what does the secretary hope to accomplish? they are keeping it close to the chest. we know she s going to el paso and then to arizona tomorrow. those are two high traffic areas for people crossing the border. it s closed press. we won t know whether she s leaving main boarder stations and going down to the stations in more remote areas. that s a place where jakeline call had to wait for eight hours when she was put on a bus when it took an hour and a half for her to get to a hospital and get the medical care she needed. with we know he was ping-ponged around four border stations before he met his death with 103 degree fever which is now the flu. we know she ll be looking at the resources and it s not clear if
he had 103 degree fever. that is something you ee d want catch on early on. what do we know about the investigations that are being promised? there s an inspector general investigation going on into both deaths. this is the kind of thing to see if they followed protocol or if there s something else that could have been done. they ll look at all medical decisions. that s of importance on this latest case because it was the hospital s decision to discharge this boy even though he had 103 fever. when congress comes back and those committees can look into the policies that are in place and whether it s the policies themselves that are failing these children, not the neglect of the policies. all right. julia, keep us posted. let me bring in gabbi now. what does the secretary of homeland security need to say and do on this border trip over
was coughing and had glossy eyes. he was taken to the medical center at 9:00 a.m. the hospital diagnosis the common cold. hospital staff gave him tylenol. but things hardly got better. by 1:20 p.m. he had 103 degree fever. at 2:50 he was released with prescriptions for ibuprofen and antibiotic. father and son were transferred to a temporary holding facility at another holding check point. agents gave him a december of the prescribed medication two hours later: 7:00 p.m. he vomited. and the agency says his father declined more medical assistance. at 10:00 p.m. agents were concerned he lethargic and nauseous. they were sent to the hospital. on the trip, he started vomiting again and lost consciousness. at 11:07 he arrived at hospital but doctors were unable to
felipe was coughing and had glossy eyes. he was transported to the jeerld champion region medical center at 9:00 a.m. the hospital diagnosis, the common cold. hospital staff gave felipe tylenol. but things hardly got better. by 1:20 p.m., felipe had 103 degree fever. at 2:50, he was released with prescriptions for ibuprofen. father and son were transferred to a temporary holding facility and agents gave felipe a dose of the prescribed medication two hours later. but at 7:00 p.m., felipe vomited, and the agency says his father declined hardware medical assistance. at 10:00, felipe was nauseous and lethargic again. so they were sent back to the hospital. on the trip felipe started vomiting again and lost consciousness. felipe arrived at the hospital
it s because of congress, the laws that they have made that are attracting these people here. they re not talking about the desperation and economic drivers that would make them want to make that journey. it s obvious they re still coming, even with all these practice measures. so the death sort of shocked a lot of people, and to have another child die, do we have a defintive cause of death? they have not given that. there will be an autopsy. we know that he initially was diagnosed with a common cold at the hospital, and then he had a 103 degree fever. obviously it was more than that, but he was still discharged. i asked officials today, could they be looking at medical malpractice at the hospital. they said every medical decision made is at the heart of the investigation and hopefully we ll get more answers out of that. i think what we re seeing here