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good day. i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the humanitarian crisis on the border. it is the challenge that americans say they want solved more than any other problem. and now president biden is making his most dramatic move yet to deal with illegal immigration. will today's executive action come too late to reverse the political damage that has been years in the making? plus details about the president's son, including claims he was smoking crack every 15 minutes emerging on day one of the federal trial. the defense is using the opening statement to argu...

Young people for the past year and a half after his grandmother had to go into a nursing home. now elijah, who had a 3.96 gpa, has a full four-year tuition scholarship to xavier university in cincinnati, where he plans to major in graphic design. he's one of four young black men who are class valedictorians across new orleans this year. >> don't let things get you down. don't let it chain you down. let moments help you get through it. through it

Not words. >> we're talking about a speech. >> no, stop a second. you talked about. now when the democrats get a chance to vote to pass citizenship for close to 2 million kids, let's see what they do. actions, not words, van. >> listen, interesting hearing from you, senator. i have to say this. we are in a moment now where we could come together and get something done on a bipartisan basis. republicans cannot continue to just smear these young dreamers and associate them with gangs, if they're not a part of -- >> well, first off, the idea that all dreamers are, quote, dreamers, is ridiculous. ...

>> we're talking about a speech. >> no, stop a second. you talked about. now when the democrats get a chance to vote to pass citizenship for close to 2 million kids, let's see what they do. actions, not words, van. >> listen, interesting hearing from you, senator. i have to say this. we are in a moment now where we could come together and get something done on a bipartisan basis. republicans cannot continue to just smear these young dreamers and associate them with gangs, if they're not a part of -- >> well, first off, the idea that all dreamers are, quote, dreamers, is ridiculous. there are d...

Democrats from both houses met the press this morning to push for passage. >> they came as children. the son should never be held responsible for the actions of the father. we should not hold these children -- these are our class valedictorians, these are the brightest, the smartest. >> reporter: but the republicans say it is unfair in any number of ways. >> the problem with it, doug, mainly is that it's unfair. it's unfair to the people who are in this country legally, and it's unfair to united states citizen students. >> reporter: republicans won't directly say it but they are also fearful t...