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Supplemental, we would then have the resources to carry out some of the very things that he is requesting. on a broader policy level, he indicated concern that right now, kids who come to the border from mexico are deported but because it is not continuous folks if central america have to go through a much lengthier process. i indicated to him that part of what we are looking at in the supplemental is flexibility in terms of preserving due process rights of the individuals who come in. but also,...

Unaccompanied kids reunited with family members they may have in this country. or reunited with family members somewhere. they cant all become wards of the state in some way, the processing that is done, do you think its the right process, or at a policy level should that be changed? >> its a process required by law. theres a law passed in 2008 that requires us when we identify somebody as an unaccompanied child to turn them over to hhs as you pointed out, and i think that this is a legal requir...

Border patrol and other people there doing their job overtime, and the community on a volunteer spirit has really come together in mcallen, and so those images that you showed are obviously very concerning. but ive been very impressed by how communities in texas have really come together and given us a tremendous amount of support with this situation were dealing with. >> in terms of the processing capability, obviously it becomes a much more pressing question, when you have the volume of people...

Just 42% of people saying yes. 54% saying no. and a real sense of malaise and i guess people kind of being very negative on all aspects of the presidency even though on a policy level president obamobam policies are actually popular with the american people. talk about that a little bit from the perspective of somebody whose grandfather went through a much longer obviously period of the presidency. >> you know, its absolutely true. even though he was elected president four times, my grandfather ...

>> first of all, lets be clear. he is there, legitimately getting credit for being an advocate of one of the single biggest mistakes that theyve ever made on a policy level, the deliberate invasion of iraq. all of the justifications were false. weapons of mass destruction, i had forgotten that they were blaming him for anthrax, the shia and sunni getting together. they were completely wrong. secondly, i have kind of an initial point that lindsey graham and john mccain and the others ought to tak...

Brief. were going to find out massive evidence of weapons of mass destruction, and were going to find the incredible brutalities that this dictator has inflicted upon the iraqi people. and so i think hes going to be justified. im confident that he will be justified. >> i am confident that all those things that you predict are going to come true and a lot of people that have been laying out the case against us are going to be very embarrassed. >> joining me now is msnbc contributor and former con...

Somebody who is making money and doing well like me wouldnt mind paying the same taxes as a nurse and if they are not willing to help, they are obfuscating and should be held to account. i want to, first of all, get both of your reactions to what you just heard. ill start with you, tamara. what did you think on a policy level about these proposals from the president? >> well, on a policy level what the president laid out does a great job of doing one piece of solving the debt problem, and that i...

Industrial canal or something, and it needs a lot more love and attention. and bp has reneged on numerous promises that they are going to do for the region. they still cant get the right stat on how many gallons of oil spilled into the gulf. theres constantly -- theyre constantly trying to find loopholes about paying into a conservation fund. they havent given a nickel to plaquemines parrish there in the gulf. >> do you think that the government has followed up with any meaningful action? have w...

That is 600,000 pennsylvanians in the dark. thats one of the main reasons frankly why this governor is probably going to lose re-election. most likely republican governor to lose office in a whole country. i will tell you, ari, i know you are a lawyer. a lot of folks say while the supreme court said that, affordable care act was constitutional. what they did do though, what people dont understand, they gutted that medicaid expansion by saying, well, states can opt out. so the john roberts of the...

25, 30 years ago, there were a lot of folks who would not go near u street and then all of a sudden high-rises come up -- its fascinating, molly, because there are those -- again, to play devils advocate, there are those who have made the argument na ge that gentrification is a good thing. the same article, quote, gentrification doesnt need to be something that one group inflicts on another. often its the result ofs a separations everybody shares. thats from the "new york" magazine. whats your r...