SO MUCH THAT SHE LEFT THE
RESTAURANT.
CONGRESSMAN ROGER
WILLIAMS OF TEXAS, WE KNOW THIS
HAS BECOME QUITE EMOTIONAL
PARTICULARLY IN PLACES LIKE
TEXAS WHERE YOU'RE RIGHT THERE
AT THE BORDER, WHAT'S YOUR
REACTION TO THE OUTRAGE?
>> THERE'S A LOT OF ANGER OUT
THERE AND IT'S ASHAME AND PEOPLE
ARE PASSIONATE ON BOTH SIDES AND
THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
WE IN CONGRESS FIX THIS, COME UP
WITH A SOLUTION AND TRY TO TONE
THE ANGER DOWN.
IT'S NOT A GOOD THING RIGHT NOW.
>> CONGRESSMAN, IT'S ADAM
SHAPIRO, CAN YOU DO THIS WITHOUT
DEMOCRATS, PAS ONE OF THE BILLS
WITHOUT DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT?
>> WELL, REALISTICALLY PROBABLY
NOT.
IT'S A SHAME.
IT WILL BE BIPARTISAN ISSUE.
WE HAVE TWO BILLS OUT THERE.
WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.
BUT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO
REQUIRE SOME DEMOCRATIC
ASSISTANCE BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN
GET IT DONE WITH 18 VOTES ON OUR
SIDE.
>> ANY INDICATION OF DEMOCRATS
WHO ARE WILLING NO JOIN YOU?
>> I THINK WE ARE NOT THAT FAR
ALONG.
WE ARE STILL IN THE AS YOU CALL
THE NEGOTIATION STAGE FOR
ANYBODY TO COMMIT THAT THEY BE
WITH IT.
BUT WE NEED TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT
BOTH BILLS OR OTHER BILLS WOULD
LOOK LIKE AND THEN GET ON WITH
IT.
DAGEN: I WILL MENTION ONE
PROMINENT DEMOCRAT, THAT'S CHUCK
SCHUMER, HE DISMISSED
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL BACKED BY
REPUBLICAN LEADERS THAT WOULD
KEEP IMMIGRANT FAMILIES TOGETHER
AT THE BORDER.
HE SAYS PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN FIX
THIS WITH THIS PEN, THIS IS
POLICY THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE
WHITE HOUSE, TRUMP SHOULD FIX
IT, WE SHOULD KEEP THE FOCUS ON
TRUMP.
SO WHAT IS HE SAYING?
HE'S SAYING THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT
THE CHILDREN, IT'S ABOUT
POLITICS, IT'S ABOUT MAKING
PRESIDENT TRUMP LOOK AS BAD AS
POSSIBLE.
I'M NOT ARGUING -- THE POLICY
AND THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN
IMPLEMENTED, ZERO TOLERANCE
POLICY IS SEPARATING CHILDREN --
SOME CHILDREN FROM THEIR
FAMILIES AND PARENTS BUT, AGAIN,
SENATOR SCHUMER, IT'S NOT ABOUT
THE KIDS, IT'S ABOUT PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND KEEPING THE OUTRAGE
AGENDA.
MARIA: DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT,
CONGRESSMAN?
>> I AGREE.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS
THAT DO NOT WANT THE PRESIDENT
TO SUCCEED EVEN THOUGH THAT
WOULD HELP AMERICA SUCCEED AND
IT'S DRIVEN BY THAT RIGHT NOW
AND I THINK YOU'RE TOTALLY RIGHT
AND SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO FIX THAT.
NOW AS REPUBLICANS, HOPEFULLY WE
CAN GET IT DONE OURSELVES AND
BEGIN TO DRIVE LEGISLATION, FIX
THIS PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE AT THE
BORDER.
MARIA: LET ME ASK YOU THIS,
GOVERNORS FROM 8 STATES ARE NOW
ANNOUNCING THEY WILL WITHHOLD OR
WITHDRAW NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS
FROM THE SOUTHWEST BORDER AMONG
THEM TWO REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS,
THEY ARE FACING REELECTION THIS
FALL IN MARYLAND AND
MASSACHUSETTS, SO WHAT ABOUT
THAT DECISION TO RECALL THEIR
NATIONAL GUARD IN PROTEST?
>> WELL, I THINK THEY CAN MAKE
THAT DECISION.
I THINK IT'S THE WRONG DECISION.
WE STILL HAVE TO DEFEND BORDERS
OF AMERICA IN TEXAS, GOVERNOR
ABBOTT, WE HAVE COMMITTED OVER A
THOUSAND OF NATIONAL GUARD TO BE
ON THE BORDER.
I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO
DO.
WE'VE GOT ISSUES DOWN THERE THAT
NOT ONLY THINGS WE SEE ON TV
LATELY, BUT WE HAVE DRUG ISSUES
AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE
ADDRESSED AT THE BORDERS.
LEE: CONGRESSMAN, THIS IS LEE
CARTER, I MADE A MISTAKE AND
SAID THIS IS GOING TO HELP
DEMOCRATS IN THE MIDTERMS, I
REALLY THINK WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN IS THIS --
DAGEN: YOU SAID IT WAS GOING TO
HURT -- HELP DEMOCRATS.
>> IT'S GOING TO HELP DEMOCRATS
AND HURT REPUBLICANS AND SO MY
QUESTION TO YOU, AS YOU ENTER
THE MIDTERMS, YOU'RE SAYING THAT
YOU'RE IN EARLY STAGES RIGHT NOW
OF FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO TO
RECONCILE THIS, THE LEVEL OF
ANGER, THE LEVEL OF OUTRAGE OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE RIGHT NOW,
REPUBLICANS WHO I HAVE BEEN
POLLING AND TALKING TO ARE
SAYING, THIS IS TOO MUCH, WE
HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE
AND WE NEED TO DO IT QUICKLY.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RESPOND
QUICKLY SO THIS DOESN'T BECOME
AN ISSUE THAT'S GOING TO KEEP
REPUBLICANS FROM TAKING --
KEEPING THE HOUSE IN THE
MIDTERMS?
>> WELL, I THINK IT IS AN ISSUE,
WE ARE UP HERE TO MAKE -- IN
MANY CASES TO MAKE LEGISLATION,
DO THE RIGHT THING, I'M A
BUSINESS PERSON AND I'M USED TO
DO IT NOW.
I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT
NOW, WE CAN ADDRESS IT NOW.
WE CAN PASS LEGISLATION I THINK
THAT STAYS WITH THE LETTER OF
THE LAW AND ALSO CAN -- AND THE
CHILDREN'S ISSUE KEEP THE
CHILDREN WITH THEIR PARENTS.
I'M A FATHER, NOBODY LIKES TO
SEE WHAT WE SEE BUT WE DO HAVE
TO SUPPORT THE LETTER OF THE LAW
AND FIND A WAY TO KEEP THESE
CHILDREN WITH THEIR FAMILY AND I
THINK THEN WE CAN BEGIN TO HAVE
A PROGRAM THAT PEOPLE SEE THAT'S
WORKING, HEAVEN SAKE'S WE WERE
IN NORTH KOREA LAST WEEK AND WE
DON'T HEAR ABOUT THAT ANYMORE.
>> CONGRESSMAN, IT'S ADAM AGAIN,
IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO WHAT'S
BREWING IN THE SENATE TO JUST
DEAL WITH THE FAMILY SITUATION,
PASS SPECIFIC LEGISLATION TO HOW
WE HOUSE THESE FAMILIES GOING
FORWARD AND SEPARATE THAT ISSUE
FROM AN OVERALL IMMIGRATION BILL
AND DEAL WITH THAT AFTER THE
FACT?
IS THAT SOMETHING THE HOUSE
WOULD EVEN BE OPEN TO DOING?
>> WELL, POSSIBLY, I'M ALWAYS
FEARFUL THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
THINGS AFTER THE FACT OR THE
NEXT TEN YEARS OR WHATEVER IT
SEEMS LIKE IT NEVER COMES.
WE NEED TO -- WE NEED TO PASS
LEGISLATION THAT ADDRESSINGS
OTHER THINGS TOO LIKE AMNESTY
AND PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP,
CHAIN MIGRATION AND THAT SORT OF
THING AND PASS IT AND, YOU KNOW,
IF WE CAN GET THAT DONE
INCLUDING THE FACT THAT THESE
CHILDREN ARE NOT BEING SEPARATED
FROM FAMILIES, LET'S GET IT DONE
NOW AND INSTEAD OF MOVING DOWN
THE ROAD BECAUSE OTHER THINGS
WILL COME UP.
WE CAN CONTROL THIS BATTLE, WE
CAN CONTROL WHAT WE SEE ON TV
AND GET IT DONE, IT'S THE RIGHT
THING TO DO.
MARIA: COUNTY MUSICIAN WILLY
NELSON TO JOIN PRESIDENT TRUMP
ON TOUR, VISIT TO BORDER
DETENTION CENTER.
LET'S GO TOGETHER TO, QUOTE,
BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S
HAPPENING DOWN THERE.
THE PRESIDENT IS BEING ACCOSTED
FROM ALL ANGLES AT THIS POINT
OVER THIS, CONGRESSMAN, WHAT
SHOULD HE DO?
>> WELL, IF HE WANTED TO GO DOWN
TO TEXAS, I'M FORMER SECRETARY
OF STATE IN TEXAS AND DEALT WITH
ALL THE BORDER ISSUES AND IT CAN
BE EYE-OPENER IF YOU HAVEN'T
BEEN DOWN THERE AND SEE WHAT
IT'S LIKE, SO IF THE PRESIDENT
WANTED TO GO DOWN AND THERE I
THINK WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE
PRESIDENT ON THE BORDER IN TEXAS
AND LET HIM SEE FIRSTHAND.
I MEAN, I THINK HE KNOWS WHAT'S