here. the supervisor is here. if he wants us to leave the property, he can ask. but he hasn t asked yet. would you guys mind? have i now been asked to leave the property. so i ll comply with that. and senator jeff merkley, democrat of oregon, joins me now from washington, d.c. it s good to see you, senator. i want to be clear on. this you reached out to dhs through your staff through official channels to arrange some sort of visit before going down there, correct? well, i was seeking to get into three different places. one is a processing center run by dhs, the department of homeland security. and i was given permission to do that. the second was a respite center run by the catholic church, and i received permission for that. the third place is after dhs hands the children over to the department of health and human services, and it s run by the fice of refucation. and so this was technically we reached out to that office to get into this facility, and they said no. and that