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After repeatedly delaying the white house press briefing, first one hour, then it was two, then another. and then it was four hours after the scheduled briefing time, until it started. the homeland security secretary krif kirstjen nielsen started the session. she was hit with the basics, questions about the well-being of children in detention centers, questions about what's happening inside those detention centers. questions she should have been able to answer. >> have you heard the audio clip of these children wailing, that just came out today? >> i have not seen something that came out today...

During that process. and he said, well, listen, you gotta amend your testimony to the house investigation. it's closed now, but you gotta do it. you also have to reveal this to the senate if they ask and the mueller team if they ask. i prepared to do both of those things. at the first, the senate, nobody asked me something to where this would be responsive. remember, to this point, i thought this was just some guy who called me and i passed him off to roger stone. it was about two minutes of my life, and i still thought at that point that it was nothing. and then i went to mueller on may 2nd -...

Let's remember their sacrifice and commitment to this country. with that, i will take some questions. >> reporter: secretary nielsen nielsen, you said dhs is no longer ignoring a lot. you are calling on congress to change the laws. that's the big message. members of congress on the democratic side say you are using children as a lever to try to get them to take legislative action. what do you say? >> i say that is a cowardly response. it is clearly within their power to make the laws and change the laws. they should do so. >> reporter: have you seen the photos of children in cages? have you he...

Idea. second, children in dhs and hhs custody are being well taken care of. the department of health and human services office of refugee resettlement provides meals, medical care, and educational services to these children. they are provided temporary shelter and hhs works hard to find a parent relative or foster home to care for these children. parents can still communicate with their children through phone calls and videoconferencing. a parent who is released from custody can be a sponsor and asked hhs to release the child back into their care. further, these minors can still apply for asyl...

Your house and dropping off kids. you try to do your best. that's what america is doing. they are dealing with thousands of kids. you have general michael hayden comparing it to the holocaust, cancellation camps, and insult to victims, survivors, people taking care of these kids. that is idiotic. he is a fool. >> donna: the stress, the harm, the abuse that comes when you are not capable of holding your child. your pulled away, you're pulling my parents and their children. a man committed suicide because he did not want to let go of his kid. this is a crisis. >> greg: it's in emotional feeling....