the mayor of brownsville.border and all of the other aspects of life there. life in that part of texas, which we have spent some time in, is of course, connected to new mexico -- is connected to mexico and has been from the get-go. the ways in which the changes in border policy and border dynamics over the past couple of years have transformed, we have not been able to go there in the past 1.5 years for obvious reasons but we plan to go again, soon. guest: if i can take a minute to speak to the caller about maybe wishing we had gone to texas to film, we were so fortunate to work with this incredible -- these incredible filmmakers who have a company called west city films. they were the filmmakers for the documentary. two things about it. one was we felt that they entirely engaged and embraced the message of the book and they brought so much to it by their artistry and vision of how you translate and boil down the 50 towns we visited and 25 towns we wrote about in the book, into six or eight towns of filming. t

i'm from brownsville and so is mike. >> was so dangerous. i'm talking about gangs.s disappearing. i'm talking about dead bodies being found in vacant lots. >> you got to worry about who going to take your sneakers, who want to take your bus pass. >> mike was taken in his early teens by boxing manager and tra trainer dematteau. he had a whole stable of young fighters he would take in. he would have a half dozen kids, maybe more living in his house. >> there it was the structure. you get up. you do work. you have to do chores around the house. >> one took out the garbage. one shovelled the snow. one did this, one did that. >> and it became very much a home for mike tyson, which he had never really had. >> he soon trained mike to become a champion. tyson would win his first 19 bouts by knockouts. but even on his fast rise to the top, he seemed to sense it could disappear just as quickly. >> a sports figure, it's only this big, and when that's over, you're still a human being. i think at all costs you should improve as much as possible at being a better human being. >>

san bow nieto city into brownsville dealing with a storm on the ground. should be in your safe place right now. torrential rain. we have thousands of people without power in new orleans all due to a band of moisture. the severe weather threat has diminished in that area. it's going to be taking a while to get power restored in that area flash flood watches remain the y into the boston area, mid-atlantic, upper 70s for the deep south today west coast, sunshine and beach weather. a black prolific burglary setup is behind bars they arrested the 30-year-old after powell and the vehicle he was driving were tied to two burglaries in the southern california area. during the search of his home they found more stolen items that also connected him to other resid residentialburg clar ris. >> america's most popular pickup goes ectc.leri >>> caught on the webb the growing problem of internet addiction. , blocking heartburn at the source. with just one pill a day, you get 24-hour heartburn protection. take the prilosec otc two-week challenge. and see the difference for

it was mike tyson from brownsville, and he didn't know what to do, except to bite, and bite he did. >shed, esteemed fighters, you know what i mean, and i just want you to know it's been a pleasure being acquainted with you. >> reporter: now at age 54, we look into the mirror that is mike tyson, cracks and all. for "good morning america," byron pitts, abc news, new york. >> the more you think you know, the more you realize you don't know. >> mm-hmm. >> you got to find out about it. what you don't know, the two-part documentary series, it airs on back to back tuesdays starting tomorrow and june 1st at 8:00 p.m. eastern on abc. you can watch it the next day on demand and on hulu. >>> coming up, we have the winner and runner-up of "american idol" joining us live. >>> building a better bay area. moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >>> good morning. i'm kumasi aaron from abc 7 mornings. let's get a look at the traffic. >> thank you. we are still sticking with the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights. this is our biggest backup we have across the bay area. traffic has gon

gang member with a criminal warrant out of the houston area for sexual assault of a child down in brownsville a man convicted of murder in 2006. he spent 15 years in prison was deported evidently, he decided to come back. send it back to you. jon: bill in the rio grand valley of texas, thanks. >> now this fox news alert a man hunt underway for suspect in an apparent road rage shooting that turned deadly in southern california. six-year-old aidan killed in a car with his mom on the way to school in yorba linda friday morning when he was shot in the back by someone in another vehicle. it reportedly took place after a confrontation between the boy's mother and another driver who cut her off on the freeway. >> well police unions ripping new york's attorney general for her proposal to substantially curb officers use of deadly force. could this put officers in danger? that's next. ♪ pepto bismol coats and soothes your stomach for fast relief and get the same fast relief in a delightful chew with pepto bismol chews. want to make a name for yourself in gaming? then make a name for yourself. even if y

el salvador thankfully able to catch him in a group of 70 migrants even further south, down in brownsville same day on wednesday, border patrol had a mexican national with a 2006 conviction for murder, that 15 years behind bars here in the state and was deported apparently come back border patrol reporting since october, they have apprehended more than 1,100 criminal aliens right here in rio grand valley sector. back to you. arthel: very concerning there at the southern border in texas. thank you. eric. eric: tragedying apparent road rage shooting if in southern california. caused a six-year-old his life -- little aidan was killed when he was on his way to school on friday morning. little boy was shot in the back we're told by someone who was driving in another vehicle. this reportedly happened after there was a confrontation between aidan's mother and a driver who cut her off wheel they were driving on the freeway. aidan older sister described those heartbreaking moments. >> pulled out a gun and shot my little brother in the stomach. and he said -- mommy, my tomb tummy hurts a and she pic

then later that same day on wednesday, down in brownsville, border patrol arrested a mexican national who came across who had a murder conviction from back in 2006 . was sentenced to 30 years but was deported after 15 years. and apparently he is now tried to go back into the united states. back to you. eric: convicted murderer, didn't want to be there, wanted to come back and leasee was caught. thank you bill. >> thank you and as the cease-fire holds between israel, israel's prime minister is announcing a stark warning against any new rocket attacks. that is next. you oughta customize your car insurance with liberty mutual, so you only pay for what you need. oh um, doug can we talk about something other than work, it's the weekend. yeah, yeah. [ squawk ] hot dog or... chicken? [ squawk ] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ i'm really nervous. i don't know what i should wear. just wear something not too crazy, remember it's a business dinner not a costume party. on a spotty network this is what she heard... just wear something crazy, remember it's a cost

she drove six hours from her home in brownsville, near the mexico border, to austin to speak out. >>m, like, your voter participation was so good, that you're getting punished for it. >> alcindor: the g.o.p. legislation follows record-high early vote turnout last year in large metro areas like houston. that was after election officials added measures to make voting easier, including 24-hour and drive-through voting. legislation passed by the state senate would outlaw those expanded voting options. 28-year-old tiara cooper, an organizer with the nonpartisan group “faith in texas,” helps register voters in her community of south dallas. it's an area where predominantly black neighborhoods already lack resources for voting infrastructure and education. >> south dallas cannot withstand another barrier. >> alcindor: as a formerly incarcerated black woman, cooper is concerned about the bills' enhanced criminal penalties for voting offenses. >> it's already hard as-- as a person of these communities to be an active voter in so many ways. >> alcindor: the legislation would make it a felony f

he permitted liberals to cross the border and recruit in places like brownsville. i mean, these are all neutrality violations of law. did you know how violating the neutrality act and everybody says oh andrew johnson, you know, he took a hard line against the finian see irish you try to invade canada and he did right but he did nothing. to enforce the neutrality legislation on the southern border so veterans crossed right? you see african-american's fascinating guy from argentina and edelmiro mayor he actually you know harangue maximilians troops in german, which he spoke in addition to spanish and english other kind of nameless veterans that i dredged up, you know from council records and stuff there crossing the border there entering the employee of the liberal government. so, i mean really a lot of these veterans they're not just kind of engaging in paper broadsides, right? we've got to defend them on our doctrine when they're building with their feet. they're going down to the border crossing and actually, you know, helping to indicate the mexicans against the

let's hear from kurt in brownsville, new jersey. independent line, good morning.aller: thank you for having me lack today. it's was recently, i found god. half the country rolls their eyes at this point. we lack laws, we lack of a god, which to me god is love. now you, you love your neighbor, you love your fellow, patriots. i'll kill you, love your parents. you can't fix anything without a spirit of love. i just, i think our problem is that the lawlessness is out of control. there's absolutely no law. sit on that one, america. host: that is kurt from brownsville, new jersey. the last caller talked about the law. if you go to "the washington post," talking about police departments, particularly smaller police departments and the issues that they are looking at with how they relate to the communities they serve. just a couple of lines from the story by mark berman saying that half of all police department have fewer than 10 officers, three out of four have no more than two dozen and nine out of 10 employee only 50 feet or fewer sworn officers. brooklyn center, minne

.-- brownsville, a mexican migrant crossed and had a murder charge. if they don't get them. states, griff. griff: that's such a good point, bill. i was thinking with fox and friends, the gang member out of el salvador, a confirmed gang member in a group of i believe 75, 77 and they have to then sort them out. are you getting the sense that that is a frustration for cvp and border patrol to figure out who is who? >> yeah, absolutely. when we were in del roux he -- del rio, the border patrol was frustrated with that, feeling more like a welcoming committee than a border patrol. they found the man 30 minutes southeast of where we were in hidalgo, 71 migrants came across and family units, people looking for a better life, but sometimes as we've seen there are some bad apples mixed in there and they ran a background check on one man, i believe in his 30's, came back he has an active warrant harris county, active ms-13 gang member wanted for sexual assault of a child. so kind of shows you some of the grave circumstances that those border agents have to deal with out here. you neve

one in the brownsville area, and hidalgo.curity concerns and if we can pull up video from lahoya, texas. this happens like clock work every morning. migrant families come out of the brush. they come out and present themselves to the border patrol. many from triangle countries, honduras, el salvador and this is from alex hogan and her crew out here a couple of days ago. take a look at video from the rio grande. at night come across in the dead of night and migrant families coming across on rafts in the middle of night sometimes led by coyotes, and presenting themselves to border patrol as well. many of them coming with children. we'll talk about this year. this is texas democrat gonzalez, he's got a little criticism from the biden administration, at least questions for them. he says some of the border money that the biden administration is supposed to be sending to the local municipalities to get this problem under control, it needs to be kept track of better and some of that money might not be going where it needs to. in part

cbp1 app, and really vet those individuals in advance of arrival and schedule arrival times from brownsville, eagles pass, laredo and san diego to ensure we're processing eshs pa dishesly to ensure we're also continuing to uphold border security and national security at the same time. so, today we processed over 10,000 of those individuals through our ports of entry. as far as challenges, you know, i know we're looking at some of the additional population, what we call the yellow population, those removed in absentia. those folks were working with eoir and opla, i.c.e. opla to have those cases opened back up, at which time we'll begin doing that same process through the international organizations, gathering the information, vetting them, scheduling the time and the humane and orderly process. >> well, thank you for that update. and here, too, if you want to provide further information for the record, that would let us gauge the scale of this effort, the problem is remaining, that would be helpful. we commend you for turning this around, but we know that it's not easy. these situations are i

corpus christi, brownsville, houston, lake charles, on into new orleans. here's what we're looking at today. drenching rains from southern texas on into louisiana. these rivers and streams are running above their banks, and it is just going to continue with this moisture streaming up from the north, from the gulf of mexico these downpours are going to continue locally has already fallen, another six we'll be watching those pockets, but again, flooding is going to be a big problem over the next 24 hours we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds [truck horn blares] (vo) the subaru forester. dog tested. dog approved. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we have a wind advisory beginning later this evening, and it's for all t reach 50 miles per hour or greater. mid-70s. the clear weather continues, but we will be warming up by the end of the weekend. while san francisco will see some temperatures staying mostly in the 60s. >> that's your latest weather. savannah >> al, thank you >>> just ahead, our exclusive conversat

you're going to be looking at those conditions from shreveport, dallas, corpus christi, and brownsville little rock, oklahoma city during the day today, storms with torrential rains, areas of significant flooding continuing tomorrow, widespread rains. the greatest threat of flooding will be into east central texas. rainfall amounts, anywhere from 3 to 7 inches of rain from corpus christi, houston, austin. locally, 10 more inches of rain for folks. flooding is going to be a major issue over the next 24 hours for this region. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds meet the love of your life. and his kids... who play hockey. and their dog. which is why carmax created the love your car guarantee. with 24-hour test drives and a full 30 days to return and get your money back. so there is zero chance you'll end up in the wrong car. the way it should be. carmax. >>> good tuesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we look at our high temperatures today it's going to be slightly warmer in some of our inland spots, ukiah reaching 76 degrees and a high of 7

in brunsville and mcallen, there's fences and infrastructure around brownsville, but isn't in mcallen, guess where the traffic goes? mcallen. this is not rocket science. but when you're putting america first, you're putting infrastructure, border patrol wants it, asked for it. it works. yes, some people will go around. some people will try to go over. but if you've ever spent a minute at our southern border, side note, i would offer to the vice president of the united states that should you actually wish to do your job and supposedly running this whole border security task force, come on down to texas. so far, you haven't in the two months you've allegedly been in charge, madam vice president, you could come see that instead of security, we have utter chaos. and here's the thing. these are human beings. these are not political pawns. these are human beings. seeking a better life. i don't begrudge any one of these immigrants seeking to come to our country. god bless them. i'd try to help any one of them coming across to figure out where they needed to go. they're human beings, all god'