yet congressmen who want to figure out what is going on with the situation are not allowed anywhere near it without very strong stipulations. here is congressman bridenstein who was on with us earlier. want to get your thoughts on what he said. i m a federal representative of the people. this is a federal facility, on federal property. and they re saying i can t come for another three weeks. now we finally got them to capitulate i can come on the 12th which is still too long. here s the thing. we need unfettered access, when a member of congress, a representative of the people wants to show up at one of these facilities we shouldn t be rejected or turned away seemingly for political purposes. why on earth would that be, congressman? once again, they want to make sure that the public and members of congress get scripted version. same thing occurred at lackland air force base in san antonio. we were allowed to go down there, you can t talk to anybody. you can t talk to the staff. y
welcome, brand new hour of america s newsroom. i m martha maccallum. bill: i m bill hemmer. a texas democrat is warning the decision to stay away from the border could become president obama s katrina moment. as governor rick perry agrees to a meeting rater today with the president but that meeting is in dallas. that is hundreds of miles from the border where thousands of children are crossing illegally. a bit earlier last hour oklahoma congressman jim bride den stein, told us why he believes this crisis is the direct result of the administration s fail ture to first secure the border. you can t tell me the border is secure when 10-year-olds are streaming across it. but some of the stories are abuse and human trafficking. the story of these kids coming here is tragic. interestingly it is direct result of having an open border on the south side of our country and direct result of the president advertising to the world he would like to give you citizenship if you re in our