separating children from their families, what i am told that the president did behind closed doors is talk about it in the political context, talking about the images and the optics about how bad it is politically much more so than about the policy in general. and that rubs some republicans the wrong way who i talked to who are saying, wait a minute, it is not just about the optics it is about what we are doing to these children. >> how much momentum is there in congress to do something about this child separation policy in particular. >> reporter: it is a hard question to answer. to a person, republicans and democrats say they want this to stop. but when you are speaking abou republicans who run congress, it is not clear how they are going to get this done. for example, these two bills that they are talking about in the house of representatives, they don't know if they have the