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People to come to phoenix here later this afternoon. in many ways he does have a following, he's a vigilante, going above and beyond immigration laws even if federal courts are deeming them to be unconstitutional but it is significant that donald trump will be coming here. this is a place where there's a very active pro-immigrant rights community where they had to battle many of these divisive laws in arizona. we're expecting them to protest in pretty strong numbers outside of the crowd here and so we should see an interesting dynamic on the border state later this afternoon. >> thank you to a...

Joining me now from phoenix, amanda, what in the world is donald trump up to today? >> reporter: good morning, melissa. it's significant donald trump will be appearing next to a self-described toughest sheriff and one of the most divisive in the immigration debate so far. this opens a preview of what to expect later this afternoon. i mean he has been federally convicted for racially profiling latinos. he's currently in the midst of a contempt of court hearing after he admitted to actively defying a court order to stop racially profiling folks, and it doesn't even end there. he even admitted an...

To evacuate. msnbc's amanda sukuma joins me now. there were protests in oakland this week also getting attention. tell me about that. >> reporter: we know there were officers in plain clothes walking among the crowd in oakland. that's when authorities say several in the crowd outed these police officers and confronted them about that. authorities say one person even pulled an officer aside from struck them in the back of the head. really the lasting image coming out of that protest is that the plain clothed officer pulled out his firearm and aimed it at the crowd in order to disperse the demon...

Tumblr, twitter, facebook, has been able to gavlvanize many groups who wouldn't ordinarily be able to get the scope this movement has been able to. >> msnbc's amanda sukuma, thank you. to the white house where today president obama officially named ash tton carter to be his nominee for the next defense secretary. >> he knows the department of defense inside and out, which -- all of which means that on day one, he's going to hit the ground running. >> for more, let's go to msnbc's perry bacon live at the white house. this is, i guess, seen as a nominee who can get confirmed. >> reporter: yes,...

City from brooklyn to manhattan last night with many marchers chant, i can't breathe, eric garner's final words as he was taken to the ground by a group of officers. police say 200 people were arrested last night. demonstrations took across across the country as another deft an unarmed african-american man at the hands of a white police officer. mean whishlgs the staten island district attorney's office released a document disclosing limited information about the grand jury proceedings. among the few details provided, the grand jury was given 60 exhibits of evidence and heard from 50 witnesses...