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a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news in israel. new pictures of the emotional moments four hostages are reunited with their families, after being rescued during a daring daytime raid in central gaza. these pictures were taken at the hospital and provided by the israeli prime minister s office. those rescued include this woman , noa argamani, who became the face of the hostage crisis when harrowing video surfaced after her abduction on october 7th. the other three hostages range in age from 21 to 40 years old, held captive for nearly 250 days. we are going to have a live report from tel aviv in just moments. meanwhile, president biden reacting to the news during a visit to paris today, as commemorations continue around the 80th anniversary of d-day. he joined french president emmanuel macron for a day of events, and ending with a state dinner, and that starts this hour. we have r
would ve had major things passed in 2013 in the senate john maynard refused to bring it up in the house. why, alex? because republicans want to leave the immigration system broken. they want to continue to use immigrants as political footballs. they want to be able to villainized emigrants who are just trying to come here for a better life which is part and parcel of the identity of the united states and our values. at the end of the day this has never really been about immigration policy it has always been about who we are as a country. and what we are willing to stand up. two i am so glad we gave you the time. as an immigrant yourself someone who were 20 years to try to better the immigration situation. a respected lawmaker continuing with that role. thank you for continuing i m gonna go to capitol hill right now and we will talk to you on the other side. tomorrow the house rules will be coming up for a vote. let s go to nbc s julie tsirkin
cnn s fareed zakaria is here. you re an immigrant yourself, an american citizen. what was your reaction when you heard the president call the african nations shitholes? i assume i actually fit into the same category because it s not clear what he meant by shithole countries. i grew up in india. i don t know whether india would qualify. i think it does because his basic criteria seems to be brown and poor or black and poor. so india would probably fit somewhere on that spectrum. i think other than the vulgarity and the offensive way to talk in general, i think there s something bigger here. actually misunderstands something very crucial about america and the american experiment, which is america has always understood that people who come from screwed up countries are themselves bright,