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Entry to assert asylum. so its a big, coordinated strategy to result in tearing, well, children away from their parents to send a political message, or to create legislative leverage. that is not acceptable under any moral code, to hurt children and parents in that fashion. not acceptable in any religious tradition. and if shes going to tell whoppers like that and keep repeating them, she simply needs to step down. we need somebody there with integrity. >> do you think she should resign as senat...

Thats broadly satisfactory for everyone concerned. there you saw in full display for well over an hour. imagine what the rest of the world looks and views and judges whats going on in the worlds greatest democracy. >> a lot of people are watching around the world. they are saying, whats going on? why is the united states taking 3 and 4 and 5-year-old kids away from their moms? >> it was very clear. it was very clear that these young people are being used as leverage, used as leverage to deter pe...

Terms of the future if i cant get the wall done. and the reality is over the last year and a half he has been preoccupied with the fact that republicans and democrats, not just democrats, but republicans have had real concerns about the conception of the giant border wall of how it could be made. this is something that has stayed with president trump that has clearly bothered him that he cannot deliver on this wall. so he and jeff sessions. lets remember jeff sessions in the senate, steven mille...

Meeting in june in this -- one way or the other, the russians are trying to gain access, leverage to the campaign. presumably, exert influence. >> does this incident that we are now learning about over last day or so, does it -- its obviously the offer of damaging information involving hillary clinton. does it fit into how russians operate? >> absolutely. as we recounted in our intelligence communitywe render major objective of the russians was to disparage hillary clinton and her campaign. this...

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...

Trauma on them in order to send some political message to adults somewhe somewhere overseas. the president argues this giving him political leverage. hurting kids to get political leverage is unacceptable. it is evil. >> reporter: one of the democratic lawmakers on the tour was pete welsh of vermont. he says there has been 2,000 children separated from families over the course of the last six weeks. i asked if he heard of any plans to reunite children with parents. he said right now there is unc...

Administration after the first hand look at immigration centers near the u.s./mexico border. the trump administration fires back blaming democrats and media insisting there is no policy separating migrant families at the border. breaking overnight. deadly earthquake in japan kills at least three people and injuries over 200 more. welcome to "early start." im christine romans. >> im dave briggs. we will hear from laura bush and melania trump on the emotional issue of immigration. it is one th...

Solves this issue -- bipartisan solves this issue. >> around the time the president was talking to reporters, lindsey graham was on cnn and saying the president could stop this with a phone call. >> is the president deal making? is he using the grief and tears of families as leverage to get what he wants from democrats and these bills? >> far be it from me to be inside president trumps head. im not going down that road. when he is saying democrats have to fix this, it certainly sounds like he is...

Point fingers a lot others and use it for leverage for a whole set of other immigration issues. but this family separation is his doing and he could end it today >> that you know so much for being with us this morning. appreciate it. john, now to this story we have been covering for months. the mega merger between at&t and time warner is now complete. what does it mean for you? we will speak to warner medias new ceo, our boss, next. oh, you brought butch. yeah! (butch growls at man) hes lookin...

Administration after the look at the immigration centers near the u.s./mexico border. the trump administration fires back blaming democrats and media insisting there is no policy separating migrant families at the border. breaking overnight. deadly earthquake in japan kills at least three people and injuries hundreds more. welcome back to "early start." im dave briggs. its monday, june 18th. a long week. >> im christine romans. 31 minutes past the hour on monday morning. lets start with immi...