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Put into foster care or whatever. >> over the weekend, you know weighing this separation on a law passed by democrats. whats the truth? >> the truth is a little more complicated than that. some tweeting over the weekend puts pressure on democrats to end the horrible law that separates children from their parents once they cross the border and into the u.s. the reality is quite different. these are illegal immigrations. these are people that were taken at the border. >> losing some kids, that goe...

>> if youre smuggling a child, then were going to prosecute you. and that child will be separated from you probably, as required by law. if you dont want your child to be separated, then dont bring him across the border illegally. >> reporter: to be clear, this is not an issue that is isolated to the trump administration. prior administrations have had the same issue, families have been separated for many, many years as they come through the border for various issues and reasons. immigration law...

Kim may have met his match with our unconventional president. >> is this an effective strategy? >> they do sort of publicly negotiate in similar ways where they will use very optimistic language and then turn around the next day and say, my arsenal is bigger than your arsenal. the question is where is it all going? part of the u.s. posture from u.s. experts who have been critical of president trump over the years or spanned phultd pell administrations from both parties is that knowledge is power...

With people, through the system of catch and release. they dont return for their court date. they disappear. >> in humane. absolutely in humane. it is absolutely in humane. >> i cant get a word in edgewise. >> it is a policy position being pressed by this president. we can talk about past administrations. but president trump has the power right now to do something about this. hes always talking about whats beautiful and whats good. well, this is rotten to the core, to treat children like this, t...

Illegally. if you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you. and that child may be separated from you as required by law. >> it seems pretty crystal clear there, david drucker. >> yeah. look, i think there are a couple of things to understand here. one, we have the bureaucratic mismanagement in the federal government across administrations, republican and democrat. but here we have a sort of change in tone and policy from this administration that is clearly trying to use this as a deterr...

Forward through administrations but its been a rocky road? >> absolutely. you know, i think, improved national missile defense, bringing back president reagan, the strategic defense initiative, you know, is one of the solutions. when youre dealing with existential threat like this, an existential threat that could end your civilization. you want belts and suspenders. the worst thing would be to -- we are facing threats from north korea, iran developing ballistic missiles. china accelerating deve...

Thinking this might happen. president obamas national security council was handed a report in 2014 showing extensively what the russians planned to do in terms of interfering not just in the u.s. elections including the 2016 presidential election but in western democracies across the globe. mostly in europe. we saw this happen in europe. we knew it was coming. barack obama essentially laughed in mitt romneys face when he brought it up at 2012 as russia being a threat. here we are now with the ob...

With our allies, its a short term problem. i dont think in the long run that its going to be any kind of major problem for us. i think the europeans and others are looking at mr. trump and saying, who is this guy? and then theyre realizing this guy is a world leader. >> trish: well, look, he certainly had some impact thus far. and theres a lot of potential good that can come of some of the policy decisions hes made thus far. but nonetheless, general, hes walking a tight rope, right? if you think...

Republicans have tried to carry this forward through administrations but its been a rocky road? >> absolutely. i think improved national missile defense bringing back president reagans vision through the strategic defense initiative, you know, is one of the solutions. when youre dealing with existential threat like this, an existential threat that could end your civilization, you want belts and suspenders, okay? in addition to hearneding the grid, the best thing would be to stop a warhead from b...

Areas in iraq, afghanistan, and other points around the world. its worth more than to say thank you for your service to just remember and to continue to support those who are serving, their families, their survivors. >> what does that support look like? what should it look like? >> it should come in many ways. it should come through service to those who have served in supporting organizations like veteran service organizations such as iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. it should come up t...