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These communities, especially these very southern border communities. craig. >> one of the things, cal, i know that our colleague kara sanders spent time talking to ranchers as well. there is a narrative, especially here in the deepest most southern part of texas that while you may not agree with what the president was frying to accomplish with this new policy, the zero tolerance policy, there were a number of folks who were pleased that this administration was at least trying a new approach bec...

The boarder. >> very good decision. you know, i mean, just on cord of an intensely personal note after hurricane catrine ya we saw there was separation of families. there was researches that showed it had an enduring impact. we must securing the border. we must not incentivize people to bring their children so they get a free pass. but i think we need to do that without separating families. >> i havent seen the executive order, but i have suggested that the president can address this immediately...

Lot of this unfolded. but did i ask him what would happen on the ground immediately if this executive order were to be signed by the president. heres what he said. >> how quickly would yous you guys be able to adjust and work with that new poly enacted? >> so all executive orders, all executive orders will be filtered down from our hire headquarters and we would be able to make adjustments immediately. >> what would be the practical impact on your operations here in south texas? >> well, i think...

Legislative fix, where that stands right now on slicapitol hill? what are you hearing. >> reporter: first, the president has another meeting later today with members of the house who might be on the fence about either one of two comprehensive immigration bills that the house expects to vote on later this week. those could be vehicles for taking broader changes to the immigration system that the president says he wants. the president has to push those bills over the finish line. right now its not...

Hugely significant point. we have been asking that very simple question for days on end. the president enact this policy, it is in his power to change this policy, why isnt he taking action if he, in his own words, hates these iminages that hes seeing from the border? their consistent talk point was to put this back on democrats saying they enacted this law, its up to congress to change it. i think ultimately they realized that this explanation just wasnt holding, it wasnt holding for lawmakers ...

Big speeches of president trump, the speech in warsaw, poland, the speech in riyadh, the united nationsti speech, the ste of the union speech, they have phrases and terminology that you could actually hear reagan deliver. now im not saying that president trump is president reagan. >> sean: very different personalities. >> but they have similar moments and challenges that they face. >> sean: peace through strength, trust but verify, tax cuts, now we have the trump tax cuts. originalist on the sup...

In the meantime, france is beefing up security. there has been nearly 800 searches carried out in the past week. 174 weapons were found and seized be i the authorities. 164 people considered dangerous have been placed under house arrest. now, here with me to discuss this is a french member of the senate and madam what was your reaction when you heard about these turkey arrests that came this morning? some were arrested as part of scouting out the scene? >> well it was those suspicious with turke...

Already in eastern youre crepe, b youre crane, but the military calculation is if the russians made the decision to roll into ukraine could basically roll right through the country and achieve all of their military objectives in something like three to five days. they have that kind of military fire you powpower built up on t border. so it means a real challenge for nato and president obama. sanctions the next step, but will that change putins mind. will he pull back those 40,000 troops which is...

Week all saying effectively this had to be dealt with through congress, it couldnt be dealt with through an executive order. this represents a real about face. there has been no explanation yet, craig, for the disparity. but the bottom line is the political pressure just became too much and ultimately the president had to change course. now, the way in which he is resolving this is significant and it gets to something that pete just talked about. the fact that he is not reversing his zero tolera...

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