/mexico border. talked about what life is like there during today's political climate. >> now, it is my great pleasure to introduce our moderator for tonight's discussion. simone romero is a national correspondent for "the new york times," based in albuquerque, new mexico. he was previously the brazil bureau chief for the times covering brazil and other parts of south america. he has written extensively on a broad range of issues including brazil upheel, river pirates in the amazon rain forest and antarctica and "the new york times" bureau chief until 2011 based in venezuela where he covered issues including president hugo chavez's political movement, columbia's long internal war and indigenous politics in bolivia. please give a warm welcome to mr. simone romero. >> sara, thank you so much for the very kind introduction, and i'm just going to move on right now and introduce this wonderful panel that i have the pleasure of moderating. we have cecilia balli, who is a journalist and cultural anthropolog

border patrol and customs and border protection? >> no, just border patrol. >> alright, this is a typo. it has you in both positions. and you are not. just wanted to clarify that. >> just border patrol. >> all right. let me, for the record, take note of the fact that a number 2018,ldren that died in in fact, no child had died in cbp custody for the entire loste before 2018, and we jake flynn, philippe a, a number of children that proceeded to get medical care and who were detained and placed in cbp and ultimately, four migrant orldren passed away while in shortly after being released from federal custody. whether you you, have children or not, or are around children or relatives, acknowledge that the debt of any child-- the death of any is a crisis and tragic? >> i am a father and a grandfather. it is a tragedy. >> dr. eastman? >> i am a parent and the debt of any child is devastating. it is important to not and they know -- not only know it is utterly devastating to the parents, but i was in our facility and i sought our personnel

border patrol and customs and border protection? mr. hastings: no, ma'am. just border patrol. ms. jackson lee: all right. so a typo. it has you in both positions. you are not. just wanted to clarify that. mr. hastings: just border patrol, ma'am. ms. jackson lee: let me just, for the record, take note of the fact that a number of children have died in 2018 that, in fact, no child had died in c.b.p. custody for the entire decade before 2018. nd we lost in particular jakelyn, felipe, and and a number of children that proceeded to get medical care who were detaped in places c.b.p. and ultimately for migrant children passed away while or shortly after being released from federal custody. would both of you, whether you or around en or not, children or relatives acknowledge that the death of any child is a cries criecies and tragic, mr. hastings. mr. hastings: as i said earlier i'm a father and grandfather. it is a tragedy. ms. jackson lee: dr. eastman. dr. eastman: ma'am, i'm a parent. and the death of any child is deaf tating. -- devastating. i think it's important to note not just dev

-mexico border. they discuss life in the region in today's political climate and use coverage of the issues. zocalo had this discussion in los angeles, just short of an hour. >> it is my pleasure to introduce our moderator for tonight's discussion. simon romero is based in albuquerque, new mexico, previously the bureau chief covering brazil in south america. he has read extensively on a broad range of issues including brazil's political upheaval, river pirates in the amazon rain forest, paraguay's guerrilla insurgency and the shifting politics of antarctica. he was also the new york times bureau chief until then, covering issues including president hugo chavez's political movement, columbia's long internal war and indigenous politics. please give a warm welcome to mister simon romero. [applause] >> thank you for the very kind introduction. i will move on and introduce this wonderful panel i have the privilege of moderating. we have cecilia balli, cultural and apologist and writer at large on texas mo

-mexico border. >> we don't have any of that land. i don't even own a condominium on padre island, unfortunately. there is a long history of dispossession of lands held by mexicans who became mexican-american citizens after the mexican war. but on my mother and father's side, our families came to the area in the 1700s, in the middle of the 18th century and were part of these initial settlements that emerged along the rio grande. the river was a source of sustenance and life and these communities emerged that eventually were on either side of the river. when the river became our border after the u.s.-mexico war, the families ended up on either side. so i only have one grandmother who is from mexico, the interior, but my other three grandparents are all from this region. i don't have a lot of family in the interior of mexico or the u.s.. people don't know my last name in either country, so really i'm from the border. it's a place that feels like home. and it doesn't feel like the edge of anything, it f

border patrol and customs and border protection. >> just border patrol. >> let me for the record take note of the fact that a number of children that died in 2018 but in fact no child had died in custody for the entire decade for 2018 and in particular a number of children that preceded to get medical care and were detained ultimately for my grandchildren have passed away while in or shortly after being released from custody. whether you have children or not or are around children or relatives acknowledged that the death of a child is a crisis and tragic. i'm a father and grandfather and it is a tragedy. >> the death of any child is devastating but i think it's important to not only that it's not just devastating to the parents but also in our facility in orangeburg i went and saw our personnel that tried to save despite their best efforts dying in the custody of individuals that are basically law-enforcement but seeing when they are basically committed to has that been your opinion? >> the death of any child from any person is tragic and as you know, ball and force officers across th

border patrol and customs and border protect. is that -- >> no, ma'am, just border a parole. >> all right. so this is a slight typo. it has you in both positions, and you're not. i just wanted to clarify that for the record. >> just border patrol, ma'am. >> all right. let me just for the record take note of the fact that a number of children that died in 2018, that in fact no child had died in cvp custody for the entire decade before 2018, and we lost in particular jake lin, felipe and a number of children that proceeded to get medical care and who were detained in cvp and ultimately four migrant children passed away while in or shortly after being released from federal custody. would both of you, whether you have children or not or are around children or around relatives, acknowledge that the death of any child is a crisis and tragic. mr. hastings? >> ma'am, as i said earlier, i'm a father and a grandfather, and it -- it is as tragedy. >> dr. eastman? >> ma'am, i'm a parent and the death of any child is devastating, but i think

border. to confirm these intolerable conditions i see these facilities with my own eyes as well as my congressional colleagues today. dhs has consistently failed to maintain transparencyy to stymied congressional inquiry that raises concerns they are hiding serious issues of managementar in addition to leadership vacancies at the top of the department. one example on the death of carlos basque as. a teenage boy from guatemala who died tragically in us custody in 2019. cbp issued a press release calling it a tragedy to d declare they consider the health inhumane treatment of migrants to be the highest priority. but the information requested not until a report was released seven months later that we learned more about what happened. it may have been caused by failure to provide urgently needed medical p care and failure to follow the basic procedures to check on the sick child. the case is still under investigation the lack i of transparency is unacceptable for call the office of thehe inspecto

border patrol and customs and border protection. >> just border patrol. >> let me for the record take note of the fact that a number of children that died in 2018 but in fact no child had died in custody for the entire decade for 2018 and in particular a number of children that preceded to get medical care and were detained ultimately for my grandchildren have passed away while in or shortly after being released from custody. whether you have children or not or are around children or relatives acknowledged that the death of a child is a crisis and tragic. i'm a father and grandfather and it is a tragedy. >> the death of any child is devastating but i think it's important to not only that it's not just devastating to the parents but also in our facility in orangeburg i went and saw our personnel that tried to save despite their best efforts dying in the custody of individuals that are basically law-enforcement but seeing when they are basically committed to has that been your opinion? >> the death of any child from any person is tragic and as you know, ball and force officers across th

border.rom the national press club, this is about an hour. good afternoon, and thank you all for being here to today's newsmaker interview. our guest is mark morgan, who is the acting commissioner of protection,border one of the dhs agencies, the largest law enforcement agency in the country, and brings in the second highest amount of revenue of any law enforcement agency, and i would venture to say, probably more popular than the agency that brings in the most, which is the irs. thank you for being here. mark: of course. jessica: the acting commissioner has had a long and distinguished career in law enforcement, including, he was named to his present post in june of this year. and prior to taking the job of acting commissioner, he's been chief of border patrol. charge ofthe agent in the office in el paso, so plenty of border experience and has plenty of roles in crime,terrorism, violent gang suppression, and a lot of things that relate directly to his job today. and he has been a deputy sher

mexican border. i have nothing but good words to say about the sensors that i have seen on the border some just. dealing with mexican. many mexicans cross the border on a temporary b. one b. 2 visa it allows for visits to the united states provided applicants supply the necessary documentation. one of the requirements is people do need to establish the fact that they have a reason to return to mexico that they have a home or a life something like that there that they're not just using it to come into their country and add to the u.s. population and in a legal manner. under the trump administration border officers are focused on catching those entering the country illegally. but they usually try to slip in beneath the border bridges. the placement owners arrive the official way holders of a valid visa are issued a border crossing card and are allowed to pass through. in order for a mexican donor to cross the border they need to have a u.s. visa yes fisa is supplied by the u.s. . government on a couple

to use is the us mexican border. the world's most committed plasma donors are mexicans that's a dog tribe i.z. to stop donating past money in the black. european and global pharmaceutical companies are conducting transactions bordering on the illegal. strongly encourage people to not use their document for that capacity. this is a film about people who save lives and about the risks that they are exposed to. come. to mean it's true. for all. to. see. and his daughter here in assists are on their way to the border from sued out juarez in mexico to el paso in the united states. with this comic but you know it's a normal day but today i'm feeling even worse than usual donating plasma wears me out i'm tired all the time and i barely manage to lift even light things you know at the office because my it of. running a little is indoors or is little i'm not proud of being a donor. but we do whatever it takes to make ends meet. but when this woman says that is what to do i must. get my hero and his daughter go there twice a w

a border and the protection of the border is an important part of our internal security and a , orne immigration process you will undermine the ability of the country to be charitable in the first place. it is overwrought. host: the president signed phase one of the china trade deal yesterday. how have the farmers done in your state over the last two years and how will they do in phase one and two? guest: farmers in nebraska have been patiently awaiting the reckoning. they understand america needed to rework the trade deals we had because they were unfair to us, particularly with china, but modernized nafta. newrovided a lot of opportunities and options to be fair to all three countries. these were important movements with our neighbors to the north and south, and now with china because we have a huge trade deficit, hundreds of thousands of dollars. trade is will reset, an important part of the agricultural economy. farmers have known this had to be reckoned with so they have been patient. i am pleased with the development that have occurred because it gives us the opportunity to do

everybody's talking about the border. what do we do about the border, got to build a fence. so i thought i'm going to get a car and drive from massachusetts i will drive from cape cod, i went to mcallen texas and then i went east and i went back and forth on the border from tijuana to brownsville and to the end of the rio grande into the deeper into mexico as far as you could go. i talked for a while in mexico city and i studied spanish. all those poor trips and when i told people i was going to mexico and i was going to drive there, you know their reaction was don't do it. people have been saying this to mean mme my whole life. i chanted the peace corps and 63 and went to africa and no one said you are going to die but this is where you can to africa in 1963. it was a wonderful experience. so, that sort of helps me. there was curiosity, destroying that stereotype the whole country talked about mexico but not really describing how not going there. and i thought i can bring back or i can describe my experiences there and maybe enlighten people of that, an it, and at the samei

says 700000 people are now fleeing towards the border with syria following almost 200 s. strikes by syrian and russian aircraft in the past 3 days on a province at least 21 civilians have been killed in the last rebel stronghold a hospital was among the sites hits a man has shot demonstrators at a rally against a controversial citizenship law in india one person was injured the protests was a latest act against the bill that activists say discriminates against muslims protesters in sudan have turned out in the capital khartoum to call for officials to keep the promises made after the removal of former president or mob a share for months protestors have been calling for the country's military government to be replaced by civilian leaders. led to more news as always on our website at al-jazeera dot com the very latest on all of our top stories on there i'll be back in under 30 minutes time with the al-jazeera news hour do stay with us for inside story next thanks for watching. the u.s. secretary of state lobbies britain once again for a ban on the wall way is the chinese te

border security. our number one duty as a country is to not only know who is coming into our country but what is coming in. transnational criminal organizations work on a daily basis to funnel people and illegal contraband such as drugs, money, and weapons into the u.s. to put it simply, border security is national security and we are prioritizing it as such. we have seen and experienced the last several years it is our security that is closely linked with the stability to our partners to the south. working with our central american partners, we have built a historic regional framework and coalition to reduce the reach of transnational criminal organizations and ensure those who are seeking protections can do so closer to home. these agreement not only provide burden sharing and u.s. support to build their capacity and also promoting regional safety and security by sharing information to combat transnational criminal organizations. the coalition is founded on a basic premise to secure region, to stabl

remember, a border and the protection of the border is an important part of not only our own internal security, but a humane immigration process. you undermine the ability of the country to be kpartable in the first place if it is simply overrun. so that's the issue here. >> congressman, the president signed phase one of a u.s.-china trade deal yesterday. how have farmers done in your state over the last two years, how will they do in phase one and possibly phase two? >> farmers in nebraska have been very patiently awaiting what i have called the reckoning. they understand that america needed to rework the trade deals that we have because they're unfair to us, particularly with china. but also to modernize nafta now that the united states, mexico, canadian agreement. it actually provided a lot of new opportunities and options to be fair to all three countries. and so these were important movements with our neighbors to the north and the south and now with china, because we've got a huge trade deficit, in the hundreds of billions of dollars, to hit the pause button and say we're going

the local railway service taking passengers to the border with the czech republic runs about every 15 minutes and connects dressed in with the saxon and bohemian switzerland regions. it's a popular railway wrote not just due to the charmingly diverse natural landscape by the river elbe. its frequent and fast connection to the sandstone mountains make it a truly convenient alternative to the car. the 1st stage of our journey took us from dressed in to but shine down near the czech border we then switched to a railway that runs on non mainline tracks and connects to adjacent national parks switzerland on the german side and bohemian switzerland on the czech side our final destination was to cine in the czech republic located just a 20 minute train journey from the german border. works as a tour guide and has spent years studying the history of bohemia including its railway heritage. acquired expert knowledge on the military geo political and economic developments that were key to the construction and operation of the train line which runs through the alba valley. this days though the in

border but in june last year u.s. president donald trump agreed a deal with mexico basically saying that they would threaten u.s. interest mexico with high tariffs if they didn't help stem the migration to the u.s. border so mexico then vowed it would take an impressive unprecedented steps that include criticizing the national guard which is what we've seen at the river there and what mexico is saying is that they are offering asylum in the country people they're saying please a claim for asylum and offering work in the country but that's in the southern states of mexico the question is of course how can they offer what kind of work can they offer these migrants when much of mexico's own population is poor and unemployed and many migrants think this is just a trick to deport them that they would and register and then be deported out of mexico to their countries of origin. on sunday. they would many of the markets who are coming to them would most of them would be deported to their country of origin if the situation me

next it can border guards clashed with migrants trying to cross the country southern border with quote amala migrants decide to buy it across the border after all thirty's close the bridge. and if the government keep pushing has . his democrat friends then you go to say a 2nd revolution gun rights supporters protest in the u.s. state of virginia thousands of activists gather to tell lawmakers they do not want tougher gun control bills. imagine how it welcome to the program in china concerns are growing over the rapid spread of the deadly corona virus so i thought the virus has been blamed for 3 dates with some 200 more becoming ill health officials now say the disease is capable of being spread from person to person it comes at a time when millions are traveling across the country before the lunar new year holiday. in wu han infected patients are treated in isolation wards authorities have confirmed over 200 cases of coronavirus symptoms include fever and difficulty breathing 3 patients have died but say most are not seriously ill health authorities believe the outbreak originated at t

find out why some are calling a country donald trump's border wall. but . hello it may well be snowing where you are if you're watching in her car because that's quite a good winter storm tale and showers around the pacific but the backwash cold air that brings snow is still a hot car this friday and these showers that build over the sea of japan and hit the coast of honshu will produce fair amount of snow here too there is not snow is probably dry turkey looks fairly dry 12 degrees below the showers keep carry on to be honest on saturday the snow again for the high ground turkey remains dry and have about the same beijing has warmed up 6 degrees as the bit of rain out in some parts of china it's a much much drier picture than it was and it's how you would expect it to be because this time here this is where the rain is down indonesia and now i think the focus will shift a little bit to the east says sort of way see bits of board here and still central java but jakarta is never far away from the potential of big showers and that's true of central and southe

stepped in and closed borders. so when was the last time the does you a joe took those kind of measures closing borders coordinating that kind of action you just mentioned you know. i don't know exactly if they just crossed borders i know from for me without they did some research measurements at the airports and said ok in some clinical definition cases you're not allowed to travel anymore that to my knowledge was the last time they put some some very very strict. measurements ok are quarantines the best way to get the situation under control closing borders that kind of thing. to add to his strict that travel and to avoid the fact that people are traveling from one point to another survivor effective measure and of course. and those countries who took their people from from you on to their home countries they also do these cartel in measurements and hopefully this will be effective to it to avoid the spread in other countries. sorry sorry about that we have to leave it there mr sherman thanks very much once terms

border security is now tighter than ever. watch lists and increased high tech vigilance should be making it even more difficult for terrorists and criminals to escape detection. but they are still getting through and the top forgers in thailand still in business. this tie detective has been working on the m h 370 case for years he asked us to conceal his identity. blow him up on. a military. family acquire. our. pointed to. only a criminal. the. odds. of . me. today. god child by. god i'm crying criminal i don't hear the word call them and. they will not i or their son can probably come to my been cruel a few times in my a couple 3 tons of my booty don't take a maaco a day he popped back on. me there was cultic i could make can do was a collect some r.p.g. a lot to do with it hadn't been good good to be. part how to handle the luck r.p.m. . bag. then another terror attack changed the game this time in the heart of bangkok and the hunt for the doctor intensifies. one of the bomb suspects a we go from china's she. was arrested

is forwarded overwhelmingly for no harder border an errand i'm talking about that about border martin if i can just jump in there to sort of the protests on the border could be really say a return to the troubles we think. you seem fixated about about this the war is over no people are exercising their democratic right to protest because we come from a city that longer stands gerrymander and because 50 years ago people took to the streets because their folks wear deny to them and we had one man one vote so even though there's a transition the people in this city know that into our signs they're going to lose their representative they m.e.p. my sound is not going to get to the against the democratically expressed wishes of the people of derry of the people of the north of ireland who want those to stay in the e.u. so people are protesting the going the fact that we are i new citizens therefore we are each used to sins and our e.u. rights are being taken away from us a 2nd plant citizens lots of talk then as a result of brick said about the possibility of reunification do you think we'r

the soviets have dropped over one million in the mountain passes near the pakistani border. to the sandal clad mujahadin insurgents and the tens of thousands of refugees, the presence of these explosive devices is an ever dangerous threat. a misstep by the unwary traveler can be tragic. despite such dangers, almost 2 million afghans have turned their backs on communism and climbed through the narrow mountain passes into neighboring pakistan. 1/3 to 1/2 are children. the need for shelter, food and medical attention is great among those who packed the border. another several hundred thousand refugees have crossed into iran. the babrak government, probably at the urging of soviet advisors, set a grace period for refugees to return without reprisal. there were few takers. the government now has indicated it will confiscate the property of refugees who do not return. for many, there would be little to reclaim. soviet gunships, big fighters and artillery have pulverized homes and entire villages. in a two-week period in june 1980,, 50 to 60 afghan villages were leveled. there have

because of democrats' open border policies, they want open borders. come on in. the big, big beautiful lawsuit where they were all suing us. the wall is being built. we built -- [cheers and applause] trish: tonight a major win for the president's efforts to secure the southern border as a ruling in the fifth circuit court of appeals freeze you have military funding for the border wall. the democrats said he couldn't have it. they took it to court. but it turns out he can. we can. so the wall is getting built. democrats are fighting about impeachment and debating about allege war crimes. as all that goes on, the president and his administration is addressing the concerns of the american people. one of which is illegal immigration. joining me is former border patrol association president brandon judd. you must be happy. they were trying to hold this up saying you couldn't get this money. now it's going to happen. the wall is happening. >> it is going to happen. we just finished our 100th mile today. what gives us great hope. when you see the tensions in the middle

the right on the border, as you said, in strabane, the border just right on the border, as you said,porting gear, and it is sold all over the world but made right here. and what is interesting about this place, this is where all of this stuff crosses the border eight times before it gets to its customers. so quite clearly they have got a very close eye on what happens. remember, the border issue a really important issue in those brexit negotiations. so what do they wa nt to brexit negotiations. so what do they want to see happen next, and what could change for them? on the face of it, not a lot changes today for you, does it? but give me a sense of how important that borderjust down the road from here would be for you going forward. well, we have a very aggregated supply chain, we bring things down from the far east, we bring it through the border, up into strabane here, and then the fabric goes to our sister company in dublin, across the border, where they diet. it then comes back where we colour it or print it —— dye it. that isjust the we colour it or print it —— dye it. that is j

syria from across its border but there is a huge pressure by the border the camps nearby the border around the area are totally if. the accommodation is not possible over there so turkey with all its emergency and disaster agencies and n.g.o.s is also prepared for for at home and flow whom an influx from syria which actually turkish government doesn't want and turkey is not much ready for that but they are trying to they are doing some simulations in turkey's disaster management agency great to see the risks of a possible influx but a couple of days ago presents are drawn mention that turkey's trying to sort out the problem beyond the border inside syria by establishing some barracks. for the syrians who are displaced already in a live made of the he said that there is a turkey will establish some barracks made of bricks and the roof is going to be covered by tents and he also shared this idea with german chancellor angela merkel when she was here last week and they agreed on that but of course the. scope for the scale of the and when terrien tragedy in syria is actually now beyond

border.on top of that, months of denial that a crisis at our southern border even existed followed by months of delay to issue supplemental funding to address it. i ask the panel, yes or no, do you acknowledge the vetriol from elected officials has contributed to the very morale that we're discussing? do you think demonizing rhetoric coming from members of congress and shared heavily by the media can have damaging affects? >> yes, and i have seen the personal effects of. it >> mr. curry? >> i have no way of measuring, it but i don't see how it could help. >> good answer. mr. steyer? >> certainly, public figures who denigrate civil servants, that will cause a reduction in morale. >> moving quickly to my next phase, of the 17 agencies mr. steyer that you stay they rank 17 of 17 large agencies,, says dhs have the dubious distinction of being the only large agency that has never been fully authorized by this congress? >> i believe that is correct. >> i believe you are correct. the 115th congress,

to open the borders i don't think that i'm quite as interest is in opening the borders but more so in continuing the agreement so do is interests so i think their interests are we should we can they can shout as much as they like but it's in no one's interest for this this deal to fall through let's just look briefly at the relationship between germany and because it has been fraught over recent years i wonder how much last sunday's apparently successful international conference on libya the germany hosted how has that affected president view of chancellor merkel . i'm not sure about how it's affected fears of them gone severe of medicare but it definitely allowed to turkey to buy time and it comes to its involvement in libya because turkey if you think of it is more or less along in its and there were 6 in libya even though it's obviously partners with russia but they're basically they support different parties in libya so and also action to eastern mediterranean turkey is more or less alone so in a way that burdensome it some it's a lot of turkey to buy time so you have a key govern

that border was a tremendous concern in 1914. the concern there is also framed around that eugenics line was that we talked about, that social darwinist language we talked about. immigrants bring disease. political andmuch ideas like communism. autocracy, socialism, catholicism. they also bring maladies. part of the way that we make toselves feel safer is screen for these maladies. to tell ourselves that there are more inherent to one set of people and not another. that is the way we are spending our energy in 1914. -- is that so important and southern border and the caribbean so important? let's look at these consistencies -- constituencies. ance this was such egregious, incendiary act to put on your for -- full support girdle, this was not the time to mince words. you will note that the language -- notes of the language -- you will note the language at the top of this barrier. wilson claimed that he functioned from a higher moral stance that even his country. one of my favorite quotes comes from this french prime minister at th

the border was quite porous. it certainly opened and closed like a valve depending on american labor needs. people are very surprised to find out that in this time, a corner of the workforce in chicago meatpacking industries are mexican. if you went skiing in colorado at this time, the ski patrol were mexicans and mexican americans. we have continued this myth that somehow, it is a population with wavepopulation with a new that had in actuality been a pretty constant strain. one that americans have welcomed and vilified depending on political and economic expediency. that border was a tremendous concern in 1914. the concern there is also framed around that eugenics line was that we talked about, that social darwinist language we talked about. immigrants bring disease. disease is as much political and ideas like communism. autocracy, socialism, catholicism. they also bring maladies. part of the way that we make ourselves feel safer is to screen for these maladies. to tell ourselves that there are more inherent to

it's all border trade. that has some pretty interesting consequences because if you're going to cut off that trade, what happens to all the secondhand stuff it tucson? tucson throws off a lot of secondhand stuff. it's a military camp so people move in and out and it's a retirement community so people are moving in and out. if there's nobody polling that stuff over the border, it's not moving. .. that's a pupil called him. shoe guy. he would go to all the good wills every day and by their shoes. you take them back to mexico and he was very picky, there's a lot of shoes and goodwill. he said he should talk to him and i said yeah, how do i meet shoe guy? they said you sort of just have to hang out and wait and wait for shoe rack. about five minutes later, kathy comes running in said shoe guy is here! i talked to them on a store, he's a very friendly guy. he asked me not to use his name in the book so i will continue to call him shoe guy. very friendly guy. he is very surprised that anybody would be interested

organized crime groups are taking advantage of the borders. bangkok's international airport is on the front line of thailand's defense against criminals trying to enter on fake passports. a long. long long. way and. by that uncertain hand man who are going and who that's fine i live on and. off fine yeah went on. to stop saying you we now well i say saying you know. i mean you couldn't. think about. me. well now home or not letting him know that he about. the chinese. think about the me. man that. tells you how bomb the castle burn on my head. and how do you mean by how it out of. the food you sit at the center of a global criminal network that starts with the simple everyday active theft. tourists more obvious soft targets preyed upon by pickpockets both within thailand and around the world. those passport stores order will find their way across thailand with careers. and then they will find customers but much of the profile of the document that's being stolen. the genuine passports are quickly passed on to the forges. some will simply alter

, to some fishing line, connected it to steal cable, and shouted across the border. using a bow and arrow, and then use that as a zip line, to zip across to freedom, the third brother, was actually able to fly across the, border with a very small like airplane, his other brothers met him on the other side where they reunited. these stories are stories of success, people who managed to make it across to freedom, of course there are many stories that ended in tragedy, let's look at some of this now >> at least 140 people were killed, trying to cross the berlin wall, some of those people, were killed by border guards, because they tried to climb the wall, because it tried to cross the river, as they just approached the wall, there were sad stories about people who were shot there, and died at the wall, some of the most tragic stories, i think were about people who tried to cross the wall, whose deaths were actually covered up, you see, trying to escape from east germany, was a crime, and it was seen as a terrible reflection on the state, on the communism in general, not

it shares a border with the united states spain a border that's been hotly contested at times but everyone is now hoping the harmony including the german residents of gibraltar. yummies market is on his way to work on a mild sunny morning the german ex-pat believes in spain but is employed in gibraltar 15000 workers commute across the border like this every day. you have the best of both worlds of good british salary in pounds and the spanish lifestyle that my family and i are fond of. preferred john his works for the better in company lotto land the business has customers everywhere including the e.u. a competitor has already relocated many jobs to the tax haven malta and e.u. member state model than just continuing to grow in gibraltar though and the boss says he's not worried i think net net there's been very little change in the gaming industry certainly we have no intention to move we have a license a device in one jurisdiction is included in the culture of european facing. business but we don't have the stuff that and we've no intention of moving significant stuff the minister of fin

so turkey the turkish syrian border has been close so turkey started building a wall at the syrian border in 2015 and the bore of us the wall was complete i think in 2017 so basically turkey already is you sacked over the last almost 3 and a half 1000000 syrian refugees in addition 260-0001 syrian refugees so it has reached its official capacity to host refugees so for that matter. i think it no longer wants. anymore see refugees and of course europe is also ups interest also a line that turkey's interest in not having or if you just swartz europe so that's kind of why they are interests align in keeping it if it is not crossing the border from syria to turkey so that's 5 germany's willing to provide more humanitarian assistance to turkey to keep it for just from it live in syria so that additional humanitarian assistance builds on the deal that was done between turkey and the e.u. in 2060 trucks something like 6000000 euros is it grounds pretty much since it was signed resident has been complaining about the money is not coming through and it's not enough for the e.u. turned around and s

good morning from northern ireland, we are right on the border here.he most controversial elements of the brexit negotiations. this place makes sportswear, it is sold all over the world but made right here. but the issue is, the equipment that it needs, the material has to cross the border eight times before it gets to customers. so quite clearly they've got a very close eye on what happens in the coming year. let me introduce you to cieran, who's the boss here and also grainne, who runs a business. good morning to you both. ciaran, give me a sense of what changes because tonight, 11:00, the uk officially leaves the european union, but not a lot changes for you? not a lot changes for us. 0bviously, for us, the big part was the uncertainty and may be the threat of a hard border. so, you know, it allows us to make sure we can move our goods freely across the border, which we do on a very regular basis and that our staff can freely move across the border as well without any delay and get into their place of work. now, you run a business as welljust down t

. >> o'donnell: secret border tunnel. the u.s.huts down this high- tech passageway used to smuggle drugs in from mexico. social security scam alert. tens of millions of dollars stolen by thieves posing as f.b.i. agents. the urgent alert you need to know to keep your money safe. surrounded by strangers. the surprising act of kindness for a veteran who died alone. and second chances. he could have sent these teens to jail. instead he put them to work. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west. we'll begin with breaking news. nearly 200 americans now out of the danger zone in china. tonight they are in isolation at a military base outside of los angeles being tested for that deadly virus. but there are reportedly hundreds of americans still stranded near ground zero of the outbreak just as cbs news has learned airlines from around the world are either suspending or drastically cutting their flights to china, including major u.s. carri

border. for migrants who speak mayan languages, a grassroots group of interpreters is often their only hope for receiving asylum. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. for just the third time in u.s. history, the senate has opened an impeachment trial to determine if a sitting president should be removed from office. on thursday, supreme court chief justice john roberts swore in senators who will serve as jurors when the trial officially begins on tuesday. roberts called on the lawmakers to render "impartial justice," although senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has already said he is not an impartial juror. mcconnell is facing increasing pressure to call witnesses during the trial, as new information contntinues to emere about president trump's effort to pressure ukraine to investigate his political rival, joe biden, ahehead of this yea's presidential election. on thursday, the nonpartisan government accountab

authorities in the us say they've discovered the longest ever drug smuggling tunnel at the border with mexico the tunnel ran for more than a kilometer and contained an elevator rail track and a ventilation system will now be filled with concrete direct by u.s. law. well staying in the u.s. the white house has told former u.s. national security adviser john bolton he must lead parts of his upcoming book before publication as they are quote top secret and could damage national security all this call comes after it emerged that the revelations in bolton's new book could undermine president trump's defense and his impeachment trial bolton was one of president trump's most important aides but in a highly volatile position the 4th the national security adviser in the administration's 1st 2 years is highly respected by everybody in this room and bolton was gone after less than 18 months plenty of time though in the trump white house to start writing a tell all book now but i can speak in unvarnished terms about the great and as yet unpublished book is called the room where it happened in it h

protests stalled on the border and the concerns that the departure could spark a return to the troubles if the drool deal protocol fails we talked to one of the m.v.p.'s replacing the british cohort barry andres. what it's fair to say the mood is very divided the sea as remain as. it is raise a toast to a new era in just 3 hours from now let's cross live no we won't will no hear from shoddy. gives us an idea of what brought us to this day now and how we got here. breck's it is finally here but as anyone in westminster will tell you getting here hasn't exactly been a start in the park it all began with then prime minister david cameron worried about the threat from the u.k. independence party remember them cameron won the election 2015 with a small majority on the promise of a referendum on membership but then he had to deliver on it. 3 years ago i committed to the british people that i would renegotiate our position in the european union and hold and in a referendum now i'm delivering on that commitment while cameron campaigned hard to remain tory heavyweights like michael gove and bori