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Ones. >> as they're trying to get in touch with them, there's a question about how many children are actually in the government's care. so they revised those numbers. >> yeah, and this speaks to the lack of transparency that we've seen as we've covered this story over the last several weeks. it was about nine days ago we heard from the federal government there was 2,047 separated children in their care. i think most journalists on the phone call with the hhs secretary were shocked when he said it was less than 3,000. it goes without saying that within the last couple weeks that same secretary ...

Administration, nick. how are they doing? >> reporter: john, we just don't know, if only because the trump administration refuses to give us a breakdown in those numbers. about nine days ago it was last when we heard that they had 2,047 children still in government custody. it was yesterday in a phone call with the health and human services secretary that he put that number at less than 3,000, saying he was dealing with a more comprehensive set of data. the reunification process has been painstakingly slow, and there's been a lot of confusion here on the ground, but there are plenty of organiz...

Have different protocols. there are detention centers that at this point are hanging up on us once we call them. even when we have been able to connect with people and be able to pay their bonds -- yesterday i went to immigration to try to pay five bonds. they're five women who should be free right now. we were essentially rejected at the front desk because we didn't have bus tickets and airplane tickets. >> reporter: and today is the deadline that the trump administration must have children connected with their parents through phone contact, some sort of communication. we're hearing in some c...

Democr democrats want anarchy. they really do. >> more tough talk from president trump on immigration and the border, but no mention of the thousands of children being held in detention centers. the department of health and human services now says there are nearly 3,000 children who were taken from their parents, about 100 of those children are under the age of 5. however, officials refused to offer an exact figure. this was the first update since last week, when we were told there were 2,047 kids being held as a result of trump's zero tolerance policy. the federal government is now struggling...

>> more tough talk from president trump on immigration and the border, but no mention of the thousands of children being held in detention centers. the department of health and human services now says there are nearly 3,000 children who were taken from their parents, about 100 of those children are under the age of 5. however, officials refused to offer an exact figure. this was the first update since last week, when we were told there were 2,047 kids being held as a result of trump's zero tolerance policy.