100 of the 300 Migrant Children who were removed yesterday from a facility in texas were returned to that facility today. Despite the reportedly appalling conditions. Lawyers who visited the center described children in dirty clothes covered in mucus or even urine. Teenage mothers wearing clothing stained with breast milk and no soap or toothpost for any of the kids. One lawyer told nbc news, almost every child i spoke with had not showered or bathed since they crossed the border. Some of them more than three weeks ago. Joining me now, Gabe Gutierrez in textexas, cal perry in flori. Julia ainsley is joining me and has been reporting on this resignation. Obviously, all of these stories are swirling. But what right now is on the record about why the acting head of cbp is stepping down . Its really hard to separate it from the story that you just put out there. At this point, theyre saying hes stepping down. But its hard not to say that this is connected even though he didnt say that spec
Days. Its also nice to be back. It turns out when you take off at new years in 2019 you come back to work right after new years in 2019, it turns out it is then 2020. I know mathematically this should not be a shock, but it does feel like a shock. It does feel 2020 has been looming so large for so long. It does feel sort of shocking it is here now. We are now officially among other things in a president ial election year. Iowa is a month away. I was up in New Hampshire for part of the break visiting with family members in New Hampshire. Were already playing count the yard signs game in New Hampshire ahead of the New Hampshire primary. Were also starting to block off the weekends on the calendar in forthcoming weeks when theres important primaries and caucuses on the weekends. Those are going to be workdays for those of us covering the Campaign Even though those are saturdays and sundays. It is all here. It is upon us. But for now at least it just means there is that much more to keep t
Officer denying allegations of Sexual Misconduct. Its a big tuesday. Welcome to it. Its meet the press daily. Good evening, im chuck todd here in washington. Its another hugely important night in president ial politics playing out against an unprecedented backdrop of president ial behavior. The democratic president ial field will debate the next two nights at a time the president of the United States is intentionally stoking racial hostilities in this country. The big question hanging over these two nights is this. How do they deal with this moment . Weve heard some party leaders, including the dnc chairman, warn that the president is trying to distract them. In other words, be careful making this moment all about trump. Dont take the bait. But today as if on cue the president threw a whole lot more chum into the water. Here he is doubling down on his use of racist language, that congressman Elijah Cummings urban Baltimore District is a rat and rodentinfested mess. People living in bal
Wednesday night. Mitch mcconnell is waiting ask he and he is counting. Tomorrow will be four weeks four weeks since House Democrats impeached the president with purely partisan support. Back to the impeachment developments in a moment, but we begin with tonights debate featuring the leading 2020 democrats. It comes amid a big new fight between the two leading progressives. Senator Elizabeth Warren yesterday saying Bernie Sanders told her back in december 2018 that in hids vis view, a woman not beat President Trump. Senator sanders disputes that, says of course a woman can win. The question now is not just about this episode but the dispute about the details, how that plays out on a debate stage 20 days before the iowa caucuses. This race is very, very tight. Progressives are already worried about signs that the aggression pact was about to crack. Let me start with you, alex. Youve been writing about camp warren and camp sanders. What are we looking for tonight . I think over the weeken
Escalating battle over diversity in the democratic field and the former spokesperson for president obama is going to join me with his take. But first to, the breaking news on the deadly mass shooting at the naval station in pensacola and in fact, any minute now we are expecting a News Conference from the fbi, and they will be updating the investigation and we will bring it to you lye when it is under way. And new word a short time ago secretary of defense mark esper that some Saudi Nationals were contained on the base but he would not confirm in the charge was terrorism. They were detained some of his friends were on the base as i understand it, and i was told that some one or two were filming it, and what is unclear if they were filming it before it began or picked it up when it was folding and this is maybe a distinction with or without the difference, but that is why we will let the investigation play out. The shooter is a Saudi National training on the base opening up fire on a cla