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>> well luck donald trump, but you're exactly right. you're on donald trump's team. does not want him to focus on his grievances. instead, they really want donald trump to talk about three key issues, all areas where they believed that donald trump polls higher than joe biden. and that's the economy. immigration and crime. and we've heard this many times. these are the three issues that they really are prioritizing ahead of november and think democrats are more vulnerable on, but they also don't want him to be as aggressive as he was back in that first debate. in 2020. remember when donald trump was continuously cut, joe biden off, barely let them get a word and and we saw trump's poll numbers fall shortly after that. and so that is what trump's team is trying to push donald trump toward. now, of course, anyone who argues that they know what donald, which donald trump is going to show up on the debate stage on thursday. they're lying. they do not know if donald trump is going to meander, if he's going to go on rants, if he's going to focus on some of his grievances, but that's really what they are pushing him toward. now, even though donald trump and his team are continuously saying that he doesn't need a lot of prep that unlike joe biden, he is not hunkered down. he has been in mar-a-lago for the past two days with nothing on his schedule. and has been focusing on debate prep sessions on these informal policy sessions with his advisors, with his team. and they are trying to really sharpen his rhetoric on many issues. and it's not just the the ones that he wants to focus about they're also doing some recon on things that they think trump himself is vulnerable. and that includes his plans to protect american democracy in his handling of the january 6 attack on the capitol his rhetoric on abortion, something donald trump has struggled with as well as how to the frame his conviction last month in a manhattan courtroom. and so these are all things that the trump team is in donald trump's ear on trying to get him in the best shape they can before the two men find themselves on the debate stage tomorrow night john, two days with nothing on the schedule at mar-a-lago that sure. does seem like debate prep. they can call it whatever they want, landed train. thanks so much for your reporting this morning also out this morning, new numbers from the department of homeland security showing a significant drop in the number of people trying to cross the southern border illegally, dhs says this morning that since president biden announced a crackdown on asylum claims earlier this month, the seven-day average of migrant apprehensions has dropped by more than 40% to under 2,400 encounters a day that is still not yet low enough though for the dhs secretary to begin lifting those new asylum restrictions, secretary alejandro mayorkas this is headed to arizona to visit the southern border today, just as president biden and donald trump are sure to be readying their pitch and attack leinz on the border crisis and immigration writ large for cnn's presidential debate tomorrow, joining me right now is the secretary of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas, secretary. >> thank you so much for coming in. so looking at this new data coming out from your department in the three weeks since the executive order took effect, your department reports a 40% drop in apprehensions. >> can you say that this change, this trend is a direct result of that policy or is this also seasonal flux fluctuations? keita, we indeed have seen a tremendous success early on, and i should emphasize that it is early on in our implementation of the president's proclamation and our accompanying regulation it is a part of a whole, it is an important element of the success that we have reached. but in addition, we have built lawful pathways for people who qualify for relief to access the united states humanitarian relief program in a safe and orderly way. so i wouldn't look at this in isolation. it's part of a larger effort. i must say though, at the very outset, that this is no substitute for congressional action. it is only congress that can fix our broken immigration system and delivered to the american people. and enduring solution. >> one of any, one thing that is long known speaking to that is that more immigration judges are needed. that has to come from funding from congress. that's definitely not in the offing anytime soon, you talked about thinking, looking at kind of looking at it at a whole and broader context. if you look at the numbers over recent years, 20182 now in terms of number of encounters at the southern border, the numbers that you're looking at today and during the biden administration are still quite a bit higher and more problematic now than during the trump years. why? is that kate, let's look at it in context in 2019, there was almost 100% increase in the number of encounters, over 2018. >> that was the trend, not only at the southern border of the united states, but also throughout the region and the world. and then covid struck in 2020 and really put an end to travel in inter-country traveled to a great, great extent we now have around the world, the greatest level of displaced people since world war ii, if not before then. and so what we are encountering at the southern border is not unique to the united states. it's something that a number of countries around the region and the world are confronting and that is why we have to make sure that are broken an outdated system that has not been amended since 1996 is actually fixed to meet the challenges of today and not so many years ago if president biden the border policies are working and having an impact, why do voters feel that they are not? why do voters feel like donald trump can handle it better in poll after poll? >> kate, look the fact of the matter is our policy is working or policies are working, we need our system fixed the numbers that we inherited in 2021 we're on the cusp of the covid-19 pandemic and do not speak to the trends in immigration preceding the pandemic what we have done with this administration has done is we have brought the economy moving forward. we have conquered the covid-19 pandemic more rapidly and more effectively than any other country. and so with a booming economy and with a healthy american public, what we are, we have regained our stature as the place of destination where everyone wants oppmann, the opportunities that only america offers. we need a system that, can actually manage that desire in an orderly and logical and legal way. we need the system fixed and until that happens, the president is going to lead and use his executive authorities it's still remains a disconnect between what i'm hearing you saying the messaging from the administration and what we do see consistently in poll after poll, that is going to be up for the president to make his case tomorrow night in the cnn debate. >> one thing i'm very curious about, and there's been a lot of coverage on are these eight tajik nationals that we're rested this month, believed to have connections since to isis after they entered the u.s. crossing at the southern border last year, federal authorities have not disclosed publicly what led investigators to believe that the men might be involved in terrorism to need to track them and pick them up that investigation seems to still be happening. they have not been charged, but how real was the threat secretary kate it is our responsibility our highest responsibility to protect the safety and security of the american people. >> and that's what are remarkable men and women and dhs do every single day. we screen and vet individuals at the border when we encounter them if we learned of information subsequently, that gives us any cause for concern, we take law enforcement action that is indeed what we did in this case. and we are seeking to remove these individuals. they are in-custody and in proceedings. now but how does this fact how does this circumstance and others not support and backup the critic, criticism coming out, the biden administration that the border is not secure kate, every year every single year we encounter individuals that do indeed pose a threat to our public safety. that is not something unique to this administration. when i was the deputy secretary, when i was the director of u.s. citizenship and immigration services, when i was a federal prosecutor in the 1990s for 12 years, we encountered individuals of concern and we take enforcement action that's not something that is unique in fact, in this administration, the different agencies and departments across the federal enterprise are working more cooperatively and more effectively and doing more robust screening and vetting than ever before. the security and safety the american public is our highest priority. these individuals are in custody and they are in proceedings to remove them from the united states i've also just been handed some information. secretary wanted to ask you about. this is some new reporting coming from the associated press about the arrests. there have been arrests in the murder of a 12-year-old, jocelyn and gauri in houston this is a terrible story on its, on its own, on its face, it's also become a political flash point in the discussion that we're having right now about border policy. because as the api is reporting now a second venezuelan man living in the united states illegally has been accused of killing this 12-year-old houston girl and was ordered on tuesday to be held on $10,000,000 bond. another man charged with capital murder in this 12-year-olds death, as well? this is something that's really that you have faced criticism for and how you've responded to these horrific these tragedies and deaths. what do you say about this news? >> cato, what i say is what i have said throughout that our hearts are with the families of the victims the criminals who committed these heinous acts must be held responsible with the fullest force of the law. and i saw cases like this in the 1990s when i served as a federal prosecutor and we impose the full force of the law, then, and we will do so now our hearts are with the families and we will hold the criminals accountable and looking ahead to tomorrow and the cnn debate have you offered advice to president biden have spoken about the best way you think to present biden's record, your record on immigration and border security. >> what does winning on this issue when you know, polls are not reflecting it? what is winning on this issue look like on a debate stage tomorrow? >> kate, i am incredibly proud to serve as a secretary of the department of homeland security under president biden's leadership. i've tremendous admiration for his leadership evidenced by the executive action that he has taken i'm incredibly proud of the leadership that he's exhibited in every facet of our work, not only across the department of homeland security, but across the federal government is leadership of the american people and bringing our country back to its prominence around the world i have full confidence in the president and i hope that congress takes the action that it has failed to take and the president has stepped into the breach and taken his executive authority to the fullest extent. >> one thing that is fact and not up for debate is that congress has failed to act with regard to immigration policy very recently. and for years. but still a huge topic. this will be come tomorrow night on the cnn debate in you're headed to arizona to see that to do another fact-finding mission at the southern border today, secretary mayorkas thank you for your time thank you. >> sarah. >> all right. thank you. kate. minutes from now, just this morning, wikileaks founder julian assange, who spent years in prison and has now pleaded guilty to espionage, has arrived back in australia wikileaks holding a press conference this morning. will we hear from assange himself plus one of the key progressive leaders in the house, gets trounced in his primary in new york, detailed ahead baked in america as biden and trump meet. >> and only cnn has come week coverage with unrivaled access and exclusive pre and post a beat analysis follows cnn for every countless moment followed debate 9 in america tomorrow its seven people yeah, it's so easy to get your windshield replaced using safe flight, until the people i haven't done it already, my mint, let's start off as a chip and grew to a crack and it just keeps going. so what do we do? 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>> though, congressman bowman had some well-reported political vulnerabilities. kate going into this contest, his lost really underscores at the progressive goldman still faces an uphill battle in washington. despite voting with president biden more than 90% of the time bowman was really portrayed as someone who was no longer in sync with the white house or his district that amount of money poured in from the pro-israel lobby, the negatively define him was quite significant. a super pac linked to the american israel public affairs committee dumped around 15 million. that's more than any outside group has ever spent on a house race. and ultimately was too much for him to overcome and bowman had a well-resourced and well-positioned opponent in the westchester county executive, who ultimately prevails. let's listen one our justice for the rest of our you are included. >> no matter what your demographic is does it matter your age color of your skin? you religion sexual identity? whether you're a right-hand or a left-hander whether you're a med fan or a yankee fan and our inclusiveness in westchester county is how we have governed now, bowman was the district's first black coe risk min all eyes now, turn to congress, cori bush in st. >> louis who famously slept on the steps of the capitol to call attention to the plight of housing insecure people during the pandemic. and if she will be able to withstand a similar challenge from the pro-israel lobby later this summer, kate. >> so eva, that's one of the one of the big results coming out in new york also, some big messages and big results coming in republican primaries as well yeah, former president trump made