we have zero tolerance for people that enter our country illegally. with that, i would ask mike pence, vice president, if you would like to say anything. >> thank you mr. president. i think what the president has made clear as we believe it is a false choice between whether we are a country of law and order, a country with borders, and a country that demonstrates compassion and the heart of the american people in respect for families. by taking this action, the president will make it possible for us to continue to engage in enforcing the law against individuals who violate our law and come into our country illegally, but now in the prosecution, in the immediate days forward, we can keep families together as that goes forward. but we are calling on congress to change the laws in this regard and in a broad range of areas that will secure our borders and give us strength and confidence that we are once again going to take the steps necessary to and the crisis of illegal immigration in america. >> i think the word compassion comes into it, but it is still

. >>> they call it zero tolerance.ut a better name for it is zero humanity. >> democrat lawmakers point the finger at the trump administration after the first hand look at immigration centers near the u.s./mexico border. >>> the trump administration fires back blaming democrats and media insisting there is no policy separating migrant families at the border. >>> breaking overnight. deadly earthquake in japan kills at least three people and injuried dozen -- injured a dozen more. could an earthquake in mexico cause problems for the world cup match? i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. lawmakers are set to vote on two immigration bills and the white house is trying to deflect the growing out rain rage of the ze tolerance policy. here is why, the president tweeting over the weekend, democrats can fix their forced family break up at the border by working with republicans on new legislation for a change. this is why we need more republicans elected in november. democrats are good at high ta

also discuss the zero-tolerance policy.hat policy has resulted in the detention of young children separated from their families. it is that result that prompted many republicans including members of congress and former first lady barbara bush to come out against it, citing it as an inhumane -- way of treating those children. your thoughts on the zero-tolerance policy, but the end result of these children being detained. if you support the zero-tolerance policy of the administration, 202-748-8000 is the number to call. policy, gope this only, 202-748-8001. you can also post thoughts on twitter @cspanwj, on our facebook page at facebook.com/cspan. several significant republicans from capitol hill taking to twitter to give their comments on the zero-tolerance policy and the stories you have seen and they on children along the border including pat roberts, the senator from kansas. he tweeted out "i am against using parental separation as a deterrent to illegal immigration. my concern is the protection of those children." anothe

the zero tolerance policy will remain in effect. what will change under this executive order is whether children are allowed to remain with their parents in detention centers run by the department of homeland security while their parents are awaiting an immigration decision. so this executive order essentially overrides some of the decisions that were made by courts. we have kristen welker with us now at the white house for more on this. kristen, what have you got for us at the white house? >> we are getting a readout of what the president said as he signed this executive order. hopefully we will see the tape momentarily. but let me tick through some of the headlines and some of what trump said. he said we are signing an e.o. i consider to be very important. else' about keeping families together biwhile ensuring we have powerful border security. we are going to have very vong borders but we are going to keep families together. here's annteresting part of this. he said i didn't like the sifgts families being separated we are working

zero-tolerance really means zero refuge. zero-tolerance really means zero discretion. zero-tolerance really means zero humanity. the trump administrations minus approach to our broken immigration system takes away the ability of federal law enforcement officers to exercise any discretion that might be warranted based on the facts and circstces on the ground. in other words, zero tolerance isn't anti-immigrant dragnet, the shock effects of which we've been witnessing these past few days as children have literally been ripped from their parents arms and separated from them as their mothers and fathers are taken into custody. these horrific images were finally enough to meet the president trump. this after he signed an executive order. he says addresses a family separation crisis. it does no such thing. the executive order that the president signed doesn't end the zero tolerance policy prosecuting anyone anyone who e crosses the border. it reaffirms it. if all parents are still being prosecuted as criminals which executive order requires, what does this executive order ac

outrage over zero tolerance policy. right now people are marching across the country sending a powerful message against forced separations of families at the border. the zero tolerance policy split more than 2,a -- 2,500 children from their families. today, protesters are demanding they be put back together. >>> meanwhile the president is calling for reinforcement of i.c.e., saying democrats will soon want to remove all police. hundreds of marches are happening from coast to coast hosted by nearly 150 organizations including move on and the aclu. cnn has a team of reporters tracking every step. let's take a look. one of the largest protests happening just away from the white house. jessica schneider is there at lafayette. so tell us what's happening. >> reporter: fredericka, the outrage has defended at lafayette park, as you said, right across from the white house. while the president is not at the white house, he's at his gulf club in bedford, new jersey, thousands have come here to get the message to him as well as to

we have zero tolerance for people our country illegally. the u.n. is marking world refugee day sixty eight point five million people have forcibly been displaced by conflict worldwide that's the highest in recorded history more than half of them are under eighteen that's the highest number of child refugees since world war two. former inmates of prisons in yemen run by the u.a.e. are accusing the m.e. r.c. guards of systematic sexual abuse the associated press interviewed seven men who said that rampant sexual torture was used to brutalize detainees the u.a.e. has the night of the claims the saudi in iraqi coalition in yemen says it's taken full control of the airport of holiday that these exclusive al jazeera pictures show deserted streets after locals fled from nearby towns taking the airport represents a key milestone in the offensive to push to the rebels from the city of the fighting continues in the area and. from that the at what we don't know let's go next we're trying to push. through to a nation that will it how can we leave the d

meadows described between open borders and did he have tolerance. there's pros prosecutorial discretion. >> which is the point we were trying to get out. >> certain people who crosses the border through an unofficial port of entry seeking an asylum claim, a mother and young toddler, the government can make a decision that they're not a security threat and not prosecute them in criminal detention center. there are restrictions on where the government can hold children, that is what congress is look at right now. >> that's the flores settlement. >> exactly. but the administration does have the authority to stop the zero tolerance policy if they want to. >> because that's what previous administration disease before. >> that's what this administration did prior to april. >> yes. >> here's paul ryan, what he said regarding this issue. listen. >> i want to say a few words about the situation at the border. as i said last week, we do not want children taken away from their parents. we can enforce our immigration laws without breaking families apart. the ad

outrage over zero tolerance policy. sending a powerful message against forced separations of families at the border. the zero tolerance policy split more than 2,a

it continues to be a zero tolerance. we have zero tolerance for people that enter our country illegally. with that, i'd ask mike pence, vice president, if he would like to say anything. >> thank you, mr. president. i think what the president has made clear, we believe it's a choice between whether we're a country with law and order and a country with borders and demonstrates the compassion and the heart of the american people. by taking this action, the president will make it possible for us to continue to engage in edge forcing the law against individuals that violate our law, come in our country illegally. we will keep families together moving forward. we're calling on congress to change the laws in this regard and a broad range of areas that will security our borders and give us strength and confidence that we're once again going to take the steps necessary to end the crisis of illegal immigration. >> the word compassion comes into it but still equally as tough if not tougher. secretary nielsen? >> thanks for your lea

zero tolerance policy at the border separated thousands of children from parents. just about 2,000 in last six weeks. press secretary sarah sanders delaying the monday briefing for four hours so homeland secretary kirstjen nielsen could face reporters. >> once she arrived, nielsen claiming there is little the president can do about the situation at the border. she insisted only congress can stop the breakup of migrant families. >> rather than fixing the law, congress is asking those of us to enforce the law to turn our backs on the law and not enforce the law. that's not an answer. the answer is fix the laws. >> are you intending for this to play out? are you intending parents to be separated from children? >> i find that offensive. no. why would i create a policy that purposely does that? >> perhaps a deterrent? >> nielsen claims it is not a deterrent separating children from parents at the border. her ex-boss john kelly, now the chief of staff, told cnn that was precisely the plan. >> if you get some young kids coming in and sneak into the united states with thei

is the zero tolerance policy on hold? so many questions and so little guidance from the trump administration. >>> and melania's trip to the border is in focus because of jacket-gate. >> i like jacket-gate. well done. >>> tributes pouring in for columnist charles krauthammer. the man shaped american politics for generations has died. >>> and also the "roseanne" reboot gets a reboot. abc keeps the show alive after roseanne was fired after her racist tweets. >>> good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm michelle kosinski. >> good to see you. i'm dave briggs. it is friday, june 22nd. >> good to have you here, my friend. jacket-gate in a moment. >> we will see. >>> confusion and contradiction in the white house following president trump's order ending family separations at the u.s. and mexico border. authorities trying and failing to provide guidance on implementation. what will happen to the 2,300 children separated from parents now in shelters all over the country. no one seems to know right now. >> the president says zero

there is criticism about the zero-tolerance policy at the border. protests at the texas facility and in new jersey, where democratic lawmakers unloaded on the trump administration.>> you have a right to talk to your children and you do not know where your children are. that is unacceptable. >> reporter: many miners cross the border by themselves. many now are taken from their breaking the law. d of the zero-tolerance policy at the border>> when you exempt a group of people from the law, for example, adults entering illegally, that creates a draw. it creates these trends. >> reporter: that policy has come under criticism. melanitrump's office says she believes we need to be that fo and government with heart. >> if i commit a crime and and put in jail, my children are separated from their mother. we do not have a policy of putting jail -- children in jail. >> reporter: this week, resident trump will try to push congress on the border wall -- president trump will try to push congress on the border wall. he is limit democrats the current policy. the dem

and so he went to a zero tolerance policy. zero tolerance. it's a crime to come across illegally.hildren get separated. >> reporter: as the fight rages on, and with policy makers at odds, it is the experience of those detained children that is of greatest concern. for "nightline" i'm marcus moore in mcallen, texas. >>> next, the dangers in south and central america that drive families to seek safety in the united states. if your moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn's symptoms are holding you back, and your current treatment hasn't worked well enough, it may be time for a change. ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic developed and approved just for uc and crohn's. entyvio works at the site of inflammation in the gi tract and is clinically proven to help many patients achieve both symptom relief and remission. infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen during or after treatment. entyvio may increase risk of infection, which can be serious. pml, a rare, serious, potentially fatal brain infection caused by a virus may be possible. this condition has not be

we've got to go back to this zero tolerance policy. and the uproar.pite all of that, migrants are still making an attempt to cross into the united states. and many asking why. you know who knows why, gabe gutierrez who joins me across the border from brownsville, texas. gabe, talk to me where you are and what you're seeing. when i've spoken to local pastors, they say, listen, they're the ones that decided to make this journey. tell me where they are, before they cross. >> reporter: well, many of them are coming from central america, stephanie, the vast majority from central america, they've been fleeing violence as they have for years. mexican authorities actually say fewer than 1% of the cases of parents being separated from their children are mexican nationals. instead, the vast majority are from country like guatemala and honduras. we're right here at the rio gra grande. and the department says, if migrant families come to these ports of entry andal ply for asylum here that he will not be separated their parents -- >> but -- >> reporter: but these

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. >> zero tolerance. >> if we took zero tolerance away, you would be overrun -- you would have millions of people pouring through our border. you took zero tolerance away, everybody would come right now there would be getting their little belongings, unfortunately and heading up. you would have a run on this country the likes of which nobody has ever seen. so we have to have strong borders. frankly, the wall, in terms of drugs, in terms of keeping certain people out that we don't want in this country, the wall is imperative. we have to have the wall. we have started the wall. we have $1.6 billion. we're fixing tremendous amounts of wall where it's been overrun. but, we have to come up with a solution. i would consider it, whether it's north korea, whether it's so many other things, we have a lot of things. look, i have been given a very tough hand. because i came up here, we had an economy that was going down. we had an iran problem. we had a middle east problem. take a look at what was going on in the middle east. a lot better now. you are a lot smoother right now than anything you hea

democrats slam our immigration laws we are learning the 0-tolerance policy didn't originate under themp administration. >> this is not about immigration. this is about humanity. it is about family. it is who we are as a country. >> reporter: for days democrats fanned out across the country to hammer donald trump's 0-tolerance immigration policy. >> it is appalling, it is an american, it is unnecessary. >> reporter: it is also not new. the decision to prosecute any and all who cross the border illegally began as a pilot program under president bush in 2006. >> the 0-tolerance policy is intended to deter people from breaking the law. >> reporter: chief patrol agent in tucson when pres. obama expanded operations streamline increasing prosecution some 200%. advocates claim helped reduce illegal immigration. the trump administration make the same case. >> we cannot and will not encourage people to bring their children or other children's the country unlawfully by giving them immunity in the process. >> reporter: the administration hopes 0-tolerance will reduce fraud. >> we do not have the

morning," a closer look at the debate over president trump's zero tolerance on immigration.ayle king is at a border patrol facility in mcallen, texas. u i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." s." and it keeps improving comfort with continued use. move free ultra. ♪ the 2018 camry. toyota. let's go places. >>> our top stories this morning, at least five people were killed and several others injured during a high-speed border patrol chase in texas. police say a driver of an suv carried 14 people driving at speeds of over 100 miles an hour overturned. as >>> and as we reported, about 2,000 minor children separated from their parents in the last few weeks are sleeping in separate shelters. tony dokoupil looks at what's driving the crisis. >> reporter: growing outrage as thousands of children are split from their parents at the u.s./mexico border and housed in shelters like this former walmart in texas. but amid the outrage, there's also confusion as president trump has repeatedly tried to blame democrats for the policy. >> i hate it. ay.e theldren beg tan the demo

donald trump defends his zero tolerance policy on immigration by holding an event with families who've been affected by crimes committed by my quince. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up. the u.n. accuses venezuelan security forces of carrying out hundreds of unjustified killings . there were hugs on day one but south sudan has now told rebel leader react the charts had enough of him as peace talks break down. and opposition candidates are gaining traction in turkey ahead of sunday's double election could russia type grip on power be under threat. well first of the latest on donald trump's controversial zero tolerance immigration policy in the last hour the u.s. president has been defending the tough practice of treating migrants who crossed into the u.s. as criminals he spoke in washington on a stage with angel families by his side those are relatives of people who've been affected by crimes committed by migrants these are the stories that democrats and people that are weak on immigration they don't want to discuss that don't want to hear they don'

welcome to ground zero donald trump's zero tolerance immigration policy for asylum seekers welcome to brownsville texas. this is the border crossing many migrants poverty and violence to cross legally to ask for asylum. the lines are long recent weeks most asylum seekers get turned away so they try other means to cross into the u.s. illegally or the dead are often arrested and families are separated. and then the children here more than one hundred of them that were detained here in this shelter that was once a wal-mart store journalists are not allowed to film and so this is how close the people of brownsville texas are to the immigration issue this is the border fence where i'm standing now is the town of brownsville on the other side is mexico when there's zero tolerance policy was announced and parents started be separated from their children it not only brought unwanted attention to this town but also divided opinion i mean right now it's kind of like a really negative light for i guess the environmental community everyone's kind of turning hostile it's a really negative impact o

to put it sum ofly, it looks as if there was zero tolerance for the president's zero tolerance policyand he seemed to have realized that at some point today. we have all seen the pictures. but hours after reports that very young children, babies in some cases, were being separated from their parents and held at something called a tender age shelter because of the president's border policy we saw mr. trump meet with congressional republicans at the white house and announce his intent to basically suspend that policy. this afternoon he signed an executive order stating that it's now the administration's policy to keep families together. the order also attempts to pin some of the blame on congress. the order is titled, quote, affording congress an opportunity to address family separation executive order. yes, they misspelled the word. it was included. here's the president. >> we are going to have strong, very strong borders, but we are going to keep the families together. i didn't like the sight or the feeling of families being separated. this will solve that problem. at the same time we

we have gayle king and a team of reporters on the border covering the trump administration's zero tolerancepproach. also tonight, the president calls for the creation of a sixth branch of the military: a space force. but first, the headlines in 60 seconds. >> the united states will not be a migrant camp. >> the trump administration is stepping up its defense of its policy on immigration. >> i think the whole thing is a hot mess. >> this policy reminds us of the japanese internment camps. >> reporter: i'm david begnaud. children and parents are separated inside of that processing facility here in mcallen, texas. we were invited in, but told not bring our cameras. >> an urgent manhunt for two escaped prisoners in illinois. >> the inmates were able to make a break for it through a hole, someone dug through concrete and brick. >> f.b.i. director christopher wray and the inspector general testifying on last week's report on the hillary clinton e-mail probe. >> we will not hesitate to hold people accountable. >> three people are dead and more than 300 are injured after an earthquake in japan. >>

the president doubling down on his zero tolerance policy. children whose parents have crossed the border illegally are being separated from them. and tonight, right here, the children in those cages. our correspondent asking the white house just moments ago, have you seen those images? the white house saying no, we haven't, but we treat the children well. and you're about to see the newly obtained audio, you'll hear it, or the children in those moments. abc's marcus moore taking us inside the largest immigration processing center on the border. he's in texas tonight. >> reporter: tonight, for the first time, the country is getting a look inside the u.s.'s largest immigration processing center. it's in texas, and these new images have now become a flash point over the trump administration's zero tolerance policy, calling for parents and their children to be separated if the parents have crossed the border illegally. the border patrol taking us inside where 1,100 men, women and children are being held, detained in these cages. some of the youn

cries of children forced to be separated from their families under the trumpet ministrations zero tolerance migration policy. suffering in silence the u.n. calls for action on what it calls the forgotten victims of war. and it's the new disease for the first time addiction to video games that's an official health warning. fellow fierce fighting is raging around the airport of the yemeni city of her data thousands of pro-government forces backed by a saudi led coalition a battle against hoofy rebels the airport is considered a key resupply base by the saudi and coalition which is trying to recapture the strategic port city held by the rebels for the past three years more than two hundred people have been killed and thousands more displaced since the military offensive began last wednesday mohammed atta is on the other side of the red sea in djibouti where much of the aid bound for yemen is routed. heavy fighting is still going on inside. despite claims by the soda they have taken control off the albert residents of the city say the coalition troops off so far taken the main runway and i'm no

>> this is the tragedy of the zero tolerance. so what that is, the criminal prosecution of individuals that are being apprehended at the border. that is how this crisis has started. so my clients are in federal criminal custody, these are folks with no prior criminal history. the worst thing they may have done at all is having come here at some point in the past to the united states and been removed or deported to the country now they're charged with illegal reentry. that's how we see them. they're all in custody. those cases are going on, they could last upwards of two months while they're criminally prosecuted per this zero tolerance policy. the damage is coming from arresting the parents in the field and taking their child and continuing to prosecute folks for federal felonies who their only crime is, frankly, fleeing a war-torn, violence-torn country to come here to a place that they thought would grant them, as danny talked about earlier, these legal proceedings including applications for asylum that our country has been bui

so that zero tolerance policy will continue. what the exact mechanism will be to avoid triggering that law so that the child doesn't have to be turned over to hhs, i'm not exactly sure how that's going to work. but what i'm told is they've found a way to keep doing that without separating the child from the parents once they've gone through the court process, which is very fast. it's sometimes even a matter of hours. secondly, they will detain families together and they won't separate them. now this runs against a 20-day, roughly 20-day clock under a longstanding federal court order that says you can't hold a child in immigration detention for more than 20 days. now, it's not a hard and fast 20 days in the order. the spirit of the order is best interest of the child and the government may well be able to say, look, it's in the best interest of this child to keep them with the parents and push beyond the 20 days, although that 20-day soft clock could also be something to spur congress to act. and they will be moving parents with

this executive order creates an entirely new problem it does not ands zero-tolerance and it does not and indefinite detention it only means children will be incarcerated together with their parents. this is still unacceptable and it echoes back to one of the darkest period in our history during report to the u.s. government incarcerated 120,000 japanese-american. but this time we are incarcerating americans in due process applies to everyone on american soil. and to challenge the full listch of even for humane treatment and to ensure the prompt really identify any to have negative consequences that is a demonstration demonstration of the cruelty that this administration treats immigrants. the president has hinted that is executive action and the left chaos more justice and to have that and we try hard at 2013 with the bipartisan compromise that we should not and not the solution that ensures the hatred and fear of immigrant into law. and then propose legislation to help these families and their children this approach is a contrast tosi our president and the administration that rarely

to find a solution quickly also coming up children in cages the images attached to america's zero tolerance immigration policy outrage is growing as president defends tearing families apart at the border. and upset after the world cup in russia sinegal put on a blazing display against poland we'll show you how that turned out plus the rest of the. world cup match. golf it's good to have you with us tonight germany's chancellor is digging her heels in and insisting on a unified european approach to migration. and the french president. met today just outside of berlin to discuss euro zone reform and solutions to europe's migration crisis and chancellor merkel said that europe should stand up for its democratic principles and she called for greater in you solidarity in managing migration. to people who agent may need one another french president a man who mccrone needs under the mat cofa his ideas on europe and the german chancellor needs france for a europe wide migration policy should last may's a bag outside of. the pleasant atmosphere for difficult subjects after the talks mccrone cold fro

despite the growing outrage the white house shows no sign of backing down defending its zero tolerance policy and his treatment of the children. yes. we now care for them we have high standards we give them meals we give them education we give them medical care there's videos there's t.v.'s and visited the detention centers myself that would give me answer to that much. less a white house correspondent can really help it can really present trump is currently talking about this what's he been saying the president speaking across town for a convention of the national federation of independent businesses and he is defending his policy of zero tolerance and the prosecution of those who enter the united states illegally in fact despite the growing moral outrage over this policy in the enforcement of this policy that has been in place for more than ten years but was always considered a last resort the president saying that essentially the immigrants that are coming to the united states are gaming the system that they are not the best and the brightest and that he doesn't want to prosecute th

whatever happened to tolerance? >> trevor: whatever happened to tolerance? tolerance got grabbed by the pussy? didn't you hear? you didn't hear? ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) yeah, that's what happened to tolerance. trump called her an animal, locked her up, and threw her kids in a cage. that's what happened to tolerance. like, these pee more amnesia than the characters in a lifetime movie, "what happened to tolerance?" and, you know, we have also heard people say that it's fine to protest government officials, as long as you do it during business hours. >> protesters target other prominent trump officials and supporters during their personal time. >> sarah huckabee sanders at a restaurant with her family, seven people there. are her kids watching this? are her kids seeing her mom being harassed just because they don't agree with her political opinions? >> trevor: it's funny how these people are saying administration officials shouldn't be protested during their off hours as if the administration policies only work from 9:00 to 5:00. it's not like whe

president's zero tolerance policy separating illegal migrants from their children at the border and for days trump insisted that only an act of congress could change this tonight all it took was the stroke of the presidential pen i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. with. her strong at the border for her strong on security at the same time we have compassion we want to keep families together we have it all our problems with democrats or vote for anything they really would like to have open borders where anybody in the world is just following your greely really that they believe weak that country is going to be overrun with millions of people and if you're strong. and you don't have any heart. it's a tough dilemma perhaps i'd rather be strong. also coming up tonight another migration crisis this time in europe and it could cause the german chancellor her job but that's not how she tells the story migration is a european challenge perhaps our greatest challenge at the moment and the cohesion of this european union is at stake. we begin the day with a one eighty. on a zero today u.s.

in schools as opposed to zero tolerance on the border.utrage has brought americans together. so often we have heard family values as a rallying cry of the right when, in fact, it's family values as american values as inclusive values that is bringing people all together -- i should say together across the country. when you have and around the world when you have 620 marchers around the world, all across the country, in all 50 states, democrats, republicans, old and young. why? because we've all been children. with he all know what it's like to have a child hold on to us out of fear, out of apprehension with the need for comfort and security and we have the government, our government, engaged in the practice of immigration deterrence by administrative kidnapping. that's intolerable. >> how is it that this administration can afford that kind of point of view or even assessment, especially now a day after we hear that this administration didn't even have a plan in place in which to reunify, but there was a plan to use this policy as a deterr

it is actually the result of their own zero-tolerance policy.icy does not explicitly order the separation of appearance from their children, it mandates that all people found crossing the border illegally be prosecuteted withot exception, many adults are jailed and their kids laced in shelters or foster care. nearly 2000 children were separated from their families between mid april and the end of may. the controversy has become a flashpoint ahead of midterm elections. on sunday, democrats declared a father's day of accident, -- action. senators had to fight to visit the facilities. republicans facing tough reelection battles have also expressed their opposition. >> my constituents that are outraged should know that i am outraged, too. former first lady laura bush also spoke against the policy. >> let's bring you an analysis on this. douglas joins me in the studio. you saw the report. let's be honest. if trump wanted to end the policy, he could, couldn't he? feinstein stated simply. donald trump could snap his fingers and this would be undone. so

they got a look at the zero tolerance policy. let's get more from nick valencia in brownsville, texas. >> reporter: dave and christine, this is the stop on the father's day tour of the facilities. they wanted to highlight the immigration policy implemented by donald trump. what they called it after seeing what they saw inside the facilities is zero humanity. >> there is no longer to the policy. the administration is arguing by inflicting this harm on children and parents, this stress, they are sending the message for people not to seek asylum in the united states. it is completely unacceptable under any moral code to inflict trauma on them in order to send some political message to adults somewhere overseas. the president argues this is giving him political leverage. hurting kids to get political leverage is unacceptable. it is evil. >> reporter: one of the democratic lawmakers on the tour was pete welsh of vermont. he says there has been 2,000 children separated from families over the course of the last six weeks. i asked if he

but it is being done under the president's zero tolerance policy. >> deadly gun violence erupts at an all-night arts and music festival. >> the bullet came out here too. >> the midwest swelters in a dangerous heat wave. now pushing east. >> and a winning strategy every one can embrace. the hug. >> our friendship will always last longer than this silly game. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to the joifr. i'm elaine quijano. newly opened tent city along the texas border its now at the center of the national immigration debate. the camp is housing teenage boys, who illegally entered the united states unacompanied by an adult. they're being moved here to rooms at shelters for younger me migrant children. who have been separated from their parents under the trump administration's zero tolerance immigration policy. mireya villarreal is outside the facility near the tornillo port of entry in the county. >> we will not go away! this is not okay! >> reporter: thousand of protesters chanted, demanding the trump administration stop separating children from their parents at the border. the march was organized by

even though it began with his zero tolerance policy. the country and the world, for days, seeing children in cages. tonight, after signing the order, the president now saying, "i think the word compassion comes into it." >>> and tonight, the boy separated from his family for eight months, left here in the deported. tonight, the scene as he now leaves the u.s., and we're in guatemala, witnessing the new trauma. >>> the tornado watch, as we come on the air tonight. at least five reported twisters and the flash flood emergency unfolding right now. roads submerged. water rescues under way. >>> the deadly police shooting. an unarmed teen sprinting from a car, shot three times and killed. authorities tonight are now looking at this video. >>> the major new headline breaking involving president tru trump's one-time attorney, michael cohen. cohen breaking with the president. we'll have his new words. >>> and the bridge inferno. the deadly collision. a trok or the trailer smashing into vehicles. and the workers trapped under the bridge. >>> good

this will get worse zero tolerance actually exists.er you reported is actually not zero tolerance. there are still about 40% of water crossers placed into asylu m about 40% of water crossers placed into asylum systems, the basis of what a system should look like. —— border. catch and release is very dehumanising as a metaphor, but asking them to return to an adjudication of their asylum is a feasible way to make sure both the rule of law is followed and families are kept together in the us act is ina humane are kept together in the us act is in a humane manner. will this work asa in a humane manner. will this work as a deterrent to other people who wa nt to as a deterrent to other people who want to come across from central america and across mexico to come to the us? that is presumably the reason this was implemented. certainly. people fleeing for their lives are making decisions in an incredibly dramatic situation. what research shows in many different kinds of situations is that the danger of thejourney, kinds of situations is that

they just came here because of the zero-tolerance policy? >> our understanding as of our visit on monday is that the 40 children who were separated from their parents are here directly as a result of the zero-tolerance policy. >> reporter: let's get back to those infants and those babies that you saw in there, four in all. who is taking care of them? babies need 24-hour care. who is giving them the attention that they need? >> like i said, it's not ideal because these children are not with their mother, but under the circumstances, the children that i saw in there, the two of the parents are with their mothers and the other two were being attended to by southwest keys employees and they were both being fed at the point that i saw them and there is constant attention and the people working in there are doing what they can under the circumstances. >> we saw customs and border protection that they hold people equating being in cages. they don't like that definition and that verbage and they're saying they're not cages. what are the conditions i

the time is 26 after the top of the hour. 0-tolerance means 0-tolerance, new numbers showing how seriousrump administration is about illegal immigration. the picture of a firefighter cradling a baby that will melt your house. this is why he does what he does. ♪ the first survivor of alzheimer's disease is out there. and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen. but we won't get there without you. visit alz.org to join the fight. >> ready to sue the obama administration saying hillary clinton was treated better than him. pardoned by donald trump accused of mishandling classified information just like former secretary of state. robert gray has more on his fight for justice. >> he claims he was subjected to unequal protection under the law. before my navy sailor setting sites at the top, his lawyer telling fox news he plans to file a lawsuit accusing pres. obama, james comey, the justice department and others of improperly handling the sale is case which he was convicted of mishandling classified information by taking photos of classified sections on a nuclear submarine and de

policy, we can't have a 100% tolerance policy.>>> chris cuomo comes up in a few minutes on "cuomo prime time." hi, chris. >> it's clear the president doesn't want to, he favors this. the polls suggest he's right. he's got republicans moving his way on this issue. the problem is they have every two or three other people in the country against him. tonight he has his great defender coming on the show, "prime time." kellyanne conway will be here to make the case. we also have what the democrats will do, and we're going to have a debate of our own tonight. two on one. both chairs will be filled with people who say this is the right policy. >>> coming up, roger stone missed a meeting that he did not admit to when asked under oath about meeting with russians. we'll explain ahead. ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ♪ ♪ bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪ ♪ brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ ♪ now that i'm on my way ♪ do

the trump administration has a zero-tolerance policy. jeff sessions unveiled the policy in april and adults could be charged in place in jail away from their children -- placed in jail away from their children. >> zero-tolerance is zero humanity and it makes zero sense . >> the policy is intended to detour people from breaking the law. adults. >> reporter: the president has tried to blame the democrats but the house has voted on immigration bills drafted by the republicans. a meeting is planned. >> now that lawmakers have toured the facility in texas, do they plan to tour in california? >> reporter: nancy pelosi does plan to tour the immigrant children's shelters in san diego. >>> and mueller is looking into a meeting between a close associate of president trump and russia who allegedly tried to sell him dirt on hillary clinton. he told the washington post that he met the man calling himself henry greenberg in may 2016. he wanted to million dollars for damaging information which stone turned down. michael caputo to -- caputo arranged the

democrats say we need to end the zero tolerance policy. what they're saying is we need to let people go again. that has consequences and a lot of the reporting stops there, but if you're letting everybody go, you know, the local communities pay most of the burden for that, and it also incentivizes people coming over the border. you have the clash of ideas here with the democrats and republicans on how to deal with this, but republicans control both the house, the senate, and so i think you will see both chambers trying to move legislation over in the senate, the power of the filibuster so the democrats can block it there. that will be an interesting development if democrats block, somehow keep families together at the border. that will be a tough vote for them. jon: republicans clearly are concerned about the optics and the protests that have been going on over this separation of families. michael mccaul was on "fox news sunday." here's what he had to say about that. >> i think we at a minimum have to deal with the family separation. i'm t

the images attached to america's zezero-tolerance immigration policy. anger is growing as president trump defends tearing families apart at the border. and upsets galore at the world cup in russia. senegal put on a blazing display against poland. we will show you how that turned out, plus the rest of the day's world cup action. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. tonight, germany's chancellor angela merkel is digging in her heels, insisting on a unified european response to migration. merkel and the french president emmanuel macron met today to discuss eurozone reform and solutions to europe's migration crisis. chancellor merkel said europe should stand up for its democratic principles, and she called for greater eu solidarity in managing migration. reporter: two people who urgently need one another. french president emmanuel macron needs angela merkel for his ideas on europe, and the german chancellor needs france for a europe-wide migration policy. outside of berlin, a pleasant atmomosphere for difficult subjects. after the talks,

this zero tolerance policy has simply reignited the cause. for that, certainly grateful for the attention this issue has now. it is their opportunity to step into the spotlight and, as they say, try to affect some form of change. we heard from some democrats lawmakers earlier today who marched over the brooklyn bridge who said november is when people can make it count. after of course the attention could potentially go away. people are still coming across the brooklyn bridge, making their way here to this plaza in brooklyn. this demonstration happening across the river. least it started there in lower manhattan, fred. >> polo sandoval in new york, thank you so much. let's go to chicago now. where we find cnn's ryan young. ryan, your marching with folks. what's happening? >> we're marching down clark street. of course, they've been gathering for quite some time. a lot of the conversation is just about what the crowd wanted to hear. you can hear the crowd's passion. we've been walking along with this family. what brought you here today? i see y

that's zero tolerance. tolerance means enforce the law. >> she says it's congress' sgjo to get them together? >> everyday, children enforce crimes and why is it that we ensnorese en-- endorse them on american citizens and not on criminals -- >> that was not my question. my question was whose responsibility it now is. >> it's congress' fix to figure the problem>>> th t -- they were trying to figure it out, but the media was not covering it. >> that's a clear fact, amy. there are numbers, there's research, there were people who worked in the bush administration. there were continues working or now, any bipartisan fact checker says that what you're telling people is not true -- >> are you wrong. jeh johnson from -- >> there was no policy of zero tolerance that required families to be separated. >> victor, you're wrong. jay johnseh johnson said they w separating female and that he could, didn't state that there were no families separated. >> the interview was here. >> that's not correct. go read the transcript.