Im eri. Gonzalez the white house says immigration raids in major u. S. Cities have begun. So far, the pace is slow with only a handful of detentions. Nbcs Jennifer Johnso is tracking developments from pitol hill. Reporter immigration advocates rallying against i. C. E. Deportation raids sunday. I. C. E. Agents targeting2,000 undocumented immigrants already ordered by the courts to leave the country. We got compassionate, loyal, i. C. E. Agents who are just doing their job and it shows you how far weve fallen in that its become news that they would actually go deport people who have removal orders. Reporter democ the president s claim theyre rounding up criminals is not true. Ache simple f of crossing the border and, perhaps, having a technical, legal, violation at that point is being used as a basis for deportation of people who otherwise have nothing in eir ckground. Reporter this as President Trump ignited a firestorm after tweeting that a group of democrat congresswomen, freqcrnt ti
decision could be coming soon, that s prompting a warning to prosecutors from former fbi director, jim comey, on why with jen psaki today. trump comes for the rule of law, the system of justice, and the agencies with a flame thrower. he will come and try to criticize and attack your family, your witnesses, there are no limits to what he will try to do to obstruct an effort to hold him accountable. no limits. also, a scary scene at sea, a chinese warship coming with 150 yards of an american destroyer. a provocative action that is the white house reacting. back slaps and finger-pointing, the followed on capitol hill from the debt relief bill playing out on the sunday show. we just stopped them from hiring any irs agents and we also took another 20 billion, going into the future. both sides to come together, i give kevin, mccarthy, and his team doing credit for doing what he what he does and can do best, it s bringing people together. i m in the group that thinks thi
and nbc news exclusive, a new record that the federal grand journey and the classified documents case is expected to meet this week. it is part of the justice department and special counsel jack smith investigation into the former president. they re meeting after a brief hiatus. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. this new report could signal a decision soon on whether to indict the former president. for more, i m joined now by one of the authors up the exclusive report, msnbc s julia ainsley. julia, welcome. tell me what you found out. well, what we know is that they are, what we expect is that the grand jury in the mar-a-lago case, remember jacques met the special counsel is looking at the former president trump s involvement in this mar-a-lago documents, as well as january six. we understand the grand jury is looking at his possible obstruction and classified documents in mar-a-lago will be mee
they just decided to do it. they are worried about security? they recently obtained evidence. what does the committee know now that they didn t know before? meanwhile, the doj investigation is heating up to. the lawyer that told then president trump that michael parents can block the election, spoiler alert, they could not. the lawyer, john eastman says, they sees his phone and got access to his account. here is a video. it happened the same day the day rated joseph clark s home. more to come on all of that. plus, chaos on the views of all of this country. in the wake of the roe v wade reversal, the latest, south carolina. a federal judge allowing the state to ban abortions beginning around six weeks. that makes at least 10 states that will band or have severe restrictions. another fort teen were banned with certain or likely. nearly half of this country, a right that americans have had for almost 50 years, is vanishing. outrage is growing over a court that seems to be ou
Lights out for the federal government. As of two hours ago it is no longer being funded. Only 50 senators voted for the spending measure passed by the house falling short of the 60 required to proceed. A senate vote to fund the government through february 16 failed. The motion is not agreed to. Reporter private discussions continued on the floor even after the midnight deadline came and went. But to no avail. The Government Shutdown was 100 avoidable. All because Senate Democrats chose to filibuster a non controversial funding bill that contains nothing. Not a thing they do not support. Reporter democrats were holding out for a comprehensive spending bill, and a deal to protect dreamers brought to the u. S. Illegally as children. Minority leader, chuck schumer, said his earlier meeting with President Trump looked promising, but the president later back pedaled. He walked away from two bipartisan deals, including one today in which i even put the border wall on the table. Reporter the w