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today, police departments across this country are taking steps to make sure the asian communities remain safe. its a busy hour on the hill. the governments top doctors are making a house call. they are testifying as we speak. in a few moments, the cdc directors stark warning about one of the covid variants ripping across the country. right now, the secretary of homeland security is testifying before a house committee. his message so far about the increase of migrants crossing our s...

and the $15 minimum wage that the house voted to include in the covid relief bill. but even with democrats in control, the possibility of any of this becoming law is nowhere near guaranteed. and without a change to the filibuster, much of this progressive to-do list will die. joining me now is senate majority leader chuck schumer of the great state of new york. leader schumer, thank you very much for coming to "the sunday show." >> good to be with you, jonathan. >> the old days back in...

account at the moment as covid relief checks are rolling out with president bidens relief plan now law. the stimulus is a huge help in getting america back to normal after a year of anything but normal. as the president made clear this week in his first prime time address to the american people, while this progress is huge, it does not mean we can lower our guards. >> if we do this together, by july 4 there is a good chance you, your families, and friends will be able to get together i...

But i look back at 2012. the previous republican nominee, mitt romney, got 27%. so my question to you is what accounts for that variability and how can democrats turn the tide again with latino voters? >> well, one of the things that we saw in the 2020 election was that fundamentally was a referendum on the economy, reopening the economy and covid and all of those things kind of taken together. we know that latinos were disproportionately impacted by covid, the economics effect of covid. so beca...

Mitt romney got 27%. so my question to you as, when it counts for that variability? and how can democrats turn the tide again with latino voters? >> one of the things that we saw in the 2020 election was that fundamentally a referendum on the economy, reopening the economy and covid and all of those things taken together. we know that latinos were disproportionately impacted by covid. the economics of covid. so because we werent actually talking about immigration in the same way that we were in ...

Its nonsense. if this would deter people from coming to the border, then the child separation crisis would have deterred them, the current situation that a lot of folks are being held in right now in border facilities would have deterred them. its not. there are horrific conditions in these countries in central america, something that the united states could have a hand in trying to address, but instead theyre putting up this -- trying to put a stop sign at the border in a way that puts these ch...

Either release immigrant families together or to separate them. and one official says migrpt families could exploit that loophole. joining us now cnn national correspondent diane gallagher. as you know this is an administration that has not hesitated to increase restricts along the border with the intention of deterring people from coming. i wonder if you find the administrations explanation of this incredible based on your own reporting? >> lets just be clear about this, jim. this regulation do...

Their parents. they were sitting in a parking lot in a white mass senator van, six to eight kids crammed into each van, for as you said, up to 39 hours, and the reason is port isabelle, the i.c.e. adult-only processing center that was supposed to take them in and reunite them with their parents just wasnt ready despite the fact that hhs called and gave them the heads up twice before these kids were brought over, and the idea that the first child was able to get off this van and see their parents...

Particularly the tender aged children? and now we know at least where these 37 children were when they were supposed to be in the process of being reunified with their parents. they were sitting in a parking lot in a white mass senator van, six to eight kids crammed into each van, for as you said, up to 39 hours, and the reason is port isabelle, the i.c.e. adult-only processing center that was supposed to take them in and reunite them with their parents just wasnt ready despite the fact that hhs...

When people may be seeking asylum. ill let you read the rest of that the bottom line is this, the president has told people to go to ports of entry. customs and border patrol is saying the shining city on the hill which is el paso is full. so you have this deep contradiction and messages continuing to be sent from this administration around the world that basically america is closed. the things that should not be normal, mika, children with numbers on their arm, children dying in the desert, chi...