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It's a policy choice being made on purpose by this administration and it's cruel and inhue mainly. >> that's an appalling accusation and our men and women fight hard to protect people in our custody every single day. >> mcaleenan described overworked agents who are exhausted by a flood of migrants. in april, almost 110,000 were apprehended. the biggest monthly total in a decade. 65% were family with over 40,000 schirnl. mcaleenan know migrants know the changes are getting through are better nowadays if you come with a child. >> smugglers have capitalized on that. they're directly advertising t...

: we have breaking news at this hour on the boarder wall fundin. congress appropriated $1.5 billion last year for border fence construction on the southern border and that money has been used in full to build 1.7 miles of that fence. that's almost a billion dollars per mile and presidential candidate julian castro is back with us. that is what we're seeing as the cost of the trump wall just about a billion dollars a mile. they have built 1.7 miles at $1.57 billion. >> can you imagine what a waste of money. what a waste of money. if you want to better spend the money and be more effective, we c...

National emergency? talk about today. the one-year anniversary of another manifestation of the epidemic of gun violence in america. that is a national emergency. why don't you declare that emergency, mr. president. i wish you would. but a democratic president can do that. democratic president can declare emergencies as well. >> meaning a democratic president could choose what constitutes a national emergency in the future. back in the senate, majority leader mitch mcconnell made it clear he had assurances from president trump it will would be signed. it calls for $1.57 billion for borders enou...

>> harris: i'm looking through some of the paragraphs, and the $1.57 billion for the fencing with imitations to address environmental concerns is the first thing that is listed per the homeland security appropriations bill, have the money would be spent. it's fascinating, melissa. we are so far afield from that $25 billion of the president wanted. but if he can get this in other ways, as cat don't ask pointed out, how does that play politically >> melissa: he says it's a down payment on what is planning to do. you can spend as a way forward. this is the first step of many to come after. the ze...

Paycheck this friday. >> they may not. what is possible to end this shut down? >> first of all, the ball is not on in the president's court, it's in his hands. he has to open up government immediately. when he does, we will be able to sit down and engage in fruitful, productive and probably lengthy discussions around immigration reform, including border security. his position is anchored, continues to be anchored in a$57 billion wall. that's not our position and that's not the position of the american people. the american people reject a wall. we'll negotiate around border security, daca, the ...