Administration transfers Migrant Children under the age of 12 from a transfer facility in texas after a National Outcry over the reported conditions they have endured. The children arent being given enough food. They are hungry. The facility is very cold at night, children have told me that they have had trouble sleeping because theyre so hungry, and they wake up because of the cold. Good day, everyone, im Andrea Mitchell in washington. The day before the first president ial debates here on msnbc news. Heres a live look inside the debate hall in miami where the stage is set for a special two night prime time event and the anticipation is building as the lar largest and most diverse field in history prepares for the first high stakes political test of the primary season. Joining me now is nbcs Peter Alexander in miami. Joel payne, and democratic strategist. Ruth marcus, columnist and msnbc contributor, and sam stein, politics editor for the daily beast and an msnbc contributor as well.
Than 40 minutes. One reporters cell phone auto shut down due to the hot temperature. Midway through trumps remarks . The ambient heat and humidity was bad enough. After all that talking. One reporters phone goes into auto shut down mode. That happens to me too. Not just my phone, it happens to me, me as a person. They dont do press briefings at the white house any more. Like normal ones with the press secretary and being being allowed to sit down inside the briefing room. Those are gone now in the trump era, what theyve replaced regular press briefings with is this new system where the president likes to yell things at reporters over the rotor wash from a nearby helicopter. He does it without warning whenever he feels like it. Today the president held a long one of these. One of the ones where he tried to push everyones buttons, the president is denouncing the Prime Minister of our allied denmark. Hes calling her nasty. That will get some headlines. The president attacked American Jews
100 of the 300 Migrant Children who were removed yesterday from a facility in texas were returned to that facility today. Despite the reportedly appalling conditions. Lawyers who visited the center described children in dirty clothes covered in mucus or even urine. Teenage mothers wearing clothing stained with breast milk and no soap or toothpost for any of the kids. One lawyer told nbc news, almost every child i spoke with had not showered or bathed since they crossed the border. Some of them more than three weeks ago. Joining me now, Gabe Gutierrez in textexas, cal perry in flori. Julia ainsley is joining me and has been reporting on this resignation. Obviously, all of these stories are swirling. But what right now is on the record about why the acting head of cbp is stepping down . Its really hard to separate it from the story that you just put out there. At this point, theyre saying hes stepping down. But its hard not to say that this is connected even though he didnt say that spec
Tonights lead, fullcourt press. Like an army being attacked from all sides, this white house is increasingly surrounded in this very news week. Democrats fired what looks like the opening shot of a growing impeachment battle, as expected on thursday, the House Judiciary Committee formally voted to pursue an impeachment inquiry, but remaining dissent from under half of House Democrats around the i word is giving the Administration Creative ways to protect the president. The attorney general william barr insisting friday that secret grand jury materials from the special counsels investigation remain off limits to congress because democrats have not clarified that an actual impeachment investigation has taken place. House judiciary chair jerry nadler cleared that up last night with my colleague, lawrence odonnell. We are, in fact, conducting an investigation, preparing to decide whether to recommend articles of impeachment. But while more than half of House Democrats are on board for impe
Course, about that. Believe it or not, a lot of people brought the act including progressive third party voters and many in the media and the pundit class as perhaps best evidenced by this mind numbing New York Times. Once he was in office, he flipped the dovish look surrounding himself with generals and war hawks. The behavior and objectives of the regime are not going to change. Therefore, the only solution is to change the regime itself. The United States will defend its forces interests and stand with our partners and ally to safeguard Global Commerce and regional stability. Here is what iran needs to get ready for. Severe pain. One of those men, mike pompeo has reportedly being itching for a war with iran for so long that when trump appointed pompeo as secretary of state, the former am brass door to the u. N. Described come bay i dont as cowboyish and eager to start a war and said in the trump white house, quote, the hawks overcame the doves. When youre asking yourself why trump,