Many levels as you point out. Thank you very much. It was a special day for the players that made that trip today to the white house and it was fun to see them there. We had an opportunity to watch some of that. Have a great night. We will see you back here tomorrow night for the first 100 days. Im dana perino, thanks for watching us tonight. Before we get to the other big stories of the day, we want to address the situation many of you may already be aware of. Del oreilly, who hosted this program for 20 years is leaving the fox news channel. We know that you, his very loyal viewers will have a lot of feelings about this and we will talk more about it later on in the program. But first, the Trump Administration by hearing a loud shot over the bow of iran. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson delivering forceful remarks that the state Department Today making clear the administrations tolerance their belligerence and provocation is growing thin. Iran is the worlds leading statesponsored terrorism. Is responsible for intensifying multiple conflicts and undermining u. S. Interests in countries such as syria, yemen, iraq, and lebanon. Continuing to support attacks against israel. An unchecked iran has the potential to travel the same path as north korea and take the world along with it. The Trump Administration has no intention of passing the buck to a future administration on iran. The raven Stomach Evidence is clear, there actions threaten te United States, the regions, and the world. The Trump Administration is currently conducting a comprehensive review of the policy. Once we have finalized the conclusions, we will meet the challenges they propose with clarity and conviction. Human joining is now with reaction from washington, josh crush howard, and with us in studio, rick. Now syria replaces iraq on that big list. Its clear that this administration wants to have a more muscular Foreign Policy, they want to contrast themselves with the obama Foreign Policy, which every Foreign Policy hand and the Trump Administration used is only wanted to use diplomacy, not even wanting to touch the Military Options and the Trump Administration is clearly eager, talk the big game and the threat of Military Action against our enemies. Dana another thing that secretary tillers and said today is he made very clear that this wasnt just about the Nuclear Weapons program that we think theyre trying to get. They are doing a lot more when it comes to supporting terrorists, that they are alarming and ongoing provocations that Export Terror and violence. This comes just right after President Trump authorized the military to send in 59 Tomahawk Missiles into syria, which we know iran has been helping them. Josh these are not subtle messages. I think the secretary of state, to listen, we are seeing him come into view, he has not been
very public in his comments. He has not been very assertive, but that seems like a policy that he has a lot of influence over. It seems like trump is going through this prism of tellers and apostrophes worldview and his ideas and i think you were seeing a change. Even the statements today it struck me as so different that he would have seen three months ago at the beginning. Dana certainly for the last eight years. This is a different kind of language, you dont even have us at the state department. Lots of adjectives and special words that you put in. Josh, i will ask you something about the timing, because the last two weeks, President Trump has taken very Decisive Action on Foreign Policy. This has coincided while the members of congress have been on recess. When they get back together next week, theres changes on the Foreign Policy front and im wondering if that helps the republicans have more confidence about the trump agenda moving forward with the democrats more emboldened get whatever they heard back in their districts . Josh having a tough Foreign Policy, the hawkishForeign Policy is one that unites the Republican Party with the possible exception of rand paul, who was more isolationist. That gets the john mccain conservatives aligned. If Donald Trumps approval with republicans has stabilized and gone a little bit higher in the last week. Is now above the 80 full point with republicans, the base is starting to get behind him. We saw from the Georgia Election last night the republicans showed up to vote, theyre actually getting behind President Trump. Its a good sign for republicans, trumps numbers are still pretty worrisome, but at least the republicans are coming home and Foreign Policy is a big part of that equation. Dana rick, can i take that momentum and turn it into Domestic Policy Wins when they get back, big issues on my plate . Rick they like trump as commander in chief. This unifies the party. It gets them on the same page. That does not translate to the issues in a very easy way. Just as important as the Georgia Election results, what we are staying out of the town halls and the blowback against President Trump personally and Trump Administration policies,
that will still be first and foremost in the mines. I havent seen evidence of a whole lot of progress, there will be another push on health care, tax reforms, we havent seen enough details to say that they are suddenly on the move. This helps in terms of unifying the party, getting something to cheer for. Dana what about the democrats, josh . They have been in a just say no mode. When they went back to their district, did they hear anything different that made them think maybe we ought to come to the table and at least try to get something done on tax reform and health care . Josh on the plus side for democrats, their base is supercharged. They want to show they are angry at trump and it will do Anything Possible to show their dissatisfaction. On the negative side, they really dont know what they stand for yet and we are seeing some pretty big provisions between the progressive faction of the party and the more moderate faction of the party. They know what they are against, they dont really know what theyre for it. Trump is really engaging democrats all across the company, country and that is a good sign. Dana what you think about that, because im curious about the democrats in the wilderness, how did they get out of it . Rick i dont think its by following trump. I dont think its by signing on to some of these initiatives. Dana felt a need to get some company to take back something to their district to say i actually did something while i was in washington . Rick i dont think democrats are feeling the pressure right now. The pressure theyre feeling is the opposite direction, resist donald trump, dont help them out, dont give him any wins. Discount that Means Nothing gets done. Rick there we are. Dana rick, josh, thank you both. Up next, Elizabeth Warren taking it not so veiled shots at hillary clinton. Our democrats finally cutting ties with the clinton legacy . We will debate it when the factor comes right back. Ugly 2016 loss behind it. We cannot shoot at everything that moves. When donald trump remember in the movie up, the dog. When healed squirrel, we cannot all go over there. [laughter] what i mean by that, really, we have to keep the focus not on what he says, not on what each week, we have to keep the focus on what he actually does. Dana is my apology to the jimmy, that was jimmy fallon, not jimmy kimmel. Joining us now with reaction from washington. Along with democratic strategist don calloway. So glad that you are both here. Now that the democrats are sort of looking, getting the 2016 election behind them and looking forward to 2018, and somebody was a book out is looking towards 2,020, are they trying to figure out a way to let the clinton legacy sort of fade into the background, kiersten i will let you go first. Absolutely, and i cant believe i will utter the sentence, but i think there was
way to move left or move forward, whats the next move . Clearly the head of the party is secretary tom perez, who was just selected to be our party chair and his deputy jamie harrison. We expect exciting things out of them. Secretary clintons legacy get cemented not only as an american leader but as a global leader. Her place in the annals of not only american, but World History is very secure. Senator warren knows that. I dont think she said anything disrespectful to second clintons legacy last night. I think that when we consider the bubble of d. C. , its important to consider that the leadership of our Democratic Party is not only Secretary Perez and Senator Schumer and those here in d. C. , but it also happens on the local level. When you see dynamic individuals like jones. Randall woodson in birmingham. Thats a substantial part of the democratic message, which can be an active part of the trump resistance taking place right now all across the country. We cant forget the local levels and finding and elevating those
local leaders, not only just here in d. C. Dana does trump resistance, if they stick to it, does that lessen their chances of being able to win back states that they lost with wisconsin, pennsylvania and michigan, which were very different this time for democrats and went parked on the potomac donald trump, not for a lot, but decisively . Kristen it will be choosing to pursue a brandnew map in the way that donald trump pursued a brandnew map for republicans during this last election and surprised everyone, going after states that work sought comic thought that republicans couldnt win, he pulled it off. For democrats to win, they will have to decide do they want to go back and fight to pull those dates back in the blue category, pick back up wisconsin, pick back up michigan, do they decide trying to win over the white working class, the voters in the states that rejected hillary clinton, do we abandon that and instead try to piece together a majority in places like florida, faces like colorado, north carolina. States where there is demographic change that may favor democrats longterm. They have to make that choice, which path do they think they
will try to pursue and thats going to be decided in large part by who they choose to be the face and leader of the party when it comes to four years from now. Dana do they have to choose, or can they do both . Don i think we can do both and i think weve already made a choice. Thats a very mush mouth answer, but the reality is theres one unified party message. We are seeing that message with Secretary Perez, we are seeing that message in the 57 state strategy. We will see a unified democratic message that speaks the same to urban areas as it does to the farmers in iowa. Opportunity, inclusion, equal access to the balance box, womens right to choose, and i dont think we will see a fragmented democratic message and the Identity Politics that plagued the Democratic Party somewhat of the last ten years is done. We will see a unified message throughout the party over the next ten years and into the future. Dana last night in the Georgia Special election, both
sides are claiming that they won, or that they were victorie victories. Kristin, why did the republicans think this is a big one method of besides the fact they were able to hold off the democrat . Kristen theres a chance to bring another republican woman to washington. I know personally thats why im pretty excited about the fact that karen handel won is going to be moving into the runoff as a republican candidat candidate. Look, i do think that republicans need to be a little nervous. This is exactly the type of district where if democrats do want to take back the house, it will be districts like this where they do it. On the other hand, i think the expectations have been raised so much by all sorts of money and interest coming in from hollywood and the democratic and progressive base all around the country that try to nationalize this one little special election that for democrats not to have won out right has to kind of a disappointment for them and now we move onto the next phase in june where i think republicans are slightly favored to hang on. For a free quote today. Liberty stands with you™. Liberty mutual insurance. Dana and a personal story segment tonight the first dreamer deported under President Trump. The left experience after deportation of Juan Manuel Montes, the 23yearold, an illegal immigrant from mexico. He had received Deportation Protection from the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, first started by president obama. The white house is pushing back against a volley of criticism. Speak with the goal and the focus has been on people who pose a threat to National Security or in some other way in violation. I would respectfully suggest that in this particular case the facts are not completely out yet so i would rather not jump to judgment on whats happening. Dana joining us now with more for miami is alan gomez, immigration reporter for usa today, he broke the story about Juan Manuel Montes. Tell me a little bit, how did the story come to be, because it
seems like there are some gray areas in his case. Reporter gray areas, it definitely safe to say that. Basically what happened is we heard about his case, we wrote about the case and then we started getting reaction from the department of Homeland Security. Basically what they initially said after we published the story is that Juan Manuel Montes lost his daca status in 2015 so that he had no protection, no problem, they could arrest him, they could detain him, they could deport him no problem. Today, they changed the story and said actually he did have daca status, but he violated it by leaving the country. His attorneys would respond by saying he violated it by leaving the country because he was deported. Thats what we are facing right now and thats what were trying to get some clarity on. Dana i know the d. A. Is pushing back on the headline, and i know you dont write the headlines. The usa today say the violation and that it was all of the fault at dhs. His lawyers are saying that he didnt leave the country without being forced to. How can we clear this up so that we can get some more clarity . Is the judge in the case going to get information right away so that we can figure this out and understand what the policy is Going Forward from the Trump Administration . Alan exactly. A lot of this is going to depend on this federal lawsuit. Basically the attorney for Juan Manuel Montes, for over a month theyve been asking for customs and Border Protection to release information about what happened that night. To explain why he was deported, how they encounter him and under what grounds they decided to deport him on. They have not responded to those requests. At yesterday attorneys filed a lawsuit in federal court in the Southern District of california trying to ask the judge to compel customs and Border Protection to release all their records. Weve been getting this sort of piecemeal little by little account of what happened that night, but what theyre doing is trying to get the full account
of what happened so we get the Bigger Picture and can really understand exactly what happene happened. Dana do you think that dreamers out there it might not understand what the rules are, that they need to make sure that they have permission in order to leave in order to come back to is there an Education Problem that needs to take place in . Alan no. I can tell you every daca recipient ive ever spoken to it knows that fact very well. In order to leave the country you have to get something called advanced parole. Basically its permission from the government to leave the country so that you can come back into it. I dont think i think that point is very clear to all of them. They are all very protective of their status, they want to maintain it. The vast majority of them i would think know very well that thats the case. What happened here with mr. Montes is that basically he said he was picked up by cbp, and he was deported and a couple of days later he try to reenter the country. At that point, thats when dhs says that he had violated his
the conditions of his daca, he violated it, so he was they were able to deport him, but again, his attorney say the only reason he left the country, and he had not left the country prior, the only reason he left is that he was deported. They say how can you say that he violated his daca when you deported him and then said now hes in violation of his daca . Dana s the department of