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u.s. president joe biden and his likely challenger for the white house donald trump are at the u.s.-mexico border as immigration looks to be a key issue in the run-up to november's election. an unprecedented number of migrant crossings, 2.5 million last year, is a major challenge to mr. biden's efforts to win a second term and prevent a comeback by mr. trump. former president trump traveled to eagle pass. mr. trump inspected a heavily fortified stretch of the rio grande river. he was joined by republican governor greg abbott who deployed national guard troops to the border along with barbed wire and buoys in the river, a move the white house that was illegal. the former president repeated that the situation with the border is a threat to national security and is joe biden's fault. >> the entire columns of

fighting aged men and they are all at a certain age and you look at them and you say, they look warriors to me and now the united states is being overrun by the biden migrant crime, it is a new form of vicious violation to our country. it is migrant crime. we call it biden migrant crime, but that is a little bit long. >> now president joe biden talked about the discussions he has had with workers along the border. >> i just received a briefing from the border patrol at the border as well as immigration enforcement and they are doing incredible work under really tough conditions. they told me what you already know and we already know. they desperately need more resources. say it again, they desperately need more resources. they need more agents, officers, judges, more equipment in order to secure our border. >> go right to our correspondent standing by arco eagle pass, texas.

very good to see you. take us through these competing visits by jill biden and donald trump aimed to achieve today. >> well, what they both do is put this issue right at the heart at the moment of the coming election campaign. that is because as we know american voters are putting immigration in the top tubing dominant issues along with the economy that they are concerned about in the run-up to the november vote. donald trump is still in shelby park in eagle pass behind me. you've heard him talking earlier about his embrace of greg abbott, the republican governor of texas, who has basically taken over this past with the state-controlled national guard troops. there is basically a makeshift checkpoint where we have seen these troops controlling a gate and not allowing in the federally controlled border

patrol who have the right according to the federal government, they control this border, it is their authority, but we have had the standoff between the republican-controlled national guard controlled by governor abbott and mr. biden's administration and that is developing into something of a standoff here. mr. trump was very much here to try to exploit that. you heard him talk about in the language of war, he has called this an invasion. he talked about warriors and fighting age men crossing the border in most cases without any evidence at all, but he wants the voters to connect those issues in their mind. meanwhile, president biden in brownsville, the message was about compromise, but what this is implicitly is blame on the republicans in congress because he is saying they are tying his hands blocking him from getting more powers to control the border.

nobody denies that the system for processing migrants in the usa is broken. the courts are completely overwhelmed because of the numbers crossing the border in the last couple of years. the issue is about how to fix it. and that is where you see this issue becoming a political football. >> in eagle pass, what has the impact of immigration been? >> well, at eagle pass in the last two years there have been record numbers crossing. this was one of the hotspots along with the rest of the border, but what we have seen over the last month is the numbers very much dropping here. what some locals would say it is because of the razor wire and buoys, but many democrats say it was the visit by secretary of state antony blinken to mexico that caused mexican authorities to prevent movement toward this part of the border. it may be a mix. in the end, this is about a global movement of people, the

biggest displacement of people due to conflict and instability, since the second world war and a jobs cap in america since the pandemic that is drawing people to the country. >> thank you so much. for morongo road this story we can speak to a former chief of staff for customs and enforcement. i want to start with these visits by president biden and the former president. what do you think this achieves or what impact do you think it has actually? >> thank you for having me this evening. the visits themselves are illustrating the need for resources for the immigration system in the united states as we are seeing bipartisan support in understanding that the system is broken. i think what the visits to the border highlight is that the border is a symptom of that broken immigration system

itself. additionally, it is highlighting the extreme volume of migrants we are seeing coming to the southern border being pushed out of their homes. >> we have seen the politics. alejandra mayorkas was impeached in a republican led movement. we have seen former president donald trump and many republicans saying it is joe biden's fault that the border is open and that is not secure at the moment. do you agree with that assessment? >> absolutely not. the border is more secure than it has ever been. it needs more resources. >> if i could just jump in and ask you because december saw this largest number of crossings that the u.s. had ever recorded in that one month. how is it that the border is more secure than ever? >> it is complicated as the

president pointed out. would border patrol and ice have been able to do is to move those high-volume of migrants away from the border and allowing border patrol and ice to focus sooner the national security public safety mission across the border. i think the one thing that i challenge anyone to understand is the extreme situations that many of these migrants are leaving from their homes and the chaotic issues that we are seeing across the western hemisphere. you see large volumes of haitians and cubans and venezuelans and colombians leaving their homes. it is the mission of border patrol to move those individuals into the asylum process and

focus of a security issues. >> we have seen republicans and democrats say the current immigration and asylum systems are broken. president biden expected at some point to take executive action. what would you like to see him do? >> specifically what the president is challenging both congress to take action. immigration starts when an immigrant decides to make that dangerous journey and it ends years later as the asylum process itself is broken due to the volume. what really needs to be focused to know right now is continuing to build the capacity along the border and bring migrants into our communities being productive noncitizens working in our communities and being very productive in our communities

and i think building that capacity across the country to move people through that process is critical and it is what the president's focused to know. >> given the political divide over immigration, are you confident there is the political will to do what needs to be done? >> know, but that's going to be a very challenging issue between now and the election, but it is wonderful to see that the president is beginning to drive and lead along with secretary mayorkas who know some of these issues illustrating this is not just a border issue, that this is an asylum issue and there are major challenges across the immigration system and i believe the president will continue to articulate that and hopefully we will see bipartisan compromise and solutions. >> thank you so much for joining us in the world news america.

more than 110 palestinians have been killed while trying to get essential aid arco north gaza. witnesses say a large number of people approached a convoy trying to get food. food is scarce in gaza and aid agencies warned that many are enduring starvation. the israeli military said the soldiers said the crowd posed a threat. trucks in the convoy moved forward in the chaos that followed. one witness said many of the deaths were caused by people being run over. the incident could put cease-fire talks in jeopardy. u.s. president joe biden spoke with qatari and egyptian leaders today on a temporary cease-fire in exchange for the release of hostages held by hamas. biden called the incident tragic and alarming and see said it thinks will complicate negotiations. >> hundred civilians were killed.

>> we are checking that out right now. i don't have an answer yet. >> a spokesman for the you and chief said he condemned the incident, adding the desperate civilians in gaza need urgent help, including those in the besieged north where the united nations has not been able to deliver aid in more than a week. this report from jerusalem and you may find the images upsetting. >> a hunger created by war made this tragedy. that is a fundamental fact of what happened today. the dead and wounded were starving people simply hoping to feed their families. i am one of the wounded, this man said. we were there all day to get food for their children. they said we brought aid, but we paid with our blood.

thousands had gathered in the predawn darkness. they had heard trucks were coming with aid. there were farmers, mechanics, our bbc cameramen, teachers, doctors. >> [speaking foreign-language] >> and israeli drone filmed people crowding the aid trucks. he does a striking depiction of human desperation. israel says most of the casualties were trampled or knocked over by trucks as drivers tried to flee the chaos, but the military says its troops opened fire when a crowd posed a threat to soldiers. it isn't yet possible to clarify how many of the dead were shot and how many were crushed. watch this man crawling along

the ground away from the food convoy. hospitals in northern gaza say they treated many gunshot wounds. >> we went back to get our aid after they stop shooting. >> this survivor was shot and run over. >> by the time i got flour and canned goods, they shot at us. they shot me on the truck driver left and ran over my leg. >> this incident comes who know a day when gaza marks a reported 30,000 deaths since the war began over four months ago. there is the dying that happens in the open and suddenly. and there is the hunger silently attacking life. go to the intensive care units in the hospitals of the north and there are babies with signs

of severe malnutrition. >> this child is suffering from severe dehydration due to lack of milk. his mom breast-feeds him but she hasn't eaten and there is no artificial milk. he was rescued from the rubble when he was one month old. he lost 24 members of his family. >> the child here died as our cameraman was filming. serious medical conditions exacerbated by hunger. a baby girl born in war died in war. nearby, others struggle to know. bbc, jerusalem. >> russia's president vladimir putin's warning western nations not to deploy troops to ukraine. he made those comments in his annual state of the union address. france's president said he won't rule out sending western soldiers to ukraine to help kyiv

repel the invasion, but mr. putin warned rhetoric could lead to tragic consequences including nuclear war. he also told russians at the country's military has the initiative and that troops are advancing. our moscow correspondent was in the audience and send this report. ♪ >> it was president putin's 19th state of the union address. and he used it to send this warning to western nations. don't send your troops to ukraine. >> they need to understand once and for all that we have weapons too that can strike targets who know their territory. and everything they think up and scare the world with risks a nuclear conflict and the end of civilization. >> regarding russia, he pledged to reduce poverty, boost the

birth rate, and raise incomes. well, there is an election coming up. the kremlin clearly wanted russians to see the speech. it was shown live uno billboards -- on billboards, even in some cinemas. although this moscow movie house wasn't exactly overflowing. putin and popcorn, not an obvious combo. this address was part campaign speech, part state of the nation, and state of the world as vladimir putin sees it with warnings to the west and promises to his people that life will get better if he stays in the kremlin. as for the current wave of repression in russia and the intensifying crackdown on dissent, there was no mention of that. and the audience, russian mps and senators, had little to say about the death in prison of the country's most famous opposition leader. are you not concerned about the state of the nation or its reputation after the death of

alexei navalny? >> i'm ready to comment on the message that was delivered but not a no other issues so thank you. >> the president also has stayed silent on mr. navalny's death. alexei navalny is expected to be buried tomorrow at this moscow cemetery. his allies have accused russian authorities of blocking their plans for a public memorial service for him. as for the kremlin, the choreography here send a clear message, that on russia's political stage, there is only room for one man. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. >> ok, let's take a look at some other headlines from around the world. many junior doctors on strike in south korea refused to return to work despite the government threatening to take legal action

and revoke their medical licenses. three quarters of the country's junior doctors are protesting. the junior doctors say training more doctors could lower the quality of a medical school education and reduce pay. the former u.s. ambassador to bolivia says he will plead guilty to charges that he served as an agenof the cuban government. he was charged in december and initially pleaded not guilty. evidenced again tim -- against him included recordings of him confessing working for cuba for decades. in opposition leader in chad has been killed in a shootout with security forces. he was a critic of chad's military leader. the government blamed him for a deadly attack on the internal security agency wednesday, which he denied having a part in. gunfire was heard near his party headquarters after the attack on the government office.

a journalists group in afghanistan says the taliban rulers have warned that if female journalists do not cover their faces on television, women could be banned from the media altogether. the message was conveyed to media firms in kabul. since seizing power, the taliban has imposed severe restrictions on women and girls in public and private life. a football star says he is shocked and heartbroken after being handed a for your band for doping. he says he plans to appeal. he was found to have elevated levels of testosterone in his system after test in august. it means he will be unable to play again until 2027 when he will be 34 years old. february is black history month in the u.s. is a celebration of a legacy of african-american culture and history. we wanted to take a closer look at a growing debate around reparations, compensating the descendants of black people who

were enslaved in the u.s. earlier this month, california became the first state to introduce a slavery reparations package. while many black americans were disappointed to see it does not include cash payments, it boosts economic opportunities for black communities and returns -- >> what will this package of bills mean for black americans in california? >> i think it is really a beginning of what we think is possible for what can happen with regard to giving african-americans who have been in this country some sense of effort at restoring them back to full engagement with regard to the government. it is not the end, but it is part of the beginning. asking for an apology. one member has asked for an agency to work on these issues of reparations. some have identified issues that need to be addressed. the report that came out had

lots of recommendations. the legislature has taken 14 of them and put them together and it makes the first package that will go forward. >> are you satisfied? >> not with all of them, but i understand why they did what they did. i think there could have been a lot more recommendations that would have gotten closer to a lot of the reparation issues we needed to address. >> one thing people wanted to see was direct financial compensation. i know that has been discussed a lot very controversially. there is not direct compensation. there is a provision that would allow for property rights to be restored so that would allow a financial component. why no direct compensation? >> this issue is so huge and so far removed from the financial carbonization, i'm not sure we can calculate that high. when you consider the fact that there are 400 years of actions against a group of people that have taken their resources, their sense of dignity, their

support systems, have destroyed their communities, how do you calculate that? it is totally different than saying we are going to go in because we took the japanese homes for a certainty word of time or we will help the jewish community because of what happened during the holocaust. you have a much smaller group of people and a much smaller time frame. but when you have systems that have organized a people, laws that have been written against them, redlining, property, and off a lot of things that have happened to african-americans in this country that get to psychological and economic issues, you have a really big job of trying to repair it. >> let's talk about the systems. these bills would address things like criminal justice reform, property rights, education, civil rights, food justice. practically when we are talking about entire systems of oppression and discrimination, how can you concretely change those with a package of bills

where this is also a national problem? >> it is a california and national problem. this is the beginning. people keep saying don't get caught up on these 14 bills because this is the beginning of a long journey to get to some sense of reparations. they haven't completed a lot with education, because when you ask what is the foundation of this nation, social justice is important, but also the education and opportunities for being able to take care of themselves in terms of education, training. and then of course being able to argue for yourself and defend for yourself and have the reason to do that. >> secretary, thank you so much for joining us on bbc news. >> my pleasure. >> that was part of a longer conversation that we had with the california secretary of state marking black history month. you can find more on all the days news who know our website,

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♪ >> good evening. >> tonight, death and desperation in gaza. more than 100 people trying to get food from an aid convoy are killed. >> president biden and former president trump hold dueling events at the texas border, showcasing their conflicting immigration policies. >> women who struggle to get pregnant share their personal experiences and views on the alabama supreme court ruling