told bloomberg news has already resulted in a significant drop in illegal border crossings. those moves that president biden made at the border. the details on that in a moment, but first, the details on the new action from today. an immigration advocate calls it quote, the biggest thing since daca and that it is a smart political move by president biden. joining us now to talk all about it, get all the details, kelly o donnell. nbc news homeland security correspondent, julia ainslie, david noriega and joyce vance, because there will be a legal component to this. to julia, walk us through what this action is intended to do. yeah, i think the first thing is a lot of people don t realize there are some immigrants here who can t automatically become citizens by getting married to a u.s. citizen. those who cross illegally are sitting in limbo because if they want to apply, they have to leave the country and sometimes, they might be denied reentry. it s a huge risk for families
i stomach figure was changing your mind and in the presidents mind other than the fact that now there s a democratic congress and suddenly it is an emergency. i think was changes with the president later essay during his press conference. there has been an uptick in drugs coming into the country. sitting in the front row, was mothers from angel mothers who had lost children because of an inability to keep this country safe at the southern border. and so with the president has done, he s declared a national emergency using legal authority, clear legal authority. it s been used in the past. it is all about him placing americans safety at the upmost party. leland: we will see how clear the judge s of the ninth circuit think the legal authority is in the coming days and weeks. we appreciate you being here ma am, thank you. great, thank you. kristin: democratic hopefuls gearing for the 2020 race going to challenge the emergency declaration on the border. gemina, zach friend and nathan
use movies to make the argument about why he needs the wall. if we talk about border security, absolutely, we are all in to have real smart investments on border security. but the other reason why i don t think tonight will actually lead to something that both sides can agree on is look at the symbolism of the people who are invited to the speech. the trump folks have angel mothers, and absolutely our hearts go out to them, because anybody who has to go through that whose kid or family member has been murdered by anybody, but their focus is to continue to demonize immigrants. on the democratic side, they re going to have a woman who was separated from her child, and they will be in the audience. so when you have that kind of symbolism, i think that underscores how democrats are from venus, republicans and this president not even from mars but probably from pluto. it has been interesting that the white house has not changed their strategy even after the
much. is the u.s. constitution no longer up to the task in 2019? is that what 2020 hopeful beto o rourke is suggesting? stick around and find out. angel families take their cases directly to key democrats in the middle of the partial government shutdown. build the wall. build the wall. build the wall. build the wall. shannon: one of those angel mothers, mary ann mendoza, tells us about the reception she got on capitol hill. she will spell it out for us next. i can t tell you who i am or what i witnessed,
i believe there and still believe she was planning on coming home. reporter: police are searching for any signs of emily with a car she s been driving, also missing. it is a silver 2012 nissan ultima with kentucky place. investigators to the family emily stone emily s phone is turned off, her credit card and bank account haven t been touched. she hasn t posted anything to social media. it is getting discouraging, something has to turn up. reporter: they said the coworkers last seen with her mother and father, emily of 7-year-old daughter are not suspect. we should a lot of tears and we will shed more until she is found. every time the phone rings, is that mommy? friends and family held a vigil tonight, and prayed for a break in the case. police asking the public for