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the eclipse already started. reporter: yes, it did. it s about to start in the western part of the country. give me five, you guys. you were amazing. thank you so much for being with us. and craig, so many families like them, they re going to experience this together in this stadium behind me. 15,000 people have poured into carbondale, illinois, and the local businesses here are ex attic. it is estimated the private sector in carbondale will gain almost $20 million just by the influx of tourists and people all around the world who have come here to witness this astronomical event together. all right. we ll come back to you in a moment, as well. my friend and colleague, jeff rossen, is standing by, not far from where we sit here. he s in new york city, on the upper west side. new york city, by the way, expected to get an eclipse of about 70%. but here s the thing, jeff. that doesn t mean that folks should take viewing any less seriously, right? reporter: yeah, you can never l ....
on the border detention centers to try and find some answers. now, every president, every party has left their fingerprints on the state of our immigration system today. the reagan administration s amnesty policy drew widespread backlash and still gives some nservatives pause today. the bush administration had its faults. the administration struggled to handle a spike in migrations amid mass deportations. but at the moment, the current administration is separating families from their children at our bor with mexico, not because of a law, but because this administration has chosen to do so. so far despite nearly 2000 children being separated from their families, what s missing from this story are a flood of images of these young children. it was images of children, after all, that spurred the president to change course in syria. so far, this young toddler has become the face of this policy. stop and look at her for just a moment. and remember that there are thousands thousa ....
thinks the media is cherry-picking these images and the president s aides are actually bringing him pictures showing these detained children smiling and plays games. more on that in a bit. the president has falsely blamed democrats for the situation on the border. he did so again today. i say it s very strongly the democrats fault. they re obstruction. they re obstructionist, and they are obstructing. the united states will not be a migrant camp, and it will not be a refugee-holding facility. it won t be. you look at what s happening in europe. you look at what s happening in other places. we can t allow that to happen to the united states, not on my watch. secretary of homeland security kirstjen nielsen has been the point person to enforce the latest policy, and she has insisted the white house is enforcing the law, a point she made repeatedly in the white i am considering exactly that. if you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you, and that child may be s ....
unprecedented step further in what critics call an effort to is distract the white house now threatening to revoke security clearance from six former top national security officials, all of whom are fierce critics of trump s actions or inactions. these officials have served both democrats and republicans and have decades of experience in intelligence, law or diplomacy. for context, the heads of the intelligence agencies usually keep the security clearances unless there s reason to revoke them. it allows them mpay attentio to this: it allows them to speak openly about matter the. they keep the clearance so if the current administration needs some advice or help, they can talk to them. i want to point out something. sarah sanders was very proud to get up and change the topic because she didn t want to talk about the president s walk-back, disaster in helsinki, all the messes. certainly didn t want to talk about migrant children. but the people she listed, so proud they want ....
putting aside the fact the bible is under our constitution, not the framework to resolve these issues, which the attorney general knows even if the white house spokesperson does not know that. let s look at what else we have here. jeff sessions dismissing all of these concerns from experts and families by saying these migrant children who were ripped from their parents arms are well cared for. this is hhs, health and human servic services. something entirely different from the criminal justice system that they care for these children in a. proper way. they are providing food and education in their native language, health and dental care. we transport them where they want the to go while they are in the country. that is the representation of the trump administration about what they are doing. et we show you that so you can see their version of events. what we are seeing, though, on the ground is very different. here s what s happening inside the casa shelter in texas. childr ....