and the southwest border has never had more security-- including cameras, hidden ground sensors, and echnology. and the border patrol has never had more agents-- 21,000 in all. about 650 miles of fence exist in strategic spots along the nearly 2,000-mile southwest border, from california whereni the structure extends into the pacific ocean-- to texas, where it runs parallel to the rio grande. fernando flores barrera can seer the fence in tijuana from his front yard. the construction worker has crossed back and forth for decades to work on u.s. job sites. he says donald trump should think twice about building a border wall. >> ( translated ): he should let immigrants work, instead ofet blocking their path. just as we help them, by working. you need us too. >> reporter: on the u.s. side of the border, callai hernandez also questions the need for trump's $25 billion wall, since there's a big fence in place now. >> i don't think there's a need for it. we don't feel unsafe. >> reporter: her son's team played soccer in eagle pass near the rio grande.r: one of longest sections of border fenc

./// >>> a tropical storm near the southwest border of the u-s could bring a little rain to parts of the valley. katie boer explains the earliest we might see showers./// >>> plus... valley residents have called in wondering why there's been a slight uptick in gas prices. the incident down south that's affecting most in america./// "now, live...this is 8 news now weekend edition." ((sharie johnson)) >>> a shootin hospital this evening. reporter brittany edney joins us now live at the scene with the latest. brittany, what happened? >> sharie police tape is up as investigators search the park behind me for evidence. we actually were closer earlier, but were moved back about 100 feet or so. metro says one man was shot and to sunrise hospital for treatment. the call came in around 8:45 this evening... and we've seen police search the area behind this playground with flashlights. so far, they tell me that they've found 8 shell casings out here. metro says they're still trying to piece together what happened because they believe the victim and the gunman knew each other. adding that witnes

in terms of the southwest border, i just recently asked our people to focus on immigrants coming illegally from other hemispheres, from the middle east and so forth, to detect them and block them before they even get to the homeland, working with governments in south america, central america to prevent that from happening. you're correct that we're seeing illegal migrants coming from africa, coming from the middle east, and we're doubling down on preventing that from happening before they even reach the southwest border. >> so bottom line, is the threat we face now worse or less serious than during 9/11? because the chairman of the 9/11 commission, tom keane and lee hamilton, say they think it's worse. >> we're stronger when it comes to preventing against a 9/11 style attack. we very plainly have a serious threat environment when it comes to the lone wolf actor, those who self-radicalize. that's a relatively new phenomenon that we've got to protect against. the public can play a role, building bridges to communities where terrorists are trying to recruit from within. it's a new environment

do you think of those in the southwest border security and the drugs and crime as being synonymous withhe way we talk about national security post 9/11? >> i know people in that part of the country talk about it a lot and that's why again, going back to texas as part of the republican party platform they used to have with a call to the texas solution on immigration which was a kind of liberal approach to it. rick perry got in trouble for in-state tuition. but i do think in the last, it was 2014, the texas republican party repealed a part of their own platforms but a lot of republicans have been very proud of. and again, there are a lot of reasons for it, but i do think it was definitely much more security related and a sense of danger whether it was again the overall numbers i don't know if there's a definite sense that this -- there was this danger in the chaos coming over the border not just from al qaeda agents but also from mexico's own security problem. look at fast and furious. i think all of this kind of seeped into people's consciousness. >> we have invested such huge amounts of

"we know jihadists are looking at every route into america, from sneaking across the southwest border to flying in as refugees." the white house argues that the u-s could be doing more to help people seeking refuge from war torn countries in the middle east. critics say letting in up to 100- thousand refugees from that region isn't worth the risk. facebook is choosing new mexico for a new data center over utah. the two states had been engaged in a roller- coaster contest to attract the facility. while the project in new mexico - local leaders in utah pushed back against a tax- incentive plan they saw as too generous. they argued that the 240-million dollar cost was too high. in new mexico... the town of los lunas - near albuquerque - agreed to give up all property taxes for 30 years in exchange for annual payments starting at 50- thousand - and topping out at under 500- thousand. if you're looking for a job... mark down september 28-th on your calendar. chipotle plans to thousand people across the country on that day alone. applicants can register online. chipotle employs about 60-tho

the unique environment facing law enforcement and intelligence community along the southwest border are unparalleled. it was there that i first learned about the vast and challenging border patrol mission. i was astonished at the magnitude and i wasle equally impressed with the men and women serving honorableably every day to carry out the complex and never ending mission. i can tell you they are hard working dedicated to this mission and their country and have and continue to make personal sacrifices to protect the citizens of this great nation. so i set before you -- sit before you today honored and privileged to be part of the united states border patrol team. the numbers we often hear associated with the united states border patrol are the numbers of annual apprehensions of those attempting to illegally enter the country every year. it's hundreds of thousands. i'd like to take a few minutes to also share some other numbers that we don't often talk about. i've learned that the united states border patrol agents are among the most assaulted law enforcement personnel in the country. th

the southwest border security and drugs and crime as synonymous with the way in which we talk about nationalecurity in a post- 911. >> i know people in that part of the country talk about it a lot and that is why, again, going back to texas, they use too, as part of the republican party platform in texas they used to have what they called the texas solution on immigration which was a liberalized approach to it. rick. got in trouble for in-state tuition. in 2014 the 14 the texas republican party repealed part of their own platform that a lot of republicans had been very proud of. there are a lot of reasons for it, but i do think it was much more security-related and a sense of danger, whether it was the overall numbers, but there was a definite sense there was this chaos and danger that is coming over the border not just from al qaeda agents but also from mexico's own security problems. look at fast imperious too. i think all of this seeped into people's consciousness. >> it is so paradoxical because we've invested huge amounts of money in the southwest border and the numbers are at historic

[inaudible] the unique challenge along the southwest border are unparallel. it was there that i first learned about the vast and challenging mission and just how critical it is to our nation security. i was astonished at the magnitude of the border control mission and i was equally impressed with the men and women serving honorably to carry out that complex, constantly evolving mission. i can tell you from my personal experience they are hard-working, dedicated to this mission and their country and have and continue to make personal sacrifices to protect this great nation. i stand before you honor to privilege to be part of this team. the numbers we often hear associated with the border patrol are those associated with those attempting to illegally enter. i would like to share some other numbers that we don't often share about. i have learned that the united states border patrol agents were among the most assaulted personnel in the country. there have been 7542 assaults against agent since 2006. there have been 30 agents that have died in the line of duty sinc

i want to talk about the increase in haitians entering the united states through the southwest border. as a result, the department of homeland security announced today a change in policy toward haitian asylum seekers entering the country at the southern border. and all haitians, not just those convicted of serious crimes or posing a national security threat will be subject to removal. i understand that to accomplish this at the southwest border, haitians will be detained and placed in expedited removal proceedings, whereas previously, they were granted parole. what guarantees do we have that in the aftermath of the earthquake and cholera epidemices the haitian government will issue travel documents for significantly increased numbers of haitian removals. >> we are in conversation with the haitian officials. the secretary did announce that change today, but let me assure you, mr. conyers, that we do not -- haitians report going to be treated any differently from anyone else. if they have an asylum fear, asylum claim or claim to be a refugee, we will consider those claims along with eve

and we're doubling down on that happening before they reach the southwest border. >> so bottom line, is the threat we face now worse or less serious than during 9/11 because the chairman of the 9/11 commission, tom keane and lee hamilton, say they think it's worse. >> we're stronger when it comes to preventing against a 9/11 style attack. threat environment when it comes to the lone wolf actor, those who self-radicalize. that's a relatively new phenomenon that we've got to protect against. the public can play a role. a lot of people are working hard to protect against it. it's still here and will be here for a while, chris. >> i want to turn to russian hacking into our politi system, democratic party files, and at least two states, arizona and illinois. do you believe that the russians are trying to undermine confidence in our democratic processes and what is the possibility that they could actually disrupt the vote count in november? >> first, there's an open investigation into the dnc hack, into various intrusions that systems. it would be pretty hard, chris, to alter a ballot coun

middle east, and we're doubling down on preventing that from happening before they even reach the southwest border. >> so bottom line, is the threat we face now worse or less serious than during 9/11? because the chairman of the 9/11 commission, tom keane and lee hamilton, say they think it's worse. >> we're stronger when it comes to preventing a 9/11 style attack. we very plainly have a serious threat environment when it comes to the lone wolf actor, those who self-radicalize. that's a relatively new phenomenon that we've got to protect against. the public can play a role, building bridges to communities where terrorists are trying to recruit from within. it's a new environment and there are a lot of people working really hard to protect against it. but it's still here and will probably be with us for a while, chris. >> i want to turn to another threat that we appear to face, and that is russian hacking into our political system. democratic party files, election, databases in at least two states, arizona and illinois. do you believe that the russians are trying to undermine confidence in our demo

that the administration either catches or deters about 80% of the illegal immigrants on the southwest bordere report that i'm aware of, that we paid for, shows it's really more like 50/50. 51%. secondly, you pay for it, it's completed in may. and it is still not being released even though people who are involved with authorizing that report want it out. >> all right. have you seen the report yourself, william? >> i have been extensively briefed on it and i have seen portions of material from the report that allowed us to make these conclusion conclusions, the 51% number. >> who did the report? who did it? >> the report was done by an outside federal quasifederal agency that is hired by homeland security to do it. eight researchers spent one year, made three trips to the border. these are the best and brightest. all ph.d.es. came out with the report, peer reviewed the numbers and methodology is good. it says the number isn't 81%. it's 51%. that's a number they are trying to get out. >> what is the homeland security chief jeh johnson say about this number one and why is he holding it back numb

. >> we know the jihadists are looking at every route into america from sneaking across the southwest border to flying in as tourists and refugees. >> reporter: law enforcement data suggests the majority of domestic terrorism cases are tied to u.s. citizens and legal residents. it's very hard to predict the current and future impact of syrian refugees on the home grown threat. >>> renewed effort under way tonight to get a pardon for edward snowden. the former u.s. intelligence employee who released classified documents about government surveillance. today snowden laid out his case via video link from moscow. >> this receally isn't about me. it's about us. it's about our right to dissent. it's about the kind of country we want to have, the kind of world that we want to build. >> the white house so far denies a presidential pardon is in the works. senior aides have said snowden should come home to face espionage faces. his residency permit is said to expire next year. >>> russian hackers are blamed for the leaking of medical information about female u.s. athletes. a group called fancy bears ha

. >>> we know jihadist are looking every route into america from sneaking across the southwest border to flying in as tourists and as refugees. this hearing xhas day wall street street journal was reporting obama administration is planning to increase the number refugees accepted by the u.s. by 30 percent. >>> all refugees country are subject for to the highest level of security check of any category of traveler to the united states. the white house argues that u.s. can doing more to help people seeking refuge especially those from war torn countries in middle east. other is as u letting in up to a 100,000 refugee that region is just asking for trouble. >> one highest priorities of our government is in fact knowing as much as we can know about the harm. in an interesting side angle donald trump running mate mike pence is continuing a fight in federal court to lock state agencies from allowing syrian refugees to resettle in his state. in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >>> pope francis lashes out at terrorist who murder ad french priest. the pontiff called the killer satanic and sp

. >> we know jihadists are looking at every route into america from sneaking across the southwest border to flying in as tourists and as refugees. >> reporter: this hearing comes on a day the "wall street journal" was reporting the obama administration is planning to increase the number of refugees accepted by the percent. >> all refugees entering our country are subject to the highest level of security check of any category of traveler to the united states. >> reporter: the white house argues that the u.s. could be doing more to help people seeking refuge, especially those from war-torn countrys in the middle east. but others say letting in up to 100,000 refugees from that region is just asking for trouble. >> we're one of the highest priorities of our government is can know about the people who are seeking to do us harm. >>> in an interesting side angle, donald trump's running mate, indiana governor mike pence, is continuing a fight in federal court to block state agencies from allowing syrian refugees to resettle in his state. in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >>> massachusetts s

he sent me down to the southwest border to do a new appraisal of what our problems are and this is 20 when things have gotten worse. i worked at the dea and local sheriff and the fbi and spent a lot of time there in mexico as well. one thing sums it up for me, the dea, good guys in el paso, wanted to show me a special mexican police commando reporting, well vetted patriots, truly one of the best in the country and had to change -- and i was impressed with young mexicans. they were training hard. within one year, and every one of them was dead, betrayed by their own comrades. the problem has always been corruption. recent mexican presidents of tried to fight it but you have to take a long view. it had one party rule, three quarters of the 20th century, the corruption goes so deep it will take decades to route it out. trish: from other latin american companies the corruption, the president of mexico invited donald trump and hillary clinton, he knows that he needs the united states's help in controlling all this. >> the president of mexico said poor mexico, so far from god and so close t

that the administration either catches or deters about 80% of the illegal immigrants on the southwest borderfor, shows it's really more like 50/50. 51%. secondly, you pay for it, it's completed in may. and it is still not being released even though people who are involved with authorizing that report want it out. >> all right. have you seen the report yourself, william? >> i have been extensively briefed on it and i have seen portions of material from the report that allowed us to make these conclusion conclusions, the 51% number. >> who did the report? who did it? >> the report was done by an outside federal quasifederal agency that is hired by homeland security to do it. eight researchers spent one year, made three trips to the border. these are the best and brightest. all ph.d.es. came out with the report, peer reviewed the numbers and methodology is good. it says the number isn't 81%. it's 51%. that's a number they are trying to get out. >> what is the homeland security chief jeh johnson say about this number one and why is he holding it back number two? >> ironically jeh johnson is the

that the administration either catches or deters about 80% of the illegal immigrants on the southwest borderport that i'm aware of, that we paid for, shows it's really more like 50/50. 51%. secondly, you pay for it, it's completed in may. and it is still not being released even though people who are involved with authorizing that report want it out. >> all right. have you seen the report yourself, william? >> i have been extensively briefed on it and i have seen portions of material from the report that allowed us to make these conclusion conclusions, the 51% number. >> who did the report? who did it? >> the report was done by an outside federal quasifederal agency that is hired by homeland security to do it. eight researchers spent one year, made three trips to the border. these are the best and brightest. all ph.d.es. came out with the report, peer reviewed the numbers and methodology is good. it says the number isn't 81%. it's 51%. that's a number they are trying to get out. >> what is the homeland security chief jeh johnson say about this number one and why is he holding it back number t

. >> we know the jihadists are looking at every route into america from sneaking across the southwest border to flying in as tourists and refugees. >> reporter: law enforcement data suggests the majority of domestic terrorism cases are tied to u.s. citizens and legal residents. it's very hard to predict the current and future impact of syrian refugees on the home grown threat. >>> renewed effort under way tonight to get a pardon for edward snowden. the former u.s. intelligence employee who released classified documents about government surveillance. today snowden laid out his case via video link from moscow. >> this receally isn't about me. it's about us. it's about our right to dissent. it's about the kind of country we want to have, the kind of world that we want to build. >> the white house so far denies a presidential pardon is in the works. senior aides have said snowden should come home to face espionage faces. his residency permit is said to expire next year. >>> russian hackers are blamed for the leaking of medical information about female u.s. athletes. a group called fancy bears ha

no one knows better than gary johnson as a southwest border governor, but mr. trump has planted this canard in the public consciousness that all 11 million undocumented workers are, you know, champing at the bit to become citizens. that's just not true. >> but when you say you invite people to come in, you're talking about legal entry into the united states. >> yes. >> but the big debate seems to undocumented, here un -- illegally. >> yes. so set up an easy way for those to come in to the door and get a work visa, as long as they've been law-abiding. >> your point, governor, is don't grant them citizenship. put them in the system. >> no, if they're working, get them a work visa, subject them to a background check, get them a social security card so they can pay taxes. get them in the system and out of the shadows. that's what's so unhealthy about >> let's talk about the taxes because you said you want to abolish the irs, which got a lot of people's attention. rightfully so. and you want to replace it with a federal consumption tax. how does that work? >> well,

no one knows berter than gary johnson as a southwest border governor. mr. trump planted this cunard in the public consciousness all 11 million undocumented workers are chomping at the bit to become citizens. that's not true. >> when you say invite people to come in, a legal entry into the you state. >> legal, yes. >> the big debate it seems to be is what happens to the people who are here now. illegally. >> so set up an easy way for those to come into the door and get a work visa, as long as they've been law abiding. >> your point, dwmpb, governor, grant them citizenship. >> get them a work visa, subject them to a background check, get them a social security card so they can pay taxes. get them in the system and out of the shadows. that's what's so unhealthy. >> talk about the taxes because you said you irs which got a lot of people's attention, rightfully so and you said you wanted to replace it with the federal consumption tangs. how does that work? >> first of all, count on the two of us with regard to consistency, so consistency you can count on us to s

another officer got accidentall firedth, it happened at alpine high s school and southwest texas near the mexican border , miniature five students were evacuated to a nearby church after the play storm the building some squeezed into closets until the all clea was given, there is no indicationar as to what might h motivated thisa, a female stude opening fire, at a texas high school injuring a classmate beforea shooting and killing years ago mentor schools began the academic year until after labor day.ye m >> with all of the hot weather, but going back to a later start datete solved the temperature people out to explore the great outdoors but for some it's not easype. >> a new place is making nature accessible to everyone knew hiking trail just opened in san diegoy, it can be used by peopl in wheelchairs the trail is about a quarter-mile long is also flatar. >> is just phenomenal to be abl to wield all the way around you this terrain into c were a lot of people go hiking, people wheelchairs were not able to to be accommodated for.. >> it features for shade structures, pinches the trailhead sign andd educ

flooding is possible from the southwest all the way to the canadian border. >>> if you're flying, airport delays possible in salt lake city, las vegas and los angeles. >>> want to get back to our top story now and a congressman's controversial comments about those protests in charlotte. >> first a look at the city streets mostly quiet after a curfew went into effect. this follows two nights of violence which led to more than 40 arrests and one death. the family of that man shot dead by police has now seen a video of the incident. district includes charlotte is under fire for what he said to the bbc about the protesters. >> here is part of the conversation went robert pittinger and the bbc interviewer. >> what is their grievance in their mind? >> well, the grievance in their mind is that the animus, the anger, they hate white people because they're successful and they're not. >> the congressman has since apologized for his comments, the ai black caucus called the remarks devastatingly ignorant, divisive and disgusting. >>> officers were overly aggressive, their boss says his officers did w