is special? >> they have been deployed during a time of national emergency. people need to understand working at the border, national security, not just humanitarian crisis. half of border patrol no longer on line, narcotics and this country, the dod is responsible for the national security crisis. >> do you expect push ba...

That picture up for a second. >> yikes awful. >> thats a classic picture. >> angela. >> i wish norman rockwell were still with us so he could actually do a -- do his version of that. lets bring in david ignatius and get his latest reporting on the summit and also with us, we have former dod official and from the graham talent, dr. evelyn farkas from the german marshall fund and a msnbc national security analyst. david, lets start with your reporting. again, as we said last hour it would be wonde...

>> you mentioned trump. hes the reason for the problem. its not like gds is a very complicated agency and a lot of people -- >> by the way, it is a complicated agency. it does have a lot going on. >> its a difficult agency. >> i think it still hasnt been fully put together. >> unlike doj. >> its not dod. >> having said that, the president pursuing totally irresponsible policies veering and being at the beck of stephen miller and other hardliners and backing off on the public relations but then w...

The numbers decline some, but just to decline 20% the last month if, 40% in the last couple months, its 100% because of president trumps decisions on the border, his agreement with mexico, his agreement with guatemala, his decision to put up more assets,dhs and dod on the border, the presidents making all the right moves. eric: theres been a 26% decline in guatemala. explain why thats so significant. can that also be placed in el salvador, do you think, and honduras? >> i think guatemalas the pl...

Possibly changing that lot back, because there are some things. i do wonder about having to do these red flag laws. its one thing to have, imagine having the courage to go in front of a judge and say, "hey, my cousin is --" in some ways you have to do it anonymously. have the ability to do it amount stomach anonymously. im a big proponent of giving them more resources. we are spending a lot of money on a lot of things. i think dod needs a lot of money. i am also protecting the country. a lot of ...

Are, but no, your question is on point. there is no way. weve seen them make promises before. you know, at the end of the day even something as simple as saying we denounce al-qaeda, they have been unwilling to do. theyre not going to do. and unless thats parking lot of this deal -- part of this deal, i dont think we should believe anything they say. their behavior, unlike ours over the last 18 years, has been completely the same, over 19 years. go ahead, im sorry. griff: the dod gave us a state...

But i am. i dont think it just ends at doj or with the fbi itself. i think this goes across dod, we are saying that, that they dont want to give information either viewed we are seeing a lot of agents choose to withhold information from congress and congress has got to hold people in contempt and, you know, but, right now, we are a fact was. i cant help but agree with you because you serve that, tom and i there, i get frustrated at the stonewalling we get from the administrations that are of the...

Doj or with the fbi itself. i think this goes across dod, we are saying that, that they dont want to give information either viewed we are seeing a lot of agents choose to withhold information from congress and congress has got to hold people in contempt and, you know, but, right now, we are a fact was. i cant help but agree with you because you serve that, tom and i there, i get frustrated at the stonewalling we get from the administrations that are of the same party and they reject documents a...