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Border illegally, finds a border patrol agent, and using well coached language by lawyers and others that stand there and try to get fees or whatever they can get, they are given a phrase to read. they never heard of the phrase before. they don t believe in the phrase. but they re given a little legal statement to read. and they read it. and now all of a sudden they re supposed to qualify, but that s n not the reason they re here. this merely asserts the need for asylum, and then often released into the united states and they await a lengthy court process. the court process will take years sometimes. nbc s hans nichols joins the conversation from the white house. i worked at the white house for six years. i went to meetings on everything from the bird flu to hurricane katrina recovery to how to welcome a sports team. i never went to a meeting about an asylum seeker scandal abuse ....
Country, and it all came down here to mississippi where it was a microcosm of all those different debates and discussions. i do want to bring in christina, because i want to talk about the irony. thad cochran running on a pro-government platform, saying what can the government do for you. that has people talking as well. well, i mean, that wasn t exactly his platform. i think that we tend to throw these words around like conservative very easily. thad cochran is a conservative senator. what he has done is supported things like hurricane katrina recovery or flood insurance or things that helped locally. and that is the point. all politics is local. and there s going to have to be some reckoning within the republican party, is it a question of anti-government, a question of limbited government a question of austerity measures at all turns? you had $17 million used in this contest. that s a lot of money that ....
brian: drew brees has been an active player on and off the field. he immediately became involved in hurricane katrina recovery and best known for that as he signed with the saints and helped rebuild and is helping his adopted hometown as they are hosting super bowl xlvii. joining us now, a guy who wants to play but if he can t play, he s an ambassador. nfl star quarterback drew brees. he ll be talking about x box shortly. great to see you. thank you, you, too. brian: i think this city reminds me of rebuild. i mean, rebuild, after 9-11, 2002, we re in new orleans. tanks in the street. new orleans is hosting the game. then katrina. everyone thought the super dome has to be rebuilt. they rebuilt it, then the bp disaster. then bounty gate after that. it has not been easy being a new orleans saint. it has not. there has been a lot going on over the last decade in this ....