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This is a disturbing scoop you guys had today. >> thanks, rachel. >> the administration seems to be pursuing this military base option simply because they need space and they need it fast? >> yes. they need federal facility, and erare a up bases that they're doing site surveys on because they just may have the space. like.t know whatul would it be some large auditorium, would it be barracks that aren't being used, would it be fields where they would set up tents? we don't really know. but they just need the space. and of course this comes as you mention because there has been a backlog of chil...

That aren't being used, would it be fields where they would set up t? we don't really know. but they just need the space. and of course this comes as you mention because there has been a backlog of children. more than 11,000 because of this new trump administration policy which is called zero tolerance. and basicall that says that anyone who comes across the border illegally will be referred for prosecution to the department of justice. well, many of the people are coming across the border with children. the kids can't go to jail. so the department of health and human services takes custody of...

So the department of health and human services takesustody of them, of their care and feeding there has been a big influx, thousands of them. and now the border facilities where they're temporarily held, everything is filling up. they're at or near capacity. so now the federal government has to find a new place to take care of all these kids. >> if they are going to put these kids in military bases, what kind of time frame for how long they can keep kids at military sites? >> so it would be while they're being held and the government is figuring out where ty can send them next, whether it's fo...

Hours, taken the health and services, to be sure they are properly cared for. the law requires us to keep children in a different facility than we do for adults. >> a new nbc report shows that part of what he just said there is not the case. hundreds of these children who have been separated from their parents are now stuck at these rder stations. courtney is one of the reporters who brought that story. walking tlous through what your found in your reporting. >> what we found is about 300 the 550 children helgd at temporary border stations have been there for more than 72 hours and that a sign...

Airport in mcallen, texas. we're joined with more details. what do we know about this? why exactly was he detained? >> we know he was detained because he simply does not have the proper documents to get through airport security. we know that he was using his filipino passport and at border facilities, at border towns like mcallen, the airports work kind of differently. you have a tsa agent usually at the security checkpoint and next to it, you usually have some sort of border agent who can ask you are you a u.s. zen and if not, he can also look at your documents. so that's probably where thing...