implement back, even if it s court order, it will alleviate a lot of the issues that we have. of course, we understand the calm before the storm because allegedly there is like a giant car van of haitians coming in and we re concerned about it and we re preparing to be prepared. fortunately, the fact that it s very low right now might assist us, or should assist us. neil: we get reports of thousands from guatemala on the way. how do you keep track of the groups that come apparently in waves? well, and it s difficult because we can t, but we have to depend on what s going on, with the mexican government and the federal government giving us updates. and fortunately they are now. it used to be different, but now we do get updates whether it be from the white house, from customs and border protection. so we know what s coming and of course, we also know that they re trying to split up the groups and hopefully solve them. but we re getting prepared and we are prepared should something hap
him. in a series of tweets, he said newly built walls for stopping the car van of migrants on the southern border. the reality, newly built walls don t exist at all. congress never approved funding for anything. no prototypes, nothing. nothing he wanted done has been done, yet he said it was the wall that kept the so-called caravan from crossing into the u.s. the president tweeted he is having no problem filling the soon to be vacant chief of staff job. the reality is that trump is scrambling to find a replacement, since his first choice turned him down. friday, following the release of three court filings that allege the president direct an illegal campaign finance scheme, trump tweeted totally clears the president. it is outrageous. joined by tonight s hardball team, former congresswoman donna
well, i definitely think that this caravan is going make it up to our border. what i don t think the public understands, when they come to our border it s not like they ll come in one mass group. as they get close to the border generally speaking, they send to separate and spread out. then hit us in different places along the border. and i would expect to see the exact same thing in this one as well. unless of course they are strictly trying to make a political statement f that s the case, then they re going to try to hit us at the mid terms and do it en masse. have you dealt, has your organization dealt with this size, this group, this many people at a single moment? no, we haven t. this caravan is unprecedented in its size. but we have to go back to the april caravan and the way we dealt with that caravan. items what game rise to this. that car van played a high stakes game of chicken with the federal government. the federal government said if you come we will not release you u
migrant caravan and the vice president just told me why. i think millions of americans know we ve got a crisis at our southern border. but this car van that was organized by leftist organizations in honduras, now coming 1u7,000 miles through mexico for the purpose of violating our laws and coming into the country illegally is unacceptable. the president and i made it clear we will not allow it. we will take steps necessary to secure our border, even force our laws and our message to those in the caravan is return home. but our message to the american people is this caravan is a reminder of a crisis in illegal immigration that s driven by laws, human traffickers use to entice people to make the long and dangerous journey north. you mentioned at the rally that these how man traffickers
but organized by human traffickers and leftist groups that are in effect taking vulnerable people, many elderly, families, children, and marching them north without regard to their safety, to make a political point and challenge the sovereignty and territory of the united states. the vice president stressed to me tonight, the migrants in the caravan are not welcome in 24 country. he thinks the focus should become improving conditions in central america so people don t want to flee. shannon: peter doocy, thank you. up next, president trump doubling down on the car van weighing his options for blocking the thousands of migrants from crossing into the u.s. president trump: we want people to come in on her it, not people that come in and have no chance of ever loving our country, loving our people. ro.