bill de blasio says more than 350 children have come through one facility alone. most of them are still there, including a 9 month old. cameras from new york 1 news caught five girls brought to a foster agency after midnight on wednesday. de blasio is wondering how this happened without the city government having been made aware. >> what is happening here? how is it possible that none of us knew there were 239 kids in our city? how is the federal government holding back that information from the people of the city? and holding back the health that these kids need. this is traumatic process. the mental health issues alone. they made clear are very real and painful. >> new york governor cuomo sharing the outrage and calling this a dark stain on the history of our nation. saying you cannot unabuse more than 2,300 children separated from the parents. the administration family and separation policy has already done harm to those children used as pawns in the president's political agenda. protesters expressing anger overnight at laguardia airport. out west, immigration

bill de blasio/new york> they are experiencing mental health challenges and trauma because ofthe separation. there's also physical health challenges new york city's bill de blasio part of a group of mayors from across the country allowed into a tent city for children separated from their families. for the public, the only access is from above ... this image shows the at a federal facility outside texas with newly erected shelters to handle the spike in child detainees. "some have lice some have bed bugs chicken pox all sorts of contagious situations."across the united states, the federal government is responsible for the care of more than 11=thousand migrant children in about 100 shelters.children taken from their parents at the southern u-s border are being placed in detention centers in at least 17 states as far away as michigan and virginia new york mayor deblasio says more than 2=hundred children are being held in the middle of manhattan. "we had gotten no notification from the u.s. government that children were

democrat bill de blasio wants to reserve 20% of the seats to low-income students with scores below theff. he calls the current test, quote, a road block to justice, progress and academic excellence, de blasio want to elite schools to better reflect new york city public schools which are 70% black and latino. let us know what you think about that idea? and if you can believe it, today marks president trump's 500th day in office and as the president bushes forward on agenda, democrats continue to oppose him pretty much around every corner. so after a year of success in the white house why won't democrats get on board, here now to debate that radio talk show host gina and democratic strategists chuck rocha, thank you for joining us this morning. >> good morning. heather: love it when you can join us. let's right off the bat look at successes, president trump's establishments so far in the first 500 days, the economy, we just got the new numbers, 3.8% unemployment, it is what, an 18-year low, historic tax cuts, ramped up fight against isis, release of prisoners and the summit with kim jong

joining us now is new york city's mayor bill de blasio. mr.uch for being here. >> you're very welcome. >> you said last week when the existence of this facility and its use for housing these -- or not housing but serving these kids first came to light, you said it was a surprise to new york officials, that the federal government did this without ever notifying anyone in new york. >> yep. we heard about it the same way the media heard about it. and i was over there wednesday at that very same center. and i've got to tell you, it was just shocking. i went around the corner and there's 30 or 40 young kids in a classroom. turns out the vast majority of them were from guatemala. they're around somewhere between 5 and 10 years old, most of them. and here's what we know, that some of them, like jessica, which was so painful to watch, jessica has been able at least to talk to someone. some of these kids have no idea where their parents are. they haven't talked to anyone from their family. and i asked the case workers there, how do you know how to find

>> i've never seen anything like this. >> reporter: mayors from across the country, including de blasio, descending upon that tent city in torreal, texas, demanding families be reunited immediately. >> people are demanding a change and it cannot be ignored. if it won't happen in washington, we will make it happen. >> reporter: on capitol hill. >> the bill is not passed. >> reporter: the latest immigration reform bill failed to pass. >> congress has been paralyzed on the issue of immigration for more than a generation. president trump has not been able to break that logjam. >> reporter: inside the u.s. capitol, dozens of young children protesting in silence, wrapped in those same mylar blankets seen in those detention centers. while most agree children shouldn't suffer, some like cattle rancher roberto escobar in texas say something must be done to address illegal immigration. >> they come in here illegally. and we, the taxpayers, wind up footing the bill for everything starting from education, food, clothing, housing, you name it. health care. who's going to pay for all of that? we are.

mayor bill de blasio, thank you.e let us know, will you, if you get into the scepter. >>> i have to jump into breaking news out of the supreme court, but i appreciate your time. they just issued a ruling on internet sales tax. it could matter to you. this brought to the high court. joe johns with more. >> hey, poppy, i know you're interested. it affects just about anybody who shops online quite frankly. they allow states to compel retailers to collect out-of-state tax from out-of-state online vendors. so what that means, a lot of people when they shop online may be under the impression they're not paying sales tax. the fact of the matter is this is a huge business, perhaps $100 billion over the next ten years that the states would have lost if the courts had ruled the other way. some say between 80% and 90% of the top online vendors already collect this tax. nonetheless, the importance of it is now the online vendors and others who are out of state and reportedly don't have brick and mortar buildings or people workin

thousands ofof miles away from e border, including new york city, where merrier -- mayor bill de blasio slammed the trump administration. folks are message is simple -- stop this right now. stop this broken, inhumane policy right now. and come clean with the truth. who are these children? where are they? happening here? how is a possible none of us knew there were 239 kids right here in our own city? how is the federal government holding back that information for the people of the city? amy: one of those children, as young as nine months old. we will go to washington, d.c., and to mcallen, texas, for the latest on the crisis. then to a shocking story out of yemen. a nenew expose by the associated press has found officers from ththe united arab emirates has sexually tortured yemeni priso s prisoners in secret prisons. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president trump has signed an executive order wednesesday reversing himself, claiming to end the separation of children from their parents at the border by jailing the kids and the paren

cal perry, nbc news. >>> new york city mayor bill de blasio was actually in texas yesterday, will be a guest on "morning joe" in just a little while. >>> attorney general jeff sessions is pulling back from his harsh stance on illegal immigration. in an interview with the christian broadcasting network last night sessions did a complete about face on his highly criticized and now fractured zero tolerance policy. take a listen to this. >> it hasn't been good and the american people don't like the idea that we are separating families. we never really intended to do that. what we intended to do was to make sure that adults who bring children into the country are charged with the crime they have committed. instead of giving that special group of adults immunity from prosecution, which is what in effect we were doing. so i think it's the right thing, we will work our way through it and try to do it in the most compassionate way possible. >> so sessions may be claiming the policy didn't intend to separate families, but, in fact, his own words are now working against him. watch this. >> i ha

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bill de blasio/new york> they are experiencing mental health challenges and trauma because ofration. there's also physical health challenges new york city's bill de blasio part of a group of mayors from across the country allowed into a tent city for children separated from their families. for the public, the only access is from above ... this image shows the at a federal facility outside texas with newly erected shelters to handle the spike in child detainees. "some have lice some have bed bugs chicken pox all sorts of contagious situations."across the united states, the federal government is responsible for the care of more than 11=thousand migrant children in about 100 shelters.children taken from their parents at the southern u-s border are being placed in detention centers in at least 17 states as far away as michigan and virginia new york mayor deblasio says more than 2=hundred children are being held in the middle of manhattan. "we had gotten no notification from the u.s. government that children were being s

and mayor bill de blasio visiting children in harlem. llenas is reporting live from east harlem with more on the mayor's visit. high, bryan. >> we're waiting for the mayor to come out of the family center here in east harlem. we're expecting him to make some remarks. governor cuomo said some 100 children, aany as 300 children, have been placed throughout ten shelters here in the state of new york. they have traveled here and been separated from their parents at the border more than 1,000 miles away. bill de blasio came in about a half an hour ago into the center. he said he has no words for what this kind of act is and he promised to do more about it, this is video from spectrum news new york 1. it shows five young girls being brought into the center here in east harlem at 12:45 a.m. this is a foster center that places children with families, a woman said they were not children being separated by their families. an hour later, they were escorted out with their heads covered with a jacket. the ceo tells gothamist website that his shelters

identifican con el genero masculino o femenino, tendran la opcion de sus certificados.el alcalde bill de blasiofue cuando los padres de los estudiantes que murieron en el tiroteo recibieron el diploma de sus hijos.como fue el caso de los padres de joaquin oliver,, aqui los emotivos momentos.. [aplausos] carolina: nuestra reportera acompaÑÓ a familia de joaquÍn oliver desde el trayecto de su preparandose, en el auto y hasta que llegan hasta este lugar. reportera: ellos veÍan cÓmo todos entraban y su hijo no estaba. fue el momento mÁs duro tras lo pasado el 14 de febrero porque este era un momento que esperaba con muchas ansias su hijo. lo que esperaba que ella le dijera Él lo dejo escrito. carlos: hoy hubo nuevo ancio en la lucha. reportera: han anunciado mas rchadesde el 15 de junio. las movilizaciones comienzan en chicago e irÁn a diferentes estados. las jornadas se denominan " marchas por la paz". carolina: un momento muy emotivo sobre todo porque dices que cuando entras a la casa estÁ el cuarto de joaquÍn que se ha convertido, en un santuario para la familia. reportera: es increÍble la canti

. >> reporter: mayor de blasio says the youngest here is nine months old. many are from guatemala.facility they attend classes and receive social services during the day and go home with foster familieshat night. workers telling the mayor some of the children had to be treated for lice, bedbugs and chickenpox. the mayor says some children need treatment for the mental trauma of being separated from their parents. and he is not convinced they will be reunited with their families anytime soon. >> we have to make sure they're reunited. this policy was so fundamentally broken to begin with. the kids are being sent thousands of miles away from their parents. we have to change the policy. we have to fight to change the policy. >> reporter: adding to the mayor's frustration getting a sense of how many children were sent from the border to new york city. de blasio's office said until today they had no idea 239 children were here at this one facility. the mayor says the federal government has instructed those facilities not to share information about the children from the border coming thro

americans in city council, state assembly and in congress all democrats have been fighting mayor de blasio this -- this effort to make affirmative action part of the admission's process. paul: dan, briefly, i assume this one if it's not thrown out of court, the suit, probably is going all the way to the supreme court? >> yeah, and the big question, paul, would be whether anthony kennedy would be sitten on the court when they decide this because he's been the swing vote on many of the issues. paul: certainly on racial balancing. he's been the swing vote, we have to take one more break, when we come back, hits and misses of the week. you're turning onto the street when you barely clip a passing car. minor accident-no big deal, right? wrong. your insurance company is gonna raise your rate after the other car got a scratch so small you coulda fixed it with a pen. maybe you should take that pen and use it to sign up with a different insurance company. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. liberty stands with you. liberty m

americans in city council, state assembly and in congress all democrats have been fighting mayor de blasio this effort to make affirmative action part of the admission's process. paul: dan, briefly, i assume this one if it's not thrown out of court, the suit, probably is going all the way to the supreme court? >> yeah, and the big question, paul, would be whether anthony kennedy would be sitten on the court when they decide this because he's been the swing vote on many of the issues. paul: certainly on racial balancing. he's been the swing vote, we have to take one more break, when we come back, hits and misses of the week. ♪ you shouldn't be rushed into booking a hotel. with expedia's add-on advantage, booking a flight unlocks discounts on select hotels until the day you leave for your trip. add-on advantage. only when you book with expedia. i'm begging you... take gas-x.ed beneath the duvet your tossing and turning isn't restlessness, it's gas! gas-x relieves pressure, bloating and discomfort... fast! so we can all sleep easier tonight. i've got to tell you something it's not going to be

americans in city council, state assembly and in congress all democrats have been fighting mayor de blasioo make affirmative action part of the admission's process. paul: dan, briefly, i assume this one if it's not thrown out of court, the suit, probably is going all the way to the supreme court? >> yeah, and the big question, paul, would be whether anthony kennedy would be sitten on the court when they decide this because he's been the swing vote on many of the issues. paul: certainly on racial balancing. he's been the swing vote, we have to take one more break, when we come back, hits and misses of the week. insurance that won't replace the full value of your new car? you're better off throwing your money right into the harbor. i'm gonna regret that. with new car replacement, if your brand new car gets totaled, liberty mutual will pay the entire value plus depreciation. liberty stands with you. liberty mutual insurance. you might be missing something.y healthy. your eyes. that's why there's ocuvite. ocuvite helps replenish nutrients your eyes can lose as you age. it has lutein, zeaxanthi

de blasio's office said until today they had no idea 239 children were here at this one facility. the mayor says the federal government has instructed those facilities not to share information about the children from the border coming through their doors. currently there are at least 16 states nation would that have facilities for unaccompanied children. that from a list from health and human services obtained by cnn. the executive order ending separation of families crossing the border does not dress helping those 2,300 children who have already been separated from their families. >> this executive order is not going to do it, and pulling them out of the arms of their parents is as disgusting a process i've ever seen. and it really says as a country we should take a look in the mirror and are we still the united states of america? >> reporter: don, just a couple of points. the city still does not have clear numbers in terms of exactly how many children were sent from the border to the city. they are still waiting to gather that type of information. and two, they're still waiting

americans in city council, state assembly and in congress all democrats have been fighting mayor de blasio this effort to make affirmative action part of the admission's process. paul: dan, briefly, i assume this one if it's not thrown out of court, the suit, probably is going all the way to the supreme court? >> yeah, and the big question, paul, would be whether anthony kennedy would be sitten on the court when they decide this because he's been the swing vote on many of the issues. paul: certainly on racial balancing. he's been the swing vote, we have to take one more break, when we come back, hits and misses of the week. managing blood sugar is not a marathon. it's a series of smart choices. and when you replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna made with carbsteady to help minimize blood sugar spikes you can really feel it. glucerna. everyday progress. the first survivor of ais out there.sease and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen. but we won't get there without you. visit alz.org to join the fight. a trip back to the dthe doctor's office, mean just for a shot.

/mexico border, the mayor of new york city, democrat, bill de blasio.>> i saw something un-american. i saw you are government taking kids from their parents and not letting any of us know what is going on. what's so interesting, when you go there, it is literally a remote location, government facility where no one is allowed access. it should be eerie to democrats and republicans alike. elected officials are not allowed in. i will tell you, on the silver lining, the outcry, which has been profoundly bipartisan. i was down there with a group of 20 mayors, republicans and democrats alike. they said it is broken and we need a different approach to immigration. i see a silver lining in that people are coming forward in moral outrage. >> yeah. >> wanting to see american values and how we approach immigration and want to see american values in how we approach these kids. also, no one took debate. the president did the executive order with the big signature. he thought that would be the smoke screen. no one took the bait. they said, this isn't over until they

in response to mayor de blasio's announcement about new policies for marijuana arrests, vocal-ny and the drug policy y alliance released a statement saying -- "it's frustrating that as the new york state health department moves toward legalization, the city is continuing its shameful history of racist marijuana enforcement." activists and community members will gather today at noon on the steps of city hall to protest the new marijuana policy. in yemen, a u.s.-backed saudi-led coalition has seized the airport in the crucial port city of hodeidah. hundreds of fighters have been killed and thousands of civilians have been forced to flee their homes since the u.s.-backed, saudi-led coalition launched an all-out offensive against hodeidah week ago. international groups have warned the u.s.-backed offensive to seize hodeida will exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in yemen, which is already experiencing the world's worst cholera epidemic in the world with more than 1 million people afflicted and with millions more on t the brink of famine. meanwhile, t t associated presss reports rampant t

mayor bill de blasio said the children were moved to the foster in the dead of night and many arrived with lice, bed bugs, and chicken pox. and this morning a crowd protested the arrival of planes bringing unaccompanied immigrant children to the area. >>> for many dreaming of a better life in the u.s., their journey starts in central america. omar villafranca takes a look at life in el salvador and what's causing so many people to make the dangerous trek north. >> reporter: i'm standing about 1,500 miles way from the u.s. border in el salvador just outside of the capital city and here the people we've been talking to in these neighborhoods are telling us they understand why people would risk it all just to try to get to the u.s. border. el salvador is one o the poorest countries in the world. people here also tell us so much of the exodus across the u.s. border has to do with violence. 60,000 el salvadoreans double the police force are in gangs and under the age of 19. although the overall murder rate has consistently declined since 2015, it, too, remains one of the highest in the wor

my opponent would've left it up to bill de blasio. can you imagine that? i couldn't allow that to happen. >> what you mean -- michael: it would've been up to bill de blasio to put that money back in. i didn't trust him to do it. immigration, aut bill will be on the floor of the house next week. in your careers, i am going to start with mr. grimm. you have supported a pathway to citizenship. you have both told us on the record multiple times. you talked about a solution for the dreamers. what is your position now? if you go by the rhetoric on the campaign trail, you would think that neither of you would support any type of pathway to citizenship. michael: i'll list.doc or was the leverage. when we were negotiating in congress, the dreamers was the leverage to get all the things we need done. time, on your show, i was saying, build the fence. that was before president trump was even running for office. now it would be, build the wall. order security was always the top priority. combined with fencing and all of the things that go with it from technology. more

i watched our mayor, mayor de blasio this morning. now beyond debate the children have been traumatized. let's watch him this morning about some of the kids that were in new york -- that are in new york. >> our health care professionals in new york city started working with the kids and saw a lot of trauma. imagine for any one of us if we were taken from our mother or father and no idea -- sent to a foreign country, no idea what's going on. maybe we get a phone call or two to a relative. maybe we don't. and no word on when we're ever going to see our parents again. that's affecting these kids deeply emotionally in terms of their mental health. we're trying to help them now. but we're talking about now we're creating a generation of kids who are going to live with that real trauma. the medical professionals are telling us they are treating some of kids and seeing the signs of trauma and mental health distress. who wouldn't? >> and he knows because some of those separated children are here in new york city. >> all due respect to mayor d

my opponent would've left it up to bill de blasio. can you imagine that? to make the right decision for the safety of this city. i couldn't allow that to happen. > what you mean -- michael: it would've been up to bill de blasio to put that money back in. i didn't trust him to do it. >> go back to the records here. i'm thinking about immigration reform. it's going to be on the floor of the house next week. both of you, in your careers, i am going to start with mr. grimm. have supported a pathway to citizenship. you told us both on the record multiple times. and you both talked about a solution for the dreamers. what is your position now? if you go by the rhetoric on the campaign trail, you would think that neither of you would support any type of pathway to citizenship. >> ok. i've been very consistent. if you go back and we've had discussions ourselves. i always thought daca was the leverage. when we were negotiating in congress, the dreamers was the leverage to get all the things we need done. at that time, on your show, i believe, i was saying build a fe

that's according to new york city mayor bill de blasio. said many need significant mental health services. mayor de blasio demanded more information from the trump administration. >> come clean with the truth. who are these children? how many are they? where are they? what is happening here? how is it possible that none of us knew there were 239 kids right here in our own city? >> i'm back with the panel. and as much as i'm sure president trump wants this issue to go away with the signing of the executive order, there's still 2,300 kids out there that have yet to be put back with their parents. we've heard stories about s parents being deported and their kids are still here in the united states. this mess isn't going away any time soon. >> yeah, and there's a much larger group of children who came here without any parents, unaccompanied, that get shoved through the system, dropped off in cities in homes of finding relatives, and nobody knows where they are. we can talk about ending the immediate separation crisis, but these people have to

so new york city cyber command created on july 11, 2017 by mayor de blasio.gned executive order 28 which school district up the team. we're charged with leading the city cyber security efforts across 100 government agencies. what makes up the city government of new york, can you imagine all those critical things that are provided to new yorkers each and every day. the stored teams nypd, the water utility, sanitation, finance, you know, all those things that make the city run, makes up that city government. what makes our approach unique in the city from our optic, there are a number of duties and authorities that are invested in new york city cyber command, but i'm going give you a couple of highlights. what you see in the slide breaks down this elegant two page executive order. i encourage anybody to rated. we're very proud of it. not a long read. just two pages. but let me highlight a couple of things. one, this organization can mandate the deployment of technical controls that we centrally operate. giving us the ability to see and respond across the over 5

are going to stop covering the story until they know where these boys and girls are. >> mayor de blasioe kids in harlem and also apparently the city government didn't know there was a 9-month-old and young kids separated at the border and transported up here. >> it's appalling. because there's so much constant lying going on by political employees and misstatements by the president, it makes it harder to trust government agencies when they're handing out certain photos, when they're denying access. this continues to be an issue. we need more sun looilight. >> sunlight, the word of the week. >>> a 17-year-old boy shot and killed outside pittsburgh when fling a traffic stop by a police officer who joined the force just hours before. now his family and witnesses want answers. your enamel is very precious. acidic foods can wear away your enamel. your tooth is going to look yellower, more dull. i recommend pronamel because it helps protect and strengthen your enamel. it's pro enamel. it's the positive thing. ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, little things can be a big deal.

we saw the mayor of new york city, bill de blasio, and the mayor of austin actually walked across the bridge to mexico to get aetter look at the tent city before returning a couple hours later. of course theseids in this tent city behind me are caught in a very strange loophole. they're not covered by the initial policy of separation, and they're notte ped by the new ecutive order. so it's unclear what's going to happen to them and how they will be reunitith their families. there is of course this reporting that the department of defense is going to step in and t to house some of these kids. the concern is that we're not going to know where they are or what's going on. we don't have access to these sites. we certainly won't have access mto u.s.itary bases across the country. cal perry, nbc nxas, torino, >>> parts ofex southwest have been hit the hardest by heavy rain this week. emergency workers hcue r a number of people from submerged vehicles and flooded homes alonl the coast. and texas governor greg abbott has issued a disaster declaration for at least six counties devastated by th

mayor bill de blasio says he only found out from the media that the children were even in new york city. who are these children how many are they where are they. what is happening here how is it possible that none of us knew there were two hundred thirty nine kids right here in our own city how is the federal government holding back that information for the people of this city and holding back the help of these kids could be. a major lack of federal help many residents are doing what they can kenny taylor has traveled across the city hoping to donate food or money. i'm going to cry i've been hearing about this for the last forty eight hours three days and it's heartbreaking. i mean. some very upset i am upset subsetting situation you know i mean if this is the united states you know that this could be happening in this day and age i feel that it's horrible and i know like children are really a threat side i don't know why they're being separated families are now allowed to reunite but new york authorities say the federal government hasn't told them how it plans to make that happen one o

little in the past twenty four hours a new york mayor in a sense has got involved as well bill de blasio pointing out that some children had actually been sent to new york and he didn't know anything about it to be put in foster accommodation i mean first of all how surprising is it that there isn't even coordination at that level but secondly if we're going to try and be a bit optimistic do you think that now that there is so much attention from so many agencies and the public that maybe this process will be a little bit if not easier or more likely to to leave a positive results. that's a very good question the amount of public outcry that has been present since this policy was made clear and revealed is it is quite something and had everything to do with the issuing of this executive order but there's wink between public outcry and actually being able to piece together which child belongs where and where their parents are may be a hurdle that public opinion can't necessarily solve or even address as forcefully and effectively as it as it did the actual separation of the parents and ch

bill de blasio announcing the new policy. >> under the new policy new yorkers with no prior record willa summons instead of an arrest for smoking marijuana publicly. heather: changes come after critics accused nypd of targeting minority for low-level marijuana crimes. to canada now, the second country in the world to fully legalize marijuana and the senate passing a landmark bill paving paving the way for recreational cannabis to be legally bought and sold in september, canadians 18 year's or old other would be able to grow 4 plants. uruguay the only country to legalize recreational marijuana. back in this country, indiana state police sergeant stephen willis going viral for pulling over a slow poke in the slow lane, some call to be given nobel peace prize. good morning, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> good morning, thank you for having me. heather: what do you think about that, the nobel peace prize of what you did? >> i don't know if i'm worthy of that. to me it's kind of funny. it's entertaining for me to look at the responses. heather: in terms of responses, you pu

bill de blasio visited the border.esterday he visited this center and this is what he said. >> how is it possible there were 239 kids in our own city? how is the federal government holding back that information from the people of the city? there's no question they're getting support here. the bottom line is they should have never been taken from their parents. >> governor andrew cuomo says his frustration is he has no idea where he's kids are or directly how much kids there are. that's because the state agencies are under federal going orders. da da dana. >> dana: bryan, how will these kids be reunited with their parents? >> since 2012, we've had thousands of unaccompanied minors and has overwhelmed the borders. the average stay for the minors in these shelters is 57 days and reunited with a family member or sponsor deemed worthy of that. now we know that hhs says that it's still very early and they don't know how these kids will be united. this is a differentsituati these children, the 2,300 plus separated at the bord

also joining the table we have back with us the mayor of new york city, democrat bill de blasio, we'vever the weekend as we all want to understand more about the plight of these children, some that have come our way in new york city. have you been able to see them? >> i saw some of the kids last week, a group of kids primarily from guatemala who were in a classroom in east harlem and there were about 30 or 40 kids. and now what we have learned in the course of the last few days is there's around 300 kids in new york city. no word on when they'll be reunited with their families. >> that's remarkable. 300 children. they've all come up from -- were they flown up from the boarder? >> some were flown up, some were put on a bus with a civilian escort -- >> who's not allowed to touch them. >> and they've gone 2,000 miles. >> a lot of them don't even speak spanish. >> well, the escorts i can't speak to but the kids don't speak english and they are in the middle of something they don't understand. here's what one of the folks who is helping them here in new york said to me. it was very poignant

program, is that to eradicate it when you hear new york mayor de blasio say that or they want to refresh it or fix it. >> this is sloganeering, this is about what argument and phrase wins out. abolish i.c.e. beats whatever argument is on the other side. going forward, what do you do? nobody is saying open borders. they're saying this militarized organization that has little to no discretion under trump. get rid of it. when you're campaigning in the streets and having rallies it's abolish i.c.e. what comes that have is a nuanced conversation that i don't think people are engaging in. it's trump tweets and march slogans, nothing else is part of the conversation. >> thank you for weighing in on these topics. >>> as we keep an eye on the protests, coming up we'll talk about what the president may have up his sleeve when he meets with vladimir putin next month. let someone else do the heavy lifting. tripadvisor compares prices from over 200 booking sites to find the right hotel for you at the lowest price. so you barely have to lift a finger. or a wing. tripadvisor. your insurance so small yo

he along with new york's mayor bill de blasio and eric garcitte and hoping to gain access. they're worried about the more than 2,000 kids. one mayor commented that kids are not poker chips and washington needs to their act together before this situation breaks up more families. trace? >> jeff paul live for it in tornillo, texas. we mentioned the president critical of mexico today. let's go to mexico with william la jeunesse live with mo >> this is america's door step, the busiest port of entry in the country. people come from around the world to ask for asylum or upthe fence. as for the separation policy, the women we spoke with said absolutely not. if they knew that their children would be taken away from them if they crossed the border that they wouldn't do it. agents say given time it may have been a deterrent. it's a moot point now. but as for the zero tolerance policy, everybody gets prosecuted. they know it's going to be a black mark on their record and spends time in jail but they'll take the risk to get to america. that brings up the point about shelter space. that

. >> you mentioned our mayo de blasio going down there. >> the change has to happen on the ground in this hearts of americans, and has to happen because leaders decide. >> let's talk about had line where they seem passionate, but also -- -- >> immigration carries with it -- there's so many emotion, so many conflicting feelings that peel have, so many voters will look at the images and be outraged. on the other hand, they can feel legitimately disconcerted about the idea of illegal immigration and democrats have been running on things like the health care system, talking about how the economic recoveries while strong still isn't hitting every sector. they've been playing on sacher territory, and we've seen that be successful in some elections. going forward, the immigration issue does carry with it some risk. >> i was flipping through nece knotts and saw michael grimm's name in the news again, here is the headline, he leads dan donovan in staten island gop primary. what does this race tell you about the republican side of the aisle? >> so new york has its primary on tuesday. everybody

bill de blasio, you mentioned, saying more than 200 in new york state.d that statement from an hhs spokesperson today. there was no plan a short time after that. we got a direct stramt that a director of communication saying essentially that spokesperson that we got that statement from had misspoken. that the agency is, quote, awaiting further guidance on the matter and that reunification is ultimately the goal here. but basically, what that states is that there's no plan here. it is a situation where many people are flying by the seat of their pants. that's the sentiment if we're getting from immigration activists on the ground in mcallen, texas. it would be very difficult to reunite these families. especially some of the younger children. we were outside one of those so-called tenner age shelters today. we spoke with one immigration activist who. that these chin, younger than 10 years old, they're being housed there. some of them would be impossible to get information to be reunited with family members. a congressman who toured that facility said he sa

mayor bill de blasio said, we already know of 293 kids put on planes and sent to new york city. it is quite likely that many of these kids will end up there just because it is a matter of resources. >> mayor, they're hiding these kids. i've been to detention centers just outside of austin where they hold these kids and they let you talk to them. they're hiding this. they know it is wrong. any american that thinks about it for a second knows it is wrong for us to put kids in tent jails in the desert for no reason other than a political ploy. >> that's actually a city council member from austin, texas. julia, get to our big question which is how are the kids already separated going to be reunited? it's almost been 24 hours since they signed that executive order. they've been drafting it for the majority of yesterday. is there now plan? >> i wish i could tell through is a plan. but it seems like at this point they're still conflicting, not just on the children but on other issues as well. the way this would have worked before the executive order yesterday is that if a parent went t

couple new yorkers, some liberals new yorkers, kirsten gillibrand and the mayor of new york city, de blasiom saying we may have to get rid of i.c.e. or at least start over. is that a viable option? >> it's not a viable option but i think that what they're saying instead of abolishing, if we get to the root of what they're trying to suggest is that i.c.e. is being weaponized by this president and it should be taken back to its proper use which has existed peacefully for 15 years of being a strong regulator of border activity and arbitor of asylum seekers and not being weapon oized for tize weaponized. >> how do republicans in general interpret these protests? >> i can tell you how it's being interpreted. it's just a big see, i told you, this is what they want. they want open, uncontrolled borders. they want people who come here illegally, they want to shut down i.c.e. these narratives play into the -- these marches play into the narrative and the reason is because there's no countermeasure. there's utterances but not a cohesive message to call out the truth and to lay on the table -- >> i di

in the wake of this, major bill de blasio weheld a news conference. this center has 239 kids they are processing who have been separated from their parents. this number 2,000 across the nation might be really low. the estimates here in the city or the state are 100 to 300. if there's 239 alone in center then makes sense there's more. we're not getting information from the federal government. >> what you're reporting goes to, erica, is two things. one, apart from the moral policy demention of this if policy is local and people thinks of this as only at the border, this shows how wrong that is. if young people are being effectively orphaned by these trump orders that has years of consequence not only for them but every part of america that has to deal with it. reading from the new york times reporting how the young people may appear in the moments on camera, if times show it warp these attachments of children that they long for, that they need and lifelong risk for cardiovascular disease. the earlier they're out, the better. put that in a confection for

bill de blasio has also called to abolish i.c.e. as is seven democrats in the house.s is gaining steam. but no one advocating for this is not thinking about the effect of abolishing i.c.e. as we speak, millions of people want to enter the country. the entire city of tijuana, mexico, is filled with tens of thousands of asylum seekers from all over the world, central america, africa andas from the united states. everywhere, and those deported from the united states. to that effect, tijuana is not a pleasant place to live. what will happen when word gets out that nobody in any country on the globe has anything to fear from our immigration authorities? if you can make it past our p border patrol and get a tourist visa, you overstay and never be deported. once people know that, how many people will move here illegally every year? 1 million? 5 million? 10 million? who knows? how many might be criminals or extremists or future welfareon recipients? we don't know that either.en but we know it won't be long if that happens for dozens of u.s. cities to look like what tijuana lo

. >> and the covering up is something we'll get into, including with your former boss, mayor de blasio'sin the show. thank you both. >>> how the trump administration is, as we mentioned, trying to control what you see and here, whether you'd ever see that young girl's photo. we have a report on that secrecy coming up. >>> and how young activists are ramping up the pressure on this debate. >> we're all god's children! >> shame, shame, shame, shame, shame, shame! >>> other news, michael cohen's pressure only mounting, and bob mueller sends a message about what happens to those who cooperate and those who don't. >>> and tonight, wilmer valderrama from that 70s show joins me to discuss the push for immigration rights. i'm ari melber. you're watching "the beat" on msnbc. even when they brought you in, they could never hold you down. when i built my family tree and found you, i found my sense of adventure. i set off on a new life, a million miles away. i'm heidi choiniere, and this is my ancestry story. now with over 10 billion historical records, discover your story. get started for free at a