people to come to phoenix here later this afternoon. in many ways he does have a following, he s a vigilante, going above and beyond immigration laws even if federal courts are deeming them to be unconstitutional but it is significant that donald trump will be coming here. this is a place where there s a very active pro-immigrant rights community where they had to battle many of these divisive laws in arizona. we re expecting them to protest in pretty strong numbers outside of the crowd here and so we should see an interesting dynamic on the border state later this afternoon. thank you to amanda sukuma in phoenix, arizona. juan manuel benitez, political reporter and host on new york one, basil michael, executive director of the new york state party. alina daz, the immigrant rights
joining me now from phoenix, amanda, what in the world is donald trump up to today? reporter: good morning, melissa. it s significant donald trump will be appearing next to a self-described toughest sheriff and one of the most divisive in the immigration debate so far. this opens a preview of what to expect later this afternoon. i mean he has been federally convicted for racially profiling latinos. he s currently in the midst of a contempt of court hearing after he admitted to actively defying a court order to stop racially profiling folks, and it doesn t even end there. he even admitted an attorney of his hired a private investigator to spy on the wife of the judge presiding over the case. so all around this he is not the typical sheriff you would see for a presidential campaign. yeah, he s bringing in massive amounts of crowds here. we re expecting some 5,000
to evacuate. msnbc s amanda sukuma joins me now. there were protests in oakland this week also getting attention. tell me about that. reporter: we know there were officers in plain clothes walking among the crowd in oakland. that s when authorities say several in the crowd outed these police officers and confronted them about that. authorities say one person even pulled an officer aside from struck them in the back of the head. really the lasting image coming out of that protest is that the plain clothed officer pulled out his firearm and aimed it at the crowd in order to disperse the demonstration. it s worth noting one of the reasons people are gathering in demonstrations in the first place because of this strained relationship between police and communities they are to serve. in seeing police officers who are in plain clothes and trying to pretend to be a part of the protest for manymany exacerbati.
the groups here in no way compare to the numbers we saute the streets of new york last night but there are additional actions scheduled for later tonight. the attempt is to keep the movement alive by staging these actions, having very organized meet-up places on days following the announcement of the grand jury decision in order to keep the message alive, in order to keep the movement alive as well. talk a little about how these protests are being organized, amanda. are people literally doing them on social media, through hash tags? how are people converging in all of these places all together on time? reporter: yeah, this is in no way spontaneous. many of the organizations that were involved in ferguson are taking to a nationwide scale. many major cities across the country had actions planned way ahead of time, ahead of the indictment decision for eric garner. people knew in seattle, for example, to meet on fourth and pine. people knew where to meet in chicago, in d.c. and so havi
tumblr, twitter, facebook, has been able to gavlvanize many groups who wouldn t ordinarily be able to get the scope this movement has been able to. msnbc s amanda sukuma, thank you. to the white house where today president obama officially named ash tton carter to be his nominee for the next defense secretary. he knows the department of defense inside and out, which all of which means that on day one, he s going to hit the ground running. for more, let s go to msnbc s perry bacon live at the white house. this is, i guess, seen as a nominee who can get confirmed. reporter: yes, yes. like the a.g. nominee, loretta lynch, republicans on capitol hill so far have been very supportive. they like ashton carter. he s been in washington a long time. he s actually worked or advised 11 defense secretaries in the past. so the key thing will be people know him, john mccain said he ll