Biden's Immigration Action, New Mexico Wildfires, Remembering Willie Mays
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And remembering the Say Hey Kid, a look at the impact of the legendary Willie Mays on and off the field. And Kim Jong-un welcoming Vladimir Putin to Pyongyang in style, a meeting the West is watching closely. 6 a.m. here in Washington, here's a live look at the Lincoln Memorial on this Juneteenth national holiday.

Good morning, everyone. I'm Manu Raju, in for Casey Hunt. It's really great to be with you. Thanks for joining me. President Biden and Donald Trump attacking each other on immigration, an issue that is dominating the narrative, eight days out from the first presidential debate. The president taking executive action on two fronts to deal with the crisis, restricting access to most asylum seekers while protecting hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants from deportation.

When he was president, he separated families and children at the border. And now he's proposing to rip spouses and children from their families and homes and communities and place them in detention camps. He's actually saying these things out loud. And it's outrageous. Folks, I'm not interested in playing politics with the border or immigration. I'm interested in fixing it.

Former president and his followers not impressed. Trump holding a rally in the suburbs of Milwaukee, a city he called, quote, horrible a few days earlier. He's vowing to undo everything Biden has done on immigration if he wins in November. We have to send Joe Biden's illegal aliens back home where they belong. We have no choice. We have no choice. Stand up!

All right, let's bring in Alex Thompson, national political reporter for Axios, former DNC communications director, Maulilithi, and Brian Lanza, former deputy communications director for the Trump 2016 campaign. Good morning, guys. Good morning. Thank you all for joining me this morning.

Guess how does this play in you look at the how Trump versus Biden on who would do a better job of handling? Immigration 52 to 41 percent the right now that's how national polling shows the Quinnipiac poll says 52 to 41 percent the New York Times op-ed of course liberal op-ed Goes on to write about how this they view how this would play politically they say the move to

to protect undocumented spouses is politically savvy. They call it a family-oriented policy that makes a priority of the needs of American citizens, unlike those of his policies that allowed nearly two million asylum seekers into the country in recent years. Despite the fever dream of conspiracy theorists, they can't cast a ballot to thank him. So, is this good politics for Joe Biden when he's underwater on immigration?

Listen, he's underwater with immigration and he's losing a lot of ground with Latinos, so it's a hail Mary to try to bring them back. Because the last three years, his economic activities, his economic message, his economic deliveries have been a failure to Latino communities, specifically working class Latinos.

and middle class Latina. So he needs something. He needs a Hail Mary and this is it. I don't think it's going to be enough because I think Latinos have passed judgment on Joe Biden with respect to how he helps them economically and he doesn't. He's failed them for nearly 36 months in tackling inflation. So he doesn't help them there. We'll see if it works. I don't think it's going to work.

offering amnesty to anybody at this particular moment is going to work, especially when the public views Joe Biden as who started this immigration fire by reversing 94 executive orders that President Trump put in order. So you can't have the guy who started the fire come up with the solution to put out the fire. That's just not they don't have the trust and they're not going to have the common sense to fix it.

- I mean, you talked about, Brian talked about the Hispanic vote. Look at the choice for Hispanics among voters, choice for Hispanic voters for president, Biden versus Trump from 2020 till now. Exit polls in 2020 on your left there, 65-32 Biden to Trump. Now 52-47 if you believe the public polling, that's really been consistent with a lot of the national polls.

should democrats be concerned about that and we've been saying that a lot of seven saying that now for a couple of cycles as we have seen the hispanic vote become more and more competitive uh... so i do think that this is sort of a long-term thing that that democrats need to be concerned about hispanics are not single issue voters either and i think that is one of the problems democrats have had in the past was

whenever they were going into the Hispanic community, they were essentially talking just about immigration. There needs to be a more holistic message to them. And I think the president's campaign knows that. They're engaging with the Latino and Hispanic community much earlier this cycle than they have in the past. But it's something to keep watching. I do think this executive order

is going to be an important one. And as part of that outreach, the idea of keeping families together as opposed to separating them, that is a potent message in the Hispanic community. And I think you're going to see them aggressively arguing it. And just wait, I want you to, before you jump in, Alex, I want you to weigh in about Trump. He's talking about how he views the impact of this election when it comes to immigration and what would happen if he is elected or not elected.

You haven't even seen it yet. You haven't seen the terrorists yet. You haven't seen the killing yet that's starting to take place. Again, it takes them a little time. They want to get accustomed to the country. They're not going to start from day one because they don't know. Then they see our laws, which are so weakened and so pathetic, and they probably can't believe them. But you're going to see things that will be horrible unless you elect me president.

I mean, this has been Trump's calling card since he entered the presidential arena back in 2015 ahead of the 2016 election. He has not shied off of it, but obviously he thinks this is going to bring him back to the White House as well. Absolutely. And one thing he's talking about which is a little bit distinct from 2016 is he's really talking about a terrorist attack happening.

from someone that crossed the border illegally. He's actually been sort of hinting at this for months, saying there's going to be an attack, there's going to be an attack. And obviously, you know, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that, you know, things are more dangerous than ever in terms of a potential terrorist attack. You've seen them warn. And so he's really sort of setting the, if there is any sort of attack by anyone that comes across the border, he's already sort of trying to set the stakes for him to rebound to his political benefits.

Is that going to be effective? I mean, I would say there are attacks now. It's just not a terrorist attack. There are attacks on the public by these illegal immigrants coming across the border and raping women, abusing them, hitting them. So the attacks are taking place. Whether it's a terrorist attack, it's a serious concern. I think President Trump's talked about it. We've had this concern for the last 20 years of somebody coming across the border to create these types of attacks.

movies about it. So it should become no surprise that if you liberalize the border policies, that people across the country are going to see this as an opportunity to come in. And they have. And we've seen it. The FBI has talked about it. I think there's been raids and arrests related to people crossing the border who are part of terrorist organizations. This should not be a surprise. This is a direct result of Joe Biden's border policies when he reversed most of President Trump's executive orders when he took office. How does the Biden campaign respond to that?

know because that's been the criticism that this is the result of biden's decisions when he came into office yeah look i'm i'm i remember when a president said quote i believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and lived here even though some time back they may have entered illegally that president was ronald reagan this approach this what he did this week

is in that same tradition of understanding that when people have lived here for a long time, they've become part of the community, right? This executive order only goes into effect for those who have already lived in the country for 10 years or longer.

the fact that they've been here, they're part of the community, there's a way to bring them in and to give them a pathway to citizenship. That is not a controversial position with most of the American public. Most of the American public looks at these two executive orders that the president has signed. One, tightening controls at the border.

Two, showing some compassion for families and those who have been here for a long time. And most Americans say, well, those two things sound reasonable hand in hand. And so I think the president has an opportunity. Contrast that with the former president who shut down the one shot we have had at bipartisan immigration or border control in recent memory.

Now they've got at least an argument to step out onto the battlefield with. And we will see that next week's debate, June 27th. Make sure you tune into that. And we'll talk more about this later in the show. Because California Senator Alex Padilla joins me live on set to talk about all of this. Plus... This fire is dangerous and fast moving. The winds are strong.

A raging wildfire spreading in New Mexico this morning. Is there any relief in sight? And tributes pouring in for the Say Hey Kid. We're remembering the life of baseball legend Willie Mays. Here's a pitch to Willie. Put on his deep to left. That one is way back. Way back. Way back. Number 600 for Willie.

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The closely watched Republican primary in Virginia's 5th congressional district, still too early to call this morning. The race is between Congressman Bob Good and his Trump-endorsed challenger, John McGuire. And with a margin of less than 400 votes, the race is too early to call. But McGuire decided to declare victory anyway. Ladies and gentlemen, the votes are in, and the people have spoken.

It is an honor to be your Republican nominee for the 5th Congressional District.

Good, who's the chairman of the hardline House Freedom Caucus, is not giving up hope. Posting to social media, quote, the entire D.C. swamp was aligned against us with over $10 million in attack ads. But with your help, we were able to make this race too close to call. So if this margin does stay this close, a second place finisher could call for a recount. My panel is back. It's interesting, I guess, is that going into this, it's not just, it's also Donald Trump who's coming after Bob Good. Yes. And there

There was a lot of expectation that Bob Good was going to lose pretty handedly given Trump's opposition, but he's hanging on here. What does it tell you, I guess, about that and also the power of encompassing? Well, absolutely. But the thing is, it's going to make anyone scared to challenge Donald Trump. This all happened because Bob Good endorsed Ron DeSantis early. And then the thing is that you had a case where Kevin McCarthy and Donald Trump were both going against him. Now, some other people like Nancy Mace have survived the Kevin McCarthy-backed challenges, but

both of them together, you saw them unite. And I think it's going to just make, even if he survives, the fact that he had to go through this is going to be a warning sign to any Republican thinking of crossing Donald Trump. Yeah, and also, as you mentioned, Kevin McCarthy, Bob Good, was one of the eight Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy, which is one reason why so many Republicans are going after him. But this has really been a trend in this era.

Republican conference. They are going after each other in primaries. Typically, that never really happened, but now it's happening with increased frequency. Well, listen, you have President Trump willing to step in. So you have members of Congress who sort of have their personal beefs, and they figured out how to message the president and get him involved in these races. What I would say about the race last night, the interesting thing is both candidates ran with Trump support and one trying to imply Trump support. So probably the real winner of this race is Donald Trump, because most likely both voters got the

vast support of Donald Trump and that shows an influence. Income to win. They just win at a rate of 98%. So the fact that we're this close and it looks like Bob Good's gonna lose because of the margin, that tells you something. But don't cross Donald Trump. I mean, he has a long memory. Staff around him has a long memory. If you make the wrong decision at the wrong time, you're gonna have $10 million dumped on you just to say hello.

- Why doesn't Joe Biden get involved in races like this? - In Republican primaries? - Well, no, in Democratic primaries. He's really not trying to tip the scales in Democratic primaries. - Yeah, I mean, look, Donald Trump got into this race and injected himself into this race because he felt betrayed, and that's the main reason why he got into this race. That's not Joe Biden style. Look, the McCarthy wing and the Trump wing of the Republican Party don't always see eye to eye, right?

Bob Good is one of those figures who was able to unite them in opposition. And it shows that relationships actually matter in this business. He's not a guy who has a lot of good friends on the Hill. He's chair of the Freedom Caucus, and even Freedom Caucus members had endorsed his opponent. We can read some stuff into this, but that is one big takeaway. Relationships matter. This is a personality-driven business. There's no question about that.

All right, next, high winds fueling wildfires out west, the conditions fire crews can expect today. Plus, we will always cherish the memory and life of the great Willie Mays. A look at the life and legacy of the legendary Willie Mays. Willie Mays! There's a wildfire! Willie Mays!

Dangerous heat ramping up from Indiana to the northeast this morning as cooling temperatures out west give crews a bit of help with two fires in California. The post fire in L.A. County is now 31 percent contained. The other north of Sacramento, about 5 percent contained. Flames and smoke from a pair of New Mexico wildfires painting the sky orange and black, damaging more than a thousand structures. At least one person is dead and thousands evacuated.

This is the craziest fire I've ever seen with my own eyes. Yeah, yeah. I mean, we get fires out there quite a bit, but this one's 16,000 acre fires. Let's go to meteorologist Elisa Rafa. Elisa, any relief in sight?

By Thursday, it looks like parts of New Mexico could get some tropical downpours from what's headed into Texas. But even if you get a lot of rain all at once, that could be a problem for flash flooding on burn scars. But I mean, look at how just massive this is. All of the smoke in parts of New Mexico. Part of the problem is that we have some of the highest levels of drought, especially for the southern part of the state where we're finding some of these fires break out. Extreme and exceptional drought.

that adds fuel that's more dry matter that can burn more easily. Fire is so big that we were able to see it from space via satellite image. Also had some fires continuing to burn in parts of California overnight as well. Those fires that we have watching one just outside of Los Angeles and then another one just near Sacramento. Also watching a heat dome for the eastern part of the U.S. and

That is that dry sinking air that just sits in place, sweltering in some of that heat that we're looking at some unprecedented heat for a lot of New England. More than 82% of Americans, 260 million people will find temperatures above 90 degrees. This comes after we broke plenty of records yesterday.

Caribou today, we're watching out. You could have your hottest temperature ever recorded today. Manu? 260 million people affected by 90 degree or more temperatures. My goodness, Elisa Rafa, thank you for that.

Russian President Vladimir Putin thanking North Korea's Kim Jong-un for his, quote, unwavering support in Pyongyang this morning. The two leaders looked overjoyed to see each other as Putin received a hero's greeting. Crowds lining the streets chanting, quote, welcome Putin, 24 years after his last trip. A visit being monitored very closely by the U.S. and its allies.

Kim, though, is expressing his solidarity with Russia and its, quote, special military operation in Ukraine. While Putin invited Kim to visit and also said this.

We highly appreciate your consistent and unwavering support for Russian policy, including the Ukrainian strand. I am referring to our fight against the hegemonic policy imposed for decades, the imperialist policy of the United States and its satellites against the Russian Federation. CNN's Mike Valerio joins us live from Seoul. So, Mike, they both know they're being watched very closely here. So what message are they trying to send?

Well, Manu, you know, we're looking at the translation between Korean and Russian very closely at this minute because we are trying to discern the historical context right here. Manu, we're going all the way back to 1961 when a mutual defense treaty was signed between Khrushchev and Kim Il-sung in July of 1961 that said if something happens to North Korea, the USSR would come to Pyongyang's defense. So

Right this minute, Manu, a statement session just wrapped up between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un. And we are trying to work through the translation to see if essentially we're back to where things were in 1961 in terms of mutual assistance. So I have the transcript right here. It just came out a few minutes ago. So Vladimir Putin says with this new rapport, this new strategic partnership,

"The agreement on comprehensive partnership that was signed today includes the provision of mutual assistance in case of an aggression against one of the signatories to this document." So, provision of mutual assistance. That's not the same thing as strong language in the treaty from 1961, "shall come to the defense."

shall defend, it says, assistance. And then Kim Jong-un, for his part, we're trying to see if this agreement has codified an alliance between the two countries. Kim saying relations between our two countries have reached a new high level of allied ties.

So we're working through this, Manu, to try to figure out what exactly this means for the rapport and the relationship between the two countries and what that means for us in the United States, Manu. Still more to come. Yeah, high level of ties and mutual assistance. A lot to discern, I suspect. We'll be digesting that in the day ahead. Mike Valerio, thank you for that report from Seoul.

Coming up, new video from Justin Timberlake's DWI in the Hamptons. Plus, remembering the Say Hey Kid, how Willie Mays impacted baseball and America. When I first came to New York City, they gave me a name called the Say Hey Kid. And I'd like to present a shirt to you. It says, win one for the Gippertons. I think everybody...

And that was Willie Mays rubbing elbows with President Reagan in 1984. Everything about the Say Hey Kid was special. The way he moved, the way he played, and of course, the way he impacted society. Willie Mays, widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time, has died. He was 93. His son Michael says he passed away peacefully and among loved ones.

Listen to President Obama describe how he was influenced by Mays while he was awarded the Medal of Freedom to the Say Hey Kid in 2015. A few years ago, Willie rode with me on Air Force One. I told him then what I'll tell all of you now. It's because of giants like Willie that someone like me could even think about running for president.

For those who never had the privilege of watching Mays play, here is his most memorable highlights from the 1954 World Series that is simply known as The Catch.

Just remarkable. Let's bring in CNN sports analyst and USA Today columnist Christine Brennan. Christine, great to see you this morning. So as you process and assess the impact that Mays had on America and on baseball, what do you take away and what impact would you say he had?

Mayu, he of course started in the Negro Leagues. Willie Mays entered Major League Baseball in 1951, which was only four years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. So Mays was coming into a league and a country that in many ways still did not want to accept him.

And there were places when they would go to Chicago where he couldn't stay in the same hotel as other members of the Giants because, of course, of his race. And to think what he did over the course of two decades in terms of not only the amazing play, you know, one of the greatest, if not the greatest,

You had to watch everything he did, five-tool player, whether it was running the bases and his cap falling off, tracking down that Vic Wertz fly ball over the shoulder in the 1954 World Series. At bat, 660 home runs every day.

Everything he did was spectacular. And he was bringing America along with him, saying, whatever you thought of someone like me before, you are going to have a different view now. That was remarkable. And I have to tell you, as a girl growing up in Toledo, Ohio, I'd play baseball with the boys.

in our neighborhood and it was at the end of Willie Mays career but when we were up at bat Manu we were there Mickey Mantle maybe a little bit of Al Kaline because Detroit was so close but also Willie Mays so he had such an impact on kids around the country who would never see him play in person but just wanted to emulate this amazing baseball player and of course he was one of the very first

black players to play in the league. And at a time, you know, Jackie Robinson, of course, broke the color barrier, but that was a time when very few Americans had TVs and could watch him play. Willie Mays later, many more Americans watched him play. That's why he had such an impact. I do want you to listen to this exchange that he had with Larry King about playing baseball versus football. Baseball always come easily to you. Yes. Yes. I never had a problem with baseball. My best sport was football.

Basketball. My last sport was baseball. You were a better football player? Yes, yes. Much better. Much better? Quarterback, yeah. And this is someone who had 660 career home runs, batted more than average, career average more than 300. I think it was a 302 career batting average. Better at football?

Well, I think we're very lucky that he went to baseball because at the time, as you know, Monty, in the 50s and 60s, baseball was our national pastime. It's still called our national pastime, but it really isn't. Now, of course, it's the National Football League. It's the NFL. But back then, it was baseball. So he came to Americans, whether it was the radio or, as you said, TV, he came to Americans on the great platform of baseball.

Major League Baseball and this incredible passion we had for the game often played during the day. You know, World Series games, kids bringing transistor radios in to listen in study hall. Those were different days for baseball. And so I think we're very fortunate that way. And a very, very cool little statistic or a little anecdote. One of his teachers in Alabama was Condoleezza Rice's mother.

And she told him, "If you ever have to get out of school to maybe go practice or go to a game, let me know because you're going to be a baseball player." And so, a wonderful little footnote to history. But a lot of these great athletes were good in other sports, but my goodness,

it would have been so different for him in football. And thankfully, again, he had baseball. And of course, that was a gift to America. Yeah, no question about it. What a life, what an impact. Christine Brennan, thank you. And now turning to this. I love Milwaukee. I was the one that picked Milwaukee, I have to tell you.

I was the one that picked it. These lying people that they say, oh, he doesn't like Milwaukee. I love Milwaukee. I said, you got to fix the crime. We all know that. You got to make sure the election's honest. But I'm the one that picked Milwaukee.

All right, Donald Trump making a campaign visit to the crucial swing state of Wisconsin yesterday and essentially clarifying his remarks he made about the RNC host city. He called it horrible just a few days ago. Democrats, of course, had since piled up billboards on the Milwaukee area highlighting Trump's comment. Some Wisconsin voters, however, seem to shrug off the whole thing.

I wish that it wasn't said, but there's probably a reason why he said it and didn't explain himself. You're cutting him a break about it. I would. Yes. You agree that it's horrible. It needs improvement. It's irrelevant. It's really irrelevant to the larger issues at hand. So you don't think it's a big deal? I think it's a nothing burger. A nothing burger, Moe?

I think it depends who you ask. Look, I don't think people in Milwaukee, a city that Democrats need huge turnout, are going to love welcoming Donald Trump after he says things like this. The New York Times reported that he wasn't even planning to stay in Milwaukee for the convention, that he was actually planning to stay in Chicago until this whole brouhaha. If he's not even willing to stay there, that's not good.

going to be helpful there. So I think you're going to see Democrats have a lot of fun with this around the Republican convention and use it moving forward. It's not just that he called it horrible though, right? You heard even there as he was trying to clean up, lean into the election fraud argument, the big lie once again saying that there were a lot of cheaters in Milwaukee.

He can't let go of that, and that's not gonna help him if he wants to flip Milwaukee his way this time either. - And if you just, on that comment about winning Wisconsin, the former president talked about what happened in 2016 and his version of what happened in 2020. - Do you remember in 2016 we won, and then we did much better here in 2020, but they, you know, lots of things happened. And then in the end we won,

They didn't win in 2020. Is that the kind of thing you should be talking about? I think Trump can make the case that he's going to win in 2024. I mean, elections are always going to be about the future. The number one issue that Milwaukee, Wisconsin cares about is inflation. It's the economy. It's inflation.

So you're right, billboards like this are going to have minimal impact. The voters themselves are saying it's a nothing burger. They want to know what Joe Biden's done with inflation. I mean, inflation has devastated the middle class, the working class in Wisconsin for nearly 36 to 40 months. And Joe Biden has a zero impact on reducing inflation in any of those times. That has a huge impact more than a billboard, more than him saying he doesn't like Wisconsin. But, you know, yes, he can talk about inflation, but then Trump says things like that.

which distracts from his message. - Absolutely, he did this last weekend too. He went to a black church, he had like a decent event, then the next event he goes to and he just completely goes off, you know, talks about 2020, 2020, 2020. His aides know this and the thing is that they can't, he can't help himself. The fact is that, you know, he, I think he probably convinces himself that, well, this makes me look like a winner, you know, I'm sort of manifesting reality, the power of positive thinking, blah, blah, blah, but really it's that he's upset that he lost and the,

There's no one that can tell them to stop. Yeah, they've tried. He doesn't listen. All right. Ahead, a strict new cell phone ban for students in one of the nation's largest school districts. Plus, Democratic Senator Alex Padilla of California is here to join me. Two weeks ago, I did what Republicans in Congress refused to do. I took action to secure our border. Today, I'm announcing new measures to clarify and speed up work visas.

President Biden unveiling an executive action that will shield certain undocumented spouses and children of U.S. citizens from deportation. The action could offer protections to hundreds of thousands of people by allowing them to apply for lawful permanent residency without leaving the country. Now, this sweeping election year move aimed at appealing to key Latino constituencies in battleground states like Arizona, Nevada and Georgia. All will be critical to Biden's reelection in November.

-These couples have been raising families, sending their kids to church and school, paying taxes, contributing to our country, but living in the United States all this time with fear and uncertainty. This action will allow them to file a paperwork for legal status in the United States, allow them to work while they remain with their families in the United States. Let's be clear. This action still requires undocumented spouses to file all required legal paperwork to remain in the United States.

All right. Joining me is a man who is standing with the president at the White House yesterday, California Senator Alex Padilla, a Democrat. Thank you so much for joining me this morning. Absolutely. Good to be here on set with you. On set, not being chased in the hallways. I'm sure it's much more comfortable here. So about just the politics of this, the way voters see Trump versus Biden right now about handling the issue of immigration, 52 percent

Trump, support Trump, believe he's doing a better job, versus 41% for Biden right now when you look at, that is pretty much consistent with other national polls. How much of a political risk

is taking this action at this time for the president. I honestly don't think it's a risky move. You know, there's that old adage, the best politics is good governance. This is good governance. You know, the numbers when it comes to polling and immigration, I think, are also misleading because immigration is so complex.

A couple of weeks ago, we were talking about and debating how best to better secure the border. That's one element of it. What we talked about yesterday is not people who may or may not be coming to the United States. We're talking about a universe of people who have been in the United States

At least 10 years is the criteria announced by the president, but really on average more than 23 years. These are our friends. These are our neighbors. These are our coworkers and clearly members of families along with United States citizens. That's why it's the mixed status family.

sort of descriptor that is being targeted here. People have been here for many, many years, have been working, paying taxes, raising families, et cetera, and are American in every sense except for the piece of paper. It's best in the best interest, not just for them, their families, their communities, but for us as a country and our economy to give them these legal protections and a way to work lawfully and improve the economy. - I mean, the question is, of course,

Does this change how voters view about his taking some of these actions, including some Hispanic voters? If you look at exit polls from 2020 until the current public polling right now, Biden versus Trump, 65-32 in the 2020 exit polls among Hispanic voters. 52-47 now, public polling.

Why is Biden struggled with Hispanic voters? Again, polls are polls. The only poll that can really count is in November. There was a lot of people whose knees were rattling before the 2020 general election, and President Biden did extremely well.

Your news aren't rattling now? No, we just have work to do because we have a compelling story to tell, not just on immigration and the thoughtfulness of yesterday's announcement, but on other issues that Latinos care about, like the economy, like public safety, like access to health care, like addressing climate change, on and on and on. And guess what? It's showtime. We've got debates coming up.

We've got political conventions coming up. We have the campaign outreach coming up. And we're going to see a good turnout in November. But, I mean, I hear this a lot from Democrats saying, you know, we have to message better. We have to tell the voters about what we did. And they're like, we're in June of the election year. Why hasn't that not happened yet? Because we're still delivering. You know, we're still delivering on the work product, including yesterday's announcement. I have to tell you, having been in the room,

It was so powerful to think that hundreds of thousands of families are breathing inside relief and crying tears of joy because there is a pathway just to legal protections in the short term, but potentially to naturalization in the long term. That is huge. And when you really talk to people, as I do, not just around California, but as I travel the country,

Most people know somebody. They may think of somebody who works in the restaurant that they frequent. Maybe it's the people who are picking the fruit and vegetables that end up in our grocery stores. Maybe it's a mechanic. Maybe it's a fellow engineer. You have immigrants, including undocumented immigrants, working in so many different sectors of the economy. Most people know somebody. When you humanize it that way,

A policy like yesterday makes all the sense in the world. I want you to react to how Trump has been talking about. One of the things he's talking about is deportation, a mass deportation program for people who are here illegally. This is the crowd at his Wisconsin rally just yesterday. We have to send Joe Biden's illegal aliens back home where they belong. We have no choice. We have no choice.

they were chanting send them back and if you look at national polling on the issue of a program to deport all undocumented immigrants this is from a recent poll that came out cbs news ball 62 percent favor that idea versus 38 percent who oppose it

your reaction to the fact that this seems like to be an overwhelming majority? Look, after eight years of Trump, I'm really shocked that his core base followers would react the way they did at his rally yesterday. Of course not. But again, being out and about, talking to people, in your breakdown, yesterday's announcement, what it really means is it's not a universe of people that are just now seeking to come to the United States or just came to the United States. These are long-term residents

of the United States who happen to be undocumented. The contrast is this. Under Trump, it's going to be chaos, mass detention and mass deportation versus Joe Biden, who is securing the border. The numbers of folks approaching the border are way down in recent months because we've engaged our partner in Mexico. But in the meantime, being just compassionate to the people who have been here, been contributing to the success of our country, worked in so many critical jobs during the pandemic.

That service and sacrifice has not lost the general public. I do want to ask you about the last executive action that he took, Joe Biden did, turning away people who are asylum seekers, trying to, what they say, is shut down the border, taking actions that

you don't like. Were you supportive of that first executive action by the president? As you know, I had issues with the initial executive order trying to deal with the border itself. Did he move too far to the right? I thought it was incomplete. Politically, for the first time, it was an enforcement-only strategy as opposed to a balanced strategy which coupled enforcement with some relief. We finally saw the relief yesterday, so I'm happy about that.

But the big part that's missing is engagement, not just with officials in Mexico, but other countries in Central and South America, because this migration issue is not a southern border of the United States issue. It's a hemispheric issue, which requires a hemispheric solution. Again, tell me who's going to do a better job of that post-November. I think it's President Biden all the way. All right. Senator Alex Padilla of California, thank you so much for sharing your views. Thank you, Michael.

And we're 54 minutes past the hour, so here's your morning roundup. Outgoing Boeing chief Dave Calhoun facing bipartisan criticism at a Senate hearing after he admitted to and apologized for the company's retaliation against whistleblowers. I apologize for the grief that we have caused. And I want you to know we are totally committed in their memory to work and focus on safety for as long as long as we're employed by Boeing. So again, I'm sorry.

Now, Boeing is under intense scrutiny after a series of safety mishaps earlier this year, and the Congressional Budget Office hiking its estimate of the U.S. budget deficit by $400 billion on Tuesday. The bulk of it was blamed on the Biden administration's proposed student loan forgiveness program that could take effect this fall.

And Justin Timberlake arrested on Long Island and charged with driving while intoxicated. Police say he performed poorly on a fuel sobriety test after refusing a breathalyzer. This is surveillance video of Timberlake's vehicle moments before he was pulled over. Court documents reveal he drove through a stop sign and then failed to keep on the right side of the road.

And students in America's second largest school district will no longer be able to use cell phones during the school day. The Los Angeles School Board voting 5-2 in favor of the ban, which takes effect in spring of 2025. In a recent poll, 72% of high school teachers said cell phone distraction is a major problem in the classroom. All right, turning now to this.

If Trump picks up the phone and calls you, the first sort of thought you have to have with yourself is not just could I be vice president, but could I stand ultimately in the big chair?

And that was Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, a top Trump VP contender, confirming the answer is yes if the former president asks him to be his running mate. And Vance says Trump, though, has not made that phone call. But over the weekend, a group of nearly 2,000 conservatives at a right-wing convention said they wanted him to be VP. The Ohio senator also walking back his past criticism of Trump with this mea culpa.

You've said, "I'm a never Trump guy, never liked him, terrible candidate, idiot if you voted for him, might be America's Hitler, might be a cynical a-hole, cultural heroine, noxious and reprehensible." The simple answer is you've got to respect the American people enough to just level with them. Look, I was wrong about Donald Trump. I didn't think he was going to be a good president. Brett, he was a great president. A lot of people didn't think Trump was going to be a good president, and a lot of people were happy to be proven wrong.

Your reaction to that? I mean, he clearly wants the job, right? J.D. Vance is a base pick for VP. And he gets along really well with Trump. They're interpersonal. You know, he's very good friends with Donald Trump Jr. You know, Tucker Carlson likes him. He is the person you would pick if you're choosing a MAGA candidate. You're doubling down on a message of MAGA change, if you will. You know, people like Marco Rubio, they're more of like an establishment translator. They're there to reassure people in the suburbs saying,

"Hey, I know you're a little nervous about this guy, "but see, he's not that crazy." - Yeah, Brian, do you think that he is the best choice for Trump? - MAGA change is coming, I definitely do. I think Trump-- - You definitely do think Vance is the best. - Oh, absolutely. First of all, he can articulate the message better than anybody else 'cause he believes it. Rubio sounds inauthentic, all those other people.

they sort of sound like they're faking it, and they are because they don't believe in the economic message of Donald Trump. They don't believe in tariffs the way Donald Trump has done it. J.D. Vance believes it, so for him it's a second language, and he is simpatico with President Trump. I hope it becomes the MAGA change ticket, and we'll know soon enough. So how do the Democrats view this? Do they see him as...

the key the running mate potential roommate that they're most concerned about least concerned about me I'm not the most concerned yeah look I think JD Vance is sort of doubling down on maga it is a signal if he is the pic it is a signal that the Trump campaign doesn't actually want to reach out to independence that they believe the best way to win is to gin up the maga base and that he's the guy that can do that this is a guy

who just this week doubled down not only on the 2020 election lies, but doubled down on the fake elector schemes that are getting so many Trump allies in trouble across the country. So I think if he is the pick, you will see the Biden campaign

lean even more into the anti-MAGA message that they've been pushing. Listen, I would add, you know, J.D. won the independent votes in Ohio, which was a swing state. He won the suburban votes in Ohio in a swing state, being a MAGA candidate.

So if that is the Biden's response, it's like, let's double down on MAG and show how dangerous it is. J.D. actually has a history of appealing and winning the independent vote when it matters and a suburban vote. And if he can extend that to other states that are nearby, which is Michigan and Pennsylvania, it's a devastating message. Taking that national is a big...

big lead and we've already seen a lot of resistance to that message. All right, well, we're out of time, but we will continue the debate, I'm sure, as they walk into the green room. All right. Thanks for our panel. Thank you for joining us. I'm Manu Raju. CNN News Central starts right now.

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