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Isnt -- essentially youre saying this is a crisis that the president should have seen coming. the senate passed a bill. republicans have not supported that in the house, but a lot of people are pointing the finger saying if youre not going to support the senate bill, thats fine, but if you guys think this is such a problem then do something. >> so youre confusing two very important and distinct issues. one is border security which is necessary for -- >> im not confusion it. i,000 know theres an ...

Herself without the child. police say the baby is doing fine at a local hospital. no crying in baseball, but a yankees fan is taking his greibs all the way to court. andrew rector filed a defamation lawsuit against two espn commentator, the yankees and major league baseball for showing him sleeping during an april broadcast of the yankees/red sox game. game commentators apparently made fun of him while the camera showed him dozing off. he is now seeking $10 million. >> wow. >> in damages. >> b...

To select on two life insurance policies that they had taken out on baby cooper. >> but you make a great point there, what we have right now from the mother is perhaps strange statements, not this collection now of little threads of evidence that seem to be developing with the father. mel robbins, great to see you this morning. >> coming up next on "new day," tensions growing over the immigration crisis as president obama is preparing to visit texas. the white house has just announced that the p...

Forefront, both in washington and along the border. lets go to the white house right now where our senior correspondent jim acosta is there. quite a morning. >> reporter: absolutely. rick perriy has been one of the presidents toughest critics on this issue and we can report that president obama, as you said, is inviting texas governor rick perry for a meeting in dallas on wednesday with faith leaders and other immigration reform advocates to talk about this border crisis. the invitation comes in...

With faith leaders and immigration activists in dallas and says, governor per be, come on in. i would say a smart counter from the white house but also an opportunity for governor perry, no? >> i think its pretty hard for both of them to resist this for completely different reasons, but it is sort of the ball is in governor perrys court now. my most recent conversation, have not yet heard back about whether this will happen, but its a real official offer and theres a roundtable event they have p...

And also invited rick perry to discuss the issue at greater length, still not clear to me whether a meeting will actually happen. right now theres a political dance there but we eel keep you abreast of the situation as it develops. >> absolutely. lets turn to the middle east where violence is spiraling out of control, duelling operations exchanging rocket fire with no end in sight. the armed wing of the palestinian islamic jihad says it has fired 60 rockets at israel in response to what it calls...

Issue. i mean, we know that this is a humanitarian crisis. we know its a national security crisis given the fact that so many folks are streaming over our bothered, and the fact that the president is going to be raising money for his political allies basically down the road but not go and visit the actual site of where this -- this big crisis is taking place i think is a real big approximate and i think thats why the presidents standing among the american people on questions of leadership, thats...

Explains that its these children are like children trapped in a burning building and, of course, they are going to leap and come to anything that looks comparatively safer, even if it risks their life to do so. i think the bishop is who he ought to meet with. >> kevin, you can jump in on this. i mean, paul, that was pretty brutal, rick perry is a dope on this issue. rick perry says hes just trying to defend the border that is his state. kevin? >> well, look, yeah. rick perry is not known as some...

>> combine the world cup and that story. now we know when the bite ker go when hes no longer playing football. >> four months versus four days, bite versus strangling. >> i mean, thats crazy. >> want neither behavior from you guys. >> ill be putting you in the penalty box for a lot longer. coming up next on "new day," president obama is facing growing frustration over immigration. hes now accepting and is open to the invitation to meet with texas governor rick perry on the issue, but will they...

Bounce right back and say, good, lets meet, lets meet on the border, sir. i think its -- you know, look, rick perry is the governor. hes been a demagogue and frankly a dope about this issue, totally unhelpful suggesting darkly that theres a conspiracy that barack obama is behind. children are fleeing violence in central america. taken a very long time to deport them because of a law that president bush signed back when he was president. that law was designed to try to protect people who are flyi...