before my first job at hhs. many of you may never have expected to need to attend gatherings like this one in your professional roles either, but we're united here by the shared recognition that american leadership on the world stage is indispensable to american prosperity and peace at home. when i was first asked to serve at hhs in 2001, as general counsel, i didn't imagine that national security and foreign policy would become a significant focus of my work at the federal government's largest domestic department. but i was confirmed in august of 2001. one month before 9/11, when everything changed. the day of 9/11, i quite literally experienced how much hhs needed to start thinking of ourselves as an integral part of the national security establishment. on 9/11, hhs had no central command center to keep us linked up across the government, to track the public health threats that could arise from a terrorist attack or other significant event, natural or man made. our main phone system had gone down, so our only

when i was first asked to serve at hhs in 2011 as general council i didn't imagine that foreign policy would become significance important of my work of domestic department. but i was confirmed in august of 2001, one month before 9/11 when everything changed. the day of 9/11 i quite literally experienced how much hhs needed to start thinking of ourselves as an integral part of the national security establishment. on 9/11 hhs had no control command center to keep us linked up among government and track public health that could arise or other significant event natural or manmade. only way to communicate with other agencies was actually on personal cell phones. i'm sure a few people in this room have the same experience in dc or in new york and experience the same kind of realization about the need for better preparedness. hhs's role in national security and foreign affairs became more prominent when we suffered the anthrax attacks or shortly after 9/11 first real bioterrorism attack on the country. we had to counter measures and cure and develop anthrax vaccine there was pandemic flu, ma

hhs comes to play, we are tightly aligned with pepfar.lobal health security agenda, which is an outgrowth of mentality to build up the compliance capabilities of developing countries which came the sars.er support that again, like in the democratic republic of the congo. .hat is the backbone of pepfar >> you mentioned the last time you are at hhs, it was 9/11. talked aboute, you anthrax. take us back to that time and take us back to your personal reflection and how that impacted your view of why this global security agenda is so important. the first time we met, you gave some seasonal commentary about how that impacted you. very dark days for all of the u.s. it had to be particularly hard for somebody in hhs feeling the weight of the country, the weight of the world. can you share those experiences? it is good to have somebody who lived through those dark days in this role because while i do sleep at night, i do not sleep well. i know all the things to worry about. i remember on 9/11 worrying about a smallpox, could we face a smallpox att

give her to hhs him we take care of her in a shelter.ll and running out of money.h we need this money to take care of these kids periods >> laura: 72 hours transferr hhs facilities but there is no facilities.. >> alex: i can't put a kid in2 a bed that does not exist and i cannot make a bed the government doesn't fund. >> laura: over the weekend check it out. >> if hhs needs $3 billion to improve the conditions to build more housing, wouldn't that alleviate it? you are talking about not giving one more time and that doesn't make sense. >> i wouldn't give them one more time for these types of conditions. i don't have confidence that ifn you give them more money right now, that they have a plan to actually you know, different conditions. >> laura: your response to that. >> alex: what conditions are we talking about? we provide these kids some of the safest most secure environments that they have unfortunately ever had. they are provided a safe environment. they are provided three square meals a day, snacks when we have funding from congress

>>reporter: as you mentioned one of the pieces of the initial package is the labor hhs and education spending measure work on the issue of abortion you tweeted this, the hyde amendment and other abortion riders in the spending limelight, what's bringing them to the forefront, explain briefly what that amendment says . >> the hyde amendment has been around roughly for for decades that the provision that was offered by a congressman with the last name haida would prevent any federal funds from going to abortion with the exemption for rave, incest and the woman's life. this is something that applies most often to people in the medicaid program, the federal health care programs for low income individuals, this has been a debate that has simmered among progressives and it's been something they want to get rid of and it obviously got a lot of attention on the campaign trail after joe biden said he supported it then changed his stance to say he no longer supports it after getting a lot of blowback from voters. so, it remains in the spending package, it's not something we expect to change th

mcaleenan: you are right, that is the hhs filing and the best place to respond to those court orders in that specific set of parameters. sen. durbin: but it was a mistake. do you not agree that it is a mistake? mr. mcaleenan: senator, i have acknowledged that it is not a effective policy and lost the public trust. sen. durbin: do you believe now that returning the children to the countries of origin without follow-up to make certain they are protected or in a safe situation when they return is a bigger mistake? mr. mcaleenan: and on balance of asking the parents to put their children in the hands of smugf -- in the hands of smugglers is to put them safely in country in accordance with the host -- sen. durbin: and to shut down the central american project that allowed that to occur under the obama administration, is that correct? mr. mcaleenan: the problem is that you need balance and to provide -- sen. durbin: i think that a yes nor is in order. mr. mcaleenan: and you need to repatriate people who do not warrant it. sen. durbin: you did not answer the question. did this administratio

that's why hhs needs this funding.need to be able to buy additional beds, especially for teenage males which is the number one demographic crossing right now unaccompanied as children. we need to be able to move people very quickly to hhs custody to a better situation. >> so for people that don't know, hhs is the one -- that's the government agency charged with taking care of the migrant children. >> correct. >> whether the ones that were separated from their parents in the past, a policy that i don't think is going on any locker. >> it's not. >> or the ones who are unaccompanied. a statement from hhs to abc news says its shelters have beds available and ready to receive these unaccompanied migrant children when processed by dhs. so, they say they have some beds available. >> so, just to clarify this and make it very clear. we have 2,300 children in custody right now. >> unaccompanied minors. >> in custody. hhs has on any given day 300 to 400 beds available. yes, we're moving kids to their beds every single day but we

i do understand there's a backup with hhs which i think hhs could do more to solve. but what i'm hearing you see is thi -- which is a different passion than what the administration has been saying in court. >> we are providing those things now. we have been and will continue to. >> do you have an obligation to feed, clothe, and clean the children in your custody? >> we provide three meals, hot meals a day and snacks are unlimited to those in our custody. >> you do understand that that is in direct contractidiction w the news reports and those interviewing these children are telling us? >> i would ask you understand that those are the plaintiffs' attorneys who have a case against the government. >> and you should understand that i'm a member of the bar in massachusetts and new hampshire and i hold attorneys to high standards and i doubt very strongly any attorney would be fabricating this information. >> understand, ma'am. >> what steps is the border patrol taking right now to ensure that the mismanagement of child migrants in clint, texas, is not occurring at every o

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hhs provided space, essentially, overcapacity, they say, at the border patrol facility.what those independent monitors saw. we got a statement from hhs saying they made room, found shelters for 250 of these kids. of those 250 kids transferred, 100 of them are going back because cvp says there's no longer capacity issues. those children initially transferred being taken back to the same environment they were taken out of. kate? >> according to your reporting, cvp is now disputing the findings of independent monitors, apparently say iing ty got action toes all the things that the independent monitors said clearly they did not have access to. >> that's right. they say in less than a week they've been able to get that number down to less than 1,000. of course, there's over 12,000, perhaps an estimated 13,000 children in u.s. custody right now. they say their numbers are going down, less than 1,000 in their care. of course, they're not supposed to be in these facilities for longer than 72 hours. there should be no unnecessary delay, according to the settlement in getting them

that's why hhs needs this funding.need to be able to buy additional beds, especially for teenage males which is the number one demographic crossing now unaccompanied as children. we need to move people quickly to hhs custody for a better situation. >> so people know, hhs is the government agency charged with taking care of the migrant children, whether ones separated from their parents in the past, a policy i don't think is going on any longer. >> it's zblot or the ones unaccompanied. a statement from hhs says its agencies, quote, have beds available and are ready to receive these unaccompanied migrant children when processed by dhs. they say they have beds available. >> just to clarify this and make it clear. we've got 2,300 children in custody, unaccompanied minors in custody. hhs has three to 400 available. >> last quick question. the u.s. is on track to have more than a million undocumented immigrants enter the country this year. of that million, how many do you think are dangerous individuals? 500,000, 1,000 of th

hhs says the children will be shifted into its shelter system by today.esident mike pence about poor health conditions and pence pivoted to politics. >> would he have money to give toothpaste, soap and blankets to these kids in el paso county right now. don't we? >> of course we do. >> why aren't we? >> my point is it's all a part of the a appropriations policy. >> as of june 10th more than 52,000, 52,000 unaccompanied children have been transferred from dhs, department of homeland security, to hhs, health and human services. that's a 60% increase over last year. >>> an extraordinary denial from president trump in the face of a rape allegation from the mid 1990s. according to the president, writer e. jean carroll is totally lying when she claims he sexually assaulted her in a new york city department store. mr. trump tells the hill, quote, i'll say it with great respect, number one, she's not my type. number two, it never happened. it never happened, okay? watch carroll's reaction when cooper reads her the president's remarks. >> i'll say it with great re

i want to put what alex azar, the hhs secretary.his is the line you hear a lot saying basically this is a situation where the boarder is being overwhelmed and it's up to congress to fix. listen to what he said. >> well, harris, the problem is that our system was not built at the borders to be housing tens of thousands of unaccompanied kids coming across the border. the system's just completely overwhelmed there. these are fought good conditions for kids to be in. and our facilities at the department of heldment and human services where we get the unaccompanied kids, the kids that come across the border by themselves, we are now functionally full. we are going to run out of money in july. congress must act to fund us and fund the department of homeland security. it's just that simple. >> so, in terms of that response, i think the senate was 30-1 on this funding deal last week. it sounds like there might be more reservations from democrats in the house. is that something democrats, though, in terms of this funding bill, increasing cap

your response. >> my response is that hhs has those guarantees.to get state licensing for all of their permanent facilities. that's a temporary process and i know that they'll take good care of those kids and we'll continue to advocate for that with congress. we need them out of border patrol stations and in a better and safer setting at the same time we work for mexico and stop the flow in the first place. >> i don't want to get into it because it's too drastic but if you get nothing, this month, next month are the biggest flow months for the summer's hiring season. will you be surprised if there are strtragedies if nothing changes? >> i've had to say that talking about the challenges that we're facing. the conditions in our custody. i have much worry about a tragedy. we have hundreds of cases of h-1, n-1 flu that we're trying to manage. get appropriate medical care and get people to hospitals when they need it but really we need a reduction in the flow and we also need ability to move people to hhs to move them out of border patrol stations to i

the secretary of hhs told the dhs secretary. >> hold on a second, the hhs secretary told dhs i can't take any more kids. i have no more money. i have nowhere to put them. it's illegal for them to do so. why don't you give them that money. >> why don't you talk to them about why they do not want to -- they probably stone walled you which is what they have done to us. a couple of very important things. department of homeland security or health and human services, they signed a memorandum of agreement. this is last year and what it was was that hhs will transmit information to the department of homeland security and about the information about sponsors coming forward. what they wanted to do there was turn hhs whose mission is to put kids in a safe place and do it as expeditiously as possible. they wanted them to become immigration enforcers. they slowed down the process to a halt. they ground it to a halt. >> they need money for it. >> let's do it but let's guarantee that in those accommodations when you go to an unlicensed facility -- >> i know what's going to happen. >> but let's do t

hhs should be in this conversation. we may need some medical research on these analogs that we are precluding by just dismissing nonchalantly the motion of putting them all in schedule one. it is not going to cause a problem when it comes to research. i think that is what is serious and before us. we may have a partisan consensus on ending the opioid epidemic. but for goodness sakes, let's have some honesty and some humility in discussing what we are facing. >> i have been told by my staff that we invited a particular person from hhs? and, they were not make that person available. so, but i share your concern. my goal is not to stop research that makes america a better place to live. my goal is to stop people from killing folks. and who are doing it for criminal purposes. and i think we can accomplish that. and asked to the prescription drug, the number of opioids legally produced, count me in. that makes sense, too. i just don't want to create a gaffe - a gap in analogs. i'm very concerned about the research components

hhs won't take them. we need money for accommodations and staff and medical now and you have done nothing. now the president did tariffs. that's his move. that doesn't help this either. so where is the emergency action on your part? >> we have to stop making this -- >> god forbid. even kids aren't enough, congresswoman. kids are sick. kids have died. >> they're dying. and we do need to do something and i'm one of the people that says it and will vote for it and you'll start to see it as you see these appropriations bill you have to look at what you do with kids because people found it to be a loophole. let's be honest. if you come with a kid you'll have a different route into this country than if you don't. you have kids being recycled and explo exploited. but nothing is being done and it's unforgivable. >> i have talked to the people taking care of them at the border here in michigan. and we have to get the blank to actually get a comprehensive immigration bill through. >> fine. >> we need it. we needed

now, hhs had been offering english language courses, legal services, bilingual services, various forms of entertainment for those who were apprehended especially the young people. now cbp is now trying to buy -- purchase 2.2 million diapers for these migrant kids. i saw it being at the border. these are desperately needed because agents themselves are acting as caretakers. they're not caretakers but having to act as caretakers. so what do you say tonight to democrats like alexandria ocasio-cortez who wants to abolish ice because she thinks, well, ice are the bad guys, ice needs to go because that is not humanitarian, not humanitarian effort. >> politicians like that, laura, that are misinformed and the rhetoric. if you talk about abolishing ice, it is absolutely irresponsible. let's talk about a homeland security side, investigation side of ice. last year alone 34,000 criminal arrests, 5,000 gang members arrested. thousands of cases of child smuggling exploitation, human trafficking. they seized $1.2 billion in u.s. currency from illicit activity. i would like to talk to that young con

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hhs facilities of unaccompanied children are beyond capacity. b the house of representatives proposed by the democrats have now proposed a spending bill that slashes the department of homeland security resources to carry out your mission as assigned to you by this congress. it seems washington has all of a sudden lost all common sense. >> mr. second, i have littmited time, only three or four minutes left. so answer yes or no to these questions. i.c.e. and cbp officials have talked to me about child resick willing, or trafficking the same children back and forth across our dr. border to help adults gain entry. is it true that the flores and other loopholes have incentivized child smuggling and child recycling? >> yes. >> will dna testing allow dhs to determine what family units are fake and in doing so protect the safety and health of my minor myth migrant children? >> yes, we believe it will help. >> this winter, congress underfunded your department, limited i.c.e. enforcement ability and cut space. did these cuts help the department, the americ

it's actually hhs who runs these longer-term facilities. >> for the kids, yeah. >> for the kids.not cvp but also gets at another nearly $800 billion for customs and border patrol. that is moving through the senate. we need to get it through the house. but at the end of the day, the president has been clear since his campaign. if you have received a deportation order, that is the law of the land and that needs to be fully enforced. >> i want to bring in. if you listen to castro and you listen to pence, there's two men i can't imagine coming to an dpraemt. >> aoc called it concentration camp. this is the price that babies and children are paying when congress and the white house can't get together to give them a gosh darn toothbrush. >> i agree. lock us in the room. let's get it done. >>> we'll take you back to one of humanities greatest achievements, fascinating look at never-before-seen footage of the moon landing airing tonight at 9:00 p.m. take a look. >> we choose to go to the moon. >> this is apollo mission control. >> we choose to go to the moon and do other things, not beca

and hhs to do their portion of this through doj. >> thank you for addressing this crisis. >> i yelled back. >> the chair recognizes for five minutes. >> thank you madam chair into the witnesses for being here today. and the secretary of defense thank you very much and all of you for your service to our country. but if we do have a crisis that just in our part of the world but in central america we have 2 million refugees from central america and you see violence and be one - - people doing what they need to do. so this is a challenge for all of us. for president trump on june the eighth praised for a huge skill of immigration to keep central america migrants with asylum needs until cases are decided. tell me how this will affect your job or how we implement the new immigration policy. >> the program you are discussing congressman our programs we have been working with the government of mexico. >> before june 8. >> yes sir. >> was that a big deal or one that was already on the way quick. >> mexico had agreed to expand that operation. >> how are they expanding it quick. >> sending more

item hh. requesting authorization to modify the exists agreement with the stride center for the provision of the san francisco connected technical support program during the period of july 1, 2019 through june 30, 2020, for an additional amount of $70,936 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $307,144. thank you. >> the stride center provides secretary cal support for the computers, peripherals, hardware and sf connected program. they provide updates and program recommendations to improve service delivery to older adults and adults with disabilities. happy to answer questions. >> president serina: thank you. any comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none. may i have a motion to approve? thank you. any further discussion? hearing none, all in favor? any opposed? thank you, the motion carries. item ii. requesting authorization to enters into a new grant agreement with glide foundation for the provision of the free meals pr

in the house there have in a lot and lawmakersts for example, the chair of the labor hhs spending education panel has been racing to convince her colleagues that this is something that needs to come together. democrats have pretty strong reservations and they want protections on the money. whether or not democrats are able to assuage some of those concerns from their fellow democrats there's a lot of consternation about not funding what they see as the president's harsh immigration policies. able toor not they are assuage those concerns and produce something bipartisan remains to be seen. covers budgetm a and appropriations issues for politico. view political opportunity almost like advertising on television. you've got five seconds to capture the viewer's attention. you have another five seconds to deliver the product. >> sunday on q&a. two-time full or prize-winning cartoonist michael ramirez on his career, his book of satirical cartoons. clintons to say the are probably my favorite political family. i won my first pullets are in 1994 on the back of that administration. you are changing t

we have to remember that it's actually hhs who runs these longer-term facilities. >> for the kids, yes not dha, not i.c.e., not dbp. we need to get it through the house. at the end of the day the president has been clear since this campaign, if you have received a deportation order, that is the law of the land and that needs to be fully enforced. >> i want to bring in amanda and ask you, if you listen to castro and pence, it's two people that i can't imagine ever coming to any agreement on this issue. >> well, look at the events this week. aoc called it a concentration camp. i think it should be called camp congress or camp gridlock. this is the price that babies and children are paying when congress and the white house can't get together to give them a gosh darn toothbrush. >> we have to go. thank you so much everybody. >> i agree. lock us in the room. let's get it done. >>> tonight we're going to take you to one of humanities greatest achievements, "apollo 11", a cnn film on tonight. take a look. >> we choose to go to the moon. >> we choose to go to the moon and do the other things,

i think lawmakers, for example, congresswoman rosa delauro, who is the chair of the labor-hhs-education spending panel, she's been racing to convince her colleagues this is something that needs to come together. but a number of democrats have pretty strong reservations and want strong conditions and protections on the money. they say they don't want to offer the president a quote-unquote, blank check. whether or not democrats are able to assuage some of those concerns from their fellow democrats, there is a lot of consternation about not funding what they see as the president's harsh immigration policies, so whether or not they are able to assuage some of those concerns and ultimately produce something that's bipartisan kind of remains to be seen. host: caitlin emma covers appropriations and budget issues for "politico." read more at politico.com and on twitter at caitlinzemma. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy that impacts you. coming up, obama era clean water plans and michigan democratic congresswoman joins us to discuss the debate over federal spend

because if you factor out 2018, where the actual deaths within the hhs system was less than projected by hartford, one would suggest if the new rate were based on sort of experience, then there -- we were roughly on parity with what would have been expected by hartford. so to me, it suggests one of two things. either aetna's benchmarks were completely off and they didn't expect the number of deaths that hartford has more robust, quote unquote data on this for the future, or that hartford just charges an awful lot more for basic life insurance. or possibly that they expect a lot move or our employees will move out of the $50,000 to the 125, 150. and therefore, be more -- people in the higher categories. because just on the face of it, the deaths don't explain any of the rate increase. >> no, that is a very astute oh. the statistics on page 7 are approximately 1.1 to 1.2 expected deaths per thousand. that translates into a rate that is roughly the 11.4 cents. my feeling is for the risk that is presented for this population of basic life insurance, 8 cents wasn't enough. at some point it

which is why the labor-hhs bill provides an increase of $7 million for c.t.e. and adult education for total of $2 billion for further support the work that these critical programs do today, 70% of the people in the united states do not have a four-year liberal arts college degree. we need we need to make sure that these 70% have the opportunity to realize their dreams, their aspirations and provide them with the educational opportunities which will give them and their families economic security for their future. i appreciate that the amendment draws attention to these important issues and i'm happy o support it and i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i rise to claim time in opposition, even think to he support the amendment. the chair: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you. there is no question that we have shortchanged career and technical education over the last few years. mr. harris: because the last administration had a very different attitude about th

and hhs according to emails obtained by nbc news.of the night to try to resolve the situation according to two officials. an i.c.e. official called it unusual adding dhs took immediate action to resolve the situation and the delays were resolved. >> i don't think you can call it overnight when you have 30 plus children or scores of children staying in vans awaiting to be reunified with their families. boldt of us are parents and i asked you could you imagine your child being operated from you and sitting in a van overnight not knowing what's going to be happening the next day. think about the july heat. >> hhs calls it unusual. it's unusual and it's inhumane. >> it's unbelievable. >>> coming up, everybody, axios' mike allen has a look at this morning's one big thing. >>> coming up on "morning joe," the president prepares to meet one-on-one with britain's outgoing prime minister as he and theresa may are minutes away from coming together days before she sets down. >>> plus congressional democrats further map out their potential march

i am hoping that is their intent, because as you may or may not know, hhs is about out of money. by the end of this month, they will be out of money, and cbp is going to be out of money by august 1. there is not a lot of time for us to continue to bicker about this. we need to put solutions on the table. i have offered a solution. they need to bring something to the floor. so far, they have refused to vote on my bill 15 different times. >> i am sure people are wondering what this country might do to better stem the flow of migrants from southern countries. what are your thoughts on that, helping to mitigate some of the situations causing people to leave in the first place? rep. rogers: well, congressman doug collins of georgia has offered legislation to close some of the loopholes and encourage people to come through, particularly bring in children. i would like to see those bills brought to the floor for a vote so we would not be inviting these groups. but the president took an excellent to step, putting pressure on mexico to stop the flow into our borders. the central american

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. >> julia, our white house team caught up with hhs secretary just a few moments ago. let's get a look at that and talk about it on the other side. >> like to have zero kids in our care. it's quite expensive. probably -- you asked about the date. it depends on the spending rate, but at some point in early july we're going to be out of money. that's why congress has got to act now. we've got to get the house and senate to pass a unified package as soon as possible. this is not political. this is not about immigration policy. this is about getting kids cared for, getting it funded, and moving on. i've got to run. >> a question about this. earlier this morning we saw kellyanne conway, the white house counselor, in that same position and she said nothing would happen unless congress acted. there had to be changed to the flores settlement, changes in funding, yet the government moved the children. what happened? >> i think it shows it wasn't just a matter of funding and it wasn't just a matter of congress. they did have other resources that they could use. so, they've decid

i would note also that the committee report accompanying the labor-hhs appropriations bill encourages the center for medicare and medicaid to clarify and sis semi-- and disseminate strategies to distribute aid in medicaid and chip program. i thank him for offering this amendment and urge my colleagues to vote yes. i i yield back the balance of my time. mr. keating: i thank the gentlelady. i urge my colleagues across the nation, if you're in a rural area, if you're in an underserved area, this is important for all of us. urge support of this and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. does any member seek time in opposition? the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from massachusetts. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. mr. cloud: mr. speaker. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. cloud: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas -- sorry, the gentleman from mas

he waited nine days in border patrol custody waiting to be transferred to hhs. a place with bedding, medical care, case workers who could have taken care of him. instead he waited those nine days and almost met his death. he had a fever of 105. these are the cases, his and other children who weren't as lucky. there have been three deaths of children just since december. those children, the border patrol claims could have been saved if they have been able to be taken to hhs care faster. the reason they aren't going to that care is because health and human services, which is responsible for the longerterm care is at 97% capacity. so children who are not supposed to be in border patrol custody for longer than 72 hours are now waiting an average of 110 hours. sometimes over a week. and these are children between ages of 0 and 12 that are also included in this. overall, we know that 1,400 children, over 1,400 children were still waiting over 72 hours past the legal limit on may 31st, waiting to be processed and taken to another situation like hhs where they could be

the fact that hhs, health and human services is at 97% capacity.e unable to take in more children. they are waiting in these conditions. in some cases they can't get inside the border stations to sleep on the concrete bench. they are sleeping outside. >> what do they say when you call them with this reporting? >> it's interesting. there's a lot of finger pointing between agencies. in this case, the first case of last summer, the children going to i.c.e. they say that was a one circumstance. we weren't ready and kind of moved some things there so we can be better staffed. that was one incident. one accident but a tragic incident at that. when it comes to today, cbp is saying we need hhs to take these children more rapidly. hhs says we're taking them as we get them but our hands are tied because congress hasn't given us more funding. there's a lot of finger pointing going around but in the end those who suffer are young and without medical care or place to sleep at night. >> i'm struck by the fact that no one is held harmless in the trump era. >> whi

. >> you're calling on the hhs secretary to resign. hhs says it's a matter of cash.doing in congress to get hhs cash? go ahead. >> we passed in the past appropriations bill billions of dollars for border security. we have requested a report on where those funds have been spent. we are not receiving any answers on that. it is very interesting they're saying they were short on cash when they provided a contract to this for profit company managing the center, they are right now making about $775 per kid that is being held in homestead, which is close to $2 million a day. i also requested for more information on this, if you recall the former chief of staff john kelly is on the board of this for profit company that is managing the homestead detention facility. i have not received answers. i think that when you have incompetence combined with arrogance you have very, very dangerous consequences. again, i stand very firm at this point with everything that i've seen, we cannot trust secretary a czar to have the custody of thousands of kids under his purview, so i am calling

. >> emaciated counter white supremacy and what role does hhs play? . >> to your knowledge what are they doing? me my department of hhs is also a member of the counter extreme violence task force the most helpful programs. dhs comes from center of disease control with this approach to violence prevention so their literature is helpful as we see common risk factors and targeted violence and other forms of violence that they already work to prevent. with those public health approaches and what role are they playing and what role should they play? 's back and that counter extreme violence task force their role in with their employment programs that the department of labor was rolling out with a holistic wraparound service prevention i made sure the united states attorneys were there that again could be leveraged for preventative approaches. >> it doesn't sound like anyone is doing much now. that isn't functioning anymore. >> i left the task force in 2017. >> what should congress do we need to start with a strategy and implementation plan with the unfunde