the border crisis comes to the white house. three heads of state to meet with president obama. i have just interviewed one of them. we'll have that plus a preview from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. day of rage deadly protests in the streets as israeli rockets don't pound the gaza strip. and john kerry lobs a new attempt at the ceasefire in the name of humanitarian. and the renewed conversation about the poverty agenda here. i'll take a close look this friday, 25th of july.

good morning. i'm jose diaz-balart. the first focus. the crisis at the border and the high stakes meeting at the white house. a border summit. in a few hours president obama will meet face to face with three central americans leader. the presidents of el salvador, hondur honduras, and guatemala. they're running among other reasons because the violence. you know, estimates those three countries alone house 70,000 violent gang members. families like this say they lost two brothers to gang violence. the mom and her two young children took the trip to the united states. they were one of the first flown back. you see the brother's killer is looking for them. they're in hiding for their life. it's prompting the

administration to consider a new proposal to grant refugee stat it us hundreds or thousands of kids from honduras so they can come legally to the united states and skip the thousand mile trek that is already so horribly dangerous. it's a death sentence for some. that brings us the morning. just hours ago, i sat down with the president of honduras. ahead of his meeting with the president. he laid much of the blame for the crisis on the united states' demand for drugs. >> translator: your country here in the united states is the largest consumer of drugs. what happens with that is you manage to resolve the problem by separating the violence from the consumption of drugs. and for many, public officials here the problem is matter of health. what is it for us in central america? it's a problem of life and death. >> we'll be getting reaction to the interview from the white house as well as what came out of the republican conference meeting on immigration that's

just wrapping up behind me later this hour. let's start on the front lines. on the u.s. border with mexico where nbc mark potter has been riding along with the texas department of the public safety. they got a view from a chopper high above the rio grande. >> doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the dirt roads and the entry points to the river on either side. there's a lot of opportunity available. >> mark potter joins me from mission, texas. good morning, mark. >> reporter: good morning, jose. >> what is the latest you're seeing on the front lines where the rubber meets the road in mission, texas? >> that's behind me. what we're seeing is a steady flow of people coming across the river. yesterday morning, as we came -- yesterday at high noon as we came down here we saw six men being arrest order the road below me. a border patrolman came by 15 seconds ago to say they picked

up guys 100 yards to the west. we saw a search in the sor gum field. the flow is steady but it's diminished in terms of the kids and families coming across. the latest numbers we're getting from the government is the average number of kids coming across the river in the 300-mile area known as the rio grande valley is about 120 a day. that's down from the 150 number released by the white house and way down from the numbers you were seeing when we were here together a few weeks ago. 300 or so a day. so it's still a lot of kids. that's 42,000 a year, but it's down considerably. the total number of people coming across is down to about 900 a day down from 1500 a day. it's fairly steady downward trend. they're not sure if that's permanent. if there are local conditions causing that. the hope among the authorities

here is the messaging from the white house, the key orations, and the uptick in enforcement here is having an effect that is causing that downturn. they can't say for sure but they're looking at it. >> mark, no one knows border issues like mark potter. you've been covering this for years. i just spoke, as you saw this morning, with the president of honduras. he said the responsibility is the united states that is so intent on consuming illegal drugs. something you've talked about and we discussed a lot. there's a relationship between the drug cartels in mexico and in the central and south america. and these coyotes and how they have been exploiting these people in central america. absolutely. not only are they doing that that's absolutely true. what we're seeing on the river is the second equation besides the kids and families is drug trafficking is occurring full flow. it's not diminishing.

we were out yesterday with the state authorities on their boats and in their choppers. that's what they're talking about. they're concerned about the drug trafficking that is occurring on the river. they're seeing no drop in that flow. and that is what the president was talking about is directly seen here every day. just to the west of us, is the hot spot for drug trafficking. yesterday we saw spotters and agents were saying it's nonstop. that's concerning that what is getting into texas and ultimately into the united states. the drugs don't stay in texas. >> in mission, texas, mark potter thank you for the live report. the crisis at the border is sparking a call from some top republicans from marco rubio to ted cruz to end daca. the deferred action program that allows kids to stay when brought here illegally. some see it as a cause. it would mean more than half

million people could be deported. people like this. one of the young people who could face deportation if daca end. she's with us this morning. >> hi. i'm great. how are you? >> good. here is the issue. we talked about it before. you were brought here as an 8-year-old. you didn't have a decision on whether you came or not. all your family is in the united states. you come from a mixed immigration status family. which means so you have some documented family members. some aren't. what does the discussion have in washington have to do with you and your dreams? well, it certainly is something to concern about. i, as you mentioned, i have daca, it allowed me to sort of speak, step out of the shadows. to be able to work and live a normal life. >> to study. you just graduated? >> i just graduated. i'm pursuing my dream. it feels great to go somewhere,

travel, and have an id to show. as simple as that. if that was to be taken away, i mean, the worst that could happen is go back. >> what would you go back to? >> exactly. to back to where? i don't know. it's all i've known for the past 16 years of my life. i grew up here. i'm happy here. my family is here. this is all i know. and going back would mean i don't know where. that's what they say they want to do. >> here is the question. because, i mean, you would be sent back to something. you don't have any family left where your parents are from. you don't have any direct or indirect ties. you've never been brought to mexico since brought here at 8? >> correct. >> what would you do? where would you go? >> i guess the only picture that comes my mind is being thrown in the border and then you decide where to go. and, i mean, i don't know what would happen. >> you told me recently when we

chatted that you didn't sign up for deferred action until recently. even though it's been available for the last two years because of fear. >> right. >> why? >> well, you know, a lot of students that -- it wasn't just me. there's that concern of what is going to happen if, for instance, once. the barack obama is out of the white house? and what is going happen with now, you know, the republican party wanting to ban this? and it was that concern, but at the same time there was no other choice. >> thank you so much for being with us. >> no problem. i understand you want to take a journalist. take my job. >> that's what i want to do. >> thank you for being with us. and coming up, we'll go to the white house and get reaction to this interview i had this morning with the president of honduras. but first, after the break. one of the deadliest days since the violence returned to the middle east.

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plane crash investigation in two countries and execution torture? let's zoom through some of today's top stories. it's been more than a week since malaysian flight 17 was shot down. there are still bodies not recovered. dutch officials say they plan on moving the wreckage in order to get some of the remaining victims. it's not clear when. not far from the scene, a war still rages between pro-russian separatists and ukraine. the u.s. military commander blames russian president

vladimir putin for escalating the violence. >> having lit the fire in an isolated part of eastern europe may not stay in eastern europe. i think that's a risk. the remains of the 298 aboard the flight malaysian 17 are being return to netherlands for identification. we're getting the first look at the crashed flight 1517. no one survived. a french team on the way to mali to investigate. yesterday's crash appears to be weather related. one of the black boxes has been recovered. the majority of the skrims french nationalists. police in long beach, are california are deciding to charge an 80-year-old man who shot and killed a suspected burglar. homeowner tom greer told our los angeles station he shot 28-year-old andrea miller after

she told him, quote, don't shoot me i'm pregnant. the arizona attorney general temporarily stopped all executions in the state after the two-hour execution of prisoner joseph wood on wednesday. the director of the arizona department of corrections rejected the idea that the execution was botched. arizona senator john mccain, though, called the drawn out lethal injection terrible. adding, the lethal injection needs to be an indeed lethal injection and not the boll lacks upped situation that just preva prevailed. that's torture. keep in mind it's comesing from a man who was tortured as a prisoner of war. in the middle east there's an effort to reach a siceasefir after the bloodiest day in more than two weeks of fighting. palestinian death toll climbed to more than 8. 32 israeli soldiers, and three

civilians have been killed. the deadly violence spread into the west bank. thousands demonstrates clashed with the soldier. they were protesting the shelling of u.n.-run school that was being used as a shelter. 16 were killed and 200 were injured. ayman mohyeldin joins us on the phone from gaza. we're hearing that palestinian leaders are calling if are day of rage. the israeli cabinet is considering a truce. what is going on? >> caller: good morning, jose. that's expected today after friday's prayers in east jerusalem. there are more clashes in the occupied west bank between israeli soldiers and palestinian protesters. initials report say at least four palestinians have been killed in the demonstrations. that's in addition to the two palestinians that were also killed in yesterday's large demonstrations. and obviously those are closely followed here in gaza as well as the fact they were pretty much inspired and motivated by what

has been happening here in terms of the outrage. a lot of palestinians in the west bank have been angered at the silence of the international community. that was a motivating factor for officials to call for the damage of rage in solidarity with the people in gaza. in terms of truce talks. john kerry is trying to broker some agreement. the israeli military, for its part, continues the operation on the ground. they have taken over about 40% of the gaza strip or forced the palestinian population out. so it gives you sense of the operations ongoing. yesterday alone the death toll stood at about 120. this morning we've gotten at least a dozen fatalities velt of the israeli shelling in the eastern part of the territory. >> ayman mohyeldin. thank you for the live report. i think to bring in act resist and philanthropyist who runs an arts program for disabled

children. >> thank you very something me. it's a scholarship program. it's academic. >> i stand corrected. >> someone who spend so much time over there with children, what are your thoughts as you see what is going on there specifically, for example, we talked about the u.n. run school in gaza that was bombed. what do you see? >> well, my first instinct is there's an entire new generation of disabled children being created in an area that can't care for them already. when i hear over 5,000 wounded and i think how many men, women, and children will be joining the disabled community it's extremely frightening and overwhelming. i have cerebral palsy. when i was born i lost oxygen. i think about the women giving birth in gaza and under siege and unable to get the prenatal

care. we're creating a new generation. on top of that, there's already so many people with disabilities living in gaza that have no place to run. no place to get treatment, no place to get prosthetics. >> when -- i've been in the unfortunate reality of having to cover war many years. you see unfortunately in a war the real victims are often the most weak, the children. the people that are going through difficult times and have now way of defending themselves or from running. but with this reality, is there anything you think we, as a community, should be doing to help forget the ideological position and the political discussion to help kids, kids in gaza that are going through some very difficult times. and also, kids in israel that are having to run to bomb shelters every couple of seconds and the fear of destruction from above? >> i think the way you help children in the entire region is by demanding an end to violence.

and we are very powerful in the united states. we're very big players. and right now we can't even get aid into these areas. we can't even get a humanitarian ceasefire so people can get aid in. so if people really want to help the children, they need to demand an end to violence and they need to stop putting israel's wants over palestinian's rights. >> yeah. i think an end to the violence goes far beyond one side. you would agree. let's stop the fighting on both sides. and fighting that includes bombs thrown and rocket s returned. >> all violence. >> that's right. thank you for being with us. i appreciate your time. >> thank you very much for having me. take a quick break. when we return the power of twitter in venezuela. it's the main way people can express their rights of free speech. we'll explain the connection to a trial of one of venezuela's opposition leaders when we come

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welcome back. my interview with kformer ambassador to the united nations from venezuela about the trial about opposition leader continues to generate response over social media. it's a trial we're going to be coffering and a trial that grew out of massive protests in the streets of venezuela. an oil-rich country but many people go without basic necessities. he's part of the move to oust the president. because the media is so tightly controlled. the movement found a home online. a place for the opposition, a voice, our interview with diego. let me translate the reaction.

what we have here in venezuela is a total lack of intelligence and brain on the government's part. on facebook, for example, a viewer writes thank god you are outside the country. you can denounce all the irregularity of the nongovernment. opinions like these are what make this conversation rich. in venezuela the exchanges that play out can be a threat. that's why the government blocked access in february during the peak of the demonstrations. i want to keep hearing from you. let us know what you think about this story or anything else on twitter and jdbsmnbc. enough initials? we'll go to the white house and talk about the border cry a sense the new plan to give refugee status to kids from

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and central america to cater to them. is that a valid criticism? >> so what the real fault of the cartels here they're actually smuggling people. they're convincing folks if they put their children in the hands of traffickers and smugglers they'll get them to the united states they're falsely telling people they'll be able to stay in the united states. which isn't true. so, question, there is a cartel issue and smuggle issue. it has to do with smugglers taking advantage of vulnerable people and trying to convince them they can stay in the united states. we're doing everything we can to disrupt the smuggling networks but make sure people in central america have the correct mess e message. the border is not open and folks end up being removed when get here. >> there's some reports that the white house may be considering refugee status program that would give status to honduran kids that could register in honduras and not have to do the long and dangerous trek to the

united states. the president of honduras said he hasn't no idea what it's about. can you tell us if there is something to the story. >> the reports are a bit pra mature. if we do anything in the area it's likely to be focussed on creating a deterrent to make sure that we are preventing my grants from coming in the first place. there a lot of proposals out there under consideration. nothing final yet. if we were to do anything it would be a small program to provide a legal ability for folks who truly qualify as refugees to come. it's likely to be a small number. the point here we're trying to do two things. present a deterrent to make sure people don't take the carriadan journey. and some kind of orderly way of coming. that's likely to be small. the press reports have this inflated notion of what it could be which is incorrect. >> to get a better understanding of this. the possibility of a program in the future that could maybe --

you're saying small numbers. are we talki in ing dozens, hun, thousands? it's premature to say. all of our efforts in the united states as well as abroad are focus on creating an effective deterrent while we manage the humanitarian elements of this as well properly with humanity. but with the goal here is to make sure that people understand this is a dangerous journey. they should not be putting their children into the hands of smugglers. there is no free pass in the united states once you get here. so all the policy decisions we're making in this things the president will discuss is focussed on that and cooperating together as a region. we have responsibility here. we need to be stepping up to the plate to prevent further humanitarian situation. >> you've been working for decades on the issue of immigration reform, and since joining the white house have been probably the point person to try to get something done to fix this country's broken

immigration system. the republicans were not able, willing, whatever you want to use the term to do anything this year in the house on immigration reform. what is next? >> well, look, this is -- the situation at the boarder is one of the many we have a broken immigration system. the president has been trying to fix it. and congress has steadfastly refused even anything up. we have the votes to pass a comprehensive immigration reform that can deal with the situation as well as many problems in our immigration system. so we're going to continue to press but the president has also said when congress fails to act, he's going to act in the ways he can under the law because people expect their policy makers to solve problems. that's what the president wants to do. that's what the congress should be doing. >> okay. >> frankly, they could be acting this week to pass supplemental appropriations to help manage the border situation. it would be alarming and

disappointing. they went home for the august vacation without addressing the issue. >> when do you think the president should or could take some unilateral decisions vis-a-vis immigration? >> he asked his secretary of homeland security and the attorney general to present recommendations by the end of summer. that's the time line. >> celia muniz, thank you for being with us. joining me now is south carolina republican congressman. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> you just got out of a gop conference meeting on the border crisis. is your party going to pass any legislation before you leave for recess this week? >> i just literally walked out about three minutes before came over here. i believe the answer is yes. we had a very good, about hour and a half meeting with republican conference. there was some dissent but not much. i think the overwhelming majority of the conference wanted to pass something to deal with the current situation at

the border. they wanted to pass it as early as next week. i think we're going to pass something before we leave. >> what do you think could be done before the 31 st of july when you go to recess that could have an impact directly on the crisis. >> these are the broad outlines we were presented with today. empowering the national guard to become more involved at the border. changing the 2008 law to change the way that the people come across are processed. to decrease the process times. right now i think if you cross the border you might get a court hearing by 2020 six years u from now. we're going to change the way the deals with folks in terms of the order they're processed. we'll tried to move to a last-in , first-out. we're going to try to figure out a way we can pay for it. we think we can get the number down below the president's

request. we think we find other places within the current spending in order to pay for those things. that's the rough outline of what we're discussing today. ic the bill we will pass will look like next week. >> and immigration reform was something that the house took up never really brought anything substantial to the forefront. you've been talking about immigration reform. you're extremely conservative member of the house, and yet you have been open to dealing with foreign immigration reform after closing the border to talk about the legalization of folks here. why is it impossible for the house to deal with this issue one way or another? >> well, because you stated it exactly correct. we've talked, we've talked previously about immigration reform. when other folks have talked about immigration reform. the assumption that the border was going to be secured was the threshold. that's what had to come first. many democrats agree with that. most republicans insist on that including myself. the border security component needed to come first before you

deal with the other issues regarding legal and illegal immigration. i don't think anybody can make the case that the boarder is secure. so i'm hopeful and i was encouraged by the things that was said in the previous segment. if the house is able to pass a piece of legislation next week, if the senate can pass it to provide the money necessary to do the things i talk abouted a few minutes ago that we can secure the border. that will allow us to continue the discussion on the other issues. it makes no sense to talk about the other issue when you have an absolutely deor it your rating situation. >> thank you for being with us this morning. ohio state university fired a director of school's popular marching band after a two month investigation that started with a parent's complaint that 92 page report alleges he. waters will fight to clear his name and believes, quote, he did

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bills to create jobs and really invest in infrastructure are not going to be passed in washington, but there's the chance for there's a bunch of mayors on the panel yesterday and college fund handled a panel today. how do we use states and local governments to bolster education programs which will help african-americans particularly get more jobs and get out of povert poverty. >> out the spokers who have been here. who has the crowd been the most recepti receptive? >> the vice president came yesterday. rand paul came today. they got pretty good applause. rand paul talked about things restoring voting rights. it had a good reception with the audience. the vice president is known by people here. he gave aousirousing speech abo voter id laws.

>> thank you being with us. for more on the efforts of congress to address the poverty issue. toun i want to bring in james peterson and joe watkins. >> great to be with you. >> let's take a listen what congressman ryan had to say about the anti-poverty proposal when he spoke with chuck todd. >> the problem our safety net isn't working the way it ought to be. we have all these government programs and all the rules and regulations that are stove pipes of fragmented programs that don't make a lot of sense. and the whole argument here is if the status quo would be working. i would be supporting it. >> we're seeing more republicans address the issue of poverty lately. why now? >> it's important. we have had 46 million americans who fit the guidelines for what poverty is. for a family of four that means less than $23,000 a year. and there a lot of americans that are struggling.

and the idea to make sure that everybody has a shot. everybody. everybody. no matter what their color, no matter their background, ethnicity has a shot to succeed and to get out of poverty. so it's important to talk about. and what i like about paul ryan. he's talking about coming together outside of politics and taking the best ideas from both to make it work for people who are struggling. >> you know the question is timing. it seems we see it happening closer to elections or national discourses where people pay attention. not throughout the year consistently >>well, i would like to see it more consistent. i think paul ryan's paper is a start. it's a way to work on revisiting sentencing guidelines to make it more fair for offenders. especially for nonviolent offenders to come back to society. it's a way to work on personalizing the needs for people who are poor who can't get their food stamps who want

to get a better education to make sure they get served on the local level by who people who get what they want and get out of poverty. >> as a matter of fact, rand paul talked about it at the national urban league conference. let's hear more about that. >> if we're to fix the criminal u.s. is systems we must fix long-term unemployment and poverty. i have a ten-year plan for lower taxes and promote employment. >> james, pardon me for being cynical. could it have something to do with 2014 or 2016? >> that's not being cynical. it's being realistic. the question for ryan and paul and so-called new capacity conservative is the sustainability question. are they going to sustain the conversations? it's to look beneath the surface what the plans are.

when rand paul is talking about the economic free zones. i think it we have to be careful about lowering tax rates for businesses to come in and exploit the people already living there. i'm not sure the sustainnabilit is the only question. yesterday marked five years since the minimum wage was raised. democrats made it a key issue. will they get any movement this year? >> i think, again, for the guys who i are saying they're trying to address pov i. one of the best ways to do it is raise the minimum wage. here is what would impress me. i would like to talk about tieing it to inflation. think about what seattle is going to be able to do. it's going to hit $15 and tied to the rate of inflation. your structurally addressing poverty levels over time. that, to me, would be a little

bit more revolutionary, if you will. than some of the rhetoric we hear. >> what about the tieing the inflation rate? this is what paul ryan was talking about. if we get the best and brightest minds to figure out how we fix long-term and structure poverty. we have a chance to get it done. fe with take the bickering and contentionness out we can maybe help people. >> how revolutionary would that be! thank you for being with us this morning. and, by the way, just learning that the pope will visit the united states next year. pope francis will meet in philadelphia in september 2015. it was announced fwphilly's archbishop. he's considering invitations to new york and washington. after doing the show from four locations in five days.

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crossing the border they're not delink wents but human beings trying to be reunited their families. we'll be following this throughout the day on msnbc and, by the way, today on telmundo i'll have more. not only interview with the president of honduras but the interview with the president of guatemala. the crisis will continue. we're going to continue to cover it for you. now to our five things. in case you haven't noticed. we've been all over the place this week on the show from los angeles to new york and now here in the washington, d.c., area. it's a privilege to report to you from across the country. and before we all head back to miami, i thought i would share a little behind the scenes glimpse. here are five things on the road with jbd. >> all the work that goes on behind the lens from running the wire to pitching that l.a. set to the lights, the cameras, and key, for me, makeup.

five pounds of it. so i can well, look like i'm not an extra on the night of the living dead which is how i look every day until the five pounds are placed on my face. number two, getting to step away from the anchor desk to talk to viewers like you in person. even signing autographs and still a thrill to meet all kinds of folks. number three, the schedule. my alarm clock changed daily for our 6:00 a.m. editorial call. in my l.a. my wake-up call was 1:45. this morning it was more comfortable. it was 4:45 in the morning. but as i say, we can sleep when we're gone. number four, of course, staying awake does not come without some help. along with my production assistant, lauren, we consume gallons of coffee then coffee, coffee, and coffee. and the mystery caffeinated

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good morning, everyone. i'm alex in for tamron hall. this is "newsnation." we begin with the crisis in the middle east and a tidal wave of ange anger. you know, u.n. says israeli military had the exact coordinates of the cool school in gaza where at least 16 people were killed in shelling. they call the attack appalling. israel said it's reviewing the incident. inside gaza leaders call for a day of rage thousand process testing in the fight whe-- we have more from gaza. >> clashes and protests broke out overnight in the west bank. thousands of palestinians try to launch to jerusalem, several

were killed. it's these pictures fuelling the outrage on attack thursday on a u.n.-run school in gaza. used as a shelter. at least 16 were killed. 200 injured. a local hospital was overwhelmed. many of the wounded very young. the israeli military offered differing explanations of what happened over the active twitter account. hamas fired from a populated area near the shelter and prevented civilians from evacuating after we sent warnings. the u.n. chief responsible for the school said there's no warning. >> were militants operating inside the school? >> no. we're strict about the neutrality of the installation. >> they tweeted that maybe the school was hit by one of the rockets hamas continues to fire into israel. also today several rockets launched from gaza toward israel fell