going to keep increasing the militarization of our borders ramon well right now the customs and border protectionis in possession of ten drones over the past seventy years this drone program to patrol the borders on the southwest border florida area and in the canadian border if has cost the federal go emit more than a quarter billion dollars and so far watchdog groups inside of homeland security have said that this is an inefficient program yet despite the fact that these drones aren't even working cousins of border protection already into deal with defense kocher defense contractor general atomics for up to fourteen more drones so what we see is you know with any sort of reform effort that we're going to see we're definitely going to see a lot more spending on defense drones usa ramon not surprising at all i mean but how hypocritical is this really and light of the fact that you know here obama is making these zero. toward immigration reform really he's deported a record number of immigrants here yeah as you mentioned more than a million and a half during his tenure more than george bush or any

going to keep increasing the militarization of our borders ramon well right now the customs and border protectionis in possession of ten drones over the past seven years this drone program to patrol the borders on the southwest border florida area and in the canadian border if has cost the federal go emit more than a quarter billion dollars and so far watchdog groups inside of homeland security have said that this is an inefficient program yet despite the fact that these drones aren't even working cousins of border protection already into deal with defense kocher defense contractor general atomics for up to fourteen more drones so what we see is you know. with any sort of reform effort that we're going to see we're definitely going to see a lot more spending on defense drones usa ramon not surprising at all i mean but how hypocritical is this really and light of the fact that you know here obama is making these overtures toward immigration reform really he's deported a record number of immigrants here yeah as you mentioned more than a million and a half during his tenure more than george bush or

customs and border protection agented guard the nation's borders. and the vast majority are honest. but drug cartels are working harder than ever to infiltrate their ranks. >> they're using cold war style tactics: money sex drugs to convince officers to work with them and to help get their products and their people across the border. >> reporter: special agent terry reed is part of the f.b.i.'s ever-expanding operation working to root out corruption. >> in 2007, there were only six border corruption task forces. today there are 24. >> reporter: one of reed's areas of responsibility is in california at the u.s.-mexico border, the largest land port of entry in the world. it processes 110,000 people a day. >> just a couple weeks ago we arrested someone here at the port of entry. >> reporter: an officer on corruption charges? >> that's right. reporter: there have been more than just a few bad apples. a new report from the department of homeland security's inspector general lists 358 convictions of customs and border protection employees and their associates since 2004. complaints of mis

you're border protection facilities and the two forty seven acre northwest plaza sorry -- this is the plaza i i guess most of you know this but this was the rolls of quite a lot of work with -- site and the other work included the north point on the left of the picture the ground transportation area between terminal 21 and 29 and the april between the ship and terminal and the installation of the system, fenders and bull lards and professions of miscellaneous furniture and equipment. we will talk more about the budget but need to bring the budget into a range that we can afford we will defer the public restrooms and also the terminal pro visioning building which, is out in the north east part of the facility. if and when the money becomes available. these will be added to the probability. this is a photoof the ada accessible gain way transition for the passenger loadings and these are unique and made by only two companies in the world and they -- kind of like a gang way of an airport, they service and maintain no more than one and 12 slopes ships which vary all overt place and the hei

ice and the customs and border protection she hopes her lawsuit will bring what she says quote accountability and changes so this type of thing doesn't happen again we can only hope. the fact is that we the people allow this war on terror to begin and to grow and if we the people don't put an end to it fast then it will eventually turn its guns on us. and that's the way it is tonight wednesday january twenty third two thousand and thirteen for more information check out our website to tom harkin dot com free speech dot org or to dot com and blue dot com slash big picture you know forget democracy begins with you get out there get active tag your it seal . download the official publication if you so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television or it just doesn't work so well with your mobile device you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. well. it's technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia. that's huge you're covered. oh oh oh oh. oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh. oh oh oh oh.

and customs border protection was about six point three billion dollars and last year was eleven point seven billion that's an eighty five percent increase now a similar spike in the budget for u.s. immigration and customs enforcement or ice which spent a little more than three billion back in two thousand and five and in two thousand and twelve spent nearly six billion so why the massive increase and how does this fit with the notion that many in this country have the president obama isn't doing enough to deal with the quote immigration problem actual caballero is the founder of the organization cuenta me and joins me now from our studios in los angeles hey there axel let me get your take translate these numbers into some facts for me what does this say about immigration under the obama administration. well effectively what has happened is the criminalization of migration of immigration and what do i mean by that there's been over emphasis on inforcing capacity meaning on securing the border particularly on militarizing the border the use of technology the use of a lot of money to pat

ice and the customs and border protection agency she hopes her lawsuit will bring what she says quote accountability and changes so this type of thing doesn't happen again we can only hope. the fact is that we the people allow this war on terror to begin and to grow and if we the people don't put an end to it fast then it will eventually turn its guns on us. and that's the way it is tonight wednesday january twenty third twenty thirteen for more information check out our website to tom harkin dot com free speech dot org or to dot com and bullet dot com slash big picture at all forget democracy begins with you get out there get active tag your it see. what mistry is hidden deep the nice. visit to the north welcome here. traps laid for intruders. and the supernatural can arise from nowhere. can the human be possessed by the water spirit. mistress of the cave on auntie. limitation free liquid intake and free liquor store charges free.

customs and border protection was about six point three billion dollars and last year it was eleven point seven billion and eighty five percent increase now i use them aggressions and customs enforcement saw a similar spike their budget back in two thousand and five three point one billion and last year almost six billion dollars. fellow why the massive increase and how does this fit with the notion that many in this country have that president obama isn't doing enough to deal with the quote immigration problem actual comedy at all is the founder of the organization quentin may and join me earlier i asked him what does this say about immigration under the obama administration take a lesson that there really what has happened is the criminalization of migration of immigration and what do i mean by that that there's been over emphasis on in forstmann capacities meaning on securing the border particularly militarizing the border the use of technology the use of a lot of money to patrol the border which is customs and border patrol c.b.p. takes about twelve billion dollars and then we have in

border. protection from possible incursions by the assad government. arrives in russia to meet with president putin who granted him citizenship. she were up to date for now i'll be back with more world news in a little less than an hour but don't go away because facts and stacie and next to tell us who is making big bucks from oil money in the u.s. the kaiser report is next on our. welcome to the kaiser report max kaiser hey you out there you jamie diamond i'm talking to the humans out there and the cats and you know creatures of the heart and soul not those that slither around in the sewage at night like jamie. so i was sent i have bad news for you oh we're going extinct now our physical bodies i'm talking about our wages our wealth our liberty extinct grabbling for one of jamie's food stamp cars and fighting for a top bank at halliburton's gulag camp is our future unless we stop the economics of extinction and rise the frig up. thank you max as we are talking about the economics of extinction i have worn my shirt dedicated to the species that have go

the customs and border and ice and back in two thousand and five the budget for customs and border protection was about six point three billion dollars last year eleven point seven billion dollars that is an eighty five percent increase a similar spike in the budget for u.s. immigration and customs enforcement they spent more little more than three billion back in two thousand and five and last year spent nearly six billion dollars so why the massive increase and how does this fit with the notion that many in this country have that the president is not doing enough to deal with the quote immigration problem actually coming out it was the founder of the organization quentin may and he joined me earlier on the program i asked him you know what these numbers say about immigration under the obama administration take a listen. thank you what has happened is the criminalization of migration of immigration and what do i mean by that that there's been over emphasis on enforcement capacities many on securing the border particularly militarizing the border the use of technology the use of a lot of mone

. >> wiem believe in border protection and stop someone by higher towers or more drones are right wingers or idiots. >> isn't that the plan? republicans speak up and say they have to get it done first. we have democratic support here. democratic obama and his echo chamber can stand up and say they're all right wing wakoos. >> bob: we should give something to chance that what an opportunity to have real reform. i don't think there is any great 2014 strategy involved. obama laid out the principles in the campaign. nothing new. there is a difference between the border of security. the security for one person, maybe not security for another. the point is they agree. the republicans realize, for the most part they realize they are getting trounceed among hispanics. this is major cause. >> eric: what do you agree with? do it now? >> it will take 10 to is a years before the people will become seasons. >> eric: rubio is asking responsibly here. >> first, it's been flat. virtually no increase in the number of illegal immigrants in this country. undocumented workers -- >> andrea: because obamanomic

we need clear, constitutional leadership to enforce the laws we have, protect our borders, and allow immigrants to immigrate in accordance of our law. and looking at one final tweet. just cut off the free evens. let people live their dream as long as they don't do harm. briefly, talk to us about entitlements and how they factor in. guest: that's a good question. i think one thing that people misunderstand is just what people who are immigrants in the united states are entitled to. they generally pay taxes if they have jobs. quite a few immigrants pay taxes now. but if there were more legal, they would pay taxes. they can go to school, and that is a benefit. but they're not entitled to things like medicare or to medicaid. the plays where you start to see the costs of things like hospitals, emergency rooms particularly for people who don't have their own private insurance have to go. other than that, there's not a ton of entitlements these people are allowed. and if they were to change the law, i think most people agree they wouldn't be eligible for some of the really costly things lik

afghanistan will, with the help that they provide be able to provide security to its people and to protect its borders. >> panetta said he and karzai made good progress but he declined to say whether they had agreed the size of the u.s. force that will remain in afghanistan. >> after a long and difficult path, we are finally, i believe, at the last chapter of establishing in afghanistan, a sovereign afghanistan that can govern and secure itself for the future. >> afghanistan will, with the help that are you providing, be able to provide security to its people and to protect its

a washington think tank that he dropped $18 billion on customs enforcement, border protection and u.sm. combined projects of several agencies by $3.6 billion. still ahead. is the obama administration drawing up strict gun controlat. first, the guns are still firing despite a new peace offering from syria's president. ♪ ♪ make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee. which is what you get, don't you see? cause c-max has lots more horsepower than prius v, a hybrid that c-max also bests in mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 combined mpg c-max hybrid. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients... plus, there

customs and border protection stepping up the seizures of counterfeit goods made overseas.as more than a billion dollar. the most counter fitted products in 2012. number five, footwear. the feds took in more than $103 million worth of shoes, mostly from china. number four, consumer electronic. the feds seized more than $104 million of new yorkoffs, smart phones, tablets from hong kong. three, clothing. 133 million worth of counterfeit clothing with labels taken during 8,000 seizes. 11% of the total value. number two, watches and jewelry jumping in popularity when $187 million in watches seized last year mostly coming from singapore and china. the number one most counterfeited product is? you guessed it. it's hand bags. women spend so much money on hand bags. nearly half of all counterfeit products stopped at the border were handbags, up 22% from 2011, a value of $511 million. other items on the list, pharmaceuticals, toys, the list goes on and own and on. still to come, my two cents more on guns and next is president obama starting the second term, we'll take a look at the

customs and border protection says robins was arrested on sunday at the san ysidro port of entry.'s department has not released other specifics on the case. robins is scheduled to be arraigned today. >> coming up, wine racked ransacked by thieves. the break-in that left pricey bottles missing from one of the south bay's most exclusive restaurants. >> it's a wild scene in chicago. fire and ice there. we'll show you how a warehouse gut bid flames turned into a snow castle overnight. >> announcer: you're watching 15 minutes of continuous news weather and traffic on "today in the bay." >> secretary of state facing congress and answering questions about a deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. live pictures from the scene. the attack felt deep in the bay area. one of the four americans killed was u.s. ambassador chris stevens. a piedmont native and the uc hastings school of law. marla joins frus the newsroom. at issue is whether the state department ignored the concerns about the safety at the compound. >> i have a copy of secretary clinton's opening remarks to oh the

that the republicans are against law enforcement, they don't want the streets, don't want the borders protectedecause they've cut off the funding for the border. >> on the 100th anniversary of the birth of richard nixon, nixon who did several things that got him in deep trouble would never have dreamed of the level of power grab that obama, at least according to biden and according to others, has tried to do. the same thing with the national labor relations board, decided based on obscure 1935 rule that they will be involved in nonunion companies because they've decide today reinterpret what that law means. >> greta: well, a power grab in my mind is when do you something, you simply don't have the lawful authority to do. >> he doesn't, the president doesn't. >> greta: if there's no law that he would be executing by virtue of an executive order with gun control, instead he's got to look to congress to do that would be an unlawful exercise, that would be a power grab? >> and the two ways that are to take him to court or the congress cuts off the money. >> greta: does congress have the sort of whe

. >> reporter: republicans demand better border protection and laws that crack down on companys hiringllegal immigrants. fine print that will come into sharper focus this week as washington reopens the case for immigration reform. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> in egypt, an angry president took to the airwaves tonight to announce tough new measures aimed at ending days of bloody protests. at least 50 people have been killed in the last four days. many of them in cairo and port sayeed. mohammed morsi imposed a curfew in the cities with the worst fighting. military is back on the streets as well guarding government buildings recently attacked by protesters. in recent weeks there seems to be almost as much public anger toward morsi who was democratically elected as there was towards ousted dictator hosni mubarak. >>> a. israeli prime minister ariel sharon's brain shows he has significant brain activity. doctors assumed the 84-year-old was in a vegetative state after his devastating stroke seven years ago. but scientists say his brain is responding to external stimuli which means h

. >> that sounds like -- people that believe in border protection, who believe you can stop somebody from coming in this country by higher towers or more drones or more people working there i think are right wingers or idiots. if you want to work and you're looking for a job, you're going to come to america, congresswoman. you're going to come in here and find a way in whether you have to take a boat, an airplane or swim or whatever you have to do, you're going to get here. my question is are we going to have a work permit situation that's truly in force so there will be no incentive to do that? because you can't work in the united states unless you're here legally. if we ever have a system like that, we won't be having this debate 20 or 30 years from now all over again. your thoughts. because we never stop talking about it. >> well, if you let me get a word in edgewise, i will tell you -- >> you got all the time in the world to answer my question. do you have confidence this bill will work? >> i am confident because part of the discussion that's been going on with the house group th

in an effort to kind of meet that problem, the state department with customs and border protection worked with several states like washington state, michigan, vt., and york to produce an enhanced drivers license. it is centrally issued an only issued to u.s. citizens and it is a document that is certified through various federal notices that demonstrates the holders citizenship. if you can imagine, you are living in buffalo, n.y., and you are crossing the border all the time to conduct business and you have to wait six-eight months to get a passport from a federal mandate, this creates a lot of problems. the cdp flexible in into meant -- and implementing the requirements. they offered tear sheets at the border to let people know this was a requirement and estates became aggressive making sure the enhanced a driver's license was available. >> amongst the talk of nationally standardized birth certificates, checking security records, interstate sharing of pictures for facial recognition, what is the argument that is not a national id. should we recognize it as such? >> real id is not a natio

we've doubled the amount of border protection, and i think it's time to look at whether or not we canask people to pay a price for breaking the law and get at the bask the line, and i will take a look at the details making sure that no one is rewarded for breaking the law, but rather, there is a penalty involved. >> senator mchaskell, again, thank you for coming out of the hearings, for giving us a flavor of what is going on. it was a really very kind thing of you to do today. >> thank you. >>> and hillary clinton held one of her final events at the state department today announcing new public-private partnership, including support for women a entrepreneurs, clean energy, and after nearly four decades of public service as former first lady, senator from new york, and former presidential candidate, the one thread through all of clinton's work is women's rights. it seems so radical to the rest of the world when she first spoke out as first lady in beijing in 1995. >> if there is one message that echos forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women's rights and women's

guest: i would much rather have customs and border protection keep products out of america that are harming our children. but right now, what happens with customs and border protection or immigration customs enforcement, congress has spent an inordinate amount of money. as a result, there has been no movement to actually create a rational immigration process and that serves the needs of our economy and work force. we would actually be making sure that lead-based toys were nothost: tell us about the center for immigration studies. guest: we try to make the case for a pro-immigrant policy of lower immigration. like most organizations on any side of the debate, the mix of right and left and center, we have a board and owners and staff that are all over the map politically. as you notice from the first two callers, one a democrat and one a republican, both of them critical of current immigration policy. that highlights the way the immigration issue is not so much a right-left thing, it is an elite versus the public issue. host: mark krikorian and ali noorani are our guests. mike is on our indep

will, with the help that are you providing, be able to provide security to its people and to protect its borders. >> panetta said and he karzai good progress but declined to say if they agreed on the size of u.s. forces that will remain in afghanistan. the united states currently has 68,000 military personnel in afghanistan. local forces are supposed to take over responsibility for security before the end of 2014. any u.s. soldiers that remain would be for training and assistance. >>> the transfer of security powers seems an ambitious goal, given the persistent taliban insurgency in afghanistan. friday's meeting between karzai and president obama seems difficult with the competing agendas both leaders have to juggle. we have more. >> reporter: the number of troops in the afghan military is growing, but they are not ready for the mission to control the security of the country after 2014. experts warn that unless international forces say longer, afghanistan risks falling back into a state of civil war with the taliban, but u.s. public opinion is stacked against the long war. americans want their t

will, with the help that are you providing, be able to provide security to its people and to protect its borders. >> panetta said and he karzai good progress but declined to say if they agreed on the size of u.s. forces that will remain in afghanistan. the united states currently has 68,000 military personnel in afghanistan. local forces are supposed to take over responsibility for security before the end of 2014. any u.s. soldiers that remain would be for training and assistance. >>> the transfer of security powers seems an ambitious goal, given the persistent taliban insurgency in afghanistan. friday's meeting between karzai and president obama seems difficult with the competing agendas both leaders have to juggle. we have more. >> reporter: the number of troops in the afghan military is growing, but they are not ready for the mission to control the security of the country after 2014. experts warn that unless international forces say longer, afghanistan risks falling back into a state of civil war with the taliban, but u.s. public opinion is stacked against the long war. americans want their t