A look at the days top news and headlines. Returned to the u. S. After learning they were deported while still in the process of appealing their removal. Lets go live to doug mcelway with a. This is a federal judge with a reputation for mistrusting Government Lawyers. Yes, he sure does. In fact he was instrumental in overturning the conviction of senator ted stevens after discovering that Government Prosecutors concealed important evidence from the defense. He also hinted that special prosecutor Robert Muellers team may have withheld exculpatory evidence with security advisor michael flynn. Yesterday, he tore in to Government Lawyers for prematurely deporting an illegal immigrant, carmen, and her daughter while the appeal was underway, while the plane was in mid flight. Quote, its outrageous. Im also directing the government to turn that plane around either now or when it lands, turn that plane around and bring those people back to the United States. He also threatened Attorney General
the side lines. why not stay there? dana: sounds like you ll have to come back and tell us more. alex, ben, thank you. thank you. dana: we ll talk more about howard schultz and 2020 when he joins me. governor chris christie all going to be here. make sure you watch or set your dvr. breaking news. empire actor jesse smolett assaulted in chicago. matt, is any of this confirmed? reporter: dana, disturbing story developing right now. chicago police say that empire actor 36-year-old jussie smolett was attacked by two men wearing ski masks. the men beat the actor r shouted homo phobic the offenders fled the scene. smollett checked himself into
i must be doing something to garner this much attention and this much interest. what i have offered the american people is the opportunity to hear my story and provide an tune for the american people to say, we don t have to have two parties. dana: howard schultz making the rounds this morning considering an independent run for the white house. a move that has angered democrats who think schultz will be a spoiler for the eventual democratic nominee. i m joined by alex koenig, partner at fire house strategies and ben kissle radio talk show host and political commentator. great do have you both. schultz came out and it s like everyone had a triple macchiato on an empty stomach. democrats over the top or do you have a real concern? i m going to channel my inner
that might not be as much as needed to basically count them out. we at america rising are guilty as charged for asking some of those people whether or not they support nancy pelosi. the reason the trackers in the field are asking that question it is that lightning rod issue. she has become the face for what people dislike about the democratic party and the democratic leadership. not just among republicans but among progressives as well. she s not as far to the left as some of them would like her to be. and so i think for pelosi, look no further than oat high owe 12 where we had the democratic candidate, danny o connor, he said repeatedly in his campaign ads and public statements he wasn t going to support her. he goes to washington for one day, on the set of the msnbc show he says i ll support the eventual democratic leader, could be nancy pelosi. his reversal in a close race you have to think it made a difference. dana: i wonder, ben, if the democrats like the republicans wanted s
gun control and it seems to be working for hem in their elections. it is an issue that animates the democratic base and animates democratic donors. it is an issue that could potentially be costly for some of these democrats running in more moderate parts of the country, more rural parts of the country, this is an important issue to a lot of the voters out there. dana: ben? gun control is more mainstream, as we saw in park land in florida, packing a lot of gun legislation. it is a winner for the democratic party and i think they should maintain that. dana: there are rules and laws against 18-year-olds having guns. but watching all of these changes, that s why it s fun to have you here to talk about it. we will have you back. alex and ben, thank you. the u.s. border patrol will have its first female chief, carla provost has been serving as acting chief takes over as on a permanent basis. 22 year veteran knows the