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Hazlitt. what is the president looking for? we will have more details on that in a moment. a new "washington post" report provided more details about the trump administrations plans to crack down on illegal immigration. memos detailing plans to hire thousands of enforcement agents and partner with local law enforcement to make sure moore, we are live for washington with more. >> reporter: this report comes from two draft memos. allegedly from homeland security for john kelly laying out the min...

It is going to have great consequences for the united states economy and starting with agriculture and mexico doesnt really have to put a tax on u.s. agricultural pructs. they have already ben to open markets with australia, argentina and brazil. so they can get their grain and their meat products are alternative sources. they would prefer to get them from the united states, but there are other sources. and that will be a big hit to u.s. ago gri gull chur. >> nbc news has obtained draft memos de...

Because there would be lawyers rushing to continue the old cases. >> so lets go to the two new draft dhs memos that question got a view of here. they outline policy implemench tags earlier. in those memos, they occur these. prosecuting parents helping their children to enter the u.s. illeg illegally, those trying to cross illegally could be returned to mexico to a wait legal proceedings, also part of the memos, hiring of thousands of additional enforcement agents, speeding up of deportation hear...

Political before its being principled, i think that can backfire. it can have the short-term and long-term consequences. and, you know, whether that was the case in this instance is unclear at this point. but it certainly doesnt smell right. >> bret: what about the obama administration action in filing suit against arizona? >> well, yeah. i mean, that certainly gives republicans, you know, this is a place where republicans can make a principled argument and say look, this is what the federal gov...

Appearances of being political before its being principled, i think that can backfire. it can have the short-term and long-term consequences. and, you know, whether that was the case in this instance is unclear at this point. but it certainly doesnt smell right. >> bret: what about the obama administration action in filing suit against arizona? >> well, yeah. i mean, that certainly gives republicans, you know, this is a place where republicans can make a principled argument and say look, this is...

>> well, they cant pass the immigration bill because democrats cant go along with a bill that doesnt have amnesty in it. theyre getting a lot of pressure from their base, particularly advocates for undocumented workers, that want to find a path to legalization. and since you cant get a bill passed, seeing what we can do by presidential action is a way of circumventing congress. they want to be secret, they want to be unilateral, instead of spending their time securing the border. jenna: but the ...

America." >> that is breathtaking something like that is on paper. >> a spokesman told fox that internal memos do the thinking that leads to important changes. some are adopted. others are rejected. draft memos do not equal and should not be equal to official action or policy of the department. we will not comment on predecisional memos. >> the director testified before the senate judiciary committee in may that while the administration has no "plans" to enact the policy in the memo they have di...

>> its clear that a lot of the part of case that the trump team is most worried about is the potential obstruction of justice charge related to his dealing with comey. what do you in those situations, you try to impeachment the credibility of both witnesses. the fact we are talking on a cable news brams two different set of draft memos shows me weve gotten to a stage where it is getting somewhere fast. these are legal strategies being aired in the court of public opinion now in advance of someth...

With russian officials. he shot that down. >> i can assure you. i have been approved to say this. the top levels of the intelligence community have assured me that that story is not only inaccurate. by the many grossly overstated and it was wrong. and there is nothing to it. reporter: he called that report complete garbage. there is no sign of this war with the media thawing anytime soon. arthel: president trump is releasing a new immigration order this week and a new "washington post" report is...

Clean water? just basic human things. im not happy about it. i dont also like the attack on the media. that to me is scary because i want truth to be out there, and hes not truthful. >> thank you guys so very much. thanks for your thoughts. thats some of what were hearing out here in los angeles, hundreds of people out here trying right now, marking their presidents day by protesting against the president. ali, back to you. >> gadi schwartz in los angeles. still ahead, demonstrations against p...