points as we head into the final moments of trading. thank you to all of you for watching today. conversation doesn't end here. i love hearing from you. you can go to my facebook page and twitter and tell us what you like and didn't like. i can take it. cheryl is in for liz. cheryl: i follow you on every one of the platforms, trish regan, thank you so much. you were saying about the markets, we're watching that. we're also watching for a couple of major breaking stories that are developing and could be changing in this hour. and these stories affect businesses big and small when it comes to control of a corporate giant. to the speed of business on the web. also at this hour, watching a mega media family feud. playing out right now. in a delaware courtroom. cbs and les moonves are suing shari redstone, the leader of national amusement, basically his boss. she's a controlling shareholder

over being forced to merge the tiffany network with a company best known for jersey shore, spongebob squarepants. charlie gasparino monitoring what's happening in the courtroom. he has details coming up later on. plus this, the chinese vice president on capitol hill somewhere. right now he's discussing trade with lawmakers. we're following him around. edward lawrence is going to tell us who he's meeting with and how it's going. we have edward, the shadow. and the senate right now, it keeps going, they are debating the future of capitol hill. net neutrality, the so-called issue of net neutrality, we have kristina partsinevelos telling us neutequality is going to find its way into the trump ftc, that could change things. and waiting for president trump to host a roundtable at any minute on california status as a so-called sanctuary state.

blake burman is at the white house, he is standing by. and there's more, fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano will join us to recap the discussion and tell us where the law stands when it comes to sanctuary states and city and funding? and then, oh, yeah, wall street, different story today than yesterday at this time when i was with you. markets slightly higher as the 10 year is holding on solidly above 3%, looks like traders are thinking, well, we're not going to worry about it today. we are less than an hour to the closing bell. i'm cheryl casone in for liz claman, let's start the "countdown." . cheryl: and if all of that wasn't enough, we're getting breaking news on facebook. mark zuckerberg set to answer the european union parliament in person as early as next week. of course on the personal data

use scandal. this is according to the eu parliament speaker antonio tajani, facebook under pressure, that tells you something, right? wall street stocks are staging a comeback following yesterday's losses. down 193 yesterday at the close, at this hour floating with session highs. the dow is in positive territory for the year. of course, all that can change in the next 57 minutes. we're also looking at macy's. that company solidly on investors shopping list at this hour. shares of the retailer touching over a-year high, currently on track for the best day in nearly six months. they reported better-than-expected results, they smashed estimates for same-store sales. a troubled stock and troubled company. this is the one to watch today, currently the best performer in the s&p 500 as a matter of fact, boosting the department stores and retail names, all of

them are higher. j.c. penney, sears. target, kohls, all flying higher. southwest airlines is flying right now. the fourth largest u.s. carrier, on track for best day in a month. they did hike dividend by 28% and they've authorized a $2 billion repurchase program. lot of people say hey that's a vote confidence from the leadership. jet setting higher if you will. delta, united, jetblue, american, all of the names in that sector, all trading higher on the backs of that news and that buyback from southwest. and let's take a look at this one. this is party city, this is deflating, flying low. the shares of the party supplies retailer actually down almost 4.5%. prty, the ticker for party city, the number one investor cut thomas lee partners cut

holding by a bit. they sold 12 million shares in a secondary offering. that is putting pressure on party city, the sale to tell but right now. getting breaking news right now at this moment. you've got the delaware court holding a hearing that's behind closed doors, they can't show you anything, that being determine the fate of the year long battle between cbs, longtime chief executive les moonves and the redstone family. the judge is expected to rule whether cbs can move along with a rare move to strip the red stones, especially shari redstone of voting power. les moonves is trying to prevent shari redstone from forcing cbs into a merger with sister company viacom. this comes ahead of the special board meeting tomorrow where cbs plans to issue a dividend that would cut the redstone's

voting stake, it is monumental really, and crazy how it played out. could determine the path forward for many companies. charlie gasparino is following the tick-by-tick developments. he comes in with what do we know now? >> i'm old enough to remember management buyouts of companies. they would pay the nominal owners of the company a chunk of change. les moonves, if the court allows the temporary restraining order, shari redstone from firing the board and goes forward with the meeting that approves the special dividend, he will dilute shari redstone out of the company. she will not be the controlling shareholder of the company. she will have 17% of the company, but won't be controlling anymore, and they will -- the board of cbs and the current shareholders will essentially have bought her out without giving her money, that's what's at stake here and

a huge story. the delaware chancery court is meeting right now. the oral arguments are expected to last until about 5:00. what's interesting is the judge could rule for either party from the bench. he can wait a day. he can split the difference and hold this all in abeyance and say i want more hearings in the future. shari redstone tried to preempt all this, a negative ruling from the judge by changing the company's by laws because she still is in control, the board essentially will need a supermajority, not just a majority to vote her out or dilute her shares. 80, 90%. they may still have that or may not matter because the judge will say it may not matter. that's where we are right now. cbs judge andrew breshard, there is consternation inside

cbs they believe shari redstone is setting the groundwork to essentially fire everybody. fire the board and let the chips fall where they may. les moonves, who is on the board as ceo and i guess chairman or he is on the board, i know that. i don't know if he's chairman. it might be sumner. i have to look at the corporate governance sheet, but it's interesting if he does get fired on this thing, he can merge viacom with cbs, cbs stock will go down but les moonves will leave a richer guy, $200 million plus of a golden parachute, plus all the perks which allows them to make movies. i got to get a contract like this. but in any event, that's where we are right now. more shoes left to drop and tomorrow it the big board meeting. i can see the judge splitting the baby here and saying everything gets stayed and then i want to do a real court case and this thing goes on for a month or two before we see what

goes on. cheryl: it is complicated. it really is. >> cheryl, if moonves wins, here's the wins, there will be corporate eruption in corporate america. if you have the voting shares, you can be diluted, you don't have -- you don't have the power you had before that ruling. that will be huge because there's a lot of companies with dual stock, guess one other company with a dual stock? twenty-first century fox. cheryl: i knew you were going to say that! i wasn't going to say that. >> let's be clear, full disclosure, the owner of fox news and fox business. cheryl: please come back if you hear anything out of the courtroom. in you've been listening in. we're going to move on to what we're following over the last several days, uncertainty and markets are uncertain about. this what's going on with china trade and what's going on with north korea? investors cutting global market

jet setting short and rushing into the safety of the domestic stocks. take a look what's happened with the russell 2000, it hit an all-time high otrack for a record close. this is the small cap games. this is the small cap index, way outperformed the dow and the s&p 500, since president trump first announced plans to impose steel and aluminum tariffs. there are the markets. there's how the markets have done since the tariff announcement. the dow more than 1%, though we're back in record territory today. s&p is slightly higher. nasdaq is higher, almost 2%. this is something traders are looking at. let's bring in our floor show and talk about all this and changes we're saying at the new york stock exchange. teddy weisberg is with me this afternoon and at the cme ira epstein. the russell move is interesting, not just today's all-time high, but the fact that the steel and aluminum tariff story has pushed traders

and buyers into small caps. >> yeah, because i think small caps are basically u.s.-centric companies for the most part and immune from a lot of the issues that would have clearly impacted either positively or negatively being multinational companies. but you know even overall, though we're not trading at the all-time highs for the larger averages, the fact is with all the uncertainty, all the issues that are out there, even look at yesterday and perhaps it was the 10-year and the move in interest rates, today the 10-year is basically trading slightly higher than yesterday and the market shrugged it off, and the rally today, the rally today is relatively broad-based, energy stocks continue, financials, but it goes well. cheryl: we saw that, ira, we've seen that as well. what are you watching at the cme? >> i'm watching what interest rates are doing. that's what i think the market is focused on.

we're adjusting like children to rates in the ten year being over 3%, getting up to 3.1, the next move will be to 3.2. what the market is looking at is how do we adjust to it? we get the back and forth action from that. reality is the economy is firing on all cylinders. the economic data is okay or very good and we're adjusting to over a 3% 10-year yield. cheryl: 3%, that is true. we're looking at 3m, the biggest laggard on the dow 30. it's a hold. the price target to 220 from 250. we're waiting for president trump. he's going to be speaking at a roundtable event at the white house about california sanctuary state status. live to whether it happens. "countdown" coming right back. i'm very proud of the fact

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redstones'. cheryl: all right, right now, to the white house. at any minute, president trump is going to be holding a roundtable discussion on sanctuary cities with law enforcement officials. they're going to be talking about the great state of california, what's going on there. president is going to be joined in this roundtable by attorney general jeff sessions. this as the trump administration continues to battle the state of california

over laws the trump administration claims keep federal authorities from enforcing immigration laws. here to weigh in on the uphill legal battle for the administration. fox news' senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. this came into fruition not in a good way for the trump administration back in april with the u.s. circuit court of appeals. >> this week doesn't seem like they're connected but they are, on the ability of the states to regulate gambling but the case is really about the obligation of the states to enforce federal law, which is nil, meaning this is a setback for the president. the feds cannot take over state discretion and say to local and state officials, law enforcement officials, you will help us enforce federal law. they need to do it on their own and pay for it on their own, so california is emboldened,

whether you think this is wise or unwise, embolden with the supreme court opinion that the states do not have to help the feds enforce federal law. cheryl: we're getting background from a senior official along with attorney general jeff session, secretary kirstjen nielsen but everyone along with kevin mccarthy say this is an overreach, an overstep by the state of california but doesn't seem like the law is on their side right now. >> california is very progressive and liberal enacted a statute which prohibits employees of state and local government in the state of california, that's many, many, many thousands of people from helping the feds. they can't actively resist the feds, hide undocumented aliens in the basement of government buildings but can refuse to cooperate. the people in this room with the president are public officials who disagree with

that california law who run smaller governmental entities and want their officials to help the feds, but that would put them in violation with state law. so very, very unique situation. we haven't seen this kind of state resistance of federal law in many, many years. cheryl: it's interesting too, because a lot of this comes down to money. sitting on the business network talking about the issue of money and funding to the cities and the fact that the trump administration would like very much to cut off funding and financially punish sanctuary cities. a sanctuary state. but the law again is going against the precedent. >> this is where the republican congress dropped the ball when the president signed that $1.5 trillion spending. it continued funding. the cities in california without strings attached saying you want this cash, cooperate with i.c.e. enforcement. those strings will be lawful and enforceable but they're not

there. the republican congress did not put it there. the president threatened to veto the legislation anyway. cheryl: what is the ratio, a general ratio of sanctuary, actually, judge, stand by, we're going to go to the white house and president donald trump. >> resisted california's deadly and unconstitutional sanctuary state laws. you've gone through a lot, too. though it's becoming quite popular what you're doing. a law that forces the release of illegal immigrant drug dealers, violent gang members and predators into communities. california's safe law provides safe harbor to most of the vicious predators on earth, like ms-13 gang members putting men, women and children the the mercy of the sadistic criminals. we're moving them out of country by the thousand. ms-13 we're grabbing them by

the thousands and getting them out, kevin. we're also joined by attorney general jeff sessions. jeff, thank you. secretary of homeland security kirstjen nielsen. secretary, thank you very much. i know you folks are keeping busy, right? keeping busy at those borders and deputy i.c.e. director tom holman who is leaving us soon for a life of retirement. [applause] >> you've done a fantastic job. we appreciate it very much, tom. also with us is house majority leader kevin mccarthy, who has been a special friend of mine. he represents california's 23rd congressional district, and he is very, very popular, and just recently saw a poll of kevin. the opposition might as well go home because kevin, they love

him out there and he's done an incredible job. he's brought it home. we appreciate it, kevin, the job you've done for the country. thank you very much. unfortunately congress -- and i have to say congressional democrats, you take a look at what has been going on and what's going on with the laws, whether it's catch-and-release or whether it's any of the things we're fighting for so hard. now we have started the wall, spending 1.6 billion between fixing and starting. you know melissa what's been going on. we're getting it up. we have a lot of folks in california, they don't talk about it but they want the wall up and they're very happy. that's one of the reasons we started in california, but we made a lot of progress on it, and now going for the full funding for the wall and trying to get that as soon as possible but it's become a very popular issue. in january, the los angeles police department arrested an illegal immigrant from mexico

for drug possession, instead of honoring the i.c.e. detainer, they set him free. just a few weeks later he was arrested again. this time for murder. they arrested him. they had him. they let him go. tom, you've seen this. they let him go and he killed somebody. it's happening more and more. and we get them out as fast as we can. we have the worst laws anywhere in the world for illegal immigration, there's no place in the world that has laws like we do. catch-and-release. think about it. we catch somebody, we find out they're criminals, we end up having to release them and they go into society. we do the best we can. we do better than anybody and our numbers are much better than in the past but they're not nearly acceptable and not nearly as good as what we could have. we're down 40% from the other standards. so that's really good, meaning 40% crossings, so that's good, but we can do much better.

part of the problem we have is our economy is so strong that people are pouring up to get to our economy, they want a piece of our economy. that makes the job tougher. we want to keep. we want people based on merit. we want people to come into our country based on merit. we're not looking to keep them out. we're looking to bring them in. we need them. we have companies moving back into the united states like never before. chrysler is opening up now in michigan. we have so many companies coming from mexico even and coming back in. so we want people coming in based on merit. we all remember the tragic case of marilyn ferris in california who was murdered by an illegal immigrant arrested six times prior to breaking into marilyn's home, raping her and savagely beating her to death with a hammer. and this is one example, but there are many examples.

i've been saying it for a long time. we cannot let this butchery happen in america. the state of california's attempts to nullify federal law have sparked a rebellion by patriotic citizens who want their families protected and their borders secured. they want border security. they want protection. that's what we're all about. we're about protection, both from international and from frankly people crossing a border illegally. i will now go around the room and ask these incredible mayors and officials to discuss their brave stance on behalf of their constituents. they are very popular. they are very well respected. these are are the top people, and they are people that other people listen to, and they listen to them from around the country, so i'll begin by asking california assembly woman melissa mel endes saying

you have been an inspiration to people so say a few words. >> thank you, mr. president. >> i want to say thank you for inviting us, there are more people in california, i think, than you know who supports what you're doing. who believe in your agenda and securing our borders. everywhere in between from san francisco to los angeles. have you millions of people who want to see that our borders are secure, that our neighborhoods are safe. we want to thank you for what you're doing. i have been in office in california for five years now, and it's interesting to me that you've been in office for a year? >> 17 months. >> 17 years would be nice. [laughter] >> but you have invited us here to talk about this issue. i've been in office in california five years, not once has governor brown invited any republicans to discuss this issue in california, and it is

a crisis. that's the point we're at in california is a crisis. for me and my constituents and democrats and republicans and independents alike, i get e-mails from all of them, they don't want to see another kate steinle. that's what i see every single week. they don't want to see another kate steinly. when my husband and i hear about this, we have 37 years in the service. that's where we met. we know what it means to protect our way of life, protect other people, but we want to make sure that our citizens are protected, and i think the resistance that started in the democrat party, this is your republican resistance right here, what you're doing in california. >> and beyond republican, this is really a democrat issue, a republican issue, i think a lot of the democrat politicians don't understand what's going on, because it's actually good

politically. people want safety. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> i appreciate it. sam, go ahead. >> thank you, mr. president, i'm a proud immigrant from lebanon. 30 years ago. i came here to live the american dream and did very well. jerry brown wants to take this american dream from us. >> he'll be retired pretty soon. >> end of the year. >> he's going to run for president? i said please, please run, but i think he's going to be retired from what i understand pretty soon. >> i see myself fighting for the battles that made our country great, mr. president. we are aligned with your goals. here is the success story of escondido. i brought eight i.c.e. agents to escondido, our police station. we deported 2700 illegal criminals from our city, and made escondido as safe as it was in 1980.

this is a great story and our cooperation with i.c.e. and the san diego i.c.e. is a very compelling model for the nation to follow. in our city, more evident people report crime, and this narrative that sanctuary city will allow more evidence to report crime is take news, mr. president. >> fake news. >> it is going down the drain. it's going to be sorry, congressman mccarthy, but california is the least business friendly, is the poorest city in the nation, the highest population rate, the highest taxes, instead of making it the golden state, they are dealing with illegal criminals. when jerry brown cares more about illegal criminals than he cares about the hispanic community and citizens, this is

insanity and unconstitutional. when i swore to be a citizen and again as mayor, i swore to defend the constitution and to keep my community safe. this is personal to me. i'm going work hard to make sure our community is safe. escondido is a great example of our success, and the result of making escondido safe, we brought $2 billion in investment to our city and we outperformed san diego county in economic growth. i am passionate about it, when i go back to california, i'm going to start the pact and we're going to fight the fight. we want to make sure the supreme court does not repeal the sanctuary state. we will repeal that. we are with you, we need to build that wall, end the sanctuary state. we had 11 sanctuary cities not too long ago, now we have 560. 10,000 illegal criminals have been released under the sanctuary cities.

>> now it's reversing, sam, it got bad and reversing. it's a big change of heart, of mind, people don't want sanctuary cities. they're dangerous, they don't want them anymore. >> most of the people support us, mr. president. 65% of the hispanics support us, the liberals, the democrats, everybody support. my city. 90% are with us. >> i had a lot more support in the state of california than people understand, too. check the voting records, folks. >> i'm from the city of san jacinto. can i speak frankly? >> yes. >> i'm sitting here in this room in awe of god's power how he can take someone who is homeless in a tent, make them a mayor of a city and bring them before the united states who wants to hear the cry of our people, and that's what's going on. our people are the ones hurting. sacramento is angry because they lost an election. for god's sakes get over it. they're angry, and you know

what? now we're more angry. they're releasing the criminals not by the houses, they are releasing them by our houses, our children are at risk. my community is my family. you're putting my family at risk. every day we're getting more and more reports than the police department about how they can't arrest these people. they arrest them everything but misdemeanors because it's not near jerry brown's house, not near the elected officials houses, it's in our community and we're tired of it. we need help, mr. president. we need help protecting the city of san jacinto, escondido, the state of california, all of us need help getting this solved. i was just at a church the other day and i went to another one, a hispanic church and all the people in the hispanic church were out there, and they all came up with me. you tell mr. trump that we have a message for him. we want help. you see? every one of us came from

somewhere else. we all came from different countries. my husband is from mexico. my family came way back from before the revolutionary war, we've been fighting for this country ever since, fighting for the constitutional rights of our country. i'm not going to stop fighting for this. >> it's coming back and it's coming back fast. faster than even the people in this room understand. kevin understands what's happening, you see it maybe better than anybody. it's coming back. people are tired of this nonsense, don't give up the fight. >> i am not. you are our leader, and thank god for you, bless you. >> and yours is an amazing story. >> thank you, thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. president. elected sheriff of el dorado county, california. the bottom line from sheriffs and my peers as well is we want to do our jobs. we want to do what the people elected us to do. respect our constitution and

keep our community safe. when this bill was being heard in legislature and it was going through, we have in california where the state sheriffs meet with the legislatures, moving these bills through, and what are literally disgusted me was a common term that we heard throughout the discussion of sb 54. from different legislators, and the quote was we know this is bad policy but it's great politics. that's wrong. because this bill absolutely jeopardizes public safety of our communities. we're not immigration officers. we never have been and we're never going to be. we just want to be able to cooperate with our federal partners so that these folks that end up in our custody and need to be deported get deported. >> sheriff, i'll tell you what, it's not bad politics anymore. if you look at what's going on. i think maybe more than anyplace else there's a

revolution going on in california. they want safety. you had the mayor of oakland, where you had 1,000 people, tom, you know this, because it was your deal. 1,000 people together. many of these were illegals. they were criminals. they would work and she informed them and most of them fled, and that whole operation that took a long time to put together. i mean you talk about obstruction of justice, i would recommend that you look into obstruction of justice for the mayor of oakland, california, jeff. she advises 1,000 people. they're told get out of here, the law enforcement is coming. and you worked on that long and hard, and you got there, and there are very few people there. to me, that's obstruction of justice, and perhaps the department of justice can look into that with respect to the mayor because it's a big deal out there, and a lot of people are very angry about what happened. there's a lot of hard work and

a lot of danger involved, and that was a terrible thing. yes, ma'am? >> mr. president, natascha johnson from the city of lake elsinore. as the mayor, april 24th we adopted a resolution of losing sb 54. it was based on our constitutional duty to serve. i think everyone in this room that is elected knows that public safety is their number one priority. we can't say we are public safety driven and also turn a blind eye to what is happening. with courage and maybe a little risk, we were not risk averse to set out one of the first cities to take a position. i think i'm more proud of the fact that we were just listening to what our community wanted and they don't want it. they clearly don't want to have an overreach of their rights, and that's what this stands for. so as far as the city of lake

elsinore, i think that this is a siloed approach, i think sb 54 is a great representation and some had forgotten, especially sacramento about the silent approach right before 9/11, and some of the things that we really can look back in history and see. it's going to take a multiagency approach, coalition, whatever you want to call, it i'm impressed with the room and what we stand for this. isn't a fight, this is a battle, this is a war, and i know that we have a lot of work to do. this is just the beginning. >> we'll get it done. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> secretary nielsen? like to say something. >> thank you for your leadership, sir, and bringing us altogether and recognizing what a very important issue this is. this week we celebrate law

enforcement, everyone in this room is an enforcer of the law, and i thank you for that and thank you for your leadership. states are turning the back on the u.s. constitution in their communities, you are standing up and greatly appreciate your leadership. dr. homan will give us leadership on other parts of the federal family but i want to hear from and you to thank you. thank you for your partnership and standing up for your community. thank you. >> doing a good job and it's not an easy job. i know what you're going through right now with families is very tough. those are the bad laws the democrats gave us. we have to break up families. democrats gave us that law. it's a horrible thing we have to break up families. they don't want to do anything about it. they'll leave it like that because they don't want to make any changes and now you're breaking up families because of the democrats, it's terrible. >> how you doing there,

president trump. i'm troy edgar, los alamitos mayor. thank you for inviting us to the residence earlier today. as a previous ex-navy guy and being able to be on the city council of a small city, people like you are bringing people back to the people's house, your house, our house, we appreciate it. you know, going through, i want to say thank you to secretary nielsen. there is a gentleman in our community, who is on the local ice . i.c.e. had problems with local law enforcement, secretary nielsen, thank you. >> thank you. >> and the attorney general, coming out first has a price to pay, and the aclu has filed a lawsuit against us. we would really appreciate direct or indirect funding, any fiscal help you can provide. [laughter] >> things like potentially

putting some of your attorney general or assistant attorneys general at the base in our military town are helping offset some of the costs. we appreciate everything that you're doing. we feeled an amicus brief. we think we will have a more substantive amount to offer at that point. >> maybe we could join in with you. we could perhaps join in with you, we have a lot of cases like that where we're with you 100% but we're not in paper. so we'll join in with you, if it's possible, we'd like to do that. pam? thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. president for this amazing honor to meet you and the invitation. i served on san juan capistrano city council for three years and served on the community engagement panel of the san onofre nuclear power plant, they call it song. they back in 2001 were

testifying before congress that the terrorists were saying target the power plant. so the fact that we have this unsecure border is putting us at great risk because we know that terrorists are coming in. with respect to the power plant, that is number one that has the worst safety record in the nation. >> it's a nuclear power plant? and the terrorists are coming in longside. >> and you can get into that power plant with really -- you can just drive in. i asked them during one of the meetings, i said you have a no-fly zone, right? with respect to the power plant. >> yes. >> what would happen if an airplane flew in the no-fly zone, would you shoot it down? they said no. and that was on the record. i just think that it's a fukushima number one waiting to happen. on an active earthquake fault in the tsunami zone where they're storing radiation, 124

times that of chernobyl and improperly stored and there's no security. so i think -- >> we'll check it out. doesn't sound too good. [laughter] >> doesn't sound like the greatest, right? we'll check it out. thank you very much. margaret? >> thank you, mr. president. sheriffs in california are now in an untenable position when it comes to trying to figure out now, we have state law, we have federal laws and here we are stuck in the middle. sheriffs especially because most of us run our county jails. when there became a legal challenge to the 48-hour holds for i.c.e., it was frustrating, i invited i.c.e. to put them in our jails so they could do work. they didn't have the staffing. i said come on in, work with our people to keep people safe. two weeks later, mr. president,

kate steinle was murdered. i wasn't the only sheriff to do that. it was perfect because we didn't have to take time with our staff to do anything. i.c.e. was in there doing their work in a safe, controlled environment, and then the initiative started happening, the trustback and finally sb 54, the values act and that is causing all kinds of turmoil. here we are stuck in the middle trying decide. we have federal law, state law and i welcomed attorney general sessions' lawsuit because that will provide us clarity that we need and direction that we need. what do we do? here we are, and i appreciated mr. homan and i.c.e., we had a great relationship and still do. now i.c.e. is the only law enforcement agency that cannot use databases to find the bad guys. they cannot talk to people in our jail unless they reach a certain threshold.

they can't do all kinds of things that other law enforcement agencies can do. and it's really put us in a bad position. it's a disgrace. >> and we're suing on that and working hard and i think it will come together because people want it to come together. so ridiculous, the concept we're talking about is ridiculous. we'll take care of it. >> there could be an ms-13 gang member i know about. if they don't reach a certain threshold, i cannot tell i.c.e. about them. >> we have people coming into the country, we're stopping a lot of them. taking people out of country. you wouldn't believe how bad these people are. these aren't people. these are animals and we're taking them out of country at a level and at a rate that's never happened before, and because of the weak laws they come in fast, we get them, we release them, get them again, we bring them out. it's crazy. the dumbest laws, as i said

before, the dumbest laws on immigration in the world. so we're going to take care of it. we'll get it done. ask that man right there because that man can do it. right now he's the most important man in the room. [laughter] kevin can do it. kevin? >> first of all, i want to thank all of you because most of the people around the country do not realize how your hands are tied behind your back. the only thing you want to do is have safe streets, safe neighborhoods and protect your community, and for california's legislature to go against the constitution, one of the greatest strengths of this nation, we're fortunate to be in this room, is the rule of law. they're breaking down society by breaking down the rule of law, that you have a known criminal that you can't communicate with i.c.e. about. we know how bad this is but from one aspect, we should be excited because we have a new president that understands this

problem. since he has taken office, we have lowered the illegal crossings across this border. that stops gang members from coming across. he started building the wall, 1.6 billion. and you know where that wall started to be built? california. he has pushed a number of bills through. one to try to stop sanctuary cities. to reward those who uphold the constitution. second, to stop the ms-13 gang members. you know what's interesting after you moved that bill? a governor of new york, mr. cuomo, who thought it wasn't a problem. i saw him sign one the other day because he watched what was happening as well. so collectively it was city councils and sheriffs. city council not the full-time job, you listened to the community. you saw the problem that was going on. things are improving and that's why i'm so thankful for this president to call us together because collectively we'll be stronger.

secretary is doing an amazing job, i'll tell you the number of times we meet or call all hours of night trying to make sure we can protect it. attorney general just talked to me last night around 10:00. so from that perspective we are in this together but we're in it for the constitution. we're in it for the safety and security of our states and i want to thank you. >> kevin, i want to thank you for doing an incredible job. you are going against the tide and now the tide is with us, you can see it in the room. a year ago, two years ago this would have been unthinkable to have you all in the room talking the way you're talking but you're fed up with what's happening, and kevin thank you very much. you're doing great. stacy? >> thank you very much. i just want to say thank you for you're leadership in your office and on this issue i'm delighted and privileged to be here, and it is so wonderful to be here among all of you as well because you're all on the front lines in your own communities, fighting this fight. i was born and raised in

california. been an attorney there for 24 years. got my start into law when three strikes was starting out in california, and developed a real passion for prosecution. i was the appointed district attorney and the elected district attorney now for four years, and in the last four years, i have seen california become a disaster. it's been tragic to watch my state pass laws that basically have sent our communities into a very dangerous place. in lassen county, we're a very small community, but i'm pleased to say when you're talking about voting, that you have supporters in california, lassen county voted overwhelmingly for you in california. i believe we had the highest margin in all 58 counties in california. you are loved in lassen county, and i believe that to a certain

extent we are a forgotten part of california. we are rural california, and we do not stand for the policies in sacramento. we have a horrible problem in our public lands, in our forests. we've got illegals, marijuana -- excuse me, drug cartels that have come up to grow in our public lands and forests and they are decimating it. >> you can't do anything about it. >> there's not a thing we can do. we work with the department of fish and wildlife who file charges but do the best that they can, but these people are coming into our forests, they're endangering our citizens, they are armed. they're setting up camps and growing mass amounts of marijuana on our public land. they are killing wildlife, diverting streams. damage they are boasting goes

to the economy and going to be generational. a large portion of the people coming into do this are illegal immigrants. because of the legalization of marijuana in california, now we're seeing the same individuals working with other criminal groups. the asian groups, russian groups, the motorcycle groups, all kinds of organized crime. it's bringing into -- >> so legalization made it worse? >> the legalization made it worse, yes. i believe the legalization made it worse. i've been appalled. as a district attorney, someone who is sworn to uphold the constitution and the laws of this state that we have fallen so far in california. we also have other issues. we are prosecuting an illegal immigrant right now who has been deported several times and had a violent criminal history, who hit and killed a 16-year-old kid, a boy in our community and fled the scene. his case is pending right now,

after i brought the suit, i was promptly served with a gag order to prevent me from talking about the case. it's been very frustrating. also i have briefed the correspondents and every d.a. has received correspondence from the aclu and organizations pursuant to the freedom of information act and california freedom of information act, we want to see what policies your office is implementing. what have you done to ensure compliance with sb 54? the response from my office is simple, we have nothing because this office will stand for the rule of law. lassen county stands for the rule of law, and we have no policies to give you, because we will not issue such policies from this desk and from this office. we stand with you. we are delighted with the

actions that you have taken, mr. sessions. the people of lassen county stand with you. i stand with you. and we appreciate everything that you're doing. >> thank you, stacy. beautifully said. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> tom? >> first of all, mr. president, i want to thank you for having this meeting today, this roundtable. we appreciate your leadership on this issue, the secretary, i appreciate your leadership and all of your support, law enforcement and the rule of law and i can't say enough good things about what you've done for law enforcement. i hear a lot of things today about sanctuary cities and the law. i'm not the smartest guy at table by any means, sanctuary cities they want to take the attorney general and get funding even though they violate federal law to keep the criminal aliens in. to me that's backwards, and i want to spend a minute to separate fact from fiction, please. i hope the american people can

understand the fight about sanctuary cities. i appreciate the american patriots in this room that have joined this fight. the good fight, a right fight. intentional mixed messages of sanctuary cities, i hear they protect immigrant communities, and they don't. it's the complete opposite. when you release a criminal alien from a jail, they're going to get on very communities which they live and reoffend. anybody can google recidivism rates, over half recommit the same year, you are not protecting a community,ure putting them at greater risk of crime. when you enforce an i.c.e. agent when you can take the custody of someone and force them into neighborhoods, you put our officers at risk. you already put the public at risk and we're going to find others who weren't on the radar, so you put the community at greater risk of crime. put them at greater risk of i.c.e. arrest and put the heroes, the law enforcement officers at great risk.

this is national police week, as said earlier. and i want to talk about the messages, the mixed messaging from the groups and the politicians about what i.c.e. does. when you read that sanctuary cities protect immigrant communities but also we dont want to be commandeered, we have never asked anyone to be an i.c.e. agent, what we want is access to a county jail to talk to somebody that we know is here illegally in violation of federal law that committed yet another crime. you can't tell i.c.e. to prioritize criminal aliens and not give me access to the jail. it just don't make sense. and final point i want to make, in defense of the brave men and women of the border patrol and i.c.e., i'm tired, i'm sick and tired of the constant vilification of these men and women who leave home every day and strap a gun to their hip,

leave the safety and security of their families to defend this nation and defend their neighborhoods. when you have a congressman standing from the i.c.e. office in new york city comparing what we do to war crimes, we have a congressman who said, quote, the cowardly acts of i.c.e. officers that terrorize innocent immigrant communities. i.c.e. does more to protect communities than any politician has done. we arrested 100,000 criminals and removed them from the streets to. enforce a law enacted by you, congress, the next time you think about vilifying the men and women of i.c.e., i want you to do what i did this week. i want you to go to a national law enforcement wall, watch you walk that wall and read the names on that wall. there are over 400 i.c.e. officers whose hearts stopped beating defending this nation. it's a dishonor to the men and

women who give the ultimate sacrifice to vilify the women who carry badge and gun. so think twice before you do it, and as far as the hate they take for defending the men and women of i.c.e. and the border patrol, that will stop the day my heart stops to beat, and it won't end. though i may be retiring soon, this fight doesn't end with me. i'll stay engaged and keep fighting for you sir. thank you. i've worked with six presidents and i respect them all, but no president has done more than you for border security and law enforcement. i think every law enforcement officer at this table will agree with me. >> thank you very much, that's a great compliment. have you worked for six who respected you greatly, none more than me. i wish you could have said that to the press, but -- [laughter] >> here's the good news, have you such a beautiful full head of hair, you look good either way. [laughter] >> i appreciate it. that's very nice.

thank you very much, elaine? >> good afternoon, mr. president, and thank you for inviting us here to share thoughts with you. i'm the mayor of the city of laguna niguel in orange county, california, and i really appreciate the opportunity to let you know what our residents are feeling. please let the men and women of i.c.e. they have our gratitude and our deep, deep appreciation for what they do. >> thank you. >> but you know laguna niguel took a stance against sb 54, that is the greatest threat to the safety of all california residents. all of our residents, all of our communities and that includes our immigrant communities. the siloing or preventing law enforcement agencies from talking to each other is a threat to our agents and to the community, and. and that is what happens when law enforcement does not communicate.

so isn't it ironic in an agency that calls for increased transparency that the california legislature wants to prevent that so we think all of our residents deserve to live in a safe community and also, mr. president, there is an area where we need your assistance with. we will support you on preventing sb 54 and upholding i.c.e. does but in california we need your help with sober living homes. orange county has become known as the rehab riviera. hr 5724 is being introduced. we're appreciate help with that. local control is being attacked from sacramento every single day. >> i will take a look at that. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> steve miller, would you like to say something? >> what an honor to work for a president that has the backs of our enforcement officers.

everything you're doing every single day is saving so many lives across the country. it is an endless honor to be a part of it in a small way. thank you, sir. >> very nice. great job you did. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, mr. president, it is an honor to be here. i'm kristin gaspar representingest county here today, san diego county. 3 1/2 million constituents i am responsible for their public safety. look around this room, the tiny but mighty team, this is what governor brown classifies low-lives what politicians we are. you heard about the problems, heard about the statistics. i could have cite ad million things to give you. i have a stack of 3,000 emails in my office. these emails come in thank you, people supporting what we're doing. tiny little, less than 50 where people are very upset with what we're doing. >> how is the wall going? >> it is going. >> getting built, right?

san diego, they wanted it so badly. i said if we build it, we will lose a big constituency, because there won't be anybody saying we want the wall. but we had to build it. i know they're happy about it. >> i would like to share with you a story. sometimes -- issue is really important and a family reached out to me and i brought with me one single photo on the plane with the 3,000 emails is little difficult to carry. that photo was last photo taken of 27-year-old alexander mason, who was gunned down by an illegal immigrant who had previously been deported. now as the family picks up the pieces of their lives that have been shattered, his kill lives openly and freely in tijuana motel. now it is really interesting what is happening in san diego with our borders because, we've created a situation where governor brown