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We're back and going to jacob on the beach as irma moves closer to florida. there you are in the dark. >> in this area, miami beach, barrier islands outside of miami, people have been preparing for a sea level rise, a gradual one due to climate change for quite some time. the politicses have put this as a priority issue, but nothing can prepare you for a five to ten maybe 15 foot sea level rise due to the waves and it's quite possible hi going to hit this beach in just a matter of time. i spent the day earlier driving around with the miami beach fire rescue. they got about 91,000 people living...

Trafficking, the drug trafficking, potential terrorists and those were real issues and you can't dispute that there are victims of criminal alien activity. >> i'm not saying that. i'm just saying that the numbers don't add up. i didn't mean to interrupt you. >> well, i think it's real. i've seen case by case of criminal aliens assaulting innocent americans. obviously this is a priority issue for him. he's highlighting it in his address to congress and we're going to be looking at the formation of this office and perhaps my committee authorizing it. >> what about the wall? we didn't hear anythi...

It's about word for word what he said on television. if it's a secret, he shouldn't have been saying it on stephen colbert, seth meyers or anywhere else. when you look at the transcripts, they pretty much are about the same statement that he is going to be defending the constitution, that includes things like religious liberty and other issues. so what is your quibble? >> well, first he says it's not a priority for him. and obviously for a lot of people it is a priority issue. the issue of life and marriage are very much important and priority issues for a lot of voters in america, because the...

>> yes, i think that's an important part. it's not everything. jenna: josh, what do you think? is that priority number one? >> yeah, more tax cuts aimed at high income households, i don't see that as a big priority. we kind of ran that experiment in the early 2000s. the bush recovery was really anemic. i think there's wage stagnation, climate change is a higher priority issue. the idea that so much time is e spent on taxes, that seems like a real distraction to me. jenna: maya, your thoughts? >> i think one of the keys to grow the economy is to actually get our budget and our debt under contro...

Knew, in fact, that it was terrorism, if all of those things really mattered to americans, they're going to say these answers won't suffice. if this is not a key, priority issue for americans, she will absolutely get away from this. she doesn't want to take responsibility, she wants to sweep it under the rug and make it not her problem and hope that nobody cares enough about it to hold her responsible for it. >> yeah, she's -- probably, and her adviser's telling her, too, be prepared for this to go away, but just in case one of her principal advisers is going to be meeting with a group called ...