point is that the southern border is poorest. that is today's topic for our agenda panel. benji is with a political reporter for msnbc.com. amanda is a senior political report for the huffington post and bill share is a senior writer at campaign for america's future. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having us. >> ben, start with you. you wrote about this recently. here is whart of what you had to say. quote, when it comes to the undocumented youth an argument that king is a de facto policy leader. you're arguing he is not really a fringe voice but do you that is the case here? >> i think it's absolutely fair to say he is not just a fringe voice. a lot of party leaders in particular disagree with his rhetoric but not distancing themselves from his policy really. he had an amendment just last month that he proposed in champion that was condemned universally by advocacy groups