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It really is terrible. i would rather keep the families unified and detain them and a adjud kate them. >> should the president do that? >> that would be a good idea. >> this is not a policy that previous administrations have done. obama administration, bush administration did not separate people they were prosecuting crossing the border. they put them in family detention center. this is a deliberate decision by the trump administration to use it as a deterrent to get people to stop coming here e...

President bush and president obama talking about. it is something the government wants to deter because these are dangerous journeys and children are sometimes given to traffickers and used improperly in this. so the trump administration has made a policy decision. i dont think we are hearing a coherent defense of it. defenders would say we want to deter the use of kids. the problem is the parents who are determined to have brought their children here could not be held with their kids for more t...

From his office and, in fact,, you know, the last two administrations actually apparently thought about doing this and i read the detail that discussed these options. this is bad and this is this administration but will president trump be successful in convincing a number of voters that that is not the case, that it is somebody elses fault? i hope not. i hope they watch cnn and see what is really going on here. but, yeah, i think -- i think maybe some voters that were thinking, well, president t...

>> well, the administration started this zero-tolerance policy. that is a decision that they made previous administrations have not done that. that basically says anybody who is coming across the border will be apprehended. where the confusion lies is that theres a decades old court ruling, so it is not a law, that basically said that children cannot be in tough conditions. they basically cannot be in detention for long periods of time. so with the zero-tolerance policy saying everyone has to be...

The table. i think this president is. i met with the vice president, he said that this -- the chemistry between the two is very positive and i know personal chemistry is important to this president. but always having a healthy amount of skepticism when you deal with north korea. they deceived three prior administrations and presidents and each time gotten concessions from us and then thrown the united states and the global community under the bus. >> maria: and yet you still call this meeting a ...

>> immigration front and center. the president is going to meet with house republicans. >> family separation, a policy that has gone on in previous administrations >> if you do not want to be separated, do not cross the border illegally. follow the laws, follow the process. >> fbi director wray as well as inspector general michael horowitz testifying tomorrow before senator grassleys judiciary committee. will anyone be prosecuted? some republicans want to know why fbi agent peter strzok still ha...

And beacon for the globe, the president says its also about rule of law. and you look at whats happening in other countries. if you look at germany, angela merkel may be out of office soon soon. she has a problem there with migrants. you see what happens when you dont deal with this issue. this is contrast that we can look at and see. we have president trump trying to deal with what is an influ on his border. it happened under the past four previous administrations and now whats happening in ger...

What bill do you think youll go for predominately? the white house said he would support both. would he be able to basically, mold the clay during those meetings? >> yes i think last week we saw confusion. he said im not going to the moderates but then he backtracked. i think he wants a bill and he want to say going into the midterm elections, i did something on taxes, i did something on immigration and on the wall. he wants to be able to declare those victories. im not sure he will necessarily ...

Hes been willing to take the politically inconvenient stance that previous administrations have not been willing to take in order to address this issue so the president said i want a wall build the wall, well address daca, i want to help these kids. i want i think chain migration is stupid i think the visa lottery doesnt make any sense lets get rid of those but in the meantime were going to enforce the laws on the books andy doesnt mean i want to separate kids from their parents that happened by...

Are they being held or will they flee into the u.s.? >> their different ways it can be done. detention alternates can be ankle braces, regular monitoring. those are things that were done in previous administrations and it worked to get people back to the court. but in the time it takes to hear your court if it is shorter its easier for the goment to keep trk of you. if it is two years, its a lot harder. thats why theyre pushing for detention to request the present is meeting with white house rep...