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The introduction of the raise act which would produce enormous benefits to our country. this is how our democratic process works. there are many pow irful interest groups in the country and every one has a constitutional right to advocate their views and represent whomever they choose. but the department of justice does not represent any narrow interest or any subset of the american people. we represent all of the american people and protect the integrity of our constitution. that is our charge....

Have many states attorney general defend the health safety and welfare of the individuals within our border. >> as concerning as this is for you, as devastating as it is for participants in the daca dreamers program, do you really think its going to come to fruition? the president is actually doing is punting this to congress saying work it out. we know the homework list from the president is massive at this point. whether its tax reform the debt ceiling, funding harvey relief and now health car...

Light of litigation that we reviewed the obama administrations daca policy. our collective wisdom is that the policy is vulnerable to the same legal and constitutional challenges that the courts recognize with respect to the dapa program, enjoyed on a nationwide basis in a decision that was affirmed by the fifth circuit corporate of appeals. this fifth circuit specifically concluded that daca had not been implemented in a fashion that allowed sufficient discretion and that dapa was for closed by...

Sessions make a deeply political appeal being sanitized in legal arguments. i dont buy it for one second. the daca program has been in existence for five years. its been a very successful program. and its entrepreneurs and university graduates, folks who are really contributing to the economy have come out and are part of this program. and what jeff sessions is doing is hiding behind legal arguments. this program has withstood all prior legal challenges to date. to suddenly introduce this saniti...

Have an argument to make here? >> look, they are preempting a decision, the justice department before defended the daca program and absolutely could have here. this is a question of prosecutorial discretion, even defending the muslim ban, executive authority over immigration policies. and so they absolutely could have and should have defended the daca program. and they are being bullied by states attorney general. this was entirely a creation of the trump administration, this crisis. they did no...

For. >> they were able to get better paying jobs than they were in and some bought the first car and better job with better working conditions and some bought their first home. the point is you know who they are, if they commit a crime they have to leave. they pay taxes but dont -- cant claim government benefits. its -- the argument about the legality is a separate one and important one. the argument about the economy, which so many people have made they are a drain on the economy, that becomes ...

Began in 2012, which means you might be up to 36 right now. and your deferral from deportation last two years, you can apply for renewal as long as you absolutely did not commitny crimes during that period and generally speaking you have to be in school or working or in the military. heres where they mostly live. colorado has the largest proportion in the united states and population of dreamers, 223,000. texas has 221,000. well talk about that later this hour. florida, 33, arizona, 28 and north...

Of 180 miles per hour. look at that thing go. >> when you look at the map, cuba and hispaniola is just the northern part of haiti. they are still recovering from the cholera outbreak that happened last year after a storm. >> the most models showing the eye of the storm will pass between florida and cuba but south florida is within the cone of concern. meaning the storm could make landfall anywhere in that area that includes miami ft. lauderdale and palm beach and florida keys. right now sustaine...

Layout the legal argument for this. he didnt get into the politics, what you guys were just talking about, the very thorny difficult issue of rescinding daca. what we heard from the attorney general was a legal defense of this decision and he said of course the administration is going to delay any action for six months giving congress time to come up with a fix. the administration deeply divided. the president himself was deeply divided because this is a difficult issue. you have a fierce backla...

>> youre absolutely right. ill get into the analysis in a second. first i have to say this, what we just heard from jeff sessions was one of the most shameless presentations ive heard and thats saying a lot these days. and some of what he said on the economy as you suggested veered from misleading into lie. and ill be specific. but if you can zoom in on the statue of liberty right now, i would suspect she would be shedding a tear. this is a dark day for our country. look, when it comes to jobs, ...