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He goes on to try to pretend he doesnt know that he and his boss are doing the exact opposite. >> 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? >> well, of course they are, jake. >> the lawyer was arguing -- >> i cant speak to what that lawyer was saying. >> we have money to give to tooth paste and blankets to the kids in el paso county right now. >> of course we do. >> so w...

Me and confusing to a defense official i spoke to who said any time military options are presented to the president, the potential casualty assessment, the battle assessment is one of the first things that the president would be told. president trump said yesterday that he got, quote, very odd numbers early on in terms of the assessment, the casualty assessment. what does that mean? and why would the president have only gotten the casualty numbers, as you put it, very late in the process? >> wel...

President supported providing him the broadest range of options, including the use of military force. but the presidents the one that makes the decision and as he indicated very late in the process he was given an estimate that just simply was unacceptable to him. >> 150. >> this is a president -- i think -- i hope that this is also a message to the iranian people. this is a president who hopes for the best for the people of iran. it was the united states back in 2009 in the midst of the green r...

>> of course we do. >> why arent we? >> my point is its all a part of the appropriations process. weve got to get to the root causes. weve got to close the loopholes that human traffickers, as we speak, are using to entice vulnerable families to take the long and dangerous journey north. >> im not taking issue with any of that. im talking about the kids -- just listen -- >> jake, its also the reason why the president a few short weeks ago said that mexico needed to step up -- >> they did and the...

This move and, so thats what we find so concerning about the timing here. if were all supposed to be located at this new facility, the last day of the physical year, then why -- whats the rush? it obviously has to do with this appropriations process. >> when you say they recommended that your agency in particular within usda, that your, as far as i understand, the budget for your entity should be cut by half and the staffing should be cut by half. has the secretary explained the way they intend ...

Serving. i understand you have been getting support in congress and legislative support to block the effort by the agency. >> the house has put through the appropriations process a bill that would stop the move and so thats what we find so concerning about the timing here. if we are all supposed to be located at this new facility, the last day of the physical year, then whats the rush? it obviously has to do with the appropriations process. >> when you say they recommended that your agency in pa...

>> what do you expect the congressional response to be here? >> its going to be to try to work in language, with the defense bill thats going through or get the appropriations process. this seems to have buy in with the republicans. they are making the argument into some sort of legislation. the question is these builders, they will probably get through koeng, it will take months before they do. if theres some sort of military war and theres a lot before they get the bill through congress. how m...

Consternation and controversy. why do you think we need this? >> the floors agreement is an excellent agreement. it basically creates if they grab a child to have a visa to get into the united states and its really ridiculous. even if his well-intentioned is a bad policy and it has to end. we are on that letter in the house but theres also an initiative in the senate with senator lindsey graham working very hard on his side of the building. were going to have to get this done if we want to fix t...

World. we are cracking down on the problems that our country faces.in look, in america, we reelect presidents when we are not at war and when the economy is strong. and, in donald trumps case, he has got a very strong hand. the democrats, all they have is try to make him illegitimate and they have tried for two years, and it aint working. >> jason: this is thee problem, congressman biggs. they have nothing to run on. you take bill de blasio and people like swalwell in california, and their polic...

Opioid addiction and overdose. that to me is brought here by the mexican cartels and they are using our borders as a way to do it. >> sandra: it wasnt just democrats who voted against the presidents emergency declaration. members of your own party, senator barrasso. what does it say about the republicans who did not vote in line with the white house on this? >> every one of those republicans is committed and were all united on securing the border. they want the money to be there to do it. we nee...