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It is up from last week. that is despite the federal court order issued on tuesday that requires migrant families to be reunited within 30 days. i have asked you this question. how are they going to do that? a federal judge says do it. i would like to know the process. >> we know the federal government is overwhelmed of its own doing by the way. the department has 11,869 children in its care. thats 70 more than hhs reported last wednesday. we should make clear the only way we know these numbers ...

>> amazing. bloombergs rob urban is joining us now. he has been covering this very closely. theres a piece of your reporting thats particularly interesting. you talk about two private prison operators who happen to have been big donors to republican coffers. >> yeah. the two companies of course the two biggest prison operators gave about $2.5 million to political causes. mostly republicans. some of that associated with the president. including $250,000 each to the inauguration. >> wow. to the in...

Subcontractors paid $80 million and they didnt know about terrorism and the culture or the language. they devised these techniques and made $80 million. it was poorly run and not well managed and not good analysis. one of the prison operators and chiefs kept calling and saying give me more information. let me ask to you respond to that. john mccain is taking the floor. >> a convict response to that would be im not sure i trust whats in this report. people need to read the rebuttal. they are clin...

One of the big stories we found during our trip to florida is that crime indeed does pay for some political individuals and prison operators. lawmakers are fast tracking a bill to privatize 26 florida prisons to become for profit, which means they benefit from stricter drug laws. 10% of the states inmates already housed in similar private facilities, but the new legislation would add another 16,000 inmates to the private prison roles, making it the largest expansion of private prisons in america...