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>> the only person i ever heard say melania trump got plastic surgery was donald trump last month. denying that she got plastic surgery after saying that other people she had had plastic surgery, which i didnt hear anybody say. the president didnt say a word about the first ladys visit to the southern border last week. after she visited a small number of teenagers being held at the nicest facility in texas, the president tweeted this about the kids being held in the trump cages. the democrats te...

Call them and what your experience as a lawyer in them tells you about them. joy reed, cal perry thank you for initiating our discussion tonight. appreciate it. when we come back were joined by mike murphy and ron klain, theyll talk about the politics of this. and peter schey will join us. he is the lawyer for the legal case that controls the way these children are treated in these facilities. that legal case has controlled for decades now and the federal government is trying to change those rul...

Aware of rattlesnakes. we were told the average 57 days. why does it take 57 days to find their family and give them back? >> cal perry, quickly, with your experience around the world, what would you call these facilities? >> interment camps or black sights. i visited some of those sites in baghdad where we held some of the biggest terrorists in iraqs. the biggest thing is youre putting someone in a camp and not allowing them to look outside but allowing people to look inside. when we were in th...

>> joining us is attorney peter schey, the president for the center of human rights and constitutional law. and as our viewers should by now know you have been in charge of the flores case that established the rules for treating children being held in these conditions theyve been in for the last few weeks on the southern border. i want to get your reaction today to the presidents comments about the judges and about due process. he issued a tweet saying he would like to be able to just turn peopl...

John hileman, national analyst for nbc, and ron klain, former chief of staff, and a former senior aid to president obama. and back with us by phone is peter schey, the president for human rights and constitutional law. he is the lawyer handling the flores case, which is the case that controls the rules for handling children in federal custody in these kinds of matters. peter schey, quickly, the reason i wanted you to stick around is i wanted you to explain more about your legal authority to ente...

Nancy pelosi said, the president trumps executive order seeks to replace one form of child abuse with another. instead of protecting traumatized children, the president has directed the attorney general to pave the way for the long term incarceration of families. and we just learned that the justice department called peter schey to try to get a modification in the flores case, which dates back to attorney general janet reno when the case was first brought. >> today wasnt the end of this fight. i...

Administration. >> thank you for vojoining us wh the breaking news on how you plan to handle the fight with the justice department that could begin as early as tomorrow. thank you for joining us, peter. john, weve seen the president go in reverse, its something weve seen many times before starting with whos going to build the wall, mexico is going to build the wall. in fact, weer here because mexico did not pay for the wall. so the president decided it was time to take hostages and see if he cou...

With us across a commercial break because there are a couple more points i would like to cover with you if you have time to stay with us. >> yes. >> and chris hayes and john bolton -- jacob soboroff in texas covering the story. and sunday night jacob soboroff will be doing an hour on the border on date line sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on nbc. well hear more from peter schey about his legal authority to enter and examine any facility holding children in these cases anywhere in the country. and ...

Merritt, not just through luck or happenstance. >> joining our discussion now, john hileman, national analyst for nbc, and ron klain, former chief of staff, and a former senior aid to president obama. and back with us by phone is peter schey, the president for human rights and constitutional law. he is the lawyer handling the flores case, which is the ca that controls the rules for handling children in federal custody in these kinds of matters. peter schey, quickly, the reason i wanted you to st...

Administration how to reunite those children with their parents. >> peter schey, let me just underline the news youre making here tonight in your report on your conversation with the justice department. youre saying that the justice department, when it goes into court, where it will face you and the other side on the flores case to modify it, one of the modifications they want is that they will be able to put children in unlicensed facilities? and you indicated that those unlicensed facilities c...