TO GET MEXICO TO DO MORE TO STOP THE ILLEGAL FLOW OF IMMIGRANTS
INTO THE U.S.
RATCHETING UP A THREAT AIMED AT
MEXICO.
MEXICO. >> THERE IS A GOOD LIKELIHOOD I
WILL BE CLOSING THE BORDER NEXT
WEEK, AND THAT WILL BE JUST FINE
WITH ME.
WITH ME. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
ISSUED THAT KIND OF WARNING
BEFORE, BUT NOW RAMPING UP THE
PRESSURE FROM A GUILDED SETTING
AT MARMAR-A-LAGO.
AT MARMAR-A-LAGO. >> I’M VERY UPSET WITH MEXICO.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT SAID
HE WILL PENALIZE MEXICO
ECONOMICALLY FOR FAILING TO CURB
THE FLOW OF MIGRANTS.
>> ANOTHER TWO CARAVANS NOW ARE
POURING UP.
POURING UP. MEXICO COULD STOP THEM SO EASY.
>> Reporter: WHERE THE PRESIDENT
LASHED OUT OVER ASYLUM CLAIMS.
>> I AM VERY AFRAID FOR MY LIFE.
MOCKING SOME MIGRANTS AT THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
SOUTHERN BORDER. >> IT IS A BIG, FAT CON JOB,
FOLKS.
FOLKS. >> Reporter: THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION MAKING DIRE NEW
CLAIMS ABOUT AN IMMIGRATION
CRISIS.
CRISIS. FRIDAY HOMELAND SECURITY
RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, THE
SYSTEM IS IN FREE FALL.
SHE ALSO WROTE TO CONGRESS
ASKING FOR AUTHORITY TO DEPORT
UNACCOMPANIED MIGRANT CHILDREN
FROM CENTRAL AMERICAN MORE
QUICKLY CITING IN HER STATEMENT
THE DANGER POSED TO CHILDREN BY
THE JOURNEY TO U.S. BORDERS AND
THE REALITIES OF A SYSTEM
REACHING PEAK CAPACITY.
FRIDAY NANCY PELOSI SHOT DOWN
KNEEL SON’S REQUEST WRITING
DEMOCRATS REJECT ANY EFFORT TO
LET THE ADMINISTRATION DEPORT
LITTLE CHILDREN, AND WE REJECT
ALL ANTI-IMMIGRANT AND
ANTI-FAMILY ATTACKS FROM THIS
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> Reporter: WHEN THE PRESIDENT
WAS TALKING TO REPORTERS, HE
MISCHARACTERIZED THE DEATH OF A
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM
GUATEMALA, THE CIRCUMSTANCES
AROUND THAT.
AROUND THAT. THE PRESIDENT SAYING IT WAS
DEHYDRATION AND HER FATHER HAD
ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR NOT
GIVING HER WATER.
FRIDAY MEDICAL RECORDS WERE
RELEASED AND SHOW SHE HAD A
BACTERIAL INFECTION THAT LED TO
THE SHUT DOWN ON HER ORGANS.
SHE WAS CHECKED BY U.S.
OFFICIALS AND THEY FOUND NOTHING
MEDICALLY WRONG.
MEDICALLY WRONG. PART OF THE COMPLICATED HUMAN
DRAMA THAT’S UNFOLDED.
>> KELLY, THANK YOU.
>>> JAKE SHERMAN IS A SENIOR
WRITER AT "POLITICO."
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.
>> START WITH THE ROBERT MUELLER
REPORT.
REPORT. I WAS IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,
THE FIRST RALLY SINCE IT ENDED.
LAST NIGHT HE APPEARED TO CHANGE
HIS TUNE A LITTLE BIT, PERHAPS
AWARE THERE COULD BE SOME
DETAILS IN THERE THAT ARE STILL
DAMAGING.
DAMAGING. IS THIS POLITICALLY DAMAGING TO
HIM STILL?
HIM STILL? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WHEN THIS REPORT COMES OUT, NO
MATTER WHAT IS IN IT, IT WILL
HAVE 400 PAGES OF DETAILS ABOUT
THE INNER WORKINGS OF HIS
CAMPAIGN, THE INNER WORKINGS OF
HIS WHITE HOUSE, REHASHING HOW
HE FIRED THE FBI DIRECTOR, SO
ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. BUT THE PRESIDENT AT THE MOMENT
IS LIVING IN A GOOD POLITICAL
MOMENT IN WHICH NEWSPAPERS ARE
CARRYING HEADLINES THAT HE DID
NOT COLLUDE WITH RUSSIA, AND
THAT’S WHAT MUELLER FOUND.
SO THAT TUNE WILL CHANGE IN
ABOUT A WEEK OR SO.
>> DEMOCRATS, THOUGH, ARE
DIGGING IN.
DIGGING IN. THEY SAY IT’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
THEY SET THE DEADLINE FOR THIS
WEEK.
WEEK. THAT’S WHEN THEY WANT TO SEE THE
MUELLER REPORT AND THEY WANT TO
SEE IT UNREDACTED.
>> THEY DON’T HAVE MANY OPTIONS.
THEY COULD SUBPOENA THE REPORT,
WHICH IS AN UNLIKELY SCENARIO.
THE REDACTIONS ARE MADE FOR
NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST,
GRAND JURY INFORMATION.
AND THE DEMOCRATS RUN THE RISK
OF LOOKING OVERZEALOUS.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE REACTIONS.
THAT’S SOMETHING THEY CANNOT
CALL.
CALL. >> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE
BORDER.
BORDER. THE PRESIDENT REPEATED A THREAT
SAYING HE’S GOING TO SHUT DOWN
THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN BORDER.
BUT WHAT WAS DIFFERENT THIS TIME
IS HE GAVE A TIME LINE NEXT
WEEK.
WEEK. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS ARE
POTENTIALLY HUGE, NOT THE LEAST
OF WHICH THE IMPACT ON THE
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY. HOW SERIOUS IS THIS THREAT?
>> THAT’S RIGHT, PETER.
IT IS SERIOUS.
IT WOULD IMPACT MANY AMERICAN
CONSUMER GOODS.
CONSUMER GOODS. YOU HAVE TO ASK WHAT HIS END
GAME IS, WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT
TRYING TO ACHIEVE?
DOES HE THINK THIS WILL BRING
ABOUT A CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR BY
MEXICO OR COMPREHENSIVE
IMMIGRATION REFORM?
IMMIGRATION REFORM? IT’S NOT CLEAR, BUT IT WILL HAVE
IMPACTS ON PEOPLE’S WALLETS AND
CHECKBOOKS.
CHECKBOOKS. >> AND, JAKE, FINALLY, VERY
QUICKLY, PRESIDENT TRUMP SEEMED
TO STEP ON HIS OWN VICTORY LAP
BY REVIVING THE ISSUE OF HEALTH
CARE.
CARE. HE SAYS HE WANTS REPUBLICANS TO
BE THE PARTY OF HEALTH CARE BY
GIVING NO TIME LINE FOR WHEN
THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN.
IS THIS A STRATEGY THAT COULD
BACKFIRE?
BACKFIRE? >> I’M NOT SURE WHAT THE
STRATEGY IS HERE.
IT IS UNCLEAR TO ME.
REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO
REFORM HEALTH CARE OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS.
MANY PEOPLE THINK IT COST THEM
CONTROL OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
REPRESENTATIVES. ALL WEEK I WAS SPEAKING TO
REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL HILL WHO
WERE PRACTICALLY BEGGING THE
PRESIDENT NOT TO GO DOWN THIS
ROAD.
ROAD. IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT THE PRESIDENT
IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS