20,000 border patrol agents. 20,000 border patrol agent. we have grown tremendously. that alone with the capability being given to us right now by project 28, it evolution, it's morphing, its development and continued enhancements is helping us tremendously. we still have a lot further to go and we are working very hard because of the recognition that we do need to secure this border as america's -- >> can we have a second round. >> we'll see. thank you to the gentleman from new jersey. when i began this hearing i spoke about metrics and trying to understand whether putting up a physical fence or putting up a virtual fence is really going to allow us to, if you will, take scarce resources and deploy them and use them better so that, in fact, we can bring down the apprehension. bring down the number of people coming across illegally, get the number of drugs that we need to -- and mr. pascrell, i completely share your view that until we fix the immigration issue, we will continue to have excess people, people trying to get into this country t

borders. find out what they are doing, and tell that to the people who's job it is to stop them and arrest them. bring the team together from these different organizations, that's when the good stuff happens. so i think if we leave the agencies in these parent departments, we give them a mission, we give somebody like me the authority to make sure that their budgets cover those things that they can share information, and they are well plugged in with the people who need the information, then we can make the right things happen in the right way. so far i think that's a -- that'ses right way to do it. and yes, if we had this organize, if we had this system of working back on kr-9d -- 9/11, i don't think the attacks would have occurred. we now know enough about many of those terrorists organization that wish us harm that we had stopping them with far less information that was available on 9/11/p2001. we are doing a better job. and if we had been back then, we might have stopped it. >> i think to

it's not that you could just call this border crossing slow. here i am in the middle of the day sitting in the middle of the road. there's nobody here. it's even quieter here, the boarder crossing at white tail, montana. the bureau of transportation statistic says the custom agents here have aj an average of fewer than two vehicles a day. yet, this, too, was to see a $15 million upgrade thanks to the federal stimulus bill. >> i think there's been $32 million on a new border station. i believe they need to update, but that seems to be kind of crazy numbers. >> reporter: why suddenly was so much money supposed to come to northeast montana border crossing? especially when you consider that these border crossings are so unused, they're both closed at night. could it be politics? since the democrats took over in the senate, montana's two democratic senators have become very powerful. they pushed homeland security for the stimulus spending. this is good news for all of montana and especially communities across the northern tier. senator baucus said i

border. the u.s. border patrol faces many obstacles. designating this heritage area will prevent them from create more obstacles for the u.s. border patrol. it is detrimental to get drug trafficking under control and represents irresponsible governing. mr. speaker, the u.s. national debt stands at $11.8 trillion and counting. the nonpartisan congressional budget office has predicted that huge deficits under the obama administration's annual budget would force our nation to borrow nearly $9.3 trillion over the next decade. this year's deficit alone is expected to soar past $1.8 trillion. we borrow 50 cents for every dollar we spend. the time to reign in federal spending is -- rein in federal spending is long overdue. the federal government is increasing control over private land. this pelosi-controlled congress seems intent on putting the government in control over aspect of our lives, education, health care and private property. again, mr. speaker, i urge a no vote on the rule and on the bill. and i reserve the balance of my time. the s

. >> gregg: more texas rangers sent to the border. the governor says the feds are not doing enough about the violence. is the move all show or is there a really a urt security gap there? >> gregg: tens of thousands of tea party protestors and whole lot of others. there you see it on the right-hand side of your screen. that is the national mall in washington. it is packed. set up with what they say is a government that has grown too fat and out of touch, but what exactly do they hope to get accomplished today? joining us today, congresswoman martha blackburn the speaker at today's rally. representative blackburn, thanks for being with us, what do you hope to accomplish? >> they are doing this to send a message to all americans from the pea party. that people really want a change. they want to take back their country. >> gregg: your colleagues, i hope you can hear me, i'll try to shout. your colleagues are not listening to these folks, they say they are listening to other folks who want them to spend this money on all kinds of programs

two border crossings in montana.he checkpoints don't see much traffic or many people, for that matter. but they're getting a wind fall from washington. "keeping them honest" here is special investigations unit, drew griffin. >> reporter: we knew this one we had to see to believe. but after driving for hours, we thought we might never see it. we have flown to billings, montana, we've been driving for five hours through a country that has more antelope than people. and i tell you, we've done the bridges to nowhere, roads to nowhere. this may be the topper. it was supposed to be $15 million to replace what appears to be a perfectly fine border crossing station, especially when you consider the bureau of transportation's statistics say this border crossing station in skobe, montana, sees fewer than 20 vehicles a day. it's not that you could just call this border crossing slow. here i am in the middle of the day sitting in the middle of the road. there's nobody here. it's even quieter here, the border crossing at white ta

border crossings are being paid to look the other way. they are increasingly worried that corrupt public officials could put all of us at serious risk. watch as a customs officer waves this truck full of illegal immigrants right throug the lane. the fbi says that for $100,000, michael looked at the other way. the surveillance tape catches the sheriff's deputy in the act of corruption. >> [unintelligible] >> the fbi is currently investigating more than a hundred similar cases, representing a potentially grave national security threat. >> is our first line of defense for people coming north of the border. dodge the fbi says that he was recruited by a powerful mexican cartel to smuggle drugs through border checkpoints in el paso, texas. the cartel apparently paid him $5 million. the fbi says that the worst case scenario is that some immigrants might be terrorists. >> you don't know what is coming across. it may not be narcotics, it may be ingredients for a bond. >> immigrants are not just from central and south america, but from around the w

talk of smuggling under age girls across the border for sex. this is as more lawmakers are voting to cut off all federal funding to the group. also tonight house speaker nancy pelosi says she is afraid there will be blood and warns president obama's critics that their words could lead to violence. also tonight, does the white house have a secret plan to take your personal information from websites such as facebook and twitter? >>> good evening everybody. betrayed. that's how a few world leaders feel after president obama decided to scrap plans to build a missile defense shield in eastern europe. the program started under the bush administration. arguably it would have helped guard against a missile attack from iran but one leader who is smiling is medvedev, afraid the shield would compromise his nuclear capabilities. the white house stressed it will continue its policy to protect europe but republicans were quick to lash out, senator mccain calling the move seriously misguided. either way the decision could potentially have far reaching consequ

obviously the vast majority of border guards do a fantastic jobs.s seems to be the case of a few bad apples. >> when we come back, faith and fidelity. that's next. >> this >> this next topic should perk everyone up, sex and the sinner. it is one of theen xhadmentes, th o u shall not commit adultery. >> some researchers even say cheating is natural so why is it wrong? here's cynthia mcfadden. >> reporter: adultery in high places, from former president clinton, whose inclination was not to fess up. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. >> to former new york governor eliot spitzer, who did. >> i cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people's work. >> reporter: of course there is the ongoing drama surrounding former presidential candidate john edwards. >> i made a very serious mistake. i've been unfaithful to my wife. >> reporter: in south carolina the cheating governor has lost his wife, it seems, but not his office. >> something i'm going to think about, pray about. >> reporter: it's not just men in politics of course. social s

the border crossing at whitetail, montana.u of transportation statistics says the custom agents here get an average of fewer than two vehicles a day. yet, this, too, was to see a $15 million upgrade, thanks to the federal stimulus bill. >> well, i think everybody was pretty well blown away that they're spending $32 million in daniels county on new border stations. i believe they need to update, but that just seems to be kind of a crazy number. >> reporter: why suddenly was so much money supposed to come to northeast montana border crossings, especially when you consider that these border crossings are so unused, they're both closed at night? could it be politics? since the democrats took over in the senate, montana's two democratic senators have become very powerful. senator max baucus is chairman of the senate finance committee. senator jon tester is on the homeland security committee, and both took credit for the millions allocated up here in a joint press release, saying they pushed homeland security for the stimulus spendi

there is a path to peace, which is as clear as the border formed by the security barriers. we only need to have the courage to take the first step on this path by ensuring israel that is our unden yible support. fortunately, we are not alone. the vast majority of americans support israel. we recognize in a israel stands alone as a lone beachhead in the middle east. we take our security for granted and do not judge those who are not afforded this luxury. regardless of the muted minds within israel, we know where the stark borders are between our supporters and detractors in the middle east. during our meeting with perez, he said, israel and her neighbors, we seem to be able to live in peace. we just have a problem with writing it down. focusing on the real threat to peace and democracy around the world requiring leadership on the part of the arab states to root out terrorists within their borders and continuing to support and stand by our ally in the region as mr. netanyahu definitively stated, with god's help, we will know no more war, we will know peace. with that, i would

/mexico border. >> reporter: just across the border from san diego, six bodies were found inside of a burning car in tijuana monday night. two were in the trunk, a sign that they're among the latest victims. across the border from el paso, ten people were gunned down in two separate incidents tuesday. 1,647 people have been killed in the city so far this year. already surpassing the total for all of 2008. it's the result of a vicious turf battle between two cartels, and local authorities seem powerless to stop. >> we have been able to get most of the crime rates down. bank robberies are down 80%. car thefts are down 50%. commercial thefts are down 60%. so most of the statistics are down. we still need work a lot on murder rates which are very difficult. >> reporter: it's not for lack of trying president felipe calderon has agreed to extend the stay of 7500 troops in the city at the mayor's request. 700 police officers left after an anti-corruption sweep. authorities are even running public service ads dramatizing cartel killings with images that mirror real life. in and a message to t

the border crossing at white tail, montana.s say the custom agents here get an average of fewer than two vehicles a day. but this too was to see a $15 million upgrade thanks to the federal stimulus bill. >> well, i think everybody was pretty well blown away that they're spending $32 million in daniels county on new border stations. i believe they need to update, but that just seems to be kind of a crazy number. >> reporter: why, suddenly, was so much money supposed to come to northeast montana border crossings, especially when you consider that these border crossings are so unused, they're both closed at night. could it be politics? since the democrats took over in the senate, montana's two democratic senators have become very powerful. senator max baucus is chairman of the senate finance committee. senator jon tester is on the homeland security committee and both took credit for the millions allocated up here in a joint press release, saying they pushed homeland security for the stimulus spending. this is good news for all of

border with mexico where the busiest border crossing was closed tuesday after four people were injured after a gun battle with smugglers. three vans loaded with suspected illegal immigrants tried to go through the border checkpoint without stopping at the port of entry between san diego and tijuana. while the incident is still under investigation the u.s. border authorities say the two u.s. agents fired their weapons during the incident. we'll keep you posted. >>> meantime, tycoon donald trump's corporation is facing some questions about its link to a controversy surrounding the libya leader quadaffy, former leader. he will be spending several days in new york city as he attends the u.n. general assembly and brought with him a traditional tent he uses for meetings when he travels. the tent has been set up on property in neighboring westchester county and that property is owned by trump corporation. a spokesman says the company is now looking into the matter. >>> 5:15. here's a story every woman should hear. for most choosing to have a hysterectomy can be difficult, you not only lose th

the border crossing at white tail, montana.tom agents here get an average of fewer than two vehicles a day. yet, this too was to see a $15 million upgrade thanks to the federal stimulus bill. >> well, i think everybody was pretty well blown away that there's been $32 million on a new border station. i believe they need to update, but that seems to be kind of a crazy number. >> reporter: why suddenly was so much money supposed to come to northeast montana border crossing, especially when you consider that these border crossings are so unused they're both closed at night? could it be politics? since the democrats took over in the senate, montana's two democratic senators have become very powerful. senator max baucus is chairman of the senate finance committee, senator john tester is on the homeland security committee. and both took credit for the millions allocated up here in a joint press release. saying they pushed homeland security for the stimulus spending. this is good news for all of montana and especially communities acros

in fact, we're spending a lot of money securing the border.rorists but against people who are trying to work mostly. and there are -- there's a history to the creation of that law that makes it so that it is applied in a racist way. it isn't irish undocumented immigrants that we chase down and raid and, you know, pull out of their homes in the middle of the night and separate from their children. [applause] >> so i would ask us just t -- not to ignore our intuition but to look at all the conditions around these decisions that we're making to see really how they're playing out. and the best way is going to be by actually getting to know immigrants in or near your community and talking to them about how they came to get he, what drove them here, and what they'd like to see happen in their lives and how that might help all of us be together. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. >> before we get into our next question, i would like to ask that in order to make sure as many youth can ask a question as possible, that we limit to one question. and now

the concert was called, peace without borders.nstead of the traditional red flags, the square was a sea of white, the color the organizers had asked everybody to wear. a concert for peace, but what have shown deep divisions and opposition groups. in miami, hard-line anti-castro exiles were bitterly opposed to the concert. but here on the island, some of the leading dissidents signed a petition saying it is a great idea, it should help reconciliation on the island. but for most of the people here, it is just about music. >> we love the their songs. it has nothing to do with politics. those in miami who are against it, they still want to hear the concert. it is about peace, peace without borders. >> the concert was the brainchild of the miami-based grant award winning colombian singing -- singer who was also the star. he has been compared to bono and sting for his activism. the first of the contras was on the colombian-venezuelan border last year when it looked like the countries were about to go to war -- the first of the concert s

that went to sprint, a flat-coated retriever, not a border collie. >> all border collies today, as--oh, benny. ooh, 5 faults. i was just saying it was a clean run till there. >> didn't quite get up high enough, knocked that bar. [cheering and applause] >> wow. so benny comes through, and benny's time--36.82. you add 5 seconds to that, 41.82 is the time. >> coming out of the weaves, directing that tight turn into the jump. just a little too tight. benny not able to get up, hitting the pole with the front paws. >> our final competitor in run number one. remember, they will have another round of large dog agility to determine our winner. but here we go-- star and ginsey st. croix. >> now remember, this is a husband-wife duel-off. our first competitor, razzle, was run by don st. croix, who holds the lead right now. so can his wife, ginsey, and star take the first place from them? >> star, come, come, come. star. bottom. ok. follow me. >> they're running clean and steady, fast, but you can see that she's not really pushing her too much, i don't think, not wanting to have any mistakes. >> it

the second half of the strategy is between the borders.d there, we've built over 600 miles of fence, began to lay down some sophisticated technology. in both of these areas we have made substantial progress, but the job is not done and it has got to continue. that is the current agenda. host: our guest is michael chertoff, served from 2005 through 2009 as secretary of homeland security. the numbers are up on the screen. we want to hear from you. also, we're going to hear from some law students up at dressed -- drexel university in philadelphia. they turned -- they attend the earl mack school of law up there and the c-span bus is parked there. we will talk to some of those students, too, let questions for michael chertoff. matthew is the first student. please go ahead with your question for secretary chertoff. >> given the recent disclosures to which -- to the extent to which the federer has lied about things like blackwater, johnson that were traditionally the role of the government, whether they be interrogations' or assassinations, the y

>>> open borders. hidden cameras catch u.s. border guards taking payoffs. could terrorists bribe their way on to american soil? an abc news investigation. >>> this morning, a famous daughter, accuses a famous father of incest. what is the real story of mckenzie phillips? >>> and survivor. one of america's top endurance runners survives four days, lost in the wilderness. runners survives four days, lost in the wilderness. how she made it out alive. >>> and good morning to all of you. diane sawyer with robin roberts. and the president is playing a lot of diplomatic chess today. >> we'll be tackling everything, from nuclear proliferation, to the global economy, climate change. after he meets with the u.n. cement, he'll be heading to pittsburgh, for the g-20 summit here. first, he has work to do at the united nations in new york. he will challenge iran and north korea to give up nuclear ambitions. jake tapper is at the u.n. with the latest. good morning, jake. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the white house says this will be the first time ever that a u.s. pr

remember before 1719 they claimed the border ran all the way into canada, oregon country. it seems absurd today, buspain did not give that up in 1819. there was not enough military power to control this. you had this illegal immigration in the new mexico territories. and in the 1820s, and 30s, and 40s, you had the politician raising a ruckus about that. this is the prelude to losing the american states. does that sound familiar? we have angelo politicians the same. ailette mexico immigrants are coming here to take it all back. they fight do that several times. well, this was the aggressiveness. this was not a deliberate policy of united states government. it never was. the problem was the united states government could never control its own citizens. and yet to this day you'll find much who believed that the texas revolution was a plot engineered out of washington. they completely and conveniently forget that it was one of a series of federal estate revolutions. mostly in northern and north central mexico, but also new mexico and california. and especially utah, which was

the 1900889-mile border.e department of defense reported 350,000 troops to secure our southern border -- that is more than twice the troops we put in iraq. it is not economically feasible to do that. the best way to end the threat to america from al qaeda terrorist is by going to where they are, capturing or killing them there. host: larry, democrats line, washington, d.c. caller: i am ex-military. host: television set is up and it is causing feedback. we're going to move on. by twitter, there are a number of skeptics i am seen here with comments such as that -- referencing the military industrial complex, that you are just trying to scare us so we will spend more in this area. do you respond to your critics? guest: i believe general eisenhower was correct. i have written about it quite a bit. one of the things i think is very important to understand is what america buys a nuclear- powered aircraft carrier or b2 bomber, all we get is an aircraft carrier or bomber. when we make investments to defend us from bi

, is trained on both sides of the border.age issue obviously, have to be addressed in terms of spanish and english. you have to have pple who can speak the language on both sides of the border as well as the governance issues we've talked abou who gets to talk to whom, what codes are going to be used and things of that sort. and what dhs needs to do in the implementation proce is to make sure that these technological governance and training elements are implemented, and then i think what you're going to see is the ability to really reduce some of the risks that we have seen elevated at the border with the spike in violence over the last couple of years. >> wait for the microphone, please. >> national emergency equipment dealers association. you mentioned at the beginning a billion dollars had been given to state and local communities. what is it goingo cost to do what you're talking about, and how do you deal with this situatn that counties, towns and cities in america are out of money and are not spending money on just like

meanwhile the anglo-american is crowded against the borders of meco. their totem also was an eagle, american bald eagle. truly it seemed they were shipped this bird. they displayed everywhe even on the buttons and belt buckles on and shoulders that carried flagstaffs with e eagles. this time there wasn't just one eagle in the air, but to come an they were about to raise the struggle for the entire. 600 years to hundred pages, not bad. [laughter] boy, did that take a lot of cutting down in the first draft. i'm sorry it seems i am losing my voice at the outset. i don't know why. and 1848 after the shooting park was over mexican historians said there are two causes of the war between the united states and this country. one was united states expansionism, aggression, aggressiveness. compounded by mexico's weakness. that is a fair and a description of what went on. the united states was colonized originally into british grade by noonformists and dropouts and troublemakers and, you know, it is hard to get them out of the old country. but they were lazy about

i'm from northern michigan and we share border with canada. we go back and forth daily.we're doing a lot of preb ration on this side. is there special situations given to border communities? what are they doing with those countries? places they're moving back? we have a much more robust program in this country. i haven't seen the same in canada, especially canada. >> the department of homeland security looked calfly at that issue and scientistic advice during the spring and it was determined since there was already a robust outbreaking of h1n1 already within our borders that border closings really would harm commerce potentially but not really help with the disease outbreak. so there is no anticipation at this point to do anything with our northern and southern -- >> i don't want to see a border closing. are you coordinating with other country, canada, in particular, to make sure we're doing the same things? education programs? >> there has been a lot of national and international discussions and particularly with canada and mexico. that has been under way since the earl

the second half of the strategy is between the borders. there, we've built over 600 miles of fence, began to lay down some sophisticated technology. in both of these areas we have made substantial progress, but the job is not done and it has got to continue. that is the current agenda. host: our guest is michael chertoff, served from 2005 through 2009 as secretary of homeland security. the numbers are up on the screen. we want to hear from you. also, we're going to hear from some law students up at dressed -- drexel university in philadelphia. they turned -- they attend the earl mack school of law up there and the c-span bus is parked there. we will talk to some of those students, too, let questions for michael chertoff. matthew is the first student. please go ahead with your question for secretary chertoff. >> given the recent disclosures to which -- to the extent to which the federer has lied about things like blackwater, johnson that were traditionally the role of the government, whether they be interrogations' or assassinations, the yo

containment at our borders, containment at airports. good police work inside each country of the west. and also very good intelligence sharing. >> ifill: which requires fewer support troops? >> well, i think that's kind of irrelevant. i think it would require fewer support troops because in a sense there are no afghans in al qaeda. al qaeda is not in afghanistan. it is in pakistan as the ambassador just pointed out and as mcchrystal's report points out. i'm not really sure why we should choose the most lethal option, the most expensive option, and the least likely to succeed option. ambassador. >> yes. i think it's very important to recognize that our success so farÑ has a lot to do with our ability to keep these networks under pressure, all of them. if we were to go to a counterterror mode, focus only on al qaeda, you risk a return to what we had before 9/11. what we did then, although we have modified some of the operation, is to attack the terrorists, to attack al qaeda. i believe that the best kourpt terror strategy now, given how

in afghanistan -- bordering afghanistan. believe that the way to get al qaeda is taking down their taliban connection. >> a cia drone who strike killed their leader last month, but can al qaeda still strike? pervez musharraf. >> these people used to be in the valleys. there are no more safe havens. >> but a pakistani journalist who was the last to interview osama bin laden has seen evidence of training facilities along the border with afghanistan. >> evidence shows that they still may have training facilities and still can really recruit and train people. >> what we know now is that if you cut off that pipeline, the logistical pipeline that the taliban supplies al qaeda, you can explode al qaeda in the tribal area. shepard: thank you, scott. president obama faces a new challenge today from his party about what some observers have dubbed "obama's war." indications are that the war in afghanistan is becoming much more difficult and conditions are deteriorating. we continue to watch today's tributes remembering the heroes and v

borders back in the united states and how we deal with our border forts in the u.s.and it's not necessarily the border we share with iran or kuwait or saudi arabia. they look at how we partner with them, how do we add came kaipabilities out there, how do we train the border enforcement authorities that are at the ports of entry both for personnel as well as traffic of goods. and as you know, there's a great deal of trade that goes on between iraq and iran and a lot of goods, agricultural goods as well as building materials. and how do you look at searching those types of vehicles, how do you process people through -- how do you look for terrorists and criminals coming through? those are the lessons they can learn back in the united states outside of going to a national training center which they really train on a full spectrum of operations. so a and b is a proof of principle that colonel newell is cutting ground on. and he may not be aware but briefed the secretary of defense on his visit here with regards to what he's done in the first 100 days. and it's been prett

to support the border patrol.ed to have legal immigration where people come in on a temporary basis to work, have proper documentation, but we need to know who they are, where they are coming from, and we need to collect taxes from them when they come in. but we need to stop the illegal immigration and the need to work with mexico to make sure we stop this very dangerous and deadly effort by so many poor people in mexico is going to get into the united states. many of them die in the desert. they should be interested in stopping that. obviously, we are interested in stopping people coming across the border illegally. not only do they break laws, but they can bring drugs and be part of terrorist organizations. i have voted consistently to support the border. unfortunately, sometimes the administration does not carry out all the plans and programs congress is funding. host: karl is on the independent line. orlando, florida. caller: i have a question about missile defense. democrats and republicans are supposed to op

by closing the border crossings, israel stops the movement of goods, fuel, and people often allowing a trickle of movement that imposes a level of hardship that save for what is smuggled in through tunnels through egypt is a total economic lockdown. under t june ceasefire deal, the daily rate of trucks entering gaza did increase but only from about 70 a day to about 90 a day, which according to the "neyork times" figures was well short for presiege delivery rate of 500 to 600 trucks a day. opinion polls taken in the occupied territories and its important to state that it's in both gaza and the west bank, since israel invaded gaza in christmas week reveal an interesting story. in terms of the response of ordinary palestinians to the january onslaught by the israel defense forces. the jerusalem media and communicationsenter found that virtually half of its sample of voters believed that hamas had defeated israel. it's one of the problems with insurgency and resistance movements is that a resistance movement doesn't have to win to win. it only merely has to not lose. as long as it's sti

the second half of the strategy is between the borders. and there, we've built over 600 miles of fence, began to lay down some sophisticated technology. in both of these areas we have made substantial progress, but the job is not done and it has got to continue. that is the current agenda. host: our guest is michael chertoff, served from 2005 through 2009 as secretary of homeland security. the numbers are up on the screen. we want to hear from you. also, we're going to hear from some law students up at dressed -- drexel university in philadelphia. they turned -- they attend the earl mack school of law up there and the c-span bus is parked there. we will talk to some of those students, too, let questions for michael chertoff. matthew is the first student. please go ahead with your question for secretary chertoff. >> given the recent disclosures to which -- to the extent to which the federer has lied about things like blackwater, johnson that were traditionally the role of the government, whether they be interrogations' or assassinations, th

three vans accused of smuggling illegal immigrants, tried to crash through the border. three people in the vans were injured and closing a busy port of entry for hours. >>> the threat of rain hovers again today, over areas of the south, reeling from severe flooding. roads, more like rivers. schools are closed. and worst, at least ten people are dead. georgia's government has declared a state of emergency and has asked for federal help. steve osunsami reports, now, from georgia. across this region, many homeowners will have to start over. nearly 20 inches of rain in a few, short days was just too much. >> the sofa was floating. i mean, you can see where the ring stops on the wall. >> reporter: we had to travel today by boat to see many of the flooded homes. >> this is the water line. >> reporter: john knox and his sons came home to see the heartache and collect what they could. >> we were in here yesterday. we put things up on cinder blocks. we thought high enough. unfortunately not. >> oh, man, wow. >> reporter: like so many people here, jackie futch doesn't have flood

presence in afghanistan will push the insurgency across that border into pakistan, the government is already unstable air, and they have nukes. that is something that scares me more than what i'm hearing from these other nations. >> if you look at iran on the question of afghanistan, you certainly have to consider the world wide implications of the unilateral attack if israel were to do something to iran or attend to do something. the implications to me are absolutely chilling. therefore, i do not think it is going to occur. i'm more concerned with afghanistan and this big question about the number of troops that would ultimately be there and how that plays domestically. will people here be cheering for increase troops in afghanistan? i do not think that is going happen. >> i think it is hard for people to understand the sort of asymmetrical warfare, why we take so many casualties, and there is no day where you can say we have one. >> i think that would be questioned. we put a few more troops in, does that whein? >> most americans cannot define victory. the white house has not clearl

, "south of the border" to tell you that south of the border, a revolution is under way. a revolution is under way in south america. a revolution is under way in latin america. there a he is a revoluti there's a revolution in the caribbean. the world has come to see this. must take stock of it and accept it, because it's a fact of life that's not going to change. and we should say, mr. president, that this is a revolution that goes beyond ideology. it's even geographical, geopolitical. it's an historic revolution. it's part of the time. it's a moral, spiritual revolution. and it is a comprehensive and necessary revolution. that is what we think. it is a major revolution and it is going to grow with the passing of time as the months go by, as the years go by. and why is it major and great? it is because it has been a long time coming, centuries have now come to this moment in time. [ inaudible ] this is the president of uganda. please put the headphone on. now we're ready. long live africa! i'm not going to speak anymore than gadhafi. gadhafi has said everything there is t

and the conduct crime across those borders. that's where the book's title came from, "no boundaries." i also wanted to show the variety of latino gangs and how they differ among themselves so i wrote, i research and i wrote about the original latin kings in chicago. they call chicago their motherland. i went to miami, florida, several times because a natural reaction i had any people have is miami, big latino city, they must have a lot of latino gang problems. i got some very interesting and different perspectives dn there, which i write about in the book. there are other little games or other latino gangs play cameo roles throughout "no boundaries." my second big obstacle, as you all, because law-enforcement people notoriously poor perhaps notorious is not the best word, t closemouthed. especiallyot talking to writers. some of that completely understandable if you're working on a case you don't want to jeopardize the investigation or the prosecution. some of you have bee burned. some of you just don't feel comfortable talkine

-mexico border after a shoot-out and brazen attempt to crash through.eral people are injured, many more are in custody. brad wheelis has the story. >> reporter: the busiest border crossing from mexico into the u.s. was closed tuesday night after four people were injured in a gun battle as smugglers tried to crash their way into the u.s. three vans loaded with more than 70 suspected illegal immigrants tried to run through a border check point without stopping at the port of entry between san diego and tijuana. while the incident is still under investigation, u.s. border authorities say two american agents fired their weapons during the incident. >> multiple shots were fired. th shooting is under investigation by the san diego police department. the port of entry has been shut down. it has been declared a crime scene. >> reporter: four were wounded in the shoot-out, three in the vans and a fourth traveler in another vehicle. the shoot-out occurred over nine lanes of traffic. over 40,000 visitors enthrough through this port each day. >> here in new york pr

studies we have done had looked at the border states specifically on this issue of. what the census clearly shows is in the border states the percentage of the uninsured of hispanic origin is exceedingly high, but it does not tell you legal or illegal status. that is one of the primary drivers for texas have been the highest percentage of uninsured and the state. to gail's his point, there is no way to make the division because my understanding from hospitals is when they do provide this service they do not ascii there. -- they do not ask either. >> let me raise a broader point on this. it goes back to the discussion on healthcare reform. i agree with both, nobody knows the answer to that question. if they say that they do, i don't know where they're getting it from because we don't have the data. we do know that there are roughly 46 million people without health insurance. that is a mix of legal residence and illegal residents. if you look at total spending in the population, they encourage spending of about $60 billion a year. a lot of that spending is not explicit

people that come across the border, you agree they should not get a benefit. now you are going back, saying that if they have been here, grandfather them in. >> you are jumping the gun, not listening to what i am saying. that is why you are arguing. connell: i want to understand as well. >> i am saying that there are people that have entered this country either legally. they are in the process of legalizing their status. the federal government has given them a work tax id number, they are given benefits. not in the process, no benefits. connell: fernandez says that there is a process, what about that? >> they are ok. >> no! at least i agree with him on half of it. at least we agree on that part. the second part, you cannot give someone something if they are here illegally. immigration laws exist that if you are here illegally, you do not get a benefit connell:connell let me stop both of you for one second -- get a benefit. connell: let me stop you for one second. there are these people, different estimates about how many, here illegally. if we are having troub

authorities are determined to stem the flow of people trying to get through into its borders. year after year more and more africans risk their lives by boarding rickety boats into europe. many migrants that make it there, italy is far from the promised land that they expected. >> back breaking work, picking tomatoes, and for each small crate they get paid $5. on a good day they might make $50. not exactly the life they imagined. >> we just did not know italy was like this. we thought it was a country where you could find a job. but it is not like that. >> living conditions are appalling. shacks have been thrown together with bits of wood and plastic. the medical charity doctors without borders is deeply concerned about their health and welfare. >> they sleep on the ground on mattresses that they got in the street. most of them are rotten. infested with insects. >> work is thin on the ground. food is scarce. as soon as one harvest is over, they move on to the next. they came to europe in search of a better life, but the future is anything but bright. >> the trial of four googl

you can see from me to the other side of the room is the border. he says it's a darn shame the syriansad to carry this all the way fm syria to put it here on the iranian border. that's the party line from the o-team. we're not saying tt about the syris now bus we want to hav dialogue with the syrians. i got asked a question by a reporter about the release of the libyan terrorist who blew up pan am 103. having spent fair amount of my li around this environment, i don't get it. i don't understand why we don't put everybody bit of information -- if we released half as much about the iranians as we released aut blackwater, the papers would be full. all that stuff that has been leaked out, the hemorrhaging of classified information is' that americans. how about leaking information about the enemy that has killed americans. i don't get it. i saw a hand over here. time for one o two more. right there. >> on the lighter side, i want to know if you can confirm this. you were involved with a certain senator, won't be named here, of virginia, whether -- >> th

would you like to be able to conduct raids across the border? >> schlosser: there's a lot of things i'd like to be able to do in life, lara, but i'm a professional soldier. after 32 years, i do what is legally permissible under the laws, and so here i am. >> logan: but it's got to be frustrating, though. i mean, i know it's frustrating for the soldiers, year after year. >> schlosser: it is. there's no doubt. there is no doubt. >> logan: how under-resourced are you? >> schlosser: i've been very clear that i need more resources, more soldiers and more assets. >> logan: those assets can't come soon enough for captain kilbride and his men, as we found out on this mission in search of a reported roadside bomb. >> kilbride: we don't really know exactly where it is. it's somewhere in this area. so we're just checking bridges. >> logan: the soldrs dn'n't find it that day. t bue morng weafr t,te left a u.s. ht ve lhie a roadside bomb in that same area. photographs from the scene show the vehicle was obliterated,hi evll neinyoiderg ns ie, anns afghan inte

how is it conceivable that negotiations can be held on the borders and on jerusalem at the same time that is really bulldozers are working -- at the same time that israeli bulldozers are working to create a new reality and imposing borders for israel desires. how can anyone conceive holding negotiations without agreement on the terms of preference and the objectives and goals of these negotiations that the whole world have a agreed upon, namely ending the cessation of territories occupied in 1967, establishing the state of palestine with jerusalem as its capital, achieving a just and agreed upon solution to the question of palestinian refugees on the basis of resolution 194, 1948, and achieving peace on all palestinian, syrian, and lebanese land. there is a precious opportunity that must be seized upon to achieve peace. in this regard, i would like to express our deep appreciation for the important speech delivered two days ago by president obama. he affirmed the necessity for ending the occupation that began in 1967 and the legitimacy of the settlement. he also stressed the necessit

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why do so many people come across the border to get an mri?n line to have hip and knee replacement? government-run plant have certain amounts of dollars they will spend on health care. when that does not go far enough, they will raise it. what we are trying to do here for the 50 million people who do not have health insurance is to give them a choice, by putting them in private insurance plans. that is why we do not want a public option. every expert says tens of millions of people -- the lowest level i have seen is 83, the highest, 120 -- will be pushed out of their health care plan into a government plan. when you do that, sooner or later everyone premiums will go up, people will opt-out, and then you will have what the congressman from illinois said, to a group wanted canadian-style single payer -- we need a public option first because the american people will not go from here to but they have in canada immediately. there needs to be an interim. i do not think the government . [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [caption