These Border Patrol facilities are only supposed to house people for less than 72 hours. I dont understand why we dont see more of a sense of urgency. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day and we begin for you with new evidence of the deplorable conditions for migrants in these Detention Centers at the u. S. Southern border. Look at your screen. These are the images on the front pages of several newspapers this morning. Thats the daily news calling it shameful. The New York Times on the right has the headline squalor pervasive. These pictures were released in a report from the Trump Administrations own watch dog agency. So of course they will be very hard to deny. They show hundreds of migrants including children crammed into extremely overcrowded border facilities. So also new this morning, the president is getting his tanks and his planes not to mention his political friends and donors in prime seating. This is the fourth of July Celebration he wanted. The one bringing military fire power to our nations capital. The price tag completely unknown. But the Washington Post is beginning to uncover some of the details. And reports this morning that the National Park service is diverting nearly 2. 5 million in entrance fees to help pay for it. And thats just a fraction of it. Lets bring in the White House Reporter for the Washington Post who broke this story. Josh, great to have you on this morning. 2. 5 million from National Park entrance fees. Again, this is only a small part of what this could cost, correct . Correct, john. 2. 5 million that usually would go to the parks is being diverted to organizing the national lawn, setting up the fireworks, president ial motorcade, the travel. Everything that goes with him coming to such an event. These are just some of the first contracts weve seen. Then you have additional costs for the flyovers that are going to go over, the military cost of the event, the cost of getting the tanks here. We saw tanks rolling through d. C. Last night. Off lot of different costs coming together. The first numbers weve been able to see are 2. 5 million from the National Parks service. There will be a number of others that pile on top of that. Now youre talking about the military cost of this. One of your colleagues i was reading estimates that a flight hour for a b2 and there is going to be a b2 Bomber Flying overheight. A flight hour is 140,000 per hour. And if that b2 is coming from missouri where they tend to be based, thats 600,000 at least for one plane thats flying overhead. Right. And there are going to be a number of planes flying overhead. You have air force one thats expected to fly overhead when the president takes the stage. Then you have different aircraft for i mean, different aircraft from each branch of the military also expected to go over. There will be a number of planes going over. If you take that calculation as you just did and multiply it, you imagine youd be getting in the millions of dollars quickly. So the dicey subject of republican donors, the rnc is getting an allotment of tickets for party vip s here. Federal law, and correct me if im wrong, prohibits the use of public money for political use. What line does the white house have to walk here . The Trump Campaign is also getting an allotment of tickets. You have the rnc gets some and the Trump Campaign getting tickets. The line theyre using to explain this is theres always vip tickets for white house events. An easter egg roll, christmas party, different events at the white house. What makes this trickier is this is on public property. This is a ceremony that had not in the past had vip entrants. It was the fireworks for everyone to see. Now you have special cordoned off area for the front of a show that folks gave a lot of money or youre allied with the party youre going to have a better view than if youre not. That has turned some people the wrong way. And a lot depends on what the president chooses to say in his speech, correct . If he uses words that get political and we dont know. Oftentimes the president despite what might be on the prompter does veer into the political. Right. Hes expected to go for 20 minutes at 6 30. You can imagine the tones of the speech that will be written in the teleprompter would be of unity, america, Independence Day, kind of a theme that often drives such a ceremony. As youve said, weve seen the president many times go off prompter. The two and a half years ive been covering, most of the time he goes off the teleprompter. What he will actually say when he sees the crowds, supporters, maybe maga hats in the crowd. Who knows what will happen. But this extrav gand jubilee hes been planning and has been getting briefings on is coming together. Tomorrow night it will be showtime. Just back to the 2. 5 million youre reporting on. Is there a National Park somewhere in america now that isnt getting that money that needs it . Well, theres a finite omit of. Parks service fees. So if you take this money out of the pool, it makes sense it wouldnt be there for other parks to use. Whether a specific park wont get money for this, its hard to know. Theres only so much money in the pool. If you take this out, it would stand to reason that in other places you would have less. Josh dawsey, this celebration taking place tomorrow. Thanks for being with us this morning. Keep on digging. Thanks for having me. Okay. Lets talk more about this. Lets bring in margaret talob, bianna golodryga. Great to have you. Margaret, im still confused. Is this a National Holiday event . Or is this a political rally for the president . Well, alisyn, the white house says that this is not a political event. Underscore not a political event. Hell talk about unity, patriotism, being an american, so on and so forth. As josh was just saying, i think we will see what he says and sort of take our cues from there. But this has now become a politically divisive event and its not typically a divisive event. Its typically the fourth of july. I think this is an inside the beltway, outside the beltway story to some extent. I think he knows his base and he knows this is an event that will resonate well with his base. Is it going to have implications on the election . Is it going to turn voters that would support him off . Probably not. The president has decided the more the criticism piles on, the more hes determined to do this. Hes wanted to do this since he was impressed by the french event when he met with Emmanuel Macron in 2017. When the president doesnt get his way, its 4 doubles his desire to move forward. Its given some in the military and reasonables heartburn in the process. I think the president probably doesnt mind the controversy. He gets to be at the center of the controversy which may be what he wanted all along. But soaring themes of unity, thats what hes known for . It would be an unusual event if that were the case. He did it at normandy. But then he also did the interview off to the side beforehand. Hes never had a day free of it. And margaret said this will play to his base. His base doesnt really live in washington, d. C. You know, typically speaking we saw a little bit thoof at the inauguration. Hes not exactly drawing from a great loving crowd there. Hes getting a preexisting amount. There will be protests, people not happy the president is there. One point i wanted to make is its interesting that the president was finally able to get this parade and this show of military might after two years. Its important to remember that the defense secretary has not been there for two years. Theres an acting secretary just looking to please the president and be fully confirmed. Seems like theres less push back to the idea that millions of dollars may be spent and hundreds of man hours may be put towards putting all of this military might on the mall. Something that the military was previously opposed to doing. Now they seem to be on board. And theres no one head at the Defense Department thats fully confirmed by the senate. Everybody seems to be in an acting position to get confirmed and get the full support of the president. Sort of trying out for the job. Bianna, lets talk about what the democrats will be doing this weekend. So many of them in iowa. Theres this new interesting iowa poll. Not a national poll. Arguably more relevant. This is in Suffolk University and it has biden still leading 24 . Then harris at 16 . This is postdebate. Warren at 13 . Then pete buttigieg, then undecided at 21 . What do you see here . It shows the significance of the debate. Elizabeth warren and Kamala Harris had not so much name recognition. I think people for the furst time really saw them in a position where not only they could look president ial taking own other candidates but obviously the big question, can they take on donald trump . Biden had a not good night. I mean, thats what the takeaway has been. He did not come prepared. And you see how Kamala Harris has soared ever since. This is something the biden folks are concerned about. Is he going to come to the next debate with . Busing did seem to come out of left field. But he had five pages devoted to it in his own autobifee. I gok baa to the point that he stops himself on his own. Saying my time is up. Hes never been one to stop thinking out loud. Yet here he was. That showed a point of weakness for him. The question is can he recover. If there is a time to stumble, obviously its the first time. But this is a time when people see harris and warren shine. Want to focus if i can for a minute on this Inspector General report. This is a report from the Trump Administration itself. Keep that in mind. If people within the white house try to deny this later on or push back on it. It includes photos from some of these Detention Centers housing migrants there. It includes the finding that the purpose is to notify you of urgent issues that require immediate attention and action. Specifically we encourage the dhs to alleviate the overcrowding. Many havent received a shower for a month. You see the pictures of the squalor as the papers are putting it down there. Very much what is a humanitarian crisis at the border. Yeah. I think this is a real concern now throughout the administration. When the president talks about i. C. E. And Border Patrol and the people who run the kind of Immigration Enforcement part of the government, he tends to talk about tough guys getting, you know, getting bad guys. But the truth is that there are thousands of employee who is are sort of career employees and are not particularly partisan and not particularly activist. And are very concerned about doing a good job, doing an appropriate job. So i think were going to see more of these kind of releases of information by employees who are concerned and some more pushback from the courts. You know, theres been these high profile tragic cases of parents and their children trying to get across the border, across rivers and in some cases ending in fatalities. That is not the responsibility, but it becomes your responsibility. And were going to see now a real test of the administrations approach of were going to hold people rather than release them. That is going to be tested. Thats such a great point. President trump likes to blame congress for the loopholes in the asylum laws that he says are causing this sort of influx at the border. But congress is not authorizing treating people worse than dogs in cages. And for some reason, President Trump doesnt think that you can do both. Which is press congress to fix the asylum laws if need be, and treat people humanely. Why is that so hard now for the u. S. To do . The president and many in his administration see that this type of treatment is a deterrent. Theyre trying to send a message to central america, if you come to the u. S. Youre going to be treated poorly. Dont come because its going tor hard. Youre not going to get a shower, toothpaste, or soap. And the president is trying to send a message. These images should be a humanitarian outrage. If the president has millions of dollars he can pull out of out of nowhere for a military parade on the mall for the fourth of july, you would think they could find enough money to provide sanitary conditions for these migrants. And i think youre going to see more pressure on congress specifically republicans from the state of texas who are affected first hand by the situation there and the deterioration there. And why theyre not going with their democratic congressmanmen to visit them. Because clearly this is a crisis thats going to continue throughout these summer months. We have a lawmaker who just went yesterday to one of these Detention Centers coming on next to tell us about what she saw inside. Wet wipes. Wet wipes is whats being used. The solution now is wet wipes. A quick programming note. This friday we have a cnn exclusive for you. Former Vice President joe biden is going to sit down with chris cuomo. How does the democratic 2020 front runner plan to stay ahead of the pack . This will air friday morning at 6 00 a. M. And 8 00 a. M. Eastern. He hasnt done interviews like this. Its a big deal. Breaking news. Iran is threatening to increase uranium enrichment to any amount it wants and needs. That is what the president Hassan Rouhani said. It would be the second breach of the Nuclear Agreement since the u. S. Withdrew from it. Uranium enriched at low levels is used for nuclear power. Higher enriched uranium is for weapons. It acted on its threat to increase stockpiles. Again, the key here is that this uranium that iran says it will start doing is of a Higher Quality and can be used for weapons. This is seen as a more serious breach of the deal than whats been done up to this point. The question is now what . Exactly. So those disturbing images of the detainees, these have some lawmakers demanding big changes. Well speak to a congresswoman who toured one of this facilities yesterday. Do you like Stranger Things . Sure you do. Thats why netflix is on us. Two unlimited data. Use as much as you want, when you want. Three no surprises on your bill. Taxes and fees included. Still think you have a better deal . Bring in your discount, and well match it. Thats right. Tmobile will match your discount. These pictures capture more than words can. Government watch dog photos show dire conditions at these overcrowded migrant detention camps in the u. S. A report describes people there who have not showered in weeks being held in standing room only cells. Joining us now is fredricka wilson. She visited a Detention Center for unaccompanied minors in florida yesterday. Good morning, congresswoman. Good morning. How are you . Im well. Tell us about what happened yesterday. You led this group of Congressional Democrats to this Detention Center and what did you all see . Well, we saw children crowded in a facility just like they were in prison. Overcro overcrowded where they slept like a gymnasium with bunk beds. And i was truly concerned about the adolescent girls. And for some reason they kept shifting my focus and trying not for me to see the adolescent girls. So i demanded that i would not leave until we saw the girls. So i had a star studded group going with me. We had john lewis and Benny Thompson whos chairman of the homeland security. There was ten of us. And it was unbelievable. But congresswoman, we heard you its jail. We heard you making your impassioned plea, where are the girls you were yelling. Wrp are the girls. And so did you see the girls that you demanded to see . I saw the girls that i demanded to see, but not all of them. I saw the 17yearolds. And the sad part about it they were in a classroom. Maybe 14 classrooms of 17yearolds, i saw where they sleep at night. And everyone uses the bathroom outside. So theres a porta toilet. If its raining or whatever inclement weather, they have to go outside to use the bathroom. Theyre 17 waiting on their 18th birthday, i. C. E. Comes to that facility, shackles their hands, shackles their feet, and take them to a private prison just like the private facility that theyre in. So theyre profiting from these children. So its profit and greed. Out of that center. Theyre constantly bringing children and girls in this center. I do not trust them with adolescent girls. I do not trust them. And those were the girls that i didnt see. The 13, 14, and 15yearolds. You couldnt get access to them . Though you were demanding to see them, you could not get they would not let you meet with them . I met with girls. 700 girls. But not the 13 or 14 or 15yearolds . No. And thats who i will be going fwook see. Is and these are not all competent minors. Some have been separated from their Family Members as they cross the border. And i said to one just me let me understand. What are you suggesting . Are you suggesting that theyre being separated and kept away from any sort of prying eyes because this is a money making scheme . I mean, what do you fear is happening there . Yes. Thats what i think it is. I think its a money making scheme. Instead of them processing the children out, theyre processing children in. So that they can use a government money to expand this facility which is already t t about the size of three football fields with thousands of children. And every day theyre bringing in new children from the border. So theres no real plan to exit these children out of this facility but theres a real plan to bring them t