for the first time, the biden administration allowing a press camera inside the overcrowded donna, texas, facility. children on mats, shoulder to shoulder. and the statement tonight from the secretary of homeland security. >>> nato scrambling jets ten times across europe to track and intercept russian military planes. >>> here at home, several wildfires burning near mt. rushmore. hundreds of homes evacuated tonight. >>> the spacex rocket exploding during a test flight. >>> and news from the nfl tonight. next season will look a lot different. >>> and more trouble for major the dog at the white house. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. those troubling new numbers on the coronavirus here in the u.s. what authorities are seeing in more than 20 states now. and the reason why, they say. >>> but we are going to begin tonight with the searing new testimony in the trial of former police officer derek chauvin in the death of george floyd. the young witnesses today, one just 9 years old. three teenagers taking the stand, too. darnella frazier, 17 at the tim

reversed many of donald trump's more hardline policies we've got she have returns in live from donna texas near america's largest temporary detention facility she has about these congress members visiting in a moment but 1st just just the situation itself migrants detention centers the border it's always an emotion of topic in the united states but the fact that so much of this is to do with children this time on the company children it's really something. it's an amazing web of factors that seems to be contributing to this this. child on the company child migrants actually in the last month or so we weren't really sure whether this was anything but what we see almost every year we didn't see it last year because of the pandemic but around this time you do see more migration in the spring after the winter before the punishing heat of the summer and we would really show but now we're looking at the figures and it does seem this is something extraordinary we're on track to the 17000 unaccompanied child migrants in marched for comparison in 29000 the last spike we saw on the company child mig

we are getting our first look inside that donna, texas facility our first independent look as well asterview with or route rule ortiz he is the deputy chief of the border patrol. he has been stationed in the ri grande valley as well as the de rio sector, so he knows everything that goes on along the border through experience. here is u.s. park border patrol deputy chief. can get this right here is our medical staff addressing the issue i just told to bear these children that are here, have life so they're doing the lice treatment for them. right behind us, they will do the live street and then they will set them there for a coupl minutes. right now, it's a lifestyle, bu they actually do a systematic check to make sure there is temperature checks and everything. >> right here? >> reyher. >> after they finished with them , they put them in there. >> what we're seeing here is an intake area where they are checking their migrants for lice . if you notice, the picture are little out of focus, that's intentional that so you can't identify the migrants. we got some statistics from oscar the

good luck with everything. >> thank you, charles. >> charles: he exposed the conditions in donna, texas. within the hour, ted cruz will be visiting and overflowing facility in dallas, texas where the press is not allowed in. we'll have the latest there. and head of the president biden $3 trillion bill. reports that moderate democrats are getting nervous about the taxing and spending. where is this head something and the city of minneapolis on edge in the trial of derek chauvin. we'll take you there with martha maccallum and get more on the ground. how great is it that we get to tell everybody how liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? i mean it... oh, sorry... [ laughter ] woops! [ laughter ] good evening! meow! nope. oh... what? i'm an emu! ah ha ha. no, buddy! buddy, it's a filter! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ ♪ over 10 years ago, we made a promise to redefine everything a truck can be. ♪ and while we've made good on that promise by winning back to back to back motor trend truck of the year awards, the work

working for is responsible for these conditions. >> senator ted cruz visiting that facility in donna, texasd morning. good to have you here. what can you share with us now that we have seen your video and the video from yesterday? >> last week i brought a group of 19 senators to the river in texas and began by meeting with border patrol agents and just saying thank you for their heroism, their courage, they are not getting support from the biden administration, we wanted to tell them we appreciate them, grateful for their standing we went out into the field and saw a stream of illegal immigrants coming into the country, caravans walking up the trails into outdoor holding towns where customs and border patrol was processing them, we saw three different nursing mothers sitting on the ground nursing infant children. next day we went to the donna facility, gigantic tent city that they built to handle this massive surge of illegal immigration. its capacity with covid constraints is 250, over 4000 people crammed into donna. they are not 6 feet apart or 3 feet apart or 6 inches apart. children sid

permite el acceso a los medios de comunicaciÓn al principal centro de detenciÓn de menores en donna, texas actualmente tiene mÁs de 4000. nos conectamos con pedro rojas con mÁs informaciÓn. [sonido ambiente] reportero: definitivamente lo que esta ocurriendo aquÍ en la frontera continÚa llamando el hatice nacional. ayer el gobierno dio la oportunidad a que una cÁmara de un medio nacional tuviera la oportunidad de entrar a la gran carpa de donna, texas. observamos de primera mano cÓmo se procesan los jÓvenes, y niÑos que cruza solos la frontera. tambiÉn vimos cÓmo los niÑos estÁn divididos por sexo y edad, en las Áreas donde estÁn en celdas plÁsticas, con paredes transparentes. vimos que hay un lugar donde tienen a niÑos menores de 7 aÑos, en una especie de guarderÍa, tambiÉn se nos indicÓ que hay niÑos menores de 16 aÑos. mujeres que entraron con bebÉ, que la tienen allÍ para evitar que se expongan al hacinamiento y posibilidad de contagio de covid en lugares donde tan muchos niÑos. en total hay mÁs de 4000 personas detenidas entre familias menores solos en la gran carpa de donna. al menos

salt take place daily our sources told us that there is many as 3000 migrants in this facility and donna texas at one time they're very cramped from the photographs you can see it's very spartan living there's not a lot of mats or beds or cots they are living in a difficult very tight spot it looks like a nightmare it looks like like something out of a fiction novel you can look back as far as comments from this administration encouraging people to rush to the border encouraging people to climb any barriers just any way you can over it under it get in and we will take care of you a plain and simple people are coming over sick or not legal or not and they're being processed and it's being done in an awful matter now that we've uncovered the conditions here but it just seems like mass chaos and yes there is again other care and it seems gearing up one democratic party of all america has also released images from the same set against excess migrants including youngsters are being held in overflow facilities and cramped conditions hundreds of children have allegedly been stranded and patrol custod

donna texas 3000 immigrants apparently have been kept in tight spaces wrapped in those silver space blankets 50 of the refugees are believed to tested positive really recently in the last few days alone for covert the managing editor of project veritas told us more. there is a major influx of illegal immigrants and that is according to the source of my view 50 of them are coded. that sexual assaults you does it go assaults take place daily our sources told us that there is many as 3000 migrants in this facility and donna texas at one time they're very cramped they are living in a difficult very tight spot it looks like a nightmare it looks like like something out of a fiction novel you can look back as far as comments from this administration encouraging people to rush the border encouraging people to climb any barriers just any way you can over it under it get in and we will take care of you a plain and simple people are coming over sick or not legal or not and they're being processed and it's being done in an awful matter now that we've uncovered the conditions here but it just seems like

tonight the facility in donna, texas is holding more than 3,700 children it was initially built for 250. >> i think anybody that's been involved with this would have predicted this some months ago >> reporter: also i.c.e. has awarded a nearly $87 million contract to secure hotel rooms for migrant families near the border lester >> gabe gutierrez tonight. thank you. >>> in just 60 seconds, what's behind the soaring price of gasoline and navigating the huge financial burdens of college in our series "kids under pressure." >>> we're back now with protests and demands for answers after the atlanta spa killings as federal officials said they don't have evidence yet of a hate crime and some communities take new steps to keep asian-americans safe with more here's blayne alexander >> reporter: in city after city -- >> stop asian hate >> love asian people >> reporter: their message to the asian-american community is clear - we stand with you. >> we are all part of the human race, and we need to treat each other with love and kindness >> reporter: it's been almost a week since a gunman stormed in

the conditions here on the ground. >> neil: it seemed that all of the key facilities including donna, texas, they are filled way beyond capacity. if the throngs of these migrants, forget about just minors, but migrants period, they will run out of facilities aren't they? >> some pictures of the donna facility were released on twitter by senator cruz. some video also released. no cameras were allowed on either tour. the facility the democrats toured, they get an average of 500 a day. you need a new facility every day. to keep up with those numbers. it will be an incredible challenge. >> neil: yes, especially as the weather gets hotter. thank you very much. great reporting through all of this. chad is with us. the former acting dhs secretary. i don't care about the semantics. it's a bad situation getting worse. how does it get better? >> absolutely. that process conference was astonishing. what the members saw and the pictures, what some of us previously served in the department have been saying for 2 months: it's a crisis that is extremely impacting the men and women. border patrol and the d

before you go i've got to show you this shocking video out of donna texas on the border, you are in texas 250 people, 4,000 people crammed there quick impact on texas. >> i was in that donna facility 48 hours ago it is cruel inhumane to treat children like this this president is in denial he needs to take action or -- in the country tougher. >> congressman good to see you please come back soon, great to have you this morning congressman kevin brady we will see you soon, sir we'll be right back. opportunities are all about timing. so if you're turning 65 or retiring soon, it's time to take advantage of a plan that gives you more for your medicare dollar: an aarp medicare advantage plan from unitedhealthcare. call unitedhealthcare today to get $0 copays for all primary care doctor visits, $0 copays on preventive dental, and $0 copays on hundreds of prescriptions. in 2019, members saved an average of $7,200 on prescriptions. you'll even get free annual eye exams, and free designer frames. don't miss your shot. if you're turning 65 or retiring soon, learn about our wide choice of plans, inclu

resembles a humanitarian crisis footage you're seeing there from inside a facility in the city of donna texas senators say up to 4000 people were held in a place meant for 250 many of the miners people held in severely overcrowded pods most even without beds earlier in the week investigative journalism group project veritas released images of that site the managing editor of project veritas told us covert cases have also been registered there too on top of it all. there is a major influx of illegal immigrants and that is according to the source might you 50 of them are coded. that sexual assaults you physically assault take place daily our sources told us that there is many as 3000 migrants in this facility and donna texas at one time they're very cramped from the photographs you can see it's very spartan living there's not a lot of mats or beds or cots they are living in a difficult very tight spot it looks like a nightmare it looks like like something out of a fiction novel you can look back as far as comments from this administration encouraging people to rush to the border encouraging peo

it's going to she ever turns a who's in donna texas she up how did joe biden and governor harris plan to ease this crisis. you know it's really interesting listening to that press conference in some ways over red flags and what biden was saying you know he seemed to have a bit of a nostalgic glow about the fact that he had the same role on the president obama when there was a big influx from central america but clearly whatever the job. took in that time didn't actually make much of a difference because we have the same problem every year and we have added every year with the exception of of last year because it's because of the pandemic. that she will lead the diplomatic effort to try and enforce immigration laws i mean is there going to the same thing that we saw the last time around which is i think once again millions of dollars to militarize other people's borders in central america and in mexico lead to a crackdown in central america and mexico leading to more human rights abuses for those children who have decided to come to the border because they are desperate in those countr

journalism group project veritas then releasing these shocking images from a micro for city and donna texas self 3000 immigrants have been kept in pods for up to those silver space blanket strong keep warm best they can 50 of the refugees are believed to were here to tested positive for covert in the last few days alone the managing editor of project. told us more. there is a major influx of illegal immigrants and that is according to the source of my view 50 of them are coded. that sexual assaults he does go assaults take place daily our sources told us that there is many as 3000 migrants in this facility in donna texas at one time they're very cramped from the photographs you can see it's very spartan living there's not a lot of mats or beds or cots they are living in a difficult very tight spot it looks like a nightmare it looks like like something out of a fiction novel you can look back as far as comments from this administration encouraging people to rush to the border encouraging people to climb any barriers just any way you can over it under it get in and we will take care of you a

he said they were taken at the border patrol facility in donna, texas, which is a temporary overflow facility for migrants the conditions and overcrowding are very similar to what we saw during the trump administration. morgan chesky is covering the republicans' visit from mission, texas. >> reporter: frank, good evening and greetings from mission, texas, right here on the banks of the rio grande river, the scene of an ongoing issue here, some would call a crisis that has both sides of our nation's congress gathered here to try to figure out what comes next this was the scene of a gop-led tour from senator ted cruz and john cornyn who brought 17 of their colleagues here to tour a facility in nearby donna, texas, and then also tour the rio grande with the texas dps troopers who patrol that each and every day, searching for human traffickers or drug cartel activity we had a chance to hear from the lawmakers on what they witnessed inside that crowded facility in donna, texas it is a place that the media has yet to be allowed inside of. >> we saw cages after cages after cages of little gi

griff: shocking images out of donna, texas.icians, the only people it is not shocking to are the agents who predicted this new this was going to happen and seen it before but not to this level. any agent says three things in any crisis, infrastructure, manpower and technology. the infrastructure is gone, no more wall. manpower is being overwhelmed and evaporated. technology can't do it. carley: you are in jefferson, louisiana. tell us what is coming up. >> reporter: doesn't want to go to new orleans on company time. we are in old jefferson outside new orleans, there are a couple locations, a fantastic breakfast bowl, we are going to talk to the people about the immigration crisis, they lifted some of the restrictions and we will talk about that. >> if you can stay for lunch i'm looking at the daily specials, that is really really good. i have been to it. don't miss. carley: a big wednesday for pete. see you throughout the morning. we will be right back. (announcer) do you want to reduce stress? shed pounds? do you want to flatt

cnn's rosa flores joins me from donna, texas.ing what is happening on the border a crisis. tell me what you've seen. >> you know, i just talked to a federal source that is familiar with the operations going on right here on the ground and this person tells me that border authorities are encountering at least 1,000 migrants every single day. according to this source last week in the span of eight hours about 500 migrants were encountered. now, these migrants are coming in large groups and they are being received under a bridge, and these migrants are waiting there for about an hour, hour and a half, and to expedite this situation what border patrol is doing they are beginning the processing of these migrants under the bridge, things like fingerprinting them, for example. they are encountering unaccompanied minors, families and also single adults. now, unaccompanied minors take priority, according to this source. they process those individuals first and then most of them are brought to the facility that you see behind me here in do

que les queda es migrar hoy 4500 niños están en manos de ice, y la mayoría en la instalación de donna texasrga de 9 mil niños que cruzaron solos la frontera. vamos a un albergue >> esta noche se espera más autobuses en el centro de convenciones de dallas y aseguran que acá están mejor que con la patrulla fronteriza, es la segunda noche que reciben niños migrantes >> y así llegaron los primeros niños migrantes 4 autobuses los trajeron de la frontera sur, y el director fema confirmó que son 200 niños se les hizo pruebas covid-19, y todos duermen con distanciamiento social >>son muchachos de 15 años no vi nadie menor de esa edad >> muchos pasan por misión texas y sorprende ver sus rostros de niños caminando por la frontera en grupos y aventándose al río como melvin de 17 años >> quiero venir y aprender estudiar y aprender ingles >> dicen que los niños son víctimas, >> necesitan ayuda, no hay mucho para ayudarlos >> también se unen asilos para ayudarlos >> estos adultos que tomarán responsabilidad de los niños asegurarse que no tengan delitos que los pongan en riesgo >> y a partir de hoy varias

he's in donna texas with the word on what's really happening there as regards to migration at the border. another note on migration this is out of britain which wants to make it harder for refugees who are into the u.k. illegally to actually apply for asylum home secretary pretty patel's proposed new legislation to overhaul the country's asylum system she says the reforms are designed to be fair to genuine asylum seekers clamping down on the people trafficking it's not in barba has more from london. for the 1st time there will be a separate and distinct approach to people arriving in the u.k. to a claim asylum through so-called illegal routes and people who arrive through what the government calls illegal routes now often they are people who've traveled across europe from for example africa or the middle east and across the english channel paying people smugglers along the way pretty patel says that one of the aims of the government is to save lives crossing the channel crossing those dangerous routes but also to crack down on illegal traffickers now she has said that the that there are

these are from over the weekend in donna, texas. they were given to cnn. we obtained them. ey come from texas. democratic congressman. these are conditions inside of a border patrol there in donna, texas. you can see dozens of migrant adults and children, overcrowded in make shift tents. let's go to my colleague who joins us this morning from dallas. priscilla, the numbers keep going up by the hundreds. every single day. and there is big concern, not just from republicans, big concern from democrats like the representatives. this is not okay or safe especially for children. >> poppy, children are not supposed to be in border patrol facilities for long period of times. they're supposed to be transferred within three days. the number of children crossing the u.s.-mexico border alone is overwhelming the administration. and so we're seeing children get caught up in these facilities and stay for extended period of times. the average time is 130 hours. now we know they're around 4,900 children in border patrol custody. again fa again, facilities these kids should not be in. you sa

we knew this donna, texas facility that has been housing all of these migrant minors, you know, bettern 1,000 of them was crowded. we had no idea it was quite this crowded. this video coming in today. it illustrates what a mess this has gotten to be with a surge of migrants and particularly migrant teens in this case, mostly teens that have packed a number of facilities. again, this one in donna, texas, is the one getting the attention because it's disproportionately crowded. i'm neil cavuto. this is "your world." we'll be speaking to a north dakota senator that had a chance to visit what is happening at the rio grande in just a minute. first, to casey stegall in eagle pass, texas on what we're learning just now about how bad and crowded this has gotten. sir? >> hey, neil. this is what u.s. health and human services must have meant in their responses. not only to fox news but the repeated media outlet requests to be let inside. at least one of these processing facilities so we could see things for ourselves and also bring the images to our viewers instead of having them leaked by lawma

facility in donna, texas.mped facility meant to hold just 250. it's truly a dire situation made worse every day by the biden administration's open border immigration policies. we're going to talk about this escalating crisis and how it's benefiting child traffickers later in the show. but, first, we examine america's misplaced priorities. new outrage is growing

unaccompanied minors housed in what the government is calling pods at a migrant detention center in donna, texas. the capacity at this facility during the pandemic is limited to 250 people. right now over 4,000 migrants are being housed inside. most of them we are told by d.h.s. are unaccompanied minors. lawmakers who have been on the ground there are speaking out about the shocking conditions. take a listen. >> they are not six feet apart or three feet apart. not even six inches apart. lying on the floor covered in emergency reflective blankets. it is a manmade crisis. joe biden caused this. >> the other bad news it doesn't look like officials are seeing a light at the end of this tunnel. u.s. border patrol deputy chief ortiz in texas shared this prediction with fox news. >> as we're looking at the threat and some of the traffic patterns that we see, i fully expect based upon what we've already apprehended in looking at what's remaining in the fiscal year that we will have approximately a million apprehensions or encounters this year. >> gillian: casey stiegel is live in eagle pass. what can yo

rosa flores, cnn, donna, texas. >>> texas governor greg abbott is supporting a series of measures limitingess to early voting, saying he has no doubt election fraud took place in 2020. it's part of a nationwide push by republican-controlled state houses to change voting laws despite no evidence of widespread voter fraud. cnn's diana gallagher reports. >> reporter: already home to some of the most restrictive election laws in the country, texas is now the latest state with the republican legislature introducing bills that could make it even harder to vote. >> election fraud is unacceptable and that's exactly why i made it an emergency out in this session. >> reporter: despite no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election texas republicans are calling for measures that would impose new limits on early voting hours and added requirements on mail voting. some of the legislation appears to be aimed at harris county, a recent democratic stronghold and home to houston which saw a surge in turnout last year after the county implemented methods during the pandemic such as 24 hour and drive t

tom homan the former acting ice director under president trump and he joins us from donna, texas. tom. thank you for taking time out of this trip. i want to hear all about it. a quick question first about vice president kamala harris. the white house is now putting a lot of time and energy into clarifying exactly what her role will be. they say she will conduct diplomacy with the northern triangle countries and mexico. listen to this editorial from the "new york post." they say biden and company''s only priority is not to secure the border. they have confusion including over who is in charge of the crisis, if anyone is. tom, what is your take and perspective about who is overseeing this? >> i think the best thing that could happen to us is kamala harris has nothing to do with this. this is the same senator who compared ice to the kkk. she has put legislation to award illegal behavior. she supports sanctuary cities. she vilified the border patrol saying they mistreated migrants during the last surge. it is obvious she is the wrong person to do this. if they want someone to address

you're taking a live look at the immigration processing center here in donna, texas. has made repeated requests to border patrol and customs and border protection to get access to this facility and other facilities like it, and that access has been denied. today we also asked about the migrants who we met and they told us that they slept under the bridge overnight on the dirt while they were waiting to get transported to a processing facility and, jake, we've not heard back. >> rosa flores at the border. let's discuss. nia, there's now bipartisan pushback against the biden administration on the border, but instead of visiting firsthand, the president and his team, they are traveling to promote the covid relief deal. the is this a smart strategy, by the white house to not go there? >> well, we'll see what the president ends up doing in coming days from. what we can tell from president biden he is someone who listens to the progressives in his party, and they are among the loudest folks who were talking about this crisis at the border. it has been years in the making. w

they show an overflow border facility from donna, texas, from this past weekend.adults crowded together in tight conditions. cnn has learned that as of sunday there are almost 4,900 unaccompanied minors being held in border patrol facilities. more than 800 of those children have been in custody for more than ten days. much, much longer than the 72 hours allowed under u.s. law. let's go to cnn's priscilla alvarez, live in dallas. what is the biden administration going to do about it? >> reporter: brooke, here in dallas is one of the solutions. so, this convention center, one of the largest in the country, part of it has been transformed into an emergency intake site so they can transfer those in border facilities to this site. here they're provided medical services, meals, they're provided an area where they can call family either domestically or internationally and work with case managers to relocate with relatives in the united states. so, this is one of the solutions as the administration is trying to catch up with the sheer number of children in border patrol c

rosa flores, cnn, donna, texas. >>> rosa, thank you very much for that important reporting. >>> we have a lot ahead. president biden heads to pennsylvania to promote the benefits of his american rescue plan. what he says you can expect in the next ten days. >> plus, news of a possible setback in a trial of a former police officer charged in george floyd's death. does a $27 million settlement from the city stand in the way of a fair trial for derek chauvin? we'll discuss. >> also, a decade -- a decade has left millions of syrians with no home and no hope and no change ahead. we'll hear a family's story about their life inside of this war torn country. idolizing them. mimicking their every move. and if she counts on the advanced hydration of pedialyte when it matters most... so do we. hydrate like our heroes. ♪ washed your hands a lot today? probably like 40 times. hands feel dry? like sandpaper. introducing new dove handwash, with 5 x moisturizer blend. removes germs in seconds, moisturizes for hours. soft, smooth. new dove handwash. so you want to make the best burger ever? then make it

. >> reporter: senator ted cruz posted this video from his visit to a holding facility in donna, texas. >> all of us today witnessed the biden cages. what is occurring here on the border is heartbreaking, and it is a tragedy. >> reporter: he left delegation of gop senators to the border on friday. on saturday another congressional delegation toward the el paso border area. >> we must change the narrative as quickly as we can pick of these are not invaders, they are not terrorists, they are individuals that have come to america from the beginning of time. >> reporter: in the first official news conference, president biden this week defended his handling of the issue and set the migrant influx is seasonal. >> this happens every single solitary year. there is a significant increase in the number of people coming to the border, and the winter months. >> reporter: the mayor and area congressional leaders visited the convention center saturday. the biden administration will use it as a temporary shelter for about 1450 girls. >> reporter: these are children, this is the right thing to do, and

we knew this donna, texas facility that has been housing all of these migrant minors, you know, bettere had no idea it was quite this crowded. this video coming in today. it illustrates what a mess this has gotten to be with a surge of migrants and particularly migrant teens in this case, mostly teens that have packed a number of facilities. again, this one in donna, texas, is the one getting the attention because it's disproportionately crowded. i'm neil cavuto. this is

been growing outcry after images revealed over crowded makeshift conditions at another center in donna texas chipper tansey as more from there i mean the theory is children come here to the border to these detention facilities should be have no longer than 3 days and appalling conditions actually frankly are pretty barbaric even adults but then they should be moved on within 3 days to the shelters where they could be processed but because of the pandemic they were down to 40 percent capacity for social distancing only in the last few days are they now go back to 100 percent capacity which is one of many many reasons why everything is backed up in the headlines britain wants to make it harder for refugees who enter the u.k. illegally to apply for asylum home secretary pretty patel's proposed new legislation that would overhaul the country's asylum system she says the reforms are designed to be fair to genuine asylum seekers while clamping down on people traffickers. the european union's proposing tougher export rules so more covert $1000.00 vaccines can go to e.u. citizens shipments of the va

this facility in donna, texas is 700% overcapacity. 18,000 of these unaccompanied minors in the hands of the border patrol or hhs. this is overwhelming our government. why is this happening? for two reasons. the coyotes are making a lot of money by trafficking people. they're going to families in desperate straits and saying if you give us everything you have, we'll take them for a better life. if they're young women, preteenagers, they're being trafficked for sex and many young men are being trafficked for work. the other purpose is diabolical in some degree. they're trying to deliberately overwhelm the system. they know there's limited resources and if they can draw border patrol away from protecting the border to taking care of the minors, it makes it easier to move drugs and money and guns over both sides of the border. so this is a deliberate effort in my opinion. >> martha: yeah. and there's no doubt we have seen the video many times that then candidate biden said you should come. you should surge the border and you should come.

administration allowing a news crew inside this overcrowded border patrol detention facility in donna, texas. over 3,000 unaccompanied migrant children packed together in the middle of a pandemic, lying on the floor with a thin foil blanket. no covid tests are given unless a child shows symptoms they're allowed a brief phone call every 48 hours. the youngest kept separated in these playpens for their safety. they even sleep here >> these kids crossed by themselves. >> reporter: border patrol's acting executive officer says most came with smugglers parents often countingon authorities to reunite them with family members in the u.s. >> no one knows what happens to them coming in on the journey. nothing is guaranteeing the safety and security of the child until they come into our custody. >> reporter: there are 5,100 unaccompanied children detained in facilities like this, which in this part of texas, are already at 800% capacity the surge happening after president biden reversed former president trump's policy and by began allowing unaccompanied children into the u.s. the official expects the

what the world saw today is a stark contrast to the overcrowded tent-like facilities like this in donna, texasoms and border protection releasing this video showing children packed into pods. one housing more than 400 boys. there are only supposed to be 250 people inside this entire facility. the white house says they're working as quickly as possible to move these kids into shelters and homes. but critics say they move so quickly to overturn former president trump's hardline immigration policies that they did not have a plan in place on the ground to handle the surge that followed. criticism growing louder by the day. >> it is a crisis. it is a crisis that was created by the biden administration, by their own policies. >> reporter: not just from republicans, but also from democrats. >> we're having a humanitarian crisis. the administration has all the good intentions. they want to treat the kids in a humane way. but in trying to do this, their good intentions are being overwhelmed by numbers. >> reporter: the white house has called in fema. they're building new facilities. the pentagon lookin

the republicans will tour this facility in donna texas but this morning is right along the rio grandes, 19 of them, are going to be taking a tour in one of texas's department of public safety marine he boats here. this is one of more than a dozen vessels they have and it's outfitted for pretty serious encounters up and down the rio grande. four .30 caliber machine guns, two in the front and two in the back. and now they're preparing for the tour that will be taking place later this morning, geoff. we know senator ted cruz was out on the banks of the rio grande late last night. he shared a video on twitter where he said he was walking alongside border patrol agents and he could see what they called members of the cartel waving flashlights, taunting authorities there. he said this is all part of an yong going crisis that they're trying to solve right now, and he said that was why it's so important he had some of his colleagues from washington get in these boats this morning to see just what the officials here on a daily basis. they say the numbers are going up. these are not the boats t

democratic senator henry cuellar released these images of a facility in donna, texas. does the president believe these conditions are acceptable? >> no, he doesn't, and that's why he wants to move children as quickly as possible out of the border patrol facilities. they are not meant for children and that's why he wants to open more shelters and increase and expedite processing at the border and an issue he's focused on every single day. >> i know the administration is trying to speed up processing as you just not and that takes time and resources of the right now documents from your own customs and border protections show that some children have been in custody for more than ten days. the law obviously says 72 hours is the like, as you just heard from rosa. so what are you doing right now to fix this? is president biden perhaps going to ask congress for emergency funding to help alleviate the conditions there? >> well, jake, i'm asked our experts about this. it's less an issue of funding and more an issue of needing more facilities and exabout bedieting the processing

too many children held in border patrol stations, whether it's in the rio grande valley or that donna, texas facility, over 1,000% capacity. or this sector here in uma, where it's the second-most-crowded border, over 49% capacity available bed space in these border patrol stations where alejandro mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security, says they're no place for children. they're very straightforward about that. the challenge is, how will they get them out? president biden will have to answer for that. short-term situation here at the border but also longer-term plan. what does it mean to have a safe, humane and orderly immigration process as they promised? secretary mayorkas been clear about that as well but we haven't heard it spelled out yet by the biden administration. what does it look like to depart from the trump administration and democratic and republican deterrence based, punitive based policies before that. hopefully we'll get some answers from the president of the united states. >> jacob soboroff, covering the border front and dr. gupta before that on the medical front. gent

administration allowing a news crew inside this overcrowded border patrol detention facility in donna, texas. over 3,000 unaccompanied migrant children packed together in the middle of a pandemic lying on the floor with a thin foil blanket no covid tests are given unless a child shows symptoms they're allowed a brief phone call every 48 hours the youngest kept separated in these playpens for their safety they even sleep here >> these kids crossed by themselves. >> reporter: border patrol's actin executive officer oscar escamilla says most came with smugglers. parents often counting on authorities to reunite them with family members in the u.s. >> only god knows what is happens to them while coming in on that journey nothing is guaranteeing the safety and security of that child until they come into our custody. >> reporter: there are 5,100 unaccompanied children detained in facilities like this, which in this part of texas are already at 800% capacity. the surge happening after president biden reversed former president trump's policy and began allowing unaccompanied children into the u.s. esc

the white house is letting reporters inside this facility here in donna, texas where migrants are packed in holding areas. the video showing kids banging on glass walls and sleeping on matts shoulder to shoulder on the floor. it is over capacity and don't expect the surge to slow up any time soon. >> capacity for this location for covid purposes is 250. previous to that it was 2,000. we hold 4100 subjects in this facility. we're 700% over capacity. >> as we look at the threat and some of the traffic patterns we see and i fully expect based upon what we've already apprehended and looking at what is remaining in the fiscal year we'll have approximately a million encounters this year. >> bill: think about that a million encounters this year. we begin casey stiegel is live in eagle pass, texas, we'll begin with you there, casey, hello. >> bill, hello and dana good morning to you as well. the youngest child by the way spotted at that facility on that tour yesterday, four months old. it was laying on a mat on the floor. officials say in terms of the overall census numbers you just gave at that