Protesters are taking action against the prosecutes crackdown. Activists say the recent wave of arrests is striking fear into families who pose no criminal threat. Ice Officials Say that the arrests were in fact routine. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez joins me from atlanta. Gabe . Hi, there, amon. There were several arrests in atlanta alone. Ice Officials Say these were routine Law Enforcement operations, but immigration advocates say this is what they have feared. On the same week that protests ecorrupted in arizona as a mother convicted of using a false Social Security number was deported. Families of undocumented immigrants say they are now living in fear from california with donald trump being president , i see no hope for us. To north carolina. This week immigration and Custom Enforcement raids in at least six states. Ice says the raids were routine, no differentiate than those in the last administration. This is where the raid happened. This is where the rai she says theres a sense of panic among her clients. Theyre shocked and confused. Mass chaos. Not a lot of clarity. Trying to push back that the raids were indiscriminate, officials in los angeles say they arrested 164 nationals this week, 93 had criminal histories and 95 were male. New secretary of Homeland Security john kelly defended the raids. We have no alternative but to enforce the law. We will build a great, great wall and we will put an end to illegal immigration. But its his new executive
order that is leaving families terrified. Most we reached out to declined to speak on camera. Raymond told Us Immigration laws need to be changed. Neither of my parents are criminal records. So today im increasingly worried they will come after my family. Tonight he and millions of others are facing an uncertain future as the immigration battle rages. And Ice Spokes Penn tells us these raids were not at the discretion of the white house. Gabe gutierrez live for us in atlanta. Thank you for that. President trump and the first lady sitting down to dinner with shins skpab his wife tonight, part of a busy down in florida. President trump posting this
77 of refugees allowed hail from seven suspect countries. So dangerous. Here are the numbers. 882 refugees from those countries were admitted during one week. From syria, 359. From iraq, 252. None from yemen or libya. The number appeared higher than usual. Meanwhile today marked another milestone for Melania Trump who hosted mrs. Abe for a garden tour and luncheon. Mrs. Trumps first solo duties as the first lady. Mrs. Trump also tweeted a photo of herself with mrs. Abe and talked about the need to set values and be an example for future generations which had very much the first lady agendas as her tone. People of patriot and for religious freedom. Its extremely scary and were very much in fear that hes going to the change landscape of our country in a way that religious freedom is going to be impacted in such a negative way. Absolutely just taken aback by the fact that our donald trump is thinking that. Let me just adjust it. No matter how he does it its going to be impacting religious freedom in our country. The white house is saying its not a religious ban. They cite the number of countries that are not listed as part of this that are muslim countries. What does it mean for your lawsuit if they withdraw the initial Executive Order and modified it . They can say a lot of things that were not truthful. The way theyre implementing it
how theyre implementing italy and pursuing the ban in that way, you will see that it is a ban on religious freedom in so many ways. I can tell you people are changing theres no reason behavior in america because of the ban they put out there. He can add countries it to, he can try to adjust various language. When it comes down it to, it is unconstitutional to come down on a whole faith. Do you think this will go aufrlts to the Supreme Court or would you like to see this resolved in a different way. I want this resolved right way. I dont know that it needs to go to the Supreme Court. Theres a combination of whats happening with residences on the ground and what ewe see in the courtroom. It needs to go hand in hand. I want my 11yearold son to be able to go to school and be proud that hes of muslim faith. I want children who are brown,
whatever it is, theyre being lumped up into one package. With all the things that are happening, its impacting the spirit of who we are as a country. Its terrible. We want it resolved. If anything is done beforehand, great. The fact of the matter is its being complemented on the ground right now in an unamerican way. One of the suburbs when you speak to fellow muslims out there, what is their reaction to some of the legal setbacks that have been faced by if white house . Do they feel theyre a in the clear or are they still very concerned about what is unfolding and trying bring people over to the United States before this situation intenseifies . It brought a lot of strength
to many muslim communities. However, there is still anxiety, the anxiety hasnt gone away. People are extremely anxious. They say the words and the skplang how its being presented through press conferences, through various tweets of the president. What is happening on the ground is complete chaos, and that is what more anxious about. Absolutely, i think it gives us a tremendous. A strength to see the courts standing up with us. Thank you very much for joining us. Obviously a situation creating a lot of confusion for people. Protests across the country while supporters and opponents of Planned Parenthood protested. Some are asking to strip federal
funding. Nbcs Morgan Radford has been following the action in new york city where both sides showed up today. What do we want . Body autonomy. When do we want it . Now. Dueling rallies across the country. Thousands taking to the streets to voice their opinion on abortion and whether Planned Parenthood should receive federal money. This is a slaughter house. First there were the defunding rallies where hundreds of antiabortion demonstrations took place in pembroke family. Planned parenthood doesnt use federal funds or abortions, thats been not allowed. Approximate. Really the push to defund Planned Parenthood is where our tax dollars go towards something thats morally wrong. When people say youre a guy you dont know anything about our bodies and what we need. Men are husband and is fathers and men defend women and children. Just steps away her body, her choice. Its a personal choice and every adult human should be allowed to make that choice for themselves. Planned parenthood says defunding them would leave people without all kinds of health care as far as. They do things around gender and sexuality. In st. Paul, a thousand wearing pink took to the streets as similar scenes erupted across the country in a battle over abortion and the question of choice. Morgan radford, nbc news,
new york. Republican lawmakers are hearing from voters concern that the repeal of obamacare could have a serious impact on their lives. What theyre telling lawmakers. Plus how democrats plan to take on donald trump as they lay out their Long Term Plan for the future of the party. vo whats your dog foods first ingredient . That way . Yeah, a little further up. What year was that quarter . What year is that one . 98 thats the one. You got it nothing stops us from doing right by our customers. Ally. Do it right. Lets get out of that water. The japanese are concerned about their own defense, talking about rearming and so on. Its very, very concerning. Weve asked the chinese in the past to do something about their neighbor, theyve been supporting north korea. They wont put their foot on these guys because the chinese dont want 2 million north koreaens streaming across the revere as refugees if the screws are put to north korea. Theyre laying off and north korea more or less does what it wants. We know from the white house Turnover Course of the last three weeks have been putting a focus on iran when iran tested its Ballistic Missile. We know the white house is putting iran on notice following a series of sanctions. Its been silent and they seem to be just as em bold boldened
in this test. 40 of their gdp goes to support the army in north korea. Nonof it goes to the people. Its extremely difficult to control north korea. A little bit of a double standard that theyre not focused on iran as much as north korea. I think youre absolutely right. But i think the United States is going to continue not doing anything about north korea and is going focus much more attention on iran because at the end of the day irans got an actual gdp which can be influenced by sanctions and there is interest in the region with doing something with iran to control their expansions. Weve been working against them in yemen. Against north korea, nothing that anybody has done for decades has been able to help. Theres nothing to indicate
that the north korean leadership is going to change. China will be the lynch pin. Well see what happens after this initial communication. Colonel, always regret to have your perspective. Well have more on that Breaking News Story of north korea test ago Ballistic Missile. Republican lawmakers hosting town Hall Meetings where theyre being greeted anger and protests. Constituents are demanding answers on health care reform, many afraid theyre going to be dropped from their Insurance Coverage if the Affordable Care act is repealed. Our reporter attended a Town Hall Meeting today. Weve seen the images throughout the course of the week, some of them getting more contentious, very heated. It was intense and at times, confrontational. For more than two and a half
hours residents stood up and spokes some of them anger and a lot of them fearful about what can happen if aca is repealed. Reporter at town halls this week, hostile crowds, Angry Righteous residents. When is aca was passed in 2009, my party had virtually no input. The crowd of several hundred turned hostile. Dont you get the message . [ cheers ] one confronted the groms. Were in danger. A mother worried her daughter will be dropped from her snurnz if aca is repealed. Im selfemployed so i have the perfect storm. Shame. Similar scenes at town halls across the country this week. Im fighting congress for my life. . Salt lake city, town hall hits capacity in saikt constituents made emotional plaza for tom mccolin to being to consider repealing aca. My wife has two open heart surgeries on my fixed income, we will not be able to afford the medication that she now takes, and she will die. Republican lawmakers say they will continue to hold town halls determined to hear from their constituents. Were going to make sure we continue to create environments for people to voice their opinions, voice their opposition. The only thing that might swell some of the angry a look at what republicans have in store to replace the aca. Reporter there were only a handful of people here today who supported aca being repealed and we spoke with a couple of those people, asked them if they had their minds changed by what they heard and we were told no, they did not. With us from washington, democratic congressman, i want to start with those town hall protests were seeing. You saw on your screen getting very heated. Whats your reaction what you look at that. Weve seen the exact mirror image with democratic town halls. Everyone ive been part of is tons of people pouring in, standing room only, trying to figure out how to make a difference. How they can stand up to the worst parts of what they expect from this president. How do you see democrats using this to their advantage . In the short run were
sticking with the idea that to fight back is to wichblt we want to agree with President Trump when hes right. We believe in government that works and is effective, but were not going to compromise your values or what our constituents need. We dont want to go along with President Trump just to avoid this image of being obstructionists. In the long run, weve got to win some elections. Were going to try to be as articulate as we can. Do they stand back and see how republicans handle this works giving them enough rope for them to do what they want to do with them in terms of pressure . We look and say trump is forcing his own party to be the party of no. The intelligence chiefs pushing back on flynns conversations with the russians about the sanctions or even
trumps Supreme Court nominees talking about how disheartening and demeaning it was for troufrp talk about socalled judges. The republicans are pushing back on him almost as hard as we are. So you brought up jason your republican colleague in the house. Hes been saying people who interrupted him at his town hall event were, quote, paid agitators. Have you seen any evidence that someone is funding this . Is it being organized by somebody . Would you describe this as a Grassroots Movement . Ayman, theres as grassroots as the gets. Theres no way democrats would think to do that. I have never seen as much as this. Im old enough to have seen vietnam. This energy is across the ages, across the races. And people are upset about taking away the Affordable Care act or this notion were hearing about ice raids picking up immigrants who have done nothing
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in south korea and because of that if a conservative does win, it will be just more difficult for kim jongun the north korean leader. China doesnt want south korea to deploy a Missile Defense system. And so if north korea tests a Ballistic Missile, that gives really an sbets to the South Koreaen government to go forward with deployment of this terminal High AltitudeDefense System. Youve laid out a lot of threads that one can pull out right now. One of the first points you highlighted was a test of wills. We saw the Administration Come out with a notice of putting iran on notice when iran carried out its own missile test. What might the u. S. Administration now consider doing in the wake of what north korea has just done . The administration can put additional sanctions on north korea because were not sanctioned out. The State Department could put North Korea Backen its list of Terrorism Responsing states. The United States could start sanctioning chinese banks that have been involved in north korean commerce, especially remitted to its Nuclear Weapons and Ballistic Missile programs. Theres a lot of things the Trump Administration could do. In terms of north koreas capabilities we know donald trump said north korea would not have a Nuclear Weapon to hit the United States. But what do we kn