as i progressed, so did the border patrol. we began hiring new agents in earnest, growing our presence along the border dramatically. not only did this increase our situational awareness, but it also impacted local business and economy. growth in many areas along the border seemed to mirror our own. newer technology to include sensors, night vision and remote video surveillance began to improve our capabilities. new tools like tasers and pepper ball launching systems gave us new and different approaches to uses of force. thanks to congress, we received new patrol roads and fencing in strategic locations and saw improvement in many of those already in existence. here in washington, i led the stand up of cdp's use of force center of excellence, now the law enforcement safety and compliance directorate, dedicated to optimizing the safety, readiness, accountability and operational performance of cbp law enforcement personnel by articulating use-of-force policy and supplying the highest quality education and training to our agents a

when i first came on board there were less than 5000 border patrol agents nationwide. we were processing correction tape. we apprehended 1.3 million people in the southwest border alone. we did not possess the tools or technology agents use today. it was common for the boards to be marked by little more than a barbed wire fence in many places nothing at all. we relied on 1960s aircraft, and endless activities. we hit the high watermark, 1.6 million apprehensions nationwide. and border security, the tragedy of 9/11 intensified that commitment. as i progress, the border patrol, we began hiring new agents in earnest growing presence on the border dramatically. not only did this increase our situational awareness but impacted local business and economy, many areas along the borders, technology to include night vision and remote video surveillance to improve capabilities. tools like tasers and pepper ball launching system gave new and different approaches. thanks to congress, new patrol roads and fencing and strategic locations and improvement in many of those in existence.

border patrol headquarters. i look forward to working with chief morgan and all of my colleagues in the border patrol, cbp to enhance our operations, to protect our nation's borders and ensure the safety of the public that we serve. thank you for the opportunity to testify today the. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, deputy chief provost. i'll start the questioning with chief morgan. obviously i'm concerned about the continued flow of unaccompanied children for a host of reasons. because we have not ended the inseptemberives for people to come into this country illegally, children continue to take a dangerous journey through mexico and lives are being lost and the children are becoming real victims. talk a little bit about how the flow of unaccompanied children how that overstretches your resources is and how it distracts from other -- your other missions? >> yes, sir. i refer to the border patrol's involvement with uac and family units as one of humanitarian at this point. we know that basically o

border patrol customs and border protection in the department of homeland security. the first person from outside the agency to be appointed to the border patrol. he began his career in 1986 as a special agent of the los angeles field office of the fbi. during his tenure he held numerous leadership positions and in the full-blown biography for the task force on the presence of the organized gangs in californiafrom ms 13 and a street gang that relates border chief morgan, i yield the floor. expect good morning, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to allow us to talk today about the united states border patrol. during my first four months i had the privilege to travel to 11 sectors to meet with thousands of border patrol agents, staff and leadership from the northern, southern and coastal borders as well as the virtual academy headquarters in dc, the facility and the special operations in el paso. all these interactions across the country one thing was consistent and abundantly clear that men and women of the border patrol have one of

border patrol chief mark morgan and carla provost talk about improving security at the border from the senate homeland security governmental affairs committee, this is about two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning. the committee is called toer. order. i want to welcome the witnesses. chief and deputy chief p definitely interested in whatly you have to say. i decided to hold this as we are monitoring the crisis that went away which is pretty much at the 2014 levels. i'm also encouraged by the fact it would be dedicated to securing the border which wecu must do. some initial thoughts on what ws need to do to secure.lv you can see prior to this, 2012 we went to 10,000 all of a 10,0a sudden while ag the likud to 200 it goes back down a little bit but we are up almost 50,000 in 2016 and the initial didn' "encouraging either so it is a problem but it's not the only problem because the second chart shows in addition to the incentives that we create for unaccompanied children comin

border patrol's process for determining immigration status. and if you might add i would like to hear about the training your officers receive on the treatment of individuals in the border control custody, including harassment and discrimination against immigrants and other minorities. >> first of all, i agree with you 100%. what we are doing and how we are doing it is not going to change. the current law, policy that we have been directed to operate under, that's what we have continued to operate. when that changed, we will change. we will enforce the policies that we're directed to do. but right now we understand the law. we understand the policies they have written and the united states border patrol will comply with the policies going forward. we will adjust accordingly. personally i have had numerous conversations with him. in my former life, i was assistant director of the fbi academy as well where these things were talked about as well. explicit bias. >> can you provide any more details. >> no, ma'am. but i can provide that in follow-up.

border patrol. today marks one month of my current position as deputy chief vice spent the majority of my professional career, nearly 22 years the with border patrol during that time i have seen quite an evolution and turn on duty 1995 as an agent in the field i worked alongside my colleagues to address threats from illegal immigration smuggling, trafficking and terrorism by interdicting materials because also significantly involved with corporations against four different sectors instructing agents to directing the sector budgets their lesson by thousand agents nationwide but i came on board in the correction tape was worth its weight in gold but we apprehended 1. 3 million people on the southwest border alone and issue can imagine back then it was common for the border to be little more than a barber wire fence we relied on the 1960's era -- aircraft for support and defend the year 2000 more than 1.6 million apprehensions nationwide with renewed, focus on securely and the tragedy of 9/11 only inte

as i progressed, so did the border patrol. began hiring new agents in earnest, growing our presence along the border dramatically. not only did this increase our situational awareness, but it also impacted local business and economy. growth in many areas along the border seemed to mirror our own. newer technology to include sensors, night vision and remote video surveillance began to improve our capabilities. new tools like tasers and pepper ball launching systems gave us new and different approaches to uses of force. thanks to congress, we received new patrol roads and fencing in strategic locations and saw improvement in many of those already in existence. here in washington, i led the stand up of cdp's use of force center of excellence, now the law enforcement safety and compliance directorate, dedicated to optimizing the safety, readiness, accountability and operational performance of cbp law enforcement personnel by articulating use-of-force policy and supplying the highest quality education and training to our agents and

one of the biggest concerns from the border patrol agents i talk to is communication. many times, on the border, you will get bounced off a canadian tower or offer radio tower and they are out there. they are going to have to rely on the sheriff. can you please look into communications on the northern border, especially remote locations. we owe it to those people who put on a badge and walk out the door every day, not knowing whether they're going to come back. we owe it to them. >> i want to just turn a little bit to the southern border because i've spent a fair amount of time down there. chief, you'll probably laugh at this, but can you paint your cars a different color than white? i'm serious about this. i think that obviously, not that you should be send us the clandestine but if you're a spotter on a hill in mexico in your walking drugs across the border and you see a white truck coming on the border, it's pretty easy to radio down to the guys who are carrying the contraband and say avoid this or avoid that. i do think there is some advantage to having a vehicle th

then crossing over the border, a lot of our border patrol, they are looking for big parts of illegal drugs coming over the border. the cocaine, the heroin, coming across the border. they're not looking for vials of many, many americans or people who bring them across the border. patrick mc gann: i would be concerned when i would hear stories like that because that's exactly how things get exacerbated. sharyl: microbiologist patrick mc gann leads a research team at walter reed army institute of research. where they comb through samples sent from hospitals around the country looking for signs of dangerous superbugs. patrick mc gann: this is from during the iraq war from 2003- 2011. sharyl: resistant bacteria caused severe problems for u.s. soldiers fighting in iraq. patrick mc gann: at the height of the war, in 2006, there was nearly one new infection every day and they were extremely difficult to, i mean we still have soldiers to this day that are recovering from some of the infections that they received. sharyl: last may came a bombshell. one of the most-feared bacteria first discover

>> because i've asked -- because i've asked the border patrol, greta. >> and the border patrol they just let isis members come across the border? >> no, they caught them at the border. therefore isis is coming across the border. >> greta is like who the what now? hold on. what? how do you know that? the border patrol just let ten isis fighters come -- what are you -- really? the guy blowing greta's mind with that insanity is a sitting congressman from california who insisted to her, who insisted that the united states had picked up a whole slew of isis fighters on the border. picked up a whole bunch of them. five of them or like ten of them or maybe it was more than ten of them. it was a lot, it was a ton. and it was weird to just have that dropped into a normal interview on fox news on like a tuesday or whatever, right? you would think that would be the kind of thing that we would hear about as a country. if the united states government picked up ten isis fighters who were invading, who were crossing over the border into the united states and we have these fighters in custody, there wou

entire state of michigan is designated as part of homeland secucurity's 100-mile zonone, meaning border patrol agents have wide powers to engage in warrantless stops. aclu of michigan said -- "it's not reasonable to claim that the entire state of michigan is a border zone. border enforcement -- and the powers that go with it -- belongs at the border and not in our communities." in washington, d.c., minnesota state house representative ilhan omar says she was attacked by a cab driver who called her "isis" and threatened to rip off her hijab as she was leaving a policy training at the white house. omar recently made history by becoming the nation's first somali-american lawmaker. she e wrote on facebook wednesdy that the attack was "the most hateful, derogatory, islamophobic, sexist taunts and threats i have ever experienced. i am still shaken by this incident and can't wrap my head bold people are becoming in displaying t their hahate towards muslims." portland's city council has voted to impose additional taxes on companies whose ceo's earn more than 100 times the median pay of their workers.

of the border patrol agents here tonight and we have 16,500 border patrol agents that know the borderter than anybody. their job is easier without trump because all they have to do is let everyone keep going by. these are unbelievable people. they see what is happening. they see what is coming in, and they want it stopped. they want -- look, they want people to come in, but they want the people to be vetted. here is the story. so they endorsed me. first time in the history of the border patrol agents that they've endorsed anybody. [ cheers and applause ] >> one other thing we have to say -- >> the mexican president -- >> one other thing we have to say, and mexico will pay for the wall. they're going to pay for the wall. >> by the way, the current president of mexico said he would meet with you. will you meet with him? >> yeah, sure, i'd meet with him. >> you would? >> absolutely. >> how do you -- they're not going to write you a check. how do you get them to pay for the wall. >> there are many ways. look, on trade they're absolutely killing us. they're killing us. they're killing us a

which is the sign of how much has been committed to border patrol agents and we have to keep that up. i'm not but most here unlawfully came lawfully over 60% came here on a terrorist visa and travelnd visa and then staid but controlling borders is they're actually in the united states so then you have a issue about well if you're going to start to deport people what level of deportation or what standard do you want? and i think as i was part of the bongs as we started to set those standards, and i believe that donald trump has -- reiterated or repeated that you want your violent criminal offenders out, and what you want to do is then minimize the disruption of families who are here who have built a life here who are not unlawful. there's no way we're getting rid of or deporting 12 to 15 million illegal grants we wouldn't want to do it but make us a country that we didn't recognize anymore, and i think -- good news is in this world of crazy debating there's bipartisan support for focusingm on criminal felon and others here unlawfully and deporting them. >> in your book security mom you

>> if the border patrol patrols it. >> does the border patrol patrol the fence?operty? >> it's worth a third of what it was in 1986. >> what do you think about that, a wall on the souther border. >> i think there's [ bleep ] and that people should be able to go wherever they want. >> do you have a plan for mexico when you go there? >> no. no. not ever. >> just nomads. >> jesus was a nomad. >> jesus. >> yes! >> are you concerned about illegal immigration? >> not at all. >> why not? >> because it's not that unsafe. >> nobody gets across this border illegally unless the cartel wants them to. they cut the wall, drive trucks through, drive cross country to a safe house and then from there they distribute it all over. >> is illegal immigration a problem here? >> yes. >> it is a crime. drugs, ranches are getting shot on their own land. >> they took our jobs. >> they took our jobs! >> do you want to go and dig ditches for $7 an hour? kind of a tradeoff. >> so do you live in the van? >> i'm a gypsy, yeah. >> i'm sick of tired of living in the van down by the river! >> do

u-s border patrol seized the drugs and the boat. toss to steph with wind chills in the single digits. expect flurries and some light snow showers throughout the day. high temperatures will reach into the middle and upper 20s with wind chills in the teens. overnight lows drop into the teens to right around 20. filtered afternoon sun expected friday as a high pressure saturday evening and continue sunday. behind the snow we see even colder air move into southeast wisconsin. highs will only reach into the teens with lows in the single digits. today: scattered flurries/light snow showers. windy and cold. high: 27 wind: nw tonight: mostly cloudy. low: 20 wind: nw 5-15 mph friday: filtered afternoon sun. chilly. high: 24 wind: nw 5-10 mph saturday: mostly cloudy with evening snow showers. am low: 12 high: 22 wind: sw 5-10 mph sunday: high: 30 wind: w-nw 5-10 mph monday: mostly cloudy and cold. am low: 16 high: 20 wind: nw 5-10 mph tuesday: chance for snow showers. cold. am low: 9 high: 16 wind: nw 5-15 mph blustery and chilly this morning

border patrol agents found about with about a ton of marijuana on board. no one was on the boat when park rangers and border patrol pulled the board -- boat ashore it was empty except for $1 million of drugs in the driver of the book -- . the driver of the boat could have abandoned about. >>> this is an effort launched by bay area media organizations looking at solving homelessness . this morning we are looking at youth homelessness. the most recent survey found there are about 1500 young people and sent in cisco who were either in shelters -- who are in san francisco either living in shelters or on the street. they describe to us how hard it is to endure. >> it is pretty hard. there is a lot on your mind. it is stressful. you have to worry about doing good and if you don't want people to know you have to worry about them not knowing certain things. >> it is very unpleasant. it makes me feel really bad. it makes me really bad when i go to school and see all of these other kids with really good lives. >> both students are at a charter school for at risk you

melissa: there are border patrol agents quoted specifically in the article.hey talk about they have seen up tick from less than 1% of people say this, but 10% are saying this. what are the magic words? i'm afraid to live in our country? what do you say? >> exactly in particular you say, in bureaucrat parlance they have to show a credible fear of being returned, being deported back to their home countries. there are a number of different words they use. basically yes, i'm afraid to return home. please don't send me home. it is as simple as that. they are, you know, instantly put on an asylum track. it doesn't mean they get asylum. many of these people will be ruled deportable and are supposed to be sent home. by then they have been in the u.s. for two, three years, disappeared into the shadows. main thing is that 2009 policy change. before that, generally they were held in detention. they go you there the process, at the end of the pros he is you know where they are because they are in detention and you can deport them. big change 2009 policy releasing them wh

border patrol continues to be ground zero for this influx. years ago, the state of texas allocated $800 million in border security and were largely secured -- criticized by saying you are militarizing the border to get women and children who are not trying to evade law enforcement. on the other side, you have people saying there is a lot of to take care of these folks, they are released with a promise they will appear before an immigration judge, and they disappear. that is a good point as well because sometimes they abscond and blend in, and years later, nobody knows were they are. we are talking to julian aguilar from "the texas tribune" and covers the border and immigration. we have special lines for this segment. now we have manny from cambridge, massachusetts. caller: good morning. cambridge isecause the first city going back to 1985. mostly due to the language of the years used towards undocumented immigrants. a couple of things i wanted to point out. there is a huge difference between calling them criminal, illegal aliens and undocument

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border patrol continues to be ground zero for this influx. o years ago, the state of texas allocated $800 million in border security and were largely secured -- criticized by saying you are militarizing the border to get women and children who are not trying to evade law enforcement. on the other side, you have people saying there is a lot of to take care of these folks, they are released with a promise they will appear before an immigration judge, and they disappear. that is a good point as well because sometimes they abscond and blend in, and years later, nobody knows were they are. we are talking to julian aguilar from "the texas tribune" and covers the border and immigration. we have special lines for this segment. now we have manny from cambridge, massachusetts. caller: good morning. cambridge isecause the first city going back to 1985. mostly due to the language of the years used towards undocumented immigrants. a couple of things i wanted to point out. there is a huge difference between calling them criminal, illegal aliens and undocume

primary concern are people coming to border patrol agent's, essentially coming into the country. when you are referring to is a credible fear process. in 1996, we instituted this ability to quickly remove people who were apprehended along the border. the one safeguard put into the process at that time, presented was ak smith of texas, credible fear process. the purpose was to make sure that we do not return people without any process to their home country to face persecution or torture abroad. that is the one safeguard we have in place. the people we are seeing coming to the border right now turning themselves in requesting protection, largely coming from free countries in central america experiencing extremely dislocation,ce, that is really what we are looking at in terms of the current border security challenge. from kenny is calling dodge city, kansas. democrat line. caller: thank you. i am 49, and i work in a body repair am a semi truck technician. i have been in manufacturing in my past. i have worked with hispanics side-by-side for many years. you know what? i think we need

>>catherine heenan: homeless securities said the number of arrest by the border patrol spiked 15% to as bad as that sounds good numbers have overall been dropping compared to past decades the border patrol by of the cali offering about 275 a pound is your in the bay area don't worry there will not be a sudden shortage the strike does not affect crabber south of but that the bank and some accounting. >>catherine heenan: matt going to pack the waterfront tomorrow night to watch the fireworks. >>charles clifford: matt conley preparing for over at pier 50. >>charles clifford: it is still pretty good show matter where you watch it from the fireworks often midnight and they last about 15 minutes. >>catherine heenan: them to get the only local station that will bring in the new year live across the bay area. >>reporter: even in the san diego the storm system as it works this way they some snow over the grid find headed in that direction you might want to head down the coastline the north we have a very cold storm system has a and not a whole lot of moisture but it is cool enough to concede

the border patrol has made no comment either to.ponse from the campaign is we feel lucky to have him. >> and also the security briefings donald trump is supposed to be getting. >> he's not getting that frequently. as the briefing made for the president of the united states and made available for the president elect. it is daily. but president elect trump is only getting it on average about once a week. i am told that he did request a specific briefing regarding the threat from north korea. and also i should say that reince priebus has said closer to election day the frequency will go up. but so far he's outpaced by his vice president who's getting them about five or six days a week. >> and the cyber attacks. >> the white house has been under a enormous amount of pressure. we know our reporting is that there is no intelligence that shows not only russia hacked the election and intention was not just to interfere but possibly help swing the election to trump. the president also under pressure from democrats. they have sent him a lette

lou: the border patrol council, they are acknowledging they have not been put forward on the border totop these illegal immigrants, drug runners, whomever they may be. it's still porous. this is not an adventure that is solely that of the obama administration. bush did the same thing. talk about moving 6,000 national guardsmen that wouldn't get them within six miles of the border. if the nonsense has to stop. and in one area it has to stop soon and it seems like the easiest thing to change. sanctuary cities, the largest city mayor is saying to hell with you, president-elect, we are not going to in any way assist in the enforcement of the law. what will be the response? >> well, president-elect trump has promised the source of federal funds going to the sanctuary cities will dry up. you and i talked about this issue many times. these sanctuary cities are already illegal under federal law. they are break federal law toll key eighth a sanctuary city in their jurisdiction. imagine if you committed an ordinance violation. do you think they would give you a break for violating civil laws? no

by law the border patrol is allowed to search and detain without a warrant within 100 mile radius of e. judge napolitano: i have a disgusted look on my, what this is a misunderstood and abused area of the law. the aclu is correct in this respect. the entire state of michigan is available to stop and search, here is the law. to stop on reasonable suspicion anyone who generates the reasonable suspicion, you came into the country illegally, and whether it is yours or not, in a reasonable distance, the border patrol interpreted reasonable distance, the language is in the statutes, 100 miles, many federal judges shock and revolves, upheld the limit, take a look at the state of michigan. there is no point in michigan that is less than 100 miles, and you don't live in michigan. the border patrol has taken the position that with articulable suspicion, reasonable basis about a suspicion, and over the border. and you don't want the freedom of travel under a pretext. stuart: 50 mile -- judge napolitano: it is the border. narrow, imaginary line between one country and the next, and leave them be.

the new tricks families are trying to sneak past border patrol agents. it is one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year. kevin mccarthy is here with his star wars movie rogue one. >> wow, look at that. >> good morning to you. >> >> one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year. >> if the empire has this kind of power, what chance do we have? >> the latest installment of the star wars saga, it will hit theaters today so should we go see it? >> how about we ask kevin mccarthy who is wearing a star wars suit to wake us up this morning. >> we love that jacket. >> the kind of movie the word nerds was invented by the way. how awesome it feels, a married man wearing a star wars suit on national television right now. this is awesome. what a day. >> where did you get that? >> i got it online somewhere. >> how is the movie? >> the movie itself is rogue one. if you are not familiar with star wars it takes place between episode 3 and 4. episode 3 was 2005. 4 was 1997. the thyme frame is confusing. a group of rebels who attempt to steal the plans f

let's be honest. >> there is a difference between border patrol and military. and we would always have the border. the california highway patrol provides a second line of border deterrence a few miles north of the mexico-california border. we would continue to use the existing freezing rain structure that california had and make it more robust through better partnership with mexico. we would not open the flood gates and let everybody from latin america in. our movement has been about good economics. >> too late. you already did. i'm sorry. >> i was just back home the other day. i think you did. [ laughter ] but marcus, we can debate it back when we are in the golden state. >> federal government rubs the border we don't have the ability to open the gates they do. >> it hasn't improved in california. >> that's a fact. ♪ ♪ >> now it's time for twitter storm nightly forecast of socialed me qups post powerful weather patterns. tonight singer john legend is back for political pronouncements. he can't stop and this time kanye west is caught in the eye of the storm. leg

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border patrol agents and california state park rangers pulled the boat ashore and boarded it. they didn't find anyone on or near the boat -- but found eighty-two wrapped bundles of marijuana -- weighing about 24-hundred pounds. the estimated street value of the drugs -- about one-point-two million dollars. u-s border patrol seized the drugs and the boat. stories you'll see next on fox six news at five. turning a former drug house... into a home it's the latest local habitat for humanity build. at five, the major local business behind the revamp. also at five, are you searching for a job? look no further. coming up, see how you could help build the new bucks arena. all that and more in about 20 minutes on fox six news at five steph thanks mary. one of milwaukee's newest breweries apologizing after a beer sparks outrage. the beer--- "date grape" was submitted for an online competition... and made it on the companies website. now the brewery is explaining how it happened. at mobcraft beer in walker's point--- you decide what is brewed here. each month we take idea submissions fro

ap recently did a story saying that the border patrol is only capturing half of the people that crosso it only takes a few number of people to inflict damage on this country if they are intent on doing us harm. so it is a huge concern to board patrol agents. >> of course at this time none of them have. there's been no terrorist attack by anyone who came over the southern border in this way. there is no evidence that could happen. but you're saying you think it could. >> absolutely think it could. we can't let our guard down. we're not doing as good a job as we could do and i think that is due in large part to the bad policies of the obama administration. but we're enthusiastic that will change come january 20th. >> you know you have problems on the southern border. you have talked about that. your union had come out for the border protection supporting donald trump. but when you have general flynn coming out and saying what he's saying that there are pictures and signs in arabic guiding people all over the border and there don't seem to be any such thing, does that help you? putting s

according to border patrol one of the men was fighting the agent and got control of his baton. charges are pending against both men and an investigation is underway into the shooting. >>> president-elect donald trump will not inate hundreds of federal judges, starting at the top with the open seat on the supreme court. incoming white house chief of staff reince priebus said a name will be announced around the time of the inauguration. mr. trump has pledged to nominate one of the 22 names he's released for the first pick but will president obama's nominee get a last-minute shot at the seat. our panel here is to -- here to weigh in. teresa vereeno and ian mill houzzer from think process. good toe sue you both. >> good to be here. >> and on friday, we have a new mexico lawyer asking the chief justice, who could defer to the whole court to foers the senator to -- force the senator to hold hearings and force mcconnell to have a vote on merit garland who has been sitting there for months and does it go anywhere. >> this is a so what lawsuit. i don't think this guy will win and even i

general mark hertling was doing border patrol then. general, you have some ideas about this.hat are the differences when we talk about cyber attacks and that being the impetus of why people are seeing parallels to the cold war? do you see parallels? >> this is very interesting because i hear a lot of people talking about this is a new cold war. having done multiple border patrols as a new lieutenant and then later as a major in my career, back when we were on the east german/west german border. you knew when things were happening. you knew when the other side was skirmishing with you, when they were conducting intelligence operations and sending people across. >> what do you mean? it was out in the open? >> sure. i mean, they would cross into the no-man's land between the two borders. we would be watching each other from both sides at border outposts. it was serious business. now what you have is that non-physicality of cyber threats, where it -- they're even called in the early stages stealth operations. the better you are, the less people know you're conducting them. and th

and then, lo and behold, the border patrol is coming from down the hill, and i asked my mom, "should we run?" i had no ideawhat we were, but she said, "no, mijo, [speakg in foreign language]." but that's just the fear that--it's not happening anymore that i know over in the fields, but this is a fear that your families live with on a daily basis in alum rock. hilaria: yes, and that is--you know, it's just like here, right? we kind of wonder what--how does it feel to have that fear? how can we function in any way, right, when we know that our future is questionable, right? one of our basic needs as humans is the sense of security, right? it's what grounds us and what allows us to achieve. and so, if we as adults have, you know, those concerns, you can imagine a 7-year-old, an 8-year-old having those thoughts in the middle of class, right? and even though we don't--you know, we are not experiencing yet all of those things, we have members in our community who have. i mean, you have experienced that, and you have seen it firsthand. some of my staff, the same thing, you know, and thinkin

more border patrol agents.hey believe in his strength and that he will protect the country. >> they voted for him perhaps more than what he was saying there at the end of the day. that was really interesting. also some of the false information they had and said it was news, it was news. we saw it on cnn? you didn't see it on cnn. >> they said facebook and there is always some nugget that gives them their false impression, but they didn't trace it back enough to see that it had been discredited and debunked. so, that was an interesting thing to see where they were getting the information. you may also have noticed that one of the most vocal panelists from previous interviews a guy named jerry was not there. last spring jerry was arrested and charged with two counts of conspiracy and weapons charges for his role in the 2014 confrontation at clive and bundi's ranch in nevada. he has pleaded guilty in august and he remains behind bars in nevada awaiting a judge's decision. >> a really interesting interview. put tha

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. >> i know from my friends in the border patrol, in the cdp, that there are countries, so there's radicalslamist countries, state-sponsored, that are cutting deals with mexican drug cartels for some of what they call the lanes of entry into our country. and i have personally seen the photos of the signage, okay, the signage along those paths that are in arabic. >> so border patrol agents told cnn they were not aware of the signs in arabic that general flynn referenced. do you believe there are signs in arabic in mexico pointing the way to the united states? >> i haven't seen them either. i don't think it's far fetched to think that, you know, transnational terrorist groups would actually be cutting deals with cartels to get into the united states. at the same time, you know, i haven't seen the signs in arabic, if that's what we're talking about. you know, i think tendency of general flynn kind of in the past has been to say things that are kind of broad, that are going to get headlines, that are going to make it on the internet and get retweeted. and unfortunately, now, in his position as

>> because i've asked -- because i've asked the border patrol, greta. >> and the border patrol

the border patrol union told cnn that they weren't aware of any signs and a trump transition spokesmanto comment on this. so how is washington reacting to flynn, as stories like this trickle out? >> this is one of many things about general flynn that have people alarmed. not just democrats, a lot of republicans, as well. and don, a lot of it -- as doug mentioned, you hear a lot of generals coming into the trump administration. a lot of his former colleagues in the military are also concerned about general flynn. we have asked the trump campaign to please tell us where these signs are. if general flynn has seen these photos, please, whoever has those photos, share them with us so we can verify his story. because it simply does not appear to be anywhere near the truth. remember back in 24 campaign, on conservative talk radio, some of these conspiracy theory websites, they had this thing that, you know, isis was infecting illegal immigrants with ebola and sending them across the border. this is the kind of conspiracy theory stuff that general flynn has trafficked in. not just in this inst

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this is from the new border patrol chief. re is what he had to say. >> i refer to the border with ua involvement seized and family units as one of humanitarian at this point. we know that basically of the otm's, which is about 63% of our apprehensions is focusing on units, it isfamily about 43 to 44% of our overall apprehensions. alone is around 50%. that takes a lot of funding to sustain those operations knowing that basically 100% of those family units are released into the united states. that is why i call that a humanitarian mission. i refer back to midnight one evening, i was in a sector where i saw a six-year-old and 11-year-old holding each other's hands that have made the trek from honduras. i do not refer to them as a national security or law enforcement threat, but the border patrol is dedicating a tremendous amount of resources taking those folks in and processing them. dedicatedesources are to being professional childcare providers at this point. alone has established the second pcb processing center which takes ab

the border patrol agents endorsed me in i.c.e. adores me. i said tell me about the wall. they said we needed mr. trump, we need it. they know better than anyone. we are going to build a wall. it's going to have big beautiful doors in it because we are going to have people coming into our country but they are going to come into our country illegally. [applause] we will also work to keep our country safe from terrorists. the attack on pulse nightclub in atlanta was the worst mass shooting in american history and the deadliest assault on the lgbtq community in american history. we have seen islamic terror attacks from paris to belgium to san bernardino, one after another again and again. we are going to stop them so let me state this as clearly as i can. i'm going to keep radical islamic terrorists the hell out of our country. [applause] that includes suspending immigration firm reaches where it cannot be safely process or bedded and the betting is going to be a term that i'd advise and extreme betting, right? extreme betting. nothing will come before the safety and the secu

border patrol chief mark morgan and carla pro vest testified before the senate homeland security committee about efforts to improve border security and other priorities of their agency. wisconsin senator ron johnson chaired the hearing. >>> the committee is called to order. i want to welcome the witnesses. certainly thank you for your testimony and your time here today. the chief and the deputy chief of the u.s. border patrol. definitely interested in what you had to say. i decided to hold this hearing actually before the election as we were monitoring the renewed crisis. i don't mean the crisis ever went away. but certainly we haven't seen publicity about the unaccompanied children coming in from south america which is at 2014 levels. it is just not being publicized. you of course are having to deal with it. so we want to kind of highlight that. based on the election, i'm also encouraged by the fact that we'll have incoming administration that will be dedicated to securing the border, which we must do. so i want to get your initial observations of where you think we are at in terms of bor