{"id":921,"date":"2015-08-30T14:08:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T18:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=921"},"modified":"2015-08-30T14:08:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T18:08:55","slug":"mtp-sunday-exclusive-gov-walker-politicians-are-trying-to-distract-with-birthright-issue-wall-on-canadian-border-a-legitimate-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/30\/mtp-sunday-exclusive-gov-walker-politicians-are-trying-to-distract-with-birthright-issue-wall-on-canadian-border-a-legitimate-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"MTP SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE: GOV. WALKER: \u201cPOLITICIANS ARE TRYING TO DISTRACT\u201d WITH BIRTHRIGHT ISSUE; WALL ON CANADIAN BORDER \u201cA LEGITIMATE ISSUE\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gov. Scott Walker: \u201cOur [poll] numbers will go up again.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Amb. Brett McGurk: Fight against ISIS \u201cis going to be a very long term, multi-year campaign.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Amb. Brett McGurk: U.S. will \u201ctake in more\u201d Syrian refugees next year.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

AUGUST 30, 2015 — In an Sunday exclusive interview with \u201cMeet the Press\u201d moderator Chuck Todd, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker<\/strong> said politicians who are talking about birthright citizenship are \u201ctrying to distract from\u2026.promises about securing the border and enforcing the laws they haven’t been able to fulfill.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Republican presidential candidate also addressed border security, describing a wall north of the border as \u201ca legitimate issue for us to look at.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amb. Brett McGurk, <\/strong>deputy special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, also joined the show, discussing the ISIS fight one year later and describing it as a \u201cvery long term, multi-year campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show reflected on the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with reporting from MSNBC\u2019s Trymaine Lee<\/strong>, with an update on his award-winning reporting from then as well as a conversation with author Macolm Gladwell <\/strong>on his contribution to The New Yorker, \u201cStarting Over.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The show also included insight from NBC News\u2019 Richard Engel <\/strong>into a possible strategy change against ISIS and a panel discussion with Yahoo News!\u2019 Matt Bai<\/strong>; The New York Times\u2019 Helene Cooper<\/strong>; MSNBC\u2019s Melissa Harris-Perry<\/strong>; and Republican strategist Steve Schmidt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

MANDATORY CREDIT: NBC NEWS\u2019 \u201cMEET THE PRESS\u201d <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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