mexico has become a target of much of u.s. policy. it has become an object of the american president's attention. i actually say somewhere in the book, i know i have said this to a few of you, sometimes when we talk about mexico, we are not really talking about mexico, but ourselves. mexico is our struggle. sometimes we are talking about globalization. sometimes it is china. sometimes we feel like we're losing power in the world. sometimes, europe whether we can still compete. not all conversations about mexico are really conversations about mexico, some are really about ourselves. in mexico, when people hear these conversations, it does have their name and country attached to it. how are they responding? >> i would say they are responding in a very mature and even-headed and patient way. i sense a contrast between the time when nafta was being negotiated and the president. i have the privilege of being a part of the nafta team. it was a pretty controversial issue back then. we were educated by saying that the u.s. took half of mexico

mexico. current and former officials have both the u.s. and mexico have discussed the recent history of the two neighboring countries and the impact of nafta over the years. among the speakser was former u.s. ambassador to mexico roberta jacobson who provided closing remarks on enhancing future relations between the two countries. this is about two hours. >> good morning, everybody. >> good morning! >> hi. >> good to have you here. thank you for everyone who is here and thanks to everyone joining us by live stream and anyone joining us from c-span as well. thanks for being with us. it's and immense honor to welcome you to the migration policy institute. we are an organization that studies the movement of people worldwide which means that one of the things we do research, extensive research, evidence-based research and authoritative research. we bring people together for dialogue, training and learning opportunities and do a lot of pragmatic problem-solving around issues of immigration and immigrant immigration policy around the world. we wo

u.s./mexico border. the sheriff says u.s.order patrol was chasing a vehicle at 100 mi an hour and flipped. the vehicle was packed with undocumented iimmigrants. four people died at the scene. a fifth died in san antonio. >>> global stocks falling overnight as u.s. and china inch c closer to trade war. china tariffs are back on for stealing tech and u.s. trade secrets. a plan to slap $25 billion on exports. xi jinping's made in china 2025 initiative with aerospace and robotics and manufacturing and cars. they accused the u.s. of launching a trade war. they are targeting soybeans and crude oil. it is hitting states that support trump. it could cost farmser farmers. american chip makers will be hurt by the tariffs. u.s. companies send finished chips for testing. tariffs hurt companies that do big business in china like boeing and cat eerpillarcaterpi. it expects to make $1 trillion in china over the next 20 years. >>> and an earthquake during rush hour with deadly results. we will have details next. >>> welcome back. 13 minutes

u.s./mexico border. the "angle" is here you can you can see -- here so you can see for yourselves what is going on here. we'll show you how the trump administration is actually trying to protect these children and give you a look at their real living conditions. we'll also get the inside story from active border agents putting their lives on the line and cracking done on the human smugglers who are also putting these children in grave danger. and meanwhile, democrats give away their game, this is great, by turning down legislative fixes. who would want to fix this, proving they'd rather hurt the president than help the children. plus newt gingrich taps into his historical knowledge, reveals why the left is so willing to jump to hysterical comparisons to the holocaust. and the tragedy of separating families a father shares the agony of losing his own son, brutally gunned down a few months ago in california, by an illegal. but first, protecting america, protecting the children. that's the focus of tonight'

u.s. and mexico. the wilson center's mexico institute and migration policy institute cohosted an event with current and former officials from both countries. topics included the impact of nash debt -- nafta and what they described as understanding more of the positive productive aspects of the relationship. this is just over two hours. >> good morning, everybody. >> good morning. buenos dias. thank you for those who are joining us by livestream, who are here today, anybody joining us from c-span as well, thank you for being with us. it is an immense honor to welcome you. for those of you who have not been here before, we are an organization that studies the movement of people worldwide, which means one of the things we do research, evidence-based research, authoritative research , we g people together for dialogue, training, lear opportunities,ot of red medic problem solving around issues of immigration and immigrant integration policy around the world. we work in the united states, and we have office

u.s.-mexico border. at least 600 immigrant children have been removed from their parents over the past month. we go to south texastoto the epicenteof this ro tolence cracown. >> to thinthat our gornment is puttin kids throh this kdd of traumatic experiee. to send a ssssage p peopl wh are feing their countrs not out of their ow choice, but for the own survival. it amounts to torture. amy: plus we look at how the trump administration is reportedly planning to build tent cities on military bases near the u.s.-mexico border to accommodate the increasing numbers of migrant children being held . all that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn to the headlines. the white house says it will back either of a a pair of immigration bibills heading towards a possible vote in the congress next week, after house spspeaker paul ryan said he'll allow a debate on immigration. white house senior adviser stephen miller said president trump supports

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u.s.-mexico border. his reversal on the issueou followed ary on both sides of the political aisle and pressure from human rights groups. but even as he was announcing the order, the president stressed the need to toughen america's immigration laws. nick bryant has more. nick: a tent encampment close to the mexican border that has become a sweltering detention center for some of the thousands of children ken from their parents. donald trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy has provoked outrage across america and the world. pres. trump: going to have a lot of happy people. nick: today from the president, that rare thing, abd reversal, cln. all it took to end child separation was the flourish of his pen. pres. trump: we are going to have very strong borders, but we are going to keep the family together. i don't like the site or the the feeling of families being separated. nick: this was a political crisis of his own making, and up untitoday, the america first president had fiercely defended the crackdown

u.s./mexico border. >> let's head to new jersey where polo sandoval is. we saw a bizarre scene play out. kind of surreal, a u.s. congressman pounding on a door at the immigrant detention center in elizabeth. what did they want and what happened? >> reporter: well, it all played out here, looking for that white department of homeland security sign out front you hardly guess this is home to about 250 undocumented people. today that group of democratic legislators traveled here to visit five of those men who are being detained at this facility. they had worked out separate arrangements with the attorneys of those men as they arrived here. they were met by this staff and refusing access initially. this is how it all played out as you describe it. a very bizarre scene. >> congressman, titled -- >> now you did wrong. now you did wrong. you were doing fine up until now. now you did wrong. what -- this is america. this isn't moscow. >> so how did all of this end? after about an hour 45 minutes, supervisors were called and police department were called. never getti

. >> canada, mexico, and the usa have been selected by the fifa congress. laura: plus, the u.s. is bringing the world cup back home with canada and mexico. how this multination bid won over fifa and transcended tensions across borders. a:lao welcomer viewers on public television in the u.s. and also around the world. president trumpo says there is longer a nuclear threat from north korea. he arrived back in the united states, hailing his summit with kim jong-un as a major win fory. american secur secret has been to south korea to begin talks around the process on denuclearization, amid criticism from democrats who say little of substance has been agreed. john sudworth reports. john: in north korea, most of the information-starved masses had heard nothing about the summit until today. it is, of course, being sold to them as a great victory. "donald trump is halting the u.s.-south korean joint militarx cises," the newsreader says. the suspension of the drills,on for sosuch a key featur' of america's alliance with south onrea, appears to have taken many in the regiy surprise, not le

u.s./mexico border.umented immigrants and asylum seekers are waiting to be processed at this facility in texas. many of them are children, some just infants, who will soon be separated from their parents as their parents are essentially taken to jail under

u.s./mexico border. >>> and the president pointing to what he calls waves of migrants as a security threat. and the report about michael cohen and his connection to a tabloid during the 2016 campaign. >>> we begin with a live picture of the white house. any moment now, president trump scheduled to leave for las vegas for events with nevada's republican party. he lives for the trip amid fallout over his separation policy and his row luck tans to end it on thursday. fresh insight into what led president trump to retreat on that policy. and the confusion his executive order created between the justice department and the department of homeland security. meanwhile, the administration is reportedly trying to figure out how to reunite more families through a nowly-formed task force, according to internal documents that were obtained by politico. help us go through the headlines, nbc white house correspondent kelly o'donnell, cal perry and gabe gutierrez in southern texas and eugene scott of "washington post" an

u.s.-mexico border, are controlled by the cartels. the cartels determined where she and her 7-year-old daughter were going to cross. not lost on me the fact that her daughter -- on me was the fact that her daughter was gripping her mother's hand for dear life, which i imagine she had been for the last three weeks. where if they were lucky they made it on food, -- foot. they also made it atop, not inside, of a train, known as the beast. and where they were fortunate enough to survive that journey and come to our front door of the united states at the texas-mexico border. and where she was arrested, and unbeknownst to her and to that little girl that was clutching her hand, they would within hours be separated and might not know when they would be joined again, if ever. 100% of the young women and men who travel with those young children in between our ports of entry are arrested. are detained in prison -- detained, imprisoned, jailed in those border patrol stations. where they next go to the next place that i went to in mcallen, which

u.s.-mexico border. s week the guatemalan mother sued several government agencies and top trump administration officials asking a federal judge to order authorities to release her so >> translator: this is the only son i have, and i am never going to be separate from him again. >> reporter: customs and border protection says it's unified over 15% of children separated from their parents for illegal entry. a vast majority of children separate read still wondering -- separated are still wondering what they'll see their loved ones again. cindy madrid and her 6-year-old daughter are part of that group. allison's is one of the tiny voices recorded on the audiotape that sparked national outrage this week. cnn spoke with her mother, currently being held at this detention facility in texas. allison is reported to be more than 1,200 miles away, at a children's center in phoenix, arizona. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: during a report allison phoned her aunt who did not want to be seen on camera. [ spea

signing annt executive order to in his policy of separating children from their parents on the u.s. mexico border. the president of south sudan and the main rebel leader meet for the first time in years. the civil war has left tens of thousands dead. the pressure is on france for its world cup match against peru. failing toside impress despite their win over australia. also coming up, shares and european carmakers after the owner of mercedes warns the trade dispute with the u.s. and china will hurt profits. and the second elected official in history to give birth while in office, more on the way. our top story live from paris. after days of backlash from around the world donald trump signed an executive order wednesday to end family separations on the mexican border. trumpomes days after insisted he was legally unable to act to keep children from being taken from their parents. here is more. >> it is about keeping families together while at the same time being sure that we have a powerful, strong border and border security. it will be equal if not greater than previously. we are going to h

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u.s./mexico border. it's part of the zero tolerance policy on illegal immigration. democratic lawmakers are demanding a change in policy. customs and border protection released these photos in mcallen texas. children can be seen in steel cages. the media was able to tour the facility but barred from shooting pictures or video due to what customs officials cited as privacy concerns. democratic lawmakers toured the facility and compared it to a prison. it was started in april under the zero tolerance policy. adults who cross the border illegally could be placed in jail away from their children. the policy is meant to be a deterrent. >> he doesn't care enough about human beings and all he cares about is trying to get a wall, no matter what it costs. >> reporter: the president is blaming democrats for the policy and also tweeting this morning. he tweeted that the people of germany are turning against their leadership and there is a tenuous coalition. crime is up in germany. millions of people have strongly and violently change their culture. he also tweeted, we don't wa

u.s. together with mexico and canada just got world cup. congratulations. the field expected to expand to 48 teams with 60 of the 80 games being held here in the u.s. america is hoping 26202620262026 dreaming now. >> eight years from now, this great tournament will be on shows. >> if they get to host the game, it will bring back mem ris of 1994, the last time the u.s. hosted the world cup. back then, stanford stadium hosted several gamed. >>> it's going to be another scorcher today. heading to the beach like you see here in santa cruz. may be a great action if you're looking for lerelief from the n triple digit temperatures. mike nico has a look. >> we're talking about temperatures at the coast. start there first. the reason why you would go there is the mid-60s to nearly 67 in monterey where sunshine is breaking out. santa cruz, the warm spot at 80. the reason you'd want to go here is because of the temperatures that will be anywhere from 5 degrees warmer than average to nearly 11 to 13 degrees warmer than average in santa rosa and livermore. that's why we

u.s./mexico border. many parents don't know where their children are and when, or even if, they will be returned. president trump's order to stop separating children in undocumented detained parents does not mean the more than 2,300 children already separated from their families will be reunited in the near future. the department of homeland security, however, says about 500 children separated from their families have been reunited since may. the rest remain in facilities spread across this country. nbc's geoff bennett is at the white house and gabe gutierrez in mexico. let me start with you, gabe, reporting on both sides of the border. i mentioned the confusion, the chaos. what do you hear from folks there? >> reporter: hi, david. certainly still a lot of confusion and everybody knows in mexico, it's different from the border crossing where we've been at the last several days. about an hour, an hour and a half eat of here. this is what, where many of the immigrants cross illegally throughout this part o

u.s.-mexico border.ernment now says some 500 children shave been reunited wih their parents or family members. however, the government has not counted the total number of children affected by this process, so we don't know how many the government needs to still reunite with their families. they say it will get done but they're a little skimpy on the details. >> reporter: is there a plan to reunite children with their parents? >> we are going to do that. we are reuniting as quickly as we can. >> as quickly as we can, she says. but how are they doing it? in some cases caseworkers are going from shelter to shelter, looking for people to reunite families. they're going through the facilities, getting a sense of the condition there, after days of confusion and delay surrounding the new marching orders. our diane gallagher was allowed to go into a shelter in florida today. you were allowed in. you were not allowed to bring a camera but describe what you saw inside. >> reporter: that's right, john, so we should

u.s.-mexico border. five people killed yesterday after an suv carrying illegal immigrants crashed while being chased by border patrol agents. authorities say 14 people were in the suv when it lost control and slip it over after hitting speeds of more than 100 miles per hour. the crash taking place during a smuggling operation. the border patrol says two other vehicles were traveling with the one that crashed. multiple arrests were made. cheryl: fireworks expect it today on capitol hill. fbi director christopher wright and inspector general michael horvitz scheduled to testify before the senate judiciary committee. they will be grilled about the bombshell report on the fbi's hillary clinton e-mail investigation released last week. the report criticized fbi direc or jes comey insubordination. however, the report noted the decision not to prosecute clinton in july 2016 was not motivated by political bias by candidate donald trump. sharply criticizing the pressure probe for sending anti-trump text messages.

u.s./mexico border.w judge ruled that all children separated from their parents must be reunited within 30 days. h later todayse republicans will vote on a compromised immigration bill. speaker paul ryan says the bill will address the separation more than 2,000 children from their parent the border. and a that debates a travel ban upheld byhe supreme court. >> nbc's kristen welker is live witheaction to this. >> reporter: good morning, aaron and eun. president trump is touting a major legal andic pol win after the supreme court upheld his travel ban in a 5-4 ruling on tuesday. it restricts travel. it's a matter of national security. mr. trump calling theco supreme t ruling a tremendous victory for our country and for the co now the vindication comes after the first version of the bid, remember that a year and a half ago, sparkedha in national airports. meanwhile, major news overnight, i don't know they're ordering the p halt saying families already split apart must be reunited within days. still, that wi

u.s.-mÉxico border have already been reunited in last month alone but it's not clear how many of the roughlychildren are still being detained with family. president trump signed executive order wednesday that ended family separation at the border but the order has raised questions about how quickly the government can find facilities to house these families together. tracee: fist lady melania trump making surprise visit at southern border, fox news correspondent ellison barber in washington with more. >> the first lady visited the u.s.-mÉxico border on thursday in shelter where migrant children are being detained, instead of talking about visit, much of the attention seems to be about her wardrobe. first lady melania trump ignited fire storm at she boarded plane. the phrase, i really don't care, do you. it reappeared as she arrived at jba, first speks person insists there's no hidden message and president trump tweeted, refers to fake news people. the order would allow the administration to keep participants and their children in detention together until immigration or criminal proceedings pl

u.s.-mexico border. if you can play defense, you ought to play on the 20 yard line instead of the 1 indian, a-- 20-yard line instead of the 1-yard line. we have $650 million to the alliance for progress where we sat down with the countries of honduras, el salvador, guatemala. i just met with the president of honduras, and he says some of our neighbors are so frustrated that the money that you all put there has not really gone to us. and that's one thing that i'm going to work on appropriations. get the state department to move faster. we're seeing this crisis here at the border, but at the same time, the state department has not got the resources. we're trying to address the economic, the security issues of those countries. and the more we do on the 20 yard line instead of the 1 yard line at the border the more effective we can be. >> the "washington post" reported a surging number of unaccompanied minors being apprehended at the border in 2014. there were nearly 709,000 according to the "post" reporting

u.s./mexico border. we're going to talk to people who live on this side of the wall, live on that side of the wall. who wants to talk? you know what? we should just book people the way we normally do. this is not going to work. my name is w.kamau bell. as a comedian, i made a living finding humor in parts of america i don't understand. now, i'm challenging myself to b dig deeper. i'm on a mission to see the colors and belief that add to this country. this is "the united states hade america." there's things that are real and things that are imaginary. things that are real are observable, and predictable, like climate change. that kneeling for the national anthem doesn't mean you hate the troops. and that hot doughnuts taste better than cold doughnuts. that's science. there's things that are imaginary, like borders. think about it. borders are pretend lines drawn on the earth by men, and i mean by men, as a way to divide up land. and sometimes the borders don't make any sense. like this town. it's divided

u.s./mexico border, a direct response to president trump's polic separating immigrant children from their families. both states sent four crew members and a helicopter. governor hogan says immigration enforcemend efforts shoocus on criminals, not separating innocent children from their families. and governor northam said he would not devote resources that could support an inhumane policy. >>> the cost of your commute may be going up. tolls are likely about to jum the dulles toll road. here's a look. a 75 current hike at the main toll plaza, a 50 cent hike at the off ramps. for hasome, could be an extra $1.25 every day. a majority of the revenue collected would go to pay for the metro silver line extension. driver lauren watkins not bo thrilled aut the toll road to metro funding. >> so if i wanted my money to go to metro, i would get on the metro. >> the earliest the price hike could take effect, january 2019. the public will have a chance to weigh in on this ler this summer. >>> it was the largest land and waternvion in history. today two american twin brothers killed duringd-day in norma

part of his district runs along the u.s. mexico border. if you want to join the conversation this morning republicans (202) 748-8001, .emocrats (202) 748-8000 as folks are calling in this morning he asked what's happening today on capitol hill. these bills on immigration overhaul and at least one of them deals with some of these issues of family separation. what are they and how are you voting? guest: i'm still considering it but i'm probably a no. there was the goodlettsville and then there's a compromise bill. it's a compromise within the republican party. it's not a bipartisan compromise. somea compromise between extreme right-wing members and some more moderate republicans. it does not address the real dreamer issue. it has border while funding which for me is a deal killer. i have met with the president several times and we have talked is a border while and it $25 billion -- it would be a monumental waste of taxpayer dollars. i know the border very well and i know that it would not bring real border security. in fact when i met with h

u.s.-mexico border. >> you told us -- [indiscernible] to what extent does that remain your conviction?ustin: one of the things we have seen from the president is he prides himself on a certain degree of patentability. the challenge for us is that we the that certain actions, movement on steel and aluminum for american workers as well as cost challenges for canadian industry and canadian workers. i have to continue to believe that leaders will function in the interest of their own country. i have a hard time accepting that any leader might do the kind of damage to his own auto industry that would happen if you were to bring in such a tariff on canadian auto manufacturers given the changetion of the supply -- supply chain to the canada kind -- canada-u.s. border. this is something we are going to continue to demonstrate to our partners in the united states and hopefully we will continue to demonstrate it is better to work together than to create various guests create various. -- create barriers. have's desk you have spent a billion dollars -- you have spent $1 billion in lumber. bailout.

you saw mexico and canada integrated into the u.s. production chain, a few jobs went to mexico but other jobs were created in the united states. the auto industry is great because you see not only did we continue to produce american cars after we thought that american car companies were going to be overrun by foreign foreign but also the carmakers also make their cars in the united states and in north america. they do not make them abroad and try to export them to the united states. they make them in north america. of that happened with american workers. >> yes no or maybe, will there be able -- be a wall? >> yes because the sitting president cares about this. there is already about 600 miles of a wall short of 2000 miles. i would be surprised if there is not a lot more wall by the time he is done being president. when we have a wall across 2000 miles, i doubt that will happen. >> diane, republican line. >> good morning, gentlemen. article to read an -- the talked about, -- they called for mass immigration to the united states during a

u.s.-mexico border the trump administration's plan remains vague when it comes to reuniting migrant children with their parents. the president now says migrants should not be afforded due process. while in europe, two vessels carrying hundreds of migrants are adrift in the mediterranean, a graphic symbol of we don't want you and the power of populism threatening the leadership of the german chancellor, angela merkel and threatens rule of law and human rights in the united states. to drill down into these fraud issues, i'm joined by guests from both sides of the atlantic. from brussels, man fred weber, a close ally of angela merkel and member of parliament and from new york, jeffrey toobin, cnn's legal analyst. jeffrey, let me first turn to you and ask you about the president's latest comments on the idea migrants do not deserve due process. let me read one of the tweets. we cannot allow all these people to invade our country. when somebody comes in we mutt immediately with no judges or court cases immediately send them back where they come from. our system is a mock country of the court case

u.s./mexico border.ng angel families to once again channel his vision for who should be allowed into the country. >> we want people in our country based on merit, not based on a draw where other countries put their absolutely worst in a bin and they start drawing people. >> congressman quigley of illinois. great to have you with me. >> good morning. >> let me start by asking what you have heard from stit constituents. you have had 800 falls. what are you hearing and what are you telling them about what congress might do to correct this problem? >> that is over 3,000 contacts with my office now. after this discussion, i'm heading up to a rally in the middle of my district where kids and families will be there. people who are ashamed, disgusted and extraordinary ily angry at what's happening. i have a former marine who talked about his post-traumatic stress and actions in vietnam where u.s. soldiers were forced to separate vie vietnamese fami from their children. >> you have written a letter, along with se

u.s.-mexico border. most of the parents apprehended by customs and border patrol are now charged with criminal entry, and in many cases, criminal re-entry, then taken to a jail or prison to serve their time before they are sent to an immigrant detention center. in the meantime, their children are being sesent to shelelters d foster care programs around the country. "the assocociated press" reports that between april 19 and may 31, nearly 2000 children werere separated from their parents. former first lady laura bush noted in a "washington p pt" op-e-ed sunday that "more than 0 of t the childldren are youngern 4 years old." lauraa busush condemned the pros of separating children from their parents. on friday, busush's fellow rerepublican, vice presisident e pence, was interrupted by opponents ofof family separation during a speech in columumbus, ohio. they yelled "why are you ripping children from their families?" vice pres. pence: let's hear for america first policies that brought all of us here together

u.s./mexico border. there are still migrant parents that don't know where their children are and are still struggling to get answers. today about 500 of the more than 2,300 children separated from their families at the u.s./mexico border are together again. but federal agencies are now scrambling to set up a plan for the remaining children. mothers like evie scoozman who was detained in seattle still has no answers about her 5-year-old son nearly 1,800 miles away in a san antonio shelter. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> reporter: and it's still unclear whether migrant parents will even be prosecuted. a federal public defender's office in texas says the u.s. attorney's office would be dismissing cases in which parents were charged with illegally entering or re-entering the united states. not helping the matter, conflicting statements from top trump administration officials. last month this was attorney general jeff sessions who said the bible justified family separations. >> if you are smuggling a chil

u.s./mexico border. now my next guest has made a film which goes beyond the headlines, focussing on the lives and stories of people trying to make it in america. ber but her setting is a remote fishing village in cuba where he explores a young mother's dream o of escaping the endless cycle of poverty. kim hopkins joined me in studio to talk about her documentary called "voices of the sea". >> thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> i'm used to cuba documentariries being done by mostly cubans or americans. you are english, what first drew you to this project? what made you want to do it? >> in the late '90s i was involved in starting the documentary department in the cuban film school. and i got to know what cuba is. >> the authorities were clear about what you could show about cuba. >> very much. >> is it subversive to what you did? it's not in havana, it's out in a fishing village. it's a different look at cuba than we usually get. >> i was looking to do a hemmingway, kind of old man and the sea. so

u.s. border with mexico.man mike kaufman, who made a trip to west texas to view what he calls trump's terrible mistake. congressman kaufman, good to see you. thank you for spending time with us. i know you just toured a facility there housing hundreds of detained boys, unaccompanied minors is my understanding there in tornillo, texas. what is your biggest takeaway from your visit today? . >> well, they're now certainly some girls down there but how horrible this policy has been in terms of -- i get the zero tolerance, but the administration should have gone forward with the change in the law that would allow the separation of families before embarking on this policy. they've since, through executive order, are now reuniting these families or keeping them together, and then reuniting the ones that they've already separated, so just a really, really bad decision and with a tragic outcome. >> did you have a chance to talk with some of those teenagers or kids that you visited? >> sure, i can -- i can speak enough

u.s. negotiators, mexican as well. during the presidential transition. in mexico. >> [indiscernible] we have had complaints about --ry and time management and why do you think that canada is suddenly so much in the crosshairs? >> i recognize the the relationship between canada and the u.s. is closer and more complex into deeper than the relationship of any two countries in the world. andlevel of coordination collaboration between our two economies leaves lots of issues one can pluck at and talk on if one wants to make points or push a certain narrative. i am going to remain focused on the fact that this relationship has been also one of the most successful trading relationships in the history of the modern world. two countries have worked together, grown together, and prospered together in innumerable ways. and the past decades century and a half, to the tremendous benefit of citizens in both our countries. challengesalways be in a relationship as deep and complex as this one. my focus remains on the tremendous benefits that we can continue to draw if we work toge

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u.s./mexico border. behind bars, former trump campaign chairman paul manafort sent to jail over witness tampering and hillary clinton said james comey also used personal e-mail to conduct official fbi business. but let's begin with immigration. president trump again pointing the finger at democrats for not working with republicans on immigration, writing this today on twitter. "democrats can fix their forced family breakup at the border by working with republicans on new legislation for a change. this is why we need more republicans elected in november. democrats are good at only three things," the president says, "high taxes, high crime and obstructio obstructi obstruction. sad." i'm going to stop here. it is not the democrats separating the families. this is the result of a decision the administration made. as for the need for more republicans, republicans control the house, they control the senate and they control the white house and still this policy is in place. well, that tweet from president trump

u.s./mexico border.otesters were shouting at border patrol officers and blocked a bus from leaving a detention center. >> employees of department of hereto have been warned about this. attorney general jeff sessions says the department of justice will prosecute anyone who targets dhs staff. >>> our. >> reporter: we are about two miles away from the u.s./mexico border after the families are apprehended or turned themselves in and they are brought here to this facility. we have shown you what it looks like inside. the pictures of some of those holding areas. what took place today was the groups gathered just outside trying to get their message heard. trying to get their message to some of the people inside. well, that is when one of these transport buses then pulled out from where you see that white vehicle there and that is when the protest spilled on to the streets and demonstrators blocking the path of this bus. >> let the children free! >> reporter: and i did speak to mcallen's police chief who tell me

u.s.-mexico border... have been released... the nonprofit 'propublica' said it was recorded at a detention facility last week... and the children in the records are between the ages of four and ten...(ken) this is all part of the trump administration's zero- tolerance policy toward illegal border crossings... and it has ignited debate around the country. (vicki) there've been a number of protests, and lawmakers are voicing their anger over the family separations ... demanding the trump administration change its policy. kron 4's ali reid joins us in the studio tonight ... how is the department of homeland security handling this? d-h-s defends the border separations and detentions.and say it will continue to enforce the law enacted by congress.as images of detainees in cages emerge ... children cry after being separated from their parents. the president has the full authority to stop the separation of children from their parents. it's his attorney general jeff sessions that announced the policy in april of zero tolerancethat mean

u.s./mexico border. e southern part of mexico as you mention right there with the border with guatemala. the reason it is so important to be here right now all the folks from south america, people from guatemala and we are seeing the first indicator of what we will see for those who plan to head to the u.s./mexico border. a few things that stuck with me when i was talking to mothers at that shelter. one mother said that she arrived here a few weeks ago. she had plans to go to the united states. left honduras because of gang violence, she said that there was a threat made on one of her children to kill her children. she left the very next day and now here she's actually seeing the coverage from the u.s./mexico border. the families being separated and she mentioned that audio. she mentioned hearing the children crying when they were separated and she said because of that, she is putting her journey on hold. she plans to stay here. eventually, hopefully make it to the u.s. for her, but for right now, she's t

u.s.-mexico border. he supplied audio from pro publica of some of the children crying for their parents. here's a look. mr. lieu: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to address the house, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, you are so recognized or 60 minutes. mr. lieu: i am congressman ted lieu of california. if the statue of liberty could cry, she would be crying today. as i stands here there are 2,300 babies and kids ripped away from their parents by our government and are in detention facilities across america. america was a country founded by people fleeing from persecution. we are a land of immigrants. president ronald reagan called us that shining city upon the hill. unfortunately donald trump and homeland security secretary nielsen have per vetted that grand -- perverted that grand legacy and have engaged in the functional equivalent of kidnapping. you can believe in no god or any god at all and conclude that ripping kids away from their parents

u.s.-mexico border. congressman jerry nadler now of new york talked about legislation he is introducing. this was held after the president said he would sign an executive order on migrant children separated from their families. >> i can't get this -- what? ok. good afternoon. i am congressman jerry nadler of new york. ranking democrat on the judiciary committee. ledunday, father's day, i an unannounced inspection of an ice detention center to witness firsthand the trump administration's heartless and dangerous family separation policy. i spoke to fathers whose children had been taken from them, who have no idea when or if they will see their children again. i saw their anguished faces as they told me and my colleagues of the horrors they have faced since arriving. we have all seen the heartbreaking pictures and listened to the desperate cries of children screaming for their parents in the united states. one father who came to this country seeking refuge after fleeing terrible violence at home, told us ho

coming to from the u.s. mexico border, just north of tee juan a when you think about it, there is a solution for a lot of the suffering unaccompanied immigrant minors. it's a really humane one. one i know a lot about. called adoption. joining me now from washington is chuck johnson shall. and ceo of the national council for adoption. one of my favorite people. chuck, great to have you on tonight. you and i have been so frustrated about what's happened in the adoption world over the last several years. specifically not only is it hard to adopt domestically, harder because of abortion and all of that, adopting internationally especially from central america, chuck. why has it become nearly impossible? 15 years ago we had about 2,380 or so children available for adoption. last year, one. what's going on? >> yeah, over the last ten years we've seen nearly 80% decline in the number of international adoptions happening in the u.s. we believe that part of the reason for that is a bias against enter country adoption by car

u.s./mexico border. we'll hear from hern i amont. alex wagner sheis here with us. president trump goes to capitol hill today to press house republicans on a pair of immigration bills. while the uproar gets loudeeran for illegaly separating childre from parents is unacceptable. 17% say it's acceptable. our poll finds 62% of americans disapprove of the president's handling of immigration. 35% approve. paula reid is at the white house. paula, good morning. >> good morning. when the president meets with house republican leaders tonight, he will demand funding for a border wall, border security and an end to catch and release. but given the sharp divisions within the republican party over this issue, it's unclear whether any bill that's been proposed could actually pass. >> we're doing the right thing. we're takining care of these children. >> last night, attorney general jeff sessions defended the administration's zero tolerance policy, which he first announced in april. >> hopefully people will get the mess