. >> angela alvarez has more on the announcement and what the administration plans to do instead. >> reporter: president trump says his executive order will and and and family separations at the border and is preemptive to what the house will vote on tomorrow. >> we are looking to keep families together. >> reporter: president trump is an a policy that resulted in thousands of children being separated from parents at the u.s. border. today the president said he would issue an executive order allowing families to be held in detention together. >> we are keeping families together, but we have to keep our border strong. we will be overrun with crime and with people that should y. pairof iigration bills on thursday. >> we can enforce immigration laws without breaking families apart. >> reporter: both are broader bills addressing family separation. but it is not yet clear whether either has enough support to pass. president trump has been under increasing pressure over his zero-tolerance immigration policy that has forced family separations. that anger even spilled over during his trip to