separated children with parents with the judge, a george w. bush appointee refused to extend the deadline outright and according to the associated press, the judge said quote - the government must reunite them. they must comply with the timeframe unless there is an articulable reason. instead, the judge has given the government until tonight at 8 pm eastern to come up with a list of all 101 of the children under five years of age as well as an explanation as to why the government could not reunite them with their parents by the tuesday deadline.after the judge receives the list, he will decide on monday morning, whether the government needs more time to reunite some of the children, all of the children or whether the deadlines remain intact. >> was the case the government is making in terms of requesting more time to reunite the separated families? >> from the governments perspective they are using the time to vet the parents. to make sure the children they are releasing are in fact going