so wolf, we'll just have to wait and see what secretary nielsen says. she is the homeland security secretary. she worked here at the white house as a chief of staff essentially for the chief of staff john kelly so she's very familiar with the president. but she and the president have been at odds over this policy and over immigration as well. so we'll have to stay tuned to see what she said. so far no indication that we're hearing that they are going to change their tune on the policy. >> i want you to stand by. we'll have live coverage of the homeland security secretary's briefing which is supposed to have been -- begin fairly soon. we'll stand by for that. our panel of experts is also standing by. but i want to get more right now from a leading democrat on the senate judiciary committee, richard blumenthal of connecticut. senator, thank you so much for joining us. let's talk about this new policy of separating children from their mothers and fathers at the border. as you know, the president could easily change that comprehensive immigration reform ver

kristjen nielsen mÁs tuvo su vista fija en el telÉfono e ignorÓ a los manifestantes. despuÉs de unos 10 minutos, la funcionaria tÉrmino abandono el establecimiento y subiÓ a una camiseta negra que la esperaba. por su parte, el grupo manifestante utilizÓ su pÁgina de facebook para pedir la renuncia de kristjen nielsen, asÍ como la aboliciÓn de ice y la patrulla fronteriza. presentadora: el portavoz del departamento de seguridad nacional reaccionÓ, diciendo que ella alienta a las personas a expresar sus opiniones y a buscar soluciones, para tener un sistema de inmigraciÓn que realmente funcione. fÉlix: muchas gracias, andrea. presta hora de indignaciÓn provocada por la separaciÓn de familias inmigrantes, debido a esta polÍtica de cero tolerancia de la administraciÓn trump, llegÓ tambiÉn a una oreja de silcon valley que comenzÓ una campaÑa de recolecciÓn de fondos para donarlos a organizaciones pro inmigrantess. desde san francisco, luis con el reportaje. luis: esta imagen impulsaron un movimiento, llevando a miles a donar millones para mantener a fami

some say the policy doesn't exist like kirstjen nielsen. she tweeted yesterday we do not have a policy of separating families at the border. period. then why are you locking up kids in an abandoned walmart? exclamation point, colon, with your head up it? >> wow. struggling to get their message together. >>> the florida mother arrested after leaving her 3-year-old daughter in a hot car overnight. 33-year-old casey keller charged with negligent. she took her kids with her to the liquor store in sanford, florida, saturday night. when she returned home, she forgot or decided not to take her child out the car. deputies discovered the 3-year-old overheated and in and out of consciousness and rushed her to the hospital sunday morning. the high temperature in sanford was 92 degrees. the mother was released after posting a $15,000 bond. >>> michigan governor issuing a disaster declaration in two counties after floods in the u.p. some areas were hit with 6 to 8 inches of rain. the heavy downpours creating sinkholes and washouts and leaving sewer line

on other hand, we just saw secretary nielsen say these children are being cared for. they are being separated. we also see that they are freely sharing the numbers. 2,000 children were separated over six weeks. they are allowing journalists into some facilities to see, mainly, older boys, probably older than 12, behind cages. it seems like, on one hand, they want to counter this message, but on the other hand, they want us to know what's happening because they want to use this really more politically than as a deterrent for the children. >> we may hear from attorney general jeff sessions. he is speaking down in new orleans. he is at a national associations of sheriffs conference, at a convention center there. so far, he has been thanking folks in the audience for the award he's received. if he starts to talk about the border or this policy, we'll bring it to you live. in the meantime, picking up where julia left off, neekirstj nielsen tweeted, there is no policy saying you have to separate. that is correct. the effect of the policies the trump administration put into

in the last six weeks upwards of 2,000 children have experienced this drama, what dhs secretary nielsen called today a country of compassion and heart, so we begin tonight keeping them honest with how the trump administration can reconcile that claim with images like these. and sounds like these. those are children crying waiting for the parents they have been taken from. the audio obtained by pro publica. we don't know what facility it was recorded in. this is not separation anxiety, this is separation. real trauma. in just a moment, we'll be joined by a pediatrician. her organization has written several letters now to dhs calling for this to stop. it stems by a decision by the president to enforce longstanding immigration law in a way that neither his democratic nor republican predecessors did, if part because it could lead to this. it was, as we reported and as members of the administration openly stated when they were actually selling this policy, a deliberate choice, yet now when faced with the continue quesequ it, the bipartisan uproar against it, the response from trump on down h

secretary kirstjen nielsen defended the administration zero tolerance policy. this briefing is 35 minutes. >> good afternoon. thank you for your patience. president trump has laid out an immigration reform closes loopholes and provides the necessary resources to secure the board. to fix our broken immigration system. to answer some of your questions invited opic, i've secretary of homeland secure and tary kirstjen nielsen, the border protection commissioner to the podium. s always, i'll be back to take questions on other news of the day. good afternoon, it's my pleasure to be here because i would love i can help explain giveof what's going on and you some of the facts. there butbeen put out i want to clarify some of these things. julii >> i had the privilege of peaking this morning at the national sheriff's association conference. i thank them. i want to provide you an update n the illegal immigration crisis on the southern border and the effort that the administration is taking to solve this crisis and to stop flood of illegal immigrants, drugs, contraband and

secretary nielsen is coming up. mariana atencio has been doing an incredible job of talking to families and talking to mothers and children and translating in real time. >> amazing. >> their stories and what they're running from. i said this at 2:00. isle say it again to you right now. nobody puts their kid on a boat unless the water is safer than the land. >> gave me chills, my friend. >> nicole wallace, thanks so much. if it's monday, the trump administration is about to speak about their controversial immigration policy that's separating families at the border. >>> good evening. i'm katy tur in for chuck todd. we begin with breaking news. kirsten nielsen will be speaking to reporters about the trump administration's zero-tolerance policy at the border. once she comes to the podium, we might abrupt lly stop what we'r doing, so bear with us. it is a policy that's received intense and escalating criticism from democrats and republicans, independents, psychologists, human rights watch dogs, you name it, for breaking

we have sworn to do this job. >> reporter: kirstjen nielsen has emerged as one of the most loyal foot soldiers of the trump agenda. in week, trumpeting its policy of separating families at the border to a gathering of sheriffs, then unflinchingly defending it that miamid a barr reporters' questions. she repeated over and over the false line that it was a law that only congress could change. >> congress and the courts created this problem and congress alone can fix it. >> reporter: this is nielsen's second tour of duty in the government. after serving in the bush administration, first working at tsa, then overseeing the withoutwithouhite house's response to domestic disasters. she faced one of the country's darkest chapters, the catastrophic response to hurricane katrina. she was named in congressional reports along with other top officials for failing to act on dire warnings of the approaching storm. nielsen left government and beme a cyber security and risk analyst at george washington university and the world economic forum. after trump won the election, she served on the transition

>> nielsen claims it is not a deterrent separating children from parents at the border. her ex-boss john kelly, now the chief of staff, told cnn that was precisely the plan. >> if you get some young kids coming in and sneak into the united states with their parents, our department of homeland security personnel will separate children from moms and dad. >> yes, i am considering in order to deter more movement along the dangerous network. i am considering exactly that. >> now despite secretary nielsen's denial, jeff sessions says deterrent is a central component of the practice. >> are you trying to deter people from bringing children or minors across the dangerous journey? >> yes. i hopefully believe people will get the message and come through the border at the point of entry. >> and the zero tolerance border policy is not trying to deter from entering illegally, but homeland security officials says it was confident it would. >> the president is determined to stand his ground. he and his allies spent monday defending the zero tolerance policy. >> the united states will n

homeland security secretary nielsen is coming up next. that is it for "the lead." turning it over to wolf blitzer. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we're following breaking news. we're standing by for white house briefing. now delays four hours as the administration faces increasing pressure from democrats and now many republicans as well condemning the policy of separating undocumented children from their parents at the border. top administration officials are defending the actions including the homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen speaking at the white house briefing momentarily. we'll have live coverage. president trump continues to falsely blame democrats where this new policy. the first lady melania trump is among those speaking out against it and all four former first ladies have now also condemned what is happening along the border. let's go to our senior white

>> thank you, secretary nielsen.

nielsen protesters during dinner at a mention an restaura -- at a mexican restaurant. but the real test, will congress find common ground when it's time to vote and will the president sign off on it? so far, nearly 2,000 children have been separated from their parents but it hasn't been worked out how they will be reunited. the house is expected to take up two immigration bills this week. raj? >> jill, thank you. >>> the power of social media, a facebook fund-raiser has taken off, and it continues to rise. right now people have donated $14 million. this makes it the biggest facebook campaign ever. a silicon valley couple who worked at facebook launched it just a few days ago. their initial goal was $1,500. the money will help provide legal services for undocumented

dhs secretary nielsen walked inside with her security detail to thisur mexican rest behind me. moments later protesters went in and had signed and they were yelling shame at her. >> shame, shame, shame, shame! >> reporter: the metro d.c. democratic socialists of america party posted this video on facebook showing members of the group interrupting department or homeland secity secretary nielsen's dner at the mx d.c. cocina mexina restaurant. they're protesting the policy thateparates children from their parents. yesterday secretary nielsen had a befing at the white house defending the policy. >> dhs is no longerg ignore law. we have enforcing the laws as they exist on the books.g as l illegal entry remains a criminal offense, dhs will not look the other way. > reporter: now, after the incident president trump tweeted in support of homeland security nielsen, saying she did abu us job yesterday at the press conference explaining security at the border and for our country. well, at the same time recommending changes to and nasty laws which force family separation. we want heart and

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. >> why is the government only releasing images of the boys who are being held? w where are the girls? where are the young toddlers? >> i don't know. i'm not familiar with those particular images. >> do you know where the girls are? where the toddlers are? >> we have children in dhs care, both. but as you know, most of the children after 72 hours, are transferred to hhs. so i don't know what pictures you're referencing, but i'd refer you to hhs. >> we've seen the boys, but not the girls, any of the young toddlers. and you're saying they're being well cared for, so how can you make that claim if you don't know where they are? >> it's not that i don't

>> thank you, secretary nielsen. i will jump right in and go to other questions, news of the da day. >> reporter: the president said he would talk to the north korean leader kim. do you know if it happened? >> the president has spoken with a number of administration officials that are working on the details following the north korean summit. it will keep you posted on those details. i am not aware of a specific call between the two leaders. >> reporter: there is a report that the united states and south korea have agreed to suspend joint military drills in august. is that real? >> the last part of the question? >> reporter: suspending joint military drills in august. are you aware of this? >> those conversations are ongoing. at this point, as long as the north koreans continue to act in good faith, as we saw in singapore, then we expect those things to be on pause. >> i have -- has the president discussed the family separation policy with the first lady in light of her statement yesterday? does he have plans to addre

kirstjen nielsen / u.s. secretary of homeland security: "surely it is the beginning of the unraveling of democracy when the body who makes the laws - rather than changing them - asks the body who enforces the laws not to enforce the laws."but no previous has interpreted the law as requiring the separation of parents from their children.in a statement - first lady melania trump - said that "we need to be a country that follows all laws - but also a country that governs with heart."rep. mark pocan / -d- wisconsin: "you don't think a child who is in this facility who has a 6 by 10 living area - by the way a supermax prison cell is 8 by 12 - a six by ten area and you get out two hours a day? that to i think a child 10 years old is a prison."but nielsen maintains the children are well taken care of.in washington, natasha chen kron four news. (catherine) c-n-n is reporting that there's a facility in brownsville texas where children under ten are brought after being separated from their parents. a democratic congre

nielsen did not appr to respond. she was later seen being escorted to an suv. secret service confirmed that they responded to a restaurant. monday nielsen defended the trump admistration's polic of separating children from their parents. >> here's the bottom line, dhs is no longer ignoring the laws. we are eorcing the laws as they belong on the books. as long as illryal e remains a criminal event, dhs will no longer look theer way. president trump said secretary nielsen did a fabulous job quote, explaining security at the border and our country while at the same time recommending changes to obsolete and family laws which force separatirt. we want hnd security in america. >>> angryat protestorshered in the city of btherly love. mike pence was at a fund-raiser for scott wagner. protesters chanted and held up signs saying things like cage free kids and build bridges not walls. one persorr wasted at that protest. >>> maryland governor larry hogan and ralphortham are speaking out. marylandnd virginia sent members there. immigratn enforcement efforts to, quote, focus

nielsen: let me be clear on a couple of other things. majoritymajority, vast of children who are in the care of hhs right now, 10,000 of the 12,000 were sent here alone by their parents. that is when they were separated. so somehow we have completed everything. there are two separate issues. 10,000 of those currently in custody were sent by their parents with strangers to undertake a completely dangerous we now care for them. we have high standards. we give them meals and education. we give them medical care. videos, there are tv. i had visited the detention centers myself. announcer: coming up tonight, justice department inspector general michael horowitz on the investigation. than president trump makes remarks at the situation on the u.s. southern border of children being taken into custody separated from their parents. after that, homeland security secretary christian nielsen -- kristen talks about the situation on the border. the justice department inspector

. >> homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen opened the white house reefing with a situation on the statement that the u.s. southern border and the childrenn of migrant and their parents. this briefing is 45 minutes. >> good afternoon. thank you for your patience. as you know, president trump has laid out an immigration reform proposal that closes loopholes and provides forces necessary to close the border. congress needs to fix our broken immigration system. to answer some of your questions, we've invited others to the podium. i will be back up afterwards to take questions. afternoon's. it is my pleasure to be her. i would like to see if i can help explain some of what is going on and give you the facts. there has been a lot put out there and i hope we can clarify some things today. i want to start by thanking the sheriffs of the united states. i spoke with them this morning at the national sheriffs association conference. do tok them for all they protect our communities. i want to provide you with an up date on the efforts the administration is taking to solve the crisis and s

secretary nielsen has said go to the ports of entry. if you go to the port of entry, you're doing nothing illegal. everything should be fine. why aren't people just doing that? >> because you can't always get in when you show up at the port of entry. there's a massive backlog. there was a caravan with hundreds of people backed up. i've seen people at the ports of entry, people waiting on bridges for days if not weeks. if not longer than that. i met a family in arizona turned away five days in a row. that's what makes people think i'm just going to come here. i'm going to walk cross the river and turn myself into a border patrol agent, and then i'm just going to end up here in this processing center and get through the process. >> are they willing to do that because what they're fleeing is so awful? and do they realize what they're in for? the idea is once they realize their kids are ripped away, they're going to stop trying to come here. >> i think the calculation from the people, these are some of the most desperate people you can imag

kirstjen nielsen continues to say it's a policy. i ask the white house to get themselves in order, it absolutely is. this situation has prompted at least ten democrats to call specifically for kirstjen nielsen's resignation. there's now a flurry of legislation in the works. i want you to hear me on this. from both parties. to end separations at the border. and both parties when i say people who are immigration hawks say this policy just is inhumane. once again, a reminder. this is not a law that needed changing. this is a trump administration policy. in the meantime, attorney general jeff sessions, who has invoked the bible as justification for the policy, appeared to undermine the administration's claim that the separation policy is not meant to act as a deterrent. >> so yes, hopefully people will get the message and come through the border at the port of entry and not break across the border unlu unlawfully. >> when jeff sessions says that, when he invokes the bible, i think the coure rinians, when they said, one one suffers, we a

even nielsen's close ally, white house chief of staff, john kelly, advised nielsen against doing the news conference. man! does anybody in the white house listen to john kelly? john kelly is like that sticker on your med that says, "do not take with alcohol." no. i don't know. ( cheers and applause ) inll, now you've piqued my test.re now, kelly wasn't supposed to be an impotent towedy. in fact, kelly himself once believed he stood between trump and chaos. but recently, he has told at least one person close to him that he may as well let the president do what he wants, even if it leads to impeachment-- at least this chapter of american history would come to a close." ( cheers and applause ) okay, yeah. but that is the weakest thing i've ever heard. "pack up your stuff, kids. the house belongs to the raccoons now." and-- can i see that last line again. at least this last chapter of american history would come to a close." that's pretty optimistic that there will be history books. i believe this, the before times will be remembered by shaman around the campfire. and then the darkness c

homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen, run out of a restaurant by angry protesters. a hollywood actor saying the most vile things about her. press secretary sarah sanders thrown out of a restaurant in lexington, virginia. even the present to president's 12-year-old son and 4-year-old granddaughter subject to a series of despicable attacks. now two particular deranged democratic lawmakers are urgingt trump allies wherever they could. this disgusting vitriol is out of control, as i said, someone, frankly will get hurt, or frankly, killed. this is not a game anymore. these tactics, -- a "hannity" history lesson debt which are nothing new. in a few minutes, we'll give you the history lesson into how democrats use it in in identity paul attacks to divide rich versus poor, old versus young, along racial lines, everywhere in between. we've got the evidence. also, highlights from the president's most recent political rally, would you just operate so many developments to bring you surrounding mueller's were tt along with really bizarre behavior from actor tom arnold and more

secretary nielsen is coming up. mariana atencio has been doing an incredible job of talking to families and talking to mothers and children and translating in real time. >> amazing. >> their stories and what they're running from. i said this at 2:00. isle say it again to you right now. nobody puts their kid on a boat unless the water is safer than the land. >> gave me chills, my friend. >> nicole wallace, thanks so much. if it's monday, the trump administration is about to speak about their controversial immigration policy that's separating families at the border.

and homeland security secondary kristin nielsen defending the policy. >> we do not have the luxury of pretending all individuals coming to this country as a family unit are in fact a family. >> reporter: secondary nielsen sites a 314% increase in adults and children arriving at the border fraudulently claiming to be a family unit. democrats touring immigration facility in california called the policy cruel, barbaric, child abuse. >> immigration reform does not include ripping children out of the arms of parents. >> monday afternoon the nonprofit pro-public released an audio reporting of children crying out for their parents at u.s. customs and border protection facility. secretary nielsen was asked about it during a surprised and contentious appearance in the white house briefing room. >> something that came out today, i have been to detention centers and i reference you to our standards. the image i want of this country is an immigration system that secures our borders and uphold humanitarian ideals. >> reporter: several democrats are calling for secretary nielsen to resign due to la

i asked kristin nielsen about that earlier today. you are calling on congress to change the law, that's the message here. they say you are using children as a leverage to try to get them to take legislative action. what do you say to that? >> i say that's a cowardly response. it's totally within their power to make the laws and change the laws. >> president obama said it allows too many people to enter the country illegally and many of them are using children as a way to get into the country. if you come across the border with a child, you will be treated differently. that all ended in april and the message does not seem to have gotten out because as kirstjen nielsen said earlier today, 50,000 plus people have been entering the country illegally over the last three months, each month. there's been a 400% increase in the number of so-called family units crossing the border. >> sandra: tom roberts, thank you. up next we have a henry cuellar. thank you for joining us tonight, if you could, respond to what you heard of there from the hom

here something in the dhss secretary nielsen said. over the last year, 300% increase in unaccompanied alien children. ten of the 12,000 were sent here along with other parents. last year, 435% increase in illegal family units coming. over the last decade, she said, since 2013, more than 500,000 illegal minors and families that were admitted here from central america have disappeared somewhere in the country. >> that's the problem. >> shannon: how do get them to show buck up? >> what what i do with the unaccompanied minors, they are not from mexico. i would work to mexico to help them keep -- stop them and mexico, that is where they come through. that is on mexico could help us with the illegal immigration problem. >> shannon: their obligation was, we had with the caravan coming, and mexico, they they were helping give them safe passage to the u.s. border. >> i would tell mexico, if you want to better trading partnership, be a better partner stopping these people, putting these families at risk coming to america, and we are the bad guy

secretary kirstjen nielsen defended the administration zero tolerance policy. this briefing is 35 minutes. >> good afternoon. thank you for your patience. president trump has laid out an immigration reform closes loopholes and provides the necessary resources to secure the board. to fix our broken immigration system. to answer some of your questions invited opic, i've secretary of homeland secure and tary kirstjen nielsen, the border protection commissioner to the podium. as always, i'll be back to take

secretary nielsen also talked about the messaging here. listen. >> are you intendingtor parents to be separated from their children? are you intending to send a message? >> i find that offensive. no, because why would i ever create a poll say that purposely does that? >> rhetorical question but other administration officials have answered it by saying in order to deter people from crossing the border illegally as other administration officials around her have said. nielsen also talked about the coverage of this. >> reporter: have you seen the photos of children in cages? have you heard the audio clip of these children wailing that just came out today? >> i have not seen something that came out today, but i have been to detention centers. and, again, i would reference you to our standards, i would reference you to the care provided, not just by the department of homeland security, but by the department of health and human service when's they get to hhs. >> not clear why secretary nielsen has not seen the photos that her own administration h

thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> you listened to what secretary nielsen had to say. what was your reaction? >> disappointing, frustrated. this is a very complicated issue. one of the things that concerned me over the weekend was evidence that we have lost the ability to even make semidifficult decisions. we have lost the ability to govern ourselves. i get the border question is complicated. it shouldn't be beyond our capacity to resolve it in a way that's broadly satisfactory for everyone concerned. there you saw in full display for well over an hour. imagine what the rest of the world looks and views and judges what's going on in the world's greatest democracy. >> a lot of people are watching around the world. they are saying, what's going on? why is the united states taking 3 and 4 and 5-year-old kids away from their moms? >> it was very clear. it was very clear that these young people are being used as leverage, used as leverage to deter people from coming across the border. but also used as leverage politically. they don't want the clean bill simple solution. com

the white house, the president defiant as he just showed us on twitter, dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen is the message heading the hill today? >> reporter: the president and many white house officials are saying publicly that they still blame democrats, but they're not owning up to the underlying problem, which is that this practice is happening, and some white house officials acknowledge that it is part of an effort to deter immigrants from coming over the border illegal illegally. listen to whether this is part of a plan put in place by the white house to get immigrants to stop crossing the border. >> are you intending to send a message? >> i find that offensive. no. because why would i ever create a policy that purposefully does that? >> as deterrence. >> no. >> is this a deterrent? >> i see that the fact that no one was being prosecuted for this as a factor in a five-fold increase in four years in this kind of illegal immigration, so, yes, hopefully people will get the message and come through the border at the port of entry. >> reporter: so today could be a pivotal day for this iss

the white house briefing with homeland security secretary nielsen is coming up next. that is it for "the lead." turning it over to wolf blitzer. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we're following breaking news. we're standing by for white house briefing. now delays four hours as the administration faces increasing pressure from democrats and now many republicans as well condemning the policy of separating undocumented children from their parents at the border. top administration officials are defending the actions

i think secretary nielsen tried to make this distinction, but i'm not sure it quite penetrated. if somebody shows up at a port of entry, and asks for asylum, they have not violated our immigration laws. and their claim for asylum needs to be considered by the border patrol and by the immigration judge to whom their case is assigned. but if somebody tries to enter the country between the ports of entry, they have violated a federal law. and secretary nielsen made the point that there's no reason for people claiming legitimately claiming asylum to enter the country illegally when they can come through the ports of entry, much as cubans have in times past during the existence of the so-called wet foot-dry foot policy that was later abrogated by president obama. people with a credible fear of persecution in their home countries may present their claims through a normal well-defined process. there's no reason for somebody to go to the far reaches of the frontier, the border region, the wild wild west, i like to call it, and to try to come in by illicit means. there's simply no reason

>> secretary nielsen, you talked about the dhs no longer ignoring the law. members of congress of the democratic side say you're using children as a lever to try to get them to take legislative action. what do you say to that? >> i say it's a very cowardly response. it's clearly within their power to make the laws and change the laws they should do so. >> have you seen the photos of children in cages? have you heard the audio clip of these children crying that just came out today? >> i have not seen, it's something that came out today but i've been to detention centers and again, i would reference you to our standards. i would reference you to the care provided not just by the department of homeland security but by the department of health and human services when they get to hhs. >> but is that what you want out there, children the image? >> the image i want of this country is an immigration system that secures our borders and upholds our humanitarian ideals. congress needs to fix that. yes. >> i wanted to give you a chance to respond to laura bush an op-ed

secretary nielsen? >> thanks for your leadership, sir. we look forward and expect the house to act this beak. we ask them to do their jobs, this is a problem that president after president has dealt with for decades, this one is willing to stand up and fix it. we ask congress to do their part. thanks for your leadership. >> thank you. >> going to have a lot of happy people. >> this has been going on for 60 years. nobody has taken care of it. nobody has had the political courage to take care of it. we're going to. the border is just as tough. we do want to keep families together, this is a problem. if you look at some of those horrible scenes from a few years ago, to me that were horrible scenes. just terrible. that was during the obama administration. other administrations have had the same thing. we're keeping the family together. so this is it. and also, there may be some litigation. we're want to go through congress. we will be going through congress. we're working on a much more comprehensive bill. a lot of good things are happening t

late today, the homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen appeared at the white house and pointed to a dramatic increase in the number of people crossing the border illegally. more than 50,000 a month for the past three months. 400% increase in the number of so-called family units. but the new administration practice of criminally prosecuting people who come across the border illegally has created a very large political problem for the white house. with a storm of outrage growing over the separation of children from illegal immigrants, president trump today laid the blame squarely on the democrats. >> i say it very strongly. it is the democrats' fault. they are obstructionist. and they are obstructing. >> democrats outraged at the zero tolerance policy at the border were people who cross illegally are held for criminal prosecution and separated from any children they may have brought with them. even some republicans are critical. in a "washington post" op-ed, former first lady laura bush wrote "this zero-tolerance policy is cruel. it's immoral, and it breaks my heart." president t

secretary kirstjen nielsen is defending the department of homeland security. over outrage ofalmost two thousand children being separated from their parents at the border. thank you for joining us i'm ken wayne.(pam) and i'm pam moore. over the weekend, border patrol released images of children inside detention centers ... after they have been separated from their parents.(ken) democratic lawmakers toured the facilities today and are calling the practice of family criticism that d-h-etary nielson denied. (pam)omar jimenez has more from washington. ácrying audioá (translated) "daddy! daddy!" audio of children crying as many of them at the us-mexico border wonder where their parents went."we will only separate the family if we cannot determine there is a familiar relationship, if the child may be at risk with the parent or legal guardian, or if the parent or legal guardian is referred for prosecution."but after a zero-tolerance policy was introduced in april...many have been apprehended outside entry points are being referred for prosecution ...separating at le

i'm shocked every time i see it this mob effectively going after kristen nielsen trying to shame her into leaving the restaurant. can we hear that sound? >> not in the u.s.. not in d.c. trish: shouting at her, so that happened. you think about the woman heckeling sarah and her family to the point where then sarah had to leave and she continued to heckle the family. >> okay so if the heckeling outside the restaurant there's little the restaurant can do about it but if the heckeling is inside and it prevents the customer, in this case secretary nielsen and her husband, from having the dinner they're prepared to pay for then the owner is able to maintain a establishment. trish: so the police should be called and the people are escorted out? >> the owner should ask them to loaf and if they won't leave then police would be called. harassment is not the same as expressing a political opinion and when your political opinions inter near with the owner's business or the customer's ability to receive what you're there to pay for then the owners rights and customer's rights have to trump the po

listen. >> shame on nielsen, shame on trump. shame on nielsen, shame on trump. shame on nielsen, shame on track. gerri: can even go to dinner. senior policies at the independent women's forum. state representative and republican u.s. senate candidate. this is a big issue for the trump administration entering iraq to of criticism for its family separation policy as you just heard. in a meeting with republicans last night lasting about an hour, he sidesteps the issue. two bills under consideration. when a compromise bill, when i heard were a pill. one will get traction. >> both bills will be difficult. the more hardline bill is especially hard to get passed through congress. a lot of republicans would rather just deal with the migrant family situation now and deal with immigration later. however, whatever approach they take the immigration reform needs to be down within families need to figure out how to ensure these families are not left to the wind of any administration republican or democrat. >> trump endorsed either bill. that's what i thought was interesting

trump announced he would sign an order, bay area congre called for nielsen congre called for nielsen to step down. i'm urging antono to send observers to report on the co detention center secret nielsen isn't and i think she should resign but we need to stop this. >> rep as you can see, the mood is tense on capitol hill and the president addressed that saying has canceled or postpo tomorrow's congre picnic. saying it doesn't feel right to him to hold it while they are all working on something so import in the newsroom, amy hollyfield, abc7 >> tha >>> this morning, american airlin condemning the separa of families at the border asking the federal govern to not use their planes to transport children who have b taken away from their parent in that manner. americ said, quote, we have no desire to be soernted with separa families or worse to profit from it. we hav every expectation the government will co our reques and we thank them for doing >>> united airlines made the same this morning saying, quote, our company's shared purpos is to connect people and unite the world. this policy and

pam bondy, secretary nielsen, sarah sanders, wherever they go. tell your friends, build the crowd and get in your face. we will send mr. burgess out there to get sean hannity, he will tear a him up. was not a threat? should i have sued the president of the time? this time the target was senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and his wife, another woman, transportation secretary elaine chao. watch this. >> why don't you leave my husband alone. back up. >> >> sean: he so tough, reall. by the way, good job, you stood strong there. now as the midterm elections get closer and closer, the mainstream media is now getting up there. hatred against donald trump, and the website put together this moage putting together some of their blatant hatred for trump voters. this is your corrupt media on display, take a look. >> cut to the chase, this is about racism. this is pure and simple racism. he's hoping that the people who support him will be ginned up and running to the polls to make sure that brown people don't come running to america. >> we can no longer a

these senior agents have written this letter to the homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen asking for their part of i.c.e. to be divorced from the rest of i.c.e. because being associated with the administration's hard-line immigration policies is making it harder for them to do their important national security work, quote, our investigative independence is unnecessarily impacted by the political nature of civil immigration enforcement. many jurisdictions continue to refuse to work with us because of a perceived linkage to the politics of civil immigration. these are not former i.c.e. agents, not low level i.c.e. agents, these are current federal employees at a senior

>> and roughly about the same time, trump was tweeting about nielsen, saying that she did a fabulous job at her press briefing on monday. even though she contradicted e theed a min stras's statement that it's meant to be a deterrent to migrants. coming up in just a few minutes the story of how one migrant mother is taking on the trump administration as she searches for her son. >>> and the united states has become the first country to voluntarily withdraw from the united nations human rights council. ambassador haley announced the move, on what she calls the council's anti-israel bias. israel's prime minister calls the move courageous. >>> asian markets rebounded overnight despite lingering concerns -- despite tariff dispute between the u.s. and china. president trump is threatening to impose new taxes on $250 billion on chinese imports. they say that the new threat is an act of self-defense against the china's trade policies. the dow had a rough day. it's going to start out 287 points lower on this wednesday morning, wiping out the gains this year. >>> one company in the dow general

been very set with the secretary of homeland security, kirstjen nielsen, about that. the "new york times" reported that she threatened to resign. she pushed back on that. they're making, obviously, a very aggressive push right now to rile people up and scare people, using deterrence, from coming into the country. guess what? even if they scare people from coming into the country by separating families and children here across the southern border, they put kids into hhs facilities and parents in prison, they tri it in the '40s. it didn't stop people from coming spot united states. they built the first round of walls. they came in more dangerous places. more people ended up dying on the journey across the border. there are consequenceto terrents. anybody will tell you, south of the border, talk to anybody on the other side, they said, people will find a way to get here. people want to be in this country. many are as desperate as desperate can be, and they have no other opinition, in their opinion. >> mariana, you've spoken to the mothers who have been separated from the

homeland security sec or tear kirsten nielsen forced out of a restaurant as well, and a mob gathered at her private home. trump adviser steven miller at a restaurant, his meal interrupted by shouts of fascist. and then there's maxine waters putting the icing on the leftist cake. trump's people, she told msnbc, they're not going to be able to go to a restaurant, they're not going to be able to stop at a gas station, they're not going to be able to shop at a department store. the people are going to turn on them. this is a new level of harassment. it is hatred raining down on conservatives when they appear in public. to say it's gone too far is a wild understatement. it shouldn't be happening at all. democracies settle political disputes with debate and votes. the angry confrontation of public officials brings us very close to civil strife. that's not good. it's the left that's doing this. petulantve hillary's loss, they've launched a hunt -- a hate trump campaign.

nielsen's real sin was dareing to eat mexican food. >> we go to break, secretary kirstjen nielsen, she made the very tone-deaf ivanka-like decision to dine at a mexican restaurant. >> tucker: on cnn there was the same response. are there no norwegian restaurants in washington, d.c., she asked? in other words, when it comes to eating, stick to your own race. oh. stop the race mixing, mean dhs secretary. keep in mind, there was a time not so long ago when liberals opposed segregation. there was also a time when liberals supported nonviolence. no longer. splinter a website owned by univision posted white house aide stephen miller's personal cell phone number. the right of privacy doesn't apply to those who oppose the left. a professor at nyu put personal information about i.c.e. employees on the internet. his readers got the message. in case that message was too subtle, here is actor peter fonda on twitter encouraging his fellow progressives, "get the addresses of the i.c.e. agents and surround their homes in protest. we should find out what homes -- schools their children go to and surro

homeland security secretary rstjen nielsen yesterday dismissed demands that president trump unilaterally e practice of separating families at the border. and said, quote, "congress can fix this tomorrow." really? [ light lahter ] have you met congress? they are still finalizing the louisiana purchase. [ laughter ] president trump tweeted today, ote, "if you don't have borders, you don't have a country." and if you don't have a country, you can't have a presidee . sod it, we got rid of him. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] it was theorder -- it was the borders this whole time. president trump today spoke to

not just at trump but also at his homeland security secretary and cinderella step sister krirs jen nielsen. >>he face of the trump administration family separation policy, homeland security secretary kisser jen nielsen blasted by protestors while trying to eat dinner at a mexicantaurant in the capitol. >> homeland security secretary is in a mexican restaurant of all places. the [bleep] gal. shame on you. >> nielsen tried to ignore the shouting before finally leaving. >> this is a one-time someone actually wanted a mariachi band to come to their table. she was like guys, you can get over here, quick, play that song, play it louder. ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba. ♪ and look, i get why it's not a good look to torment latino kids and get your taco tuesday on but let's be honest there is no place she could have gone to eat without looking bad. when are you locking kids up in cages, forget about eating at golden corral, right, carl's, jr. just makes us wonder when he will be reunited with carl senior and you might think all right, fine, hooters, you can go to hooters. but you can, really, after you h