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Over planned immigration raids. something very important this weekend potentially. donald trump surrenders again today. that labor secretary is out after the epstein sex offender scandal. later in the show, we want you to see jon stewart today back on the hill going after mitch mcconnell on standing by the commitment this country made to 9/11 victims. we have a lot more in the show. im ari melber. youre watching "the beat" on msnbc. youre watching "the beat msnbc. award winning interface. award ...

In d.c. the emoluments clause prohibits officials from accepting gifts from a foreign government. this is trump international in d.c. which is a mile from the white house. im joined by david farenthold, nbc political analyst. lets talk about the significance of this decision. this case is going forward and there were detractors who thought it shouldnt. this centered, david, on standing. what did we learn from the judge about maryland and d.c. taking this case forward? >> this is a law very rarel...

Have to do that. thats the actual person being injured. its not the members of congress. >> thats right. thats why the courts in the past when seeing any form of litigation carried against the president or the executive branch have usually been very tough, first of all, on standing. if the suit manages to pass that hurdle, then, they really have to pass the other hurdle that there is no alternative remedy to deal with this harm. >> right. >> theres nothing the congress could do and, therefore, t...

Legislature. we have legislative bodies for a reason to deal with these hot-button social issues, thats why i the supreme court expressed skepticism. but weve been saying we dont need a 50-state mandate on same-sex marriage in the country. what we need the supreme court to do is let the american people deal with this through their state institutions. >> i do know that justice kennedy talked about the standing on whether your defendants had standing. do you have the right to bring this case? is t...

>> virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli is here. >> we filed forked. we won in the trial court, lost in the fourth circuit, on standing. they said that states dont have the right to defend their own laws. >> basically, meaning its none of your business. >> right, right, get out. you can step outside of health care. forget helt care. this is the only circuit to ever do that. none of the circuit courts of appeals have ever denied the state the ability to defend its own laws. >> all right, now,...

To whether the court can confine the decision to california. i think thats whats going to happen. lets hear a little bit of audio that the court has released of justice anthony kennedy, who was perhaps the swing vote here with his skepticism on what the two couples were asking for. >> the problem with the case is that youre really asking particularly because of the sociological evidence you cite for us to go into uncharted waters and you can play that with metaphor, theres a wonderful destinatio...