President is doing, using these images, these families as a bargaining chip to get what he wants? the trump administration hasn t backed down. they are as eli pointed out saying over and over and over again that this is not their desire to do. no one wants to separate parents and families, but they re blaming the democrats. if that s the case, they could pick up the call tomorrow, like lindsey graham said and could have changed the policy. the fact is they re not going to do that. they know this is an issue they want to work on, want to continue. if they didn t, they could change this but it doesn t appear like they have any indication doving that. they ll continue to try to change the narrative and blame narrative and see if it sticks. in a few minutes we ll be joined by senators merkley and van hollen, visiting facilities in south texas. different topic we ll switch gears here republicans on the judiciary committee demanded documents related to the fbi s
On father s day do the right thing and end the policy and reduce the number of kids, eliminate the number of kids torn away from their parents. he could do it today. we don t need a bill. wouldn t that be a great thing to do on father s day. that would be the right thing to do on father s day, be the right thing to do any time and you know, he should do the right thing by the american people. i think you find people across the country regardless of party saying this is not who we are, this is inhumane. to underscore, senator graham said on friday you could end this with a simple phone call. i want to play how president trump is framing this, what he is saying about it. take a look. we ll talk about it. mr. president do you agree with children being taken away no, i hate the children being taken away. the democrats have to change their law. that s their law. mr. president it s your policy. quiet, that s the democrats
certainly it all depends upon the details, kasie, but here s what really bothers me. the president came out a couple days ago and said that part of the value of hisolicy of separating kids from parents is it gives him legislative leverage. it is unacceptable in my mind, i think in the minds and hearts of any american that someone can justify a policy of deliberate harm to children, as a way to gain legislative leverage. we need to do right for these kids, regardless of any other pieces of immigration puzzle. and kasie, i think it s been well established that there s no law currently that requires president trump to do this. that has been shown to be patently false. that is a lie. this is a deliberate policy change which is why you see a sudden spike over the last six weeks in the number of kids separated from their parents. president trump could right now
nobody likes this policy. i hate to say it, that s the law and he s enforcing the law. i don t think you have to justify it. welcome to the second hour of caycie d.c. with me on set white house reporter for the l.a. times and msnbc political analyst hee lie stobells and chairman chief strategist for hillary clinton guy cecil and white house correspondent from mcclatchy newspapers fra s franco ordonez. i want to start with behind the scenes what s going on at the white house. could you see there steve bannon and kellyanne conway aren t defending what is happening. but at the same time not saying it should be stopped. there s a difference between bannon and kellyanne conway. b the president said this is the
This a lot of the suburban house districts the competitive districts are in a district where the story might resonate. there are mothers and fathers across the country watching these images and the only muddling happening on the part of the white house is muddling these gangs with what is happening which is we have asylum seekers who are the victims of violence, who the victims of gangs and their country coming to you are oborder, seeking asylum and they are being turned away. they are not being allowed to enter into the country to go through the normal channels the way the administration says they are. they are forced to go to other border crossings and being arrested and separated from their kids and in many cases they re being immediately deported but their children are still housed in these tent cities. there s multiple documentations that the kids being not only separated but being kept while parents return and i don t believe americans are going to look at these images and say the administration is making the right decision, that the policy is, in fact, the righthing to