evidence of this alleged extortion plot. yet, the message on fox news in prime time there nothing there and this is a joke and a plot to take down the president because democrats don t like him. all of of this rhetoric, sometimes contradictory is coming out every hour of every day. if you thought maybe some of the president s supporters were going to have second thoughts or were going to be moved by the evidence? having watched several days, i can tell you no crack of his support on radio or television among his loyal supporters. let s go to another taupg here. we learned we learned this week emails leaked that stephen miller at the center of the immigration fight for the white house and promoted stories from white nationalists. are we hearing anything about the white house about this reporting? the white house has mostly defended and supported stephen miller despite the new
enough attention yet. neal katyal, thank you. and you can go to msnbc.com/openingarguments later tonight and get this segment later tonight as well as an archive of neal s work. still ahead after the break, donald trump making some bizarre and false statements about hurricane dorian, sewing confusion and earning a rare fact check from his own administration. and an update on a new fl h flashpoint in the immigration fight. president trump s plan to deport immigrants who may have been in the country undocumented. who m the country undocumented grab some pens.
buzzfeed that based on cdc s data, an i.c.e. detainee had roughly at least a 4,000-fold greater risk of getting mumps than a non-detainee a in the united states at large. this comes after months of reports of crowded and unsanitary detentions for detainees and as a new front is opening in the immigration fight. activists are sounding an urgent alarm over a new trump policy to deport severely ill migrants. not from detention centers, but people who are here for critically needed medical attention. and today, dozens of democratic lawmakers sent a letter to top trump administration officials about this new policy, asking them to turn over documents within two weeks. so here s the question. why these patients. many of them children are being targeted, despite trump having claimed his real immigration concern was the quote, invasion from criminals and gangs. this is an invasion. when you see these caravans starting out with 20,000 people,
protests punishment. the protest to defy the national anthem, fox and friends first starts right now. you just think i am crazy standing here today good morning to you. we appreciate you joining fox and friends first on wednesday morning. let s begin at the white house, the white house expected to roll out a new immigration will extending the time migrant families can be detained at the southern border. the immigration fight is far from over.
jillian: i will end you all of my green if you would like to be a true eagles fan for a day. todd: you are watching fox and friends first on wednesday morning. i m todd pyro in for rob schmidt. jillian: let s begin with this. the white house is expected to put out a new immigration will extending the time migrant families can be detained at the southern border but the immigration fight is far from over. heather: democrat lead a separate effort targeting green card. reporter: these new rules are expected to take aim at what republicans argue is a legal loophole in the immigration system. a court settlement known as the floor is agreement. under that agreement the government is not supposed to detain children longer than 20 days. after that, they are released until their cases are heard which often takes years or months to happen in given heavy