quickly. so think of all of these children at this age, who are in need of comfort. they need a simple hug from a parent, an aunt, a cousin, a friend. but they re sitting there in these crowded centers while adults are arguing about whether they deserve humane treatment. yes, they need blankets and beds. and they need more than oatmeal and frozen burritos day after day. mostly they need a hug from a parent and a relative and need to know that everything is going to be all right. i want to check now with ed lavandera in texas, near the mexico/u.s. border outside the facility in clint, texas, where these conditions are being described as horrific. what can you tell us, ed? reporter: well, this is one of the three locations that a group of lawyers and doctors and advocates toured last week and really brought to light these latest allegations and details of the conditions of the overcrowded, what they describe as unconscionable conditions, children who are essentially
reasons. one of them is by law, for security and safety reasons. that is something that they re trying to work through. but also because cbp officials say they have they insist they have all of these items and there are plenty of these items for these children. you really see the frustration by people who want to help and hitting these roadblocks. we understand they re in the process of trying to wrk out some agreement on that. ed, thank you so much for that update for us from clint, texas. we ll have more on this story ahead. we ll be following this all day. as robert mueller is getting ready to testify in a blockbuster hearing, what are the biggest questions he faces? also, democrats voting to subpoena white house counselor kellyanne conway. hear why. and chilling video of police arresting a crying newborn abandoned in a plastic bag. i m going to speak to the officer who found this little girl. in 2 finishes: matte and poreless and dewy and smooth.
blankets and now imagine the desperation they re feeling. they re cramped together. what are they thinking? many were literally pried from their parents arms. there was one little girl, she was taken away from her mother and father and her younger sister. and she didn t want to go. the border patrol officers were separating her. and she didn t want to be separated from her family, obviously, and her dad went to her and leaned down and he said honey, you need to go with these men. they re going to take you some place that is better for children, and this is where they took her, was the clint border patrol facility. i feel like as a nation they are failing these children. remember the story of the second grader, another little girl, the phone number of her parent in the u.s. written in permanent marker on a wrist band, on her wrist, but no one at the facility had called to tell the parents where she had been for a month, that she was there until a human rights watch advocate dialed
threatened by gang rape, and many of them, most of them have family living here in the united states. all they ve come to us and asked us that we get them to their parents and this is what they ve experienced. there was one little girl, she was taken away from her mother, her father and her younger sister and she didn t want to go. the border patrol officers were separating her. she didn t want to be separated from her family, obviously. her dad went to her and leaned down and said, honey, you need to go with these men, they re going to take you someplace that is better for children and this is where they took her, was the clint border patrol facility. so i feel like as a nation we are failing these children. and i know that we need that we can do better and that we need to start to do better. and they have people like you who tell their story who have the courage and we really appreciate you coming on. thank you, warren binford. thank you. i really appreciate it. you take care.
experienced. there was one girl taken from her mother and father and sister. she didn t want to go. the officers were separating her. she didn t want to be separated from her family. obviously. and her dad went to her and leaned down and said you need to go with the men they ll take you some place better for children. and this is where they took her. the clint border patrol facility. i feel like as a nation we re failing the children. i know we can do better and we need to do better. they have people like you who tell their story. who have the courage. and we really appreciate you coming on. thank you. take care. okay, you too. we ll be right back.