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President who doesnt respect the boundaries between the emoluments clause of our constitution, his own personal interests, and the possible conflicts of center interest in his public conduct and we have an toenk who i, an attorney general who i think is blind to the potential appearance of propriety by having his holiday party at the trump hotel in washington, d.c. >> is there anything the judiciary committee can do about it as part of the oversight function? >> when we get back into session sep...

Appropriations process. >> was part of your no vote and a no vote of a number of your colleagues, a warning for pelosi, for speaker pelosi and the house leadership, if so, what was the warning? >> for me the no vote because this does not do enough to take care of the children. it does not do enough to give them the basic human rights and military needs for medical care and for making sure that we can move them out of the facilities as quick will i as possible. little babies should not be detaine...

Means awkwardly chuckling while shifting blame elsewhere. >> this is again -- we have money to give tooth paste and soap and blankets to these kids right now we do. >> of course we do. >> why arent we? >> my point is its all part of the appropriations process. >> part of the appropriations or part of the stench. from dr. dolly a pediatrician that recently visited the detention center in mcallen, texas. what exactly did the kids you talked to tell you about the conditions that they are being kept...

Conceived and executed by the trump administration as a deterrent. they admitted that. not the president. as for the current influx, experts say there are many factors driving migration through mexico from central americas northern triangle countries. it starts in those countries and president trump said hes cutting off aid to them or wants to which used to go to improving conditions there and trying to reduce the reasons to leave. it continues through mexico which is only sporadically guarded t...

For nearly 250 migrant children held at the customs and border protection facility in clint, mexico. jake tapper asked vice president p pence. we have known give toothpaste, soap, blankets we would. >> of course we do. >> why arent we? >> my point is, its all a part of the appropriations process. congress needs to provide additional support to deal with the crisis at the southern border. >> as of june 10th, more than 52,000 unaccompanied children have been transferred from dhs to hhs. thats a ...

Pence quickly pivoted to politics. >> we have money to give toothpaste and soap and blankets to these kids in el paso county right now. >> of course we do. >> why arent we? >> my point is, its all a part of the appropriations process. congress needs to provide additional support to deal with the crisis at our southern border. >> as of june 10th, more than 52,000 unaccompanied children have been deported from dhs. an extraordinary denial from president trump. according to the president, written...

Toothbrush, tooth paste and soap for days? >> well, i think in cv sprks custo -- cbp custody, for a shorter stay, some of those things may not be required. >> those judges were rightfully flabbergasted. vice president mike pence was asked about the conditions at those facilities. heres how he responded. >> arent toothbrushes and blankets and medicine, basic conditions for kids, arent they a part of how the united states of america, the trump administration treats children? >> of course they are ...

Blankets and medicine, basic conditions for kids, arent they a part of how the united states of america, the trump administration, treats children? >> well, of course they are, jake. >> well, the lawyer was arguing -- >> i cant speak to what that lawyer was saying. thats why we asked for more bed space. >> we asked to give blankets to the kids in el paso county. >> of course we do. >> so why arent we? >> well, my point is its all about part of the appropriations process. congress needs to provid...

And their communities. youre scaring the children. >> this coming amid shocking reports of unhealthy and unsanitary conditions in the border detention facilities. the white house on defense, after a trump administration attorney also argued in court that it shouldnt have to give soap or tooth brushes or showers to kids detained at the border. >> this is the wealthiest nation in the world. we have money to give toothpaste and soap and blankets to these kids in this facility in el paso county. rig...

Empty, immoral and defensible. i wonder what you learned from watching that. >> i thought that struggling was the least that should have happened there. i mean, that was a horrific policy decision by the trump administration to say that safe and sanitary conditions dont include toothbrushes, dont include blankets, forcing people to sleep on concrete floors with only a sheet of aluminum foil over them as a blanket. saying that sleep is not part of a safe and sanitary condition. i mean, all this s...