>>> IN AN OVAL OFFICE MEETING THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS
PRESIDENT TRUMP OFFERED AN
ASTONISHING SOLUTION TO THE
CRISIS OF THE SOUTHERN BORDER
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND
MEXICO, SENDING HIS ADVISORS
INTO A COMPLETE STATE OF PANIC.
THE PRESIDENT’S VISION INVOLVES
SHUTTING DOWN THE 2000 MILES
BORDER BY NOON THE NEXT DAY,
TRAPPING AMERICAN TOURISTS IN
MEXICO AND STRANDING SCHOOL
CHILDREN ON EITHER SIDE OF THE
BORDER AND PROMPTING AN ECONOMIC
CRISIS FOR BOTH NATIONS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE
PRESIDENT PRESENTED HIS OWN
STYLE TO SOLVE THE BORDER’S
CRISIS.
CRISIS. PRESIDENT TRUMP ADVOCATED FOR
ADDING A WATER FILL TRENCH TO
THE BORDER WHICH WOULD THEN BE
FILLED WITH SNAKES AND
ALLIGATORS.
ALLIGATORS. THE WHITE HOUSE AIDES SOUGHT A
COST FOR.
COST FOR. IF ALL THOSE METHODS FAILED, THE
PRESIDENT SUGGESTED THAT
SOLDIERS TO SHOOT MIGRANTS ON
THE LEGS TO SLOW THEM DOWN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DENIED THIS
EARLIER TODAY.
EARLIER TODAY. NBC HAS REPORTED THE PLAN
INCLUDED REINSTATED THE FAMILY
SEPARATION.
SEPARATION. USING BORDER AGENTS TO CONDUCT A
ASYLUM INTERVIEWS.
ASYLUM INTERVIEWS. THAT ONE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH.
I WANT TO NOTE ONE THING.
IF YOU ARE REMEMBERING, ALI, THE
INTERVIEW THAT IVANKA TRUMP DID
WITH ABC NEWS WHERE SHE
REFERENCED THE CHILD SEPARATION
POLICY BEING A LOW POINT IN THE
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. I WONDER WHERE IVANKA TRUMP’S
FIRST DAUGHTER SENIOR ADVISOR TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP FEEL NOW SINCE
IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AGAIN.
>> HE WAS THE CUSTOM AND BORDER
PROTECTION CHIEF AT THE TIME.
IN A NEW INTERVIEW.
HE EXPRESSED AMONG OTHER THINGS
OF HIS FRUSTRATION THAT HIS OWN
DEPARTMENT IS BEING USED FOR A
PARTISAN IMMIGRATION AGENDA.
HE MAINTAINS OPERATIONAL CONTROL
OF THE DHS AND TOLD "THE
WASHINGTON POST" WHAT I DON’T
HAVE CONTROL OVER IS THE TONE,
THE MESSAGE AND THE PUBLIC FAITH
AND APPROACH THE DEPARTMENT IN A
POLARIZED TIME.
POLARIZED TIME. THAT’S UNCOMFORTABLE.
THAT’S UNCOMFORTABLE. JOINING ME NOW IS AUTHOR OF THAT
PIECE, NICK.
PIECE, NICK. >> IF HE’S CONCERNED -- HE CAN
ONLY BE TALKING ABOUT ONE PARTY
AND THAT’S THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO
APPOINTED HIM TO THAT JOB.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
>> YOU GOT TO REMEMBER HE WAS
U.S. CUSTOM BORDER PROTECTION
FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE THIS.
HE VERY MUCH WANTS TO MAINTAIN
THE IMAGE AND PUBLIC PHASE OF
DHS AND IMMIGRATION MORE BROADLY
AS A NEUTRAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
BODY.
BODY. THAT’S VERY MUCH ADD ODDS WITH
THE WAY WITH THE KIND OF MOMENT
WE ARE IN IN FAMILIAR AND IN A
WAY THAT THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WANT TO
PROMOTE THEIR IMMIGRATION
AGENDA.
AGENDA. THE CENSUS THAT ANYONE WHO WANTS
TO NOT BE PARTISAN AND RUNS THE
DEPARTMENT IN THIS
ADMINISTRATION IS SOON GONE.
>> I THINK HE’S BEEN AT THE TOP
OF DHS NOW FOR NEARLY SIX
MONTHS, LONGER THAN ANY OTHER
DHS LEADERS HAVE BEEN IN
ENACTING CAPACITY.
ENACTING CAPACITY. THERE IS NO SIGN HE’LL BE
DOMINATING FOR THE POSITION AND
HE’S ISOLATED IN THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND ONE OF THE
LAST REMAINING FIGURES WOHO TRIE
TO TALK ABOUT AND MESSAGE THESE
THINGS FROM A NEUTRAL CAREER,
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL
PERSPECTIVE AND YOU KNOW THAT
LEFT HIM MORE AND MORE ISOLATED.
YOU KNOW THAT WAS REFLECTED IN
HIS STATEMENT.
HIS STATEMENT. >> IMMIGRATION AT THE BORDER HAS
BEEN LARGELY OUT OF THE
HEADLINES, AT LEAST IN THE LAST
FEW WEEKS.
FEW WEEKS. WHY DO YOU BELIEVE WOULD BE
SPEAKING SO FREELY NOW
ESSENTIALLY GIVING THAT HE GOT
THE ASKING TITLE AND NOT
PERMANENT.
PERMANENT. >> WELL, IRONICALLY, HE’S DONE
THE ONE THING THAT MATTERS MOST
TO THE PRESIDENT.
THE ALWAYS EXTREME PROPOSALS TA
CAME OUT OF THESE MEETINGS WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE WHITE
HOUSE THAT EXPRESSED THE DEGREE
OF FRUSTRATION HE HAD AT THE
BORDER, WE CAN REMEMBER BACK IN
MAY, THERE WAS A PEAK AND
144,000 PEOPLE BEING TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY AND A SINGLE MONTH AND
MACALINI DRIVEN THOSE NUMBERS
DOWN.
DOWN. THOSE LEVELS AND BORDER NUMBERS
ARE FALLEN BY NEARLY TWO-THIRDS.
THE THING THAT DRIVEN THE
PRESIDENT TO A DESPERATE PLACE
IS NOW FINALLY BECOMING THIS
KIND OF BRIGHT SPOT THAT HE’S
POINTING TO AND HE BELIEVES HE
CAN ONCE MORE RUN ON IN HIS