by everyone he knew. especially his parents. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm craig melvin. thanks for batwatching. good morning. i'm dara brown in new york at msnbc world headquarters. it is 7:00 in the east, 4:00 out west, and here's what is happening. president trump doubled down on his push for tough borders despite the outrage over family separations. >> even if they saw any weakness, they will come by the millions. we have to have strong borders. this morning, whether immigration will be a winning issue for republicans in november. plus, 86-sarah huckabee sanders. a little restaurant is in the news for asking the press second tower to leave. >> this is not about religion,

it is about an administration that espouses religion and hate. >> questions on whether the owner crossed the line. and victory lap. why history is being made in saudi arabia. new details from the trump administration on how many children remain in detained centers as a result of the zero-tolerance policy. the department of homeland security released a fact sheet late last night saying of the 2,053 children in custody, 522 of them have been reunited with their parents. the agency also pointing out that 83% of these children in custody arrived in the u.s. unaccompanied by a parent. and it is unclear exactly when more families will be reunited, but dhs says the process typically begins shortly after parents go through their court proceedings. part of the administration's new plan includes contact information parents can use to find out about the whereabouts from their children and how to

communicate by phone. meanwhile, president trump escalating his attacks against democrats at the nevada gop convention yesterday and suggesting immigration is a winning issue for his party. >> they want to use the issue, and i like the issue for an election, too. strong borders, no crime. their issue is open borders and let ms-13 all over our country. that will happen if you listen to them. dmonchts str demonstrators plan to hold rallies across the nation. here's what happened at a protest outside the detention center at ahouston center yesterday. >> reporter: growing outrage over the 2,000 children still in limbo. >> up expectedly seeing that bus just made things extremely real. >> reporter: immigration activists in mccowan, texas,

leaving -- >> i don't think people know what it's like to put children on a bus and caged like an animal. they are human beings and deservedly should be treated as such. >> reporter: president trump is keeping his zero-tolerance policy in place. >> right now we're looking at what we're going to do. whatever we do, we are going to keep the families together. >> reporter: is there an adequate plan to reunite the families? >> we have not seen it if it is. >> reporter: this woman sued the

government to get her 7-year-old son. she told us, as a mother, you must fight to get your child back. you think if they anticipated it, do you think it would be that complicated? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: jody goodwin represents 100 migrant parents. >> they didn't think this through in which way to match up which parents. >> liz, i want to start with you because the department of homeland security doesn't answer the questions of the families and advocates like the ones that spoke to gabe gutierrez there. they are asking the government to provide. what is your sense of how the administration is trying to fix this blunder? >> the fact sheet is the first time the government has told people how many of the young children that they took from their parents have actually been reunited. and the number is 522.

but there's still a lot of questions it doesn't answer. one is, the children rep united with their parents, were they deported in this country. there are a lot of questions remaining about the 2,000 kids waiting to be reunited with their parents and how long that process will take. if a child is well along in that proce process, then this -- >> what is it about policy making in the white house creating all these stumbling blocks? >> well, look, i mean, there's

bad policy and then there's, you know, this. this is a situation where there are folks like steven miller, they own this. and there's really no other way to look at it. i mean, i think that comparison is fair. because you look at these images, and this is -- this is self-inflicted bad policy. but it's tough, dara, to talk about this through the lens of politics when there are children separated from their parents. and it's very unclear just whether or not the new policy is going to correct it. so this is something that quite frankly when i talked to sources up on capitol hill in the republican party, they are begging the administration to address in some policy problem. >> and still so many unanswered questions there.

i want to go back to what president trump said yesterday about this being a winning issue for the republicans. "the new york times" came out with a story today. the reporter writes, their resilience suggests a level of unity among republicans that could help mitt at a time mr. trump's low overall approval rating. liz, will the level of steadfast support be enough? >> yeah, i think it's president that the people are buying it. that's why we saw him back off the policy, something we never see the president do, right? and this week we saw him take a step back, write the hasty executive order to stay, is it a

step back from the humanitarian crisis that he himself created, will now everyone move on and forget about it because the news cycle is going to move on? but it was not a good week for him politically. >> meanwhile, the democrats are using the chilling audio from children separated from their parents as a way to shame president trump. this was backed by congressman bill stire. and kevin, is it too early to tell if this helps democrats regain control in november? >> dara, from the political standpoint, this is clearly mobilized activists on all sides. most notably in the democratic party. as you mentioned, republicans have dug in and are still behind

this president, but many folks in the evangelical community were urging the president to reconsider. when you have the son of late billy graham urge iing with a sy and talking about changing course on this. ivanka trump is urging the president to reconsider this. this is by no means something universal considered by republicans at all. and, in fact, i think to your point, sara, and to "the new york times," that's the article point. you have republicans coming out to say they didn't want separation from their children. and steve king in rural iowa

feels the tough immigration policy is something they don't want to back off from. that's why you have the comprehensive immigration reform pass before the midterms. and that's also why the president tweeted on thursday, hey, wait a minute, don't get to immigration until after the midterm elections. seeing him campaign yesterday in areas, someone seeing president trump return from the last presidential siblcycle, seeing together campaigning speaks to the climate we're headed into, where does the claim go from here with immigration? >> steve miller had a whole slate of things he wanted to roll out on immigration.

they are focusing on the court agreement that says children can only be held in contention for 20 days with their family and then have to be released. it has a lot of questions on how children should be dealt with while they go through immigration proceedings. but i don't think you'll see the white house back off on that. they are trying to get house republicans to accomplish that for them. i don't know how much steven miller is going to be in the driver seat after this -- >> he's not. >> we'll see when we talk to sarah huckabee sanders. stay tuned for that. and a senator who described

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got into the tents where they are housing unaccompanied minors. he said between 250 and 260 kids are being held in that camp between the ages of 14 to 18. he did share a little bit of news, we have been talking about the girls' condition. >> reporter: what are the conditions like? >> first of all, we're out in the desert. it's hot. so if they're playing soccer, they're playing on a soccer field where temperatures are hot way out in the sun. i believe yesterday it was 108. when you get inside, it's completely air-conditioned. and my uptsinderstanding is then move it to whatever temperature the kids want, they are getting three meals a day and all the

things you would expect. the real trauma is being separated from your parents. >> reporter: senator udall thinks the president should come here to visit the site for himself. he's stressed that he thinks there's been a complete breakdown of trust between the federal government and the people, not to mention the media, because we have been unable to visit the sites by and large specifically the one behind me. one of the things most disturbing about what he said, the plan for reunification, the question on everyone's minds, when will the kids be back with their families? he asked an official inside the camp to be back their parents. he told me he was, quote, told to call them in a week. that tells them how disorganized they are.

confusion is occurring. and kelly cobiella is live in riyadh, saudi arabia. kelly, how have women been reacting to this? >> reporter: it really was a celebration. one minute after midnight, daughters, mothers, sisters, taking a victory lap of sorts going to the local labor places

to seesaw dee saudi arabia ente 21st century. >> i'm so excited that i can drive myself around and not wait for a driver or maybe -- i don't know, i'm speechless, to be honest. >> reporter: this is part of the crown prince's plan to modernize society and the economy, but it doesn't come without controversy. just last month, about eight, actually more than eight women activists were arrested. some have been released but some still in jail facing long prison sentences. they were fighting for more equality as well to become more rich. they do not need a man's permission to get a driver'

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countdown to the midterm elections. voters nationwide will flock to the polls in 135 days. on tuesday, seven states will hold primaries including new york, maryland and colorado. >> not one democrat voted for the tax cuts. and they are suffering now because they're going to lose a lot of races if they thought they were going to win. >> president trump is surely banking on gop tax cuts to help republicans in november, but he could be overconfident. a new monmouth university poll shows 40% of americans approving the tax reform, but that's down six points since april and ten

points since january. new reaction from the owner of a restaurant in virginia who asked sarah huckabee sanders to leave yesterday. owner stephanie wilkinson tells "the washington post" that she pulled sarah huckabee sanders outside and said, i explained that the restaurant would like to uphold standards such as honestly and compassion and cooperation. i'd like to ask you to leave. sander's response was immediate, she said, that's fine, i'll go. >> this is a situation, no, i don't think that sarah sanders is going to be losing her job over tweeting about this

incident. and look, this is such an illustration for where we are at culturally in the political rhetoric dialogue of our country right now. and it has clearly sparked a national conversation. you've got folks on the left agreeing with this. folks on the right disagreeing with this. and look, this is a moment of where we are at. and i don't anticipate this will stop any time soon. >> and before i let you two go, liz, cory lewandowski flew with the president yesterday to las vegas. and this is in reaction to a girl with down syndrome being separated from her mother at the border. liz, is he concerned about the outcome of this? >> no, i don't think they are worried about this. they don't think that cory

lewandowski made fun of a 10-year-old girl with down syndrome. >> what is your take, kevin? >> i think that he's remained entrenched with the political apparatus. >> the political climate has certainly sobered us up. >> what a week. >> what a week. we were talking about sarah sanders, but the same thing happened to kirsten nielson and it's going on. kevin, real quick, what is next week like? >> well, on my radar, the king of abdullah, jordan, will be at the white house. this immigration issue is very much on the minds of american in america as well as the world.

>> thanks, kevin cirilli. great to have you on this morning. that will do it for me, i'm dara brown. at the top of the hour, "politics nation." and "your business" is up next. dear future us,

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