United states immigration and Customs Enforcement will hold a Press Conference at 2 15 today. Probably not too far away. To announce the results of a highly successful recent gang surge operation. The president has made enforcement of our nations Immigration Law the top priority and todays announcement will under score not only that commitment, but his focus on targeting transnational gangs and prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens who pose a threat to public safety. Also today Secretary Mattis met with the turkish Prime Minister to discuss a range of bilateral Security Issues and the secretary reiterated the United States commitment to protecting our nato allies and both leaders affirmed their support for peace and stability in iraq and syria. One other thing i wanted to point out. Last night obamacare suffered another serious blow as aetna announced its decision to pull out of the nebraska and Delaware Marketplaces which ends their phar teus payings in exchanges
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the deputy national adviser and now msnbc political contributor. let s start with cash patel, nsc. i don t know that position that well, but it seems like a pretty big deal job for someone who has proven himself liable to sort of bend over backwards to pursue the president s interests. yeah, chris. it s an enormous job. i was the national security council for eight years. the senior director for counterterrorism is essentially the coordinating point for the entire government s counterterrorism policy. so how you coordinating the work of our diplomats with the work of the intelligence committee with the work of the military and the counter isis campaign in the effort against al qaeda. this is a big, big job. and cash patel has mainly distinguished himself as a partisan and conspiracy theorist to undermine the russia investigation over the last several years. i actually got caught up in this myself when i was brought in before the house intelligence committee where he was the counsel a
they feel about susan rice. i think those of us who worked with her think it s fairly normal. those people who don t trust her for other reasons think there is something. it is a test how people feel about susan right. if someone doesn t have a history of lying it is easier. she has a history of lying. she most recently lied about unmasking trump officials names. she said she did not on national television and said wait, i guess maybe i did. she also lied about benghazi and an administration that has a history of weaponizing agencies against political opponents, obstructing congress with fast and furious as well as the benghazi investigation. two senators clearly say there is important questions to be asked of susan rice, clarify what was happening here. the white house raj shah this morning saying we have legitimate questions about this. if there was nothing when she answers we ll say you re right, there is nothing. if there was nothing. if she refuses to answer we ll
sure. still yes! xfinity delivers gig speed to more homes than anyone. now you can get it, too. welcome to the party. the senate jump starting a battle over immigration reform with only weeks to go until daca protections run out for the dreamers who came her illegally as children. top republicans including mitch mcconnell with backing a gop proposal that mirrors president trump s framework. lawmakers calling it quote, the best chance of getting a bill passed that can be signed into law. watch. the president is put a good faith effort out there and obviously it addresses the issue providing legalization for all the daca young people. at the same time strength border security. the plan is unlikely to get 60 votes. some democrats stepping up their opposition to limits on
americans, this isn t a fringe issue where president trump is on this issue. there is a danger for democrats in putting it forward that way. simply the facts don t bear it out. it is problematic for them entering into this debate. what i glean from what you re saying. we aren t looking at this from the perspective of americans having given us much more thought than we give them credit for. they look at the issue saying if this is our chance for the best deal, what s in it? the politics of this will get interesting because of the timing of this. we are oef in an election year and the next couple months is going to be a pretty intense fight. it is. the closer we get to november the harder these decisions become. on the timing there is an interesting side note here. the courts have put a stay on president trump s decision on daca so this march 5th deadline many people believe there slip into april and possibly as long as june. the white house is pushing back on that. they may make