legacy, and the watergate scandal that ended his presidency. and gerald ford becomes the 38th president of the united states. this weekend on american history tv. month, sarah palin called for the impeachment of president obama at the western conservative summit. that conference is next. former president clinton talks to business leaders at today's u.s.-africa forum. we will hear from president obama and a number of african leaders. primary voters go to the polls in kansas, missouri, michigan, and washington. we will have election results as they come in. one contest we are watching is the kansas gop senate primary race. facingnt pat roberts is tea party challenger milton wolf, a physician and distant

cousin of president obama. we will bring you the victory and concession speeches from that race later tonight. tea partyrks from cofounder jenny beth martin at western conservative summit. topics include health care, immigration, and race in america. >> thank you, senator andrews. how is everyone doing? isn't this an amazing event? theerday, after all of events, i was reflecting on the tea party. when those patriots initiate of their principled protest, they could not have known their demonstration would become the

inspiration for a similar movement hundreds of years later. i also imagine they would never guess that a savvy businesswoman and mother of two would be leading the charge. jenny beth martin is a political strategist who, in 2009, responded to the call for a new kind of party. frustrated by the unprecedented , she isn of government held today as the tea party cofounder. any beth is now the national coordinator for the crusade, and is tirelessly working toward a return to conservatism. named one of time magazine's most influential leaders, she received more than 15 million members, in addition to chairing the tea party patriots citizens fund. she is also a frequent guest on every major television, print, and news outlet in the country. when jenny beth was not busy the movement, she

targets discrimination. i do not know how she does it. we are tremendously blessed to have this revolutionary with us today. well, the national tea party cofounder, jenny beth martin. [applause] >> thank you. i bring news from the rio grande valley, the breach point for the largest invasion of american territory since the british occupied and burned our capital city in the war of 1812. morning, i awoke in mcallen, texas, having spent the better part of the last week seeing for myself and for you exactly what is happening on our southern border. i spent that time talking with

local sheriffs and residents, hearing directly from the frontlines, and hearing firsthand about all of the problems on the border. people onlls from the the left, and even some in the republican party, saying we must launch what they call a humanitarian effort. must care fore the unaccompanied minors coming into our entry. they tell us we must not -- no, we cannot -- send these young people home. us we must borrow even more money from china to house, feed, inoculate, and treat the strangers who broke into us we n more money from our home. well, i am a mother. i am a woman. i am a christian. and i am proud to say i am an american. i have listened to these

arguments, and i check them against my heart and my head, my experience and my values. and to these arguments, i need but one word to respond. no. [applause] disagree? speak withorder and the american citizens with whom i have spoken. learn about the crime. local residents will tell you they have seen a flood of illegal immigrants pouring into their cities in the last two years. tell you how crime against persons and property has increased. sheriff joe frank martinez in dell rio told as a resident along the river had their homes robbed. everything from televisions and washing machines to copper wiring, stolen from homes, put on floats -- put on rafts and

floated across the river into mexico. i saw photos of a home where a mother and her children had to hide under their bed for safety, while a gang of illegal immigrants started shooting outside their home. these are american citizens who have called this part of our country home for the last decade. many for generations. they do not want to cede their land or give up their property. and they should not be forced to do so. we -- [applause] we saw a 2.8 mile stretch in dell rio texas. 2.8 miles of fence. to keep that in perspective, the of -- -- along the border

between texas and mexico is 1200 miles. are a member of the new york times editorial board, you have no problem saying -- no trouble seeing the problem here. mocked the fence because they realize how easy it is to go around and still get into the country. we saw footpaths worn in the soil where people had literally walked around the fence about 20 feet to the east of where it began. serious, this so would be fodder for john stewart. then there are the coyotes. evil people who smuggle human beings across the border for profit. the coyotes get their money up front. consequently, in the words of bureaucrats everywhere, they are dis-incentivize to care whether the people they are struggling into america may get alive.

retired sheriff ziggy gonzales, who started the border sheriff coalition, told us there are times when coyotes, cornered by authorities when approaching their border, will abandon their car, with people in the trunk. not be so bad, except sometimes they do it while driving across the rio grande. and then they just watch as their car sinks in the river, and they escape the border patrol. and the evil does not stop there. confirm that the drug cartels are running the show on the southern side of the border. all too often, on the u.s. side as well. the drug cartels are sophisticated and cunning. yet it is not rocket science for them to climb up on top of the binoculars,co, use and see when and where the border patrol are, and send their network through an area that is not being covered.

as soon asnfirm that one area beefs up security and patrols, the illegal immigration catch rate in that area increases, while, not surprisingly, it decreases in other areas on the border. realize how this administration has tempted people to enter the united states illegally, subjecting them to this evil in the process. 's deferredbama action for childhood arrivals program, another one of his executive dictates that allows the written laws of this nation, is sending the signal to people in central and south america that if they just get into our country, they are going to be able to stay. fine rides, flat screen tv's, soccer balls, and teddy bears send messages that children will be cared for and showered with material gifts. blocked from are

the detention centers, where many of the children's are sick. where the young children cry themselves to sleep, wanting their parents. where courts ignore how dangerous a trip to central america to the united states can be. reason,cles, for some do not mention that the overwhelming majority of these made teenchildren are boys -- 16, 17, 18 years old. it is the perfect age for gangs. the young people are at the mercy of the drug cartels and the brutal desert heat. , if risk injury and death they are not old into the drug cartels and used for other purposes. friends, what we are seeing is neither moral nor compassionate. it is neither moral nor compassionate to encourage parents to send their children

off to embark on a life or death futureith an uncertain -- uncertain outcome. it is neither moral nor compassionate to put children at risk of bodily injury, disease, and death, or possibly even worse, life as a gang slave. it is neither moral nor compassionate to put our hard-working american families who live on the border at such great risk. it is neither moral nor compassionate to force the american public to borrow another $3.7 billion from china to pay for a border bailout. [applause] unfortunately, those in washington are responding to the border crisis in the way they always do.

bureaucracy. concentrate more power in washington, d.c. commission studies rather than taking action. and so more of our hard-earned tax dollars at the problem. byt like the bake sales used politicians to pay out special interests, the border bailout rewards the president's allies, builds a centralized bureaucracy, and concentrates more power in the hands of the government. bad,border bailout is so we would be opposed to it even if it were free. we don't need it. we don't want it. and we oppose it. no border bailout. let me have a show of hands. how many of you have flown anywhere in this country or around the world in the last year? at the beginning of every airline flight, we are reminded

that, should the cabin was pressure and oxygen masks deploy, we need to put them on ourselves first before we reach over and help others. why? because if we don't take care of ourselves first, we are no dam good to anybody. -- are no damn good to anybody. let's call it the delta rule. headquartered in atlanta, i fly delta airlines a lot. i suggest that to be truly compassionate, to be truly moral, we apply the delta rule to the border. first, take care of our own. then, take care of others. instead of a border bailout, simply respect the rule of law and secure the border. [applause]

millions of immigrants come to america legally to pursue the american dream. we admire them for playing by the rules, respecting american law, and contributing to our country and our community. we are for illegal immigration. and we are against illegal immigration. [applause] there already is a path to citizenship for those wishing to come to america. a legal path to citizenship. our government should not reward those who choose to get off that have, cut in line, and break the law. to do so would be in moral. fact, it would unfairly punish those who obey the law and follow the rules. simply respecting the rule of law and securing the border, we will send a message to the rest of the world that we welcome immigrants who come here

legally, and reject those who do not. [applause] one of the things that makes america exceptional is the notion that we are a nation of laws, not a nation of men. nation of laws a as long as we abide by the law. [applause] so today i am on a mission to , touit you for a mission rally in opposition to this proposed border bailout. presidentral for the to decide on his own, in clear violation of the u.s. law, that he will not send back illegal immigrants, no matter what their age. [applause] the deferred action for childhood arrivals program must end