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Executive order i didnt see any specific direction. jacob, unless you did. >> no. something that occurred to me, if the administration doesnt get an exemption from the floors settlement, they basically have 20 days to figure this out. >> a great point. the executive order directs the attorney general to petition the judge who oversees that consent degree to be allowed out of the 20 day part of that consent degree. >> if they dont, they have 20 days to literally set up tent camps on army bases ar...

Their lives forever. thats what theyre hoping to do in the united states. and instead were putting them in this building and now taking their kids away from them at rates weve never seen historically before. >> if you just walked in right now, would they kick you out? >> no. and you know who else isnt letting us in, is the department of health and human services. >> meaning you would not be allowed to go in. >> theyre saying theres going to be another media tour of this facility. what about the ...

We got our first look at the family separation crisis. reporters were allowed into a processing facility for immigrants in texas. its where many children are taken from their parents. thats the moment when it happens and sent to separate facilities. now reporters were not allow today film inside. what youre seeing now are government provided images. still, you can see the chain-link fencing used to pen in immigrants. msnbcs own jacob was one of the ones who got a look inside the facility. jacob,...

Violence to get here and the process, and the president basically changed the rules on them. when he says he has to bring the democrats to the table. he has to bring the republicans to the table because right now mcconnell and ryan, they both control the calendars and theres two pieces of legislation that can stop this today. >> jacob, you were covering this story long before all the cameras showed up. and many of our colleagues started to care about this story. youve been here from the beginnin...

Administration appears to stand by its policy. casting blame on country. were covering all angles of this developing story. jacob is here with me. gabe gutierrez is in mexico. garrett haake on capitol hill. maria teresa kumar, president of voter latino. and immigration activist tonya chavez is with me as well. kristen welker is standing by for us in washington. kristen, let me start with you, if we can. walk us through some of what we heard from president trump. again, this appears to be, again,...

So, there are these inconsistencies in the way this is all playing out thats just making these terribly painful and irrational situations that seem like they could be put together in a way that just frankly makes more sense. >> jacob soboroff live in texas. thank you so much for spending your fathers day to bring us this story here. great reporting and im sure well talk to you again soon. i want to welcome my panel here with me on-set. the founding president and msnbc contributor teresa kumar....

The law. that is not true. theres not a law that forces kids to be separated from parents. so in a second were going to explain the argument the administration might be trying to make, and then tomorrow you have the president heading to the hill to meet with republicans on immigration. there were two bills floating around, one considered a more moderate version provides a pathway to citizenship for dreamers and billions of dollars for a border wall. heres the bottom line wall of this back and fo...

Families argue, she says, that it is mandated by law as we have been reminding you the trump administration, donald trump, the president himself, would have discretion to end this separation five minutes fr now, tomorrow if he wanted to. jacob is standing by along with congressman jerry nadler who is still with us. the congressman who went to visit a detention facility up in the northeast. i want to start with jacob, if you dont mind, because i know youve been doing a lot of recording from along...

And declare asylum. theres plenty of wonderful reporting about this, ive seen it first hand myself, there are massive backlogs at parts of entry that sometimes last not days but weeks. you have people sitting on the floor essentially as homeless people waiting to try to get there have even been some reports that customs and border protection officials have suggested that people dont enter the united states, were too busy or turn back. we all saw the migrant caravan and what happens when you get ...

You could have a mother that is taken away from their 2-year-old son or daughter and for 24 hours hypothetically that child could be inside this facility by themselves and you got to rely on onehoseocial care workers to change your d comfort you or any of the things that frankly i as a parent of a 2 1/2-year-old have to do with my son. it makes you sick to see it when youre inside there. and theres no sign of this letting up any time soon. >> all right, jacob, thank you so much. i mean, stunning...