A look at the days top news and headlines. Returned to the u. S. After learning they were deported while still in the process of appealing their removal. Lets go live to doug mcelway with a. This is a federal judge with a reputation for mistrusting Government Lawyers. Yes, he sure does. In fact he was instrumental in overturning the conviction of senator ted stevens after discovering that Government Prosecutors concealed important evidence from the defense. He also hinted that special prosecutor Robert Muellers team may have withheld exculpatory evidence with security advisor michael flynn. Yesterday, he tore in to Government Lawyers for prematurely deporting an illegal immigrant, carmen, and her daughter while the appeal was underway, while the plane was in mid flight. Quote, its outrageous. Im also directing the government to turn that plane around either now or when it lands, turn that plane around and bring those people back to the United States. He also threatened Attorney GeneralJeff Sessions and dhs Secretary Nielsen with contempt of court. Neither d. O. J. Or sessions has responded. Sessions was in Houston Texas speaking about violent crime, illegal immigration and swaut cities. He took no questions. Department of Homeland Security responded, noting in compliance with the courts order upon arrival in el salvador the plaintiffs did not disembark and were promptly returned to the United States. The plaintiff here, carmen, is represented by the aclu. It allegations that carmen fled el salvador to the u. S. To seek asylum from years of sexual abuse by her his band as well as Death Threats from a gang. The government maintains that it Cannot Grant Asylum to victims of individual crime or violence, only to those victimized by political governmental or social persecution. Dana all right, doug, thank you. Lets bring back james trusty on this. These claims that people from outside of the United States, if they want to come to the u. S. And claim asylum, Domestic Violence, gang violence, theTrump Administration said we cant do that in perpetuity. How will that hold up in the court with the aclu Fighting Back . If this is a case to test it, it is going to be a problem for d. O. J. And d. H. S. What happened with these folks, carmen and her daughter put on the plane, is just a horrible moment. Its going to tilt every possible sympathy against the government. At the end of the day, the problem is a really almost impossible problem to solve, which is everyone knows that you have to claim some sort of persecution to get asylum. Figuring out which of those claims are legit and which report is a difficult task for anybody. Much less overworked government agency. I dont know how it turns out at the end of the day, whether Domestic Violence becomes a ticket that can be fairly punched to allow people into the United States. But this case, to the extent it generates the issue in a larger way, is going to be a problem because of what happened with the deportation. Dana the aclu saying in the
rush to deport as many immigrants as possible the Trump Administration is putting the women and children in danger of being raped, beaten or killed. We are sickened that the government deported two of our clients. We will not rest until our clients are returned to safety. Let me ask you about the law, james, because doesnt there have to be some sort of nexus that the government is actually the one persecuting, the Foreign Government is the one that will not row protect you or has you in danger . How can the United States police a sovereign nations individual criminal problems, right . Yeah, i think thats the rub, a great way to put it. The problem is, you can always come up with an argument that somehow the government is failing to protect because of inadequate policing and adequate emergency responses. So these claims are going to be made ore and over again. Whether any individual gets through under the actual legal status of what asylum refers to is a tough question. Dana if carmen and the date
require returned does the threat of Holding Attorney general sessions and Secretary Nielsen in contempt go away . Not entirely. The problem is, and really doesnt have to be judge sullivan who obviously has a rich history of dealing with government issues like the stevens case. But the problem is, the judge feels he was betrayed. The judge was told these folks will not be deporpted and away they go. They will not be deported. It pushes the buttons and he wants to see a pound of flesh. Im not sure there will be severe questions for the heads of the agencies. One of the attorneys if they represented in court this wouldnt happen you might tell them to bring a toothbrush, there might be consequence when is they come back before judge sullivan. Dana james trusty, thank you. A new poll showing President Trump is still very popular with his core supporters, will that translate into success for other republicans in november . Pl plus, two california counties
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gun control and it seems to be working for hem in their elections. It is an issue that animates the Democratic Base and animates democratic donors. It is an issue that could potentially be costly for some of these democrats running in more moderate parts of the country, more rural parts of the country, this is an important issue to a lot of the voters out there. Dana ben . Gun control is more mainstream, as We Saw In Park Land in florida, packing a lot of gun legislation. It is a winner for the Democratic Party and i think they should maintain that. Dana there are rules and laws against 18yearolds having guns. But watching all of these changes, thats why its fun to have you here to talk about it. We will have you back. Alex and ben, thank you. The u. S. Border patrol will have its first female chief, Carla Provost has been serving as Acting Chief Takes over as on a permanent basis. 22 year veteran knows the
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the fire. Its going to be a long time before they get this one fully under control. Dana i was watching you had the video of the plane, tell me a little bit more about what theyre dropping and tell me about the guy who allegedly starting this. Yeah, first on the drops, what you were watching was Fire Retardant being dropped and theyre doing water drops. In fact right now, we have one of their hits come in, the drop of the water, you see the huge hose hanging beneath it. Those helicopters drop water. The planes drop, some of them drop water, some of drop Fire Retardant which is very, very effective. As for the guy who allegedly started this entire thing, deliberately, his name is forrest clarke, 51 years old. He was booked on starting the fire deliberately. He was supposed to appear in court yesterday, hes an odd character. As you see in the video that was filmed of him, just after the
holy fire started, up near his Cabin In The Woods he was berating firefighters accusing them of stealing money in his property. He was due in court yesterday, dana, refused to leave his cell, so that Court Appearance didnt happen. Theyre going to try again today, if hes ultimately convicted he will get Life In Prison. With good reason, up to Life In Prison with good reason when you see the amount of resources that are put in to fighting these fires, the amount of terror it causes among the residents who have to get out of their homes suddenly, and the amount of effort these firefighters are putting in. Literally, laying their lives on the line for us every single day theyre fighting these fires. Dana thank you so much, jonathan. Lets go to rick, the weather will it help firefighters at all this week snepd. Not this weekend and not any time in the foreseeable future. I hate to say it. Its hot across southern california, 96 today, in lake elsinore. Maybe we drop a few degrees by early part of next week. No precipitation coming in. Humidity levels not changing at all. You get the idea, all across the west, we have fires. We have 93 fires that each of those are throws over 100 acres burning. Those are considered active large wildfires. Its everywhere across the west. Today elevated fire danger covers a lot of territory as well. California, into nevada,al the way throughout parts of south dakota and wyoming. Its dry, windy, and its hot. We have been dealing with this High Temperature for a long time. July was the warmest california has ever seen for a july. Death valley in july, hottest temperature, hottest month anywhere ever on the planet. The heat is certainly on. Doesnt change over the next few days, well continue to see the heat and the sun here. There is moisture, but the moisture across parts of california primarily. Monsoon activity picking up, last night tempe, arizona 3. 6 inches of rain, broke all kinds of records to get that kind of
rain from a monsoonal storm. Were seeing Rain Spreading across parts of texas, good news, we have drought going in across much of texas, a little too much too quick over the weekend. Well watch for potentially localized flooding. The heat, january on the east, dealing with it as well, its been hot and humid, a heat wave here, well see temperatures come down a little bit. But the Moisture Increases over the weekend. Get ready, a lot of spots, washout for saturday, sunday, monday, into tuesday. Overall, the rest of the country, look at the temperatures, 102 saturday in billings, the heat is on, maybe a couple of degrees cooler on sunday. But the heat is kind of spread across. Were still here, obviously, in august and summer. The temperatures have been hot. Dana thanks, rick. We are on the front lines of the war on drugs, with an exclusive look at yn ambassador nicky haleys tour of colombia. Is a political change coming in hawaii . The state that primarily votes democrat, could be shifting to the republican party. I will be joined by the hawaii gop chair. [stomach gurgles] when you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. Girl, pepto Ultra Coating will treat your stomach right. Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. Try new pepto with Ultra Coating. Tap one little bumper and up go your rates. What good is your insurance if you get punished for using it . News flash nobodys perfect. For drivers with accident forgiveness, Liberty Mutual wont raise your rates due to your first accident. Switch and you could save 782 on home and auto insurance. Call for a free quote today. Liberty mutual insurance. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Candidate looks for a candidate to challenge the incumbent. Local republicans think they have Hit Rock Bottom and can begin to recover, signs that hawaii voters are getting restless. The state suffers from sky high taxes, crushing Public Employee pension debt, the largest per capita Homeless Population in the country and incompetent bureaucracy. Hawaii gop chair shirlene ostrov. Sounds like hawaii could be in need of new leadership. Is that your plan . Thats the plan, aloha, thank you for having me. We are definitely ready to get our message on the and weve recruited stellar candidates to bring change to hawaii. Dana you have eight candidates, primary candidates, running in the primary tomorrow to challenge the incumbent senator, the democrat. One woman among them, con swell a an consula anderson. What do you think the chances are, what is your best message
to beat an incumbent in this year . You know, it is tough, as you know, beating an incumbent, entrenched elected official and unelected bureaucrats. We are bringing change. We have a message of change and hope to the people of hawaii that the 60 years of democrat rule should come to an end, were motivated by the same issues that youve been speaking about all day today. On the mainland. That motivate the grassroots do