adam quasman was wrong about that. >> adam quasman was making a speech. >> the reason why lady justice a blindfold over -- >> reporter: then the republican congressional candidate suddenly stopped. he got word a bus was heading down the road and took off for it. it's what quasman and the oracle protesters were waiting for, a confrontation with a bus full of migrant children. quasman tweeted from the scene "bus coming in. this is not compassion, this is the abrogation of the rule of law." he included the photo of a yellow school bus. >> i was able to see some of the children in the buss and the fear on their faces. this is not compassion. >> did you know that was a bus with ymca kids? >> they were sad, too. >> reporter: reporters saw the children laughing and taking pictures on their iphones. >> i apologize. i didn't know. i was leaving when i saw them. >> reporter: quasman later deleted his tweet but we found it on a site that captures politicians' deleted tweets. he did backflips trying to take back the story. >> i said i saw children. i saw children. >> those weren't migrant children