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Now to the thousands of children who have been separated from their parents along the southern border and packed into dozens of shelters. ever since the trump administration announced a zero tolerance policy that separates undocumented parents from their kids, the number of kids in government custody has spiked. right now the hhs is housing more than 11,000 migrant children and that number is getting bigger every day. in fact, those shelters are so packed right now that the government is reporte...

>> okay. ben wittes, ken dilanian, jess mcintosh, we want to get in more breaking news. stick with us if you can. well follow the ig reporting but lets go to the breaking news from down south. a torna a temporary shelter location has been chosen in texas for migrant children being separated from their parents. jacob soboroff toured a detention facility where children are being held. jacob, you are getting a lot of attention for this report because when you toured this -- we should note cameras w...

The department of health & human services and hope to tour this one in the days to come or next week. the idea is that you are going to put these 450 kids under those tents. a journalist on twitter just pointed out to me that today in that city, the temperature is 100 degrees. it is humid here in south texas. these are obviously outside facilities. ive been inside former maricopa county sheriff joe arpaios tent city in the phoenix desert and it is unbearable. inhabitants of that tent city say it...

Country, which critics say doesnt even work. >> my goodness. all right, jacob, stay with me. extraordinary reporting. i really appreciate you doing this. this is a story that needs to be told. i want to bring my panel in. robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post." also the moderator of "week week" on pbs. and my old friend, brendan greely, editor of the research note, all we know so far. i dont even understand why this is happening. >> he doesnt get a lot of attention b...

With apologies to chuck todd, if its tuesday is primary day, and todll eyes are on california where democrats are hoping to take a first step toward flipping a handful of house seats. but the process is little different in cal. youve got the top two finishers in each congressional district who will go on to compete in the general, no matter what party they belong to. thats a concern for democrats because so many of them are running in these competitive y primaries. their fear is republicans spld...

And you know how i sign off. theres always good news somewhere and we think good news ruhles. this news is great. ♪ did you hear is that? is a 10-year-old boy behind the piano. jacob velazquez called up on tag at a concert sunday night to show off his musically genius. but velazquez also took to the microphone to share with the owat he is autistic and proud of it. >> im really excited to show people that just because you have awe six doesnt mean youre not smart, talented and -- >> smart, talen...

Pretty quiet. but in the meantime, you can take a ballot selfie after youre done casting your vote. i know youre a fan of the selfie. >> right up your alley. jacob in his golf whisper voic ank you, well be checking back in throughout the day joining me now is tom steyer. tom, thanks for being on the show put listened to jacobs piece, jacobs story there. democratic hopes of flichippinge house could die on the vine tonight. is it appropriate for national dems to come in and play inside of these ra...

Held by democrat diane feinstein who is running for reelection. the two top finishers face off in the primary election. that could mean we will see a democrat running against a democrat or a rn against a republican. democrats are fohold 14 of the house states. 9 of the 14 republican held seats are competitive. hillary clinton won seven of those gop districts in 2016. democrats would need to win those districts to have at shot at retaking the house. joining us now to talk about this is jacob sobo...

Persuade or is he going to think can he go into that meeting and negotiate the best deal possible with kim jong-un even if the circumstances arent as perfect as they could be? i think that, you know, this is a case in which perhaps his ego could work against him and maybe put him in that room in a state that maybe a lot of people dont want to see him. >> thank you. ambassador chris hill, appreciate you joining us here. thank you. trump country by the way, going to the polls today. were talking a...

Of many republicans. thank you so much. jacob, of course, will be on the campaign trail leading up to the november midterms. if you live in a swing, congressional district and have a story to tell about the issues that matter where you live, let him know using the #upforgrabs. he might just show up at your door. meanwhile, pennsylvanias seventh congressional is one of the races were watching tonight. joining me now is the man who loves all of this more than any of us put together. steve kornac...