rio grand valley, listening to those who ve been taken for granted for too long and hence haven t shown up to vote. we re showing up for them right now in this go ahead. yeah, those are places, the places you mentioned are some of the lowest turnout in the state of texas, already a low turnout state. those places you just mentioned, particularly around the border in the rio grand valley, what do you tell them about why it matters for them to vote for you to send you to washington and not ted cruz that is tangible to deliver back to them? a couple of things that have come up in these town hall meetings, especially along the border. ted cruz has promised to deport every single dreamer. i say free dreamers. keep families together. never take another child from another parent and let s insist that every child who s in a foster care home in michigan, a tent city, be reunited with their parents immediately,
father was killed in a gang-related shooting, that according to police. so really this video helped to kind of push it over the edge. so what s next for the family? reporter: well, you know, the question that we ve been trying to track down, when will the toddler when will his mother be placed into this foster care home? will it be tomorrow? will it be next week? right now, that s still unclear. but, again, the one thing we do know is that both of them will be in the same foster care home under supervision. george, appreciate it. a lot to talk about with our justice panel, sunny hostin and mark geragos. sunny, what do you make of this? is this the best thing for the mother and the child? i do. i think we need to remember that the mother is a child as well. she was only 17 years old. so to have them together and to not rip apart that part of the family i think is very important. in these kinds of cases, the issue is, what is in the best interests of the child. and you have two
the latest. what did the court recommend at this hearing, george? reporter: anderson, as you mentioned, both the toddler and the 17-year-old mother, both have been placed in the same foster care home, but we ve learned there are restrictions. for instance, the mother will not be able to see her son without supervision. and anderson, we also know that neither of them will be returning to the home where they once lived. so, child protective services stepped in last week, but not, they say, specifically because of this video. had they been watching the house before? reporter: right. and that s something we learned in court today. in fact, cps, they ve been looking at this family, tracking this family, concerned for several months. they were concerned about issues of gun violence, allegations of gang members going in and out of the house, and also recently, we know that the toddler s father was killed in a gang-related shooting, that according to police. so, really, this video helped
family? reporter: well, you know, the question that we ve been trying to track down, when will the toddler when will his mother be placed into this foster care home? will it be tomorrow? will it be next week? right now, that s still unclear. but, again, the one thing we do know is that both of them will be in the same foster care home under supervision. george, appreciate it. a lot to talk about with our justice panel, sunny hostin and mark geragos. sunny, what do you make of this? is this the best thing for the mother and the child? i do. and we have to remember, the mother is a child as well. she was only 17 years old. so to have them together and to not rip apart that part of the family is very important. in these kinds of cases, the issue is, what is in the best interests of the child. and you have two children here. so what is in the best interests of the mother and what is in the best interests of the 2-year-old. and i think this is probably the right way to go. mark, d
placed into this foster care home? will it be tomorrow? will it be next week? right now that s still unclear. but again, the one thing we do know is that both of them will be in the same foster care home under supervision. all right, george, appreciate it. a lot to talk about with our regular equal justice panel, sunny hostin and criminal defense attorney mark geragos. sunny what do you make of this? is this the best thing for the mother and the child? i do, and i think we need to remember that the mother is a child as well. she was only 17 years old, and so, to have them together and not rip apart that part of the family i think is very important. in these kinds of cases, the issue is what is in the best interests of the child. and you have two children here. so, what is in the best interests of the mother and what is in the best interests of the 2-year-old. and i think this is probably the right way to go. mark, do you agree with that? you and sunny often disagree on this one.