to support the president s lawsuit against the state of california after a fiery city council meeting. griff jenkins arrived there just in time for the vote to get the interviews to represent the emotion from escondido, california, the man who needs no sleep and two outfits, griff jenkins, tell us what happened. good morning, guys. it was heated. a lot of name-calling, the meeting went on for three hours. more than 60 members of the community from both sides got up and voiced their opinions. there was even a rally before the contentious meeting. here is how it all went down. they can no longer divide us because we have been fighting for way too long. when you crossed our border, you became illegal and you became a criminal. by deporting my family, is that the reward i get for my hard work? we are talking about tearing families apart. this is a very real thing it? breaks my heart to see all the hatred in the room.
well that wasn t so bad at all. that s how we like it. aarp medicare plans, from unitedhealthcare. steve: breaking overnight. another california community taking a stand against california s sanctuary law. brian: the city of escondido voting to support the trump administration s lawsuit against california after a fiery city council meeting hours ago. ainsley: griff jenkins was there and joins us live from escondido, california with the latest. hey, griff. hey, good morning, guys. it is undeniable that the people of california are fighting back, rejecting california s controversial sanction area laws. escondido, the latest but the first in san diego county. its what the contentious three hour council meeting. ultimately they voted 4 to 1 to join the trump lawsuit. there was even a rally beforehand. here s how it went down. they can no longer divide us because we have been fighting for way too long.
in line? that s a great question, brian. i would gets, i would love to talk to him about it, i to talk to him about it, i would guess the answer is yes. you look at diverse county like san diego county about 30 miles ago. vista raised a lot of controversy they voted to become a sanctuary city. 430 miles north of them you have escondido voting to join the trump lawsuit. i m guessing even though there are certain conservative pockets of california, this is much larger than he and attorney general basar ba becerra expect. ainsley: i feel at this point it s about safety. steve: you are right about that. griff, we thank you very much about that. meanwhile it was all about safety in greensboro, north carolina, in the wake of what happened down at the high school in parkland, florida. they were talking about whether or not the city should cancel their long running greensboro gun and knife show.
the constitution and to keep our community safe. i am committed to do that. and that s what the council did today. so 4 to 1, the ultimate vote count escondido, the first city in san diego county to join the fight back against the sanctuary laws here in california. look at this map. you can see there is a half a dozen or so more cities looking to follow escondido and escondido followed orange county last week in huntington beach on monday. there is a vote and san diego board of supervisors on april 17th to see if they will, indeed, follow escondido and take action. bottom line, guys, a major backlash against the sanctuary laws here that many say tie the hand of law enforcement, shutting down communication between local law enforcement and federal officials like ice. brian: hey, griff, do you think the governor has been caught by surprise by some of this backlash? did he think he was just going it do this and everyone was going to march
to think that governor jerry brown what to think you should go along with me. the backlash is going to continue. ainsley: that is san diego county agreed to do. this the mayor was interviewed. he said he was elected to uphold the constitution and keep his citizens safe. that s why he supported it. steve: indeed. the problem is since 2009, escondido cooperating with ice despite some people in california not. then in january when senate bill 54 went into effect essentially it said they had to stop cooperating. think had no relationship. this a step forward. what they are going to do is they are going to file suit in coordination with the department of justice as early as tomorrow. ainsley: griff jenkins has done family noal reports on this. he interviewed people from both sides. that he was coming up. we will show you the people who are for it and the people who are against it that s coming up in about 20 minutes. brian: i wonder if he will wear the same thing he wore