Terms. Were a president who promoted hate and division, encourages white supremacy. The most dangerous president in american history. Because were not going back. Were not going back. This is our chance in 2020. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good to be with you this sunday. 2020 Democratic Candidates head to south florida this week for their first debate. The president ial hopefuls in South Carolina yesterday making their pitch to voters, trying to stand out in a really crowded field. Cnn was there. Reporter nearly the entire democratic primary field descended here on South Carolina. All but one of the 23 democratic president ial candidates was here pitching their message to voters. You had senator Elizabeth Warren talking about the need for structural change, saying the time for small ideas is over. And senator Kamala Harris was trying to sell her experience as a prosecutor, saying shes the best person to prosecute the case against President Trump. Take a listen to what she had to say. Let me tell you, we need somebody on our stage when it comes time for that general election who knows how to recognize a rap sheet when they see it and prosecute the case. So, lets read that rap sheet, shall we . He asked black americans, what do you have to lose . We know civil investigations are down, hate crimes are up. Lets look at that rap sheet where he told working people he would help them but instead passed a tax bill benefiting the top 1 and the biggest corporations of this country. Said he would help the farmers but passed what i call the trump trade tax by tweet and now we have farmers with soybeans rotting in bins and autoworkers who may be out of a job by the end of the year. Lets look at that rap sheet where he said he would give Everyone Health care but still trying to Rip Health Care away from anyone and turn back the clock on obamacare. Lets talk about looking at that rap sheet where he has embraced dictators like kim jongun and putin and taken their word over the word of the american intelligence community. Lets prosecute the case. Reporter the candidates were keenly aware of the optics of this weekend, whether it was trying to sell their messages or trying to have a show of force. You had beto orourke bring up a bunch of supporters on stage, kind of making this into his own town hall. He was the only candidate to bring the supporters up on stage. Later in the day you had cory booker and joe biden speaking back to back after a week of tension between the two of them over the former Vice President s comments working with segregation senators decades ago. That issue is still lingering over this democratic primary. After all the candidates appeared here in South Carolina, the attention turns to miami this week where they will participate in the first president ial debates. With us now, maria, cnn political commentator. Welcome back. Good morning, victor. Good morning to you. Maria, let me start with you. Senator harris is increasingly leaning on at least the narrative of that work as a prosecutor. Do you think thats a good idea . I do think its a good idea. Frankly, this past weekend her speech was terrific. I think its the best ive seen her so far. Shes gotten a lot of accolades for it. I think what shes doing is using her experience as a prosecutor to make her case that she is the best one to prosecute the case against trump. I thought it was a very smart way to do it it. The whole rap sheet riff was brilliant and creative in terms of using her own experience and her own background which, frankly, has been a bit of a source of criticism from some on the left, but i think it will be a huge a huge great thing for her in the general election. And i think that is what she is trying to position herself, as somebody who can really take it to trump during the general election. Thats what democrats are looking for. Once they get to the general election, it may be a good idea, but you know as the former spokeswoman for a prosecutor that every case in that office, every potential assistant da screwup could be, if youre making the center of your campaign, im the prosecutor, then all those prosecutions get a heightened level of attention. Exactly. Thats the risk shes running because, you know, trump could actually dig into her files to see what kind of case is she prosecuted . We already know Kamala Harris has come under scrutiny because she was a prosecutor and did not support certain criminal justice reforms. I agree with maria that it was good for her to lay out her career as a prosecutor in a different way. She focused more on whitecollar crimes and looked at donald trump and laid out concrete examples of how he has broken the law, if you will. Heres the deal. Donald trump has not been charged with anything. I think a lot of people are at the point where they dont want to necessarily see him prosecuted on the stage. They want someone thats going to focus more on the policies, as weve seen with other candidates. Lets talk about lets do a hybrid here. The policies of criminal justice. If we take your segue off there and turn to joe biden and what he talked about, changes he would offer to the criminal justice system. Watch. No more mandatory minimums, period, and private prisons which we did in our bill, period. Fund my drug court so about 1 billion a year. No one should be going to jail because they are addicted. They should be going into rehabilitation, not to jail. Hes getting a lot of amens from the crowd there, but of course there is still the legacy of that 1994 crime bill. Its been a point of contention between the Vice President and other democrats running. Is that a significant vulnerability for biden . I think it will certainly be an issue hes going to have to continue to talk about, as will other democrats that are running that will be on this stage in the upcoming debates. For example, Bernie Sanders also voted for the crime bill. These will be issues that everyone who was there and voted for it are going to have to answer. Again, i think what biden did was similar to what Kamala Harris did, he presented what he has done and his vision for the future in a different way. What i like about what the Democratic Candidates are doing is they are focused on the things in their past or the things in their record that people have criticized. They are laying it out in terms of making it against the world. Reporter bolton quoted President Trump saying he called off the strike at this time. He stressed those words. Essentially implying an openended threat saying military action is not off the table depending on how iran responds to upcoming sanctions. He has details are coming tomorrow. A very tense time. This wasnt boltons original reason to be here. Yes, he was here to talk about iran but mostly iran and syria with counterparts. Victor and christi, its important to remember, of those three nations, u. S. , israel and russia, russia is much more on irans side. Important point to make there. We appreciate it so much. Thank you. Lets go to Sarah Westwood at the white house. He said additional sanctions would bring iran to the table but they have no interest in negotiating. Whats his strategy now . Reporter you see President Trump moving from pushing towards a military response to irans downing of a u. S. Drone to an economic response. He wants to punish iran economically by imposing more sanctions. Even President Trump acknowledged yesterday, though, that its hard to believe that more sanctions could be effective given just how many sanctions iran is already facing. The Trump Administration has been ratcheting those up since trump took office. President trump took some shots at his predecessors nuclear deal. He has long been very critical of the Obama Nuclear deal and yet suggested he wants to take a similar approach, which is to use the economic pressure of sanctions to drive iran to the bargaining table, some deal that results in iran giving up its pursuit of nuclear weapons. President trump suggested iran could unlock Economic Prosperity if they were to abandon its nuclear pursuits. Take a listen. Iran wants to become a wealthy nation again. Become a prosperous nation. Well call it, lets make iran great again. Does that make sense . Make iran great again. Its okay with me. Reporter this is similar to the argument President Trump has used in his approach to north korea, which is suggesting if north korea gave up its nuclear arsenal, they too could achieve Economic Prosperity. President trump said he initially imposed sanctions against iran on thursday night. Thats not true, though. He said those sanctions will go into effect on monday. The president currently is at camp david, meeting with aides and advisers. He said he will be discussing iran while in camp david. Sarah westwood, thank you. Really appreciate it. Well, the penpals are reportedly at it again. North korea state media says dictator kim jongun has received an excellent letter from President Trump. We havent received confirmation from the white house that President Trump did, indeed, send the letter. According to north korean state media, kim jongun said he appreciated the, quote, extraordinary courage of President Trump. This is not the first mysterious letter to be exchanged between the leaders. Earlier this month President Trump told reporters about a beautiful letter. First excellence, now beautiful one he received from kim. According to sources, the letter lacked substance and did not have any details on a way forward on the stalled denuclearization talks. 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President trump is putting plans to deport thousands of undocumented immigrants on hold for the moment. Heres his tweet. He said at the request of democrats, ive delayed the illegal immigration removal process for two weeks to see if democrats and republicans can get together and work out a solution to the asylum and loophole problems at the southern border. If not, deportations start. Undocumented families and activists are relieved and some of them are speaking with cnn. Reporter here in los angeles, right at the top, mayor Eric Garcetti had called these threatened sweeps inhumane. So, when they were called off, there was a sense of relief and also a lot of cynicism, thats because a lot of activist groups for the immigrants have long said they believe that donald trump uses all these threatened sweeps as mere political grandstanding. Weve seen this from the Trump Administration since the day he announced him running, his campaign in 2016. Hes been doing this to feed the trolls, to feed his supporters, to let them know hes doing something about the quote unquote, immigration problem. Its just part of his m. O. Even into his presidency. Reporter although the sweeps were called off, the immigrant activists here had already set in motion a series of measures that they thought would help these immigrants. Among them, free legal counseling. They were setting up what they would call the Sanctuary Network where people could go to churches or homes. And this, the red cards they got the word out in a myriad of locations that immigrants should know under their fifth amendment rights they have the right to remain silent so they wouldnt have to talk to an i. C. E. Officer. And they also made it clear, under the Fourth Amendment they did not have to allow anyone into their home, this would be an i. C. E. Agent, who basically did not have a search warrant signed with their name on it. So, they were prepared. They say this means they will be prepared here in the future if there are any more threatened i. C. E. Sweeps. Now back to you. Paul, thank you so much. Immigration attorney Jessica Stern with us now. So good to see you. The mayor of los angeles makes a valid point about the people that i. C. E. Would have arrested. Lets listen to this. These arent just random people. These arent individual people. These are often the parents of u. S. Citizen children. We are profamily here in los angeles and in cities across the country. Thats why we dont believe in not only dividing American People but dividing families. So, help us understand whats going on with family separations specifically in these socalled, i guess theyre called ckangaro courts. It is absolutely a kangaroo court. I practice in Immigration Court every day. These i. C. E. Raids specifically were meant to target 2,000 people that have deportation orders already, but really the intention is to terrorize millions. Specifically those who are undocumented, who could be at risk of being deported. Really the purpose is to make them deport themselves because the courts cant handle it. This administration cannot finish what it started by detailing so many people that the court cannot process properly. My clients are not getting fair hearings in court. There are not enough resources to properly provide the right conditions, whether theyre detained. And when theyre in court, theyre rushed through the process when not receiving due process of law, whether its asylum or proving theyve been in the country for so many years with u. S. Citizen children who would suffer extremely if theyre deported. Help us understand these red cards. Apparently some immigrants are handed red cards that inform them of their rights. How do they work . Sure. Its trying to inform people of their rights because a lot of people feel like they dont have any as undocumented immigrants. The constitution applies to everyone in our country, whether youre a u. S. Citizen or not. This is helping people understand that you do have the right to not have people barge into your home and invade your personal space without a valid warrant. Most of the time the detailers the i. C. E. Officers have is a piece of paper. Its not a judicial warrant. It might give them the opportunity to detain someone whos in violation of immigration law, but it doesnt give them the right to barge into their home, create fear and trauma for the kids inside. Its helping people understand, you dont have to open your door and let officers in. You dont have to talk to them. If someone does come to someones home with a detainer, step outside of your door, close the door behind you and do not let them into your home where many other people are at risk. Its just helping people understand what their rights are and make sure theres some level of protection for them. 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