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We will move on to the next topic, the guy making jokes on the southwest flight getting in trouble, southwest says he joked they were handing out water, it should be vodka because they have been sitting on the time act. not funny, got taken off the plane. southwest says we regret the event, we welcome customers each year and aim to maintain the comfort of all of them. we share this report with our customer relations team. up a reply from each of you. >> i am stunned. i said something very similar, not vodka, everyone should have free food because we have been sitting on the tarmac for so long....

Linked to iran according to senior state department officials. they say would be an act of negligence to keep nonessential employees working in us to poetic compounds in iraq. mike pompeo ordered those workers out. >> if american interests are attacked we will most certainly respond in appropriate fashion. >> according to a central command the us-led coalition is on a high level of alert as we continue to closely monitor credible and possibly imminent threats to us forces in iraq. get a british general questioned the us threat assessment of iranian backed forces in iraq and syria. >> we don't ...

I think in this case, there is also a recognition that we saw last month, a surged in border crossings. whatever you think about illegal immigration, for these border states, they are aware of what's going on especially in the number of women and children, especially in the number of families because they're coming in because congress cannot act. congress is not confident to act on this question and solve the problem, as they're not going to solve the problem. we're going to get stopgap band-aids. >> that's why you've seen them try to push out these policies of catch and release. there's only ...

The swamp, to challenge politics as usual. there is nothing that demonstrates the problems of washington more than this issue. when 90% of the american people favor action on something like universal background checks and congress cannot act. when the bump stock issue comes up and there really is no constituency for that, and congress cannot act, because they are afraid to take on the power of the gun lobby, which, incidentally, was strongly supportive of the president in his campaign, that is politics as usual, and he is participating in politics as usual. he is not draining the swamp. he is ...

The president in port st. lucie. what are the details of the preside president's plan? >> usa today is reporting they were given a draft copy of the president's proposal. increasing funding for border security and requiring employers to check immigration status. white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough did not confirm it. we heard the president saying he will be ready with his plan if congress cannot act. there are some members putting together a form. they have confidence the group of senators will put something on the table. here is what more of what the chief of staff had to say earlier ...