arrest, there's still a lot more work to be done. we're just not there as of yet. >> during our interviews we asked that specific question and that did not appear to be the motive. >> more on that tragedy in a few moments, but we begin with a sweeping and news-making new interview with president biden, his message to vaccine hesitant americans, quote, be patriots. the president also says he won't let senate procedures stand in the way of his agenda but he proposes changing the filibuster and not getting rid of it. and stern words for vladimir putin. >> he would pay a price. i said i looked in our eyes and i don't think you have a soul, and he looked back and said i think we understand each other. i have dealt with a lot of foreign leaders in my career, it's just know the other guy. >> you know vladimir putin and you think he's a killer? >> uh-huh, i do. >> what price must he pay? >> a price he will pay -- well, you will see shortly. >> the president said his message to migrants is don't come now, quote, while we're in the process of getting set up. this morning the president's homeland security secretary adding context to the president's message and getting combat with republicans that say this is a biden border crisis. >> i am not spending time on the language we use, i am spending time on the operational response to the situation at the border. >> abby phillip and a reporter from the "washington post" joining us. he insists the border is not open, and the republicans disagree. >> yeah, this is really becoming a crisis in terms of the politics for joe biden and his administration, in part because they would much rather be talking about their $1.9 trillion relief plan than about the border and the republicans obviously want to be talking about the border, it's a legitimate issue on the border with thousands of migrants coming across and the facilities they are being housed in being overwhelmed, so biden sent fema down there and envoys from his own administration to try and get a handle of the problem at the border, but republicans are going to continue to hammer his administration until the situation is under control and we saw that on capitol hill with the dhs secretary being pillared by republicans for not calling it a crisis and not saying the border should be closed and former president trump's policies should be back in place, because as we know a number of the former policies from the former administration were eliminated as soon as biden was sworn in, and it's a split will crisis for the biden administration and in part because of the fact they wanted to spend this week talking about what they delivered for the american people and talking about the $1.9 trillion plan which hit bank accounts across the country already. >> yeah, it's a reminder the presidents don't get to pick the issues that cross their desk. and then you have said repeatedly you will be more humanitarian and kind and gentle than donald trump when it comes to the immigration. the president said last night his message is not to come, and anybody that thinks it is, here's a message. >> here's the deal. first of all, the idea that joe biden said come -- i heard the other day that they're coming because they know i'm a nice guy. >> they are saying this. >> yeah, well, here's the deal, they are not. >> do you have to say quite clearly don't come? >> yes, i can say quite clearly don't come, while we are in the process of getting set up, don't leave your town, city or community. >> he says he's trying to send a clear message and also you hear inside the immigrant community he says while we are in the process of getting set up, set up for what? he doesn't say unless you have a legitimate asylum claim, don't come. he doesn't say we will enforce border security. he doesn't use those words? >> yeah, this is the challenge for democrats. obviously they want to have a humane process that is perhaps more humane and perhaps more open than the trump administration which largely shutdown asylum claims, but at the same time that is a message being used to drive a surge towards the border and in and of sit itself is a humanitarian crisis, and what happens when the border becomes overwhelmed and there's no place to house them and process them, but what you are hearing, i think, in biden is the uncertainty about what they will ultimately end up doing. what will the asylum process look like in a biden administration? will it be housed almost entirely in central american countries, which even some democrats want to prevent people from coming up to the southern border, or will it be expanded in some way to allow more people with more claims to claim asylum? what does that do to the actual numbers? some of the issues don't seem to be settled yet and in the meantime they are trying to get a handle on the shear numbers, and they have not articulated clearly what their policy on immigration by and large is going to be long term. >> they try to do with the things with the executive powers they have, the crisis of the day, call it what you will, and can they get legislation passes on the climate or any number of issues, the filibuster comes up. the president did make a little news in the interview, and the question is did he do enough here by saying he's open to changing the filibuster to satisfy progressives. >> i don't think you have to eliminate the filibuster. you have to do what it used to be when i first got to the senate in the old days, when you used to be around there, and that is you had to stand up and command the floor and you had to keep talking -- you could not call, for, you know, nobody could say, you know, a coream call, and once you stopped talking somebody could move in and say i move the question of, and so -- >> you are for bringing back the talking fill pwugser? >> i am. that's what it was supposed to be. >> progressives say that's not enough, you need to ditch it. will that satisfy the clamoring in his party to get it done? >> i doubt it. i think for now it may signal that he is moving on the filibuster, but i think for a number of these progressives and a number of people within the party they are starting to realize that after joe biden passed and signed the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan, it's going to be very difficult for him to pass the other parts of his agenda. that was the big test of bipartisanship. if you can't get a single republican vote to give money to people in the middle of a pandemic and economic crisis, how are you going to get ten senators from the other party to cross the aisle and vote for things like immigration reform or climate policies or tax increases? they are starting to realize that something is going to half to happen with the filibuster if joe biden is going to be able to pass his ambitious agenda, and joe biden is starting to realize that again as well. the president in the past he does not want to change the filibuster, but now he's starting to realize if he wants to pass his very ambitious agenda he will need help from some of these moderate democrats that right now are not in favor of eliminating the filibuster but need to make some sort of decision over the coming months if they are going to try and push some of these new policies that the president wants, so i think progressives are realizing that biden is starting to move. they have heard from senator manchin in west virginia that he is starting to be open to changes or reforms to the filibuster, so that seems to be where things are moving, at least there's movement on that issue but it's not clear that will be enough to actually get anything done. >> you mentioned the possibility of tax increases. joe biden campaigned on tax hikes on the rich to help pay for things and that could come in the infrastructure package, and that could be in the reconciliation process, and you only need 51 votes maybe, and abby, the president is not saying he is raising taxes on anybody. no, i am not. >> anybody that is making over $400,000, you will see a slight tax increase and if you make under that you won't see a single penny raises in tax. >> he is confident he will get the democratic votes for a tax increase. bill clinton sold this in the '90s successfully, and next year is election year, and he has to count the democratic votes? >> yeah, for sure. republicans have been somewhat successful in messaging this idea that corporate tax cuts are the best thing for the economy. that has been their message pretty consistently for frankly decades now, and democrats haven't actually been able to counter that, so will they be able to do it and will they be able to keep people like joe manchin in line? manchin is such an interesting character in all of this, because even though he represents one of the poorest states, it's about signaling bipartisanship to his constituents that really matters and if he starts to feel like this is something that has any prayer of getting bipartisan votes, biden could find himself in a position where he can't count on every single democrat anymore for something even like tax hikes on wealthy people and tax hikes on wealthy corporations, and some people in corporate america are saying now may be the time to roll some of that back that may have been over torqued in the direction of corporate profits and we don't need that in the economy right now. >> that's a good point. president biden did not see enough rich ceos to say do that. it's too early to know the motive behind the horrific killings in california, and kamala harris sharing her thoughts on this horrible tragedy as we go to break. >> we grieve for the loss. our prayers are extended to the families of those who have been killed. we're not yet clear about the motive, but i do want to say to our asian-american community that we stand with you and understand how this has frightened and shocked and outraged all people. ♪ ♪ ♪like an echo in the forest♪ [singing in korean] ♪another day will return♪ [singing in korean] ♪like nothing ever happened♪ ♪ ♪ look, i gotta say something. 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