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And arrest those immigrants who came forward. >> you get punished. as youre reporting out that, tell me, tal, what can you -- the plan to divert $260 million to cover the cost of housing undocumented kids. whats the story there? >> yeah, thats right. this is also related. so as it becomes harder for these children to leave custody, in part because of this enhanced vetting, the numbers in custody are skyrocketing. and weve learned that hhs has actually requested to divert more than $260 million f...

Connect with the family. its possible some of the families may not want to respond to the government when they call and may be undocumented themselves, but the follow-up calls started because members of congress have been pressing after eight children in ohio were placed with human traffickers, and they have been pressing on hhc to do the follow-ups and make sure the adults were suitable for the children, and some could not be verified who they went to. thats how much unknown there is in the sys...

That i.c.e. has actually arrested dozens of immigrants who came forward to take in these children who are in the custody of the government, who came to the u.s. by themselves. now, this is actually related to the fact that once again, over a three-month span, hhs could not locate 1,500 of the children it had released from custody. after that information broke, in the wake of other stories about these children being placed with unsuitable adults, a memorandum of agreement was signed between hhs a...

This time its 1,500 children. officials say they are placed in the homes of sponsors and now the sponsors cannot be reached. >> thats right, john. what happens is when these immigrant children come to the u.s. alone, they go into these facilities run by hhs and are eventually released to adults suitable by hhs, and once that happens hhs no longer has responsible for the children, and they have been trying to do follow-up calls. over a three-month period from april to june, they called almost 12,...

>> thats what it seems like. >> this has been the gamble all along. it was a bluff, basically, to be like okay, fine, cocome in, create conditions that were wildly unfavorable to her in many ways. when she didnt come, say -- >> the mind-set is to brazen this out. >> yes. >> people have a hard time understanding this mind-set because people are basically decent. but they want to win this. and thats what theyre going to do. >> what do you know -- brett kavanaugh was in the circle, he was with -- t...

They have been suspended without pay in connection to the investigation into brock long. as we take a look now at the president walking off the plane. its a wider shot than we typically see. the president coming off, shaking the hands of folks there in north carolina on the ground. again, you are going to see administration officials walking behind him as well as the senators of north and south carolina. brock long is under fire for this internal investigation. he is saying he is totally focused...

Understanding this mind-set because people are basically decent. but they want to win this. and thats what theyre going to do. >> what do you know -- brett kavanaugh was in the circle, he was with -- the -- running hhs, ann coulter, yourself. >> laura ingram. >> this is the crew of people around the star investigation who were determined to bring down the clinton -- >> thats right. >> presidency. >> thats right. and, you know, i mean, there was unethic unethical behavior by brett kavanaugh then ...

The state and local level at the territorial and tribal level and with federal partners and agencies like the red cross and hhs to insure people with disabilities have what they need during evacuation, sheltering, pre-and post landfall. part of our coordination efforts are to insure that we are in close communication with our state and local partners to insure that any unmet needs that people with disabilities have during evacuation or sheltering and in terms of response and recovery are met and...

Of homeland security has been diverting tens of millions of dollars to i.c.e. to cover the cost of deporting and detaining immigrants from fema, the coast guard, tsa and domestic nuclear protection office. can you explain the number in the jump? is it more children coming across the boardrder. >> last year was a historic low in terms of border crossing. its still the high e its been in the recordkeeping of hhs. the big part is slow down. its staying longer. it has to do with trump policies where...

Talked about merritt garland and the treatment he got, then talked about judge kavanaugh being qualified are the bench. there are people who have worked with him as you have who are on the opposite side of the political spectrum, this. and republicans in general who backed him on character and clagfications. that -- cllfications. . justice kagan hired him to teach. >> harris: some of the people who worked for him, politically different, are with him. susan collins saying he could have lied, but ...