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[gears shifting] >> laura: plus, a.g. garland willing to go to jail to prevent americans from knowing just how senile joe biden is. and an angle fact-check on bidens latest inflation lies. but, first, another 9/11? thats the focus of tonights angle. you wouldnt think president or cabinet would ever forget hijackers? and they were here right under our noses, taking flying lessons, lax visa policies. national complacency and of course the rest is a tragic history. we let our guard down a...

>> tim, i think we can be blunter because we know some of these people and some of them have come out and youve been part of the effort to help donald trump be held accountable. people like miles taylor who were part of that department, people like elizabeth newman, people like brian murphy, the whistleblower whos our next guest. do you think the train has left the station in a way that it cant simply be reversed by new leadership? >> just to be blunt, i think chad wolf, who was the political ha...

List. we got an acting labor secretary, an acting defense secretary. actually, weve had two. chief of staff is acting but hes about to be the los angelesest acting chief of staff. i cant even say the names fast enough. and were only showing you number ones and number twos in these vacancies. there are vacancies at their third and fourth and fifth level. is this any way to run the government? and what happens if theres a crisis? h-mmm, funny you should ask because there is a humanitarian crisis a...

Nonetheless, where were at right now, this is the best that the united states senators are going to do, i think its a step in the right direction. >> youre a member of the united states senate, and trusted by the u.s. constitution, to provide advice and consent to the executive in the filling of appointments in the executive branch. here are the folks that are running dhs, at leasts of today. kevin mcelaine, acting. john sanders who resigned today, acting. not confirmed by the u.s. senate to tha...

Up last week. i think congressman ruiz is correct, we need to do something to take care of the humanitarian needs on the southern border. and the senate bill is our best effort to do that, its a compromise bill, if i had written the bill it would have looked different. nonetheless, where were at right now, this is the best that the united states senators are going to do, i think its a step in the right direction. >> youre a member of the united states senate, and trusted by the u.s. constitution...

On since he took this position months ago and its amazing how much his reputation, how much damage his reputation has taken since he came to the white house. when he was running dhs, the department of homeland security, he was viewed, especially in the national security space, as one of the more stable, reliable for lack of a better word, boring members of trumps administration. he said some controversial things about immigration, but for the large part, he was viewed especially by people in the...

Who does it better at the dont blink contest? lets look. hold on, lets listen in. >> general kelly will be chief of staff, as you know. we all know him, we respect him, admire what hes done. at homeland, what he has done has been nothing short of miraculous. as you know, the border was a tremendous problem. now, close to 80% stoppage and tevin president of mexico called me. they said their southern border, few people are coming because they know they are not going to get through our border, whic...

>> you have the problems on the hill that hell have to deal with without much legislative piece. >> you called kelly the new white house alpha dog. do you know if kelly had any conditions before accepting the chief of staff position? >> my understanding is that secretary kelly or general kelly expects to be chief of staff in the traditional way that chiefs of staff want to be in charge. hes been managing enormous institutions for most of his time in public life. he understands that chains of com...

Trump administration as well, with that type of reality back home, people will literally risk anything to get back here and this is a harsh reality for whoever is running dhs. so far, no empirical evidence that this strategy works or effective in getting people not to undertake this journey but what we do know is potentially increase the cost for detention, lead to increases in terms of having the number of beds available for detainees leading to different increases or surrounding legal challeng...

Goosy down there. exactly the opposite is true. more man power, technology, infrastructure. crime and illegal immigration at 40-year lows. we continue to work on that border. >> i also asked her about her long tenure on the job, 4 1/2 years, and the toll that must have taken. >> youve been homeland security secretary longer than anybody else. every morning hair-raising briefings about the terror threat. i assume youre not going to miss that. >> yes, i get here early in the morning. thats the fir...