already on shaky ground. did vladimir putin sabotage it before it even started? >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to "the lead," everyone. i'm jake tapper. we're going to begin with breaking news, update to a story we've been covering on cnn. shots fired inside a hospital in houston texas. police say all patients and employees there are safe and that there are no reports of injuries at this time. s.w.a.t. teams are on the scene at ben taub hospital. we're seeing patients being lined up outside, some being wheeled out on stretchers. we'll be keeping a close eye on this story and we will bring you, of course, any updates. now let's turn to the politics lead. the trump administration poised to implement sweeping changes to the way the united states handles undocumented immigrants. new guidelines released by the department of homeland security today suggests the administration wants to greatly increase the number of undocumented immigrants who are detained and deported while also expanding the powers of local law enforcement to crack down on illegal immigration. the white house says it's merely upholding the laws on the books and it emphasizes its focus for now is on those who have committed other crimes here in the u.s. although cnn is learning there is broad leeway about what crimes would be considered significant enough to trigger deportation. the white house says the president plans to keep in place for now the dreamer program for undocumented immigrants who were brought into the country as children. the directives about enhanced enforcement tactics come as president trump pledges to stick together a divided country on a visit to the smithsonian museum of african-american history and culture he die nouns the a spring of bomb threats to the jewish community centers across the u.s. cnn white house correspondent sara murray joins me now. sara, pressure has been mounting on president trump to address and condemn the bomb threats. he's had multiple at bats for the easy pitch of, sir, will you condemn violent bigotry? >> that's right. and it's a unclear whether it was just his personal unease or being frustrated with the question or what took him so long, but today he leapt at this opportunity and repeatedly denounced anti-semitism. now, sean spicer, the white house press secretary, was asked exactly what trump would do about this as president. he said it will be over the course of years that the president proves to voters indeed and in actions they can trust him to be president for all people. president trump denouncing anti-semitism today in his strongest terms yet. >> thank you. this, too, is a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry, intolerance, and hatred in all of its very ugly forms. the antisi met i can threats targeting our jewish community and community centers are horrible and are painful and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil. >> reporter: trump delivering his remarks after touring the national museum of african-american history and culture. >> it's a privilege to be here today. this museum is a beautiful tribute to so many american heroes. >> reporter: his comments condemning bigotry come on the heels of a spate of bomb threats and vandalism against jewish sites across the country. on monday those incidents drew sharp condemnation from the president's daughter, ivanka trump, who is an orthodox ju. she tweeted, america is a nation built on the principle of religious tolerance. we must protect our houses of worship and religious centers. but the president has faced criticism for his tepid response to anti-semitic in the u.s. he snapped at one of the reporters who asked about them. >> not a fair question. okay, sit down. so, here's the story, folks. number one, i am the least anti-semitic person you have seen in your entire life. number two, racism, the least racist person. >> reporter: for some the president's response is too little too late. the anne frank center calling it a band aid and asterisk of condee essential. before trump's comments this morning, hillary clinton called him out for failing to condemn the threats sooner, tweeting, jcc threats cemetery des krags and online attacks are so troubling and they need to be stopped. everyone must speak out starting with potus. trump's call for tolerance come as his administration is outlining plans for stepped up enforcement of immigration laws, including a possible expansion of detentions and deportations. that as the administration insists it will continue defending its travel ban in court. in the meantime, the white house is also working on a new executive order limiting immigration. >> the next step achieves the president's goal of protecting the country and does so in a way that recognizes the concerns that the court had. >> reporter: the new order expected later this week is likely to impact the same seven majority muslim countries, but it will be more narrowly tailored to prevent court challenges. for instance, by making clear it does not apply to green card holder. meanwhile trump is getting rave reviews from some on both sides of the aisle for his choice of lieutenant general hr mcmaster as his new national security advisor. >> there are so many good people to choose from and he's one of them. >> reporter: now, john mccain who has relished being a critic of the trump administration heaped praise on this pick as well. >> thank you so much. a few years ago i interviewed the president's new national security advisor about the future of war and we got some insight into how he views the current threat landscape and what the u.s. should be doing differently and better to combat those threats. for anyone wondering what general mcmaster might think about president trump's ideas that the u.s. should be willing to torture terrorists and to kilterist's families? well, mcmaster would seem to oppose such moves. he thinks quite a bit about the need for moral and ethical preparation for u.s. service members. here is what he told me in the audience at a new america foundation forum. >> restrictions on the use of force are super i am important obviously. we have to do this from a jon stewart milieux till tearian perspective, that every time you take action in a way that is against your values, you might as well be working for the enemy, right? but also from a recognition of our values and that we can't violate our values or we may have lost already. >> make no mistake general mcmaster is one who would be willing to pursue not a more aggressive posture against isis. >> we are engaged in righteous causes right now, okay. and i think it's okay for us to want to win against these, you know, these mesoginistic murderers. we out to be una barbed about it. >> he has described recent war plans as narcissistic saying the pentagon has tended to define war as what the u.s. would like it to do and how it would want the war to go. but general mcmaster has been around and remembers a lot of predictions that did not turn out so well. >> what typically you hear when we neglect continuities in the nature of war is really, really the next war will be fundamentally different from all wars that have gone before it. remember, future wars, we're going to be fast, cheap, efficient, we were going to conduct something called rapid decisive operations which is sort of like the george kost anz a approach, do some military things and leave. the language was hubris tick in large measure because we didn't give agency to the enemy. >> humility is not necessarily a word that come to mind frequently when discussing this white house, but the new national security advisor is someone who has talked quite a bit about the need for the u.s. to show humility and learn from its mistakes. i want to bring in republican congressman devin nguyenes of california. congressman, thanks for joining me. we appreciate t. >> some great footage you have of the interview of general mcmaster. >> he's an interesting guy. let' talk about him. general mcmaster, it seems that he will be likely to advise president trump to take a tougher stance on russia than i suspect general flynn would have. is that fair, do you think? >> well, i think there is a lot of innuendo about general flynn out there. general flynn is a russia hawk. i think the big decision the trump administration will have to make is whether -- do they see china as the bigger problem or russia as the bigger problem. because i think people see it as you can't fight both of them at the same time and you can't be against both of them at the same time. now, you know, i've had my reservations about dealing with putin and the russians. i think he's a totally dishonest actor. but i think that mcmaster at the end of the day is going to give very sound advice and he'll be a strong voice of reason and he's an intellectual heavy weight in the white house that i think anyone having him around is going to be very thankful for. >> you said you don't think general flynn's phone call with the russian ambassador was cause for dismissal. yesterday vice-president pence in brussels said that he was disappointed when he learned that general flynn had given him inaccurate information about the call. he said the proper decision for president trump to ask general flynn to resign. do you disagree with the vice-president? >> well, look, it's not my place to do that, jake. this is the president's decision. clearly the vice-president, you know, he stated very clearly that he supported the president's decision. and at the end of the day, i'm not president of the united states. so, but i don't believe for a second that general flynn talking to the russian ambassador broke any laws. and, in fact, it's exactly what he should have been doing and i think the record in the long run will show that he was trying to improve relations between our two countries. >> i want to ask you about this story that cnn reported and also the new york times reported because there is a discrepancy here between what you and other members of congress say and what we are told. multiple former intelligence and law enforcement officials tell cnn and other outlets they were in constant communication during the campaign with russians known to u.s. intelligence. you say that is not what you are being told. how -- help explain this discrepancy to us. >> well, first, jake, if i may, i believe the first time that i went out and sounded the alarm about the problems that we're having with russia and it being the biggest intelligence failure since 9/11. >> months ago. >> not only that, but it was on your show. i think it was on your show last spring, i was begging anyone to pay attention. and at that time the obama administration ignored it. the ic under the direction of the obama administration, largely ignored it. why? because they were in the middle of doing an iranian deal. they wanted to try to get the russians to side with them in syria to try to get assad out of power. and, so, i was warning, asking anyone to come forward with information that would help us to begin to understand this russia threat. and many members of the house intelligence committee have spent a lot of time over in eastern europe and looking at the russia through, including at the time now director pompeo who is very familiar with the russia threat. so, with all that said, what i'm most interested in are facts. so, i just can't go on a witch hunt against american citizens just because they appear in a new york times story. i've asked the appropriate authorities, any time one of these stories pops up in the news, we try to get it to the intelligence agencies and say, do you have anything on this? until somebody can show me who are they contacting, what phone numbers are they calling, i'd love to have it because i've been a lone voice in the wilderness here since almost a year ago being on your show, call for somebody to do something about the russia problem. >> one last question for you, sir. today the department of homeland security released some guidelines for the president's upcoming executive orders on i am grapgs. they suggest that the trump administration clearly wants to take a much more aggressive approach when it come to detaining and deporting many more undocumented immigrants with a folks us, of course, on those who have committed other crimes since coming to the u.s. you live in california. you have a plurality, you're a founding member of the hispanic conference. do you have any concerns? are you hearing of any concerns about these plans? >> well, i do have a lot of concerns about this. most importantly is that can d.h.s. effectively implement a plan and follow through on it that only goes after those people who are here illegally that have committed crimes. if they can, i'm all for it. and i can tell you that we're kind of at a stand still in this country with immigration reform, and i do believe that we need to have a strong security at the border. and i do believe that we need to kick all these bad guys out and gang members and drug dealers and everything else because they are plaguing many communities here in california. the tight rope that the administration will have to walk will be what do they do with the people that are here? what do they do with the young people, someone who was two years old when they were brought to this country. that's going to be difficult. today i noticed -- i noticed that they did make some announcement on daca, that they weren't going to go after children, which i think is important. and they weren't going to do mass round ups which i think is important. so, look, i'm all for going out and executing the plan to get rid of bad people. and i want them out. the challenge for them will be can they actually -- can they actually do it. >> chairman devin nunez, always a pleasure to have you on. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> constituents greeting members of congress with some tough questions, especially about immigration as the nation waits for the president to issue his revised kpelktive order. that story next. boost® simply complete. it's intelligent nutrition made with only 9 ingredients, plus 25 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. and look where life can take you! boost®. be up for it.™ today, unlimited gets the network it deserves. verizon. 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[ applause ] >> senator, answer his question. >> i'm going down the list and when we're done with that list -- >> no, answer the question. >> answer the question. >> senator grassley did wrap that up by saying, jake, he's going to try to do everything he can. jake? >> all right, thank you so much. a new bomb threat at a jewish community center even as president trump publicly denounces anti-semitism now there are calls for the new attorney general to get involved. stay with us. what do you get when you combine an h&r block tax pro, with the deduction finding superpower of ibm watson? ah! you get more money. that's what you could get. h&r block with watson. get your taxes won. welcome back to "the lead." let's dive a little deeper into the national lead now. this recent spike in anti-semitic incidents. another jewish center in san diego made a second call to police in less than a month after a bomb threat today. this is one of 70 recent bomb threats to jewish community centers which often operate preschools, gyms, family programs. the threats come in waves. 16 in january, 11 more, now a center in st. louis has been vandalized. they are calling on jeff sessions to create a special task force to investigate why the outbreak of these cases. let's bring in cnn's brynn gingras. when you look at just the bomb threats, most are happening on the same day. is there any evidence yet that one person or one organization might be responsible? >> well, really at this point it's unclear if it's one person or several people. we do know there are some similarities for the threats that were called into jccs. the person on the line is using masking technology to disguise their voices. one caller was described as sounding like an older woman, then the one today in san diego, that threat was actually sent via e-mail. the dozens of threats have all been false alarms so there is some good news, but they certainly changed security measures at centers all across the country. and really the habits of the people who visit them. police scoured the scene at the san diego jewish community center today as the bomb threat forced evacuations for the second time this year. police say the center received an e-mail late last night indicating an explosive was inside, but none was found. >> knowing that they were evacuating the building and searching for possible bombs is obviously very disconcerting when you're sending a child to this. >> reporter: it is just the latest in a recent rash of disruptive false alarms targeting the jewish community. >> somebody, it seem like, has put together some sort of concerted effort. >> reporter: 70 reported threats have affected 54 jewish community centers in 27 states this year alone, and it's only february. >> well, we do see that there is an unprecedented number of these threats taking place. we look forward to all elements of government taking this and making this a strong priority for them. >> reporter: 11 jccs reported threats of violence just yesterday. raising concerns about the future. >> just incredibly depressing. i guess it's, you know, this is the age we live in, but it's really sad. >> i'm afraid that eventually someone will take the next step. >> reporter: and vandals are proving community centers aren't the only target. >> the level of tension in the jewish community is pretty high. >> reporter: over the weekend at least 100 gravesites were des crated at this historic jewish cemetery in st. louis, missouri. police would not say whether it was considered a hate crime. >> there is a difference here between intent and impact, right? the intent may be one this can. the impact is huge on the jewish community, right? this is where your loved ones come to be safe in perpetuity. >> reporter: earlier this month a chicago area sin going was vandalized and dee faced with swastikas while in new york pro-nazi graffiti was removed from subway cars by writers using hand sanitizer and tissue. both incidents part of a disturbing trend. >> you do have to persevere and not let this influence you and recognize it for what it is. it is an attempt to intimidate. >> reporter: and earlier today sara murray talked about this in your show. the president addressed this recent spike. deflecting the question several times, having opportunities to talk about it, today president trump called the anti-semitic events horrible and they have to stop. in the white house briefing secretary sean spicer said the president will continue to work to unify the country and speak out against these hate crimes. jake ? >> thank you so much. turning back to politics, today is the first day on the job for scott pruitt tasked with running the environmental protection agency. he addressed employees this afternoon as he moves forward with an ambitious program including rolling back obama era regulations. rinne, what did pruitt have to say? >> it was interesting to see him standing before the employees of the agency that he sued at least 12 times. but he set the tone. there was a roomful of about 75 epa employees and he set the tone that there was a new sheriff in town. there would be no over regulation, there would be no over reach. actually, we have some sound from him as he spoke to those epa employees today. >> i believe that we as an agency and we as a nation can be both pro energy and jobs and pro environment. that we don't have to choose between the two. >> so, in that sound bite there, you heard he took a bit of a reassuring tone as well for anyone concerned that if anyone who says that there is going to be a roll back of regulations could mean that the environment is forgotten. he's saying there that you can do two things at once. you can roll back regulation and keep the environment in mind as well. he also told the employees that he planned to listen, learn and lead. >> what's on the top of the agenda for him? >> so, we know where pruitt as well as trump stands on overall regulations and we do expect the epa will reflect that stance. in speaking with environmentalists and even conservative think tanks today, both sides agree these are the rules that are most vulnerable under the trump administration. the clean power plan, which really has an emphasis on greenhouse gases, emissions from power plants. of course, that's the cornerstone of the climate change initiative under the obama administration. we expect that to be rolled back. also, you see there the waters of the united states rule. that is a rule that essentially gives the federal government broad authority to police the streams and waterways of the united states to make sure that they are not polluted. farmers, for example, don't like that because they say it restricts what sort of activities they can do on their own land. and the third one that you saw there, jake, the moratorium on leasing federal land for coal mining. obviously that direct contradiction if you're trying to curb carbon emissions to go ahead and lease federal land for coal mining would be problematic. that moratorium was put in place under the obama administration. we expect to see that being relaxed under the trump administration as well. >> all right. rene marsh, you're going to have to cover over the next four to eight years. ahead of the white house's travel ban. what those guidelines mean for undocumented immigrants. that story next. people when they thought they should start saving for retirement. then we asked some older people when they actually did start saving. this gap between when we should start saving and when we actually do is one of the reasons why too many of us aren't prepared for retirement. just start as early as you can. it's going to pay off in the future. if we all start saving a little more today, we'll all be better prepared tomorrow. prudential. bring your challenges. but they're different.d kind it's nice to remove artificial ingredients. kind never had to. we've used real ingredients, whole nuts, and 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they plan to act on the executive orders including hiring 10,000 new immigration and customs enforcement agents. building that wall along the southern border, creating more detention facilities for undocumented immigrants and designating a new office in the department to help victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. taking all of the fund previously used to advocate for undocumented immigrants. for now the trump administration says it will leave intact the obama era protections for immigrants who were brought into this country illegally while they were children. these individuals known as dreamers. d.h.s. says the policy mostly enforces existing laws and will not lead to mass round ups of undocumented immigrants. let's bring in my panel to talk about it. mary catherine, sean spicer today said the goal is not mass deportation, but it certainly looks like there is going to be a lot more people deported than in previous administrations. obama, by the way, got hammered for deporting too many people according to advocates. >> it does certainly sound like the number of people eligible for deportation would go up and that they are making plans for how to staff up to make that happen. first of all, a little bit of progress on the idea there are guidance memos for how this might -- >> baby steps, yes. >> i think like all things trump you're going to get a mixed bag in this. you're going to get more enforcement which is partly what people voted for. >> right. >> and frankly people who commit fraud that is a crime in this country in addition to being here illegally. making an argument against that is perilous for democrats. what he said at the press conference which was largely missed about the dreamers which was quite sang win and seemed to suggest that he was not going to work on deporting them. so, again, it's very trump. it's hot and cold at the same time. >> it's mass deportation. i'm sorry. >> it is mass deportation. >> unless people decide to not act on -- if i.c.e. decides they're not going to act ton this, in the executive order they talk about depp yu advertising local law enforcement officials. if all these people are suddenly going to not follow through with this, i guess it's not mass deportation. it talks about -- this is one of the criteria. under obama you had basically -- if you were a serious criminal that posed a threat to society, then you would get deported. if you were somebody who is basically not threatening anybody, you wouldn't. here, one of the areas is anyone who has committed acts that could constitute a chargeable criminal offense. well, unlawful entry into the country is a criminal offense. >> yeah. >> any undocumented immigrant who is basically just a functioning member of society who came here because they wanted a job and to support their family who have children and grandparents here are targets to be deported. >> it was beyond that initial defense. >> that's not what it says. >> even today sean spice he said anyone who is in this country illegally is liable. >> there is also the time and space issues under the obama administration that guideline became if you were within 100 miles of the border, if it was within two weeks of your arrival here. those guidelines are scrapped now. i believe they're moving to a two-year time line for this to apply to you, it could be anywhere in the country. wasn't -- there's two things i think are worth keeping an eye on politically outside of these specific issues and one has to do with the number, 10,000 new hires. that is really important in term of the president attempting to build support within that law enforcement community. this is job creation measure that is going to have to be paid for. the other is mexico. part of these guidelines go to the idea that central americans who are caught kicked back to mexico pending their hearings, none of that has worked out. it has to be negotiated with mexico. >> as far as being politically perilous on the conservative side of this, if you are going to engage in mass deportation, and hire 10,000 agents, the federal government is not good at doing things it says it is going to do, you run into the same problem with the serious criminals still here because the agency are not doing -- they're not focusing on the thing most important. >> the only people here not going to report any crimes, they're not going to talk to the police. that makes everybody less safe. if you are now an undocumented immigrant and something happens to you, there is no way in the world you are going to talk to a police officer who now may be deputized to deport you. they have something in there about prosecuting deporting parents who pay smuggler to bring their children from central america. this is sick, i'm sorry. these are children that are fleeing for their lives. these are parents in horrible situations where they have decided this is the worst thing that i could -- out of all my options, this is the best decision that's better than having my child maybe being killed by a gang member. the least worst option. they're going to prosecute them and deport them for trying to save their children's lives. >> it is a new day. voters did vote for it as you said. i want to share some video. there was a rigo t in sweden wih all the focus on president trump's clumsily delivered comments that never happened. he was referring to a segment on fox news. there were immigrants to blame for this riot in stockholm. and i think it's interesting just because the truth of the matter is that if you read about what's going on in sweden, immigrants -- and it's not a surprise -- there aren't a lot of jobs for them and obviously poorer communities tend to commit more crimes. there is an increased level of crime. maybe not as bad as some are depicting it, but assaults are up, rains are up. this is according to police statistics in sweden. >> right. i think there is a practice that i try every day which is hold two ideas in my head in the same time. president trump should be vastly more careful with the way he says these things. and also let's not pretend that there is no problem at all in sweden because that drives the people who are listening to trump to not believe us because there are problems with assimilation. there are problems with unaccompanied minors, many of whom because there is an open door are not as minor as they say they are and trying to figure out how to get those folk into society without being brought into sex slave rings and all sorts of stuff because there is no one being held accountable for where they are and what they're doing. >> this is another example of the old adage words matter. there is some congrut the way the president has handled this. he is dipping into their problem. they are aware of how serious those issues r. president trump when it comes to issues like the middle east or russia has said repeatedly it's foreign us to impose our ideals on other countries. 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faltering. the truce took part in the eastern part of the country. according to the organization for security and cooperation in europe there have been more than 700 violations on both sides over the last 24 hours. this all of course comes as russian president vladimir putin just issued an executive order recognizing the travel documents issued by separatist authorities in eastern ukraine. cnn's nick payton walsh is on the ground in the ukrainian capital in kiev. thousands have been killed in the nearly three years of violence in that country. where do things stand on the ground right now? >> reporter: still pretty horrific, jake, for the civilians who are trapped on the front lines there. we were a few weeks ago on both sides and regular shelling makes getting water, food a difficult task. i should say the osc monitors who have been trying to keep a handle on this conflict the past months or years here reported in the last 24 hours slight reduction in the number of explosions they hear. we're talking about this going from 700 to about maybe 400 or so. these numbers are quite meaningless frankly to those of you at home, but it means one thing. we see violence go up and down here depending on which day of the week you are looking at but it never really stops. there is never really the cease fire all sides say they are trying to get behind. one fatal thing, jake, it undermines confidence in the political process here. it is evident from everyone you speak to hatred on both sides of the line between separatists and ukrainian is growing. that simply has been amplified i think it's fair to say by the kremlin's executive order over the weekend. on one hand they were talking about imposing this cease fire or trying to get behind it, they were also at the same time recognizing documents issued by the separatist de facto authorities in those rebel-held separatist areas, parts of eastern ukraine. that means you have a driving license, divorce document, passport from those separatist authorities russia will recognize it. you can get into russia perhaps on that separatist passport. some say that's one step towards potentially recognizing those separatist territories by moscow, and it had one important effect here. ukrainian hard liners, ukrainian security officials in kiev where i'm standing says russia doesn't want anything more to do with the so-called minsk agreements, the peace deal supposed to try to quiet violence down. ukraine officials talking about the need to take part of the separatist area in months ahead. it is highly volatile here. in the new geopolitical world, jake, with an uncertain white house vision for the ukrainian conflict, many are worried we may see full blown conflict as they try to cease initiative. jake? >> stay safe. thank you so much. showing the softer side of donald trump, how first daughter ivanka is trying to soften the image of her father from camelot to tweet-a-lot. today, unlimited gets the network it deserves. verizon. 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(vo) unlimited on verizon. 4 lines, just $45 per line. we're back with more on our politics lead today as president trump visited the national museum of african-american history and culture. ivanka trump was by his side. it's a now familiar scene as the first daughter made the move to washington with her family and her father. president trump himself confirmed ivanka will be helping first lady with her initiative. her most important role right now might be humanizing her dad. here with me is cnn reporter kate bennett. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. before the president or any other member of the trump family reacted, ivanka tweeted out, we must protect our hougses of worship and religious centers. her father, critics have said, was rather slow to issue such a statement, but the daughter clearly seemed to pave the way for him a little bit. >> it's not that unusual for ivanka to take these hard issues and tweet about them and be -- humanize these issues. also she's orthodox jewish. she married jared kushner, she converted. she's raising her kids orthodox it sounds like. it's not unusual. it may help her dad give that push saying, you should do this, too, as we saw this morning. >> also remember when he was feud ing with nordstrom for cancelling her line of clothing and shoes, he said she is always trying to get me to do the right thing. >> yes. that's been her role really from the beginning. you can look back as far as the campaign and she really sort of helped to be that surrogate who, you know, fostered this nice guy image that we don't get to see. and she's still doing that in many ways. >> take a look at this picture of ivanka trump giving quite some access, some comedian joke, take your daughter to workday. there she is flanked by the prime minister of canada and her father. they talked a lot about women's issues. is she having any major effect on poll sni >> this is the bizarre part because she has no official role yet she is at the resolute desk with the major leader of a world country and her father. there is nothing official, yet she is sort of official. she is the one we're seeing at the press conferences. she's the one we're seeing with her dad when they toured boeing. so, i think she is pushing the ball forward. i think she is going to help out. he said that last week, that he was going to help melania, mrs. trump. we haven't gotten that title, we haven't gotten an office, we don't know exactly what the role is going to be. >> it's very interesting. quickly, there is obviously a lot of documentation going on about her family kind of warming her father's image a little. >> agreed. it's a very humanizing thing to do. who doesn't love to see the cute kids smooshed up against the glass. it's the role we're not good seeing him in. ivanka does a good job telling that story at a time he needs a little of that warm and fuzzy. she's also sort of blowing the lid off what life is like for kid inside the white house. we never saw this with the obama's kids. they were very private, young. we're getting a glimpse inside this world thanks in part to ivanka and her, i think she has 6 1/2 million followers on her social media. >> very impressive. kate bennett, thank you so much. finally from us today. >> and watch, the mood is tense. >> tense indeed, brian, because it's time to say bye-bye to bao bao. the giant panda is returning to her ancestral home. bao bao boarded the panda express in a crate compliments of fedex. she will have 55 pounds of bamboo. she what set to make the move. most captive giant pandas are on lone from the government of china. they are sent to participate in a cooperative breeding program. the national zoo first received a state gift of two pandas in 1972 as a gesture of good will and has participate ed in so-called panda diplomacy ever since. that's it for "the lead." jake tapper here turning it over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >> happening now. immigration shift, the trump administration comes out with a blueprint for cracking down on illegal immigration. it says the objective is not mass deportation, but says a million people could go. what about the dreamers who came to america as children? it shaz to stop. after bomb threats the des krags of the jewish cemetery, president trump finally responds to criticism and condemns anti-semitism calling it horrible and saying it must stop. did he go far enough?

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