before good afternoon everyone, i martha maccallum and the sun the story. are about to get a live event at the white house, we expect the president will be in front of that podium very shortly chemically know that the pool has gathered in that room and you can see some of the activity picking up so that will happen momentarily. we expect that he will announce a massive release program from for undocumented migrants we are going to talk about that and we ll get some details from him in just a moment and we will begin. it happens the as much of the chatter surrounding the president this week has been about these written videos of him wear he appears to be frozen sort of in place and get a nudge from somebody nearby. know the white house, karine jean-pierre, turned these cheap fix addressing that they were altered, that they were manipulated, of these videos. but must be very clear, they were mack so we will play for you exactly as they took place these unedited videos and y
But by making the post official, the President Elect may be opening a legal can of worms. My colleague jane obrien is in washington. She told newsday more about the potential appointment and what could stop it. There is an anti nepotism law that prevents Government Officials from appointing their relatives to official positions, but a lot of experts say that does not apply to the white house. It was introduced when John F Kennedy wanted to appoint his brother to attorney general, and it was also a cause of contention when president bill clinton tried to appoint hillary clinton, his wife, of course, to oversee his healthcare reform. They ended up being sued. But the result of that case was all a bit inconclusive. So, we are in a very, very grey area here. But it does, of course, look not very appropriate to most people and raises a number of ethical questions of, whether it is illegal or not, he is still going to have to confront. Ethical questions, potential conflicts of interest. So,
But by making the post official, the President Elect may be opening a legal can of worms. My colleague jane obrien is in washington. She told newsday more about the potential appointment and what could stop it. There is an anti nepotism law that prevents Government Officials from appointing their relatives to official positions, but a lot of experts say that does not apply to the white house. It was introduced when John F Kennedy wanted to appoint his brother to attorney general, and it was also a cause of contention when president bill clinton tried to appoint hillary clinton, his wife, of course, to oversee his healthcare reform. They ended up being sued. But the result of that case was all a bit inconclusive. So, we are in a very, very grey area here. But it does, of course, look not very appropriate to most people and raises a number of ethical questions of, whether it is illegal or not, he is still going to have to confront. Ethical questions, potential conflicts of interest. So,
it has really been difficult for me to witness that. i sympathize with them but i sympathize with us as well because they should have not left their home. the administration keeps saying we told them not to come. that s easier said than done. you don t do that. and i ve gone through immigration areas in the middle east in 1967, dana, when we had an influx of people come to jordan from the west bank. they provided blankets. dana: we hear you and share your empathy. you are an immigrant yourself and you empathize. thank you very much. we appreciate it. answer a question about biden s comment yesterday? dana: i wanted to make sure your wife had a chance to speak.
this case the question is not a good idea to add to the law, but is the court right entity to do it? that is something should be reserved for the legislature f they are changing. jillian: what do you say. the law says because of sex. if i am person attracted to person of same sex that is because of section, if you fire me because of that if i present and adfy the gender difference from one assigned at birth, that is because of sex. it is really about the words that congress passed and applying them equally to our lgbtq colleagues, coworkers and neighbors. jillian: move on to the next which is immigration and executive power this is stemming from the process trying to phase out daca. where do you see this one going? this is real interesting case particularly the chief justice because certainly have the discretion in immigration areas