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>> dana: thousands of unaccompanied children on the border. >> bill: the white house is saying these migrants when asked the question about it are just responding to a message of hope. >> you think it's a coincidence as soon as trump and his immigration were on the way out and biden and his stated policy were on the way that the historic surge at the border started? >> first of all one of the things i think is important we've seen surges before. surges the end to respond to hope. and there was a significant hope for a more humane policy after four years of pent-up demand. >> bill: th...

the surge and are encouraging smugglers to be bolder than ever. >> we've seen surges before. surges the end to respond to hope and there was a significant hope for a more humane policy after four years of pent up demand. so i don't know whether i would call that a coincidence but i certainly think that the idea that a more humane policy would be in place may have driven people to make that decision. >> harris: well, here is how many are coming. more than 100,000 migrants were encountered at the border in february. that's a 97% jump from the same month of last year. nearly 30,000 unac...

he's not talking about the enormous cost of the immigration crisis on the southern border, at least not extensively yet. a we'll break it down, those costs a bit later. and we'll talk with republican senator john cornyn of texas. first up tonight, white house correspondent peter doocy live on the north lawn. >> the president hasn't said anything about the border in a week and a day now, all of his public events have been focused on the covid-19 including this afternoon. he talked about rival companies coming together to make the single shot covid-19 vaccine from johnson & johnson. >>...