welcome back to velshi and ruhle. america, we need skilled workers here. skilled workers that we do not have in this country. skills that we get from people who move to this country on a visa that is called an h 1 v. i m telling you this because america has been really bad at this for a long time. and today president trump is now pushing for a massive visa overhaul which could actually help a specific type of foreign worker gain citizenship. this is a very big change from his previous threats. the president tweeted today, quote, h 1-b holders in the united states can rest assured that changes are soon coming which will bring both simplicity and certainty to your stay, including a potential path to citizenship. we want to encourage talented and highly skilled people to
it s like patently absurd on its face. you walk around to talk to these republicans. paul ryan has become the champion of this. the president tweeted today. the president has legal troubles? i m sorry. i haven t seen that tweet. to be fair if you ll look at this from a political standpoint, what do they gain in what do those republican senators gain or paul ryan gain by calling out the president or calling out an investigation or talking about something they don t totally know what s going on. as all of us have some issues in knowing what mueller is doing because we don t have all the information. from a pr perspective, you don t want to end up in the orrin hatch clip so you say nothing. is that fair to the american public or to the media? does anyone care if it s fair to the media? probably not. it s self-preg preservation to an extent. mark pence s vice president pence s top aide in the white house, someone we all at this table, i think know,
republicans. paul ryan has become the champion of this. the president tweeted today. the president has legal troubles? i m sorry. i haven t seen that tweet. to be fair if you ll look at this from a political standpoint, what do they gain in what do those republican senators gain or paul ryan gain by calling out the president or calling out an investigation or talking about something they don t totally know what s going on. as all of us have some issues in knowing what mueller is doing because we don t have all the information. from a pr perspective, you don t want to end up in the orrin hatch clip so you say nothing. is that fair to the american public or to the media? does anyone care if it s fair to the media? probably not. it s self-preservation to an extent. mark pence s vice president pence s top aide in the white house, someone we all at this table, i think know,
you do. you ve got a lot on your plate, and we ain t talking snickers. we re not. a lot of people riled up today, and we re going to talk about that. we re going to talk about facts first. chris, always a pleasure. give them a trick and a treat, d. lemon. this is cnn tonight everyone. i m don lemon and tonight i want to talk to you about hate. i want to talk about fear mongering. i want to talk about a blatantly racist appeal by president trump and his party. an ad that the president tweeted today, an ad that shows you just how willing he is to use lies and scare tactics to terrify his base with just six days to go until the mid-terms. the ad beginning with a chilling confession from a brutal criminal, a man yet identified as an illegal immigrant, and he is, and he s a really bad guy.
we re not. a lot of people were riled up today. we re going to talk about that, we re going to talk about the facts first. chris, always a pleasure, my friend. give them a trick and treat, d. lemon. happy halloween. i saw your kids on social media. they look great. all right, talk to you later. thanks, bud. this is cnn. i am don lemon. i want to talk about hate. i want to talk about fear mongering. i want to talk about a blatantly racist appeal by president trump and his party, an ad that the president tweeted today, an ad that shows you just how willing he is to use lies and scare tactics to terrify his base with just six days to go until the midterms. the ad beginning with a chilling confession from a brutal criminal, a man fight as an illegal immigrant, and he is. and he is a really bad guy. nobody is going to defend this guy. the point is, though, this brutal criminal is who is