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on the border detention centers to try and find some answers. now, every president, every party has left their fingerprints on the state of our immigration system today. the reagan administration s amnesty policy drew widespread backlash and still gives some nservatives pause today. the bush administration had its faults. the administration struggled to handle a spike in migrations amid mass deportations. but at the moment, the current administration is separating families from their children at our bor with mexico, not because of a law, but because this administration has chosen to do so. so far despite nearly 2000 children being separated from their families, what s missing from this story are a flood of images of these young children. it was images of children, after all, that spurred the president to change course in syria. so far, this young toddler has become the face of this policy. stop and look at her for just a moment. and remember that there are thousands thousa ....
canceled it? on friday, the new york times wrote the following. quote, a senior white house official told reporters that even if the meeting were reinstated holding it on june 12 would be impossible given the lack of time needed. president trump 1307bded on twitter with this false accusation. quote, the failing the new york times quotes a senior white house official who doesn t exist, use real people, not phony sources. the source was, in fact, a senior white house official speaking to a large group of reporters in the white house briefing room. we journalists try as hard as we can to always identify our sources on the record so that we can tell you, our viewers, watchers, listeners, why you should trust our information. sometimes we agree to allow people to speak anonymously. we ll refer to that as talking on background. nbc news does know the identity of this official, although we re not identifying him because we agreed not to. we, however, do not invent people. if we did, ....
if confirmed by the senate, i will keep an open mind in every case and i will always strive to preserve the constitution of the united states and the american rule of law. so kavanaugh is a graduate of yale law school and clerked for justice kennedy. in 1993 he met ken starr during a justice department fellowship and became a key staff member when starr was the independent counsel investigating the white water and clinton/lieu ensky scandals. kavanaugh helped write the final report to congress that laid out 11 possible grounds for impeaching president bill clinton. he served as george w. bush s white house counsel and staff secretary before he was nominated to be a federal judge in 2006. he was confirmed at that time by a vote of 57-36. now, brett kavanaugh s nomination sets up an extremely consequential confirmation battle. within minutes of trump s announcement, several top democrats voicing their intention to vote against him. senate minority leader chuck schumer put out ....
which george h.w. bush was. and by not going partisan, george w. bush helped remind us just how starved we are for decency in american public life. and i m going to leave you with that picture, get ready to put to rest one of our points of light, one of my points of light, the 41st president. thanks to nancy, brett, nick, elise. that s it for this hour. i m any coko nicolle wallace. mtp daily is next with chuck todd. good evening, i m chuck todd here in new york. and welcome to mtp daily. moments ago, president george h.w. bush s remains arrived by train in college station. next is a burial ceremony at the george bush presidential library. we will be keeping an eye on these proceedings as the 41st president is officially laid to rest in a few minutes. we ll take you back there, but we re going to begin tonight with yet another piece of reporting that raises questions if the trump administration s foreign policy is for sale. it raises other questions about whether bob m ....
report actually does! i would perhaps want to address the question of whether, you know, he didn t come to a finding on obstruction, because he meant to leave that up to congress. i mean, that said, he is doing this at the justice department. i think if he does decide to draw those sort of, you know, lines of difference from barr, he s going to do it gently. unless this is a very different robert mueller then everyone at the justice department is used to, then michael zeldin is used to, we re not going to see him coming out and flame throwing. that said, it wouldn t be surprise me if he does take time to thank his team for their hard work and for their professionalism, because they have said nothing in the face of being under attack for two years. if you re just joining us, we re expecting special counsel robert mueller here he is. let s listen in. good morning, everyone, and thank you for being here. two years ago, the acting attorney general asked me to serve as special co ....