i said, well, that is what the church teaches. if you were that poor guy trying to help his family survive, what do you think you d be doing? if you had the balls you d be doing what he s doing. reporter: with more apprehensions here in the rio grande valley than anywhere else along the border, customs and border protection is constantly on the lookout. border patrol helicopter went overhead. that must be a unique position to be in with members of the congregation oh, yeah. you can imagine there are people who live in fear already of the border patrol. look at those guys. you think they re looking at us? it s only me. and they re right here. right behind the church. yeah. they re everywhere. reporter: border patrol agents along with local law enforcement were here with president trump on january the 10th. like many of his trips to the border, it was quick. a photo op, a listening session. the sheriff of hidalgo county had a blunt assessment of the visit. he didn t meet
they re not true, this isn t the first time with jeff sessions. who knows how many more of these meetings are, how could he sit in january the 10th january the 20th in congress and testify that they hadn t happened. it s pretty baffling and this extra meeting, this april meeting with kislyak has been floating around for a while, the justice department denies that it happened. it s hard to give them the benefit of the doubt because we ve seen this story play out where a meeting pops out, it s denied and suddenly someone remembers that something happens. kislyak is not an unforgettable guy if you met him, he s a big personality, he s well-known around washington, in diplomatic circles and political circles and certainly now, if perjeff sessions or any one else who worked on the trump campaign and you had a meeting with him or another washington official, the best thing to do right now is put that out proactively because
i won t stop. in fact, i ll be right there with you as a citizen for all my remaining days. so that was back on january the 10th, the last time we heard from the outgoing commander in chief publicly during his chicago farewell address. tomorrow back to the beginning here, barack obama makes that return to the public stage for the first time since leaving the white house at the university of chicago. after this extended vacation, the former president will participate in a conversation with students and young leaders where he once served as a law school professor. the topic of discussion will be communitying community organizing and civic engagement. agree or disagree, former president trump in his first n public speech since leaving office you ca log on to pulse.msnbc.com/america. i want to bring in now political
politician s offer? we come to my second reason to be optimistic. dylan s book, well, this is his show, greedy bastard$! is published on january the 10th. we can get informed, demand change to systems and personnel that we believe should be better. thirdly, yes, because of those greedy bastards, the world is facing financial meltdown, but i m going to take lemons and make lemonade. as the world s reserve currency, the dollar will probably strength en in 2012. the world in 2012 would be an american s oyster. which leads me to the fourth reason to look forward to next year. sports fan? great britain will be trying to do great things with the london olympics. and team usa will definitely dominate. returning to the american side of the pond, number five. culturally, there are some big
good evening, i m ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett outfront tonight. newt sinking and santorum surging a brand-new poll out of iowa and it has stunning, new numbers. the former front-runner, newt gingrich, plunging from his top slot, down to fourth place. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum doing the opposite, he surged from single digits into third place. mitt romney now leads the pack with 25%, and there s another new poll out of new hampshire where the nation s second contest in the race for the gop nominee will be held one week later on january the 10th. mitt romney dominating his opposition there. he s at 44%. rivals ron paul and newt gingrich trailing 17% and 16%, respectively. let s go right to political correspondent joe johns. he s on the ground in iowa. joe, this is a bit of a shocker. santorum rising as much as he has. he was out there with representative steve king on the hunting trip. king did not endorse him on that trip. it made people wonder, we