come forward. and that s why you have the such a unique coalition. you have the american academy of pediatrics, the head of that saying this is basically tantamount to child abuse. you have the religious community uniting, catholic bishops, the methodist church, southern baptist convention all condemning this. and frankly, a lot of republican women with laura bush leading the way on this. i think are being made to feel very uncomfortable. and so, new york city political no, politically it s not going to play out well. d.h.s. is estimating we could get up to 20,000 by august being held like this. it is not going to be pretty once these facilities reach capacity and overcapacity given the conditions that they re already living in, sleeping on cement block floors that they are calling the ice box. kristen welker joins us now from the briefing room where sarah huckabee sanders daily briefing has been pushed back
they call it spiritual spanking, and they believe it s god s will. lydia was beaten to death in the name of god. she allegedly mispronounced a word during the home schooling session. that was her sin. we heard the phrase death by a thousand lashes. that s basically what this was. her parent pleaded guilty but was sent to prison. but michael pearl is still spreading his gospel through a book he wrote with his wife to train up a children. more than a million companies have been sold. they wrote it as a blueprint. it says if you spare the rod, you hate your children. but if you love him, you chase him timely. they say they re not to blame, but spare the rod, spoil the child is a message many fundamental christians and preachers embrace. you ll hear from a woman whose parents followed the teachings. she calls it abuse. this is a systemic form of brainwashing of these children. our investigation led us to a corner of christian fundamentalism that operates beyond the re
for weeks we re investigating faith and family. in the next hour you believe the bible commands them to spank their children so hard that it hurts, they cause physical pain. they call it spiritual spanking, and they believe it s god s will. lydia was beaten to death in the name of god. she allegedly mispronounced a word during the home schooling session. that was her sin. we heard the phrase death by a thousand lashes. that s basically what this was. her parent pleaded guilty but was sent to prison. but michael pearl is still spreading his gospel through a book he wrote with his wife to train up a children. more than a million companies have been sold. they wrote advertiseit as a blu it says if you spare the rod, you hate your children. but if you love him, you chase him timely. they say they re not to blame, but spare the rod, spoil the child is a message many fundmental christians and preachers embrace. you ll hear from a woman whose parn parents followed the teachi