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You, young asian mixture, massaging Cherokee County about thirty miles north of Atlanta and opened fire killing for people injuring another police he then drove south to Atlanta and shot and killed three people inside the gold spar. He then cross the street according to police aroma therapy spot and killed another woman there and together, say, surveillance. Video shows the suspect in his car, at all three crime scenes He was arrested, driving south about a hundred and fifty miles from Atlanta official say six of the eight victims appear to be asian This comes and made an increase and attacks on the asian community since the corona virus pandemic. The New York Times Department says able deploy counterterrorism officers to asian communities in the city out of abundance of caution

lot going on, but this concern about hate crimes Willie. Yet let's go right down to Atlanta to refine NBC News, correspondent, Blaine Alexander blame Good morning: the police saying yet what the motive may be here. Obviously, people drawing a lot of conclusions based on who these victims are, what exactly happen and what a police know about why it happened. well good morning to you, no police are not quite yet saying what a motive is there not releasing a motive? What they're saying that they're not ruling anything out, so they are investigating a number of things among the things that they are looking at, is the possibility of whether this was a hate crime, whether this was racially motivated, so we do now police are continuing their investigation and actually unfolded Willie over two different counties to different jurisdiction. So you got Atlanta police and you got it America, Canada, Sheriff's office, and all of this unfolded over this ban. About an hour or so so right now, I'm standing at the gold spa. This is where one of the two shoe-

This happened the other, of course, just right across the street, but it actually all started about. Five minutes north of here Woodstock near Woodstock, that's where the first shooting took place and then just about an our later or sell police got called, one police got calls for one incident and then, while they were responding to that, they got additional calls for shots fired across the street as far as motive, we do know that, in the initial calls over scanner trafficking, we kind of listen to some of the scanner traffic officers. In the Rio where implored to check on inspires. That was something that they said: there's a hey. It started up and Cherokee County anybody who can check on asian spots in the area. For to do so. According to Atlanta police scanner, traffic now course differ from number of organizations we ve heard from the korean consulate here, who said that for the women for women who work here in Atlanta are of korean dissent. We have also heard from the groups stock. A p I hate just come out and say that this is essentially something, but only

creases. The fear increases the anxiety that so many people in the asian american community are feeling this morning. So, of course, we're going to hear from Atlanta police ten thirty this morning we do expect in the hold a new conference here. Those are a number of questions, going to be asking if there are any closer to determining what motivates you're willing. Blaine. As you said, the first shooting took place a little bit north west of downtown than the shooter, the alleged shooter moved. To the city- and there was caught a couple of hours, South Georgia State spot him out ally. Seventy five. What more do we know about the shooter? Have they talk to her? They interrogating? What? What do you know anything about his background? We, normal heck of a lot. We do know that he's twenty one years old, he's from Georgia twenty one year old, who is actually from Cherokee County, where that first shooting originated according to officials, and yet he was apprehended about two and a half hour south of that initial shooting location. So when you kind of just think about the plot

you know the first shooting happen again. Officials believe that he is connected to all three shootings, their placing his car in of the locations and the same car that he was apprehended and later, when you kind of think about that. timeline goes from. Cherokee caddy down this area down to Chris Counting, which is where he was apprehended two hours out of here so again, not alive information known about him right now. He is in custody. He has been apprehended and certainly being question will again as you're talking. We will give you surveillance photos of him in his car at all three: the shooting locations, NBC Blaine Alexander, covering this and later this morning, Blaine thanks. So much Jo Leinen Of course, we Just last week we had Kurd bar della on talking about the rise and hate crimes. Talking about the real, concern, especially since the start of this pandemic. Now it's early, the police are going no one to investigate the the alleged the alleged martyr

they're going to want to investigate. everything else, but my gosh. Obviously, asian arrogance. It had a growing concern throughout this year since the pandemic began, since many believe they were scapegoated by politicians and public figures this obviously has to make so the Americans of uneasy this morning, because absolutely it certainly at this point, looks very target. We don't know the connection, obviously, but it is very, very concerning and will be talking to current next hour about those concerns now to the entire since assessment on foreign interference and twenty twenty election. That was declassified yesterday, leading up to the election senior tromp administration officials claimed that China was looking to hurt trumps reelection answers, but the newly released assessment says China stay out of it, but Russia and IRAN did not, according to the report

russian president. Vladimir Putin authorized quote influence operations, aimed denigrating President Biden Candidacy and the Democratic Party supporting former President Trump, De Mining, public confidence in the electoral process and exacerbating sociopath. All divisions in the? U S: China, the other hand quote considered but did not deploy influence efforts intended to change the outcome of the EU. Presidential election and IRAN the intended to undercut fund our former president trumps reelection prospects, though, without directly promoting his rival according to the intelligence assessment, a key figure in the russian arm of Election interference, was Andrey, dare catch a ukrainian parliamentarian with ties to Russia intelligence who regularly spoke with President trumps personal attorney, Rudy Julia Honey, Derga,

worked alongside Constantine Clim Neck, a former associated trumps. Twenty sixteen campaign manager Paul man, afford and made contacts with established. U S media figures to help produce a document that aired in January of twenty twenty on an amount, The good news network, which appears to be a rough to the one America NEWS Network Documentary entitled the Ukraine Hoax, the suspend, found no foreign act or tried to hack voting software or machines springing NBC News, correspondent covering national security and intelligence, can Delaney and can, if you can take conversation a little further in terms of what this assessment, this declassified assessment tells US what we ve seen happen over the past six months, You just did a terrific job of laying out the biggest the two biggest take away from this report. One is, of course, that

I did not interfere in that's despite Donald Trump and many people could to him? Many senior officials in the government saying that China is the big Try to the election. That was the thing Didn't know you remember the directive, national Belgians, John Ratcliff, here, General, William, bar the national thirty Visor Robert O Brien. They all told us an end, so did Donald Trump last fall that China was the biggest threat to the election and report says that China, as use said, took a look at whether they could mountain influence campaign. Decided that in the end, it wasn't worth it to them to blow back, wasn't worth it and they concluded whoever won the election. There was a bipartisan consensus to get tough for on China and we're seeing that now. There's legislation pending in Congress that would take take a number of steps, China binding illustration has has, as you hard line towards China and so now

be clear: China has a massive influence campaign, trying to influence U S, politics in Beijing's direction, and that gave those officials a fig leaf, but its very clear from this report: high company, consensus across intelligence new with one small dissent that China did not interfere in that things those officials were telling us we're false maker and then The second biggest take way is that this role, interference. Effort made ponds of people. Right wing media people close to Donald Trump and trump himself, who were repeating russian lies about alleged corrupt in Ukraine by Joe Biden immediately very clear- and this was directed by Vladimir Putin. According to this high confidence in its assessment and the man you're catch the parliament you mentioned that we all know was meeting with route really Giuliani. He was feeding information to republican members of Congress. This report says he was operating under the direct purview of Putin himself and so

a documentary you mentioned on one America, news network was produced by a guy named Michael Kapogo, who is actually a spokesman for the movement of health, inhuman services for a time before he left amid inflammatory comments, and so people close to Trump or CO opted I a russian influence campaign. That is one of the two big take away from this report, make it so It's ok. Can you give us a comparison? Looking at this report, any idea, yet whether Russia's All men in the twenty twenty election was was more a bit bit more and involved than in twenty. Sixteen. What what was? What was a level involvement? Those two campaigns? It was on the rise, or was it lesson? Twenty sixty. Joe. I think this report suggests that on the info inside, it was, as ray or greater than twenty sixteen, but, of course on the in terms of hacking into election,

infrastructure. They didn't do that this time. Nobody did that's the Good NEWS in this report, no foreign actor garden voting machines or voter registration system to try to manipulate the counter mess with results websites? The? U S, government did a good job of wording that and here we didn't see a high profile leaking dump campaign by the Russians. The way we did in twenty sixteen they tried to this report, but that they didn't necessarily succeed, but their influence operation to propagate this myth about Joe Biden and corruption and his son in Ukraine was very successful according to this report, because it is infected major media networks in the United States and major politicians and members of Congress and people close the Trump and the President himself, and it was the their version of the big lie was repeated over and over again and it came from Vladimir Putin. That's what is so striking about this intelligence assessment.

You know really. What what's also striking is the fact that you that senators, gathered them, tell briefing and were asked by the entire community, not to swap Vladimir Putin's Propaganda hall, not to swell the propaganda of an Ex KGB agent Hall, and yet they did it, and and one republican senator after another went out and started repeating. The big lie: yeah, that's right If you look at that clip that we shouted still image from that documentary, even you see Devon Nunez sitting in there. I think, can use the right word when you said ponds. If you read through Intel community assessment. They talk about Russia, finding people that they can to quote launder influence narrative so to create a story and then finds and people who are willing to go along with it and push it inside the United States of America. You mention Rudy Giuliani. Who else are we talking about here?

and what are some of those Nera narratives. Obviously, the Hunter Biden narrative comes to mind. First. For me, well, yeah, so, salute we, I mean this. The whole idea that that, by was doing business in Ukraine. Are his son hundred mine was taking corrupt money from Ukraine politicians that entirely concoction. According to this report of these she narratives and and our guy named Constantine Clinic, who is who played a starring role and the mother and smaller investigation and and who is active in twenty, steam and is essentially has been deemed by the United States government. A russian agent was involved behind the scenes. According to this report and propagating these narratives and Andrade or caught the ukrainian parliamentarian- and they were look RON, Johnson and Chuck crossly we're running that investigation and send a homeland scary committee they wore. It was

East entirely? It appears on narratives that we're propagated by Russia. intelligence, led by Vladimir Putin and and absorb spread these men and some other people unnamed, look report, doesn't name all these american officials who they say we're co opted, but we know who they are. We watch this all unfold during the campaign, and in the report makes it clear that it came straight from russian intelligence. Our embassies, candle, anyone you very much for that reporting this morning now to present binding yesterday. For the first time saying he supports reforming the Senate filibuster. I know you ve been reworked. to do away with the filibuster. Aren't you gonna have to choose between preserving the filibuster and advancing your agenda? Yes, but here's the choice and I think you eliminate available you have to do it, what it used to be when I first got to send him back in the old days when you used to be rather

and that is in a filibuster. You had to stand up and command the floor and you had it Talking about you couldn't call for you now they know. No one could say a corn call once you talk, a new laws that, in some of the movement and say I moved the question of so yet a word for the filibuster. So here for that reform you for bringing back the talking fell about. I am that's what it was supposed to be: meanwhile Senate minority later Mitch, Mcconnell issued a stark warning against any changes to the filibuster. Nobody should in this chamber can even begin can even begin to imagine what are completely scorched. Earth summit would look like

this is an institution that requires unanimous consent to turn the lights on before known everything that democratic sonnets did. President Bush and Trump herbage saying that republic and send it did to President Obama would be child's play compared to that after the Democrats would create for their own priorities. If they break the Senate Cinema and I was always looking for a diversion he knows, Popular a European is he not. He and his whole caucus opposed it and that the american people, even Republican We just survey in New York state. Fifty five percent of Republicans or for the European now that it's past so he's always looking for a diversion as for

the issue we Democrats. All of us. I believe we need big, bold change. As I have said before. We hope our republican colleagues will work with us to produce that change. We will try to get them to work with us, but if not, we will put our heads together and figure out how go and everything is on the table. Let's ray and vowed and punch. Well knows the masonry simpler, contrary JAG Sherman said Jack, The item is wondering: wait. Wait with mixed economy is taken up page out of the art of war when you're weak appears, strong and he's talking about now is better the entire plays down to the ground. If democrats do what they have the power to do, or do you really think that this is going to be some sort of legislate the Armageddon Democrats go had and make some exceptions to the filibuster. Can I say both my

sure go. I think that I think that MRS Mccarthy will make life hell for Democrats today and the filibuster, which is, of course well within their there, rights and well within their abilities to do. I think that there is no question about that. I do want to say that Joe Biden is slightly miss remembering is his history with the filibuster, because when he came into the Senate, the big reform frankly was that there was the the talking. what buster was not in place, it was taken away so that it could conducts its business at the same time, as a filibuster, so with the talking filibuster, actually less gets done? depending on how it structured, but mutual conall also said frankly that if the filibuster is taken out of place, if the fifty fifty threshold is in place for legislation, the Republicans would pass all sorts of conservative legislation when they get the majority back. So listen. I do think these threats are quite real from Mcconnell, just because

as you know, each other so much that operates in the Senate on these consent agreements and he could force corn calls for pretty much everything and I have no doubt in my mind, zero doubt- that's exactly what he would do if democratic change the rules so just explained our view is that may not be aware of it? How the Philip stir has been getting pushed to the side on some of them. Beside him over the past decade or two? You had a hairy red and the Democrats get rid of the filibuster for federal charges for their nominations and Mitch reckon on the Republicans did away with the filibuster. Our supreme court judges, something that I never really thought we see happened but republic instead, it end, and so because they wanted. they had they had justices they wanted to put on the Supreme Court knows only way to do it. This stuff,

God seem as much of a large is mature economies making it say, maybe we're we ve been moving in this direction for over a decade. Now I haven't, we, we had been and there's two different kinds of filibusters. Theirs alabaster on the executive calendar, which you just described, executives appointments pro appointments made by the president there's the filibuster on the legislative calendar, which is every bill, nominations. Frankly, and right now, what happens? If you dont of your knots, or if you are in the minority, in your not for a peace, eleven, patient. You inform your leadership and then the leadership insists on this. Sixty both threshold that happens in the basically all the time you need sixty votes. To basically do anything. Yes said it has been moving in this direction, which Ricardo made the argument yesterday at a press conference, I would add that it would be a massive change because it would it would strip away any semblance of bi partisanship

usually the Senate is really not a bastion of bi partisanship at the moment, but he does have one what I mean the they covered relief bills that at long last, Congress, work done at a bipartisan basis. Frankly cause of that sixty about threshold but They said it has been moving in this direction for a long time, but I would suggest Andrews sceptical at that, I think the trucks uber does have something right here, which is this. Is it lightly is a virgin. I mean we were all in the capital caught off guard yesterday, when Mcconnell went to the floor to say this cuz, there was really no impetus, best? I dont really understand why shouldn't be this? Now he told us you just want to drugs. Since the issue, but but Joe mentioned European Cinema or not for what the colonel was talking about. They don't have the boats right now to do this. In fact, Republic say they have assurances from mansion incentive that they wouldn't vote for that. So Jake have demo. that's settled on this strategy. Now I'm going to reconciliation whenever possible. The argument I've heard from some of them is: we gave them a shot with

one point: nine trillion dollar relief package that seventy five percent of the country like couldn't get us the vote out of them, why would we and wait for votes them on things that are even more contentious than that you in there the head, William in every that democratic only have one we're reconciliation package that is the fast track, fifty one boat mechanism to patent big legislation that impacts of budget, strict rules, as we have seen them Time around when the fifteen dollar minimum wage was stripped out of this legislation, but yes, what? If they are to proceed to an infrastructure bill? A big public works spending bill. They would have to use the reconciliation process to get it through, just because they just have to support otherwise. But after that, good luck that those it is that those are the reconciliation bills. Did they have at their disposal right now we're in March they have one more for the year and then

have to work at the other side and spending bills. Legislation to raise the debt ceiling, so you can't use it all the time, but you can use it here and they plan to use it here if they proceed as we accept they will out of public works package, our eye Jake Sherman. Thank you so much, let's bring in staff rider at the Atlantic. Adam sir, were his letters phases entitled by chooses pro parity over vengeance and She writes about the different goals Biden and trumpet administrations quote the passage of the one point: nine trillion dollar american rescue plan active twenty twenty symbolizes, more than an ideological divergence on public policy, it reflects a radically different theory of governance. Immigrants are no saints, but they ve come to believe that both the viability of their party and the CIS Inability of american democracy depend on their capacity to broaden their appeal to right, leaning, voters Trump wanted

punishes enemies, Biden must convince trumps of borders that he's not their enemy debating. Tromp was but a battle debating Trump ISM, is the war bro, peace ideology for being with us, and so the question is that that that day gradual. I ask and also the former Republicans ask of you, even their friends and family, how do you convince people that have been programmed for over two years, Spock with me. Information the Joe Biden, not the devil. What I think is actually quite difficult. America's very polarized and our political identities for people who are politically active have become a part of a very important part of who they are. I think the bite administration as a particular opportunity here, because the predictions of what we have.

if he one we're so apocalyptic and believe that, if the reality diverges from that, you know that there might be some people whose You know that wasn't really true Biden is not why Trump said he was or what the republic and said he was he's, not this dangerous person who's going to do everything that I hold dear, but the truth is a small number of people. I think that our persuadable in that way, precisely because the country is so polarized and p political identities have taken on such importance: interesting. I have had some forward from supporters saying just glad that they're not talking about him every they're, just glad that they're not talking about politics every second of everyday, even some trump supporter seem to be exact, we're dead mature on last week, who said politically Donald Trump may have been good for the Republican Party in your article, you say the Donald Trump was was bad for the Republican Party and

and also that that he was focused primarily on punishing his political opponents and because of that very little Don explained if you will were actually wouldn't necessarily disk Ray with Mr Shores Analysis and in his point, as their Donald Trump broaden his coalition in a way that allowed the Republican Party to hold. our as a result of the ideal district geographic distribution of of their coalition. You know it within our electoral system, with it, with the Senate and when the electoral College, they they Donald Trump Coalition, is Ellie position to win power without winning a majority of the votes. I think Mr Shore is actually quite right. There is a question of whether or not Donald Trump got anything accomplished. As president, I think, is a separate question and I think he got very little accomplished. His main legislative success was cutting taxes people in his high income brat. It had very little in over the people that you promised to help. People start

with the obviate academic, the epidemic, low wage workers, the working class that he spoke about so often needed very little to help them, because he was mostly focusing on punishing Democrats and people perceive to be associated with Democrat may, I recall, you know during the corona virus epidemic when he was president. No, not that we now that I should speak about it in the past tense, but he he discussed people's DES even as happening in blue states are blue cities as though he is not. He was not also the president of those blue states in blue cities. I think, is very clear. At present, abiding whatever you think of him on policy are ideologically, does not consider himself, the President of Blue America at war, read America, which is very much. How Donald Trump saw that bad of me right in the piece that Democrats believe that the viability of their own party and a going forward in the growth of their own party is content?

expanding their base little bit in reaching out to centre right voter. So obviously they start with this one point: nine trillion dollar package, poverty covert those things don't know, Artie. That's what they're going for there, but what does it look like beyond that? What is Joe Biden do what Democrats do when it looks to a lot of people from the outside, like they then actually more progressive inside the Congress? I think it's true than did. The democratic party is moved lack, not quite as far as the Democratic Party as the Republican Party is moved right. I think you know the question here is there are popular policies on the left and I think divide administrations approach is to pursue those popular policies and not pursue. Somebody more unpopular ones, except where they see them is necessary. So something like you know each hour,

which deals with voting rights is very important, because republican state legislatures are working very hard to disenfranchise or to attempt to disenfranchised democratic constituencies in a way that is going to make make it very hard for pandemic the wind power and, in my view, is just personally morally important because it interferes with the ability of the public to choose their own leaders. But with things like that, you know it may seem partisan, but it's not. You know to some extent it it's it's a question it. It's a basic question of democracy So there will be some things. I think that they proceeded are unpopular more partisan, but I think their general approach is going to do. Try to do things like the minimum wage, which are not popular in the Senate, but our popular in country at large, including with a sudden republican voters. Adam albicans began began. Winning nationally, obviously,

They not only were able to start getting blue collar voters voting for them regularly, but also when they started dominating the suburbs are starting to lose their grip on the suburbs and- I wonder where did those voters go? Where did those republican sky? Where do those moderate scale their choice is going to be a democratic party them not agree with all the time or a republican party that, if you just judge departing from in twenty twenty and also on one six the vote and the riots have its turn into an Anti Democracy party and ill liberal party? Is there a chance in the Democratic Party expands You see more of an almost an empty. Our coalition more of a big tat S Republican Party, retracts- well, look I didn't want to make predictions. I think the post, tromp Post Corona virus Pandemic pilot

in the United States are probably more volatile than people want to acknowledge, but the reality is that, typically, you know there is a backlash. Political backlash against the party that is in the White House. There was a big one against Donald Trump, not just because he was president, but also because he was an unpopular leader who never tried to win over people who didn't like him. Biden is obviously trying harder to win over people warrant thoroughly in his corner, but typically you know there is a backlash against the party in power. The party moves right when the party win win, win and as a democratic party, Musil Edna country moves laugh. You know when the president is republican, so I wouldn't want to predict, because the pandemic and Donald Trump, where such had such large political effects on a country. What might happen in the future but typically that's what happens. I wouldn't assume net Democrats fortunes repeat that things are going to get better for them from here on for the next couple years. That's not necessarily true,

staff rider at the Atlantic Adam Sir, we're a thank you so much. His latest space is now on line so check it out. Still, I had a morning Joe amid a heard: surge of unaccompanied migrant children at the southern border, the Biden Administration limits what border control agency can share with the media and Is Julia? Ancillae joins us with her new reporting on that plus House Speaker, Nancy Policy will be our guests. This more you're watching morning, Joe we'll be right back a guy's Willie guys here this week on the Sunday sit down podcast I get together with the great Michael J Fox, to discuss his new book. No time like the future about his thirty year, fight against Parkinson's disease

you can get our conversation now for free wherever you download your pot casts were sending back people from our first of all. The idea that Buying said come because I heard the other day that there because you know I'm a nice guy and I want this year or here's the deal there not do you have to say quite clearly don't com. I can say quite clearly: don't come over and the process of getting set up, don't leave your town or city or community President Biden anew interview last night, urging migrants not to make the journey to the United States. Is the White House struggles to get a handle on a crisis at the furthermore, joining us now: Whitehouse correspondent for PBS News Area, Michel Cinder and NBC News correspondent Julia aimlessly good morning to you about Julia. Let me start with you, as you ve been reporting on this for so long leading up to where we are right now how bad is the cry,

this is the mortar. What are the numbers look like this morning, well. We just learned yesterday Willie that, as of this weekend, there were over four thousand unaccompanied children in border patrol custody, those the situations conditions not made for children, I they don't even have a bad. The lights are kept on twenty four hours a day, the key member here really. We understand that nearly three thousand of these children have been kept past: the three legal limit. Why, they are. Why are they backed up because health, it human services, is not it to bring on new beds fast enough to get them out of those concerned, but they're working hard and finding new facilities as we speak so use. What we heard from the White House, as you know, is if they inherited a terrible situation from Donald Trump. That may be true in part, but it doesn't get at the problem today So what is the White House doing how much attention they giving this crisis with the White House says that there are essentially scrambling to go.

This under control there trying to look for new facilities looking for new places to try to house these children, but as you just noted that, while this is a problem that the Trump administration they would say, really gave them in hand, There is also an issue that is now happening on their watch. These children, according to reports into lawyers that I've talked to you and others talk to these children arc, are crying their terrified they're saying that their not being let out for sunlight for days at a time. So what you have here is still a very, very tough situation the by administration now needs to contend with, and we have not still been allowed in a lot of these facilities. Allow the media request to do right along to be inside these facilities to try to interact with these children to really get a first hand account from the media's perspective too. To really report on this have been denied, and I think that that situation is in some ways really untenable. So I think what we see, there's a white House and saying give us a little bit of time.

Wrapper or arms round the problem, but this is an urgent problem with young children, I'm at the centre. So this is something that I think the White House is easy, really scrambling to understand and ended. Do something about Julia reporting on that point, exactly about access to the media, to what exactly is going on right there? What the binding administration doing and how are they gagging? According to some sources, border patrol. That's right. I mean your niece lays it out, there's a lot of frustration about access during this critical time, and I started digging around and talking to some border patrol officials who say they now have to run everything even the local request through why, in ten. It's part of a more centralized media strategy, similar to what, would have seen under the Obama administration, but they're really frustrate. With it now, especially coming from a previous administration, where they were born to talk about here: they're, really, tough law enforcement stance, all that That is changed, but just a couple things that we're not getting now that we

still willing. We understand that all right, along along the border, have now come to a halt as of January twentieth, while with some decrease because of Covert front administration at least did allow. Some of that there has been no action inside these facilities children are being held. We also understand that people who crunch those numbers that I just gave you they have been given recent orders not too league, because they don't want more of this information out there before they can control and control the message on it- and we also stand that when it comes to getting local, views. I would be with border sector chiefs that oftentimes those are denied, and these are stories that a lot of these border officials want to get out there and Julia. How unusual is that I mean if it had been the trumpet administration. We'd be rightly outrage that there were lacking. Information, not in a very important story, so Does this suggests that they have something to hide at the border?

You know I spoke to someone his work through the past three administrations, who said really they're going back to have more of an Obama era approach, where ever thing is run through Washington, but really what we're watching play out here is more of a culture war where you have a lot, border agents movement. That union was very pro tromp who are now stop to just leak, videos on anonymously, which can be very dangerous where we don't know where things are coming from so right now. Yes, very frustrating from a journalist perspective. We want access, no matter who is in charge, especially when it comes that this vulnerable population of children. We need to know, conditions? Here we need to be able to see at first hand toward facilities in the past, where children being held, and now we are unable to get any of that access or Julia aims. They will be reading your full reported NBC News that CALM Julia thanks. So much me stay with us if you can coming up next present I will have a virtual meeting today with Ireland's Prime Minister in part to celebrate. Saint

Patrick stay. A lot on the agenda before the meeting now Prime Minister is our guest. Next morning She planned for the end of the world tat followed in her wake and children went missing, Mommy Tuesday, but Dateline podcast. It has to be her to be believed. All episodes available now. Chicago. City officials died, the Chicago River Green last weekend, long held Saint Patrick Day, tradition for the city The first saying they were not planning to do so in an effort to curb crowd size due to the endemic, but in a surprise announcement, mayor, Lorelei put said the city was happy to be able to the long standing tradition in

honor of Saint Patrick stay and to reaffirm the two countries close partnership, President Biden will host the prime MR of Ireland, for a virtual bilateral meeting later today, the two are expected to discuss a range of issues from combating covert nineteen, to supporting the good Friday agreement. Joining us now. The prime minister or T shock, as is known in his homeland of Ireland, Mihail Martin also with us for this conversation, Emerson, he contributor might Barnacle Mr Prime Minister, I'd like to start off by simply asking what you hope hope to accomplish in bilateral meeting today. First of all, I think the key objective is, of course, to deepen our relationship, deeper relationship between Ireland and the United States to send in President Bible. We have perhaps the most large american president since John F Kennedy he's election was greeted with great affection and a warm and

aren't indent, with him for these consistent support for peace in Ireland and far too good Friday agreement. We will also, of course, discuss the transatlantic relations. between Europe and the United States, which has carried out, be reset my present Biden putting a significant degree of goodwill in Europe towards his decision to reach I mean our support, for example, in terms of climate change, I rejoined World Health organization, and also commitment to human rights across the globe and saw the teacher dealing with call it and the impact of covert on our respective societies and how will Europe and the United States in Ireland I can work with the United States. in making sure that we can collect enjoy d? I come back to cover the crisis because its interest in England.

Rob irish companies, for example, that have been involved in aspects of dealing with cold in terms of the tracker ass, for example. as an irish colony, who has been responsible for developing that near forming in- and New Jersey The stakes across Amerika Conference, for another hour company involved in terms It runs in other areas, and so I have a number of irish problems have been innovations What that demonstrates is the synergies, deep importance, ugly, globally and jointly with this issue, because we are stronger together, and that is particularly evident in terms of vaccines and the need to keep supply chains of open accosted, nor to facilitate the manufacturing production of vaccines and for the general good on funding for the common good. That's something that the presidency is committed to a summit when other sea discussing share our respective and experiences and then finally,

the undocumented. The Irish have been in Amerika for quite a long time in these speaks about, and we clearly discussed because I will be meeting with friends friends of Berlin, Richie, kneel and others we saw it but also with the president and the vice president and speak of philosophy, Mr Prime Minister, MIKE Barnacle, has the next question MIKE Prime Minister, Happy Saint Patrick, say first of all as you know, and as you live each and every day, the United Kingdom as the European Union due to breaks it, which means Northern Ireland, has also left the European Union. Could you give us a status report on any difficulties. Commercial difficulties at the border with the south and the north in Ireland and in the perverse way, perhaps a good way does this breaks at break Northern Ireland in the Eu

in the European Union. Would this provide any more help for a United Ireland becoming more easily attainable. One might have been many happy returns in terms of Saint Patrick stay and have a good one for small. There is no how the border on the island of Ireland and the union a unique circumstances of the island of Ireland had been reflected, and the nature of the agreement reached between the European Union and the United Kingdom in terms of our work, all agreements which includes a protocol on the protocol limited access for Northern Ireland to do your reunion single market? and also, of course, to the United Kingdom market that, having some eating problems in respect of that. But there are mechanisms within the agreement, that facilitate the arming, Oliver, the resolution of those issues over time and

in terms of pigs it? More generally, it has created some issues between exports and imports between really united Kingdom, in terms of bureaucracy, but the key part the agreement is that it Sometimes it's Senate, Saxon court and so good. A trade and cooperation agreement between you the kingdom of the European Union, which is something we solid and something which we have secured the context of Northern Ireland, the good Friday agreement that you support President Biden, friends on radio spectrum policy Very influential in securing a key objectives and preserving and that peace in terms of the broader evolution of the good Friday agreement, develops, An initiative is called the shared island initiative which is really about we walking on our traditions on the island of Ireland is working out how we share the island of Ireland into the future, irrespective of one's, constitute

preferences and we all have a dolls, but we debated segregation, true reconciliation between traditions and people- from that to develop a significance. If a good number of North South budgets and to build understandings build on the the genius. the good Friday agreement and remember the good Friday agreement would not have happened without the interest and support of successive American and administrations, and in many ways President Biden personifies that american made him to an end in Ireland and above all, interest in peace in Ireland, and that's the approach that we are taking we breaks. It has changed and unlike some model, but it's become more than all of us to work. To ensure that we can do the conciliation on understanding, spoke about earlier

and also making sure that there's a constructive relationship between the United Kingdom in the European Union are going into the future. Mr Prime Minister, willing guys welcome the show great to have you with us on. Let me ask you specifically about what some of the threats are to the good Friday. Agreement has been in place for twenty three years, since it an end to the troubles in nineteen. Ninety eight Why do you need President Biden reinforcement of that agreement right now? What's threat? Do you see The mentally ill Great news, is that since the good Friday agreement, an entire generation of young people have grown up and out in particular Northern Ireland. Without any violence are any manifestation of that or the bottom of the bullet. That's it good wind, good dividend, but we want the need to move beyond, in terms of as I have said, about a stronger reconsider. mutual understanding. Abrek surpass created some attention. Some terms. the movement of goods and services, and sometimes

sorry- and sometimes tat- can be manifest itself in ratcheting up political tensions, nothing to be fair to all politicians from with different perspectives on breaks it we ve all world to make sure that that doesn't match up to much ass. All the American movement and involvement. In terms of ensuring that the the essentials of the good the agreement, are maintained that's easy that we don't have our border and the environment? And that is important and its precise of influence, and its constructive engagement has been important in that respect and airport. In terms of its the United Kingdom with Ireland, and indeed with the with the euro. union that interest. Has been well received in our committee. It has been well received and violence, patients as well.

and I do we believe that the continuing influence and interests. It is important in terms of fully the potential of the good Friday agreement- on the economic side, in terms of developing a broader perspective around reconciliation and understand arrived Prime Minister of Ireland me home Martin. Thank you very, very much for being on the show. This morning I could read what you do to be sent back to committee. Everybody- and if I may say so, we are thinking of our friends and relatives in the. U s we can't get over this year, because I call it, but we are certainly looking forward to it over the next ten Patrick state We're going well, he said Do you wanna? Thank you the same to you and hang up amid concerning Paul numbers. President tramping carriages his supporters to get the corona

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