here is how it played at wbur. an i.c.e. official told wbur the agency was not informed that that agency would stop processing the deferral requests. there's no program at i.c.e. that's going to take over that program. >> i.c.e. official speaking -- i.c.e. was blindsided by the decision to refer all immigrants applying for deferred action to them. i.c.e. has no plans in place to review these applications. they don't have a program for this. nor do we plan to. at a magazine in massachusetts, which has great reporting on this, their reporter got this. quote, i.c.e. and u.s. customs and immigration officials allegedly had a meeting for the first time about this policy this morning. meaning this morning, wednesday morning. i.c.e. is 100% punting this back to customs and immigration. just take a step back from this for a second. we're going to talk to a lawyer in the middle of the fight. trying to represent some of the families and keep some of these kids alive. take a step back for a second. imagine being in charge of the federa

this story, credit to wbur in boston, the boston globe in boston, commonwealth magazine in massachusetts, for being the first news outlets to report that, it then moved to miami herald who started reporting it out. today it's on the front page of the "new york times" and we expect in coming days to see this become a lightning rod of a national story. credit where credit is due to the new england papers and radio outlets that reported this story. we would not have known about it without you. now i expect the national uproar will commence. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >>> i'm glad you covered this story. i'm going to cover it again at the end of the hour. it's hard to say on a given day what the most important story is, this is a life at stake, a death sentence that you were talking about and to hear from her physician, what she's contributed to medical science, and what this means to her, i just don't -- i think we just have to stay with this, i mean literally every night of the next 30 days that she has left in the country, and to our colleagues at fox news,

this story, credit to wbur in boston, the boston globe in boston, commonwealth magazine in massachusetts to report that, it then moved to miami herald who started reporting it out. today it's on the front page of the "new york times" and we expect in coming days to see this become a lightning rod of a national story. credit where credit is due to

a spokes told wbur radio in boston, quote, i.c.e.t exercise discretion to exempt groups of aliens from the immigration laws enacted by congress. in other words, i.c.e. will not take applications for medical deferrals. that is over. the slow trickle of outrage turned into a flood. 127 members of congress have signed this letter to the trump administration today demanding an explanation. next week on friday, the house oversight committee will hold hearings on this. they are calling on the acting director of i.c.e. and the acting director of citizenship and immigration services, the agency that sent the families a letter telling them they have to leave after a week in which they struggled for information or answers or hope, they now have the prospect of seeing lawmakers put this to the president. congressman, you are on the oversight committee. congressman, thank you for your time tonight. >> my pleasure. >> does congress, in addition to holding hearings, which is important, does congress have the power to stop the trump administration

that radio station wbur in boston this week and then in the boston globe and then yesterday in "the new york times," and that moral condemnation is completely understandable. but i for one am going to leave that out of what i have to say about this story because we are presenting this story again tonight with an objective. the goal here is to inform you of the news of what your government is doing but possibly even more importantly in this particular instance the goal here is to save a life. and the people who have the power to intervene and save this life will not hear the plea for her life. if it is hurled at them wrapped in moral outrage. the government officials who can change this death sentence in the coming days cannot be condemned into changing their policy. but they might be persuaded to change their policy if we keep telling them the story of maria izble. she came to this country when she was 7 years old. at the invitation and request of my first guest tonight, dr. paul hermatz who told izble's story to rachel last night. he needed patients to conduct clinical trials for a rar

that radio station wbur in boston this week and then in the boston globe and then yesterday in "the new york times," and that moral condemnation is completely understandable. but i for one am going to leave that out of what i have to say about this story because we are presenting this story again tonight with an objective. the goal here is to inform you of the news of what your government is doing but possibly even more importantly in this particular instance the goal here is to save a life. and the people who have the power to intervene and save this life will not hear the plea for her life. if it is hurled at them wrapped in moral outrage. the government officials who can change this death sentence in the coming days cannot be condemned into changing their policy. but they might be persuaded to change their policy if we keep telling them the story of maria izble. she came to this country when she was 7 years old. at the invitation and request of my first guest tonight, dr. paul hermatz who told izble's story to rachel last night. he needed patients to conduct clinical trials for a rar

another one of the things that came with the new podcast format was a partnership with the folks on wbur's "here and now." we have been doing basically every other week appearances on "here and now." for those that are less familiar, has about a million listeners. >> a million and a quarter. >> we get about nine minutes to entertain the million and a quarter listeners. often times it is on topics that are again right on with the news cycle, so it is a compressed timetable to get our hand around the issues in ways that are again really directed at trying to take advantage of our expertise as scholars. this is a relationship that i think has been great for the show but also one that can be -- i have done 20, almost 30 now "here and now appearances." the first 19, 20, i was very self annihilating as i left the booth. oh my god, i could have said this, i should have said this. >> i will read some of the texts he sent me. >> they all come off sounding great, and it is all wonderful, but it is also one of those things where the early going, we were trying to figure out do they want us to be anal

another one of the things that came with the new podcast format was a partnership with the folks on wbur's here and now, and we have been doing basically every other week these appearances on here and now. here and now for those who might be less familiar, it has about a million listeners. >> million and a quarter. and we get about nine minutes to entertain those million and a quarter listeners, and it will oftentimes be on topics that are, again, you know, right on with the news cycle and so it's a very compressed timetable to try to get our hand around these issues in ways that are really directed at trying to take advantage of our expertise as scholars. this is a relationship that i think has been great for the show. i've done now over 20, almost 30 now here and now appearances, and the first i'd say 19 to 20 of these i was, you know, without exception very self-annihilating as i left the booth. it was like oh, my fwod, i could have said this. i should have said this. >> i'm going to read some of the texts that you sent me. >> and through the magic of editing they all come off sounding