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To fear and blame because we don't know each other. congresswoman omar is more than willing to speak for herself on her terms and will be joining us live. i think this is her first television interview since the president started this whole go back to your country attack on her. an attack it appears he will try to juice for as long as possible and he likes how it's playing and it's foundational to the way he is running for reelection. we have a guest who will help us understand what the administration did today to try to stop people from applying for asylum in america. i think everybody realiz...

Administration did today to try to stop people from applying for asylum in america. i think everybody realizes it is no coincidence that the president is starting attacks on nonwhite members of congress and at the same time he is announcing gigantic round ups of immigrants and their families and at the same time he is upscaling the horrendous detention conditions and showing off the pens in which he is holding immigrant men who have been held for weeks. he thinks that's a good look for him. the outrage over how the trump administration is treating immigrants, even the outrage over the foul tre...

The president of course is running for reelection on his hard line immigration policies, the same policies that are creating the conditions senator warren is responding to. immigrants being held indefinitely with nowhere to sleep or bathe and being taken away from their parents and a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and reported it and the administration did nothing until we inquired about it. they are essentially cancelling asylum law in this country. blocking people from requesting asylum in the united states. the policy was announced and slated to go into effect tomorrow. immigrant r...

Way we got the blocked. this was more extreme and we hope to get it blocked as well. >> is this the thing where conservatives and activists on the right have been trying to exploit bwiggle room or this isa desire to shut down asylum or is this novel? >> there have been people who tried to tweak asylum, but not in this way. this would end asylum. people need to understand it's so incompatible with the values. after world war ii, the nations of the world said never again are we not going to provide protection for those fleeing persecution. they want to enact laws to comply. right now it's centra...