facilities. it s on break right now. we re watching for it to start back up any moment now. so far mcaleenan said that progress is being made and he defended his department. these efforts have reduced in custody numbers if from a high of almost 20,000 in june to under 10,000 yesterday afternoon. for unaccompanied children, health and human services now has adequate bed space. we ve reduced from 720 kids at the border to 350 with an average of 35 hours in cbp custody. and throughout this period, the men and women of dhs have served with vigilance and compassion. julia ainsley covers the department of justice and the department of homeland security. and chris is president of lutheran immigration and refugee service. she s also a former policy director to first lady michelle obama. chris, thank you so much. julia, let me start with you. what do we make of what we heard so far from the acting dhs secretary? so far not the fireworks we were expecting. there s a lot to take him to task