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MSNBCW Weekends With Alex Witt June 8, 2019

Awaiting for asylum claims to be decided. That has been challenged in courts as civil Rights Groups say it violates rights. Mexico said it did not accept the provision furnipushed by th Trump Administration to apply for Refugee Status in mexico before reaching the United States. We have Mike Viqueira with more from the white house. Good saturday morning, my friend. How and why . Reporter President Trump and good morning to you, alex, has been frustrated over the situation with migrants coming from mexico through the southern border. A tenyear high in may of 144,000 individuals coming or trying to come to the country to seek asylum or enter the country legally or illegally. The president using a tool he discovered he can use with impunity without congressional approval. That is tariffs. Nine days ago, a frustrated President Trump said 5 tariffs would start on june 10th. They go up to 25 by october if mexico did not do something. That kicked off three days of talks beginning here on wednesday with mexican officials. In the end, they came to agreement for now that you already outlined. The mexican ambassador to the United States had this response. The United States and mexico in working with regional and International Partners to build a more secure Central America and address underlining causes of migration so citizens of the region can build better lives for themselves and families at the country and home of origin. Reporter alex, the administration will keep a close eye on this. They are holding out the prospect or the threat, if you will, of going ahead with the sanctions if the situation doesnt change. The administration started in january telling people to go and wait at the border. In mexico, these Asylum Seekers, mexico agreed to expand that program. One other reaction. This from the democrats. Leader in the Senate Chuck Schumer sarcastic. This is historic. He said nine hours ago. Adds now the problem is solved, im sure we wont hear any more about it in the future. A sarcastic response from the Senate Democratic leader. Whether or not this is all going to come to fruition, alex, is an open question. I had to laugh. We will not hear more about that for sure. One other thing i wanted to ask you about involving the rainbow pride flag and embassies. Reporter this is a big deal. The scoop by nbc news. This is gay pride month. Embassies asked for permission to fly the gay pride flag at embassies. The state Department Said no. The embassies included germany, brazil and latvia. This is not permitted to fly on the main flag pole, but display elsewhere on grounds. Germany in particularly, the ambassador, a close ally of donald trump. The top gay official in the Trump Administration has been leading a fight to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. His reaction is fine. We will fly all over the compound in berlin. Not on the flag pole. Trying to put the most positive light possible. A controversy has this day begins. Thank you, mike. Joining me now is emily noe and kevin cirilli. Thank you for joining me. The deal on tariffs with mexico. Kevin, are there concessions to declare it a win to some degree, but not a fullblown win . The details are still being reached. From the political standpoint, the president has faced pressure with tariffs not just against mexico from republicans, but republicans pressing him not to have tariffs against china because of the impact on agriculture states. The bottom line is the president has faced intense, intense political pressure from republicans within his party. For sure. What about republicans to that point, emily . Also major corporations were opposed to the tariffs threat. If it had gone on further, it could have been problematic for the president. Do you feel the deal came around because of the pressure . It is hard to tell at this point. This is a high stakes gamble on part of the president. He had a lot of people nervous. Corporations and some senate republicans, of course, stepping up and standing up against them and condemning the threat of the tariffs. This mexico, of course, is United States largest trading partner at this point. Not many people are willing to call his bluff. In the end, he did step away from it. To what effect . We sort of are divided on what the u. S. Got from mexico in securing the border. They agreed to reinforce the policies in place, specifically having migrants wait in mexico while asylum procerequest is processed. What is the win . We have seen that in tijuana. Lets talk about the impeachment debate. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly told democrats she wants to see the president in prison, not impeached. That made the argument that it is better to beat him at the ballot box and prosecute him later for alleged crimes. Is there an indication she said that with a purpose . She must have known this would leak. It is hard to look at the Speakers Office and not think this is a strategic leak. It was a great story by politico. I think this is indicative of how Speaker Pelosi is having to walk that narrow, narrow political tightrope to navigate cries from her base to begin impeachment proceedings. Other democrats who are more concerned about the longevity of the argument. As you play this forward, however, i spoke with the Congress Member from new york. He is a member of the democratic leadership. What he told me this week is that they are trying to walk down a path here and to go through a process. Now where precisely that process will take them is still unknown. The pressure is very loud. Especially from the 2020 president ial candidates who are all calling for impeachment with the exception of biden. Emily, with regard to the issue of this political versus something political. Do you think nancy pelosi is pushing this because she believes principle accountability will happen through the ballot box and whatever happens to the president legally afterwards when he returns to being a private citizen. Is that her focus here . To some degree. She is trying very much and she said it herself she wants this tried in the court of public opinion. She is gathering the evidence. We had it. They are playing into her hands with the numbers of the Trump Administration. The more they refuse and push back against subpoenas. Subpoenas give her grounds for impeachment articles. It is very much to some degree. As expected, the president certainly reacted to her comments while overseas. Heres what he said. I think shes a disgrace. I actually dont sthink she is talented person. I was actually nice to her because i wanted to get deals done. She is a nasty and horrible vicious person. She made a vicious statement while im overseas. He made that statement at the American Military cemetery in normandy. Critics are saying the speaker should not have brought up prison, kevin. Although the president was pushing that for hillary clinton. The lock her up chants. Do the president s words ring a bit hollow . I think it is an illustration to see the domestic politization on hollow ground. Whether it is Speaker Pelosi or a republican or whether it is lock her up chants at Trump Campaign rallies or reports that the speaker saying she wants to see him in jail. All of that, you know, i think it illustrates the current Political Climate. Where does the current Political Climate lead us, emily . You have 60 democrats pushing for impeachment. One republican as well. It is a bipartisan effort to some degree. What happens next . It means so much it is part of the conversation now so much more than a couple of weeks ago. As i said earlier, Speaker Pelosi and others of the House Democratic leadership are starting to gather evidence and have grounds to move forward to some degree. The more they see him and a. G. Barr resist subpoenas and more return to citations and contempt of coee where it leads. The president calling Speaker Pelosi names and using nasty and saying nervous. It shows he very much is concerned his political future may be in her hands. Okay. Emily and kevin, thank you both. Thank you. Groceries delivered straight to your fridge. Even when you are out of the house. How walmart is planning to compete with amazon raises questions about privacy. S about. ] exactly, nothing. Theyre completely different people, thats why they need customized Car Insurance from liberty mutual. Theyll only pay for what they need [ gargling ] [ coins hitting the desk ] yes, and they could save a ton. Youve done it again, limu. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Chloe, why is there a lamp shade on your head . Shhh. My owner might have given me a little bit of cat nip. Uh. [ laughing ] its great, listen. It is great, gidget. Everything is grand. [ meow ] [ purring ] [ growl ] are you finished . [ cooing ] that was weird. Oh sister its gonna get way weirder. Now to the latest jobs numbers. Exppectations in the cut of interest rates. 75,000 jobs added in may. Fewer than 180,000 jobs expected. The Unemployment Rate remains at 3. 6 . We have reporter from Yahoo Finance with me now. Good morning, alex. Why didnt the job growth live up to the expectation . The jobs growth was not great. 75,000 jobs added in may. Economists were expected 180,000 jobs. This is the first evidence that the u. S. Economy is slowing. Many economists are blaming the trade war because it is fought on multiple fronts with multiple countries. Tariffs in place with china having to deal with 25 tariffs on 200 billion of chinese goods. A threat of additional tariffs on 300 billion in chinese goods. The u. S. Companies and the industry right now is basically focused and bracing because of the trade war. They are limiting hiring and investment because of the cost of tariffs. They have to figure out how to deal with it. You have u. S. Importers switching supplies from china to other asian countries. Vietnam and south korea a and taiwan to avoid the cost of tariffs. Not everybody can do that. Small businesses are stuck and faced with the tariffs and they have to pass on to consumers. We will see what happens with mexico. Whether the president s threats are delivered if mexico does not deliver what they promise to do with immigration. That said, with regard to interest rates. Fed is considering to make a cut. Why . Because of the indications that the u. S. Economy is slowing. The jobs report was weaker than expected is a big red flag for the fed. They indicated they are looking at the Current Situation and current economic climate and they would consider a rate cut. Economists were thinking by july. We will keep looking at that. Okay. The stock market seems to be looking ahead to the lower interest rates. Do you think consumers should be concerned at all about an economic slowdown not only here in the states, but globally . Yes. Consumers should be aware and it will affect them. Lets remember, u. S. Gdp. 75 of it is driven by consumers. It is important for consumers to have purchasing power. If the price of goods is really too high because of the cost of tariffs and the trade war, then consumers cant buy goods. Those companies are going to be in the red if goods stay on the store shelves. In terms of volatility here and the measures taken by the fed potentially. Longterm fix or temporary . It looks like temporary fixes. If the fed were to cut interest rates, there is no guarantee that would stop the effect that we are seeing from the trade war. The u. S. Economy is already slowing down. So the fed could cut rates, but it may be too late. Okay, sibile, thank you very much. Thanks, alex. A strategy as stores are fighting for your money. Walmart taking on amazon. Preparing to offer grocery deliveries right to your fridge. Gadi schwartz has more. Reporter here we are. In the home grocery wars. Promising robots and drones and self driving cars. A move by walmart that may push past your curb and frontrefrige. The idea is if you are not home, you can watch the Employee Stock your shelves. Now experimenting with drones and leaving packages in the garage or truck of the car or past the front door. For walmart, it is capitalizing on the stores. From the cost perspective, not different from delivering it direct to somebodys door because were able to batch the orders. 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Talk to your doctor about mavyret. Now to the morning headlines. A College Student from new york city in jail this morning. Facing federal charges for allegedly plotting to shoot up times square. The suspect is a 22yearold bangladeshi from queens. He was arrested after trying to buy two handguns from undercover agents. In the minine months they kept watch on him, he surveilled many locations. Nasa announcing it is making the orbiting station available to tourism. Visitors can stay up to 30 days at 35,000 a night. Two only two can go up each year. Trips start as early as next year. It is like a scene from the super natural movie the fog. You can barely see the top of the sydney harbor bridge on friday due to the fog. The landmarks were concealed. That Poor Visibility created delays and diversions to flights and made more hazardous road conditions. The fog lifted by midday. Details in the under cutting of womens rights in missouri. The first in the country to provide no Legal Abortion Services since roe v. Wade. As it fights to renew its license, missouri is requiring doctors to perform an intrusive and unnecessary pelvic exam before getting an abortion. Joining me now is the state representative sara unsicer. What are your thoughts . It is horrifying. They are requiring a pelvic exam before somebody can consent to abortion 72 hours before. These kinds of requirements. They are having a traumatic affect on patients and doctors as well. Listen to this. We do not want to make you do unnecessary invasive procedure that we would not do at this moment. And most women are quite disturbed at that. They are remarkable. They apologizing to my doctor. Im sorry you have to do this to me. Thats shameful. The doctor at the clinic tweeting saying it broke her as a physician. Is this the goal potentially . Is this the state that hopes doctors give up and stop providing abortions all together . I think so. The special session law we passed two years ago, there were several planned parenthoods planning on offering abortion and that became impossible after the law we passed under the governor two years ago. Now, i think they are trying to chase doctors out of the state which is harmful for all women. Not just women seeking abortions. For sure. With regard to the last clinic that remains open. I know a reprieve if you will. The court said we will not close its license which that was the big sticking point. That was effective monday. How long is that going to stay in effect . Is there any clue how long it will extend and stay open . I dont know. Right now they are waiting for a Court Decision on whether that will continue. That reprieve or if they shutdown the planned parenthood clinic abortion facility. You know, looking at the series of tweets that you posted. There was one we want to talk with it. It is how you started. Can we talk about how far behind the 8 ball we are with Womens Health care in missouri and we consider the courts decisions wins. Legally i dont think these are wins. Legally it is a stay. Its just a status quo holding on to what there is until the court can really weigh the evidence and look at everything and make a decision whether to keep the clinic open. Every day that the court doesnt make a decision, im increasingly optimistic that the court will allow planned parenthood to stay open. Legally i dont think it is

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