i'm a kid who grew up in brownsville oh she'll brownsville in brooklyn not texas a lot of my peers they are not politically afford they don't even vote you know feel the necessity to be involved in that process because it doesn't really protect them often and i think that hip hop has given us a stage to open up this dialogue on this dialogue to inform the people why they're there their position is important or their participation is important and know that the power comes from the people you know black panther said power to the people power to all people. we have to remember that. america is this model for democracy you know we've become. just like people in third world countries. look to america and say you know you guys really seem like you've got it together you know yet it's not really together it's just a facade of you know everybody is to make up is there but behind the make up is kind of like kind of like chaotic if it's not a democracy here in the united states what is it that's a good question it's a good question. when people can speak up when they can have a peaceful protests

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year, and that represents just under 50% of the total apprehensions of the entire border along brownsville to san diego. >> in a few moments, president obama encourages senators to encourage extending unemployment benefits. senate leaders talk about extending unemployment benefits. and after that, we'll continue to look at unemployment benefits and then a wurnl segment -- "washington journal" segment l. >> president obama today called on senate republicans to support extension ever unemployment benefits. another procedural vote on the measure is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon with senators now having the 60 votes needed to move forward. this is a little less than 10 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. right now many americans are sitting at their tables to fill out an additional application. they are filled with uncertainty about where their next paycheck will come from. i know the only thing that will entirely free them from those worries, the only thing that will fully lift that sense of uncertainty is the security of a new job. to that end, we all have to continue our efforts to do e

the texas border from laredo to brownsville is home for over two million people. the internationabridges in this region carry thbulk of u.s. land trade between the united states and mexico. the border region is primarily protected by a feral levy -- levee operated by the international boundary and water commission, better known as ipwc. although it's responsible for over 500 miles of levees just on the u.s. side and seven dams, for decades it received approximately $5 million a year for maintenance of those levees. as a result, the corps of engineers' assessment in 2005 showed that hundreds of miles of the levee system were inadequate, too low or too weak to be certified. several of the dams were also of great concern. when theeport was published by border colleagues and i, and i knew we had to work hard and fast to protect the millions of people we represent, we fwan working with the ibwc, the corps of engineers and local officials to get the information we needed to make our case to congress. we thought outside the box. hidalgo county with 750,000 people, one of

if you are in brownsville or arizona, a significant number of the people walking in are not covered.here are subsidies for that. it is about $40 billion or $50 billion per year. they take care of the indigent care. there are not as many subsidies for doctors. and is a massive social problem. it is a political issue that, thank god, i am not able to deal with. host: silver springs, maryland. are you with us? caller: yes, i am sorry. i have two questions. i have been on social security since 1991. i have never been able to get anyone to identify over the 20 year. -- 20 year period when i am under. is that medicaid or medicare? i have united healthcare called americhoice. the concept is i have a terribly bad teeth. it has taken me 10-15 years to finally get them to say if you do this, if you do that, we can get your teeth fixed. i will probably end up with plates and stuff. i would rather have plastics. here recently last october, i was told if i provided this and that that they would get my teeth fixed with the now implications. host: can get your question? we are running out of time.

when the cartels move to the mexican border, especially that strip of border between el paso and brownsville, we've got two, arguably three cartels arguing for who control that area and they form each of the two mainly cartels, they form hit squads, separate organizations for murder, like murder, incorporated, when they used to talk about the italian mafia, and these groups became the murder squads going out, killing not only other cartel members from the opposite cartel but also killing mexican police officers and mexican army and military people, mexican civilians, kidnapping americans, etc. now those hit squads are thinking about becoming cartels themselves. so we have a real wild west shootout going on across the border from where we live. now, i didn't mean that to be humorous. but the week before the firing on the el paso city hall 21 people were killed in one day in juarez, mexico in gun violence -- mexico, in gun violence. i'm sorry, if you don't check afghanistan and iraq, the number of days that 1 people were killed -- 21 people were killed, very few. in one day. so arguemy we've g

this year, and that represents under 50% of the total, apprehension along the entire border from brownsville to san diego. >> congress is back in session today. the house will double in and about 20 minutes with general speeches. it will begin legislative work. they're expected to take up unemployment benefits, and measures dealing with oil drilling. live coverage beginning at 12:30 p.m. the senate begins the week at 2:00 p.m. eastern, taking up the swearing in of the replacement for the late senator robert byrd, followed by a vote on extending unemployment benefits. that will be live on c-span2. >> they have to register these things. >> live on c-span3 from the woodrow wilson center, a day- long discussion on u.s. relations with china. right now it is a media topic. this is live now on our companion network. >> last week the second court of appeals struck down the federal communications commission's indecency policy. we will speak with carter philips from fox news and patrick trueman the file the case on behalf of "focus on the family." >> the senate judiciary committee will vote on the ele