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What did you learn? >> reporter: the commissioner came out to speak with members in the briefing room which was not used these days to tout the numbers of border apprehension by his agency in the month of august. the big headlines from the commissioner that numbers are down. he sees it as they are down dramatically. the numbers went from 82,000 to 64,000 over the period of a month or two. typically there is a seasonal drop this time of the year. commissioner morgan pointed out this drop is more substantially than what they seen in the past. their work in partnership, and other issues. emphasiz...

Have since been brought back here. though, what changes were made to address the original concerns, officials are not saying, which has immigration rights advocates unsettled. a government review is now being done. >> we really have a dire situation here, but because of the unsanitary conditions that these children are being kept in, the unhealthy facilities that are being run there, it is not made for children. the number of children who are being kept there. >> now, customs and border control say that border apprehension continues to climb. they are simply not enough space to detain people. ...

Was supposed to be designed. >> speaking of families, caitlin dickerson we've spoken about your trip to the border to visit families to see the detention center and through all of this today i would be remiss not to point out that today that we have learned since december a fourth guatemalan child has died in u.s. custody after a border apprehension and listening to the president today did you hear anything from the president that addresses the conditions of these folks on the border who have been taken into custody? >> what this plan really doesn't address and what the president didn't addres...

He has called our president racist, sexist, xenophobic when our president is considered among the people for the job of a black man from a woman and overly person for the role to represent the united states on the floor of the general assembly. well, i'm somebody that represents more than just my race. i am somebody who represents the united states of america combat veteran and willing to defend the nation to keep this country first and advocate what is best for this country in new york and around the world. i am looking forward to it. i'm extremely honored to be considered for the post and se...

Everything woman's democrats say this is just political. what do you say? >> i disagree with that. they provide logistical support. we only have 16,000 border patrol agents patrolling about 1900 miles of border. all the jobs they don't have to do freeze them up to do the job of law enforcement that only they can do. i support it wholeheartedly. rob: let's look at the numbers here, border apprehension in 2018-2017, there has been a distinct increase in 2018 with 400,000 border apprehensions. do you think the president gets the border wall? >> the president gets the border wall for a variety of ...