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The licensing is done at the state level and they have their own recommendations. were going to have to see how that policy dove tails. but thats not my concern. i dont understand the i.c.e. piece. that has already been suspended currently. they are not taking that kind of information and using it to act against the sponsors. so are you concerned that you are injecting something into it thats not really necessary under the current conditions because its suspended. >> this is the case because fir...

Warren was here today. amy klobuchar was here today. elizabeth warren characterized it as a private prison for children. hhs which operates the facility disagrees with the way she put it. but reality is there are people, human beings, john kelly, former chief of staff to president trump. what im looking forward to hearing from the democratic candidates tonight is not just what you dont like about what donald trump has done, but what are you going to do about this? what are you going to do about ...

Unaccompanied and what 2-year-old children would come here unaccompanied? they were separated from the loved ones and we have lost track of them and now look at the condition that the children are living in. wake up, america. we need to have the conscience that made our country great come back to us. >> and al, you are a passionate spokesman for this, and you and victoria have not gotten traction nor have we as much as we have covered it and all of our colleagues, and these kids now, and it has ...

Health conditions at these facilities. then, theres a bill that looks like it comes out of the republican controlled senate. its going to be different. what are the odds in the next few days, these two versions are reconciled and something passes. were up against funding deadlines for hhs and a lot of these services. >> right now, thats a very big question in washington whether they can reconcile these pretty quickly, steve. they have two or three days and not many lawmakers want to cancel their...

Humanitarian beads. a vote on the democratic proposal ends today. lawmakers have it back if they keep the time line mp the chair of the house democratic caucus recently outlined the border strategy. >> you should provide the humanitarian assistance necessary to change the conditions, particularly as it relate to that so we dont fund the reckless immigration screen. alex cesar says the effect on hhs would be like a government shutdown. help is coming immediately

>> families belong together in america everyone has rights. immigrants have rights and we just have to beat that drum for the next couple of weeks. and as we do so, we must also pass legislation that meets the humanitarian needs at the border. >> the clock is ticking on several fronts. a vote on the democratic proposal remains set for today. lawmakers leave washington for a week-long recess on thursday and the president pushed back his time line but said the deportations across the country will ...

A lot of power and nationwide injunctions. youre so hhs and a bunch of issues. that is another issue of this administration to hit. we have to talk about what is going on with prescription drug crisis. if i hear one more person of the cost of prescription drugs, the president said he would deliver. today, im looking at twitter. the president could be delivering on this. im going to be skeptical. what is happening? >> alex: what the president did to sign the executive order that gives what democr...

Unfortunately ever had. they are provided a safe environment. they are provided three square meals a day, snacks when we have funding from congress, they get recreation, for education services. >> laura: by the way do they have health and dental? >> alex: mental health, dental, vision and by the way, there is this false narrative that somehow we are trying to keep these kids with us for a long period of time. our goal at hhs is to have these kids with us for zero days if we could. we dont want a...

Youve seen it at hhs and a bunch of issues. that is another issue of this administration to hit. we have to talk about what is going on with prescription drugg crisis. if i hear one more person of the cost of prescription drugs, the president said he would deliver. today, im looking at twitter. the president could be delivering on this. im going to be skeptical. what is happening? >> alex: what the president did to sign the executive order that gives what democrats have said for decades what we ...

>> thats serious ratcheting up. i have a feeling you dont get to watch the debate, they have to make a bill become a law in the next 72 hours, while we deal with a couple of debates here. kelly odonnell, thanks very much. jacob, lets get on it. this money is needed. >> number one, hhs is where the unkpd migrant children are housed, taken care of. by all indications, everything i have seen, hhs has competent licensed child care professionals dealing with, we have to call it what it is, surge, rec...