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Send them right in the country. and most of these folks dont show back up to court. >> listen, this is a complete travesty thats going on. of all the failures of joe biden during his brief presidency, this might be the biggest. why? because we are allowing children to be trafficked by the coyotes, by the drug cartels. through south america. this is outrageous. and as much as they like to talk about how they want to do everything for the kids and the next generation. allowing them to go on arduou...

Showing, i think, some cracks in the republican armor that maybe the president is relying on. what they are facing is a chaotic and confused non-policy from the president that changes from day to day and a common apprehension that our alliances and troops may be in danger from this claim that isis is completely defeated. what this resolution asks is that there be a strategy and a plan. its lacking now. it puts our alliances and allies in danger, particularly the kurds. it undermines our fight ag...

Actually the case. >> not clear hell stay until monday. what do you make of the fact that it doesnt appear there was a debate over the substance, that -- and i participated in immigration policy meetings, and we landed on comprehensive immigration reform. our closest ideological allies were ted kennedy and john mccain who supported comprehensive immigration reform and the entire republican base had moved away from what george w. bush proposed. what do you make of the policy itself? >> they have ...

What do you make of the policy itself? its pretty depressing. >> they have no policy. this is not a policy. this is a non-policy. what they tried -- >> they tried one. they jailed babies. they separated families. >> and now theyre thinking of reinstituting that winning policy. i say that with great sarcasm because it was factually obviously completely unsuccessful as weve seen now with another caravan, and secondly it was a humanitarian disaster. so they do not have a policy. they also do not ha...

In seattle. we have seen similar protests all weekend in new york city, los angeles, portland, oregon, indianapolis, and chicago. these people unhappy with the result of the election. the other half of america jubilant, thrilled about the outcome of the election. joining me now from los angeles, nba hall of famer, 12-time "the new york times" best-selling author kareem abdul-jabbar, also a columnist for "time" magazine. thank you for joining me. and your new book, sir, "writings on the wall: sea...