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>> and those clips were just from the last 24 hours, but over a year ago, now white house chief-of-staff john kelly, he was then the dhs secretary talked about this policy as a potential deterrent that they were looking in to over a year ago. now it's up to the white house to figure out what to do now because republicans, along with democrats, are growing increasingly outraged and concerned about the situation at the border while the white house is not backing down this morning, mercedes schlapp, the communications adviser to the president, continue today say that it was the democrats fault an...

Administration, steve bannon, jeff sessions and others, deny that it's a policy. the homeland security secretary again, which is sort of stunning. people criticizinglit. melania trump, although she can't have it both ways, she's criticizing it. and the president of the united states who is seeing it and saying, uh-oh, maybe this isn't exactly what i wanted when i said bgh on the border on immigration. >> in march homeland security secretary john kelly pre viewed this policy and specifically described it as an effort to deter immigration to t united states. so they can't really have it bothays ...

Does it. and being humane and keeping especially small children with their families. so this isn't a good idea and it is a symptom, a symptom of a broken immigration system that requires congressional action and as you know, we are trying to force that action and trying to get the first meaningful immigration reform in this country done since 1986. >> you heard john kelly, the white house chief of staff there, talking about a potential deterrent. when i talk to sources who are working on this issue who are with the administration or support these policies, they say you know, showing that famil...

Both those organizations said it's a tremendously bad idea. teachers are supposed to be teaching. their qualifications are related to educational requirements, not sharp shooting. >> he makes the argument though that, look, this could be a potential deterrent. if people suffering from mental illness or otherwise get their hands on these weapons have designs to go into a school, that they may pass if they know that teachers are concealed weapons. is there part of that argument that makes sense to you? >> well, across the country, and including in both of my daughter's schools, they do have arme...

Separations, which of course it did. but the trump administration viewed zero tolerance, as they called it, as a potential deterrent to illegal border crossing. and that's a legitimate, albeit harsh way to look at things. as long as you accept responsibility for it, which frankly, this administration did not. >> it hasn't been good. and the american people don't like the idea that we're separating families. we never really intended to do that. >> well, actually, they did. they really did intend that. just ask them back when the policy was announced and before the world was greeted with images ...