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Even as it faces these challenges in. court? >> i dont think so. the house democrats have been very assertive with the fact that health care is the biggest issue over the mid-terms, it was their big issue they were going to campaign on and they want to keep the aspects of affordable care act in place and just to improve upon it. they have no desire to repeal it and to start from scratch. it doesnt make any sense. what would make sense is to work on improving the problems with obamacare that peop...

Julia, what do we know about julia, what do we know about what happened while she was in u.s. custody? >> all right, chris. so jacqueline call crossed the border in new mexico, and she was apprehended near a place called antelope wells. its not your typical border station that would have medical personnel or asylum officers who were ready to hear her case and administer care. she was actually held with 163 other immigrants for about eight hours, before they were put on a bus and taken to a large...

Border. this is jakelin caal maquin, 7 years old from guatemala. she died from dehydration and shock after crossing from the southern border and being taken into federal custody. she was put on a bus with her father when her father told the authorities she was sick and vomiting. she was on that bus for at least 90 minutes. and in cases of severe dehydration every minute counts. by the time that bus reached its next stop at a border station she was no longer breathing. the trump administration in...

To do. the trump administration is illegally blocking fathers and daughters like this from seeking asylum at our border stations, and so they face the choice of hopelessly waiting near a border station for the trump administration to suddenly decide to obey the law or finding another more dangerous way to cross. nbc n nbcs cal perry has been covering the situation at the border today. he spoke with border congressman texas democrat beto orourke who was visiting a migrant center in jaurez mexico....

Reporting on the death. julia, what do we know about what happened while she was in u.s. custody? >> all right, chris. so jacqueline call crossed the border in new mexico, and she was apprehended near a place called antelope wells. its not your typical border station that would have medical personnel or asylum officers who were ready to hear her case and administer care. she was actually held with 163 other immigrants for about eight hours, before they were put on a bus and taken to a larger fac...

There is a new tragic face of the cruelty at our southern border. this is jakelin caal maquin, 7 years old from guatemala. she died from dehydration and shock after crossing from the southern border and being taken into federal custody. she was put on a bus with her father when her father told the authorities she was sick and vomiting. she was on that bus for at least 90 minutes. and in cases of severe dehydration every minute counts. by the time that bus reached its next stop at a border statio...

Samaritans who are doing what donald trumps bible tells them to do. the trump administration is illegally blocking fathers and daughters like this from seeking asylum at our border stations, and so they face the choice of hopelessly waiting near a border station for the trump administration to suddenly decide to obey the law or finding another more dangerous way to cross. nbcs cal perry has been covering the situation at the border today. he spoke with border congressman texas democrat beto orou...

Father at first told border agents his daughter was in good health. it was noted on an english language intake form that the father signed. but he does not speak english. the father and daughter waited for hours before boarding a bus to a nearby border station. dhs says on the way to new mexico 95 miles away, the girl ran a high fever and started vomiting. at one point, she stopped breathing. agents revised her and called ahead for emergency medical help. just over an hour after reaching the bor...

Border station or you went to a border station and in fact made your claim of asylum. now youre waiting -- youre exposed to waiting much, much more than would have been the case frankly weeks ago. >> steve, i know youve been critical on some of the immigration policies of this administration and obviously suppor supportive of others. i think its fair to say theyre trying to make it as difficult as possible to actually seek asylum. is that appropriate? >> i think it is appropriate, and anderson, ...

And talk about why were here which i think is evidence of the failed policies of enforcement only as the way to address what is really a humanitarian crisis. >> is that weight of weeks or months a normal amount of time? obviously they made the asylum process more difficult. >> certainly the way its been working in past years is that you would actually be able to state your claim for asylum very quick quickly at times where you were apprehended between ports of entry or you went to a border stati...