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Everybody has to scramble to find the policy to fit the decision. but that is part of the problem here, right. >> sure. you look at this as a high end policy problem as a guy who escaped government sometime ago, i look at it and say this is when you need a pro in the white house. think of all the implications of who families are separate or together. think of all of the implications and think through. let me give you a handful ive been thinking of, do we vaccinate them and providing schooling an...

Public opposes the family separation policy 2:1 if not more. as far as i can tell it is not the activists for the opposition that is desperate on the family separation issue. it is the administration, that backfired on them and they are backpedaling now and they want the focus to be on a few isolated incidents of outrageous rhetoric or death threats but the real focus should be the policy problem the trump administration created for it sells. shannon: stay with us, special tribute to our friend ...

Going against who we are as a country and by that i mean jailing babies, without having a process in place to actually make this draconian policy work well. work efficiently. the fact that 2300 of those children who were taken from their parents, the fact a lot of them might not be reunited with their parents, the fact the administration cant tell us where those children. the fact that kristen welker had to ask several times the homeland security secretary where are the girls. where are the chil...

Better and differently. >> harris: what were they focused on? if there was different messaging from the administration and the white house early on. this is a defense of this from the attorney general based on the bible. president saying it is happening. i dont like it. i want to deal with it. other members of the administration saying it wasnt happening. >> john kelly making the argument they would use it as deterrent. kirstjen nielsen was asked if its deterrent, she said she was offended by th...

Coming. >> mayor bill de blasio of new york city, thank you for joining us live here on this show. cal perry, if youre still listening, thank you as well joining us. i want to bring in ginger and erin for the last final thoughts. where does this go? >> this is a policy problem that you talked about and we have to look at the politics of it. the president is trying to make this political. congress is now going to maybe struggle very hard to pass a bill and then theyre all going to have to stand...

Its a legitimate policy problem. but when president trump uses loaded terms like that, it totally shuts down the discussion. i mean, you know, i find the breeding comment so derogatory, even though there is a valid policy debate concerning birth tourism. it happens with chinese immigrants that pay between $80,000 and $40,000, almost a high tech way of bringing immigrants in, which is illegal. they come here to have babies and when they have kids here they can stay. to finish that point its impor...

That aspect, that the terminology is so inappropriate. we have have problem. an immigration problem. across california like $24 billion a year. one in eight children in school in california is either has at least one illegal immigrant parent. i mean its a problem. its a legitimate policy problem. but when president trump uses loaded terms like that, it totally shuts down the discussion. i mean, you know, i find the breeding comment so derogatory, even though there is a valid policy debate concer...

He admitted he lied to another world leader. that creates a problem with every world leader. how are you as a diplomat or an aide to president trump going to be able to explain, oh, yeah, the presidents telling the truth? >> he lies to world leaders that matter to us. >> our largest trading partner, canada. >> when you think about those who like him, its dictator flavored leaders. >> i would argue the president doesnt have a messaging problem in as much as he is attracted to -- >> hes a great sa...

Of the united states smacks of blatant racism. masquerading poorly as immigration policy. >> as the president likes to see himself, the voice of blue collar america. >> today as you heard during immigration talk, president trump said something that every person in america agrees with. >> this is how trump relates to people. is it a little offensive? of course it is. you know what, this doesnt move the needle at all. this is who trump is. he doesnt care. >> it is striking in the middle of this, t...

Americans are not and dont believe that. two-thirds see the bill as doing more to benefit the wealthy than middle class. joining me to dive in, two commentators margaret hoover who worked on george w. bushs political staff and keith boykin, a former clinton white house aide. the president is calling this a big, beautiful christmas present. great way for him to tie up 2018. following through on a campaign promise. margaret, 66% of those polled say this is a gift only for the wealthy. theres a pro...