Story here in a moment. President trump was asked about these horrific condition at the border and the new border aid bill that was just passed by the house. Here is what he said. Im not happy with it. Theres no money for protection. Its like were running hospitals over there now. People are coming up. Had an people dont understand is you have separation. Separation is a terrible thing of the families and i said im going to put people together but thats going to mean more people coming up. Ellie johnson, first off, we need to fact check. He said hes putting people together. Thats not at all what happened. The president often likes to point the finger to his predecessor for things going wrong. While its true that some family separations occurred under president obama, President Trump explicitly revised this policy under the advice and guidance of his immigration adviser and steven miller. It happened under President Trump and weve often seen immigration policies become controversial whe
Pages. His words exactly last month were the report is my testimony. But democrats say that is not enough. Will he be able to tell you anything different than whats in the report . I think just the fact just if he says what was in the report and says it to the American People so they hear it, that will be very, very important because theyve been subjected to months of deception as to what was in the report by the attorney general and by the president. That will be important itself. Whether he goes farther than that, well see. And that is the chairman of one of the committees he will be testifying before. Cnns manu raju is on capitol hill following all of this. What else are you hearing about how this is going to go, what lawmakers are hoping to get out of it . Reporter this is going to be a long day on july 17th. Backtoback hearings, the House Judiciary Committee expected to go first followed by the House Intelligence Committee, then a closed session with the House Intelligence Committ
We begin with the first democratic president ial debates. Tonight the main stage event for the five top polling candidates are taking part. Former Vice President joe biden, senator Bernie Sandersmeter put buttigieg, and senator kamala harris. And as the frontrunner biden must be ready to fend off these challenges to his record as the Democratic Party shifts left. Meanwhile, some of the lesser known candidates weve seen tonight are looking for their breakout moments. And athena jones is following all of this from the debate site in miami. Tell us what we should be watching for athena. Well, hi, brianna. As you said it, biden will be at center stage. Hes the undisputed frontrunner. And he is going to be a top target. And to prepare for that hes been setting his own long record knowing that its going to be a focus of the other candidates. We know that Bernie Sanders has also been studying the policy positions of the candidates and hes made clear that he plans to draw contrasts with Vice P
Drowned in the rio grande as washington tries to overcome partisan differences over funding for border Detention Centers. There werent children playing. There werent children laughing the way they usually do when theyre moving from one place to another. These were children who were being marched like little soldiers, like little prisoners from one place to another. This is not what we should be doing as a country. These children did not commit a crime. These children pose no threat to people here in the United States of america. We begin there with the nations immigration divide and with the heartbreaking image from the u. S. mexico border. An image thats upsetting to see but also very important for you to see. You see it there. A photographer captured this photo of a father and his toddler daughter, almost 2 years old. Face down in the water of the rio grande river. The mans wife says she watched them drowned. Her husband had safely ferried valeria to the u. S. Side of the river and w
Horrible picture captured the nation, a father and his 23monthold daughter drowning in the rio grand after trying to across cross in the United States illegally warren was unable to get inside the facility but she told reporter what is she saw from the outside. These were children who were being marched like little soldiers like little prisoners from one place to fore. This is not what we should doing. As a country. And warren led others followed senator klobuchar visited the facility in everyone a. Tomorrow beto orourke visits and Bernie Sandra processing kristin gillibrand. All visiting there. Of course warren was there first driving the immigration conversation among democrats, an issue that matters at tonights crucial democratic debate. One person not on stage is the ultimate rival of every person there. President trump talking about the debate for days live tweet going all kinds of things. But tonight playing it cool. Everyone said ill be tweeting. Ill actually be on a plane. And