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Attention to that. i dont think that is at all separate from what the president is saying, that his predecessors failed him, the congress has -- or has failed the country, the congress failed the country. that doesnt detract from the fact that she still can shine a human light on what the real needs and the worries are about the most vulnerable victims impacted by this and thats kids. and she does care about kids. i think she really is sincere about that. >> yes. former first lady laura bush, sh...

Tonights breaking news speaks to confusion within the administration about the presidents executive order. he said yesterday the zero tolerance policy remains. government e-mails seem to indicate otherwise. amid the confusion president trump likes to blame his predecessors for the crisis today. earlier i spoke with jeh johnson who served as president obamas homeland security secretary during his second term. >> secretary johnson, as someone who has dealt with this issue under prosecute obama, wh...

Who -- kids separated from their parents so i mean, theres a certain way in which this was sort of propaganda from the white house. again, you know, you come in the -- melania trump for going down there and raises questions of the vulnerable kids and what the other facilities look like we dont know. >> i think that the scale of this problem is beyond white house spin. i think its beyond propaganda. i think people in the country all throughout the country are outraged about whats happening. the f...

Crossing the border illegally. they have not gotten back to us. as for the department of health and human services caring for the roughly 2,300 kids in the country, theyre still evaluating and waiting to see exactly how they will be compliant with this executive order, jake. >> all right. thank you so much. president trump keeps blaming predecessors for the crisis at the border so were families separated under the obama administration? metastatic breast cancer is relentless,

Individual evaluationings of their cases. so im concerned less about the professional background of the prosecutors than the fact that were prosecuting asylum seekers for an illegal act where our law says one can seek asylum in our country, regardless of how they enter our country. >> jon meacham, president trump last night, at one of these rallies, one o these campaign-style rallies, doing what the president tends to do, going off script. one of the things that i found especially interesting if...

Predecessors. laura bush came out calling this policy cruel and inhumane, likening to the internment camps for world war ii for the japanese. how much of that do you think played in melania trumps decision to go there? and do you know of any conversations they may have had before this decision was made? >> i dont know of any conversations they may have had within these last few days where all of this has been going on. but they have seen each other on a couple of occasions. you though, it is a c...

In the cabinet room that first lady is at the texas border. this is an extraordinary instance where lania trump is representing her husband and the administration. this is a role she has not taken in any nature. shes been a very retiring first lady compared to her predecessors. she is now at the texas border, according to the president. shes going to be visiting children and visiting parents and we would assume trying to show the more compassionate side of this administration after what has been...

Wants to take credit for fixing the crisis that he actually created, which is difficult, which is trumpian. >> its interesting, because as governor cuomo just reminded us, this executive order is entitled affording congress an opportunity to address family separation. he was the one who separated these families, but now he says its up to congress. >> right. we were operating under a policy that in the bush administration, the obama administration, the catch and release policy. its not great. rep...

This drama, what dhs secretary nielsen called today a country of compassion and heart, so we begin tonight keeping them honest with how the trump administration can reconcile that claim with images like these. and sounds like these. those are children crying waiting for the parents they have been taken from. the audio obtained by pro publica. we dont know what facility it was recorded in. this is not separation anxiety, this is separation. real trauma. in just a moment, well be joined by a pedia...

Former united states attorneys who ironically worked through the fathers day holiday, to put together this letter, which was ultimately joined by many of our predecessors, republicans and democrats. it was a real group effort. everyone felt very strongly. it didnt matter if you were democrat or republican, that this policy was immoral, not compelled by the law. and it misallocates law enforcement resources. i would hope that attorney general sessions will read this seriously and will contemplate...