begin your journey at ancestry.com >>> state attorney general ben ferguson, along with other state attorneysaid that he would file a lawsuit over forced family separation of children and parents. he joins us now, along with cnn's chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin. bob ferguson, attorney general ferguson, in announcing your intention to file a lawsuit, you call the policy rogue and cruel. what makes it unconstitutional, though, in your opinion? >> sure. thanks so much for having me on, anderson. i appreciate it. there's two buckets of claims here, which we often have as we have challenged the administration 27 times in court. statutory claims. it's our view that the administration is violating federal law. when someone seeks asylum and comes to port of entry at the united states, what we want them to do, what we're getting report ons is that united states officials are saying to folks, no, we're full, and sending them away. that does not follow our asylum laws or federal laws. due process, equal protection are important. executive orders signed yesterday does not grandfather in the more tha

. >>> washington state attorney general ben ferguson today along with a number of other state attorneyals said he will file a lawsuit challenge the administration's policy of forced separations of kids and parents. we should note that it was general ferguson who filed the original lawsuit against the trump administration's muslim ban. he joins us now along with cnn's chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin. so attorney general ferguson, bob ferguson, attorney general ferguson, you called the policy to separate families rogue and cruel. what makes it unconstitutional, though, in your opinion? >> sure. thanks so much for having me on, anderson. i appreciate it. there's really two buckets of claims here which we often have as we've challenged the administration now 27 times in court. one, there is statutory claims. it's our view, for example, that the administration is violating federal law. when someone seeks asylum and comes to a poverty entry in the united states, what we want them to do, what we're getting reports on from our own investigation is that united states officials are saying to