Washington, this is meet the press with david gregory. Good sunday morning on a holiday weekend, a lot going on. This humanitarian crisis on children crossing the border is a staggering problem and so are the numbers. Check this out, more than 50,000 children have been caught since october 2013. That is more than double the year before just to give you some sense of how desperate the situation is. Our Miguel Almaguer joins me from murrieta, california, a town thats been a flash point in this story so far. Good morning. Reporter good morning. This is the Holding Facility in murrieta. It is a flash point, a symbol that galvanized two opposite sides. These are the faces of the desperate and scared, just some of the now thousands of unaccompanied minors packed into 100 temporary shelters dotted across the country. Go back home a group of them greeted with anger, some called hate as protesters turned away busloads of california families after they were illegally caught crossing the border.
Political landscape this year. Announcer from nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with david gregory. Good sunday morning on a holiday weekend, a lot going on. This humanitarian crisis on children crossing the border is a staggering problem and so are the numbers. Check this out, more than 50,000 children have been caught since october 2013. That is more than double the year before just to give you some sense of how desperate the situation is. Our Miguel Almaguer joins me from murrieta, california, a town thats been a flash point in this story so far. Good morning. Reporter good morning. This is the Holding Facility in murrieta. It is a flash point, a symbol that galvanized two opposite sides. These are the faces of the desperate and scared, just some of the now thousands of accompanied minors packed into 100 temporary shelters dotted across the country. Go back home a group of them greeted with anger, some called hate as protesters turned away busloads of california familie
Press with david gregory. Good sunday morning on a holiday weekend, a lot going on. This humanitarian crisis on children crossing the border is a staggering problem and so are the numbers. Check this out, more than 50,000 children have been caught since october 2013. That is more than double the year before just to give you some sense of how desperate the situation is. Our Miguel Almaguer joins me from murrieta, california, a town thats been a flash point in this story so far. Good morning. Reporter good morning. This is the Holding Facility in murrieta. It is a flash point, a symbol that galvanized two opposite sides. These are the faces of the desperate and scared, just some of the now thousands of unaccompanied minors packed into 100 temporary shelters dotted across the country. Go back home a group of them greeted with anger, some called hate as protesters turned away busloads of california families after they were illegally caught crossing the border. A journey, this author says i
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One letter was written by a Black soldier fighting for the Union Army to the woman who had enslaved his daughter. Another, written by a Confederate soldier, was pulled off the soldier’s dead body. A sailor, trapped aboard a ship, dashed off a note as Japanese planes were bombing Pearl Harbor. A prisoner of war during World War II scrawled a message on the back of a family photo, shortly before his death. An army sergeant who had pilfered Adolf Hitler’s personal stationery, emblazoned with a swastika, crossed out the name at the top, inserted his own, and penned a letter to his family.
political landscape this year. announcer: from nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with david gregory. good sunday morning on a holiday weekend, a lot going on. this humanitarian crisis on children crossing the border is a staggering problem and so are the numbers. check this out, more than 50,000 children have been caught since october 2013. that is more than double the year before just to give you some sense of how desperate the situation is. our miguel almaguer joins me from murrieta, california, a town that s been a flash point in this story so far. good morning. reporter: good morning. this is the holding facility in murrieta. it is a flash point, a symbol that galvanized two opposite sides. these are the faces of the desperate and scared, just some of the now thousands of unaccompanied minors packed into 100 temporary shelters dotted across the country. go back home! a group of them greeted with anger, some called hate as protesters turned away bu