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Separated from their children in port isabel. jacob, your assessment from what you heard from the secretary of human services today and what it means about whats going on the southern b >> well, w dont know, lawrence. if six isctlly the right number of children reunited by hhs. we had an absolutely bizarre conference call with hhs today where lisa desjardins asked repeatedly three times in a row of hhs officials are you still receiving separated kids? and hhs refused three times in a row to answ...

Be reunited with their parents within 14 days and children five years of age and older must be back with families within 30 days. the pressure is coming from lead rs across the untry with 17 states joining the district of columbia to file a lawsuit saying president trumps policy is an afront to policy interest. jacob, app bng here. im hoping you can help sort some of this out. theres a lot of confusion about whats happening on the ground. you have dhs secretary saying every child will be reunite...

Will be in the united states as long as employers dont have to verify, dont have a system where they are held responsible for hiring people that dont have documentation. thats really one thing that both republicans and democrats have in common when it comes to immigration, they dont hold corporations accountable, only the poor people coming to work. >> talking about dual party system, vis-a-vis corporate america. i am familiar with that. jacob, lets step back. we talked the law and lawsuits. wha...

That got inside those texas detention centers and he has a special report on all of this new airing this weekend on nbcs "dateline", jacob is joining me now. what can you tell us? >> it was one of the most disgusting and despicable things to see and those kids were sitting in cages as a direct results of the trumps policy. takes the last six days and expand it out over the course of the last 20 plus years and united states. that a place where donald trump is putting little children in detention ...

Some ways. those 20,000 beds are 20,000 human beings we dont know ultimately what their future holds. >> and what jurisdiction will control over them which is the crucial question. >> thats exactly right. >> theres also the fact that theres lots of confusion at the doj level. i talked to a courthouse source this morning, they said they let these 17 people go. doj immediately says thats not true. >> i was amazed to hear there were some people trying to brush it off and the government saying that ...

Facility? why did you not let the american people hear what they are saying? >> thats ted liu trying to force the issue on an emotional side from a democratic perspective playing that audio on the floor and making an issue of this on the u.s. house of representatives. chris, the house is gone now. there are no more votes scheduled this week. for something that the president on one hand described at the border issue as a urgent crisis a left folks feel like the separation issue is urgent, it will...

Diplomacy with mexico. in fact, it seems like its one of his biggest nemesises. >> i want to thank you. jacob, the work you have done on this, especially in the last week, couldnt be more important. the president can say all day long, dont pay attention. its fake news, and you have been there. weve gotten to see you every day for the last week on the border telling these stories. it is a privilege to get to work with you and to see this reporting every day. thank you for doing this. >> you were ...

Affected simply because several of the roads, some of the main thoroughfares are flooded. the airport is about 15 minutes from where we are right now. i think weve got this statement from the communications director thats been handed to me. >> we already shared that. were seeing pictures of her now. shes got secretary with her. craig, if you just stand by for a moment. jacob has just joined us by phone. jac jacob, have you been to that center or do you know the conditions? >> do we know the name...

Thats how its supposed to work. for the unaccompanied kids. >> what we also heard melania trump ask is how often they can speak with their parents. the director said the parents, the adults are vetted to make sure they are the custodial parent and can have conversations twice a week with their parents. jacob, you have some context for this kind of facility compared to the facilities you were in mcal enalen and brownsville. >> reporter: according to the pool here, six of children in this faciliti...

They have 3,335 beds and at a rate of about 420 people families crossing the border every day. they would fill up in eight days. where do they go? what is the defense departments responsibili in all of this and are they going to be kept in humane conditions because the flores settlement in the 90s was about addressing that exact question, what conditions are good muff for children. it was determined under the obama administration when they went back and revisited that agreement that very little ...