to bear them. this is not just an argument about the problems with privatization. this is a massive human rights issue, as i see it. dr. michael eric die son, msnbc political analyst and professor at georgetown university joins ussen tonight. your opinion, what is this? this is a human rights crisis. i am a native of detroit. this is a remark able repudiation of democracy again. they are charging nearly double what the average rate of charge is for anybody who is consuming water in this country. $75 a month compared to $40 for most other places. they tried to fuse the detroit water system with the surrounding county ares but the surrounding counties said it would saddle them with too much debt. again, detroit is being absorbed by these counties. they take from detroit but don t give back. the very people who are responsible for providing for these citizens have now abdicated to the powers that be
in the past has been reasonable in deploying wisdom in this regard. think about colin powell as well. is this playing politics here merely what s going on? it s politics, little bit of disconnect here. if you really want to think about what the cost of war is, talk to people in my family who served this nation over generations, talk to msnbc s patrick murphy or, you know, i wish the same kind of energy and robust rhetoric that you see about air strikes and addressing the situation, i wish we had that exact same kind of energy when we needed to talk about veterans affairs, about veterans issues, suicide rates amongst veterans, unemployment amongst veteranses. we need that energy on the back end of these wars and a little bit less energy and little less enthusiasm for going to war in the first place. good point. john mccain says, the senator, that we won the war after the surge. how is he measuring winning and losing? yeah. i would have we would have to ask him that. how do you w
more moderate stance on immigration reform this week. the seven-term republican leader paid a historic price, becoming the first of his rank to be defeated in a primary. now many are saying all hope for comprehensive immigration reform is dead. but the humanitarian crisis along the u.s./mexico border shows no signs of slowing. so what happens to the unprecedented number of undocumented women and children attempting to enter the united states? msnbc contributor alexandra pelosi reports. reporter: this week the whole world was shocked when they found out about all these kids in this detention facility. they are not letting any of us inside. what s going on? there are over 500 children in that facility. reporter: what age range? anywhere from diapers to walking, from about a year all the way up to 17. we are putting the law enforcement agency, the largest law enforcement agency in the country, in charge of children. it is like a more tragic
tennessee? yes. reporter: this is one of the lucky ones. she got out. are they all refugees? economic refugees who are fleeing extreme policy and extreme violence in their countries of origin. reporter: you have a humanitarian crisis on the border? with the children, yes. yes, we do. when it comes to children, you have to be very careful. what s happening right now is unique. this is unique. it s time that we sit down, remove our political hats and the gang of eight that they had, they need to sit down and say you know what, this is what s happening in arizona, this is what s happening in texas, sit down and figure this out and work on it. joining me now is msnbc contributor, alexandra pelosi. you weren t allowed in where the children were being detained but it s been deemed a humanitarian crisis. do we need to send in, i don t know, the red cross, to figure out what s going on and sort it out? is it that level of emergency we need to respond to?
and that is, should we stop investing in war and start investing in america? text a for yes, b for no to 67622 or go to our blog, ed.msnbc.com. i will bring you the results later in the show. tremaine, you have written a stellar series on education in native america, especially on the native american education across the board so give us a sense of why president obama s visit to sioux nation is so extremely important today. on one hand it s extremely important because it s a feel-good moment. these are people that are spread across some of the most isolated communities in the country and the idea that the president cares and will spend his time, when he could be doing anything else, speaking with them and listening to their concerns and their needs is major. but it also is sparking, they hope to spark some change. the department of the interior announced today massive shifts in the way the department the