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The preng providing mission-enhancing capabilities reportedly to the tune of 800 men and women. when we last checked, that caravan was in southern mexico, about 1,000 miles from the closest border checkpoint. this journey will take weeks at at least. jonathan, turn to you and ask you about this as a part of the presidents platform. him talking about this. how much is this 2016 all over again? whats his sense of the effectiveness of this in the middle of all thats happening right now? >> you nail...

Shell shocked when i found out it was him. i really couldnt believe it, ba you as far as an employee, he was on time. he was cordial, articulate. i never had problems with him. there was no theft. my customers liked him. but it was just his political views that scared me. >> on "up" this morning, the newest details and context with jonathan lanier, and marge gae other than and a legal analyst and an assistant professor of public policy at harvard university when she teaching in the kennedy schoo...

Local report. really, were getting to the heart of the truth here. look at that, this is how this happens. this is, not a grand conspiracy here. its really a challenging time. >> jonathan, back to tu lastly. i mentioned in the last block tension between the one way the president talks about law enforcement and another way. saw it on display yesterday. quotation mark misthe morning. praise finding a needle in the haystack yesterday afternoon. this is not shall i say the first time he cast doubt o...

Presidents job, hes clearly uncomfortable doing that. particularly with the midterms approaching. the strategy is, go back to the system that has worked. so thats why we so clearly see him fall into attacking the old boogeyman. right? the media. nancy pelosi. hillary clinton. barack obama. the democrats. you know? demonizing them. the media. because that is what he knows and what he likes and what has worked for him. >> you say a moment of crisis. jonathan, turn to you. a new piece looking at ho...

President that of dly of tpart >> arizona senator jeff flake took to the senate floor this afternoon to urge his colleagues to fulfill their role as a check on the executive branch. >> we continue to act here as if all is normal, as if all parties are observing norms. even as the executive branch shatters them. robustlyrafficking in conspiracy theories and attacking all institutions that dont pay the president obedience. our justice system, the free press, the list is getting longer. we demean o...

Mark sanford is a conservative. hes voted with donald trump87% of the time. this is exact retribution purely because of some personal pique. purely because mark sanford said donald trumprelease his taxes. not because of a vote or siding with nancy pelosi. trying to enforce discipline, normal. exacting -- trying to enforce discipline when its self-destructive and when its over no matter of genuine policy or political principle, thats abnormal. >> jonathan lanier, reaching out on twitter a few hou...

This is exact retribution purely because of some personal pique. purely because mark sanford said donald trump should release his taxes. not because of a vote or siding with nancy pelosi. trying to enforce discipline, normal. exacting -- trying to enforce discipline when its self-destructive and when its over no matter of genuine policy or political principle, thats abnormal. >> jonathan lanier, reaching out on twitter a few hours before polls close is an air strike. its tactical and kind of ste...

>> arizona senator jeff flake took to the senate floor this afternoon to urge his colleagues to fulfill their role as a check on the executive branch. >> we continue to act here as if all is normal, as if all parties are observing norms. even as the executive branch shatters them. robustly trafficking in conspiracy theories and attacking all institutions that dont pay the president obedience. our justice system, the free press, the list is getting longer. we demean ourselves and our proper const...

For parents started to receive the first payments today. >> its meant to reduce child poverty by over 40%. and this could be a significant game-changer. >> president biden also aligned with senator democrats to make his domestic agenda reality. chuck schumer announced the senate will begin voting on the bipartisan infrastructure, thats a hard infrastructure one, next wednesday. with that lets bring in our lead off guest on this thursday night, jonathan lanier white house reporter from the associ...