Im going to start this hour for you with a border and not only Supreme Court decision from less than 24 hours ago, but also now what has become a bit of a hullabaloo today. The president attacks one of his influential critics, representative Elijah Cummings, saying cummings is a brutal bully. This is possibly in response to cummings jabbing the president s Homeland Security chief. You fe you feel like youre doing a great job, right . I feel like were doing our level best. What does that mean . What does that mean when a child is sitting in their own feces . Cant take shower . Come on, man. Despite the president s attacks on cummings, he says cummings district which includes part of baltimore and its suburbs is worse than the u. S. Border. He said the border is clean and wellrun. He said if he spent more time with baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this filthy place. Baltimore does have the second highest murder rate in the country with 309 homicides last year. Cummings has half of baltimore with a chunk of the city itself. Cummings said, each day i go and fight for my neighbors. Critics say this is another example of the president choosing a Congress Member to attack. Representative ilhan omar, representative rashida tlaib, representative alexandria ocasiocortez. So representative ayanna presley, they never have anything good to say. So i say if they dont like it, let them leave. Robert acosta is here along with bozas. Robert, what is the president saying here . Elijah cummings is not only head of the House Oversight committee but he is a voice across the agencies. He has been a thorn in the president s side. This is a continuation of the racist tweets we saw from the president weeks ago. We see the president continue to go back to racially charged and racist attacks on his opponents thats really taken us outside the norms of american politics. You have to scratch your head here, because you would think in the last couple hours the president would say, weve got to win here because the Supreme Court did not stop the funding that i have earmarked for spending on the wall, and yet doubling down and going after not someone of another age and brand, were talking about Elijah Cummings here. To me thats a big mistake. If the president wants to make an impression, he should just take the wall and continue on his weekend. We keep weaponizing a lot of these issues in a way that does not move anything forward. I was at a conference and saw people coming together, and yes, political differences everywhere, but they were focused on principles and policies that can lift people. Thats where weve got to get to. All this other stuff is a distraction, and sadly, i would just point out, too, often these Committee Hearings in congress are no longer hearings at all because no one is listening. Everybody is just looking for a social media moment and weve taken everything to where we have to weaponize and dehumanize in order to score political points, and the American People are exhausted and ex asper ated with that. We have to expect more at every level. It certainly has been a busy season. I want to play a second soundbite that we have and that is from alexandria case ok. To say he hasnt been there in a while is atrocious. Bozas, people are certainly going through difficult times. They say President Trump watched this and then reacted to it. That statement was idiotic, first of all. Whether were talking about a border wall or another issue, all they do is provide a context and vehicle for the president s racism, nothing more. For him to go after Elijah Cummings and as many congressional members of color in two weeks, whatever, its an incredible kind of racism, because at the same time hes trying to get a srkasep rocky o prison. He only likes things that entertain him. That entertain him. That entertain him, it is a trope as old as this country. To me anyone that supports the president that is a person of color, were going to have problems. You cant stand for a man that continues to do this and denigrate our communities instead of helping, instead of actually providing resources and sf services. He consistently denigrates them and puts the residents of these communities and the good work theyre doing against the rest of the country. Thats where this is so disgraceful to me. Robert costa, how big a deal is this for President Trump. Its been said by David Axelrod if President Trump doesnt win in 2020, this might be seen as one of those moments. Is this one of those moments . Its a significant moment, but based on my reporting, its also notable that congressman cummings early on in the Trump Administration tried to build a relationship with President Trump. He was at the white house numerous times. This is not someone who is totally at odds with President Trump at the start. Even having spoken with congressman cummings a couple years ago outside the white house chamber, he said he was trying to build a relationship. As we see, any relationship has fallen to the wayside as theyve become political combat anants,t its a sign how it could have gone a different direction. They worked at least a little bit on certain policy issues. And these kinds of attacks, whether on the four minority freshmen of congress at the house, or a veteran member of Congress Like mr. Cummings, these could jeopardize the white houses ability to continue to build relationships this fall as they try to go after issues like Prescription Drug reform. Boyd, quickly on this, how big of a deal is this . Will we forget about this in another week with the president potentially coming up with another statement or another move here . I think youre right, richard, and i think this is what the problem in our country is. The more we have a Political Polarization problem, we have a contempt problem where we dehumanize and weaponize everything. So on the one hand, we probably wont remember this as it continues to mount, but we should. The American People need to look themselves in the mirror and say, what am i sending out to my neighbors, to my community, because this will not be solved by this president , this white house or anyone in washington. This starts in our neighborhoods, our families and our local communities. And if i can just add very quickly, what is the message were sending to young people in this country . Were raising people in this country to think and act the way he does. And there is no reason that as an adult when he with say dont do it, you cant say that. Well, the president does. And thats were creating racism in this country because of him. Or youre raising awareness of him that which should not be said or done. Boyd matheson, robert costa and basil smikle, youre sticking around. What the Supreme Court ruled on in the last 24 hours, which was the whole back and forth. We have legal analyst and editor in chief, senior fellow at the brookings institution, among other titles, debra pearlstein, attorney and associate professor at Cordova School of law. The Supreme Court did not stop the use of that 2. 5 billion in pentagon funding to build the border wall that the president wants. It was a 54 vote. It lifted a freeze that was imposed by a federal judge in california in may. Benjamin wittes, as we look at this decision from the court, what specifically were they saying . I understand it also has to do with those who were lodging the very argument themselves. It was not the right folks that this stopped. Right. So the actual ruling is focused on whether the plaintiffs who brought the matter have a cause of action to bring it, which doesnt sound like the most sort of satisfying way to address the question of whether the president gets to reprogram military funding for purposes of a border wall, but thats the way the question presented. And so the court, by a 54 ruling, determines that there shouldnt be a stay because the cause of action probably doesnt exist. Thats, first of all, a kind of temporary holding measure because theyre not really ruling on the merits of the question yet, theyre just ruling on whether a stay is in place while the lower courts continue to consider it. But it probably does flag where these five justices are on the question of whether these plaintiffs are going to be able to proceed with this case. So, then, debra, if the plaintiffs are not able to proceed with this case, who can step in or what can they do next, i guess, as they now head back to their bunker, if you will . Right. I want to underscore the limited nature of what the court did here, right, so as ben was just saying, the court lifted a stay that had been in place that a lower court imposed saying, you cant even pick up a shovel and do anything with this limited fraction of the amount of money you want to spend until we decide whether the president has the power to do it. What the court did last week is not decide that the president does have the power to use these funds that congress appropriated for a different purpose, all the court did is say, okay, you can start using some of this money now while we determine whether or not the president has the power to act here. Its ruling, which is no longer than a paragraph long, a few sentences, is pretty cryptic at best about what the basis of the holding is. Indeed, the court says, among other reasons, we think maybe there is a cause of action problem. So i think its premature at best to assume we know the direction the court is going to go. But even still, this now goes back to the lower courts. It will be back before the Supreme Court most certainly this fall on the question of does the president have the power, and in the meantime, were still only talking about a small fraction of the amount of money the president wants to use for the border wall. Multiple additional lawsuits continue to proceed in the lower courts. Cindy, what is the latest . What amounts are we talking about . The aclu just reading a portion of their response to that decision saying, quote, we will be asking the federal Appeals Court to expedite the ongoing appeals proceeding to halt the irreversible and imminent damage from trumps border wall. Thats in part here. What is next that youre hearing from the plaintiffs themselves . Well, i think that this is a strategy in regards to trying to stop the building of the border fence or barrier, wall, whatever it is that you want to call it, as much as you can. Its important to point out, though, that what were facing right now and when we talk about an Immigration Crisis at the border, a fence will probably not remedy whats happening right now. What we have happening right now are people seeking asylum and really not trying to sneak into the United States. They gave themselves up to u. S. Border patrol officials in asking for asylum. So i guess im a little confused as to what the administration is trying to do here, because its really not its really not about people coming here illegally anymore. People are giving themselves up and theyre asking for asylum. So its a different kind of demographic. Its not adults anymore. You have families. So its a completely different dynamic, and the administration has known this for quite some time and really, from what ik see and from the reporting that ive done, they havent really addressed that new dynamic, and thats what were seeing at the u. S. Mexico border right now. Debra, the federal Appeals Court. What do you see them saying and what they would like to do next . The aclu is doing exactly as they should be as counsel for the plaintiffs include the sierra club, et cetera. People worry about the environmental harms on the land theyre going to begin construction on. So theyre right to seek an expedited appeal, but theyre also right to continue to press the merits of their claim which hasnt yet been addressed by any court. They have a really strong argument that, in fact, once Congress Says were not going to appropriate the money for this purpose, the president doesnt have the power under the constitution or any act of congress to use money that was proepd for another reason. Sdplz cindy, quickly here, how big of a win would it be. How big of a window is this right now . I think we have to talk about rhetoric versus facts, right . If you look at whats actually happening, if youre looking at this is all pafrt one big strategy in regards to for him to show that hes tough on illegal immigration, for him to show that hes tough on immigration in general. And the border wall and a fence, it is sort of a win for him, because the rhetoric is there. Hes showing his base that hes doing what he can. And i think that even if it doesnt get built, i dont know if his base will necessarily care, because i think that hes so loud about it. The rhetoric is so strong that i think that that appeals to them and thats almost enough. Its more, even, than the facts. It is potentially the product that is desired here in this case. Benjamin wittes is sticking around with us for the next block. I cant thank cindy carcama and debra enough. Thank you for sticking around as well. The democrats and impeachment proceedings. What it will take to get it all together, if at all. Plus Election Security in america. Plus Election Security in america. But a subaru can. dad you guys ok . You alright . Wow. avo eyesight with precollision braking. Standard on the subaru ascent. The threerow subaru ascent. Love. Its what makes a subaru a subaru. So that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Great. Now im spending more time with the kids. Im introducing them to crab. Crab . They love it. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. The kids and i want to build our own crab shack. Ahhh, youre finally building that outdoor kitchen. Yup with room for the whole gang. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. I used to book my hotel room on those traalways a catch. Here was like somehow you wind up getting less. But now that i book at hilton. Com, and i get all these great perks. 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Some say this is nadlers way of moving ahead with impeachment without having to get members on the record with a formal vote here. It also sidesteps a potential impeachment debate going on within the party. After today, and this is after muellers hearings, 97 of democrats now support an impeachment inquiry. Nancy pelosi favors gathering more information from an uncooperative white house. Sam is a congressional reporter. Sam, whats the latest in terms behind impeachment, and number two, when you look at what was actually filed by nadler, is the word impeachment in this filing . Yeah. So i think something important to note here is that ahead of the mueller hearing, democrats were doing a lot of expectations managing. I talked to House Democrats who said they did not expect a whole bunch of their colleagues to come out in favor of impeachment after the former special counsel testified it wasnt going to be this sort of dambreaking kind of moment. It may have provided some members the moment that they needed to come out there and say mr. Mueller laid out in explicit terms that the president had committed impeachable offenses. But the timing of it was something that divided some folks on capitol hill. Members two days after, or actually the day after, mr. Muellers hearing went back for a sixweeklong august recess. So the question then becomes, if more than seven House Democrats are going to come out in favor of an impeachment, its going to be our constituents back home putting pressure on them at town halls and other public appearances to impeachment. We heard them say the reason they came out in favor of impeachment were because their constituents were demanding it. In terms of what was in that court filing, that and Jerry Nadlers appearance on friday was kind of a rhetorical shift in that it was pretty explicitly laying out the fact that articles of impeachment are laying on the table for the House Judiciary Committee will do moving forward. They said perhaps that wont be the case but it is an action they are actively considering. So are they asking for impeachment . Is this impeachmentlike or not impeachment, in terms of the language we saw in the filing . They seem to be playing all sorts of the arc of what the english language could mean. Right. It was in clear sight. Perhaps there is a way to describe what House Democrats are doing, but thats not a formal term. You had reporters asking chairman nadler if they had, in effect, the gun in the impeachment inquiry. Its reasonable to have questions of exactly how democrats are fueling their effort its investigation versus worth it. They have to come into terms of what theyre doing and settle for a name of it and go from that. Is this filing by the democrats going to be answered in a favorable manner . Theyre asking for grand jury testimony here. Will they get it . There is precedent to this as well. There is some doubt as to whether theyre going to get it. I think a lot of people off the hill do not think theyll be successful in getting it. A case for impeachment that a lot of people are making in the party. It will literally get all the things theyve been asking for. It will add actual power and authority behind the oversight efforts that theyre doing and will give them the stronger hand that pelosi says they need. Stay tuned. The daily beast. Sam brodey, thank you for stopping by. Absolutely. The other story that came out, Election Security, or not to support it, shall we say. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell slammed down. Ben, we could have had you all throughout the show. I know the topic we just talked about is one you talked about in the last 24 hours as well. But lets move on to this very issue of Election Security. And there have been, shall we say, a lot of criticism related to Mitch Mcconnell and his decision not to move forward and basically block these particular movements, these bills. The discussion of the bill related to Election Security. Why did the majority leader do that . So getting ahead of Mitch Mcconnell is not something im necessarily qualified to do. But, look, this week was a remarkable display in the senate of actually bipartisanship on Election Security in the sense that the Senate Intelligence committee released this Pretty Amazing report which had described the results of the 2016 election and a fraction thats chilling. Within a day of that, the republican majority is. You see in this very short space of time, both the remains of bipartisanship on an issue like this, and the limits of by. Theres a legitimate debate to be had and. The fact that the majority leader does not seem to to want propose an alternative or to wo work. Yet, bipartisan bill. It says a lot about where he is and what he considers his political objective. As you know, the argument from the republican side is let the states and localities handle this, dont give me a federal law behind this. And as we know, all of the election systems are run by states. Right. So there is a very legitimate set of questions, and i dont want to belittle that set of questions about how interventionist the federal government should be with respect to elections which are, as you say, traditionally a province of the states, run by the states, and by the way, by local jurisdictions within the states, counties and cities. So this is not a traditional area of federal competence. On the other hand, protecting the United States from foreign intelligence operations by the russians or by others is very much a federal province. So when you talk about Election Security, in an area like this, which is an area why foreign operations are attacking the United States, youre talking about a zone of running elections crashes into the defense of the country. There is just no way you can avoid some level of federal involvement in that the question of how you calibrate that and how you integrate those federal authorities, with state authorities, is a very hard one legitimately worth debating and discussion and disagreement. Not a good idea to simply shove it under the rug in the senate and refuse to deal with it at all. Tough, not simple does not mean you shouldnt deal with it is what youre saying. Ambassador and International Affairs analyst joins us. If you were to summarize it, it is paraphrasing, saying were still being attacked and were still being attacked by foreign entities here. And then you have the Senate Majority leader saying we dont need to consider this Election Security bill saying theres already been money allocated to it. And you heard what ben was saying, that this is falling within the purview of states and localities. Well, i think the majority leader should seize upon this report. I actually think this gives him a moment and it gives President Trump a moment to pivot away from their old arguments. Remember, their basic argument, President Trump doesnt want to admit to election of electoral interference because some of that interference was for his benefit, right . If you read the mueller report, there is a lot of information about how the russians tried to help trump and hurt clinton. Whats unique about this report is it doesnt focus on that, it just focuses on election infrastructure, and in frighting deta frightening detail and talks about how the russians planned to disrupt election day. They wanted to disrupt what would happen on election day. And that is not in favor of candidate trump. That would have been against american democracy. So i hope that the Senate Majority leader will reconsider. There is lots of great legislation out there. I was just on the hill earlier last week talking to many people that are sponsoring really sound, nonpartisan things that we should do to protect the election on 2020. I hope he seizes the moment. Ambassador, speak more on that in terms of how the conversations went on the left and right, and for folks watching from home, youre having a technical issue with your connection in california. Were going to keep going here. A bill would be an attempt by foreign authorities, attempts to get into our elections, moving into devices by members of congress as well. What is resonating that is not transferring here up to the leader . Those are all sensible ideas. I like another one called the deter act. By the way, cosponsored by senator marco rubio and senator van holland. It says something very simple, that if there is evidence that our elections were tampered with, then were obligated as a country to put sanctions on those countries. Simple as that. By the way, its not just russians we need to be worrying about. What about the iranians. There is no controversy. Why would they think the election are about them . There is a chance we could have bipartisan support from simply deterring foreign actors from intervening and enhance the cybersecurity of our american infrastructure. This is an election thing to do, its not a partisan thing to do. We could sit here for a good amount of time and despite the move nationwide. Thank you very much, ambassad ambassador. Thank you. Youre looking at a live look at Elizabeth Warrens taow hall in New Hampshire. Yes, theres another debate. N n. Yes, theres another debate. Maybe you could free zoltar . Thanks, lady. Taxi only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Lets go im going to turn now to the 2020 president ial race. Democratic candidates are across the United States today. Four candidates in iowa, pete buttigieg, joe sestak Just Announced his candidacy why not joe biden is ahead of bernie sanders, Elizabeth Warren and harris. Nbc road warrior ali vitale is where senator Elizabeth Warren is about to speak. What is the issue on the ground that folks want to hear about . Reporter i have to warn you that Elizabeth Warren will be coming on. What im seeing from Elizabeth Warren here in New Hampshire over the course of the past few hours because she was at a Campaign Event just before coming here is shes sharpening her attacks on donald trump in a way i havent seen from her, really, in several months. So a voter asked her about how she would better unite republicans and democrats, and she really looked to President Donald Trump as someone who has been divisive and has been blaming others and pitting people against each other. Thats something she said a wouldbe president warren would do the exact opposite of. But what she did was in contrast of what voters said they want in their candidates, especially as they take the debate stage. They want people to talk less about trump, less about candidates in washington and more about what they can offer the American People. That also brings attacks on stage less about the party. Thats what voters want. Ali vitale in derry, New Hampshire. Well be back soon, ali. Former chief of staff republican senator mike lee. Robert, i know youre going to say its still early. But tell us, what do you think of these latest polls, and we can look at nevada as we still qualify it as a swing state. Joe biden is losing some steam there. Were in Single Digits right now. Joe biden popular with greater numbers there as well. We still see joe biden near the top in every single poll. Many of his rivals, their top advisers tell the Washington Post that they see him as a weak frontrunner in their eyes, someone who could be vulnerable in this next d baebate, not on segregation issues but on the entire record, from the crime bill to supporting the iraq convention to president bushs presidency. Why would he be weak, basil . I think exactly for those reasons. He has a long resume, and because its so long, he has to explain it to people who dont know him and in congress which is something Elizabeth Warren D Kamala Harris did extremely well. Joe biden will have to be prepared that any vulnerability will cause a slippage in the polls because democrats look at him as someone who can go head to head with President Trump. If he doesnt look to be that kind of candidate, he will start to lose some steam and folks will start to look to someone else. The fox news poll, the heads basically leave biden, sanders, warren and harris also, but youre looking at the two top ones looking very strong against President Trump. Go ahead, boyd. Okay, sorry. I think in those headtoheads, theyre clearly going to have something. But i think basil is on to something that what they do on the stage should have nothing to do with President Trump. People want to see them head to head. People know theyre against the president , against whats going on there in d. C. They need to get to the agenda. Whats the agenda to move it forward . The interesting thing with former Vice President biden is he looks an awful lot like jeb bush, way out ahead in the money race, way out ahead in the early polls, got beat up in the first debate because he wasnt ready. I think he needs to be more ready and more prepared to paint a vision of what the future looks like. You pulled on you the jut th there. Would that also be a concern of joe biden that he could come out flatfooted . The allies dont really see that comparison because jeb bush was a florida governor. He had a connection with the bush family legacy but he was not directly attached in the same way that joe biden was attached to president obama and that administration. They see a comparison not to jeb bush but to h. W. Bush. If you want a continuation of president obama, a steady hand, go with vp biden. Who will you be watching and why . I will be watching kamala and cory, because theyve been talking about reform. Trying to recreate that moment from the other day is going to be really tough. Julian castro, i think, is also very interesting. Hes on the stage with bill de blasio and this is what im interested in because only castro has been very good at talking about the border crisis and policing. He had a moment where he talked about his son who is africanamerican and mixed race and policing, but there is controversy here in new york because he hasnt done anything with respect to the officer, officer pantaleo and eric garner and his death. Everybody is going to be ready for each other. Robert, quick, ten seconds. Which one are you watching . Mike bullock, his first time on the stage. Boyd, quickly, which one are you watching . I think criminal reform will take place. His teaming with basil was a good deal. Basil says hes watching all of them. Robert costa, Boyd Matheson and basil sm irksmikle, well be ri back. Irsmikle, well be right back without fingersticks. Ask your doctor to write a prescription for the freestyle libre 14 day system. You can do it without fingersticks. Learn more at freestylelibre. 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We look where the worsting problems are to dig deep to build out these investigations. As you say, to go to the granbr give them a choice, either understand what were presenting to them, which is comprehensively vetted, rigorously reported, and act on it, or dont, one way or the other, we talk to their investigator investors, the general public. Its not light reading. You gave this to the brands. Many of them responded, many of them said were going to do something about this. Yeah. It was tremendously encouraging. You know, one of the things that we feature is a video product that we bring in front of the c suites of these brands. That features the workers speaking in their observe voices. These workers in some cases have had their lives completely ripped apart by traffickers who have put them into debt bondage. Theyre working in humiliating conditions, living in deplorable conditions, and, in many cases, they are they cant walk away from their work without terrible consequences to them or their families. Several of these brands stepped up and did the right thing. And i think thats whats incredibly important and exciting about this model, is that brands that control the spend can also control the solution. We can make decisions as consumers based on these sorts of reports that you are putting out. Tomake better choices ourselves. Underline for me, could i be wearing something right now or day to day that is related to somebody who is in this very situation, a worker under very bad conditions . The sad reality is yes. The even sadder reality is yes, and its quite likely. The tough, difficult part of this is that it may not be a direct manufacturer. It may be in child slaves that are picking the cotton. It may be in textile mills. Right. And so its incredibly important for all of us to ask questions of the companies that we buy from. Things are Getting Better or worse when it comes to this forced labor, over 20 Million People worldwide . I have to tell you, im extremely excited by what ive seen in the last year of engagement with these brands, and i think theres a model for the future. Fantastic to have you, ben skinner, ceo of transparentem. Well be right back. avo life doesnt give you many second chances. But a subaru can. dad you guys ok . You alright . Wow. avo eyesight with precollision braking. Standard on the subaru ascent. The threerow subaru ascent. Love. Its what makes a subaru a subaru. As a doctor, i agree with cdc guidance. I recommend topical pain relievers first. Like salonpas patch large. Its powerful, fdaapproved to relieve moderate pain, yet nonaddictive and gentle on the body. Salonpas. Its good medicine. Hisamitsu. Ohone day youll tell yourse grandkids about it. 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