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Good morning, its friday, june 22nd. First Lady Melania Trump is back in washington this morning after making a surprise visit to texas yesterday. She got a firsthand look at the crisis laying out on the border. Now, the unannounced trip came a day after President Trump signed an executive order to stop the separation of children and parents along that border. In mccallen, texas, she visited a childrens shelter that houses 55 kids, most of them teenagers, only six of them have been separated from their parents. A spokesperson for the first lady said mrs. Trump wanted to see the situation for herself and that the trip was 100 her idea. The spokesperson also said the visit was planned before the president signed the executive order ending those separations. Im here to learn about your facility and i also would like to ask you how i can help to these children to reunite with their families as quickly as possible. All right. So mrs. Trump had also planned to try and visit customs and Border Patrol Processing Centers while she was there in texas but had to cancel because of flooding in the area. Meanwhile, there is speculation this morning about the jacket the first lady wore on her visit. She wore a green jacket as you see there with this message on it, quote, i dont really care, do you . Written across the back in white graffiti style text. Her spokeswoman said in a statement its a jacket, there was no hidden message. After todays important visit to texas i hope the media is not going to choose to focus on her wardrobe. President trump writes it refers to the fake news media. She truly no longer cares. As Congress Punts their immigration bill to next week the Trump Administration has caused confusion. Still struggling to explain how migrant families will be reunited with their families once again. Instructions to reunite the more than 2,300 children separated from adults under the policy are likely to take weeks to draft and actually carry out. An Administration Official told the wall street journal. Now, nbc news reports adults who are intercepted entering the country illegally receive something called a file number from dhs that designates their legal case. If they are accompanied by their children the kids receive the same file number. If parents are separated from their children, however, the children receive different a file numbers which can make it more complicated to pair a parent and child in the future. Now, after the migrant parents who were separated from their kids have their cases adjudicated, meaning after they are actually deported, jailed or even released, this he can use these a file numbers to locate their children or to arrange communication. Thats just a portion of the childrens crisis that is unfolding at the border. The pentagon confirmed thursday that the department of health and Human Services had requested they provide space for 20,000 Migrant Children at military bases in texas and arkansas. If there hasnt been enough confusion theres even more going on about the zero tolerance prosecution policy for illegal border crossings. In the wake of the president s executive order the u. S. Attorneys office in west texas said they will dismiss the cases of adults separated from their children and then an hour later they actually retracted that statement. When asked about prosecutions President Trump is insisting he will continue to enforce a get tough policy. We have to have a very tough policy otherwise you have millions and millions of people pouring into our country. We cant have that. We have no choice. We have to have a very strong border, if we dont you will have millions and millions of people. Look whats happening today look like childs play. It will be a terrible thing if we ever did that. So we have to be very, very strong on the border. If we dont do it you will be inundated with people and you really wont have a country anymore. Without borders you dont have a country. Ive said it for a long time. Its still unclear this morning what will happen to children who have already been separated from their parents. Nbc News International correspondent cal perry has been covering developments outside of tent city in texas and has the latest for us. Reporter good morning. Really confusion continuing to reign on this story and reign across the country. We still dont know how many kids are in the camp behind me and we do do not know when they are being moved. We do see in the middle of the night vans leaving under the cover of darkness. With he cannot get into that camp to verify some of the numbers. Its not just us, of course, we saw two dozen mayors converged on this spot yesterday to protest whats going on across the country. They gave a press conference here and walked the short distance behind me to that compound. They were met there by security from Homeland Security department and they were told that they not only could not enter, but that they needed to move back for their own safety and security. The mayors obviously very frustrated telling me that theyve been told its going to take two weeks to process their application to get access to that camp. Two of the mayors in particular, bill de blasio and the mayor walked across the bridge to get a better look. Its not clear in the executive order, theyre caught in this strange loophole where we know of course on the new executive order that the United States government is no longer going to separate kids from the parents, but its unclear what the policy is on kids that have already been separated out. There is some word and reporting that they could be used to u. S. Military bases. One of the issues there as it is here is that the u. S. Public and the media is simply not going to have access to these kids as theyre moved around the country. Cal perry, nbc news. New york city mayor bill de blasio was actually in texas yesterday, will be a guest on morning joe in just a little while. Attorney general Jeff Sessions is pulling back from his harsh stance on ilLegal Immigration. In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network last night sessions did a complete about face on his highly criticized and now fractured zero tolerance policy. Take a listen to this. It hasnt been good and the American People dont like the idea that we are separating families. We never really intended to do that. What we intended to do was to make sure that adults who bring children into the country are charged with the crime they have committed. Instead of giving that special group of adults immunity from prosecution, which is what in effect we were doing. So i think its the right thing, we will work our way through it and try to do it in the most compassionate way possible. So sessions may be claiming the policy didnt intend to separate families, but, in fact, his own words are now working against him. Watch this. I have ordered each United States Attorneys Office along the southwest border to have a zero tolerance policy toward illegal entry. Our goal is to prosecute every case that is brought to us. If you dont want your child to be separated, then dont bring them across the border illegally. Its not our fault. Our policies that can result in short term separation of families is not unusual or unjustified and its really a very short period of time. All right. So joining us here on set National Political reporter for real clear politics kately hueyburns. Great to have you with us on this from i morning. Lets talk about the white houses policy on prosecuting families. Do they have a clear position now that has emerged in terms of what they plan on doing with people that they are saying are coming in illegally into this country . Theyre saying they are going to continue prosecutions but keeping the families together, but of course that has raised a lot of questions and lawmakers are still trying to even figure this out about what theyre doing to reunite children with their families and also what this would actually look like detaining families together. Of course, the executive order while welcome news for a lot of folks also of course opens up to potential court challenges. So lawmakers are trying to figure out what to do next. We saw over the past day that their efforts on immigration have not been they havent really made much progress, but they feel like they need to make some kind of legislative fix because there are so many questions about what this order actually does. I feel like when the executive order was sent people felt like they could take a breath because they feel its moving in the right direction but there are so many questions now and one of the biggest questions is how are these 2,000 to 3,000 kids that are on their own that are in these Detention Centers separated from their mothers and fathers how are they going to get reunited with their parents. Does the government have a plan in place to make sure that happens in a timely manner in a timely manner is key here. Whats also interesting was that this executive order you got the impression that it was hastily arranged by the president , just the way in which he presented it, the way on which a lot of folks on capitol hill werent apprised to exactly what would be going on, doj, dhs are saying they are working together on this, they are trying to come up with some kind of way you described earlier in the segment, but still there are a lot of question marks and also kind of how long this can actually go on for legally quite frankly. Thank you. We will talk to you again at the bottom of the hour. All right. The cast of roseanne is making another tv come back, this time without their name sake character, roseanne barr. Abc announcing thursday that the cast and crew of the hit series have signed on for a tenepisode spinoff. The network says the new series the conners is their working title and will have no creative or financial involvement by roseanne barr. The shows former matriarch is behind the canceling of roseanne after her racist and politically charged tweets. Abc was swift to end the show following immense backlash for the actors comments. It is slated to air tuesdays at 8 00 p. M. This fall. Its going to take over the same time slot as the shows intended reboot. Pulitzer prize winning columnist Charles Krauthammer died yesterday after two weeks after announcing he was terminally ill with cancer. He wrote a weekly column in the Washington Post where he worked for the last 34 years, a career path he had not set out on. A diving board accident after his first year at Harvard Medical School left him paralyzed with limited use of his hands. Nevertheless, he went on to graduate at an early age, become an influential voice in the public arena writing columns that shaped the opinions of the worlds leaders. Fiercely advocating foreign intervention, supporting conservative policies and of late urging them to hold fast to their moral compass. Charles krauthammer is survived by his wife robin and his son as well as his mother. He was 68 years old. Still ahead, the latest on the investigation of a shooting death of an unarmed teen in pittsburgh. They say the officer who fired was sworn in hours earlier. A check on your weather when we come back. Man it takes a lot of work to run this business, but i really love it. Im on the move all day long, and sometimes i dont eat the way i should. So i drink boost to get the nutrition im missing. Boost high protein now has 33 more protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals. And it has a guaranteed great taste. Man boost gives me everything i need to be up for doing what i love. Boost high protein. Be up for it. Boost high protein. Do you want the same tools and seamless experience across web and tablet . Yes . 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Protesters are taking protests, excuse me, are taking place in the streets of pittsburgh over the deadly shooting of an unarmed black teenager by police. 17yearold antwon rose was killed after running from a traffic stop on tuesday. It was all caught on camera. Ron mott has more and a warning, some of what you are about to see may be disturbing. So no justice, no peace. Reporter calls for justice for antwon rose. Why are they shooting at him . All he did was run and theyre shooting at them. Reporter cellphone video showing the 17yearold black High School Senior gunned down by East Pittsburgh police after running from a traffic stop, shot three times. Protesters rallied outside the county courthouse, the county leading the investigation into what happened. Donna giles came with her 18yearold son and 14yearold daughter. They didnt have to shoot him in his back. Is that could have been my brother, my friend, anybody that i know. Reporter police have not identified the officer who opened fire on rose and another male as they were fleeing, no you revealing that officer had been sworn in just hours before the deadly shooting although he had been an officer in other departments, the officer now on leave. Is the officer white . I dont understand what that has to do with the situation here. Reporter authorities stopped the car in which rose was a passenger because it matched the description of a vehicle involved in a driveby shooting minutes earlier. Police say two guns were found in the car on the floor. But rose was unarmed when he was shot. Protesters demanding answers. Theres obviously a racial bias in this and that is what we need to stop. Obviously a very charged situation at the moment. Thank you to ron mott for that report. There is new reporting on the relationship between donald trump and the publisher of the National Inquirer including how the tabloid may have helped trump during the election. During the Campaign Michael cohen would sign off on stories and cover images about the president before they were published, thats according to three people with knowledge about the practice who say the sharing of information with trumps team continued after he took office. David packer the ceo of the National Inquirers Parent Company American Media is Close Friends with President Trump. One person told the Washington Post that trump suggested stories to packer on a regular basis and had access to certainly articles before publication, including one about Hillary Clintons health. American medias chief content officer denies sharing information about trump and cohen but tells the Washington Post, quote, we made a very public endorsement of trump so it wouldnt be out of the ordinary for me to Commission Stories on his opponents, and thats what i did. I didnt do that at the behest of candidate trump or anyone associated with him, i did it because we are chasing good stories. As the wall street journal reports, federal prosecutors are investigating if American Media coordinated with cohen during the election when it paid for the rights of a former playboy models story about an alleged affair with trump but never ran it. If so the unreported payment could be a violation of Campaign Finance law. Lets get a check on your weather with meteorologist michelle grossman. The good news is its friday. The bad news is we are tracking lots of showers, lots of storms for this weekend. Many outdoor plans probably being moved indoors. We do have a severe outlook, a slight risk for storms in lamar, oklahoma city, jackson, birmingham and the potential for damaging winds, but also we could see a few tornadoes and also the risk for hail. 7 Million People at risk for those storms. By saturday still a threat for storms in springfield, oklahoma city, ft. Smith but the threat is less. For saturday many of us covered in green. Graduation parties, Outdoor Sports probably will be moved indoors. We are looking at temperatures very warm in the south, a little cooler to the north, we have a front dividing the two temperatures there. Then sunday less of a threat for most of us in terms of the showers, but heavy rain falling in the center of the country, the plains and we could see some severe storms there as well. This is a setup for today, we have that front kind of been hanging out all week long, doesnt want to leave. Its finally on the move but generating a lot of showers and storms around it. You can see darker colors indicating the heavier rain there. It finally lifts up on saturday, its going to bring in warmer air for parts of the northeast. Very cool for many of us today in the northeast, below normal temperatures. We do have flash flood threat its been raining in so many spots for the past couple days so any more rain falling on saturated grounds are going to give us the potential for some rain. This is what it looks like right now at this very hour, lots of showers falling in chicago, down to the south as well and into the northeast. We will talk more about