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Administration not thinking through what the policy will entail. now, there are things that need to be done. how quickly is this administration mobilizing to change, to do things like jill is laying out there, getting whats needed to the children, be it medical attention, or just sundry items to keep them healthy and all right in the captivity theyre in right now. >> so, the administration is saying that they are trying to provide as many resources as they can to the children. and to locate them...

And thats the last we heard from him. no one knows whether they crashed into a mountain, shot down, whether they were taken captive. no one really knows. there are some documents that give us hints that some of them may have been in captivity. but even that is not positive evidence. >> martha: joan, you know, obviously these are difficult circumstances and you heard secretary pompeo say theyre committed to bringing them back. what we know about some of the grave yards that were used and some of ...

Immigration until after the elections. now back to "dateline." welcome back to "dateline." im craig melvin. the kidnapped victim, gerfa lunsmann released from captivity. what happened to her son? here is keith morrison. >> reporter: in the dark of a philippine jungle, surrounded by men with hate in their eyes, gerfa lunsmann looked, terrified, at her 14-year-old son. an approaching car had put the kidnappers on alert. and now one of them held an automatic rifle to kevins head. >> i just said, ...

What may, down that cliff. and then, two months into their captivity, the moment came. gunfire pierced the silence. the kidnappers grabbed their weapons and ran toward the front of the camp. and the captives, impulse in unison, squeezed through the cage and slid off the edge of the cliff. >> there was no time to think what happened, "no, we got to go now." >> down a slope like that. >> yeah. were trying to get -- >> head first. >> yes. head first, holding onto the roots and the bushes. >> report...

Closing argument. first something that makes no sense. the first lady was going to visit the border to show she cares about kids in captivity even though the architect of their despair is her husband who took them from their parents. now that was odd. but then it got bizarre when she wore this to the plane. i dont care what the first lady cares, but at first i thought this message was fake. it isnt. her spokesperson said the jacket means nothing. there is no meaning. you could argue shouldnt it ...

Cares about kids in captivity even though the architect of their despair is her husband who took them from their parents. now that was odd. but then it got bizarre when she wore this to the plane. i dont care what the first lady wears, but at first i thought this message was fake. it isnt. her spokesperson said the jacket means nothing. there is no meaning. you could argue shouldnt it have said "i really do care" but whatever. then the president tweets this. i really dont care, do you, written o...

Now because this has been so haphazard or is it that the president does not intend to expedite reunification? we dont know. many of these kids, as i said, are hundreds of thousands of miles away. this idea of reuniting them, its getting harder, not easier. the government has trouble tracking kids in this situation and we know that the ownness is still put on the parents, who are often broke and uneducated migrants, to find their own kids. in fact, the administration is now asking the court -- th...

Are confused about what to do now because this has been so haphazard or is it that the president does not intend to expedite reunification? we dont know. many of these kids, as i said, are hundreds of thousands of miles away. so this idea of reuniting them, its getting harder, not easier. we already know the government has trouble tracking kids in this situation. and we know the onus is still put on the parents, who are often broke and uneducated migrants to find their own kids. in fact, the adm...

Already been wrought. every day a child is separated from their parents without knowing whats going to happen to themselves. it is creating the potential for life-long effects of the trauma. im very concerned about these children who have no ideas what lies ahead of them. for children, the most important thing is for them to feel safe. to have traveled through and experienced the trauma of not just a journey to get here, but their life in their home village. and then to be torn from their parent...

Refrain these families from reaching the border in light of what is happening. we need to find a permanent solution. >> reverend, you delivered the prayer -- a prayer at the presidents inauguration. did anything that you saw over the last week or so make you regret doing that, or have you had any second thoughts? >> oh, no, i dont regret lifting up the name of jesus. i dont regret advancing the gospel to 1.1 billion people around the world. so, i worked with george w. bush. i served faithfully p...