while he was in office? first, with hours to go until i.c.e. begins an operation against thousands of undocumented migrants, several cities are on guard, plan to take a stand. how are they going to do that? i ask the new york attorney general leticia james next. mes t lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7 and maintained it. oh! under 7? (announcer) and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. oh! up to 12 pounds? (announcer) a two-year study showed that ozempic® does not increase the risk of major cardiovascular events like heart attack, stroke, or death. oh! no increased risk? (announcer) ozempic® should not be the first medicine for treating diabetes, or for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. do not share needles or pens. don t reuse needles. do not take ozempic® if you have a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer,
doing something he could have done 18 months ago. so i think that brian is exactly right. this is something that he does get a certain amount of credit for the base, they like that he is mixing things up and trying things. at some point you have to ask was this an exercise worthwhile, isn t there something else he could have done in the meantime. before we go, the attorney general was standing next to president trump yesterday, he congratulated him on this, he cast this as a victory. aaron, what did you make of what we heard from the attorney general yesterday? there s been obviously a lot of talk about whether bill barr has been saying things that are too friendly to trump, especially when it comes to the mueller investigation, and now with the investigation of the investigators which he seems to be very much behind that concept in a way that s favorable to trump. those were obviously problematic because this was an investigation of the president possibly being involved in somethi
we have millions of people standing in line, waiting to become citizens of this country. they ve taken tests, they ve studied, they learned english, they ve done so much. they have been waiting seven, eight, nine, some ten years to come in. it is not fair that somebody walks across the line, now they become citizens of the united states. what do you make of that argument? does he have a point, attorney general james? the reality is that these individuals are fleeing countries which are in political turmoil. they re seeking asylum. we have consistently and repeatedly this country recognized individuals who are fleeing persecution and violence and even fleeing death. if we are to deport these individuals, we send them back to death camps. it is critically important that individuals understand that. it is important to understand this country has values, has priorities, and we oppose the separation of families, we oppose separation of children and the fact is that conditions
it is disgusting. this comes as we saw demonstrations in philadelphia in protest of the raids. dhs officials say they ll target 2,000 families in ten major cities. the president defending his decision to give i.c.e. the green light insisted raids round up only criminals. it starts on sunday. they re going to take people out, they re going to bring them back to their countries or take out criminals, put them in prison or put them in prison in the countries they came from. we are focused on criminals as much as we can before we do anything else. joining me, letitia james, attorney general james, thank you for joining me. appreciate it. thank you for having me. new york, one of the states that will be targeted. you have vowed to try to essentially block this action. what are you planning to do, what can you do? first, let me thank aclu,
they filed a lawsuit, preemptive strike against this administration based on violation of the fifth amendment, due process rights of individuals. it is critically important individuals who are fleeing from primarily three countries are fleeing persecution, violence, and even fleeing death. these individuals have rights, due process rights. i along with other attorney generals that represent the other nine cities are considering our legal options. it is important that individuals understand that the vast majority of individuals are children and it is critically important we do not think this administration can detain and round up thousands of individuals. we think it is impossible for them to do that. attorney general, i understand what you re saying but in addition to filing legal fights, trying to block the administration in the courts, what can you do if on sunday federal agents come and try to