Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Carrying a recently deported mother and daughter turned around. This, as the government finally files a plan to reunite the 360 migrant kids still separated from their parents after missing last nights deadline. And galaxy quest. What started as a line at a rally could now be coming a reality. I said maybe we need a new force, well call it the space force. And i was not really serious. The administration now asking for 8 billion im going to say that again, 8 billion bucks over the next five years to launch the first new branch of the military since 1947. Whats the goal . It is not enough to merely have an american presence in space. We must have american dominance in space. Oh, my goodness. Players sat out the anthem during last nights game. While others, like Malcolm Jenkin of the super bowl champion eagles, he raised a fist. Kenny stills and Albert Wilson of the miami dolphins, they took a knee. We dont expect a
danger, the federal administration has prosecuted one aid worker. that worker s associated with the group called no more deaths that operates in arizona. they essentially leave out water, food and other goods in parts of the united states where migrants entering the u.s. are likely to find it who may be, for instance, at risk of injury or death. and this organization actually documented border patrol officers destroying some of the goods that they left for these migrants to have access to. for nielsen to act like it s solely migrant s responsibility, that they face danger when they re traveling to the united states, really on view skates the whole story. jacob, betsy woodruff, thank you. from harvey weinstein to
-we have the power -to make a difference, right now. we have the power to make sure everyone has clean water. to provide access to education for all. -to rid the world of aids, -once and for all. we have the power. to choose to include. to create clean energy. to raise capital. and be fearless entrepreneurs. to understand different perspectives. we stand behind all our partners working to make a difference. what would you like the power to do? democrat being lawmakers are demanding congressional investigations after a second migrant child died in u.s. custody this month. now secretary of homeland security kirstjen nielsen says she s going to visit the boarder this week to check on medical screenings and conditions at border patrol stations. i want to bring in msnbc s jacob zoberoff. he s been reporting on the
built. we don t talk about that but we might as well start, because it s being built right now. big sections of wall. you look at san diego, illegal traffic dropped 92% once the wall was up. el paso, illegal traffic dropped 72% and then ultimately 95% once the wall was up. in tucson, arizona, illegal traffic dropped 92%. almost immediately chuck schumer challenged those claims. the washington post today gave you a whole lot of pinocchios because they say you constantly misstate how much of of the wall is built and how much is there. but that s not the point here. not on border security but the wall, we do not want to shut down the government. jacob zoberoff visited the border and has seen the president s wall prototypes firsthand. he joins me now. i want to be clear, they re wall prototypes. the president, as chuck schumer said, got a lot of pinocchios
now we have to take a turn to the battle over immigration. late thursday, a federal judge blasting the trump administration for deporting a mother and child who are plaintiffs in a key lawsuit on asylum restrictions. the judge ordering the plane carrying the two back to el salvador to turn around and return to the united states. while threatening to hold top government officials in contempt of court. see, that s the story the president didn t want us talking about today. remember, it is zero tolerance policy that caused all of this. the lawsuit was brought on. it challenges attorney general jeff sessions decision to exclude domestic and gang violence as reasons for immigrants to be granted asylum. msnbc s jacob zoberoff has been following this story from the beginning. what happened in this case? someone blew it basically in the government and decided to deport this woman, carmen, is her pseudonym being used, and her daughter back to el salvador