he has a look tonight at the facility in brownsville, texas. >> reporter: there are nearly 500 kids crammed into this border patrol facility. it was designed to hold only half that number. many are children who crossed the border into texas alone. reporters allowed inside today had to agree not to speak to the children. a cbs news producer described conditions as crowded but clean. the children will be transferred to a growing network of shelters across the country that are now caring for nearly 8,000 minors. this processing facility in nogales, arizona, is one of the centers dealing with the overflow. most of these children are fleeing poverty and gang violence in guatemala, honduras, and el salvador. they'll remain in custody until they're reunited with a parent or are scheduled for an immigration hearing. sharyn, our producer in brownsville was told that facility has not been releasing children to the department of health and human services within 72 hours of their detention. there are just too many of them. >> alfonsi: all right, thanks, vicente arenas tonight. and pressure is growing o

we are back in the hood and this time brownsville. we are doing the time check prank. >> we are going to go up to people and snatch their phones out of the hands and see the team and then give it back. we will see what reaction i get. >> he took my phone. >> they are funny. there is no way this can go wrong. >> it's a prank! it's a prank! >> looks like i was wrong. they can't all be like that. >> bra, i left my -- >> what you doing? what are you doing? >> i just wanted to check the time. >> no, there are cameras over there. there are cameras. >> wrong again. has he learned his lesson? >> can i check the time? >> you will get killed for stuff like that. >> is there anything that can get him to stop pranking? >> they are like potato chips. he got the best of those dupes, but i think it would be a better prank if it was a music. ♪. wow that is amazing, awful, terrible, but i can't stopwatching it. all right, sunny. you were crying, but it is evil. they are doing it in the hood. i am not sure what the hood is or brownsville. i don't know

just last month that would have worked down to brownsville. 48,000 were detained by border patrol. >> 48,000 - 9700 were children with no parent. to show you the business that the drug cartels and smuggling organizations are doing, if you get 48,000 times an average 5,000 per individual that the smugglers charge, that's 240 million that the bad guys did, at least from a parcel down to brownsville. >>> given the circumstances, knowing about the coyotes and the circumstances this the children come from, and the holing facilities -- holding facilities that they are being kept in, what is the best situation - is it best to move them rapidly back or are they better off staying in the shelter they have, whatever it is, here? >> let's look at two areas where the kids face danger. the major danger is the trip. imagine the economic desperation a parent or somebody has to send their kids on let's say 1, 800 up to the south texas borders. imagine the dangers they face in the hands of the coy oatas. that's where the dangers is -- coyotes, that's where the danger is. border patrol has 72 hours, ic

the other is in brownsville texas. we're outside the brownsville facility.nderstand that you got that first-hand look for yourself. tell us what you saw. >> well, tony, it's pretty bad. it's just like those videos you were showing. inside this small facility are 500 children who call this their temporary home. that's twice the capacity of this border station. we did get a peek inside today. i saw there were eight holding cells. each of these are only the size of a large bedroom. imagine, 16 children. they're separated by gender and by age. no windows to the outside world. all they can see is through the glass inward at their guards. as soon as you walk into the guard area a group of small boys rush to that glass, they push their noses to the window. some wave. some return a smile. some cried. behind them on the floor was child upon child laying on this hard floor underneath their red cross blankets using each other's bodies as pillows. some wearing parkas to stay warm. next door to the boys was the girl's rooms. we saw older girls 12 to 16 taking care of tod

. >> we've been doing air fiesta here in brownsville since 1991.have never had an incident of this nature before. >> he's going to crash. >> on march 12th, 2011, crowds gather at brownsville south padre airport for the high-flying event. >> it's a fair-type atmosphere. there's music and there's people talking and there's just all sorts of sound and activity going on. >> the day's featured attraction is the pirated skies act performed by the husband and wife team of kyle and amanda franklin. >> they're two of the finest air show performers in the country. >> as the franklins begin their routine, crowds are amazed by kyle's skillful piloting and amanda's daring wing walking. >> there aren't that many wing walkers at the air show. it's a really thrilling thing to see. >> the routine is going exactly as they rehearse it. amanda's jaw-dropping stunts and kyle's aerial acrobatics wow the crowd. >> kyle franklin is one of the finest performers i've ever seen. his airplane is unique biplane. it's big, it's loud. he makes it do things that airplanes shouldn

westbound will b directed along brownsville road to east bristol road. >>> 5:14 now out of our jerseyhore bureau. ic celarettes to the ban that includes cigarettes, pipes and cigars. fines begin at $100 and can go ten times h for reofnders. >>> now an update to breaking news. now a young neir charged in that violent double stabbing of a man and woman in investigators say 18-year-old anthony waters stabbed two people at a home on north 4th street in olney on wednesday. the 71-year-old woman and 54-year-old man are still in critical condition with multiple stab wounds. police tell us waters broke into the home to steal car keys he didn't know ty would be awaawe. he wanted to steal the car keys so he could sell a car belonging to one of the victims. >>> a new jersey aelle pas court ruled that retired public workers do have a right to cost living increases in their pensions, however, that doesn't mey're getting it. the three-judge panel left ip r rt toide ificendiose ge increases. this follows a decis will allow governor chris us lnancl bindhitoryhe pay smo heer c community is fighting su

. >> reporter: the immigrant attention facility in brownsville, texas is bursting. 500 unaccompanied undocumented children in a space built for half that. just some of the 52,000 that have crosses the border since last october hoping to stay. today congress wanted to know what is being done. >> had this is a crisis. these children are making a dangerous journey based on misinformation. >> reporter: adults are detained and deported. unaccompanied minors are treated differently. they're passed on to health and human services and then guard n guardians in the u.s. until deportation services. in other words, they stay for months or years. that's what happened to ruby. almost a year ago, the 15-year-old who did not want her real name used says she left honduras, the murder capitol of the world. thousands leave every year. when we asked why, she told us, people are scared of getting murdered, threatened. they want a better life. pregnant, she says she travelled by bus through the mountains, narrowly escaped kidnappers on the mexico/u.s. border. she now faces a complicated legal process. >>

border patrol station in brownsville, texas. look at the flood of illegal immigrants from mexico and central america, many of them children traveling alone. in fact, 52,000 of them have been rounded up just since october. pelosi says we have a moral responsibility to deal with the problem and at the end of the day it's not just a moral responsibility but there is a financial obligation here too. >> president obama is asking congress for $2 billion to stop the flow of illegal immigrants. the border parole is o overwhelmed. the president admits it's not easy. >> our message absolutely is don't send your children unaccompanied on trains or through a bunch of smugglers, that is our direct message to the families in central america. do not send your children to the borders. if they do make it they will get sent back. more importantly they may not make it. >> now for the story of a man who did make it. in fact, he is a veteran, even worked for the justice department. until decades later the government realized he wasn't a citizen. her

that's a federal district skwr-pblg in -- judge in brownsville, texas. one final point, mr. president. some of my friends across the aisle have argued that if only congress would pass obama's preferred immigration reforms -- president obama's preferred immigration reforms the current border crisis would never have happened. that ignores the fact that none of these children qualify for any of the deferred action policies either ordered in 2012 or any of the others i mentioned. but there is the perception caused by the first morton memo, the second morton memo, then the deferred action announcement, and now the widely publicized news that the president has instructed jeh johnson, the secretary of homeland security, to reconsider its entire repatriation and deportation policy. and it's clear this is related to the upcoming midterm election and the president's desire to try to make a point. the problem is his point has backfired. it is victimizing the very same people that the president believes, i think, that he's trying to help. and that's what happens when the rule of law is

westbound traffic will be directed along brownsville road to east bristol road. >>> and hopefully there no detours on your way to work or wherever you're going this morning. nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jillian mele has a look at the traffic now. >> good morning, chris. in the overnight hours we always have active construction out there. that's what we're seeing for drivers in chester county. route 202 southbound side route 29 off ramp as still closed asa result of that long-term construction project. keep that in mine. that's been going on for a while. new jersey turnpike northbound side near 195, exit 7a, the right lane is blocked for active construction. it's expected to be there until 6:00 this morning. some of the normal constructions in new jersey on roads like 295 out near the 42 freeway. this is 95 at the newark toll plaza. 95 in delaware is completely clear in both directions. 495 is shut down between exits 2 and 3. chris? >> this is the time of the morning we want to remind you about nbc 10's grant challenge for local nonprofit groups. it's called 21st century solution

westbound cars directed along brownsville road to east bristol road. >>> a busy bridge in camden shut down indefinitely. a large crack forced inspectors to close the white horse road. the record snow and cold temperatures are to blame. the bridge connects lindenwold to voorhees and cherry hill and is directly over train tracks for the patgo high speed line but the service is not affected by that closure. >>> she's too old? tonight a crown controversy. >> this is the job that i want, and for me, i still believe that i am miss delaware. >> but why there's a new miss delaware crowned tonight. >>> plus, the jersey shore town that kicked e-cigarettes to the curb tonight. >>> hey, guys. craig robinson is here, plus we've got jennifer lawrence. a great show. next. >>> you're looking at a new miss delaware tonight. former runner-up britney lewis awarded the crown tonight in dover but it comes amid controversy. amanda longacre won the pageant earlier this month. today pageant officials revoked her crown saying she's too old. she's turn 25 later this year and pageant rules say you can't be miss

. >> 3 people recovering from injuries after a shooting in the brownsville neighborhood. a 17 year-old girl shot in the leg and 11 note girlish hut and the ankle. also suffered graze wound to his ankle and die. all of these victims are expected to recover and no arrests have been made. two brothers drowned while playing in a water hole near the home. my paternal uncle and several other children. neighbors say the property was being excavated. uncle said it was the first time there. tried to save the police shot and go under water. >> i tried to pull them out. >> nothing in , mud and sand from had to tell. >> brother drowned while trying to save him. three year-old boy also drowned while visiting relatives in southwest morris. the coroner says that he drowned in an above-ground swimming pool sunday afternoon. his mother had reported a gun inside the house to check on the other children. the father was talking with other adults nearby when the boys slipped into the school and disappeared. if >> >> police have not released the boy's name. then i say if lifeguards on duty. an

she went down to the border, brownsville, texas.. >> this crisis, some call it crisis, we have to view as an opportunity. if you believe, as we do, that every person has a spark of divinity in them and is, therefore, worthy of respect, what we saw in those rooms was dazzling. sparkling. array of god's children. so we have to use, as was said this morning, the crisis, that some view as a crisis, and it does have crisis qualities as an opportunity. to show who we are as americans, that we do respect people for their dignity and worth. >> let's separate fact from fiction. she does not believe every human being has a spark of divinity or she wouldn't be an enthusiastic supporter of late term abortion. she does see this as an opportunity because that's exactly what it is for the democratic party. more immigrants mean over time more democratic voters especially in texas, and if the democrats can take over texas, make it a blue state, it will be impossible for republicans to win the presidency. >> and make no mistake, america, the greatest

jim avila, abc news, brownsville, texas. >> our thanks to jim tonight. we'll be staying on this story. >>> we move on this evening and to what could be a revolution coming to your smartphone, the phone wars heating up with the unveiling of a new contender not from apple but from amazon, a phone in 3-d in abc's neal karlinsky got a look. >> reporter: they call it the firefly. a screen that seems to pop off the phone. it looks 3-d. >> that's pretty cool. >> the first thing you notice is it has a normal camera and front-facing camera but the secret is the four additional cameras in front which read where your head and face is. that gives this 3-d effect when you look at the screen. jeff bezos just doesn't want you to shop or read books on amazon. >> it's all about shopping. >> reporter: it's no coincidence that one of the coolest features can help you buy lots of stuff. they call it firefly, the ability to recognize just about anything by looking at it with the camera or hearing it like a song or tv show. then put it right in your shopping cart. the price?

the other is in brownsville, texas. >> it's difficult to imagine but inside the border station 500 children currently call this their temporary home. that is twice the capacity of this facility. now inside there are eight holding cells. none larger than a large bedroom with 60 kids in each of these cells. they're separated by gender and by age. they have no window to the outside world. all they can do is see in to their guards. as soon as we walk into a guard area a group of younger boys rush to the window. they push their noses to the glass. offer small waves, small smiles. some of them cried. the floor covered with children laying down. child upon child using each other as pillows. sleeping on thin mats under red cross blankets. some wearing parkas to stay warm. older girls no older than 14 years old taking care of younger babies. i saw an one-year-old in the arms of a 14-year-old lining the walls of this cell. some of the older ones. they appear calm, wide-eyed, gazy but you know up neath they're scared, lost. they're allowed out of the holding ceilings a half hour a day. they go to the

in brownsville, texas holding cells turned into dormitories.hundreds of children sleeping on the hard floor under blankets, packed together like sardines the pastor, john torres has been inside. >> the scene, the way they're holding like they're prisoners they're children. >> in 2011, 6460 unaccompanied minors were detained but this year, 60,000 will have made the journey. most are escaping violence in central america, fleeing and the crisis is parking a heated debate in washington. critics claim the obama administration immigration policies for blame, including the dream act. >> it's policies have created a human magnet for these children to come at great risk to themselves. >> the children are supposed to be transfers within 72 hours and to a more safe and secure environment. mary bruce, abc news, los angeles. >> condoleezza rice mark on u.s. diplomacy is on display in washington, d.c. a portrait unveiled today at the state department. she served under the president and was the first african american woman to hold the position. she's a politi

pelosi joined a growing list of members of congress visiting a border patrol holding center in brownsville texas. >> the fact is, these are children. we have a moral responsibility to address this in a dignified way. >> reporter: that and reduce the mass illegal border crossings of minors. the president issued a stern warning. >> do not send your children to the borders. if they do make it, they'll get sent back. >> reporter: immigrants arriving from latin america say they are fleeing gang violence and crushing poverty. michelle franzen, abc news, new york. >>> a man suspected of orchestrating the deadly attack on the u.s. embassy in libya face adjudge for the first time today. ahmed abu katala was flown to washington, d.c. from a navy warship where he was being held. his public defender gave a plea of not guilty. four died in the attack on the benghazi embassy attack. one of those was bay area native and u.s. ambassador christopher stevens. >>> developing news tonight out of north korea. according to a government-run news agency, the country has just fired two short-range missiles. the ap

pelosi joined a growing list of members of congress visiting a border patrol holding center in brownsvillexas. >>> the fact is these are children and we have a moral responsibility to address it in a legal way. >> the president issued a stern warning. >> do not send your children to the boarders. if they do make it they will get sent back. >> immigrants arriving from latin america say they are fleeing gang violence and crushing poverty. abc news, new york. >>> north korea has fired two short range miss else. it comes days after they tested knew predecision guided missiles. the series of missile and artillery tests earlier this year caused tensions with their rival south korea. >>> thousands of forced to turn to port in seattle following a fire onboard a cruise ship. there were no injuries. the company said the small fire broke out in one of the ship's boiler rooms and was quickly extinguished. the ship is operational and they expect it to leave again once inspections are complete. it was beginning a 7 day alaska cruz when the fire happened. >>> new details on the saga of a living nanny who

westbound vehicles will be directed along brownsville road to east bristol road. >>> now, the whitehorseoad bridge in camden county remains closed this morning. we told you about this yesterday. jillian has been following this. it's a large crack that forced inspectors to shut it down. it runs directly over train tracks for the patco high speed line and is used by thousands of drivers. the bridge had been flagged for repairs in october. officials say the record snow and cold apparently caused more damage over the winter. >>> in delaware, all lanes of southbound 95 are blocked. >> nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jillian mele has an update. >> 95 southbound at 141. this is skyforce 10 over the scene. this is 95 southbound. that's the overturned tractor-trailer. initially you say, wait, traffic is getting by. this is traffic getting off of interstate 295. i'm going to step out of way here. that traffic is even crawling along right now. what i'm going to point out, this is 95 southbound and that's all the traffic that's being diverted off of 95 on to route 141. as you can see, this is th

pelosi joined a growing list of members of congress visiting a border patrol holding center in brownsville, texas. >>> the fact is these are children and we have a moral responsibility to address it in a dignified way. >> reporter: that, and reduce the massive border crossing my minors. the president issued a stern warning. >> do not send your children to the borders. if they do make it they will get sent back. >> immigrants arriving from latin america say they are fleeing gang violence and crushing poverty. michelle franson, abc news, new york. >>> north korea has fired two short range missles else. it comes days after they tested new precision-guided missiles. the series of missile and artillery tests earlier this year caused tensions with their rival south korea. >> knew this morning. a cruise ship carrying more than 3,000 people forced to turn around from it's start out from a port in seattle following a fire onboard a cruise ship. there were no injuries. the company said the small fire broke out in one of the ship's boiler rooms and was quickly extinguished. the ship is operational an

we need a boarder security fence along the boarder from san diego to brownsville.ou need every ten miles, you ought to have a boarder patrol post there. it would cast a fraction of what we spent fighting wars and what is more dangerous to the united states of america? for example, what is going on in crimea but what is going on on the southwest boarder of the united states. >> why don't we do this, republicans ought to adopt a penny plan, balance the budget. have a consensus to obamacare, school choice and secure the boarder. where are those voices? now i keep hearing and reading republicans, that they are going to buy into an amnesty bill. why would they do that? >> that's what i asked. why in heaven's name would you reward people who came by the thousands, broke your laws, broke into your country and are now behaving illegally in the united states of america? why is the republican party doing it? sean, the only thing i can think of, they are afraid of media, bad publicity and want to get this off the table so they think it can help them. i think it's a disaster p

illegally, house minority leader nancy pelosi toured a facility in brownsville, texas, where many are moral obligation to deal with the crisis in a compassionate manner. the obama administration tomorrow will ask congress for $2 billion in emergency funding to process the rising tide of immigrants, it's a thorny issue, legally and emotionally, of course. listen to one man's ordeal from tonight's airing of the cnn film "documented." >> i have become kind of a walking, uncomfortable conversation. i get asked questions like, why don't you just make yourself legal? and i think it's really important that we go through an application process to become a citizen so that you understand where the problem lies, right? so, here's a worksheet from the website of the u.s. citizenship and immigration services, right? it asks questions like, number one, i am at least 18 years old. yes. number two, i am a permanent resident of the united states and i have been issued a permanent resident card. no. so i can't make it past line two. >> a lifelong resident of new york, she just completed her first year

nancy pelosi visited a holding center in brownsville texas. >> these are children we have a moral responsibilities to address this in a dignified way. >> reporter: the president issued a stern warning. >> do not send your children to the america. if they do make it they will be sent back. >> reporter: michelle francis, abs news, new york. >> churn goers bell -- churchgoers belly up to the bar for sunday services. >>> trying to gain the upper hand, firefighters battle stubborn wildfire in arizona. now you're looking live through sky6 hd in center city, a few clouds, chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast and t >> a wildfire in eastern arizona's white mountains is holding steady. because it has not been brought under control, communities with popular summer homes are under evacuation orders. crews hope to make progress battling it is blaze during today's calm weather before dry lightning storms move in on tuesday. >> time for accuweather, we're looking at a pretty picture perfect day. >> reporter: there's nothing going on, let's depot live on sky 6. show you the view down in c

a new article in the los angeles times describes one center in brownsville, texas where some of theseve been taken, quote, immigrant youths covered tractor-trail the concrete floors, sprawled shoulder to shoulder, in a haze of sweat and body odor. i know you recently toured the border patrol facility in texas. are those descriptions adequate? is that what you saw? >> certainly when i went up there i got a snapshot of this wave of humanity that's coming across. you're right, it's a big problem. in fact, i got the numbers. just in the month of may from el paso so the texas border, about 48,000 people were apprehended by border patrol. about 20% or 9700 of them were kids with no parents, and just yesterday in my southern part of my district on the border, they got 280 people in one group that turned themselves in, so that wave has come in. now, border patrol is trying to do the best that they can under the circumstances. they don't have the facilities or the space. i know there's a little bit of overcrowdedness but they're trying to take care of them, feed them, provide meldical services

these images are from a border patrol facility in brownsville texas and nogales arizona. >> these stations designed as short-term hold rooms. so they were designed as short term hold rooms. has no window to the outside, there's no bed. there might be a toilet but it's in a public area and the children are just sitting there. some are not given blankets, some are not given any hot meals, they're only given cookies or juice. and they're there for up to ten days, even two weeks. >> reporter: by law, seventy two hours is the longest children can be kept in c.p.b. custody. after, the children are turned over to the federal department of health and human services, which tries to reunite them with family. if they have no family, they remain in h.h.s. custody. >> our focus is moving the children out of the facilities and to a sponsor for this period. while they are with the sponsor, they are still fully subject to the removal proceedings. >> reporter: once these kids arrive in the u.s. and are reunited with a parent or guardian, they're supposed to end up in a juvenile immigration court like this

nogalas, one in the center of the map, you've also got one in texas as well at brownsville. san antonio is one of the main permanent centers, ft. sill in oklahoma is another one and actually just outside oxnard in central california, naval base ventura. those are are the permanent ones. there was going to be another one out in virginia, but unfortunately people living in that area were absolutely adamant that they didn't want these illegal immigrants, whether they were children or adults, on their doorstep. so now the government is trying to find somewhere else to where they can put them. at least two more temporary centers needed for health and human services to house all these kids coming across. back to you. >> dominic, thanks so much. eric? >>> workers are now cleani a greasy mess happening outside ft. collins, colorado. about 7500 gallons of crude oil dumped in the river near the town of windsor, colorado, that crude spilled from a tank, officials say the tank is on the riverbank and that floodwaters then washed away the ground under the tank which caused it to drop and

district judge andrew haynan of brownsville, texas, wrote, quote, the government has chosen not to enforce the united states border ecurity laws, unquote. written by my friend shapiro. here's one, officials overwhelmed by influx of children crossing mexican border nto u.s. on their own. it is very dramatic what's been going on. and there is a price to pay when we do not enforce our own laws. and we will pay by having more children d more coming into this country illegally. so, mr. speaker, let's think about this. when people come into the u.s. and we fail to do -- to turn them around and say you are not lawfully coming in, so you can't come in. we are not going to allow you to come in illegally so go back. come back from where you came. go back to wherever you came from. when we refuse to do that and allow them to come on in any way, then we end up providing , od, shelter, supervision education. apparently, we are going to provide legal services now, according to this article temptuous ur con attorney general eric holder who refusing a pattern of and failing to follow and enforce united st

jim avila, abc news, brownsville, texas. >> i find that story so hard to watch sometimes.actually reject their breakfast burritos, they were made of flour tortillas, people didn't realize that they eat corn tortillas. they had to renegotiate with the vendors to get them corn tortillas. >> officials scrambling to meet the need. in texas, numbers up 168% over last year. thousands of children coming across. very interesting, rina, officials are saying they don't know why this is happening. they have suspicions. but at this point they're just struggling to keep up with the kids when they get to the united states. great story. >> six-time olympic swimming gold medalist, back in her hometown of denver facing a long, challenging recovery after the devastating accident. she of course was moved to colorado yesterday after spending two weeks in a hospital in arizona. she was paralyzed when the atv she was driving hit a curb sending her hurdling through the air. doctors say her positive attitude is just incredible. >> yes, this injury sucks. and yes, things hurt. but i'm alive. and i

expansion of the international bridge completed between brownsville and matmaros. we're working on modernization of the nogales port of entry. all of those additional capacities we're going to have, mean we need to collaborate to find other ways in addition to that to reduce border wait times because we're going to be helped by the additional capacity but that will also bring greater expectations. one of the things i will say when i started to work on mexico in 2003 i will tell you there wasn't, it seemed to me and dennis will help me on this, but it does seem to me there weren't nearly this many projects going on. i know that at the towards the beginning of the obama administration and many of these had been in process for a long time before there were 3:00 new crossings that opened in a period of about two owe three years. that was the first time we had that in a decade, new crossings opening. there is the sense some of either very slow processes are coming to fruition and initiatives are beginning to take hold because people have demonstrated the utility of them

they are near a house here on somers avenue near brownsville road.nvolved in a stand off since about 3:30 this morning. we're told there's a man barricaded inside the home. they're asking people to stay inside their homes, anybody who is in that area and to avoid coming anywhere near that home that's there on somers avenue. we'll keep an eye on this and give you the latest as it comes in to us. >>> for now let's take a turn and go over to matt pelman to look at track. good morning. >> things have been a little rough in a couple spots this morning. we have a dog loose on the ramps connecting 95 with the commodore barry bridge. penndot spinning around trying the find the dog. i just want to give you the warning. if you're using the ramps connecting the commodore barry bridge with 95 right here in delco watch out for fido. he's running around and we've seen him in the camera from time to time just not right now. otherwise on 95 and the schuylkill it's normal morning delays. balligomingo road closed again in west conshohocken for tree removal of the head

here on the border, particularly here in south texas, the area known as the rio grande valley from brownsville up to lake zapata. we're here in the middle of that near mcallen and people are pouring across this border, most of them from central america, day by day, hour by hour. in fact this morning as our crew was arriving to set up for this broadcast, we saw a group coming in. this is a county park right here and we saw a group at the top of this road walking up, unescorted. they are 17 people from el salvador. mostly women and children, a couple of young men. they were walking. they said they had been in mexico for nine days. they came from small villages in el salvador. they were escaping violence there. they actually thought they were still in mexico until we told them, no, you're in the united states. when they learned that, they just sat down and waited for the authorities to arrive. that's something that we see here all the time. this is a smuggling operation. all these people are being smuggled in. they're being paid for one way or the other. so you've got the mix of a humanitarian is

is other important factor between a 76 mile stretch from brownsville commission taxes, i believe there are in excess of seven bridges that cross. in a 76idges at least mile span. that means if you apportioned it out every 10 miles, there is a bridge. host: thank you for the call. guest: the caller makes an interesting point. these border communities are very close to one another. they are twin cities on both sides of u.s.-mexican side. byse are communities divided a borderline, but there's a lot of back and forth between them. commerce, families that live on both sides of the border, people moving back constantly. it is a complicated reality. also in the rio grande valley. when you go there, you are in this world of mexico and the united states where things are so closely related that you can't really separate the two other than say, here's the border. people rely on each other, depend on each other. it is a complicated reality. host: give me your tired, poor, teeming masses yearning to be free. do not subscribe to this anymore? and in an e-mail -- guest: well, on this last point, the

i have witnessed first hand on plane rides up to the capital brownsville your agents caring for these unaccompanied minors. i know how hard they are working. i want to thank you and your agency on behalf of all the people that i represent. >> thank you, sir. >> chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina, mr. duncan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me say for the record thank you, gentlemen, for your service for our country. secretary johnson, i'm a big fan. i think you are the right man at the right time in this job. you have an immense challenge ahead of you. all the different hats you have to wear to protect our country. we are in a crisis situation in this country. if my comments show frustration, let me toll you i am frustrated. i'm frustrated by the crisis on the border. last night we saw the irs commissioner continue to obstruct congress' investigation into irs' targeting of conservative groups by a crashed hard drive and lost e-mails. i'm frustrated that brian kerry's death hadn't been vindicated through the fast and furious investigation. i'm frustrated when we receive

i have witnessed first hand on plane rides up to the capital brownsville your agents caring for these unaccompanied minors. i know how hard they are working. i want to thank you and your agency on behalf of all the people that i represent. >> thank you, sir. >> chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina, mr. duncan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me say for the record thank you, gentlemen, for your service for our country. secretary johnson, i'm a big fan. i think you are the right man at the right time in this job. you have an immense challenge ahead of you. all the different hats you have to wear to protect our country. we are in a crisis situation in this country. if my comments show frustration, let me toll you i am frustrated. i'm frustrated by the crisis on the border. last night we saw the irs commissioner continue to obstruct congress' investigation into irs' targeting of conservative groups by a crashed hard drive and lost e-mails. i'm frustrated that brian kerry's death hadn't been vindicated through the fast and furious investigation. i'm frustrated when we receive

nancy pelosi visited a border facility in brownsville, texas, yesterday, just one example of how thealvanizing event. conservatives look at the pictures coming out of texas and they say the borders need to be enforced more. while liberals look at the flood of undocumented children and want to pass legislation that would allow for eventual citizenship. they still have one thing in common. if there were a diagram of the activists fighting hard to see legalization take place in the conservative lawmakers who fiercely oppose reform, the overlap in the middle would be both sides are mad at president obama. in the last two days the president has ripped in republican lawmakers for opposing his economic agenda but we could have been referring to immigration reform. it was one year ago yesterday that the senate passed a measure that would provide sweeping immigration reform and it got 68 votes. a lot of republicans part of that 68. the victory prompted speaker john boehner to issue a challenge. he privately told a pro-reform group that if they could drum up a lot of public support without pro

i have witnessed first hand on plane rides up to the capital brownsville your agents caring for these unaccompanied minors. i know how hard they are working. i want to thank you and your agency on behalf of all the people that i represent. >> thank you, sir. >> chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina, mr. duncan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me say for the record thank you, gentlemen, for your service for our country. secretary johnson, i'm a big fan. i think you are the right man at the right time in this job. you have an immense challenge ahead of you. all the different hats you have to wear to protect our country. we are in a crisis situation in this country. if my comments show frustration, let me toll you i am frustrated. i'm frustrated by the crisis on the border. last night we saw the irs commissioner continue to obstruct congress' investigation into irs' targeting of conservative groups by a crashed hard drive and lost e-mails. i'm frustrated that brian kerry's death hadn't been vindicated through the fast and furious investigation. i'm frustrated when we receive

this is a picture from wednesday in brownsville, texas. community there. they proposed to house thousands of family groups. adults had come to this country with children. the community there did not like the idea. they cited security concerns and disease. we are seeing reports of scabies and measles and chickenpox. some border patrol agents said they contracted those illnesses and they were afraid of spreading it to their families. it is a complex issue and headache for the administration. receiving criticism from lawmakers like mccain. how is the money spent and where is it going for the so-called reintegration process. >> hard to see the kids. >> should they stay or be sent back. the kids in what looked like kennels. nick valencia, thanks very much. >>> take a look at this. bright lights in the sky. clouds swirling around. a look at the lightning images. storm images we have for you. >>> and russian water. floods caused major mudslides and look at this. there's a hospital full of patients threatened sitting near this river. a live report