The need to do something about children being separated from their families at the border is reaching critical mass.  The President has demanded that congress act and change the law so that the separations do not have to occur.  In turn, there are many lawmakers that are proposing bills to handle the situation.  Some are more narrow and others more comprehensive.  Haley Britzky, reporter for Axios, joins us to talk about the latest bills aimed at solving the current situation.

And in a surreal moment at the White House Press briefing where Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Neilson was defending the practice, a reporter played audio obtained by Pro Publica of crying children who had just been separated from their parents. We will speak to that reporter, Olivia Nuzzi, about playing the audio and reaction from the room.

Finally, as the president has called for the creation of a Space Force, we will bring you another space related story. A woman has sued NASA to keep a vial of moon dust gifted to her by Neil Armstrong. It’s a fun story and we will speak to Mark Kaufman, science reporter at Mashable for all the detail

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