health and human services secretary alex cesar faced questions on capitol hill about the number of families that have been reunited. >> how many of them have been reunited? >> that is what i am saying. they have been placed with a parent or other relative who was in the united states. >> how many? >> several hundred. >> 17 states, including california and new york have sued the trump administration over the policy of separating families. >>> two teenage girl separated from their parents at the border are being held at a house in pleasant hill that serves as a shelter for immigrant children. it is run by the government funded group southwest key. there are currently 25 children at the house between the ages of 12 and 17. most of them crossed the border alone, without the parents. the group says the facility is a childcare center, not a detention center. southwest key says it is working to reunite the two girls with their parents. the ages were not released. >>> later today, the concord city council has scheduled a town hall meeting about the s of the former concord naval weapons station bein

.>> reporter: alex cesar -- alex azar, of health and human services, answering questions. >> they have been placed with a parent or other relative, who is in the united states. several hundred.>> reporter: as of tuesday, hhs has over 2000 migrant children in their care. >> health and human services, homeland security and the justice department seem to be doing more to add to the bedlam , and deflect blame, then they are doing to tell parents where their kids are.>> reporter: while lawmakers grilled trump administration officials, some asylum-seekers are turning to the courts. >> day 27 without him and his mother together, they fled persecution, only to be persecuted.>> a brazilian woman who came to the united states seeking asylum, she was separated from her 9-year-old sun. she was suing the government to get them back. -- her 9-year-old son. >> i just want to leave here with my son. >> reporter: there are more than 300 children here, they say they likely will be reunited until the courts do with the parents immigration cases, jeff paul, foxnews. >>> california attorney general javier

alex cesar is a secretary of the department of health and human services. mr. secretary, thanks for being here. you saw steve's report. what is your reaction to that? you heard the pediatrician talking about her assessment of those kids. >> we take excellent care of these children who are entrusted to our care. we get kids who are unaccompanied. these are kids who have been sent by their parents to cross into the united states by themselves, often with a smuggler, sometimes traffic into the country. or whose parents have brought them here and crossed illegally and then been arrested for paralegal crossing. we provide them with education, meals, medical care, dental, vision, athletic time, they get entertainment. they get psychiatric care. we are providing excellent care to these kids until we can get them placed with a sponsor. >> bret: you brought some video. we haven't been able to accept it on our own, with our own cameras, these facilities. these videos are from two different facilities and include girls and young children as well. first, will you let other

on c-span 3, health and human services secretary alex cesar testifies on president trump's prescription drug pricing plan before the health labor committee. at 10 a.m. eastern live on c-span 3. >> and an important issue to me in the state of utah is our use of water, being a desert state, we really need to focus on how we use our water and with some of the drier winters we've had, it's been really important to me to focus on conserving water and passing legislation that helps conserve water. i live in salt lake city, utah and one of the most important issue for us is an air quality. we live in a basin and what we need to do is more public transportation so that we can reduce emissions. >> an important issue to me is wage equality. there's lots of jobs out there, but they're always part-time. i've actually been getting part-time jobs, but wage is low and they keep you at part-time. i was a manager for eight years, and they're always keeping wages low. i've been full-time, but i see that wages for the wealthier are continuing increasing, increasing, but most of us at the bottom are low an

later at 10:00 p.m., health and alex services secretary cesar's testimony on capol hill about his agency's lianpri. zar talked about the mental --idem and mental health explained the trumps policy -- the policy on separating children from the parents crossing the border illegally. here in c-span -- on c-span. senator robert f kennedy's family gathered at arlington mark thecemetery to 50th anniversary of his assassination. former clinton -- resident bill -- president bill clinton spoke. this program is airing on onpan2 a it our overnight schedule. ofes senator jeff merkley oregon. >> tber bert f kenny, whose life was brutally, savagely cut short 50 years ago. robert kennedy was a presidential candidate. a u.s. senator, a member of this chamber. an attorney general. and naval officerfaa n, a hband, a brother. but more than all of that, he was acon of hope amidst turbulent and difficult times in our nation. he was an insti generations of americans. speaking at his younger brother's funeral, our former colleague senator ted kennedy said that robert kennedy "need ine idol o beyond what he was l

. >> alex cesar will be on capitol hill in the morning to testify about president trumps prescription drug pricing plan. the senate health committee meets at 10 am eastern with live coverage here on cspan 3. cspan, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 cspan was created as a public service by america's cable television company. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress. the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington d.c. and around the country. cspan is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider.

. >> alex cesar will be on capitol hill in the morning to testify about president trumps prescription drug pricing plan. the senate health committee meets at 10 am eastern with live coverage here on cspan 3. cspan, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 cspan was created as a public service by america's cable television company. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress. the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington d.c. and around the country. cspan is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> sunday on q&a. filmmakers joe tropez discuss their documentary hiand stay. the history of faith and resistance. about the actions of the -- other catholic activists that protest in the vietnam war. >> the war movement was mostly thought of as college aged protesters. here we are middle-aged clergy. the public -- that was a turning point. there action clearly did not end the vietnam war. i do not see how you could argue that it did not help and the draft. the head of the selective service said publicly that they felt they were und

. >> when alex cesar says they are providing education and support and a bed or a home, you buy that?> you know, look, they may be getting as my father would say three hots and a cot but they're torn from their family and basically imprisoned without their parents. it is just cruel and against the kind of family values president donald trump said he would be. >> it's not who we are as a nation. >> it's not who we are as a nation. >>> coming up, president trump's potentially legacy detyping moment with kim jong-un. bill richardson who has traveled to north korea eight times and negotiated the release of detained americans will reveal what the president needs to do to accomplish his -- to accomplish a lot in that historic sit-down coming up. >>> it's time for your business of the week. robin raskin is a veteran and trend spotter, founder of living in digital times has been at it since before the internet was invented and still active. how does she stay on top in an industry dominated by youth? to find out her game plan watch "your business" sunday morning at 7:30 on msnbc. it's gone. th

host: that was hhs secretary alex cesar. your thoughts after listening to that.aller: does he know their names, and does he know the parents?their parents? if one child is missing or one child is harmed, he is criminally liable. thank you. host: david in arizona, line for republicans. go ahead. caller: good morning. i was just wondering if anyone out there is aware of the company with the contracts to shelter illegal kids. , i wonder whys there is no comments or anybody making comments as far as that goes. host: ok. nat in baltimore, maryland. republican. go ahead. caller: hello. i'm very happy about having c-span. sometimes i wonder how you and the other hosts managed to keep a straight face with some of the comments. they keep saying it is the responsibility of health and human services or someone else. it is the responsibility of parents. they are just taking the child by the hand, turn them around, walked back across the border, they wouldn't have been separated. it is something that i would do, and that any responsible parent would do. number two, i have see

. >> on thursday, the first lady and health and human services secretary alec cesar visited -- alex

. >> alex cesar will be on capitol hill in the morning to testify about president trumps prescription drug pricing plan. the senate health committee meets at 10 am eastern with live coverage here on cspan 3. cspan, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 cspan was created as a public service by america's cable television company. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congss the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington d.c. and around the country. cspan is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> sunday on q&a. filmmakeoeropez discuss their documentary hit and stay. the history of faith and resistance. about the actions of the -- other catholic activists that otest in the vietnam war. >> the war movement was mostly thought of as college aged protesters. here we are middle-aged clergy. the public -- that was a turning point. there action clearly did not end the vietnam war. i do not see how you could argue that it did not help and the draft. the head of the selective service said publicly that they felt they were under attack

and human services secretary alex cesar -- azar testified today. he also explained of the trump policytration's separating migrant children from their parents. watched the hearing tonight at 10:00 eastern on c-span -- watch the house hearing tonight at 10:00 eastern on c-span. live,hington journal, every day. coming up thursday morning, we are live in lansing, michigan, for the next on the c-span bus ur.capital' to discussing top issues facing the state legislature permit and a new york congressman on to immigration policy. and then, challenges facing social security and medicare funding. be sure to watch watching journal. live -- washington journal. join the discussion. president trump today signed the v.a. mission act into law. veteran choice program for one year as the department works to consolidate seven community programs into one. this is about 20 minutes.

the house isive here on later at 10:00 p.m., health and alex services secretary cesar's testimony on capol hill about his agency's lianpri. zar talked about the mental --idem and mental health explained the trumps policy -- the policy on separating children from the parents crossing the border illegally. here in c-span -- on c-span. senator robert f kennedy's family gathered at arlington mark thecemetery to 50th anniversary of his assassination. former clinton -- resident bill -- president bill clinton spoke. this program is airing on onpan2 a it our overnight schedule.