going into a field hearing before >> right this is i guess the second one they went to the border nr arizona, the judiciary committee did. this is disappointing because i think democrats would like to really engage with meaningful criminal justice reform. we not only need to take guns off the streets, but we need to invest in mental health treatment, in substance abuse treatment. we need to focus on reentry which all will reduce rec recidivism but republicans aren't interested in having that discussion they're interested in using this hearing for political purposes to undermine the district attorney that's all this was about. they don't have jurisdiction over this investigation, and they're trying to create after-the-fact rationale which
fires, promise of more unrest to come, although it must be said, neil, the numbers of protesters and strikers have been slipping in recent days, and today, macron toured notre dame, checking out the construction efforts after that cathedral was badly damaged in the fire. intent on trying to rebuild support. he says he is open to discussing the bill with union leaders but holding onto this bruised achievement of his second and final term in office. looking ahead on the calendar, neil, we just heard from the unions again. they say on may 1st, may day, they will be out in the streets again, and september 1st, when the macron government, this should go into effect. september 1st is called the reentry come from the summer to the fall, could be a bit of a bumpy reentry form onshore macron. >> neil: greg, thanks. in the meantime, a big speech on
reentry. but serious questions about the safety of the water is starting to bubble up. we do not know what testing had taken place for residents of east palestine. we are told their water was okay to drink. bbc news has been trying to find out if that declaration was made solely based on samples analyzed by a north folk southern contractor. listen to this exchange between ohio's epa director and our nbc news colleague jesse kirsch esterdy. >> there was a weight of evidence that the municipal water was safe, it is not in the path of the contamination from the -- >> the governor publicly said the municipal drinking water safe, at that point did your department have anything back other than the norfolk southern funded data? >> i apologize, i don't know the exact timeline about when we got the counties preliminary data as well. >> okay.
usually burn up on reentry. isn't it curious that china has parked it over montana. i wonder whether or not perhaps they are simply trying to provoke us. look, that thing is hard to miss. you can see it from the ground. i think they are trying to provoke the united states to get us to do something. the big question is will we take the bait? i just asked the folks here in kansas city a moment ago what you would do. 90% of the people said "shoot it down." now, michael waltz from florida says the pentagon said no, not a good idea. here he is earlier. >> it was suggested to shoot it down and the pentagon has decided that what they think this balloon is able to surveil isn't worth the potential civilian casualties from the debris and the collateral damage but, from what i can tell, it's over rural montana or the dakotas, not over downtown l.a. so i want to see that analysis.
paradox. benjamin netanyahu is now the most devilish element in his own coalition and he is not a dove. he is risk averse if you watch his behavior, very risk averse with respect to projecting israeli military strikes and reentry into gaza and very risk averse when it comes to lebanon. i think the crisis is a difficult one for him. the real question is whether or not he can manage the two ministers to whom he's granted extraordinary authority and really large budgets. one indicted and convicted on incitement, radical for israeli army, and the other one now in charge of day-to-day life, construction, permits, building for areas in the west bank, which is 60%. so he's got to figure out a way to manage this coalition and not
obama detained immigrants including families. biden has asked congress to reduce the number of detention beds. he is releasing them into the communities. obama doubled the number of prosecutions of people for coming into this country illegally for illegal and reentry into the country. those prosecutions have dropped under biden. if you are not deporting or detaining and not prosecuting, you are letting out a welcome mat. he is not enforcing current law. the job of the president is to enforce the law. he doesn't need any more tools from congress. he needs to enforce the law that trump and obama did. >> bill: i don't know what he got from the trip. what did he get from the mexican leader? they are online and the mexican president is thanking our president for not erecting any more barriers on the border. if that's your neighbor to the south you have a long way to go to enforce anything you want to do. >> that's exactly right.