you can get in without a capitol hill pass.ave to go through magnetometers to get in and certainly be watched as one by one these protesters did come in through the magnetometers. this is public space where people can go and walk in to the lobby and certainly go to the senator's office and talk -- senators' office and talk to members of the staff. i want to show a wide shot of the building. it's an atrium. you have many protesters sitting down on the floor, and then you have members of offices, capitol hill staff, looking out of their windows, stopping work, looking at this moment that's playing out. and i can tell you from my vantage point here, i see some arrests starting to take place. you see one woman here, she is being escorted out by the capitol hill police. we see probably about 50 capitol hill police lined up. nothing seems out of the ordinary now. people seem to be -- >> what are they chanting? >> reporter: likely to be escorted out. [ chants ] trying to listen here. we do have some random chants as people are escorte

and he's scheduled to go to capitol hill any minute now. reporters are gathering here outside of the white house for that departure. and that was essentially supposed to be a meeting along the lines of money immigration p -- of an immigration talk but this is growing louder and louder by the minute to where the president simply can't ignore them any more. now so far the president has been resist about to the critics of the policy who say he should end it but how long will that last and will the president let up? president trump defiant and defensive amid public outcry over his administration zero tolerance immigration policy. >> before going any further today, i want to take a moment to address something you've been reading a lot about. >> reporter: the outrage over children on the border being separated from their parents and kept in cages has consumed headlines. but the white house insists this crisis is a problem for congress. >> politically correct or not, we have a country that needs security, that needs safety. those are the only two

the doors opened on capitol hill. senator hutchinson asked, why did you choose me with such limited expense on capitol hill? hereaid, everyone else up was a lawyer, you had an mba, you stood out. i think it is something that is underappreciated on capitol hill. i think there's more mba beginning around washington dc to tap into. i think talent pull and capitol hill, young people who have graduated from the top schools in our country, who are looking for the next career step. reporter: you mentioned about your faith. why is it important to you, and how have you been tested by it? marc: i think we are tested in our faith every day. i think we fall short of the steps that christ laid out for us. hopefully we look for an opportunity to ask for forgiveness and look for god's direction in our life. in all of these roles, it tests you. but hopefully it is the fordation that is something our family to build upon, and for our family to understand who our savior is somebody has sacrificed for us so we can have atonement with go

. >> we are following breaking news on capitol hill. president trump meeting right now with republican lawmakers as mre and more republicans con decon condemn this policy. mr. trump says the united states has to take children away to prosecute their parents. i will get reaction from a congressman from arizona. our core spoerespondents are st by. kaitlan collins is standing by. we heard the president defense the zero tolerance policy before he went to capitol hill. >> reporter: we did. we heard the president, as soon as he got on capitol hill, just a few minutes ago, remarking that the united states immigration system is badly broken. he is hoping they can find a solution tonight, he said. he is joined by his chief of staff john kelly, the deputy -- the department of homeland security secretary kiersten nrs niels nielsen. he is going into a meeting with some members from his own party who are openly rebuking the white house's response to that. this should get interesting. president trump defiant and defensive tonight amid public outcry o

doors opened back up on capitol hill. once asked by smart me.hison why you choose i do think it's something that is underappreciated on capitol hill. mbaink there's more programs to tap into. talent pool on capitol hill young people who graduated from the top schools looking for step.ext career >> you mentioned this earlier about your state. to you andmportant how have you been tested by it? tested on that we're faith each and everyday. steps that thef christ laid out for us. hopefully we look forward to an opportunity for ask for forgiveness and look for god's direction. all those roads test you. hopefully it's a foundation that our family toor build upon and for our family to our savior ist somebody who sacrificed for us withn have a atonement god. that's foundational. >> how do you instill that in your children? >> i think that for us it's for kids, church is very important to us. go to church -- it's where to faith ascame adult. it's where we had our children where we weres married. kids are active in youth programs.

so i do think it is something that is underappreciated on capitol hill. there was a lot of talent pool for those that graduated in the top schools of the country. >> how have you been tested by its? spi >> we are tested each and every day andall short of the steps laid out for us and hopefully we looked for an opportunity to ask for forgiveness and the direction of life. but in all of these roles hopefully it is a foundation that does something for the family to build upon and understand our savior is somebody that sacrificed for us and that is foundational for many of us. >> how do you instill that in your children? >> for us and our kids, church is important to us. it's where chris and i came to faith as adults and we had our children baptized, it's where we were married and so it is a central part of our lives from our kids are active in their youth programs and it's something we believe they prioritized. >> who is the good cop and bad cop with you and your wife? -- [inaudible] i like to think it is a shared duty. >> host: debate could >> any idea what

he's going to go up to capitol hill on tuesday and here's what he's going to do. he's going to -- look, the president is unpredictable but the mission is clear, to go back to the hill and tell people he ally wants to see the bill done, not that he doesn't want to see it done, we're having enough trouble trying to pass it when they thought he was behind -- thought he was supportive and of course when he flipped that blew everything up. now he has to go back down to the hill and talk to republican lawmakers an say he's going to give support. otherwise they'll be afraid the constituents will abandon them. >> when that does happen and the president does go down to the hill and speak to leaders of the republican pty there on the hill, kevin, two bills in sun dri, little bits. what's going to stick based on what you think the white house might be trying to leverage out of this? >> i don't think anyone knows what the white house is trying to leverage out of this at this point. the fact of the matter is you have the centrists being led by a retiring speaker of the house.

we're going to begin tonight with the immigration debate consuming capitol hill. as protest grew over a zero- tolerance approach at the border, president trump headed to the hill a short time ago. earlier today, he said he congress to give him... >> the legal authority to detain and promptly remove families together as a unit. we have to be able to do this. this is the only solution to the border crisis. >> glor: mexico's foreign minister today called separating families "cruel and inhumane." s. trump hit back saying mexico does "nothing for us" to stop us undocumented immigrants from reaching the border. david begnaud rode along with border patrol today and spoke to newly arrived immigrants. we will take you there in just a moment. but first, ed o'keefe is on capitol hill. ep reporter: with the backlash over his zero-tolerance policy intensifying, president trump arrived on capitol hill to meet rth house republicans about immigration reform. m the system has been broken for many years. the immigration system, it's been a really bad, bad system, probably the worst

president trump arriving on capitol hill late today. republican senators have reportedly come up with a bill that they believe would end this swiftly. but will the president go along with it? tonight, more than 2,000 children separated in just the last month or so, and this evening, we learned some of those parents have been sent home, but their children are still here in the u.s., in those detention centers. what the president said just moments ago, and the scene from texas tonight. abc's gio benitez, leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, from the sky, a sweeping view of the isolated texas tent city hundreds of migrant children now call home. in these images, you can see some of them walking single file through the camp. they sleep in tents like these, at least 20 beds packed in. tonight, customs and border protection telling abc news that in just a month, more than 2,300 migrant children have been separated from their parents. fox news host laura ingram drawing outrage by comparing the detention facilities to summer camps. >> since mo

he talked about his early career with the young america's foundation, working on capitol hill for then congressman mike pence and what it is like working for president trump. this is about 25 minutes. short, let's begin with your job title, legislative affairs director at the white house. what does that mean? is to make sure the >> how the a managed all of that. >> we have a talented team. i am very pleased with the progress so far. we have a great group of people who have served a lot of different roles in congress. they are helping us with the agenda. >> can you walk us through a typical day? >> there is no typical day here. i think today's world with the news cycle, it pretty much goes the entire time. we have morning meetings that roughly start at 7:30 or 8:00 with senior staff. we get together right after that. when they had up to the hilt they all know their assignments for the day. it is like an intel committee. >> and you hear from members of congress. how do you deal with their demands, questions, concerns? >>f we are true public servants we make sure we are being as responsib

you've been working and getting ready for our day on capitol hill. so i want to admit -- all of you to admit who watched the final episode of scandal? right. [ laughing ] >> yes. and my favorite madam secretary. yes? so we're going to have a great program here because we have the original madam secretary that's going to kick off our program. [ cheers and applause ]. >> today we are going toost h the chair of the joint chiefs of staff. we have a very special lunch today because we are going to celebrate pep star which perhaps in our lifetime is one of the most successful foreign assistance programs that we have ever seen. and so much more. and so we have an amazing program. and we want to make sure this is a big stage. but we are going to have a two-way conversation. so join us by following us at your clc. if you are on twitter, make sure you use the hashtag #usclgsummit. there will be trivia questions we'll throw out because we have prizes. if you get the trivia questions right, so be engaged and follow us. but the truth is that we have important wor

>> mike emanuel live for us on capitol hill. there you have the white house perspective, the capitol hill perspective and now go to the actual scene and see what's happening at the border. jeff paul is live in texas, which is southeast of el paso. jeff? >> yeah, trace, we're extremely close to the u.s.-mexico border, less than a mile away. behind us in the distance beyond those chain link fences, you can see the white structures. those are the tents that the house has set up to house the teenage boys that have been detained after trying to cross the border. >> they're chanting "free our children now" and others saying humanity doesn't require a grown card. >> we need to fight for stronger immigration policy, better immigration policy so 12 million people don't have to live in the shadows. right now it's about the asylum seekers. >> our cameras and the media's cameras are not being allowed in facilities right now. right now the images you're seeing are being provided by the department of health and human services, this particular

you see one woman here, she is being escorted out by the capitol hill police. we see probably about 50 capitol hill police lined up. nothing seems out of the ordinary now. people seem to be -- >> what are they chanting? >> reporter: likely to be escorted out. [ chants ] trying to listen here. we do have some random chants as people are escorted out as they're being arrested. i should tell you it seems orderly, though. certainly a tense moment. but very orderly. people are being pulled out by police officers now and being slowly walked out. i have to say this is being -- this seems to be orderly from my vantage point now, although of course it is very loud. many people still chant, protesting. i see one woman as she's being arrested right now. just putting her fists in the air, something that these protesters have been doing. when i talked to the organizers before this, they told me their intention was to be as civil as possible, and does seem that -- it's pretty orderly now. but certainly these women and the majority of this group are women, want to make very p

not after his trip to capitol hill to try to rally republicans. but that visit also rallied democrats. >> quit separating the kids, they're separating the children. mr. president, don't you have kids? don't you have kids, mr. president? >> republicans are now grappling with half a dozen immigration bills. house speaker paul ryan's bill is among them. he's expected to take questions live from this podium. will he come out and statake a stand against president trumble. we have mark meadows, also here, john hickenlooper. and bob vander platts. we have them, we have the team reporters spread out from washington, to texas, to mexico. i want to start out with nbc's gabe gutierrez in matamoros, mexico. gabe, there's a point of entry. i've been watching you on the bridge. this is a place where migrant families are lining up, looking to legally get a better life in this country. right? what are they telling you? >> caller: hi, hallie, yes. in matamoros, right here is the rio grande. what immigration activists are saying because it's taking so long for some

, inside one of those buildings on i capitol hill.ension hearing we showed you a little bit earlier. it's underway now in the house where deputy attorney general red rosenstein and fbi director christopher ray are appearing before the judiciary committee. here is just one of the joemts from this afternoon. >> all this was at the same time that this fbi agent said a trump presidency would be f'ing terrifying and that will never happen. no, no. we'll stop it. he was talking about impeach men within three days of special counsel mueller being appointed. three days. that's even quicker than msnbc and the democrats were talking about impeaching. russia attacked this country. they should be the target. but russia isn't being hurt by this investigation right now. we are. this country is being hurt. >> this hearing happening just after this modern's announcement from the white house that president trump build hold a summit with russian president vladimir putin on july 16th in helsinki. let's bring in natasha bertrand, and ned price. natasha l

he is just now arriving on capitol hill.going to be meeting with the house republican caucus on their draft immigration bills. remember there's two of them. president trump made it clear this afternoon he reserves the right to change the package as he pleases. and that he is under no pressure to back a bill he does not like. >> we have a house that's getting ready to finalize an immigration package that they're going to brief me on later, and i'm going to make changes to. we have one chance to get it right. we might as well get it right or let's just keep it going. but let's do it right. >> now, house republican source tells nbc news that had bill would require dhs to house families together while parents are going through criminal proceedings for first time elegal border crossing and it adds funding for family residential centers. that's what's in the bill now. before a fired up president trump meet with his republican comrades in just a few moments. and no matter what senator mitch mcconnell is signaling those proposals ar

president trump is right now here on capitol hill meeting with house republicans one floor down, not far from where we are standing. it comes as many of his fellow republicans are demanding an end to what has become the public relations nightmare just months before the midterm elections. we have fox team coverage tonight. john roberts at the white house with what the president is saying and doing about all of this. off with cheap congressional correspondent mike manual on capitol hill with me with the latest on today's big meeting. were keeping in mind the meetin meeting. when the president speaks, he's expected to speak after the meeting, we will bring you those remarks. >> good evening. president trump pushing house republicans to get this done, passing immigration reform plan this week. foxes learned the compromise bill that the house leadership has crafted would take steps to address the parent and child being separated at the border issue, what is become the critical topic here on capitol hill. >> if you happen to be a poor person, we're going to yank that baby out of the mother

doing so and in in a minute in the middle of all of this president is now and you should go to capitol hill very shortly to discuss an immigration bill which will make. right a couple in fact u.s. president expected to head up to capitol hill about two hours time roughly there are two proposals immigration proposals that are being considered but neither has broad bipartisan support but in the last hour we've heard from the top republican in the u.s. senate mitch mcconnell that in fact republican senators who do control both houses right now of congress that the senators in fact are considering a very narrow bill to end the policy of child separation and now you have to remember that congress the wheels of congress move very very slowly but in this case perhaps given the outrage that's occurring from the american public and even members of the republican party the president's own party they believe that they can take up this legislation very quickly in fact they may even do it by the end of the week and it could go to the house of representatives even become law the question would be whether

>> from capitol hill to the southern border, the backlash is growing over president trump's zero tolerance policy, as he holds meetings with lawmakers to diffuse the controversy over family separations. >>> storms pound the midwest and south. twisters were seen as golf ball-sized hail rained down on colorado. in texas, heavy rain triggered flash floods, and another batch of tropical showers could be on the way. >>> and getting through airport security could take a little longer as flyers face a new level of scrutiny. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters right here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. president trump made a rare trip to capitol hill last night to meet with republican lawmakers on ending the controversy over separating families of illegal immigrants. house gop members are trying to push through immigration legislation this week as the outrage over the president's policy escalates. hena doba is here in new york with more. hena, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. some house republican leaders psay they're getting litt

and look, last night was -- i was up on capitol hill. i think it was pretty much a bust, and we can talk about that later, since we have this breaking news. but i think the question is whether it really is even possible for congress to pass a stop gap measure, to pass legislation that just deals with this issue of separating children, because even if the president deals with the flores issue, the court issue through executive action, there still is going to be an outcry to do it by statute. and the democrats, who have said that the president should do what he's doing now. chuck schumer said, we're not doing anything, because the president could just sign something. guess what? it seems as though he was right. i'm sure we're going to get an "i told you so" from chuck schumer. but the question is whether the democrats will play their hands, because they need to play ball to deal with this issue legislatively and it's an open question whether they will. >> i'll be curious to hear how he explains the policy. they believe this kind of policy

he meets with republican lawmakers on capitol hill today to talk about immigration. zero tolerance policy at the border separated thousands of children from parents. just about 2,000 in last six weeks. press secretary sarah sanders delaying the monday briefing for four hours so homeland secretary kirstjen nielsen could face reporters. >> once she arrived, nielsen claiming there is little the president can do about the situation at the border. she insisted only congress can stop the breakup of migrant families. >> rather than fixing the law, congress is asking those of us to enforce the law to turn our backs on the law and not enforce the law. that's not an answer. the answer is fix the laws. >> are you intending for this to play out? are you intending parents to be separated from children? >> i find that offensive. no. why would i create a policy that purposely does that? >> perhaps a deterrent? >> 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.

. >> you know, heidi, even republicans on capitol hill, even republicans on capitol hill were surprised by some of the arguments that were made in this letter. and of course by the arguments that rudy giuliani carried through the weekend that the president of the united states could assassinate, this is what rudy giuliani said, that the president of the united states could assassinate an fbi director who was investigating him and not be indicted. that's the world that we now live in, that we have a president who believes that and republicans on capitol hill i would guess were a little unnerved by this? what can you tell us? >> joe, i think that the message here from this letter -- i think we got a bit of a snow job to be honest with you, joe, because the republicans on capitol hill i'm sure were shocked by a lot of the things that were in here. what was one thing they got asked about? it was simply about the self pardon. they didn't get asked about,or instance what the president is doing in terms of sending a message to try a stop would be cooperators with this investigation in terms of

there may be a bill here soon on capitol hill.here are a couple of bills that have been crafted but all of this sll being negotiated and worked out. let's take you to some of t pictures here that were department of nda by the security. we can tell you that there were many lawmakers who spent their faeeer's daykend visiting a texas detention media was not allowed to photograph during the tour. some of the childre here are separated from theentso were while trying to cross the there is no w separating -- requiring the separatioheof families, but t trump administration has a new zero tolerance policy treating the crossings as a crime. now, facing growing criticism attoey general jeff sessions turned to the bible to defend his actions. >> i would cite you to the apostle paul a hislear and wise command in romance 13 to obey the laws of the government because god has ordained the government for his purposes>> reporter: this is unmerciful and i would ask general sessions not to quote scriptures that deal with slavery and to realize that

there is no clear path forward right now on capitol hill.here is nothing waiting in the wings for them to grab onto if any of those legislative efforts fails, and as you know, the president has made clear he's not changing direction any time soon. what's that all mean? as republicans and democrats are improving the uneasy on capitol hill, as they continue to hear from constituents outraged by this, there is no clear fix at any point in the future as the pictures, the stories and the videos continue to come from the border, anderson. >> phil, thank you very much. kaitlan collins joins us now from the white house. what are you hearing, kaitlan? >> anderson, we saw the white house put out that statement after the president left capitol hill to clear things up. there was confusion as they had different accounts essentially of what the president had told them with some saying he outright supported the compromise bill and then others saying, no, he seemed to voice support for both. the white house did put out a statement after that saying essentia

senior capitol hill producer chad pergram is live at the capitol. chad, why did this bill fail?idn't have enough support across the

immigration taking center stage on capitol hill thise week.to vote on a pair of immigration packages. they'll ilude border funding the restructuring of several visa programs. yesterday lawmakers visited a texas facil that houses hundreds of immigrantt detained ahe border. some of them are childrend sepa from their parents while trying to cross over. it's part of the trump lerance policy announced back in april. >> crews c in montgomerynty worked overnight to put house re on mahan road in silver ring. th single family home was heavily engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived oe. everybody in the house escapedin uding two dogs. one person, though, whock ran inside had to be rescued. oneinirefighter sed minor injuries. >> and good morning to you. thank you for joining us. >> it is friday -- no its not friday june 18. it says friday in there. i'mg not misreadin that, right? it is monday, june 18th and we're starting yet another work week and this one is going ton start a warm note so let's checkwi in caitlin and talk about that. >> that c wasr

. >> we are here on capitol hill and the hearing room just behind me. we are expecting that to begin in about 45 minutes from now and it will be the first time that we've heard from the inspector general michael horowitz at least and we expect them to defend the findings in his 568 page report that found former fbi director james comey was insubordinate, is significantly he said there was no testimony or documentary evidence that showed political bias at the fbi directly impacted investigative decisions during the clinton email case. along with horwitz, we are also going to have the current fbi director christopher wray and we expect him to defend the credibility of the bureau and to make the case over how the bureau will regain the public's trust. let me just run through what we are expecting just an hour from now. we will have opening statements from the chairman of the judiciary committee chuck grassley that will go for about 15 minutes and then the ranking democrat, then opening statements from horwitz and ended several rounds of questioning. leadin

this is the president went to capitol hill to discuss immigration as the crisis on the southern border escalates is really broken for many years immigration system that has been really. interesting probably the worst that they were the world we're going to try and see if we can fix it as he went into a meeting with members of his own republican party democrat staged a protest outside that are a number of bills doing the rounds which today with various immigration issues trump wants an end to children being separated from the parents and funds for his promised border wall so while he wants a comprehensive deal the problem is there isn't comprehensive support no republicans in the senate a working on not only focused legislation on just the separation issue congress can step in and pass this this week i'm a urging congress we can fix this problem we can fix this and i've been speaking with both republicans and democrats we can come together we are all be united and say of course kids should be with their parents but democrats aren't ready to help the president out of a crisis the insist

4:00 at 4:00 am on the east coast of fox news alert, a battle for the bench already waging on capitol hill as democrats vowed to stop donald trump from naming a supreme court justice to replace retiring justice anthony kennedy. >> democrats want judges who will rewrite the constitution. >> the senate should reject on a bipartisan basis any justice. >> and destroy your freedom. >> democratic leadership will have hell to pay. they cannot let this happen. >> live in washington to break down who is on the pres.'s short list and women smart organizers taking calls for confrontations to the next level. the ruthless civil unrest they are planning today and why democrats are in their crosshairs too and meet the group of heroes who don't need to put out fires to save the day. "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ >> thank you for joining us this thursday morning as the sun comes up across the speed of the country this morning thanks for joining us as always. of fox news alert, another busy day, justice anthony kennedy announcing his retirement from the nation's highest court meaning the stage

your tax dollars -- >> reporter: now on capitol hill, republicans feeling the pressure to act. tragic and an affront to the decency of american people. >> i support and all of the members of the republican congress support a plan that keeps families together while their immigration status is determined. >> reporter: the white house says he doesn't want a quick fix. he wants immigration reform and his wall. his own aides sending confusing and inaccurate messages about why the policy exists. homeland security secretary kiersten neilson bristled when asked if the administration is using the children as pawns. >> are you intending to send a message? >> i find that offensive. >> why? >> because why would i ever create a policy that purposely does that? >> perhaps as a deterrent. >> no. >> reporter: the white house says president trump does not want a quick fix and there is zero indication right now that any of these measures being debated on capitol hill actually have the votes to pass. president trump has made it clear, the ball is in congress' court when it comes to the separation

today the president went to capitol hill to discuss immigration as the crisis on the southern border escalates system is broken for many years the immigration system that's been really. interesting probably the words that they were the word of we're going to try and see if we can fix it as he went into a meeting with members of his own republican party democrat staged a protest outside but on a number of bills doing the rounds which deal with various immigration issues trump wants an end to children being separated from the pimps and funds for his promised border wall so while he wants a comprehensive deal the problem is there isn't comprehensive support no republicans in the senate a working on not only focused legislation on just the separation issue congress can step in and pass this this week i'm a urging congress we can fix this problem we can fix this and i've been speaking with both republicans and democrats we can come together we are all be united and say of course kids should be with their parents but democrats aren't ready to help the president out of a crisis the insist h

fox5's melane alnwick liv on capitol hill this morning with more.d morning, mel. >> reporter: hey, good good morning, guys. and the policy question here is whether families crossing the boer should be treated as asylum seekers or as criminals. and that's really what's gotten all these kids caut up i these detention centers. house minority leader nancy pelosi and some democrats will continue touring somof those detention centers today and all of this is wrapped up in a possibmmigration comprise that nobody really knows whether it has enough votes yet to pass. now, some memberssf congres also spent their father'say weekend visiting somefhese detention centers. in texas, new image here provided by department of homeland siaurity as medas no tt allowo photograph during the tour. some of the children here are among the 2000 kids who were separated from their parents in april and may while trying to cross over. there's no law requiring the separation of families, only the trutrmp admation's new zero tolerance policy facing growinsmg critici attorney gener

catherine harris will join us shauna on capitol hill for the closed-door meeting and developments tonight. >> shannon: in what would have been the top >> in what would have been the top story from the supreme court today, 5-4 decision against public-sector unions in the case of an alloy state government employee, mark janice who didn't want to be forced to pay union fees to organizations his political messages he may or may not support, decision that a compact millions of public-sector employees just like him. now fox news it might exclusive. how do you feel? hesitant something to do you took on this fight, takes years to get through this process and the wind today for you. >> it is a bit overwhelming to have a decision such as we perceived today, is so fantastic for public-sector workers such as myself and the fact they now have a choice to make their own decision rather than having something like this forced upon them. >> justice alito said this procedure violates the first amendment and cannot continue collecting union fees. neither an agency fee or any payments may be deducted from a

abc news reporter janae norman has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: president trump on capitol hill meeting with republicans but greeted by shouts from democrats. >> don't you have kids, mr. president? >> reporter: the president calling america's immigration system probably the worst in the world. >> the system has been broken for many years. the immigration system. it's been a really bad, bad system. probably the worst anywhere in the world. we're going to try to see if we can fix it. >> reporter: his administration facing mounting pressure to end its zero tolerance policy of separating migrant children from their parents. propublica with a recording it says captured their frightened cries. >> i don't want children taken away from parents. and when you prosecute the parents for coming in illegally, which should happen, you have to take the children away. >> reporter: customs and border protection telling abc news more than 2,300 migrant children have been taken into federal custody in just hofover a month. isolated tents like this one. many kept inside what looks like cages. s

here's capitol hill where members of congress are talking. and debating signing letters, some fighting to end this heinous policy. others, defending it. and here's the president of the united states. again claiming he is somehow not personally responsible for this policy, that is representing families apart. >> as a result of democrats-supported loopholes in our federal laws, most illegal immigrant families and minors from central america, who arrive unlawfully at the border, cannot be detained together or removed together, only released. these are crippling loopholes that cause family separation. which we don't want. >> with us we have msnbc contributor mike barn kill. republican strategist and msnbc political analyst, susan del pursio. are you at all thinking of walking away from the party? >> still holding on there are still people in my party who are willing to stand up for what's right. >> and "morning joe" economic analyst steve rattner, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d.c., kasie hunt and pulitzer prize-winning hi

mola lenghi, cbs news, capitol hill. >> senator dianne feinstein tweeted this afternoon, "this is a low point that i never thought i'd see in the united states of america. candidly i find it revolting." bay area tech leaders use similar words to describe the policy, google ceo calling it gut wrenching and apple's tim cook saying it's inhumane. many tech companies are using their extensive social media reach to show users how they can help. >>> meanwhile state senate president pro tem kevin deleon is calling on governor brown to act. he sent a letter urging the governor to withdraw the 400 california national guard troops currently helping to patrol the southern border. the governor's office tells us that the california guard does not enforce federal immigration laws. >>> a facebook fundraiser to reunite immigrant families is breaking records tonight. people have donated more than $5.5 million to this campaign so far. that is far above the original goal which was 1,500 bucks. bay area residents started the fundraiser. the money will go to a nonprofit in texas that offers free and low cos

how much confusion is there on capitol hill?there is absolutely no plan for reuniting these families. honestly, even if their heart was in the right place, i'm not sure how they would do that. there was extraordinary communication issues. these are very young children. they're not going to be able to help in this process. and we're now talking on capitol hill, we are hearing from the administration they are going to put up to 20,000 people in military establishments and forts. apparently we think these kids are so dangerous we need to use tanks and guns. it actually makes no sense. at this point in time we are orphaned thousands without the hope of reuniting them. it is an extraordinary disgrace for our cup. >> congressman, we were talking about the politics of all of this and what republicans in particular, your republican colleagues have heard from this president, from the white house. let me read one tweet from the president here. we must maintain a strong southern border. we cannot allow our country to be overrun by illegal

on capitol hill. his report uncovering more text messes between the fbi officials, peter strzok and lisa paige. here is congressman adam schiff, the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. >> these text messages are very troubling. the fact that they were on work email, that they were co-mingled with emails discussing business. the ig concluded none of this affected decision-making but nonetheless it was mpletely inappropriate. >> ellison barber is live from washington with the latest. >> republicans want to talk to the fbi agent, peter strzok. the "washington post" is now reporting he is willing to testify between any congressional committee that asks some republicans say he needs to lose his job. the top democrat on the house intelligence committee did not go that far but says the text messages are troubling. congressman adam schiff says there's been questionable behavior on both sides of the political spectrum. >> the report shows that they talk to an anti-clinton bias in the new york

president trump has been meeting republicans on capitol hill to discuss passing legislation to of the whole the immigration system trump says he's willing to back up one of two bills one proposes a crackdown on the side of sikhism funding for the border wall a more moderate second bill provides a path to citizenship for young people known as dreamers who came to the u.s. illegally as children trump has been on the fierce criticism for its policy of separating migrant families at the mexico border which he continues to defend. when you prosecute the parents for coming in illegally which should happen you have to take the children away now we don't have to prosecute them but then when not prosecuting them for coming in illegally that's not good we want to end the border crisis by finally giving us the legal authorities and the resources to detain and remove illegal immigrant families altogether and bring them back to their country. lived out of washington i was there as alan fisher is on capitol hill allan the president came to the capitol. and left what happened. but he spent an hour w

reporter: any minute the president is going to leave the white house to come to capitol hill, talking to lawmakers on the house side, republican lawmakers about the path forward how to keep the families together related to immigration issues as they go through the process as well as enforcing immigration laws. one bill that's considered is a compromise, it has some democratic support, it would provide a path forward to dreamers, so-called dreamers for citizenship. $25 billion for border security that could include building a border wall it. allows the families to stay together during that immigration process. another bill that's considered and voted on this week will be less of a compromise, more of a conservative bill that does not open the door for those so-called dreamers but does keep families together going through the immigration process. the president will talk to republican lawmakers about both of the bills, however says he wants a little bit more. >> what i'm asking congress to do is to give us a third option, which we have been requesting since last year, the legal authority

chad pergram is live for us on capitol hill. chad what is the latest?in just a couple minutes here, house republicans will meet and discuss the bill that they pulled off the floor. this is the so-called compromise bill which provides direct funding for the wall. keep in mind, they were trying to get votes on two bills. the conservative bill that went down earlier today and a voted on the compromise bell. president trump came to capitol hill earlier in the week as did kirstjen nielsen and jeff sessions and they couldn't close the deal. if you had the votes, trace, they would vote. the fact that they're not voting today and possibly delaying the vote till tomorrow tells you a lot. here's another interesting tidbit. that will got 193 yays. they thought it would get 170. did provide real money for the wall. the bill they have tomorrow does. what the bill did do is not provide a pathway to citizenship for those in the daca population. the bill tomorrow does. in other words, there's a lot of republicans in the house of representatives, in you interpret the ou

capitol hill by lawmakers.iary chairman goodlatte saying unfortunately fbi counsel ordered mr. strzok not to ask many of the legitimate questions he was asked. we intend to hold a public hearing soon. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge tells us what she knows. >> throughout the day on capitol hill, we've been getting a series of impromptu briefings from lawmakers as agent strzok's deposition progress. republicans convinced agent strzok is 's anti-trump bias infected the fbi investigation. >> i would expect, you know, any witness to suggest that they looked at this impartially. i don't know how you read the text, i don't know how any reasonable person reads the text and would suggest there was no bias. >> agent strzok arrived on capitol hill earlier today. he did not take fox's questions or questions from any other reporter. lawmakers remain focused on the anti-trump text messages he exchanged with fbi lawyer lisa page, especially one from august of 2016 where they talked about stopping drug. de

. >> sean: aay on capitol hill tomorrow. representatives are going to vote on a highly contentious immigration bill. also anti-trump fbi agent peter strzok will appear in a closed-door hearing and we will be working hard to bring you that story. here with more on these stories and more, chief national correspondent, who didn't really want to hang out at the white house tonight, so he went to the studio where he's drinking coffee all night. that's a good shot of the white house, it looks better. he i have to tell you this is a story about immigration on capitol hill. we are a stone's throw from capitol hill but, now that you've shamed me i will go back to the white house tomorrow night. president trump scored a major victory on his travel ban, he's taking strong measures to protect the nation and he may have to take more executive action in the months ahead because it's looking less likely that republicans here on capitol hill are passing legislation and cracking down on the illegal immigration tomorrow. the president reacted

brings you to capitol hill for funding for arts programs? h1 save the music foundation our mission is restoring music programs in public schools around the country. 21 years we've invested over $50 million of private schools to bring back over 2000 school music programs across the country. of the schools that we serve are title one schools, federal education funding, they serve our most vulnerable children, so we're make sure that the -- every student succeeds act is funded. title one, title four, including every n arts as part of kid's well-rounded education. you what is the message would like to deliver from capitol hill? guest: i am proof this works. grew up in public schools. i grew up with music education and arts education. very lucky to have it in a public school environment and going into end up the creative field as a business career, most of my friends who came up in the same didn't. that i did, and they credit their music their arts d education growing up as really their lives, in business, any jobs they went to. a really t having

leverage,int of capitol hill has been trying to work on immigration legislation for months. for those who saw this policy as a means of moving capitol hill, do you think it was effective? ask the president doing what he did -- sen. grassley: the president doing what he did? there are a lot of things people think congressmen are supposed to know. how laws are enforced. you do not know that right away. been 3-4nce, it has months since i got the phone calls from islands, outraged about anything the federal government is doing. they have been on top of this. maybe people back at the grassroots do not think they can make an impact on congress, but the publicity and people understanding the problem, the every senator i know does not think kit should be separated, bringing things to a head. the white contact house to lobby president trump to move forward with the executive order? sen. grassley: i did not. there were 12 people who signed a letter. i have been looking at the case we talked about. only way you are going to keep these children with their parents and do it with certaint