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Force people to apply asylum from an unsafe country. they are fleeing because they need asylum from it or having to pass through guatemala. that raises a lot of questions. i want to go back to mark's point. what's at issue here in the flores settlement that the trump administration tries to get itself out of is essentially not just out of oversight, we are talking about when children were getting body cavity searched. kids were being held hostage in order to interrogate their parents and told they would not allow reunification unless parents show up. this is an administration that just in june...

Sunlight into how migrant children are being treated and at some point we have to have a discussion as mark said about. what do we mean and do we care about the best interests of children and families. >> and the judge challenged the department. >> absolutely. after they gone through detentions, u.s. government is dropping families at mcdonald's and las cruces providing the infrastructure of the people. republicans and democrats, people have all different persuasions in those towns are rallying around supporting families. they don't care how they got there. in america, we got to treat these ki...

For babies. families are just exhausted. if you are going to get out of your home country and walk all the way to america, its got to be a bad situation. you are fleeing. when they come here to america and being treated without showers and sanitation, it is outrageous. that's why i see the children down there putting resources and giving resources to families before they go. >> thank you mark shriver. and maya wiley, thank you for all your in sisights. we appreciate that as well. we'll be right back. appreciatel we'll be right back.

Government that shuts down. starting tonight, many of the 9 million children who depend on c.h.i.p., the children's health insurance program, will lose their coverage. joining me is mark shriver, director of save the children usa. i don't have to tell you that we're at the height of flu season. one of the worst flus we've seen. children are dying. people are in ers. and the government could potentially shut down and all of these kids would not be covered. >> it's an amazing program started by senator kennedy and senator hatch. he said we had a moral obligation to our children. we're 21 years l...

Entire cabinet to davos, switzerland. >> i heard that comment. that unbelievable. they're talking about going to davos and not taking care of our most vulnerable little citizens. it's a bad state of affairs. i think people have to get off their butts and get engaged. that's what the political process is. it's that line from teddy roosevelt about the credit belongs to the person in the arena. we need more people getting fired up, protesting in washington and their state capitols and demanding accident. >> mark shriver, thank you very much. a busy news day here. more ahead. we'll be right back...