BORDERS, LET PEOPLE IN ILLEGALLY.
ILLEGALLY. THEY WANT TO GIVE THEM CARS.
THEY WANT TO GIVE THEM DRIVER’S
LICENSES.
LICENSES. THE DEMOCRATS WANT CARAVANS.
THEY LIKE THE CARAVANS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, I WONDER
WHO STARTED THAT CARAVAN.
I DON’T THINK WE LIKE SANCTUARY
CITIES UP HERE.
BY THE WAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
CALIFORNIA DON’T WANT THEM
EITHER.
EITHER. THEY’RE RIOTING NOW.
>> FOUR STATEMENTS, FOUR LIES.
THAT WAS JUST A SAMPLING OF THE
PRESIDENT’S DAYS-LONG SPREE OF
CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND LIES
CENTERED ON ILLEGAL BORDER
CROSSINGS AND A CARE VACHBAVANS
MIGRANTS MAKING ITS WAY NORTH.
ALL PART OF AN APPARENT PUSH TO
RALLY HIS BASE BEFORE THE
MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
MIDTERM ELECTIONS. AND THE PRESIDENT TOOK IT A STEP
FURTHER WITH A NEW SET OF
BASELESS ACCUSATIONS.
BASELESS ACCUSATIONS. >> YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO,
JOHN?
JOHN? GO INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE
CARAVAN.
CARAVAN. TAKE YOUR CAMERAS AND SEARCH.
OKAY?
OKAY? SEARCH.
SEARCH. NO, NO, TAKE YOUR -- JOHN, TAKE
YOUR CAMERA.
YOUR CAMERA. GO INTO THE MIDDLE AND SEARCH.
YOU’RE GOING TO FIND MS-13.
YOU’RE GOING TO FIND MIDDLE
EASTERN.
EASTERN. YOU’RE GOING TO FIND EVERYTHING.
AND GUESS WHAT?
WE’RE NOT ALLOWING THEM IN OUR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. WE WANT SAFETY.
>> SO HERE’S THE DEAL.
HE’S IN CHARGE OF THE BORDERS.
HE’S THE PRESIDENT.
REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE WHITE
HOUSE, THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE.
SO REPUBLICANS ARE IN CHARGE OF
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WHEN IT
COMES TO IMMIGRATION, RIGHT?
>> NICOLLE, DO YOU THINK HE
HATES THESE PICTURES OF THE
CARAVANS?
CARAVANS? HE LOVES THESE PICTURES OF THE
CARAVANS.
CARAVANS. TALK ABOUT POLITICAL HAY.
HE WANTS THEM TO KEEP MARCHING
TOWARDS THE BORDER RIGHT UP
UNTIL ELECTION DAY.
AND ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE
DEMONIZATION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
MOSTLY COMING HERE TO ESCAPE THE
LIVES THAT THEY HAD AND LOOKING
FOR A BETTER ONE AND YOU GO INTO
THE MIDDLE AND YOU’LL FIND
MIDDLE EASTERN.
MIDDLE EASTERN. OKAY.
OKAY. YOU MEAN LIKE MIDDLE EASTERN
PEOPLE WHO MURDERED A
"WASHINGTON POST" COLUMNIST IN
COLD BLOOD IN AN EMBASSY IN
ISTANBUL THAT YOU CAN APPARENTLY
WALK IN AND OUT OF LIKE A
DRIVE-THROUGH AT A FAST FOOD
PLACE?
PLACE? COME ON.
COME ON. >> THERE IS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES I WONDER HOW LOW WE’VE
FALLEN AND YOU LOOK AT JEB BUSH
GETTING DRUMD OUT OF THE
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR CALLING
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AN ACT OF
LOVE.
LOVE. PEOPLE COMING HERE FOR A BETTER
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. I REMEMBER GEORGE W. BUSH’S
STRUGGLES WITH HIS OWN PARTY
WHEN HE CHAMPIONED COMPREHENSIVE
IMMIGRATION REFORM ALONG THE
LINES OF WHAT TED KENNEDY AND
THE LATE JOHN McCAIN ENVISIONED.
AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT
THAT SOME -- IF THEY WERE TO
ENTER OUR COUNTRY, ONLY THEN
WOULD THEY BECOME ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS.
IMMIGRANTS. RIGHT NOW THEY’RE MIGRANTS.
THEY’RE NOT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT IN THIS
COUNTRY AND SOME OF THEM ARE
ASYLUM SEEKERS.
ASYLUM SEEKERS. THEY ARE NOT WHAT THEY ARE BEING
DESCRIBED AS.
DESCRIBED AS. WHAT MIKE DESCRIBED, THEY ARE
BEING WATCHED.
BEING WATCHED. THIS IMAGE -- WE DIDN’T PLAY IT
BECAUSE IT’S BEING WAUCHDTCHED L
A HURRICANE ON OTHER NETWORKS.
THAT IS NOT A PICTURE OF ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS.
IMMIGRANTS. >> THIS IS A PICTURE OF
DESPERATE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
MAKE BETTER LIVES FOR THEMSELVES
IN THE UNITED STATES.
NOT SO DISSIMILAR FROM THE
DESPERATE PEOPLE WHO WERE MY
ANCESTORS WHO CAME TO THIS
COUNTRY --
COUNTRY -- >> OR MINE.
>> 120 YEARS AGO.
>> AND MINE.
>> ALMOST ANYONE IN AMERICA HAS
SOMEONE LIKE THAT IN THEIR
BACKGROUND.
BACKGROUND. WHETHER THEY ARE WALKING OVER A
BORDER OR COMING ON A SHIP
DOESN’T MAKE THACHTT MUCH OF A
DIFFERENCE.
DIFFERENCE. I’D CHALLENGE ANYONE TO FIND A
MIDDLE EASTERN TERRORIST AMONG
THEM.
THEM. THEY ARE A CARAVAN FOR THEIR OWN
SAFETY BECAUSE THERE ARE AREAS
OF MEXICO THAT ARE DANGEROUS TO
GO THROUGH.
GO THROUGH. BUT YOU MENTIONED GEORGE W.
BUSH, JOHN McCAIN.
GEORGE H.W. BUSH, RONALD REAGAN.
A LONG TRADITION OF LEADERS WHO
UNDERSTOOD THIS COUNTRY WAS
BUILT BY IMMIGRANTS AND BENEFITS
FROM IMMIGRANTS.
FROM IMMIGRANTS. HE’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE DO HAVE TO HAVE BORDERS AND
WE HAVE TO HAVE --
>> BUT HE’S IN CHARGE OF THE
BORDERS.
BORDERS. >> AND HE’S IN CHARGE OF THEM.
BUT WE VALUES A FOREIGN POLICY
THAT OUGHT TO BE WORKING WITH
HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR, OTHER
TROUBLED COUNTRIES TO IMPROVE
THEIR ECONOMIES AND EXPAND TRADE
AND HAVE A REGULARIZED FLOW OF
IMMIGRATION BECAUSE, BY THE WAY,
WE’RE AN EMPTY COUNTRY WITH A
NEGATIVE POPULATION, OR
DECLINING DEMOGRAPHICS, AND WE
COULD USE MORE IMMIGRANTS.
>> WHAT ARE -- HOW DO YOU COVER
THE LIES IN THE VOLUME THAT HE
CHURNS THEM OUT.
THERE’S A GREAT PIECE IN "THE
WASHINGTON POST" PLUM LINE ABOUT
SORT OF THE IMPOTENT RAGE OVER
THE BORDER.
THE BORDER. IT COULD LEAD TO SOMETHING
DRASTIC.
DRASTIC. REPUBLICANS CONTROL EVERY CENTER
OF POWER IN WASHINGTON.
SO HOW IS IT THAT DESPITE THEIR
COMPLETE LACK OF POWER,
DEMOCRATS ARE MANAGING TO STOP
TRUMP FROM IMPLEMENTING HIS
TERRIFIC IMMIGRATION PLAN.
THE ANSWER IS THEY AREN’T.
THE REASON TRUMP HASN’T SIGNED
IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION IS HE
CAN’T GET REPUBLICANS THEMSELVES
TO AGREE ON A SET OF REFORMS.
TRUMP CAN’T GET REPUBLICANS TO
AGREE TO FUND A BORDER WALL, THE
CENTERPIECE OF HIS PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. LET ME PLAY HOW IMPORTANT THE
BORDER WALL WAS TO HIS
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. >> WE WILL BUILD A WALL.
WALLS DO WORK.
WALLS DO WORK.
WE ARE GOING TO BUILD THE WALL.
AND, YES, WE WILL BUILD THE
WALL.
WALL. NUMBER ONE -- ARE YOU READY?
ARE YOU READY?
WE WILL BUILD A GREAT WALL ALONG
THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
>> YOUR PAPER DID A GREAT REPORT
ON HOW HE WAS A FRAUD IN TERMS
OF DESCRIBING HIMSELF AS
SELF-MADE.
SELF-MADE. ALSO A FRAUD AS A POLITICIAN IN
SAYING HE’S GOING TO BUILD A
WALL.
WALL. THERE’S NO WALL.
>> THE PRESIDENT’S STRATEGY HERE
IS TO CREATE A SENSE OF THREAT
EXTERNALLY WHEN HE CAN’T FIND
ONE INTERNALLY.
ONE INTERNALLY. WHEN THE GOP IS AS POWERFUL AS
IT’S EVER BEEN AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND YOU CAN FIGHT IT
WITH FACTS.
WITH FACTS. THE FACTS ARE THERE’S ALREADY A
WALL ON THE BORDER.
THERE’S A FENCE.
IF YOU SEE B-ROLL ON TV OF THE
FENCE, THERE’S ALREADY A FENCE
THERE AND THAT’S THE POINT.
WE HAVE OUR BORDER.
IT’S PRETTY WELL POLICED.
OUR BORDER POLICY IS NOT A
DISASTER.
DISASTER. THE NEMEPEOPLE IN THAT CARAVAN O
3,000 MILES AWAY.
IF GEORGE SOROS WANTS TO GET
THEM HERE BY ELECTION DAY YOU
NEED FIVE 747s TO DO IT.
>> IT’S PART OF DEHUMANIZING
SOME OF THE DEFENSELESS AND -- I
MEAN SAUDI ARABIA HAS A LOBBY IN
WASHINGTON, A POWERFUL AND
EFFECTIVE ONE.
EFFECTIVE ONE. HE ALSO IN A LEAKED MEMO THAT
YOUR PAPER REPORTED ON THIS
MORNING, THERE’S A DRAFT POLICY
AT THE AGENCIES THAT WOULD
REALLY ELIMINATE OR REDEFINE OUT
OF EXISTENCE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE.
>> WHICH IS REALLY DISTURBING
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY WORRYING
ABOUT THEIR FUTURE IN THIS
COUNTRY WITH DONALD TRUMP NOW AS
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. AND IT IS.
THIS IS WHAT HE DOES.
HE DEHUMANIZES BECAUSE IT RILES
UP HIS BASE.
AND HE SAID THIS WAS GOING TO BE
HIS CLOSING ARGUMENT FOR THE
MIDTERMS.
MIDTERMS. EVEN WHEN WE WERE SEEING
CHILDREN BEING SEPARATED FROM
THEIR FAMILIES AT THE BORDER.
HE THOUGHT THAT WAS WONDERFUL.
HE THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT.
AND WE HAD HEARD RUMORS ABOUT,
YEAH, I WANT TO GO EVEN DEEP OR
IMMIGRATION.
IMMIGRATION. AND SO AFTER TWO YEARS BEING IN
POWER, HAVING EVERYTHING AS YOU
JUST SAID, REPUBLICANS HAVING
EVERYTHING, THEY DON’T HAVE
GOING TO SELL.
THE TAX CUT IS DEEPLY UNPOPULAR.
THEY TRY TO TAKE HEALTH CARE
AWAY FROM MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND
PRE-EXISTING CARE IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. HE BROUGHT UP CALIFORNIA HOW
PEOPLE WERE TAKING TO THE
STREETS IN CALIFORNIA.
I WAS IN CALIFORNIA.
I CANVASSED IN CALIFORNIA 45
WHICH IS A VERY RED ORANGE
COUNTY.
COUNTY. AND IT IS A DISTRICT THAT HAS
NEVER BEEN HELD BY A DEMOCRAT.
THEY WENT BACK 90 YEARS AND
NEVER HAD A DEMOCRAT THERE.
NOW YOU HAVE KATIE PORTER WHO IS
BEING VERY COMPETITIVE.
WHAT DO THEY CARE ABOUT?
THE ECONOMY.
THE ECONOMY. HEALTH CARE.
HEALTH CARE. AND THEY CARE ABOUT OIL
DRILLING.
DRILLING. >> YOU’RE TOUCHING ON SOMETHING
THAT’S VERY IMPORTANT AND
FRANKLY I’M NOT HEARING IT
ENOUGH ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
IF DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO WIN,
NOT JUST IN NOVEMBER BUT IN
2020, THE CAMPAIGN HAS TO BE
CENTERED ON HOPE AND TOO MUCH OF
THE DEMOCRATIC MESSAGE IS RAGE.
IT’S RELITIGATION OF WHAT
HAPPENED IN 2016.
IT’S SPECULATION ON QUESTIONS TO
WHICH WE DO NOT YET KNOW THE
ANSWER IN TERMS OF THE
CONNECTION WITH RUSSIA.
AND THAT’S PROBLEMATIC FOR THE
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. >> I HAVE TO PUSH BACK ON THAT.
I JUST WENT TO CALIFORNIA 45 TO
CANVAS AND BE WITH OUR MEMBERS.
I’M GOING TO BE GOING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY IN REALLY IMPORTANT
DISTRICTS.
DISTRICTS. THAT’S NOT WHAT THEY’RE TALKING
ABOUT.
ABOUT. NOBODY MENTIONED THAT TO ME WHEN
I WAS TALKING TO FOLKS.
WHEN I WAS KNOCKING ON DOORS AND
ASKING PEOPLE IF THEY HAD VOTED
ALREADY BECAUSE YOU KNOW
CALIFORNIA IS ALREADY VOTING.
THAT’S NOT WHAT THEY TOLD ME.
THEY MENTIONED HEALTH CARE, THE
ENVIRONMENT AND THE TAX CUT.
>> YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT NATIONAL
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. >> OH, YEAH.
I’M TALKING ABOUT --
>> YOU’RE ON THE GROUND WITH THE
CAMPAIGNS.
CAMPAIGNS. YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT A NATIONAL
MESSAGE.
MESSAGE. >> RIGHT NOW YOU’RE NOT REALLY
HEARING.
HEARING. I MEAN, I KNOW IT’S THERE.
I KNOW THERE ARE POLICY PAPERS
AND PLANS AND SO ON BUT IT’S NOT
FRONT AND CENTER OF THE
DEMOCRATIC MESSAGE.
DEMOCRATIC MESSAGE. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS THE
LOWEST IT’S BEEN SINCE 1969.
I DON’T HEAR ENOUGH DEMOCRATS
GRAPPLING WITH THAT FACT.
YOU CAN MAKE EXCEPTIONS AND