Hi everyone, it's Michael. There's been some questions about our decision not to run excerpts from a

Times interview with Stephen Miller, the White House advisor, as we had planned to do in this episode.

Some further context. My colleagues Julie Davis and Michael Sheer interviewed Miller as part of

their reporting for a print story on the White House's current practice of separating parents and

children at the border. They had recorded it for fact checking purposes and it was only after the

story was published, with on the record quotes from Miller that the Daily requested to air the audio

as part of an interview with Julie about her reporting. The White House objected because the

terms of the original interview had not included its use on the Daily. We recognized that the ground

rules for the interview were not clear and so we made a decision not to use the audio. There was

much discussion about this decision and we took it very seriously. From the New York Times, I'm Michael

Barbaro. This is the Daily. Today President Trump continues to blame Democrats for his

administration's practice of separating parents and children at the border.

So why is one of his top eights, Stephen Miller, claiming credit?

It's Tuesday, June 19th.

I have put in place a zero tolerance policy for illegal entry on our southwest border. If you

cross the southwest border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you. It's that simple.

Children are being separated from the parents at the border at an accelerated rate because of a new

zero tolerance policy being implemented by the Trump administration. The associated press reports

between April 19th and May 31st, nearly 2000 children were separated from their parents.

The White House says the goal is to deter illegal border crossings, but Democrats say

family separation is inhumane and want it to end.

I'm down, boys. I'm going to call the police.

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