TONIGHT.
ALSO BREAKING THIS EVENING
THE BORDER CRISIS AND
SITUATION AT DETAINMENT
FACILITIES CALLED OUT BY ONE
OFFICIAL AS TICKING TIME
BOMB.
IN A NEW DHS WATCHDOG
REPORT, TODAY MOVE ON.ORG
ORGANIZED CLOSE THE CAMP
PROTEST IN 180 PLACES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
MOST OF THEM WERE FAIRLY
SMALL.
>> FAMILY SEPARATION IS FOR
TEMPERATURE.
IT IS UNAMERICAN.
AND IT IS ILLEGAL.
>> THIS IS DISGUSTING.
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
WHERE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ARE
UNDER ATTACK.
>> TODAY BRANDON JUDD THE
HEAD OF THE NATIONAL BORDER
PATROL COUNCIL URGING THE
VBP TO RELEASE THE VIDEO OF
THEIR VISIT FROM ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ.
HE WANTS EVERYBODY TO BE
ABLE TO SEE WHAT SHE SAW
WHEN SHE WAS IN THERE.
THE CONGRESSWOMAN SAID THAT
SHE FELT THREATENED BY THE
OFFICERS THERE THEY CLAIM
THE OPPOSITE.
THEY SAY SHE WAS SCREAMING
AT THEM AND HARASSING THEM
WHILE SHE WAS THERE.
I CAN'T UNDERSTATE HOW
DISTURBING IT WAS THAT CBP
OFFICERS WERE OPENLY
DISRESPECTFUL OF THE
CONGRESSIONAL TOUR.
IF OFFICERS FELT COMFORTABLE
VIOLATING THE AGREEMENTS IN
FRONT OF THEIR OWN
MANAGEMENT AND SUPERIORS,
THAT TELLS US THAT THE
AGENCY HAS LOST ALL CONTROL
OF THEIR OWN OFFICERS.
HERE NOW REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN DAN CRENSHAW OF
TEXAS.
CONGRESSMAN, GREAT TO HAVE
YOU WITH US TODAY.
FIRST OF ALL, YOUR REACTION
TO THAT BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN THE CONGRESSWOMAN
AND THESE OFFICERS?
>> IT'S SAD TO SAY.
SHE IS GETTING BOLDER WITH
HER LIES ON THIS.
THIS IS WHAT IS ACTUALLY
HAPPENING.
THIS IS WHAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND.
PEOPLE LIKE AOC ARE
OPERATING OFF OF A FALSE
PREMISE AND DELIBERATELY
DESIGNED TO MISINFORM THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR HER OWN
POLITICAL ENDS.
RIGHT?
REMEMBER, FIRST THERE WAS NO
CRISIS AT ALL.
OKAY?
THEN IT WAS A MANUFACTURED
CRISIS.
THEN IT WAS A CRISIS
COMPLETELY -- CREATED BY
TRUMP.
THEN THERE WERE
CONCENTRATION CAMPS.
THEN PEOPLE ARE NAZIS.
NOW SHE IS SAYING THAT
BORDER PATROL AGENTS
HARASSED HER AND FORCED
MIGRANTS TO DRINK OUT OF
TWOILTS?
THIS IS INSANITY.
THIS IS NOT TRUE.
THERE IS NO ONE ELSE
CORROBORATING THIS KIND
OF -- THESE KIND OF REPORTS.
AND, YET, SHE IS USING TO TO
TRY AND MAKE HER CASE THAT
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY
ENFORCEMENT.
AND THAT WE SHOULD HAVE OPEN
BORDERS.
THIS IS REALLY DISHONEST
BEHAVIOR FROM A MEMBER OF
CONGRESS AND I HONESTLY
CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
>> Martha: CORY BOOKER SAID
ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING
TODAY THAT HE WANTS NO
HOLDING FACILITIES ALONG THE
BORDER.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE
THEY THINK EVERYBODY IS
GOING TO GO OR HOW THAT'S
GOING TO WORK?
JOAQUIN CASTRO ALSO RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT.
HE TOOK A VIDEO WHEN HE WAS
IN THERE.
LET'S PUT THAT UP.
HE SAID THIS MOMENT CAPTURES
WHAT IT IS LIKE FOR THE
WOMEN WHO ARE IN CUSTODY
THERE I'M SORRY, THIS IS
REPRESENTATIVE JOAQUIN
CASTRO WHO IS NOT RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT.
BUT IS A REPRESENTATIVE.
HE TOOK THIS VIDEO WHEN HE
WAS IN THERE OBVIOUSLY THESE
ARE VERY CROWD CONDITIONS.
PUT UP THE DHS PHOTOS
RELEASED BY THE WATCHDOG
AGENCY.
AND THESE ARE CLEARLY,
CONGRESSMAN CRENSHAW, VERY
OVERCROWDED, VERY UNTENABLE
SITUATIONS.
>> OF COURSE.
AND THESE DEMOCRATS NEED TO
HAVE A REASONABLE, LOGICAL
CONVERSATION, ENGAGE IN SOME
PROBLEM-SOLVING AND THEN
OFFER AN ACTUAL SOLUTION.
WHAT THEY'RE REALLY DOING IS
TRYING TO STAND ON THEIR
MORAL HIGH HORSE AND SLING
ARROWS AT EVERYBODY ELSE
WHILE NOT OFFERING A
SOLUTION.
LET'S NOT FORGET THEY FOUGHT
US TOOTH AND NAIL AGAINST
THAT $4.5 MILLION OF
HUMANITARIAN AID THAT THE
PRESIDENT NEEDED, THAT DHS
NEEDED THAT HHS NEEDED IN
ORDER TO BETTER CONDITIONS
AT THESE FACILITIES.
THEY FOUGHT US FOR MONTHS ON
THIS.
THEY SAID THERE WAS NO
CRISIS.
WE ASKED FOR A VOTE IN THE
HOUSE 17 TIMES.
THEY REFUSED TO DO IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY.
CASTRO PUTS THIS VIDEO OUT.
AOC TALKS ABOUT THESE
THINGS.
I DON'T SEE THEM OFFERING UP
ANY SPACE IN THEIR OWN
HOMES.
THEY ARE NOT OFFERING A
BETTER SOLUTION.
THEY ARE NOT SAYING WHY
DON'T WE PUT THEM ALL UP AT
A HOTEL?
THEY DON'T SAY THAT WHAT
THEY REALLY WANT IS NO
ENFORCEMENT.
THIS IS THE CRUX OF IT.
THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT
THE ACTUAL PROBLEM IS WHICH
IS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE COMING ACROSS AN
OVERWHELMING OUR SYSTEM.
OKAY?
AND THEN THEY HAVE TO ANSWER
THE QUESTION SHOULD WE HAVE
A SYSTEM AT ALL?
AND THEY SAY NO.
WELL WHAT IS THE POINT OF
EVEN HAVING A BORDER?
WHY EVEN HAVE CUSTOM AGENTS
AT AIRPORTS IF WE ARE NOT
GOING TO ENFORCE ANY KIND OF
MANAGEMENT OVER WHO COMES IN
AND OUT OF OUR COUNTRY.
THEY DON'T WANT TO ANSWER
THESE TOUGH QUESTIONS IN THE
END THEY WANT OPEN BORDERS.
>> Martha: I ASKED BERNIE
SANDERS IN THE TOWN HALL WE
DID WHERE DOES HE THINK WE
SHOULD PUT THESE INDIVIDUALS
AND SUGGESTED THE
POSSIBILITY THAT HAVING
TALKED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
THEY SHOULD GO TO CITIES
THAT ARE VERY OPEN TO
IMMIGRANTS OR SOMETIMES
CALLED SANCTUARY CITIES?
HE SAID THAT WAS RIDICULOUS.
THIS WAS A SILLY QUESTION.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THESE
PEOPLE.
THIS ISN'T A SILLY QUESTION.
THEY NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE.
YOU RAISED AN INTERESTING
POINT.
WHY DON'T THEY ALLOW MORE
PRIVATE DONATION AND, YOU
KNOW, CHARITABLE
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTRY
TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS?
CAN YOU ANSWER THAT BRIEFLY
FOR ME IF YOU COULD?
>> YES.
AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THAT UP.
WE JUST SUBMITTED A LETTER
TODAY TO DHS WITH BIPARTISAN
COSIGNERS ASKING THIS EXACT
QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN
LAWS THAT GET IN THE WAY OF
PRIVATE DONATIONS TO
GOVERNMENT.
IN THE CASE OF HUMANITARIAN
AID IT SHOULD BE LEGAL AND
ACCEPTING THESE KIND OF
DONATIONS.
AMERICANS DO WANT TO HELP.
WE ARE A GENEROUS COUNTRY
AND WE DO WANT TO HELP.
MAKE IT EASIER AND GET THE
RESOURCES THAT WE NEED DOWN
THERE AND HELP OUR --
INSTEAD OF DEMONIZING OUR
MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK AT
DHS, LET'S HELP THEM.
>> Martha: AOC BLASTED
WAYFAIR THE FURNITURE
COMPANY BECAUSE THEY WANTED
TO DO A CONTRACT FOR 1800
BEDS WHICH WOULD CERTAINLY
ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE
PROBABLE WHERE PEOPLE COULD
SLEEP.
GO FIGURE.
>> IT'S COGNITIVE
DISSIDENCE.
SHE DOESN'T WANT THEM TO
HAVE BEDS?
>> NO.
SHE DOESN'T APPARENTLY.
>> THAT'S A SOLUTION?
>> Martha: BECAUSE THE
CORPORATE, THE COMPANY IS TO
BLAME.
ANYWAY, CONGRESSMAN, ALWAYS
GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US
TONIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR