CUOMO: Something you're not hearing a lot about. Everybody's talking about the Dreamers but did you know that the Trump administration just told more than 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador who fled twin earthquakes in 2001 that they must go. The decision to cancel their temporary resident permits comes with an 18-month grace period in order to give them to time to apply for other forms of immigration relief or leave the U.S. Critics say El Salvador isn't ready for the influx from the U.S., which is why the temporary status has been extended. The serious issues there -- these are now families with homes, kids, and jobs.</s>CAMEROTA: President Trump's Health and Human Services nominee, former pharmaceutical insider Alex Azar, heads to Capitol Hill for his confirmation hearing. Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee are expected to grill him on rising drug prices and the future of Medicare and Medicaid. Republicans are expected to give their unanimous support to Azar.</s>CUOMO: All right, you ready for this? This Kansas state lawmaker was in this town meeting arguing about whether or not to legalize marijuana, OK, and one of his reasons for being against the legalization was this. Listen carefully -- the tape's not great.</s>REP. STEVE ALFORD (R), KANSAS: What you really need to do is go back in the thirties when they outlawed all types of drugs in Kansas and across the United States, what was the reason they did that? One of the reasons why, and I hate to say it, is that the African-Americans, they were basically users and they basically responded the worst on those drugs just because of their character makeup, their genetics, and that.</s>CUOMO: That is Republican State Rep. Steve Alford in a public meeting. And yes, he just said African-Americans had the worst response to marijuana as a function of their character and makeup. He then issued a statement saying he was wrong -- duh -- and sincerely apologized to anyone he hurt. Why do we play this?
Kansas Lawmaker Apologizes For Remarks On Blacks.