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Theyve been focused on is the report that this committee did, the democrats on oversight that went through specific cases of family separation that have happened recently. so far he hasnt wanted to comment on specific cases, but he says that separations are rare. that were back to the policy that we would have seen before zero tolerance last summer that systematically separated children from parents because they crosseder illegally and its what you would have seen under president obama. a lot of...

To the partnership with mexico and our efforts to tackle the criminal organizations doing the smuggling. we cant stand pat. were working further in the region. wife been in central america twice in the last two weeks working with the governments of guatemala, el salvador, and honduras on the source of the organization and the criminal organizations exploiting and incentivizing people to enter the cycle. >> the drop in border crossings has provided a small reprieve for border stations. officials ...

Was horrifying, but they couldnt answer basic questions like is that officer there, was he penalized at all for anything that happened like this. at first, that initial intake, and this is a piece of the transparency, that initial intake said that the child was receiving counselling but they were not referring the allegation to an investigation. so it might be a matter of justice too late for some of these children. from a bigger picture, too, we have seen allegations, not just allegations, we h...

To do the right thing because he doesnt genuinely believe it. and as richard was saying its not a doctrine. its transaction by transaction on a piecemeal basis as he feels he can net an immediate win in the media. theres no long term strategy here. its just donald trump trying to get that photo-op that he thinks maybe will let his election prospects in 2020. >> lets turn to the internal report prepared by the department of homeland security, inspector general. and obtained by nbc news which coun...

An internal report showing that back in may conditions at a border station in el paso, texas were so bad that border agents feared riots. the documents challenge claims from the acting dhs chief kevin mclean an on friday, complaints from lawyers about poor conditions were unsubstantiated. im joined by nbcs julia ainsley whos been following the story from the beginning. what did the reports say about living conditions for migrants being detained at this station. >> craig, this report was done by ...

Has this exclusive reporting. take us through what the document is. back in may this is an inspector general report. what exactly was this report, what did it find, who did it go to? >> thats a great question. a lot of inspector general reports do become public. this was internal. it was put together by inspectors who did drop-ins to several border stations in the el paso sector. one they found in particular when they went to they said had terrible conditions, they found that 756 migrants, steve...

Secretary said those reports are unsubstantiated. we are treating people in a fair and human condition. it seems they have evidence to the contrary going back to mid may. and the other thing that really stood out to me, steve, is the fact that the agents there were so worried about the conditions that they actually expected hunger strikes or even a riot from the immigrants that they were detaining. so they started to arm their selves in places along the border in these border stations where they...

At the last minute. and this administration that kind of talk gets you favoritism. not like john sanders, he didnt have people to surround him and protect him in this situation. >> when you say, i want to return to this, theres going to be a vote later today. elaborate on your point about management versus funding. what does your reporting indicate about what breakdown is happening here. >> about 2, 2 1/2 weeks ago, we got these numbers that were staggering, that showed how many children were st...

Be a vote later today. elaborate on your point about management versus funding. what does your reporting indicate about what breakdown is happening here. >> about 2, 2 1/2 weeks ago, we got these numbers that were staggering, that showed how many children were stuck in these border stations across the border. most was in the rio grande valley and el paso where the clint facility was, and then in yuma. we said, okay, theyre overcrowded because yes they have a lot of unaccompanied children across ...

Breaking news from the trump administration. the acting head of customs and border protection has resigned. the timing comes amid reporting about the squalid conditions migrant children have been held in at border stations. >> and separately, the first ladys spokesperson, stephanie grisham has been named white house press secretary. back with us now nbc news correspondent hans nichols. what do we know about stephanie grishams appointment? shes press secretary and director of communications i und...