this is a picture of benjamin davis wilson, and margaret as much older people. wilson was born in tennessee in 1811, and he began his business life as a traitor with the choctaw chickasaw, and like a lot of traders, he gradually moved west and found himself working as a fur trapper. he arrives in california in 1841. first, he sets himself up as a mule trader. then he opens a store in los angeles and then becomes a cattle rancher. he could only buy a ranch by marrying ramona yorba because he could not buy the land himself. so he marries the 14-year-old daughter of a very wealthy man, and the marriage gave him right to land, the right to participate in politics. just as thomas hereford's marriage had given him access to this family network, benjamin davis' marriage had allowed him to become one of the most powerful men in los angeles. wilson became a californio. he was part of the group of mexicans and anglos who thought of themselves as californian's rather than specifically mexicans or americans. he raises have -- cattle and sheep. now part of this yorba family,

over here we have another soldier's story, in this case brigadier general benjamin davis. davis joined the army in 1898, fought in the philippines, and eventually moved his way up through the ranks to become the very first black general officer in the united states army's history. we have his entire collection here and as you can see here it includes medals, his ceremonial saber, his class a uniform. and of course we're very proud to have his collection here, especially for folks who want to come in and do research on the desegregation of the united states army. he was very instrumental in that process. after the interwar years the united states army entered world war ii and had to bring the army back up to strength very very quickly. in this case, you can see a soldier with his duffle bag ready, getting ready to go overseas to fight the german army, or perhaps the japanese. as we move through the exhibit, you can see that we had several different theaters in which these soldiers were shipping out to fight. each theater had its own uniform, its own tactics, its own way of

here we have a commemoratives history presented by the officers of the regiment to benjamin davis senior who was the first black commander of the 369th president and you can see the first of the regiment. first, never lost a man to capture, never gave up a foot and taken, and we also have the symbol of the rattlesnake and that is why this is called harlem's rattlers. that is what the men called themselves. i believe harlem hell fighters was something of france would give them and believe it or not the reason that it stuck, the most visible symbol of the 369th after the war was the band. lot of people don't know this but the 369th was disbanded, it was decommissioned. there was no 369th anymore after world war i so the band became the most visible representative, they embraced the term hellfire, often called the health later banned. i have seen them pass music album cover, has held fighters band etc. etc. so that says something about -- bert williams was an early recruiter for the regiment, very close to the first commander. here we have charles young, who should have been first black com

davis coming for to blast the president for not going to the border as well. we will be taking this up with the appropriations committee member john culberson of texas. also benjaminanyahu stepping up the airstrikes in gaza with hamas now firing rockets further into israel. on your screen i know, some of the 80 overnight strikes by israeli warplanes on hamas targets. president obama condemning the hamas rocket attacks and reaffirming at the same time israel's right to defend the south with mr. netanyahu. we will be taking all of that up with the israeli ambassador to the united states or tonight. and sergeant andrew timmer racey finally able to tell his story in court but it's unclear whether anyone was listening he joins us here live and we begin tonight with the warnings from homeland security secretary jeh johnson, who testified before the senate appropriations committee. >> it there will be approximately 90,000 unaccompanied children across the border in fiscal 2014, and 100 worry bows and in fiscal 15. at our current burn rate within the department of homeland security, we will run out of money in mid-august. >> lawmakers on both sides skeptical about the adm