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Effect gradually. june 10th and gradually. so theres a lead up to perhaps the mexican government might wake up and say, were going to negotiate with you and try to do something. >> and there is a humanitarian crisis at the border. lets show the pictures, these images that we got of showing dangerous overcrowding at one of the border patrol centers in el paso, texas. they found the center which can hold up to 125 people holding 900 people earlier this month. so robby, the question would be, the d...

Trade deal. but the president had been frustrated over the border crossing numbers and theyve been at an all-time high lately and the white house argues that there is this crisis happening on the border. but we know this rollout was hastily arranged. they made the final decision to go through with this after going over it for several days. but on a call yesterday at the white house, im told, they made the decision to roll it out last night, because they didnt want the details of this to leak to ...

Drawing backlash from even some of the presidents closest allies in congress, whose votes the president will need to pass his new trade deal with mexico and canada. but this exposes a rift with the trade representative warning against this move. though other more hardline advisers like stephen miller and peter navarro are completely onboard. >> this is actually a brilliant move by the president to get mexicos attention, to get them to help us. so far, theyve just been standing by and they really...

How much danger is his deal on capitol hill? >> it was already facing hurdles and now its even in more danger. robert ligand nancy pelosi will the one in charge of bringing this trade deal to the floor for a vote. and she did not get a heads up from the white house about this deal. thats the question going forward. not only was there internal divide in the white house over whether to move forward with this, but now the question is, what does this do with the relationship with mexico? and we do k...

Was making progress, even though it seemed doomed from the start. he thought he was making progress before this happened. thats why you saw him trying to get the president not to do this. whether or not this even happens is still an open question. because some inside the white house dont know if they have the legal authority for this to happen. they fear it will get tied up in the courts before it happens. or because the white house has not set a specific number, theyre thinking the president co...

And perhaps this was the message that the -- that john dowd, the presidents lawyer was trying to send michael flynn. >> all right. shimon prokupecz, thanks so much. lets talk about this. kaitlan collins? >> so heres what mueller wrote about this in this report. we knew there was a voice mail, we knew it was from a lawyer, we werent sure who, but its john dowd. and they essentially determined this voice mail could have obstructed the investigation. but what they didnt know is whether or not the p...

Quoting -- we know their endeavor will provide jobs and investment in one of the poorer sections of the congressional district. on that note well bring in someone who was not nominated, msnbc political analyst, huffington post contributor, lawrence odonnell. good evening. >> good to be here, keith. >> against it before you were for it and karma. please discuss. >> they better be careful. this is the kind of thing that could give politics a bad name. its breathtaking. these guys said it would cre...

Foundation, seeking aid. we know their endeavor will provide jobs and investment in one of the poorer sections of the congressional district. well bring in lawrence odonnell on that note. good evening. >> good to be here, keith. >> against it before you were for it and karma. please discuss. >> they better be careful. this is the kind of thing that could give politics a bad name. its breathtaking. these guys said it would create no jobs, none. and here they are, putting it in writing that it has...

Voted no on the stimulus, of course, but as asked the secretary of agriculture, tom vilsack, by letter, for some of the cold, hard cash for a foundation, seeking aid. we know their endeavor will provide jobs and investment in one of the poorer sections of the congressional district. on that note well bring in someone who was not nominated, huffington post contributor, lawrence odonnell. good evening. >> good to be here, keith. >> against it before you were for it and karma. please discuss. >> th...