the point of this meeting over the family separation issue was to get presidential momentum behind the bill and that didn t happen and people in the white house do not feel the prospects for either bill passing looks good right now. what do you hear about the president s reaction. reporter: the president praised her. that is unusual because her and the president have not been on good terms. they have often butted heads and he often credits john kelly bringing her on and having the president select her. people inside the west wing are praising the testy briefing performance. in the west wing, they think she did a good job sparring with
but in the west wing, they think she did a good job sparring with reporters during the briefing and defending the administration. clearly, that s something that has made the president proud here, anderson. during the meeting the president said he had heard from his daughter ivanka trump on this issue. she had criticized hit, shown him the pictures, telling him that it needs to end. we should note that is not something that ivanka trump has said publicly. thank you. jeff merkeley, joining us now. thanks for being with us, senator. according to house members with the president tonight, the president thinks the images of these children in detention centers are bad, but he does have the power to change this policy. why do you think he refuses to at least acknowledge that he has