that is a major difference so far between the final trump policy and the start of the biden policy. the trump administration was turning away everyone. the biden administration is turning away everyone except for unaccompanied children. democrats would call it a situation. republicans call it a crisis. democrats would counter that with a, yeah, there is a crisis, but the crisis is in the country these children are fleeing. but forget about the fight over the word. here are the facts. right now the united states is approaching 16,000 children held in facilities at the border. this is what one of those facilities looks like in donna, texas. the images provided by democratic congressman henry kualar. another congressman recently visited the facilities. here s how he described them. i wouldn t want my children to be there, but there are doctors and case workers there. president trump dismantled the system, so biden is trying to get it up as quickly as he can, get these childr
commented earlier about it. we are not sitting on a secret dose of supplies. we are focused on getting these out the door as quickly as possible at this point. vice president kamala harris is about to start a listening session with florida leaders at a food bank, making another pitch for the biden administration s nearly $2 trillion relief package. we are covering these stories, here and abroad, and joining us now to start off the coverage this hour, senior white house correspondent for the pbs news hour and msnbc political analyst, and correspondent in mission, texas, and nbc news, senior international correspondent keir simmons. and i ll begin with you at the white house, president biden says he will head to the border to see the situation for himself what is unfolding there and he was also asked about what his administration could do to stop people from making that dangerous trip. watch. what is the message to the migrants telling them to stay home and not to come