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The president reportedly did not move the ball much tonight in his talk with house republicans about immigration. one reason, according to a lawmaker in the room, he didnt focus enough on the subject, though he did tweet about it moments ago. homeland security secretary nielsen did a fabulous job yesterday. the press conference explaining security at the border and for our country, while at the same time recommending changes to obsolete and nasty laws, which force family separation. we want hear...

The court date. so thats the reason for enacting this policy, both to send the message that this is the wrong way to seek entry in the united states, but also to make sure that when we detain them, their children can be with them, but they are going to be detained at the border and not allowed into the country until it is determined that they are entitled to be in the country. >> is this not, though, something the president could act on immediately? i mean, even just temporarily while the bills ...

Together, were building a better california. earlier in the program democratic senator jeff merkley talked about what they go through on the border. people about to go through that process are waiting, trying to go through that process. jeff talked to people on the border trying to go through the process. it takes a court date but a lot of them are waiting. >> this is roberto and his son oscar. how did it go? very good, very good, roberto said. he and his son are from guatemala and theyre in o...

Of the hour, but there is breaking news on capitol hill. he spoke to republicans about the policy of separating migrant children at the border. the president says only congress can fix this. the facts say otherwise. that said, with nearly 2300 kids now separated from their parents, what did the president accomplish tonight? phil mattingly joins us tonight from the capitol. what more are you learning about what happened in the presidents meeting? >> reporter: yeah, anderson, their office is inund...

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Fact, the idea was to send a really strong deterrent message and that this was going to be part of the a crackdown at the border that would change the migration patterns that he sees as so destructive to america. >> david, it is interesting, because now the administration seems to be downplaying the idea that this was meant to be a deterrence, but certainly from comments that sessions has made and comments that stephen miller has made and general kelly has made, it clearly was designed to try to...

From making these kinds of analogies to nazi germany. whats going on on the border is bad enough, and the president has the right to stop it. im appalled at the presidents statement that he doesnt have the power to reunite these families. >> youre saying he does. >> of course he does. the same article 2 that gives him the kind of power he complains of in another context gives him the power to see that the laws are faithfully executed. the way to faithfully execute laws is not to separate familie...

Pass at the border and on capitol hill. joining me now is jonathan capeheart from the washington post. here were talking about children being separated at the bord border. the attorney general justifying it but blaming it on the bible. sarah sanders being challenged by that in the briefing. in fact, we have that. lets play a bit of sarah sanders at yesterdays briefing. >> dont you have any empathy? youre a parent. dont you have any empathy for what these people are going through? come on. >> set...

Should do something. looking at the immigration policies, we want strong borders and laws and followed, but as a country, we have to determine where do our values lie here, you know, you mentioned, scott, the, how the children are going to look at the united states, but also, i think, we step back broader, how does the world look at the united states as far as the leader, a moral leader, something that we should be coming together and focusing on, and the second thing, which, you know, lost in t...

Telecommunications. so whether its passage at the bord border, people talking about it in other phones, the issue is the ploliticizization. sweeping invasive authorities that i think from time to time can be abused. i think every american right left or in the middle should be conce concerned about it. >> we also need to be clear about who were meeting and where. to simply say i was meeting with a russian hedge fund manager, you and i both know thats not like saying im meeting with charles schwab...