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Were seeing unfold throughout the country. and were seeing these protests in several cities, here in mcallen, texas, and also homestead, florida, as well as san diego. were goes to see how this transpires. it seems to have gotten more peaceful than it was a few moments ago when some of these protesters were physically trying to get in front of that bus. again, there dont appear to be any arrest, at least any ive seen so far. and this bus seems to be on its way out as local authorities were able ...

We got our first look at the family separation crisis. reporters were allowed into a processing facility for immigrants in texas. its where many children are taken from their parents. thats the moment when it happens and sent to separate facilities. now reporters were not allow today film inside. what youre seeing now are government provided images. still, you can see the chain-link fencing used to pen in immigrants. msnbcs own jacob was one of the ones who got a look inside the facility. jacob,...

Other members of the house came to tour this facility. we did the same. i went inside and ill be frank with you. it is a de facto prison. it is a holding area. it is a pen. you have the 12-foot change linked pens holding families. if it is a father, it is a large pen. if it is a mother, they are in a different large pen. there are almost 600 unaccompanied minors held in the facility at this point. that number changes all the time. they are moving people in and out. this is a processing facility....

Of separating families at the border. period. but the truth debunks that as we see in video and photos and with our own eyes. dianne gallagher is live in mcallen, texas where she was granted access inside a processing facility. so tell us what you have seen there. >> reporter: yeah. in that process center, the busiest on the southern border, rio grande. they have separated more children from their families than any other facility in the entire cotry. it is important to note this is. they are onl...

Other members of the house came to tour this facility. we did the same. i went inside and ill be frank with you. it is a de facto prison. it is a holder area. it is a pen. you have the 12-foot change linked pens holding families. if it is a father, it is a large pen. there are 600 unaccompanied minors held in the facility. that number changes all the time. they are moving people in and out. this is a processing facility. they are supposed to be here for 72 hours. some of the people i talked to i...

Are kept between mexico and the united states. then weve talked to those who work with refugees and talked about people being in the no mans land for six or seven or eight -- a "washington post" report of nine days. we talked to a lawyer, pro bono lawyer talked to families there 12 days. they are not being let in easily at the official border points where its legal to assert asylum. other families are saying, we cant be in the heat. im sitting here sweating a lot. can you imagine being out here ...

Out how theyre being cared for, whether or not theyre getting the proper attention they need and why they havent been able to be moved out of that care. on the other hand, hhs because theyre scrambling and not able to take in the children, they today starred touring ace bases to take i more children. that also has been done in the past but under a surge of unaccompanied children, not children horn made unaccompanied because the administration came in and took them away from their parents. >> i j...

Parents? >> the first room, there were a number of children in the arms of their parents. then they go through a processing facility where they are interviewed. then theres a big warehouse. inside this, theres larger cyclone fence containers opinion there was a group of boys in one of them and lining up for food. they had the smallest in front and the tallest in back. the tallest was knee high to a grasshopper. i estimated he might be four or five. >> the youngest? >> four or five years old. i c...

>> linda wood lives a mile from the refinery. the shock wave is so intense, it makes her home uninhabitable. its not the first time the processing facility has exploded. >> this is the fifth time its blown up in the six years ive been here. >> it takes five months for woods home to be repaired, but she feels lucky that she wasnt there when its blown apart. >> i think that i could have been seriously injured or killed, yes. i do. >> an investigation by the u.s. chemical safety board finds the exp...

That more than 100 nearby houses are damaged or destroyed. >> i was just shocked by the damage. the engineer condemned our house a couple hours after the explosion. >> linda wood lives a mile from the refinery. the shock wave is so intense, it makes her home uninhabitable. its not the first time the processing facility has exploded. >> this is the fifth time its blown up in the six years ive been here. >> it takes five months for woods home to be repaired, but she feels lucky that she wasnt ther...