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>> with us to talk about it all, julia ansly, nbc national security and justice reporter who is tenacious. kevin mcaleenan said these reports are unsubstantiated, but this isn't reporting you got from a random source, that is government report, the inspector general of that department issued the report. >> that's right. on may 7th, the inspector sent agents to the same sector where the little girl was kept and found conditions that we are now hearing about, things like that overcrowding, four showers for 756 immigrants. they even said the conditions were so bad that customs and border protecti...

On may 7th, the inspector sent agents to the same sector where the little girl was kept and found conditions that we are now hearing about, things like that overcrowding, four showers for 756 immigrants. they even said the conditions were so bad that customs and border protection agents started to arm themselves in areas where they are not supposed to have arms because they were worried about riots. they thought it could raise to that level of arrest. we are talking about people who can't lie down sleep, people outside. because there's no room for them. this had gotten down to a dire condition...

You're hearing today, is a dehumanizing of people that is very dangerous to our country. >> by the way, those were pro-trump detention center protesters in the background there jeering the members of congress. now, it's not just members of congress sounding the alarm about border patrol and the detention camps. it's the department of homeland security own internal watchdog. nbc news exclusive reporting the dhs inspector general warned as far back as may that conditions at an el paso border station were so bad that border agents were arming themselves for possible rights. "only four showers ava...

Border station, border agents were arming themselves against possible riots. in an internal report prepared by the department of his's office of inspector general and obtained by nbc news, inspectors noted during an only four showers were available for 756 migrants. more than half of the immigrants were being held outside and immigrants inside were being kept in cells, maxed out at more than five times their capacity. on friday, acting dhs secretary kevin mcaleenan said reports of poor conditions at a border station were, quote, unsubstantiated. meanwhile, the associated press received video a...

Themselves worried about riots. internal reports shows only four showers were available for 156 immigrants, over half of them were being held outside and immigrants were being kept in cells maxed at over five times their capacity. julia aimsly wrote this story with jake on soboroff. what else can you tell us about this report? >> it is shocking. they talk about cells that were meant for holding 135 adult men that were so crowded they couldn't even lie down and cells of that size sharing one sink and one toilet. you mentioned four showers for 756 people. this led people as well as children to h...