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Detention centers. and so the idea that now you can keep children in there indefinitely has all sorts of repercussions. so we have jeff markly coming up. he has just written a book about all this about what this means for the country. >> thank you very much. since the massacres in el paso and dayton, dozens of people have been arrested for threatening violent acts. this morning we have a live report next. just between us, you know whats better than mopping? anything! at the end of a long day, ...

>> no, thats not what im saying. dont try to put words in my mouth. >> thats what you just said. you said it. >> we could have fixed it a long time ago. >> i also want to play that shocking audio as we get ready to talk to jeff merkel at the front of this. this is the audio from inside a facility where some of these children have been separated from their parents. listen in. [ crying ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> senator jeff markly has been inside the detention centers, hes going to talk a...

They dont know when theyll see their parents again. and their parents dont know whats going on either. everybody who works with these kids is bringing forward how -- what type of irreparable harm is done in these separations. it just rips your heart apart. >> the chief of the american association of pediatrics said it was akin to child abuse. reporters asked kirstjen nielsen, the homeland security secretary about whether the kids were being used as pawns, leverage, to get you guys in congress to...

Jeff merkley, whos been speaking out. hes been down to the border and seen the detention facility first hand. senator, you saw obviously what was happening in one detention center and now this audio is getting a lot of attention tonight. the homeland security secretary was asked about it today, it was played in the background of the entire briefing. does what we just heard reflect what you witnessed and saw? >> well, what i saw at the processing center were children who had been assembled into a...

During that process. and he said, well, listen, you gotta amend your testimony to the house investigation. its closed now, but you gotta do it. you also have to reveal this to the senate if they ask and the mueller team if they ask. i prepared to do both of those things. at the first, the senate, nobody asked me something to where this would be responsive. remember, to this point, i thought this was just some guy who called me and i passed him off to roger stone. it was about two minutes of my l...

Come up between rural america and urban america or on social issues. we have to resist those impulses so we will be able to work together here in congress on big issues. big issues that take us back to succeeding on housing and health care and education, not borrowing 1.5 trillion dollar from our children and giving to it the wealthiest americans. thats the biggest bank heist in history. thats just what happened. >> senator jeff markly, thank you for joining us. >> you are welcome. thank you. ...

Starting at 10:00, if not before. whats the word youre hearing in terms of what conversations will be happening there on the left? >> you know, richard, its funny. i was listening to your interview with jeff markly earlier. i think you got the flavor here. hes somebody i dont expect would vote for this deal, on the liberal side of the party who the doesnt trust president trump or mitch mcconnell to be willing to make this deal. the democrats and republicans are each going to meet separately on t...

Exchange. this was your idea. there was the republican right wing think tanks idea. there were the private options. private insurance companies. and yet ironically thats the part that theyre trying to blow up now. so i hope they can get out of that mode and say okay. yes. we want to quit sabotaging and we can make things work better. senator jeff markly of oregon. thanks for joining me. >> youre very welcome. >> ahead, the unbelievable week with the president making public attacks on attorney ge...

Mr. todd young, newly elected to the senate, we welcome you here. this is our first public appearance. we thank you for the interest in our countrys future and for being here. mr. rob portman who also joins the committee. i think he serves on more committees here than anybody in the senate. we thank you for your responsible thinking and leadership. want to thank jeff markly who i know cares very deeply about these issues, for joining this committee, for your principled efforts in so many regards...

Senate, we welcome you here, and this is our first public appearance and we thank you for your interest in our countrys future and thank you for being here, and mr. rob portman, he serves on more committees than anybody in the senate, and we thank you for your responsible thinking and leadership, and want to thank jeff markly who cares deeply about these issues, for joining this committee, for your principled efforts in so many regards, and i know they will continue here. and cory booker, a new ...