Rachel Maddow lost her composure during her MSNBC show Tuesday night as she attempted to report on the latest tragic news about the children being held at detention centers after being taken away from their parents.
The show host broke down while reading The Associated Press' report about "tender age" shelters in South Texas that are housing babies and toddlers.
"I think I'm going to have to hand this off," she said through tears before passing the show on to Lawrence O'Donnell, who finished reading the report. "Sorry, that does it for us tonight."
After the show ended, Maddow explained herself online.
"Ugh, I'm sorry. If nothing else, it is my job to actually be able to speak while I'm on TV," she tweeted before transcribing the script she was supposed to read. "Again, I apologize for losing it there for a moment. Not the way I intended that to go, not by a mile."
Lawyers and medical providers described the "tender age" shelters as "play rooms of crying preschool-age children in crisis."
President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions' zero-tolerance policy has caused the separation of more than 2,200 children from their families after crossing the border into the United States.
