the classified all those documents, with his mind. the january six committee is back. investigators ramping up for what will be a blockbuster hearing, four days away, while we wait for the big event there releasing video evidence every day. right to the middle of that legal parallel. laetitia james with a lawsuit that former trump lawyer, michael cohen, says could and trump s businesses. and he should know. he s the one who blew the whistle that got this whole investigation going. i will talk to michael cohen himself this morning. plus, senator tim kaine is here to talk about the highest stakes midterms in memory. the danger of this vladimir putin and more. also, it s banned book week. we will have a special edition of the banned book club today, with someone who works squarely at the rights of human rights democracy, and literature, velshi starts now. good morning i m ali velshi, and it is saturday the 24th. it is day 213 of russia s brutal and barbaric war on ukraine whic
Reporter immediately there were cracks in the president s conservative base, breitbart dubbed the president amnesty don while ann coulter tweeted, at this point who doesnt want trump impeached . The white house tried to contain the fallout. The president would consider citizenship for the dreamers. Outraging hard liners. Not discussing amnesty. What the Trump Administration is a responsible path forward in immigration reform. That could include legal citizenship over a period of time. Reporter on the ground in florida, the president contradicted that. Were not looking at citizenship, were not looking at amnesty, were looking at allowing people to stay here. Reporter then insisted the wall is coming. The wall to me is vital. If i dont get the wall, then we will be coming to you. Reporter after being left out of the discussion between the president and democratic leaders, House Speaker paul ryan insisted, there was no deal. It was a discussion. Not an agreement or a negotiation. Reporter
To deal with immigration. But first the senior senator from arizona has endured insult after insult this week. At one point labelled songbird john, a reference to his time as a p. O. W. And while discussing votes for cia director gina haspel who mccain opposes, white house special assistant kelly sadler said, quote, it doesnt matter, hes dying anyway. Heres the white houses apology for those comments. Does the white house not think you need to condemn these remarks or comments again, im not going to validate a leak one way or the other out of an internal staff meeting. Are you saying she didnt say this . Again, im not going to validate a leak out of an internal staff meeting one way or the other. No, no, sorry, heres the white house apology. I think the remarks are awful, but lets look at this in context. That was said in a private meeting inside the white house. Thats not like you might Say Something really nasty about me off the air, it doesnt have
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border it s treated and processed? so, when title 42 was lifted, we go back to the asylum process that existed prior to the coronavirus. which falls under title eight. which means that, as has been the case for decades prior, if somebody presents themselves at the border, or at a port of entry, or between them, it goes up to a border patrol agent says that i would like to request asylum, they are entered into a legal process where they will be able to make the case that they should be allowed to stay in the united states. now the biden ministration is piloting project that would allow some asylum adjudication s to happen much more quickly, because as many of your viewers know, right now that process can take years to complete, which immigration hard-liners argue is a draw. it is enticed more people to come to the united states knowing that they will be allowed to wait until the case is adjudicated. the biden ministration is
legally obligated to provide asylum to those who qualify as refugees. an important point that we will discuss later. qualifying, it means once applying for refugee status, refugee claimants need to go through a legal process. one that has been backed up for years, because of a shorter shortage of personnel. including judges. it is a legal process. but the backup is not the fault of the refugees. entitling to legal protection, years long processes, playing out. ron desantis and immigration hard-liners, these people have the right to request asylum in america. now, these are plenty of people, like if a judge denies asylum and citizenship, and complying the law that is another story. but simply asking for protection in a nation that is legally obligated to provide it