. >>> for more about all of this we are joined tonight by andres martinez. he is a senior fellow at the new america foundation in shington, d.c. thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> we've heard a lot tonight about how official corruptions impeding the drug war in mexico and i'm wondering is that why the mexican government deployed tens of thousands of troops to fight drug cartels, and then is it working? >> it's one of the reasons why there was a perceive deploy the military, yes. the fact that a lot of local police forces had been compromised and infiltrated which is a recurring problem in mexico. i wouldn't say it's only from corruption though. i think it's actually a matter -- there was no other force to throw at the problem. mexico lacks a strong muscular time police force. so partly that the government was being outgunned. >> is it working? >> there's a stalemate in place. it worked initially. a sort of shock-and-awe element to having the army patrol the streets. but over time the cartels have adjusted to the new reality. and if you

andre martinez cooperation here, attention there. in general terms what is the state of the u.s.-mexico relations? >> the state of the relationship is a bit like a tired marriage in need of counseling. we're at a stage with both parties have agreed to undergo counseling. we have these opportunities whenever you have a new administration. clearly there's an additional timely pattern. i think there's a receptiveness in mexico to the fact that u.s. said the drug car is a shared responsibility. what we need to do now is a commitment that matches us that responsibility. >> so far what we're seeing in terms of actual collaboration falls short. >> reporter: denise dresser, how do you see the general state? >> i think that the climate for cooperation has improved since president obama came in to office. and hillary clinton's trip to mexico in recent months where she stopped the rhetoric of co-responsibility has helped a great deal in that regard. i think we have to transition from the rhetoric of collaboration to the reality of it. and that would entail the u.s. assuming greater responsi

. >> andr martinez from thnew america fountion, thank you ry much. >> thank you. >>> and if you would like to find out more you can find more exusive coverage on mexico. on the u.s. role at worldfocus.org. >>rescue workers say they've found as many 1,000 survivors this weekend's typhoon. inemote regions of taiwan. heavy rains and floodi rivers continue to slow theearch and hundreds are still missing and feared dead. in one vlage buried under a mudslide, thonly sign of life that the was a stranded cat. e storm dumped close to 80 inch of rain on the island and also struck the ilippines and eaern china. >>> water -- too mucor too little -- is a growing probl for counities world wide. and tonight we have thsecond rt of our series on the changing gbal environment from r new partner, the united nations's environmentaprogram, unep, and its irin fms projt. tonight thfilmmakers take us high up into the himalayasn the country of nep where villagers are struggli with seve drought as rising temperatures melt away the glaciers that suly their fresh war. >> reporter: in nepal himalaya is home to st

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martinez. i think that -- i think they are criminals and they ought to be treated as such and to somehow elevate them to the status to major andre i think is inappropriate. i have two concerns. one is that -- you know, right now the u.s. military if not the most highly respected institution in the united states is among the very top. and there are a couple of reasons for this. one is that the militar carefully restricts itself to its primary mission which is to fight and win our wars. to provide the time and the space necessary for the real solutions, social, cultural, religious and otherwise to take place. and then once that mission is limited to war-fighting, the military does that very, very well. just as the department of justice prosecutes criminals very, very well. so there is that. the other aspect for me is that the department of justice has scores of experienced prosecutors, decades of experience, lots of judges and great credibility, justifiable credibility, in this area that the department of defense simply doesn't have. you know, department of defense personnel policies rotate people every two or three years. they wi