WEBVTT 00:01.102 --> 00:02.002 TROUBLING IMAGES OF OVERCROWDED SHELTERS ON THE BORDER. 00:02.003 --> 00:02.769 OVERCROWDED SHELTERS ON THE BORDER. OUR GEOFF BENNETT HAS 00:02.803 --> 00:04.470 ON THE BORDER. OUR GEOFF BENNETT HAS THAT STORY. 00:04.472 --> 00:07.107 OUR GEOFF BENNETT HAS THAT STORY. >> Reporter: ACTING 00:07.141 --> 00:07.841 THAT STORY. >> Reporter: ACTING HOMELAND SECURITY 00:07.875 --> 00:08.608 >> Reporter: ACTING HOMELAND SECURITY CHIEF KEVIN MACK 00:08.609 --> 00:10.710 HOMELAND SECURITY CHIEF KEVIN MACK LEINONEN TAKING HEAT 00:10.744 --> 00:11.477 CHIEF KEVIN MACK LEINONEN TAKING HEAT OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S 00:11.512 --> 00:12.512 LEINONEN TAKING HEAT OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION POLICIES, 00:12.513 --> 00:13.580 OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION POLICIES, INCLUDING THE 00:13.581 --> 00:14.214 IMMIGRATION POLICIES, INCLUDING THE SEPARATION OF 00:14.248 --> 00:14.981 INCLUDING THE SEPARATION OF IMMIGRANT CHILDREN 00:15.016 --> 00:15.815 SEPARATION OF IMMIGRANT CHILDREN FROM THEIR FAMILIES. 00:15.850 --> 00:17.350 IMMIGRANT CHILDREN FROM THEIR FAMILIES. >> THE DAMAGE THE 00:17.385 --> 00:18.118 FROM THEIR FAMILIES. >> THE DAMAGE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 00:18.152 --> 00:20.487 >> THE DAMAGE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS INFLICTED AND IS 00:20.521 --> 00:23.189 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS INFLICTED AND IS CONTINUING TO INFLICT 00:23.191 --> 00:23.924 HAS INFLICTED AND IS CONTINUING TO INFLICT WILL IMPACT THESE 00:23.925 --> 00:25.525 CONTINUING TO INFLICT WILL IMPACT THESE CHILDREN FOR THE REST 00:25.527 --> 00:27.828 WILL IMPACT THESE CHILDREN FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. 00:27.862 --> 00:29.096 CHILDREN FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. >> I HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED 00:29.130 --> 00:30.330 OF THEIR LIVES. >> I HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THIS INITIATIVE, WHILE 00:30.331 --> 00:31.698 >> I HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THIS INITIATIVE, WHILE WELL INTENDED, LOST 00:31.699 --> 00:32.532 THIS INITIATIVE, WHILE WELL INTENDED, LOST THE PUBLIC TRUST AND 00:32.567 --> 00:33.299 WELL INTENDED, LOST THE PUBLIC TRUST AND PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS 00:33.334 --> 00:34.034 THE PUBLIC TRUST AND PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS RIGHT TO END IT. 00:34.068 --> 00:34.835 PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS RIGHT TO END IT. >> Reporter: HE 00:34.836 --> 00:35.669 RIGHT TO END IT. >> Reporter: HE DEFENDED HIS AGENCY, 00:35.703 --> 00:37.304 >> Reporter: HE DEFENDED HIS AGENCY, PINNING THE BLAME ON 00:37.305 --> 00:37.838 DEFENDED HIS AGENCY, PINNING THE BLAME ON CONGRESS. 00:37.872 --> 00:39.039 PINNING THE BLAME ON CONGRESS. HE SAYS FOR NOT 00:39.040 --> 00:40.107 CONGRESS. HE SAYS FOR NOT PROVIDING MORE MONEY 00:40.141 --> 00:41.508 HE SAYS FOR NOT PROVIDING MORE MONEY AND NOT TACKLING LAWS 00:41.509 --> 00:43.744 PROVIDING MORE MONEY AND NOT TACKLING LAWS HE SAYS INCENTIVIZE 00:43.745 --> 00:44.645 AND NOT TACKLING LAWS HE SAYS INCENTIVIZE MIGRANTS TO COME TO 00:44.646 --> 00:45.212 HE SAYS INCENTIVIZE MIGRANTS TO COME TO THE U.S. 00:45.213 --> 00:46.013 MIGRANTS TO COME TO THE U.S. >> YOU FEEL LIKE YOU 00:46.014 --> 00:47.147 THE U.S. >> YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, 00:47.182 --> 00:47.648 >> YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, RIGHT? 00:47.649 --> 00:48.548 ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, RIGHT? >> WE ARE DOING OUR 00:48.550 --> 00:49.716 RIGHT? >> WE ARE DOING OUR LEVEL BEST IN A -- 00:49.751 --> 00:50.851 >> WE ARE DOING OUR LEVEL BEST IN A -- >> WHAT DOES THAT 00:50.885 --> 00:51.351 LEVEL BEST IN A -- >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 00:51.353 --> 00:52.152 >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN 00:52.153 --> 00:53.887 MEAN? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN A CHILD IS 00:53.922 --> 00:56.056 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN A CHILD IS SITTING IN THEIR OWN 00:56.091 --> 00:56.557 WHEN A CHILD IS SITTING IN THEIR OWN FECES? 00:56.558 --> 00:57.525 SITTING IN THEIR OWN FECES? CAN’T TAKE A SHOWER? 00:57.559 --> 00:59.126 FECES? CAN’T TAKE A SHOWER? COME ON, MAN. 00:59.127 --> 00:59.827 CAN’T TAKE A SHOWER? COME ON, MAN. >> Reporter: THE 00:59.828 --> 01:01.762 COME ON, MAN. >> Reporter: THE HEARING COMES DAYS 01:01.797 --> 01:02.563 >> Reporter: THE HEARING COMES DAYS AFTER VICE PRESIDENT 01:02.564 --> 01:04.432 HEARING COMES DAYS AFTER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE TOURED A 01:04.466 --> 01:06.133 AFTER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE TOURED A MIGRANT FACILITY IN 01:06.134 --> 01:07.835 MIKE PENCE TOURED A MIGRANT FACILITY IN McALLEN, TEXAS, 01:07.836 --> 01:09.169 MIGRANT FACILITY IN McALLEN, TEXAS, ENCOUNTERING 400 MEN 01:09.204 --> 01:10.537 McALLEN, TEXAS, ENCOUNTERING 400 MEN CRAMMED IN CAGES, SOME 01:10.572 --> 01:13.874 ENCOUNTERING 400 MEN CRAMMED IN CAGES, SOME COMPLAINING OF HUNGER. 01:13.909 --> 01:14.608 CRAMMED IN CAGES, SOME COMPLAINING OF HUNGER. OTHERS SAYING THEY 01:14.642 --> 01:15.942 COMPLAINING OF HUNGER. OTHERS SAYING THEY HADN’T SHOURD INWERED IN 01:15.944 --> 01:16.477 OTHERS SAYING THEY HADN’T SHOURD INWERED IN WEEKS. 01:16.478 --> 01:17.277 HADN’T SHOURD INWERED IN WEEKS. >> THIS WOULD NOT BE 01:17.279 --> 01:18.979 WEEKS. >> THIS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED AS A KENNEL 01:19.013 --> 01:19.546 >> THIS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED AS A KENNEL FOR DOGS. 01:19.581 --> 01:20.381 ALLOWED AS A KENNEL FOR DOGS. IT’S UNACCEPTABLE AND 01:20.415 --> 01:21.349 FOR DOGS. IT’S UNACCEPTABLE AND IT HAS TO CHANGE. 01:21.383 --> 01:22.182 IT’S UNACCEPTABLE AND IT HAS TO CHANGE. >> THERE IS NO ONE IN 01:22.217 --> 01:23.684 IT HAS TO CHANGE. >> THERE IS NO ONE IN THIS ROOM THAT IS 01:23.685 --> 01:25.286 >> THERE IS NO ONE IN THIS ROOM THAT IS WARNED MORE OFTEN OR 01:25.287 --> 01:26.521 THIS ROOM THAT IS WARNED MORE OFTEN OR MORE STRIDENTLY ABOUT 01:26.554 --> 01:27.487 WARNED MORE OFTEN OR MORE STRIDENTLY ABOUT THE OVERCROWDING AND 01:27.489 --> 01:28.389 MORE STRIDENTLY ABOUT THE OVERCROWDING AND CONDITIONS IN THE 01:28.423 --> 01:29.156 THE OVERCROWDING AND CONDITIONS IN THE FACILITY THAN ME. 01:29.190 --> 01:29.990 CONDITIONS IN THE FACILITY THAN ME. >> Reporter: HE SAYS 01:30.024 --> 01:31.525 FACILITY THAN ME. >> Reporter: HE SAYS THE EFFORTS TO REDUCE 01:31.560 --> 01:31.692 >> Reporter: HE SAYS THE EFFORTS TO REDUCE OVERCROWDING ARE