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But let me tell what you i think about your zero-tolerance border policy when it comes to little children. when these two 7-year-olds died, they were in the custody of the united states. this was not a border issue. this was ha detention issue. why are we not making sure that those that we detain, whether i agree with the detention or others do or not, have medical care, checkup to see if there is any existing condition they bring to the country that should be treated? why are we acting as thoug...

And president trump are in a tough spot. griff: lets be honest this is not about the opioid crisis. the standoff is about the border. they have drawn very clear lines in the sand. we will find out later today where negotiations are people stopped for christmas and i think thats a good thing for the country. the government technically reopens tomorrow. they will be out and whether or not they are going to meet somewhere in the middle or whether the president is going to plant that flag and not mo...

Following. that border issue well be watching for a much longer time. kevin sheridan, thanks for joining us. merry christmas. indonesia stepping up efforts to save survivors after a tsunami leaves hundreds dead with many more injured or missing in the disaster zone. william? >> reporter: molly, this volcano remains active. experts fear the threat is not over in indonesia. while volcanic activity usually precedes an earthquake. it can cause tsunamis. officials count 370 dead, 120 missing, 1,000 i...

Democrats. and i want to get the read from former acting ice director tom holliman. you think its worth a fight? >> when the president took ownership, full responsibility for shutting the government down over this border issue, i applaud him for it. i think its an important issue ap hes the president. hes doing the right thing. neil: its actually $25 billion complete something like this, it would be a down payment. if the democrats are coming back, and you pointed out that they were for this ear...

Welcome back. british prime minister teresa may has survived a no-confidence vote from her party which could have seen her reproved from power. 67% of conservative mps voted to back her. it came aft-- after it became c it really had no chance of passing. the main sticking point is whats to the border between northern irela ireland. roughly one-third of mays draft brexit deal is devoted to that border issue. may told members of her party she will step down prior to the next general election in 20...

That level of opposition that you know what we saw today in palm and so i think its essentially pointless what shes trying to do is to go and try and get some negotiation from concessions from brussels brussels also sees the parliamentary dynamics whatever they would give what chances are they that that would prove that so i think its its a hopeless strategy she has been warning of this domino effect too she said if there is a second bridge that referendum in the result is the opposite of the fi...

Some of it is being a lawyer. >> laura: you cant advise them to live. >> we can tell them what the criteria is for them to be able to get into the country. >> laura: most of them are economic migrants. their claims are rejected. these are overwhelmingly economic migrants who want to be here, with family members and friends and want to work here. >> if they really are economic migrants, they process them, deny the cases and send them out. its a border issue. the migrants as im here to work, then ...

>> some of it is coaching and some of it is being a lawyer. >> laura: you cant advise them to live. >> we can tell them what the criteria is for them to be able to get into the country. >> laura: most of them are economic migrants. their claims are rejected. these are overwhelmingly economic migrants who want to be here, with family members and friends and want to work here. >> if they really are economic migrants, they process them, deny the cases and send them out. its a border issue. the migr...

There is no agreement in mexico how to handle the asylum-seekers can the president maintain that position there is likely to be litigation. it is unclear really where that goes. what is interesting with the deal with mexico is that apparently it stepped forward to say they can work in mexico and stay in mexico while the claims are adjudicated that would have limited the apparent border issue. but what president trump does in response he has said us border may be closed certainly that would be le...

Ought to be able to say, well, this is probably true. thats not necessarily the case anymore. even in the case you just mentioned, the dhs saying repeatedly theres no policy of separating children from their families, but the inspector general said thats not true, those statements were not true and did not reflect what was happening in the department. its a long-term problem for this administration beyond immigration and beyond this border issue, but in the immediate present, theres a whole lot ...