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Tried to link the request for secret evidence in the russia probe with an outstanding subpoena. the chief justice agreed that access to robert muellers grand jury material and a subpoenaar separate issues. the grand jury material involves criminal issue and the suspect is a civil enforcement issue. so the mcgahn case has been assigned to another federal judge and the court action could go beyond the 2020 election. that conflicts with chairman nadlers public statements about moving quickly and vo...

Crime. youd have to have a specific person youre charging. theres nothing here that would cause the mayor of oakland to be worried about criminal prosecution. its more of a political issue that shes interfering with what they want to do politically and trying to tamp that down. >> what do can you see as the biggest enforcement issue here for the administration in terms of doing this when it comes to the separation of families and children. we had the former i.c.e. director on with the obama admi...

5,000to 6,000 troops south to protect their border, that is question what are the troops actually going to be doing? so we dont know at this stage because everything is wrapped in a mystery that trump says is coming later. all we do know is that the mexicans at least of this weekend claim there is actually nothing that new on the table. they concede a lot of great talks points to the white house because donald trump was trapped. he had promised a tariff. everyone if not democrats, republicans to...

What do you think is behind the rise now for the third year in a row, and i think were probably expecting that in 2018 those numbers will show yet another rise just based on our reporting? >> i think that the far right has targeted individuals in each of the sort of categories where weve seen rises, and thats the reason for the increases. >> what happens next? what do you do about it? on one hand is this an enforcement issue or is it something else? is it about our political tone? >> i think pol...

You heard in early day some members of this administration saying this is an enforcement issue, within the provenance of the commerce department, then youve seen some erosion. what exactly is president trump proposes happen here? >> well, right now the administration is proposing a lighter penalty for the company. they argue this will be very strict a significant fine. they have said these are two separate issues but i think if you look at the presidents own statements and the statements of some...

Thats what secretary ross -- this is an enforcement issue. its not trade issue. we didnt agree to any idea pro quo secretary ross will make sure the enforcement issue is in. but in a way thats good for american companies and im not going to go through the discussions on the enforcement issue. that was completely independent of our trade negotiations. >> chris: but we just had the sound bite of president trump saying its a small component of the overall deal. he seems to be linking zte with the t...

What secretary ross did. this is an enforcement issue. its not a trade issue. weit didnt agree to any idea po quo. secretary ross will make sure that the enforcement issue is in. but in a way thats good for american companies and im not going to go through the discussions on the enforcement issue. that was completely independent of our trade negotiations. >> chris: but we just had the sound bite of president trump saying its a small component of the overall deal. he seemsl. to be linking zte wih...

This is an enforcement issue. its not trade issue. we didnt agree to any idea pro quo secretary ross will make sure the enforcement issue is in. but in a way thats good for american companies and im not going to go through the discussions on the enforcement issue. that was completely independent of our trade negotiations. >> chris: but we just had the sound bite of president trump saying its a small component of the overall deal. he seems to be linking zte with the trade talks. >> again, the pre...

Guard troops you send to the border or how high a wall you build, the actual pushes and pulls of migration need to be addressed. its not simply an enforcement issue. >> all right. leon rodriguez, steve cortes, thank you. coming up next, a look at president trump and his diehard political base. why does he feel the need to play so strongly to his supporters? well show you that ahead. a car you can command when youre nowhere near it... does that require mind-control? no. just some mind-blowing e...

That president trump didnt get what he wanted. he didnt get the kind of border wall he wants. he didnt get the kind of law changes that he wanted. and so theyre showing up. by the way, theyre being far more skillful in manipulating our process. what i mean by that is many of them now are claiming asylum status whereas that was a very minuscule number in times past. so theyre getting smarter about it. >> leon, i want you to respond. >> theyre not -- i mean theyre not merely responding to incentiv...