traveling around the country tearing down a wall that s actually been built. there are a million green cardholders that vai plied for american citizenship. what does that mean? they paid 725 bucks so that they could get their fingerprints checked by the fbi and go through a background check, taken inning english and a civics class, write test, and swear allegiance. and this administration now is at 20 months. they re trapped. so let s i want to tear down that wall. meaning they re not able to get their citizenship? under obama we fought and struggled for eight years at the end it was taking six months from the time. and let s remember this is a process that is totally paid for by the immigrant, right? there s no government subsidy at all. and it was taking six months. it shouldn t be taking that long, it s a million people, they want to vote. so the national partnership for new americans i m going to be working with them traveling around the country doing a lot of what i did with
across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than centurylink. we do business where you do business. steve: time now for news by the numbers. 6.2 million. that s how many job openings there are in the united states right now. 6.2 million. the june numbers record high according to the u.s. department of labor. next, nearly 31%, that s how much deportations have gone up under president trump. according to the department of justice, federal courts ordered more than 57,000 people to leave the country between february and july of this year. and finally, 725 bucks. that s how much it will cost to you spend a night at president trump s childhood home. it s up for rent on air b and b in queens, new york. the house sleeps 20.
even as a cardboard cut out of you know who. all right. 725 bucks. ainsley? ainsley: are you kidding me? steve: that s it. ainsley: we need to do it. that s awesome. thanks, steve. attorney general jeff sessions slamming chicago for obstructing federal immigration laws after the city sues the trump administration over its threat to cut off federal grants to so-called sanctuary cities. well, now the mayor of chicago rahm emanuel is defending the lawsuit. listen. we are a welcoming city and always will be. and the fact is, by forcing us or the police department to choose between the values of the city and the philosophy of the police department, i think it s a false choice and actually undermines our actual public safety agenda. brian: is that true? so what s at stake for chicago? what about for you and your city if they do the same thing? how about $3.2 million for the edward byrne memorial grant nypd officer killed in the line of duty back in 1988. joining us right now is the
east is that storm. mild temperatures and very kind of nice conditions except for kind of the clouds that we will see. but it s going to be a beautiful day for january. really kind of unbelievable. down to the southeast we will break some high temperature records again in towards parts of florida. very heavy rain though across parts of the mississippi river valley and in towards the northern plains. the cold will continue. and we will see some of this snow that has fallen blow around, causing white out conditions at times. the cold air is firmly in place. send it back to you inside. did you look at your check yesterday? a lot of people get their checks on friday. if you make like $1,000 a week instead of getting the 725 bucks in the check now 625 area. because the payroll taxes that had a holiday for two years as you will remember. have now sun setted. is there any way we can turn off rick s mike? thank you. if you are the average worker and you make $818 per week, that s almost a