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Agency took in the first place and has held for weeks now. as for the thousands more who crossed the border unaccompanied, secretary azar suggested his agency was practically doing god's work. >> it is one of the great acts of american generosity and charity what we are doing for these unaccompanied kids who are smuggled into our country or come across illegally. >> what secretary azar did in that interview is what the administration really has been doing throughout this episode. he repeatedly conflated the unaccompanied minors with kids, some 2,800 to 2,900 who have been taken from parents un...

The trump administration all along has told us they know where the parents are, where the kids are. it's very easy to find them all. but they never made any plans that in the event the parents got their asylum claims going and bonded out, they never made plans for how to reunite those parents and kids. so what we're seeing is other parents for those who have kids over 5 are starting to bond out on their asylum claims, credible fear of going back to their country. so they're on that process for asylum. but they can't get their kids back because the government now says, well, we don't know that ...

Separated from their parents. they haven't answered that. we asked for a full accounting for the numb number of children reunified with a parent or guardian. they haven't answered that. and we've asked what are the ages of the children still being held. they have not answered those questions. today we got a new at the same time from an official at hhs. they said only that they are currently holding 11,869 kids. now, that is not something that we asked. that's something that we already knew. that includes this broader number that includes the minors that showed up at the border unaccompanied wi...

Where are >> reporter: we don't have many answers. we have no answers as of tonight. we have asked hhs are you still receiving children who have been separated from their parents. they haven't answered that. we asked for a full accounting for the numb number of children reunified with a parent or guardian. and we've asked what are the ages of the children still being held. they have not answered those questions. today we got a new at the same time from an official at hhs. they said only that they are currently holding 11,869 kids. now, that is not something that we asked. that's something that...

From hhs yesterday that they are currently on the whole about 11,800 children. 80% of those arrived at the border unaccompanied. as we were talking about last night 2,047 of those are children who were separated from parents. >> we heard from the call yesterday -- i mean, have you gotten answers about questions from hhs about are they getting in new kids now that are being separated still? >> no. we have not. cnn had specific questions for hhs after that call that went unanswered. today, they still do remain unanswered. we have asked pointed questions. questions like, are you still receiving c...