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Flu and lice outbreaks were going untreated and children were sleeping in filthy conditions and on cold floors and taking care of each other because of the lack of attention from guards. some of them had been in that facility for weeks. and just last week, a justice department lawyer went before a panel of judges to argue that the government shouldnt be required to provide detained migrant children with soap, toothbrushes and showers atti s at customs and borders protections. >> its within every...

Personnel. >> right. well, ill tell you what, if mike pence says the government cannot afford toothbrushes and soap and diapers i will tell you -- >> he said its an appropriations issue, you know? >> well, mike, if you dont have the money in the federal government that runs a $22 trillion federal debt, well take care of it on "morning joe." ill make some phone calls today and well have a fund-raiser from the "morning joe" community and buy toothbrushes and soap and diapers. i did it before on my...

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 ...

>> not maybe. are a part. why do you say maybe? you mean there are circumstances when a person doesnt need to have a toothbrush, toothpaste and soap for days? >> well, i think in custody its frequently intended to be much shorter terms so it may be for a short earl term stay in custody that some of those things may not be required. >> 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 chi...

Toothbrushes and showers at customs and border protection facilities. look at. this. >> its within everybodys common understanding that you know if you dont have a toothbrush, if you dont have soap, if you dont have a blanket its not safe and sanitary. do you agree with that? >> well, i think its -- i think those are -- theres fair reason to find that those things may be part of -- >> not maybe. are a part. why do you say maybe? you mean there are circumstances when a person doesnt need a toothb...

>> cold floors. >> cold floors. having -- >> no hygiene. no toothbrushes, no soap. 7, 8-year-olds having to take care of 2, 3-year-olds who dont have diapers or walking around in dirty diapers. this is deplorable. and i -- i just wonder what the president and the republican members of congress are going to do about it. i mean, there have to be republican senators that have children and grandchildren who actually understand that it doesnt matter what color these childrens skin is. theyre just as ...

Moved out of border patrol custody without unnecessary delays. the conditions the lawyers found were shocking. flu and lice outbreaks were going untreated and children were filthy, sleeping on cold floors and taking care of each other because of the lack of attention from guards. some of them had been in the facility for weeks. just last week a justice department lawyer went before the panel of judges to argue that the government shouldnt be required to provide detained migrant children with soa...

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...

President trump often argues that hes not moved by press reports or criticism, but thats his words. if you watch what his administration does time and again, facts and pressure do shift things. today trump administration on defense over its treatment of migrant children and its acting to remove 300 from a texas federal facility that had horrific conditions. 10-year-old children taking care of sick toddlers because there was no one else to. untreated flu and lice outbreaks. on this program we rep...

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...