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Blame, pointing to a minority group, pointing to immigrants who are coming in, people are taking my job, theyre getting benefits that im not getting, which of course isnt true. and so i think that this fundamental economic fact that so many people are living on the -- on the edge makes them susceptible to this kind of nationalism. >> i want to play a video from rashida tlaib. he is in congress in a hearing speaking to an fbi director. and listen to the pain in her voice. >> i was totally excited...

Basically cleared it out if im correct. now it seems like its back. >> thats right. the one difference this time, it appears its only adults theyre detaining. it doesnt appear there are any families being detained outside right now. >> what have you seen on your reporting on how the system under the trump administration is dealing with migrants who are coming seeking asylum? >> its broken. the agents themselves are under distress. the migrants are under distress. youve got customs and border pro...

>> iran did do it. and you know they did it because you saw the boat. >> the president referring to this extraordinary video shot from u.s. aircraft and released by the pentagon showing what u.s. officials say is a boat from irans elite revolutionary guard coming up to the hull of the japanese tanker hours after it was rocked by an explosion and remove whag a u.s. official says was an unexploded mine to hide the evidence iran was behind it. in photos you see the daniel to the hull from the first...

Rob: a lot of asylum-seekers, 90% not showing up for court, combined with free college and a lot of other free things. thank you, appreciate it. 15 minutes after the hour. the us pointing a finger at iran after two oil tankers are attacked just yesterday. iran denying that claim but this morning there is new proof, new video, how should the us response? daniel davis will weigh in on that coming up next. >> she suffers from liabilities. >> i dont want to sound rude or flippant but good riddance. ...

Opponent? >> i think its a mistake. i think its a mistake of law. i dont want to send a signal to encourage this. i hope my democrat colleagues will be equally offended by the fact that this actually did happen in 2016 where a foreign agent was paid for by a political party to gather opposition research. all those things are wrong. >> reporter: should there be legislation to make it expressly outlawed in this country? >> i think it already is, i think. but im willing to make it clear if we need ...

Violating. but in may, kellyanne conway did a tv appearance. she was walking back into the west wing and was asked about the fact shed been found guilty vooflting the law, violating the hatch act. she said, let me know when the jail sentence starts. >> kaitlan collins at the white house, thanks very much. also breaking, secretary of state mike pompeo is blaming iran directly for todays explosions on two tankers in the gulf of oman. lets go to pentagon correspondent barbara starr. what do we kn...

>> julie: short and sweet, there you have mike pompeo talking about the threat from iran. we were talking about those two oil tankers that were under attack by mine. a u.s. naval fleet rescuing the sailors that had to evacuate while prime minister abe was trying to meet with iran to try to bridge the gap between japan and iran. i want to bring in the president of the center for security policy. all fingers were pretty much pointing at iran, and mike pompeo just confirmed that. what are your thou...

Adding another log to an already blazing fire. congress, again, the road map though it may be is also a neon sign pointing to say what are you going to do about this whole thing called creation of powers, checks and balances, and at least opening an inquiry. >> mark, let me get your final thought on this. >> yeah, i mean, i thought it was interesting that in many ways the idea that robert mueller hasnt come to testify yet, in a way, has become sort of a taunt by republicans to the democrats. you...

Immunizing him from the inevitable. the interesting thing here is where do you go with that? this was all laid out prior to todays hearing. adding another log to an already blazing fire. congress, again, the road map though it may be is also a neon sign pointing to say what are you going to do about this whole thing called creation of powers, checks and balances, and at least opening an inquiry. >> mark, let me get your final thought on this. >> yeah, i mean, i thought it was interesting that in...

The republican machine or even really the machine of his democratic opponents turned on him yet. at the moment, a lot of these folks seem like they could be really great candidates. they have not been pressure tested yet. they have a long way to go. >> "snl" a good sign among biden among black voters, 76 biden, 64 sanders, harris 53, booker 43. >> achilles heel. when you look at biden, you look at women, he beats trump 62 to 20, by 40 points. even white men are tied at this point. every number i...