people on the right say you re not putting american priorities first, and employers around this country are saying we need more workers, this is an economic issue. bingo. have you given up on congress doing mig? and if so, is there something you can do to address this? yes, there is. number one, the first bill i ever into deuced was to reform the situation we have for immigration, number one. number two, we re in a situation now where those 1500 people at the border are not there to enforce the law, they re there to free up border agents that need to be on the border, and we re having another 1,000 people coming in. there are asylum judges to make judgments to move things along. i veed asked this congress for help in terms of what they need at the border. they need more agents, they need more people to clear people. pete: the only more agents anyone has provided are irs agents [laughter] rye rye right. rachel: right. pete: that was a mealy-mouthed
and shirley sayings count me in, i like candy corn can. i m 88 years young and enjoy it anytime of the year. i asked for someone who eats it any time of year. rachel: i ve decided it s a great dessert after german food. will: while pete was reading the headline, our stage manager, dave, tried to clean up the table, and he almost took both of us were, like, don t touch that. pete: do not take my plate. rachel: don t take the food! will: i can t move the candy corn yet with. rachel: i m telling you, this is a nice sweet treat after. pete: i m still going to go back to the food. i veed had two and i ve had enough. rachel: all right. coming up, poisoned in paradise? hawaii-based military families are suing the government after a fuel leak contaminated the their water supply. we re seeing the next camp lejeune in real time, says our
are some scandals around irs for the last couple of years with some quite serious breach. s of confidentiality, maybe some political targeting. this is not exactly a measure that you would expect, not exactly a time you d think for the irs to be receiving such enormously beefed-up resources. no. it brings back to mind lois lerner during the obama administration s targeting of the tea party groups when they were so small around the country. and, of course, the democrats tried to argue that that was a one-off, that it wasn t happening. well, and it now looks like maybe they are going to be targeting the mass of american people. you know, a lot of people have to recall how joe biden keeps giving all these speeches in which he leans forward and whispers pay your fair share, pay your fair share. [laughter] people sit out there and say, is he talking about me? yeah, they are talking about you. gerry: that was uncannily realistic, dan i veed had a lot of practice.
coalition in iraq and syria said yesterday that russian jets had attacked u.s. backed syrian forces, fighting isis in northern syria. lieutenant general said american military advisors a few miles away witnessed the attacks and reported them to the russians through a hot line meant to prevent accidental attacks. the russians stopped the strikes. town send also said they were likely a mistake but moscow still denied the american reports. all right. thank you very that, matt. and president trump is reportedly taking increasing control of his administration s messaging. the new york times reports the president has privately expressed frustration with the white house press office amid leaks and reports of infighting. there s a distrustful atmosphere in the press office where there is a di veed between trump loyalists. the chief executive told the