people took their own lives on ellis island. the primary reason is that they were among the people who were detained. there were two basic reasons why you might be detained. one was because of a medical condition, or you were judged to be unhealthy to be admitted to the united states. or, there was some question about your identity and criminal background and they said, no, we are not admitting you into the country. that was it, they were not going back. they took their own lives. but the vast majority, 98%, came through. most people were healthy enough. here you see the medical inspection on ellis island in 1920. another question, does anyone know the number one cause of people being refused admission? the number one medical cause? would anyone care to make a guess? 1920, they are going to keep you out for medical reasons. why are they likely to do it? student: i would say tb. prof. courtwright: tuberculosis guess.reat a number of these people did have tuberculosis. it also happens to be not the correct answer, because tubercul

another interesting fact about ellis island is that 3500 people took their own lives on ellis island. the reason for that primarily was that they were among the people who were detained. two basic reasons why you might be detained, one was because of a medical condition or you were judged to be unhealthy to be committed. this to be admitted -- unhealthy to be admitted to the us. another was because of an identity problem. they were not going back, so they took their own lives. the vast majority, 90 percent came through and most people were healthy enough. following another question, does anyone know the number one cause of people being refused admission, other than the medical causes? would anyone care to make a guess? it was 1920, they are going to kick you out for a medical reason, why are they likely to do it? >> i would say cubicle is this? >> cubicle is is is a great guest and a number of these people did have tuberculosis, but it also happens to be not the correct answer. it was to some degree treatable. >> was at the spanish flu? >> the spanish flu was an epidemic, so it was a

the process at ellis island. the flow of people through ellis island and other ports varied. redline, line, the represents total volume of immigration. the blue line is that component of people who came from southern and eastern europe. increase, please question mark in the 1840's and 50's? a what isell me come going on in the 1840's and 1850's -- tell me, what is going on in the 1840's and 50's? >> wasn't it famine? >> famine. this was the time of the irish sado famine. not just ireland but other parts of europe. failed revolutions. increased migration. why does migration go down in the 1860's? what is going on the u.s.? >> the civil war is happening. >> yes. it is not a good time to become cannon fodder in the u.s.. you are more reluctant to migrate to a country in the midst of a bloody civil war. i can get was, mr. brown, someone asked me about depressions, the great depression. that was a depression occurred in the mid-1870's. another sharp depression in the 1890's. look what happens to the pattern of migration. when there is a recovery, you have an increase in the people

. >> among the parks that could have shut down, statue of liberty and ellis island which draw about 10,000 per day. the park service says they'll stay open thanks to funding from new york state tweeting new york governor cuomo has provided funding to keep the statue of liberty and ellis island open during the shutdown of the federal government. welcoming visitors from across our nation and around the globe. it's the third time in five years new york state has funded the sites during a shutdown. during the january, 2018 shutdown, governor cuomo says it was around $65,000 per day, molly. molly: thank you very much. and we will see if people can move smoothly on their travels as all of this goes on, thank you. leland. leland: she mentioned the justice kedepartment. one thing that won't be shutting down is the special counsel investigation. as the democrats prepare to take back the house and robert mueller. joining us is a former prosecutor. good to see you. when you think of the christmas holiday, how many people should be thinking next christmas maybe in the crowbar hotel? >> and i think tha

. >> with this government shutdown among the places kbaimpacted wo be places like ellis island and the statue of liberty. now you and the state are going to foot the bill, $65,000 per day to keep operations going at ellis island and the statue of liberty as long as the government shutdown is in place? why was that important to do? >> first, as a practical matter from the state of new york's point of view, fred, the statue of liberty is one of the nation's great tourism destinations. we're in the holiday season, and we literally get millions of people who come to see new york, but also see the statue of liberty and new york harbor and the beauty of it. and we would lose roughly $1 million per day in economic impact of the tourism. so the state will pay those employees. it's about as you said, about $65,000 per day to actually keep those monuments operating and keep our tourism industry working as well as the 1,000 federal employees who run those monuments because it's in our economic interests. but also, as a matter of symbolism, while they're being absurd in washington, d.c., one of th

actually probably not many of our viewers have maybe even heard of tuvalu which used to be former ellis island in the polynesian islands but the poorest nations are actually a lot of the former communist countries and sub-saharan africa and then good and then in the middle east the big bright star of course is saudi arabia ok in it if you look at growth rates in the different regions you know sure. how are they looking for growth rates going forward yes and some of the hot spots coming up actually there are some of the emerging nations and then there are just growth rates so one of the most outstanding growth rates that continues and it's outpaced all nations actually is australia and that's really due to their brilliant immigration policies to get into australia i mean you have to have a certain network you have to come with certain skills they have not been stupid about that and most importantly they had a mining boom where they were mining coal and iron ore that they were shipping to all the factories in the nation so there's a great growth rate some of the emerging nations where there's a

andrew cuomo says the state is chipping in about6500 a day to keep the statue of liberty and ellis island open. it generes about a million dollars a day for the local economy. >> this is a story that will continue well into the week and the new year. all you have to do is search sh down. >> d.c. police are trying to figure out who shot a man in the le it happened before 7:30t las night on rhode island avenue and 4th street noicheast. thtim walked to a fire station and he was taken to a hospital. if you hmae any infon call d.c. police. >>> this morning, there's new efforts to improve pedestrian safety across the district. by the end of the mont vdot will complete installin hardened left turns at these locations. they are designed to prevent cars from cutting across traffic. ng in february, they'll also r install noht turn on red signs at 100 intersections across d.c. all signs should be up by next summer w >> two people rescued at this home when it caught fireom few astern market yesterday. the fire started as a result of what's being done. take a look re, a home decked out in holiday deco

to spend the privilege and a lifetime for person whose family came off the bow at ellis island, my grandmother said she had ten dollars and her occupation was made but she believed in america and in this amazing country we have been privileged to help lead it. and that's one of the greatest of my lifetime. i yield back thank you. [applause] . . . . met with president trump at the white house to negotiate a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown december 21. one of the main sticking point is the presidents request of $5 billion for a border wall. the three of them spoke to reporters in the oval office. >> thank you very much.ha it's an honor to have nancy pelosi with a sense chuck schumer with us. we actually worked very hard on a couple things happening. criminal justice reform, as you know we just got word we are going to be putting it up for a vote. we have great democrat support, republican support. criminal justice reform, people have been trying to get out on this for many,ow many years. it's something we arey

think back to ellis island in new york, all of the people who island hadh ellis been through ellis islandore they were allowed into the united states, and once they came in, they were given welfare, food stamps, medicare. they worked hard. most of them, italians or whatever, they started their own businesses or whatever, but they were clearly going through ellis island. these immigrants at the border just want to come over, and basically they are getting everything handed to them. andcal, housing, food, there are people who are retired , and they are elderly people, and they cannot even get food stamps. they are getting, i think, $74,000 to cross the border, and taxpayers are paying this. i do not know what happened to this country. go back to ellis island. thank you. let's go to marshall calling from north carolina on independent line. marshall, good morning. caller: good morning. good morning. i just want to mention that i do not understand why trump tower has almost a floor full of russians, russian mafia, to be exact, and they are bringing in money from russia that they ripped off fro

it is sort of the ellis island of california. immigrants would come to this country. he comes originally from japan and they came and entered into america through angel island. you have him dressed as washington in the boat. instead of having soldiers from the american revolution as george washington would have it, he has friends. if you look at their faces, they are a little nervous. they are saying, i you sure about this? are we really going to this new country? he is saying yes, we are going to do that. you can see in the colors and the shapes that this was very much like a japanese woodblock print. he has taken his culture from japan and merged it with his personal history, but puts it into something that relates very much to american history. let's go down the hall through the great hall. test it was the last is to have a party in the 1860's. now president lincoln was to everything he did. he said come to my inauguration. it turns out a big fight broke out in the next morning they had to carry drunken people out from under the table. this building and certainly th

after her parents, with several children in tow, came by ship dallas island -- came by ship to ellis islandandparents reached, as you do, for the american dream. as a testament to our nation's promise, the daughter and granddaughter of immigrants sits on the highest court in the land. opportunity,and of that prospect is within the realm of the achievable. what is the difference between a bookkeeper in new york city's garment district and a supreme court justice? one generation. my own life bears witness. the difference between the opportunities available to my mother and those afforded me. you have studied our system of government and no of its twin .illars first, our government has limited power. it can exercise only the authority given to it by the constitution. second, citizens of this country enjoy certain fundamental rights. those rights are our nation's hallmarks. they are set forth in the bill of rights and other provisions of an amendment to the constitution. inalienable, yielding to know government decree -- yielding to no government decree. our constitution opens with the words, "

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the background, instead of delaware, what you see is angel island on the west coast, it's the ellis island of california to where immigrants would come to this country and clear customs to a brand-new life. they came and entered america through angel island. so here you have them dressed as washington, in the boat and instead of having soldiers from the american revolution, as george washington would have it, he has friends dressed as samurais. if you look at their faces they are nervous. there looking up at him and saying, you sooner about this, we going to this new country? he is looking and saying yes we are going to do that. >> this looks like a japanese wood block print and what has happened is roger has taken his culture from japan and merged it with his personal history and put it into something that relates much to american history . >> let's go down the whole through this gray hole, incidentally it was the largest place to have a party in 1860s. >> president lincoln, love to advise the people of everything he did. he says come to my inauguration and they did. the next morning they

the family patriarch who believed as a second-generation irish-american just off the boat from ellis islandtest political dynasty this country has ever had and put a family member into the white house. >> prior to chappaquiddick kennedys suffered a disabling stroke confining him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life after the murders of his sons john and robert joseph had his laster surviving son threaten the family dynasty. >> he was sitting in his bed close one son after another first jack then other than chappaquiddick occurred that was the last hope for the family was lost they were in disgrace. he had nothing left to live for and ted kennedy took that to hisis grave to make his father's desktop death october 69 took a great toll on the senator. >> he went to the day and night and then his father finally died he said i let down my father. >> despite the turmoil he was still exploring a possible run of the white house 1972 as his ambitions took focus so did the questions about chappaquiddick from the press and secretly from the president of the united states. >> nixon's reputation to

for a person whose family came off the boat at ellis island, my grandmother's passage document said she had $10, and her occupation was maid. but she believed in america. she believed in this amazing country. and we've been privileged to help lead it, and it's been one of the greatest privileges of my lifetime. i yield back. thank you. >> next, more farewell speeches of members of congress. are leavingcans after serving two terms in the house of representatives. mr. curbelo: thank you, mr. speaker. my colleagues, politics is the

for a person whose family came off the boat at ellis island, my grandmother's passage document said she had $10, and her occupation was maid. but she believed in america. she believed in this amazing country. and we've been privileged to help lead it, and it's been one of the greatest privileges of my lifetime. i yield back. thank you.

for a person whose family came off the boat at ellis island, my grandmother's passage document said she had $10, and her occupation was maid. but she believed in america. she believed in this amazing country. and we've been privileged to help lead it, and it's been one of the greatest privileges of my lifetime. i yield back. thank you. >> saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern conversations with three retiring especially members of congress. all discuss losing the re-election bids and reflect on their time in congress. >> we go on our app. we go on our device. we want things quickly and yet jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. we must be content what we can get from time to time and press forward what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men. even to do it is for their own good. my point is we need to step back and say look, these things take time. we have to take small steps in order to get there. >> my big thing, to think that we have spent artilleryons now on these wars and the war in afghanistan is going on 18 years, i think it is just ridiculous.

for a person whose family came off the boat at ellis island, my grandmother's passage document said she had $10, and her occupation was maid. but she believed in america. she believed in this amazing country. and we've been privileged to help lead it, and it's been one of the greatest privileges of my lifetime. i yield back. thank you. >> when the new congress takes office in january, 11 youngest most divers class in history. new congress, new leaders. watch it live on c-span starting january 3. visit to a saturday arlington national cemetery to visit with volunteers laying wreaths and headstones. president trump spoke briefly about expanding the cemetery and answered a question on a federal judge's ruling on the federal care act is unconstitutional. looking torump: expand arlington national cemetery by acquiring land and it's working out pretty well. we will get it done. they need it. reporter: mr. president, comment on the court ruling. president trump: it was a great ruling for our country. we will be able to get great health care for our country. we will be sitting down with the dem

popular holiday destinations, among the parks that could have shutdown, the statue of liberty and ellis islanding 10,000 people per day. the park service said they will stay open thanks to funding from new york state. last time the state-funded the sites during the january 2018 shutdown, it cost $65,000 per day. if your plans include going to a parker museum in the next several days your best bet is check the website, make sure they will be open and keep in mind certain facilities like restrooms and shops might be closed. mike: thanks very much. that does it for us. we will be back here at 4:00 eastern for more news. arthel: right now the journal editorial report is up next after a quick break, stay tuned. managing my type 2 diabetes wasn't my top priority. until i held her. i found my tresiba® reason. now i'm doing more to lower my a1c. once daily tresiba® controls blood sugar for 24 hours for powerful a1c reduction. tresiba® is a long-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. don't use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar,

countries on earth and all they want to do is taste the american dream just as generations did at ellis islandot so long ago. we've got to find a balanced approach to solve this. we've got to work with these governments to make their countries safer so people can stay there or we have to hire some more immigration judges to go through asylum claims quicker. >> jason: i think the message should be stay in your country of origin, go to the embassy, apply for the different pieces. that's the moral message that should be there. that's the problem. i get the sense that democrats are saying come on up and apply, how do you see this situation? >> never forget the democrats nominee for president in 2016 said in brazil she couldn't wait until there was no border. you have democrat after democrat who have cosponsored legislation that ultimately encourage sanctuary cities that want an open border, what they focus on is a u.s. that has no border and they aren't really focusing on a few things that richardson said that were spot on. we've got to look at the problems in the origin countries and what we can

liberty remains open, new york governor using state funds to keep the monument open along with ellis islandrate. and average of 10,000 people every single day visit the statue of liberty. ousted fbi director james comey taking shots at the president over the partial government shutdown tweeting fbi families will spend christmas without a paycheck. this president promised mexico would pay for the wall but innocent people are paying the price of another lie. our thoughts with public servants and their families with government employees will be paid for any work during the shutdown after it ends. carley: the meaning of christmas can get lost in the chaotic holiday shopping and gift wrapping and everything going on with friends and family. joining the to discuss the reason for the season his father jonathan morris. thank you for being here. what do you say? nowadays everyone is so stressed-out this time of year. >> it is true no doubt. it is easy to forget what the meaning is. sometimes because we recognize in a diverse society everyone is celebrating on this day, we get into the habit of sayin

with the memory in my heart of the young man who arrived at ellis island. i wish he was here tonight. he would be very proud of his son. >> i was very emotional. when he talked about his father and how, how proud he would have been of him. >> and it would have been great to have him there so -- >> i accept your nomination for the presidency of the united states. >> dukakis chooses senator lloyd bentsen, the workers' friend as his running mate. >> that night, my dad's path to the presidency was as clear as it had ever been. >> this was going to be a competitive race, no question about it. but it was imminently winnable. >> governor dukakis leading vice president bush, 50% to 40%. two weeks ago this is the way it looked. >> mr. vice president -- >> lee atwater said we know he's got a big lead, but get his negatives up to about 48% and then we'll see how he's doing. >> he is for raising taxes, big spending, soft on crime. >> we're going to strip the bark off the little bastard. coaching means making tough choices. jim! you're in! but when you have high blood p

the sta is chipping in $50,000 a day to keep the statue of liberty and ellis island open. it generates about a dollars a day for the local economy. >> this partial government ecutdown is ed to linger well into the new year. stay with us. we'll bring yonnuing coverage of this. also in our app, we're sharing what is open and what is closed during this partial shutdoav. all you to do is search shutdown. >> right now at 5:03, there's a scramble to get out of the house this morning because the clock isck g. holiday shoppers, some of youe may behind on the gifts. >> there is some time for those of you that are procrastinating. she has more of what you can expect today. >> good morng. it'samazing. when they told me i was going to be doing this live hit, i washo like is going to be out at 5:00 in the morning but kohl's since last friday has been open 24/7 and it will be open until 6:00 tonight and then this really handsome gentleman came barrelling through the door and said am i the first customer. and here he . ray. you weren't here on your own volition were you?, >> my wife got

they announced statue of liberty and ellis island are running on funds from new york state.ive years that new york has funded these in the shutdown for the last time this happened in january it cost new york state $55,000 per day. the smithsonian institute 90 museums in new york and d.c. are going to be open through the first of the year with the exception of christmas day. smithsonian is using funds from last year to keep operations running for the huge holiday crowds. if your plans include going to a parker museum over the next several days, your best bet is to check the website and make sure they will stay open and keep in mind certain facilities like restrooms and shops might be closed. arthel: a good point. thank you. mike: network, the partial government shutdown will not impact military operations that many of us look forward to every christmas. norad will be santa tracking on christmas eve. military personnel that helped operate the program are supported by about 1500 volunteers and they will continue the christmas eve tradition despite the gridlock in washington. no

new york state is ponying up the cash to keep ellis island and the statue of liberty open. it is the third time in five years new york has funded the attractions during a shutdown. the last time this happened in january it cost new york about $65,000 a day. smithsonian institute's 19 museums in new york and d.c. will also stay open. they are running on funds from last year. and in case you were concerned, one 63-year-old tradition will continue regardless of the partial shutdown. norad will still be tracking santa's sleigh ride using satellites radar and jet fighters and of course special santa cameras to track him as he makes his way around the world. the department of defense runs norad is not subject to the partial shutdown but the santa tracker program is mostly run by volunteers, anyway. jon? jon: that's important. >> it is. jon: thank you. >>> meantime, more changes to the u.s. national security team. fox news learning special u.s. envoy for the antiisis coalition brett mcgurk is resigning. he joins james mattis, after president trump's decision to withdraw troops fro

the point is, they came illegally, ellis island, i have the records, actually have them framed.ain, i go back to my three things. a wall with a door protects everybody. beth people to make sure they are not our enemies, and three,y have to be able to take care of themselves financially, and not count on the american people. >> i agree with you, sean. before i go on without question, i got a call at this congress, just tweeted the story. what she did, she used her official position to go down there and play political stunt and take these by people and put them ahead of 2800 people that were standing in line, asylum-seekers, too, she went down there, used her position to break the rules, and to play political stunt. but she wants to blame our president, saying he used to caravan for a political stunt by the president is doing his job. he's protecting our border, he is securing the border, protecting america, protecting the sovereignty of this country. you know what? is doing a good job added. anybody that doesn't recognize it it is ignoring the facts. these congressmen, rather tha

andrew cuomo said the state is chipping in about $65,000 a day to keep the statue of liberty and ellis island open. cuomo says the monuments generate about $1 million a day for the local economy. >>> the raiders are hours away from kickoff in what could be the team's last game in oakland. nbc bay area's bob redell live outside the coliseum where one group of fans determined to keep the raiders' identity, even if the team is moving to las vegas. bob? >> reporter: marcus, you can see the fans are lined up outside the coliseum. they're waiting to get in to tailgate before tonight's 5:15 kickoff. that's the coliseum there. and the cross street we're at, you can see the group we're talking to, a grass roots group called forever oakland. a grass roots group of die-hard fans who are trying to keep the team here in oakland, and if not the team, at the very least the name. they're not only tailgating across from the coliseum. they've also been holding up signs for fans to see as they wait to enter the parking lot, again, urging anyone involved to get this team to stay here in the east bay. the raiders

governor andrew comeaux says the state is shipping in $65,000 a day to keep the statue of liberty at ellis island cuomo says monuments generate about $1 million a day for the local economy. >>> if you already got your california real i.d., listen up. the federal government says the california dmv didn't comply with a two-document real i.d. requirement. more than 2 million i.d.s were processed in the state using a process that doesn't meet the federal standards. californians, if you already got your real i.d., you have to provide a second form of documentation to prove your residency when your i.d. comes up for renewal. >>> san francisco's unexpected windfall may soon help replace aging muni trains. according to "the examiner" the city will have $415 million from property taxes to spend. san francisco municipal transportation agency which runs muni is set to be served up to $38 million of the funds. the agency's director and mayor london breed are now both proposing using that cash to speed up an already planned purchase of 150 new light rail vehicles to improve muni service. >>> some woould fire

certainly ellis island was the entry on a border to the east coast and so on but, when to be -- do we begin to shift from physical borders, people sneak into the united states from the north from the canadian border but it's so few and people don't really talk about it . >> this is an excellent question, the border comes and goes as an important policy matter. it attracts attention after exclusion to chinese immigrants who answer via canada or mexico across land borders so there's a well-known article he goes along with some of the smuggling boats outside of port townsend washington and looks at the u.s. canadian border and the chinese who are crossing the desert into arizona and texas and the national archives has maps in record group 85, that agents found maps that chinese immigrants were given of how to fine tune the rest find tombstone in tucson and the railroad depot and how to dress for the best thing that the images captured by immigration agents at points of entry on the border after 1908 pictures and i'm quoting from one of the reports, in this case it was syrians that had an

first class passenger, immediately went off the ship, on to the pier, while others went to ellis island, where they might have discovered that we were really refugees, with father already in country, and they would have sent us right back. so on the pier, we met my father, and was a little bit devastating, because he indicated that he was at the mercy of the relief organizations, and they said your stay is finite. eventually, you have to go back. now, our arrival in new york was on the 30th of november 1938. crystal night was november 9th. crystal night, the catastrophe saved us, because president roosevelt issued an executive order that saved everyone who was in country. no one had to go back to germany. we were safe. well, what has happened to my family. on my father's side, six out of 12 relatives were killed. on my mother's side, five out of 18 were killed. the extended family was distributed to holland, england, italy, palstein, later israel, brazil, australia, and haiti. had i stayed in bresslow, bresslow had become muddenfry, free of jews, as of 21 november '41, where the jews we

thebiggest consequence of ellis island great wave of immigration was to shift american politics permanently and drastically to the left. it started from the moment they arrived. every city in america in the 19 century that had a large immigrant population immediately developed it's on tammany hall with its corrupt urban bosses. that was completely revolutionary. the ideas that you could simply bribe somebody into voting for you, not bypassing policies favorable to their interests, but literally giving them stuff, was unprecedented in the american political tradition. it was thought to be a corruption of democracy, which was supposed to be about deliberation among citizens, not the tissue lesions of largess from patient to client. one who took note of this first american welfare state during his political apprenticeship as a new york state legislator was franklin roosevelt. when he became president, he took family hall methods national -- tammany hall methods national. he would not have been nominated or elected without the votes of the urban ethics. they were a crucial part of the new deal

my mother was born four months after her parents, with several children in tow, came by ship to ellis island. my father and grandparents reached, as you do, for the american dream. as a testament to our nation's promise, the daughter and granddaughter of immigrants sits on the highest court in the land. in america, land of opportunity, that prospect is within the realm of the achievable. what is the difference between a bookkeeper in new york city's garment district and a supreme court justice? one generation. my own life bears witness. the difference between the opportunities available to my mother and those afforded me. you have studied our system of government and know of its twin pillars. first, our government has limited power. it can exercise only the authority given to it by the constitution. second, citizens of this country enjoy certain fundamental rights. those rights are our nation's hallmarks. they are set forth in the bill of rights and other provisions of an amendment to the constitution. they are inalienable, yielding to no government decree. our constitution opens with the wo

thebiggest consequence of ellis island great wave of immigration was to shift american politics permanently and drastically to the left. it started from the moment they arrived. every city in america in the 19 century that had a large immigrant population immediately developed it's on tammany hall with its corrupt urban bosses. that was completely revolutionary. the ideas that you could simply bribe somebody into voting for you, not bypassing policies favorable to their interests, but literally giving them stuff, was unprecedented in the american political tradition. it was thought to be a corruption of democracy, which was supposed to be about deliberation among citizens, not the tissue lesions of largess from patient to client. one who took note of this first american welfare state during his political apprenticeship as a new york state legislator was franklin roosevelt. when he became president, he took family hall methods national -- tammany hall methods national. he would not have been nominated or elected without the votes of the urban ethics. they were a crucial part of the new deal

national park, governor cuomo has provided the necessary funding to keep the statue open and left ellis islandopened during the shutdown of the federal government. in the meantime, the d.c. government is stepping up. the district department of public works will take over collections for the national park service. the freedom caucus, scott of tennessee, a republican tweeted this yesterday. republican the congress have told the american people that we will fight for wall funding. the house of representatives took its first thought -- step toward propelling that promise. from john, a maryland congressman, democratic candidate for joint labor present, president trump's shutdown is reckless and shows how incompetent he is. families should not be punished for his action. legislation that was passed by unanimous consent last night. in the u.s. senate. host: people making the arguments for the passage of that legislation to fund federal employees. chris van hollen, a democrat from maryland. senatorroposal that cornyn and i are putting forward is simple. federal employees should not be punished by the

rehema ellis, nbc news, providence, rhode island. >>> in a tweet this morning, president trump announced another member of his cabinet is leaving the administration. interior secretary ryan zinke has resigned and will leave by the end of the year. zinke, who notably rode to his first day of work in washington on a horse, was accused of numerous ethics violations and was expected to be subpoenaed when democrats take control of the house next year. zinke has denied any wrongdoing. >>> after a 7-year-old guatemalan girl died in federal custody this week, democratic lawmakers headed to the u.s.-mexico border to pressure the trump administration to change its policies. their focus, a camp where thousands of young people are being held. our cal perry is at the border with the very latest. >> i am shocked and outraged by what i saw in there. >> reporter: congresswoman judy chu is part of a delegation of democratic lawmakers in texas today for a tour of a camp which currently holds some 2,700 children. >> i think that we need to shut tornillo down. >> reporter: congressman beto o'rourke is part

i can show you pictures from ellis island where we are looking for tuberculosis.ave the medical ability to treat these diseases but we have to have the ability to physicians and nurses in place to do. so it's a humanitarian crisis. it's a disgrace to actually blame this on can you say tomb and border protection. what do they have to do with it? they are doing tremendous work down there. katie: department of homeland security screening inside their shelters. >> that's a good point. i don't think we know what's going on. katie: i don't think we do. how disease can spread more ramp padgettly when you have a large group of people who aren't in the best sanitary conditions we have seen in tijuana. the shelters in mexico as you just said we don't know what's going on. shelters in the united states are far superior than the ones they are stopping in along the way. whether it's in tents or something else. does being large group of people make the situation worse? >> you just handled the medical side very very adeptly. i actually think that's what it is. they are going to