if you're ahn -- if you're an unaccompanied minor from central america, under our law, we can only hold you 20 days. at d.h.s. then we turn you over to labor-hhs. 98% of the unaccompanied minor who make to it america from central america never leave the united states. so families know this. word is out on the streets in the northern triangle countries that if your child can get here by themselves then the chance of them staying in america is almost 100%. we're incentivizing a horrible journey. we're providing incentives to people to send their children by hiring a smuggler through hell to get to this country. only god knows what they go through to get here. under our law, if you come as a unit, family unit, and you have a minor child, we can only hold the family for 20 days. because we don't want to separate the family. we don't have enough detention bed space, we release the entire family after 20 days. so word is out on the street in central america that if you bring a minor child with you, your chance of being deported goes to almost zero, your hearing date is years away, and we rele

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as neighbors and friends we want central america to thrive. to do that, we will need to see more from our partners and renew our shared commitment to deliver a true and concerted effort. thank you for your time this afternoon. i look forward to talking with you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, recognizing the lateness of the hour, let me jump right into a couple of questions. i know we're between you and happy hour. we want to move through this but nonetheless first of all, mr. acting secretary, thank you not just for comments but for your service. i speak as a former government employee, the jobs and issues that you're dealing with are not easy. they are politically sensitive and to have people willing to spend your career addressing these on on behalf of the american people is public service. i wanted to thank you for that leadership that you're showing. you know the last time we spoke in december, we talked a lot about root causes. again, you were in a different position. things have changed in terms of your own profile but many of the

the money has to be sent to central america for development. what is your take on this, given that you are a champion of the initiative fiasco >> when we met month ago, we were very surprised because we were the first delegation he has met with. i am told the first delegation to many places. he gave us two hours. we expected about half an hour. he is very low key. very smart in my opinion. i think he is calling attention to the fact that the program has not worked as well as we had hoped. there are lots of programs that don't work as well and we tweak it and we try it and we move forward. there has to be that relationship between mexico and the u.s.. be scrapped and replaced with something else, so be it. what i don't want to see is it being scrapped and replaced with nothing. >> can i go back to a comment you made? is there something congress can do to reinstate aid to central america? development in central america is critical to stopping immigration. if you do not fix corruption, you don't have development, you don't get rid of the gangs, pe

>> why are we going to have 1 million people from central america? isa dublin?e street in central america, if you bring a child with you to america, we can hold a mile minor child for 20 days only. we release everybody adults who never heal further hearings three years from now. it's been found out in central america, if you ask for asylum, nobody is trying not to get caught. they're going to border agents saying, i will asylum. the hearings are two, three, four years down the road. nobody shows up for the hearing so we will change the law that you have to fly in the country where he lived or mexico, we will stop central american applications being made at the border. we'll have enough judges for hearing dates. we will go to 100 days, minor children for 100 days. so we can process the entire family without letting them go. we will increase judges by 500. we got almost 900,000 back want in asylum claims. you got apply for asylum you live in mexico no longer from the u.s. we will send you back if you're not a company by a minor. this should stop 90% of the illegal

the money has to be sent to central america for development. what's your take on this given that you're a champion of the initiative? eliot: when we met with him a month or so ago, six weeks ago, he met with us for two hours because we were the first delegation since he's been president he worked with. he gave us two hours and we expected a half an hour. he's very low key and tart in my opinion so i think he's just calling attention to the fact that the program hasn't worked as well as we had hoped. but you know what, there are lots of programs that don't work as well and we tweak it and move ford. there has to be a relationship like that with the u.s. and if something has to be scrapped, so be it. but i hate seeing is scrapped and replaced with nothing. susan: can i go back to a comment you made that kind of relates to that as well. is there something congress can do to reinstate aid to central america because i think we all agree that development in central america is critical to stopping immigration. if you don't mix corruption and rid fix -

in central america is critical to stopping immigration. if you don't fix corruption, don't have development, you don't get rid of the gangs, people will not stay. >> in congress, we have the appropriations process. congress has the power of the purse. we technically can put money wherever we want. the president could to get rid of it or try and negotiate it down or whatever. congress, i think, feels as i do, the majority of congress, ai simply we give and whatever country gets and takes. foreign aid is important because it helps us spread american values, american ideas. partner. a friendly when we have natural security interests, other countries are more likely to be friendly to us. one of the things i was critical of with president trump was the int that when i visited nato delegates andhe people in high positions were all confused. was thought the u.s. thinking of pulling out of nato or they looked at the president, his rhetoric and thought we were hostile. i don't see where that helps us. i think that hurts us. wewe are helping countri

again, a massive number of these individuals are coming from central america. that's where we have seen the greatest increase come from. outrageo outrageous numbers coming all the way through, starting at mexico's southern border, all the way through mexico into the united states. like i said, that takes on average 21 days. they're moving in mass groups, mascara vans. they see this, they have the ability to stop it. they also have the legal authority to return them back home. something we don't have here in the united states. this is imperative. if they take that action, it will make a huge difference. and we're simply asking them to do that. >> about retaliatory tariffs from mexico. also, nafta is still currently the law of the land and tariffs are not permitted on at least half of mexican imports at this point. how are you going to handle those two situations? >> the president is concerned about national security. he is concerned about protecting americans. that's his number one focus and that's what we're looking at doing. jen, last question. >> did the u.s.

the facts are you have more people coming to the united states from central america. that's true.ou have the reports. he figures are public. we defend not exactly what the difference -- we are not in favor of open doors. no border policy in the case of mexico. this is not because of the united states. this is because of the law. you need to register each person who enters mexico today, by the current law. but we are not going to put those people, migrants, on the criminal side just because they want to move. this is the difference. the main one. we are talking all the time with u.s. authorities. migration is a great issue etween mexico and the united states the past at least 40 years. we present our points of view. our points of view to the united states mainly it decreasemake sense to aid to central america when you have increased flows to the united states because the united states has a good economic situation. which is not the case in central america. >> should i ask you in spanish or english? in eppinglish. ok. - english? i was wondering if mexico is willing to support action

here's what senator lindsey graham had to say. >> word out is on the street in central america if youmerica we can only hold the child for 20 days, we will release everybody including the adult they never show up for the hearing because it's her years from now, give a platform asylum where you live in mexico and if you are not accompanied minard we will set you back to such america as if you lived in mexico which would be a change in her loss. they should stop 90% of the illegal immigration from central america. >> to agree with that? it shows the majority of silencing too short for the hearings customer. >> elisas initial hearings, yes. more filing those cases. again, i don't think we benefit ourselves or those deserving of the asylum shutting down our asylum system. we need to find a way to make it faster, the three years is too long. also when talking about unaccompanied children and returning them without hearing and may put them back in worse jeopardy than what they started on. again, my fear is that it could be done on the system all we will do is pushes people further in the ha

what will happen in central america? what's going to happen?this is our neighbor, our neighborhood, if you will. >> right. >> what will happen? >> there's been a lot of progress the last five years. >> thank you for the progress, but let's talk about the lack of progress and we're sending people back to harm's way. these are people, but for the grace of god could be you, could be me. we were just lucky to be born united states of america, just lucky. so what's going to happen to the people? what's going to happen when they go back to harm's way? you talk about the children coming here and the fact that they're impregnated and how they're abused along the way. we're going to send them back? it's not as though they are going to somehow now become immune to all of the atrocities that they have to suffer and endure as they migrate in this direction? what will happen to them? >> what we want to do is give them a safe opportunity to apply in the u.s. >> let's assume they don't make it to the u.s. this is our hemisphere. >> right. >> we have to do mor

the president cut off the money to central america because they have been getting billions for years and nothing happened something is about to happen in latin america, el salvador gets a new president tomorrow a guy who actually believes in the markets. since 2014, they have been led by a former leftish guerrilla and you can see the results have meant no growth, slow growth so we need to see better policies in central america. >> those issues of gang violence, the poverty, of course we don't blame anybody for trying to create a better life in the u.s., but even a change to the administration like you're talking about will take time >> yes so i'm not optimistic that there is going to be that much solved in a short period of time unless when there is a foreign minister from mexico comes, the president this morning said he was coming with data to show she aw they ae working on it. >> it's been suggested that the biggest winners could ironically be china because now instead of moving to next cho to avoid tariffs, they might say it will be more expensive because tariffs are still going up

and it's going to be great for the people of central america.you know, very interesting stuff and kind of a different angle, gordon, if you would on it. i'm concerned about american jobs. i'm concerned about the border as well, so if you get a win/win, why not take it? gordon, thank you so much. good to see you. >>> senate judiciary chairman lindsey graham saying he's trying to declassify a document saying the fbi knew exactly what the steele dossier was, that it was unverified, that it was fake, and they used it anyway to obtain a surveillance warrant on an american citizen. he says he has proof of this, watch. >> there's a document that's classified that takes the dossier, all pages of it, and it has verification to one side. this really is no verification other than media reports that were generated by reporters who received the dossier. so the bottom line is the dossier has never been independently confirmed. it was used to get a warrant. they knew the author of the dossier was on the democratic party payroll. he hated trump. they got the wa

the same thing is happening in other context for central america.he immigration that is happening as a result of failed u.s. policies. as a colleague was saying earlier, the reality is this was tried elsewhere. the regime change being tried in venezuela has been tried elsewhere in latin america and has led to humanitarian crisis throughout central america, honduras, what a mueller, -- guatemala, el salvador and mexico until recently. we know it does not produce the change that most people want. it aggravates conditions for the majority of the population. so you have in the case of venezuela, mistakes made by the maduro administration that are exacerbated by the sanctions and that take a toll on humans and on the population of a country. amy: we have been showing for our radio audience, video just to let you know, of the tear gassing of people in paris and honduras. honduras is a u.s. ally. we're not getting as much coverage of this. finally, i wanted to ask jeffrey sachs about this issue y you raised of collective punishment and saying that collecti

number one, it's violence in central america, and number two, lack of economic opportunity. from central america where i found that, you know, when you give individuals the belief that they can essentially earn a living, can stay home and have a job, they'll stay home. that's what i think we need to focus on. not on building a wall, but giving folks in central america the promise, the hope of a better life in central america. >> i want to pivot to your responsibility as part of the judiciary committee, because there was so much talk about impeachment this week, and growing calls to begin the impeachment process. i know earlier this month, you said it's not time yet to ask the question of impeachment. do you still feel that same way? >> again, this is an issue about the law that nobody is above the law. and congress has a job of oversight. and as you know this last week, two judges agreed with congress on the mazar's case and the case of deutsche bank turning over records to congress. you know what? those two judges said congress has the right to review those records, and tha

can't just go somewhere else and replace china with vietnam or cambodia or thailand or south or central america you're talking about replacing the capacity of a fire hose with the capacity of a garden hose. so, i think retailers have done everything they can up to now, but when we get to 25% on this final fourth tranche, if we go there -- you know, talking to the ceos i spoke with yesterday and end of last week and even hearing from some this morning, i think it's going to be difficult for any retailer in the country to avoid passing along price increases to consumers if we go that final 25% on that fourth tranche,

border over half a 1000000 since october 28th tain many of them come from central america through mexico to the u.s. . one of the biggest things they can do is the repatriation of thousands of people coming from central america they could return them back home they can stop these massive caravans from coming through their country into ours mexico is vowing restraint its president promising to send a delegation to washington to do it deals but. i think that in the end president trump will realize that this isn't the best way to work things out. he simply have to sort of if that's because mexico is the u.s. is most important tried. so this route will be watched closely by main street and wall street alike let's get the very latest on this story with our correspondent all over salat in washington hi oliver how serious are these terror threats. well apparently the us president found a legal way to do that 3 and he's quoting a lawyer that's called the international emergency economics power act and so this law has never been used before to post tariffs on a country it's rather been used. to f

eric: you mean central america, like honduras, guatemala, one of those countries. >> right, into central sorts of good implications for us. eric: you ho.eric: how do the? do they seem to be pulling back? >> i think they're numbe they dt to do with president trump. i think they're extremely worried. their economy is not growing at the 6.4% pace that they claim. they know the additional tariffs can sink them. i think right now they're in a little bit of a panic in beijing. eric: you're saying despite chinese bluster, they're vulnerable? >> extremely vulnerable. i think xi-jinping is in a difficult poe sismtion he doesn'position.he doesn't have l strength to exert his bill. this is a political system in beijing that's in turmoil. i don't know if the united states has someone they can talk to on the other side who can meet commitments that are made. that really means that there's not going to be a trade deal anytime soon. i think actually that's a good thing, because we do need to get those factories back to either the united states or central america and that will be good for us, from a num

which is not the case in central america. >> in english. [speaking in foreign language] i was wondering if mexico is willing to support some sort of actions regarding the prosecution of people with maduro preaching. because according to our investigations, there are many craft people with crimes against humanity trying to hide themselves in trying to see mexico among any under many other places as the safety haven. and to use this atrocity or leverage on this neutrality policy. to my mind, your neutral in situations of oppression, you choose the side of your picture. and i was wondering, there are many specific cases, i talked to about one. there is a district, and the former major of the district was elected in mexico at a straight and i don't know if you guys are going to do something about it >> is explained, is not about position, we have position, we present an idea and a proposal with 15 countries, to have a dialogue. in mr. y go says no. so we're talking with mr. guaido and also with the regime, with the same position, you need to sp

. >> if you're from central america, we can't send unaccompanied minors back to central america like you do from mexico and canada, we're going to change that. we're going to change the broken laws to stop what i think is literally an invasion of people from central america. i'm going to introduce it wednesday. jon: brian llenas has been looking at this, joins us now with more. brian. >> reporter: 2019 has had the highest number of border apprehensions in a decade. the trump administration believes we could see over 1 million apprehensions made for the first time since 2006. a source tells fox news there have been over 504,000 apprehensions so far in fiscal year 2019. to put this in perspective, that number is already higher than what we have seen in every four years since 2009. we four months left in the fiscal year. this april saw the highest number of apprehensions in a single month in 12 years. there were more than 98,000 immigrants apprehended in april, trying to cross the border illegally. that's up 159% compared to aprl of last year when 38,000 immigrants were apprehended. the

also someone who had a heavy hand in some of the most devastating policies that we imposed on central americand that there is a direct correlation between the kind of mass migration that we are noticing right now from central america and south america to this country. usednk for so long we have muscle memory disorder generate our foreign-policy. and it is about time that we pause and look at the kind of implications that our policies have, what our ultimate goal is, what is being successful, and what are some policies that we should do away with. i remember talking to madame secretary albright and talking to her about the success of sanctions we imposed around the world and how some of them have devastating effects on the actual population and not on the governments that we see as our adversaries. and she concurred with me that many of the sanctions that we imposed ultimately lead to devastations and we're seeing it now in venezuela. and ultimately, lead to having severe problems in that country, which doesn't stabilize life for the people and certainly puts us here in the united states at ri

that create as crisis first of all emanating from central america, traveling through mexico along theexican side and on the u.s. side of the southern border. >> neil: you think the mexicans are doing enough to control that? >> one of the things we were able to do in 2014 to contain the spike there was to work with the mexican government constructively to do more on their border with south america. they stepped up and kept it in place. such that in 2015, we saw the second lowest number of apprehensions since 1972. the number started to creep up in 16 and fell off in 17 when president trump took off. the message from this, you can do certain things short term to affect the numbers, but as long as the underlying conditions of poverty and violence in those three countries in central america persist, we're always going to see things revert to their longer term trends and patterns. >> neil: everybody wants the opportunity. i get that. >> but neil, so important, we have to continue that investment. people want quick solutions. >> neil: but when you invest, you don't know where the money goes

the other main factor there are challenging situations in central america, poverty and economic gaps we need to work on that. central america, capitol hill to change our legal framework and on the border where we're increasing security. through additional border barrier, depve yo the president that you disagree with his suggestions to cut foreign aid to those three main countries. >> the president is looking for accountable capacity necessary and programs that have return on investment for american interest. if we can find those programs that are working that are addressing those needs, push back, we'll be able to continue to partner. i'll be down there in two weeks in central america working with my counter parts at money tree of interier talking about increasing the borders. starting at the source of origin with the smugglers that are enticing people into this cycle to address their security. >> brennan: back to what americans can expect to be happening in they communities. the president has said on three different occasions, as recently as april that he wants to ship migrants to s

i'm for investing in countries in central america to keep people there. if they feel safe if their own country they're not coming to our border, but we need to treat amnesty with the kind of attitude that the constitution expects from us. what we call unaccompanied children, we need to take care of them first. >> the house is in at 10:00 to vote on a package of health care legislation, what would that package do? >> first we want to stop the administration from junk health care planplans. they don't cover pre-existing conditions. they have the words in there, but they allow a higher premium if you a pre-existing condition, but more importantly they allow an annual limit on what the plan is willing to spend. >> that combination means pre-existing conditions are not covered. it is consumer fraud. it will deceive people into thinking they have health insurance. >> is it going anywhere in the senate? >> nothing is going anywhere, they're not taking votes, everywhere we have bipartisan support, issues like venezuela, things that are important to my community,

. >> central america and this is history. we went and it was democrats and republicans, ngos. it was lovely. when we were there we were observing what they were teaching in school. what was happening in el salvador and the rest as well as honduras. gloria was always taking notes. dr. duffy. she was so serious and she had -- she is an expert on the soviet union, russia and she was taking notes as to the equipment whether it was the helicopter, the parts, the airplanes, weapons that were there and she knew but we didn't know how they could have so much stuff there until we later found out about iran contra. she was really getting to the heart of the matter right then and there. it was an honor to travel with her then and an honor to be today. >> this morning we heard a patriotic american make his presentation. i have the deepest respect for special counsel -- well former special counsel mueller and what he had to say. he indicated if he saw any evidence that the president was innocent, he would have let us know. if he had any evidence that the president was not guilty, he would

can do with the repatriation of the thousands of people coming from central america. they can return them home. they can stop this massive caravans from coming through the country in two hours. >> mexico is vowing restraint, its president promising to do a dedeal in washington. >> i think that in the end, president trump will realize that this is not the best way to work things out. >> mexico is the u.s.'s most important trade partner. this will be watched closely by main street and wall street alike. >> let's get the latest on this story with our correspondent in washington. how serious are these tariff threats? >> apparently, the u.s. president found a legal way to do that. he is quoting a law, called the international emergency economic's power act. this law has ever been used before to pose tariffs on the country. -- a country. it has been used to freeze assets. that would be a new situation. also to pose tariffs in order to fight migration. it will also be bizarre, because yesterday, a new trade agreement between the united states and mexico was passed on to the

border if you are from central america.f you are an unaccompanied minor, we are going to change the law to allow the minor to be sent back to their home country in a safe and secure fashion as if the child was from mexico or canada. there is a loophole in our law that we are going to close. instead of having 20 days to process a family with a minor child, we will increase to 100 days so the family can be detained humanely and we can get not have processed and to release them into the country . we are going to hire 500 new immigration judges to deal with the 900,000 person asylum backlog to clear the backlog. if we will do these four things, then the incentive created by our laws will cease to exist, this humanitarian disaster will begin to repair itself and i am willing to sit down with democrats to find a way to address the underlying problem in central america. i am willing to put other immigration ideas on the table to marry up with this. what i am not willing to do is ignore this problem any longer. host: we will find o

these are people who have successful families and businesses in central america. people had jobs and apartments. these are people who had real lives. because of the severe violence and the threats to their children and to their own self, they fled. these are not people who have no options in central america. these are people who are successful. they deserve not to be kept in jail. >> if the trump administration goes ahead with this, can california stop it? >> there's always ways we can exercise our prerogative. the federal government is very powerful and can override our la n brinimdon't want these deception detention centers and we'll do everything. >> thank you. now we're going to take a break or at least switch over the weather and see whether it's raining, shining, whether there's any hope for sunshine today. >> oh, fill, that depends on what side of the bay you're on. for some of us, it's pouring. for some of us it's coming to an end. the most impressive part about today's rain is happening now. in i stop this, an organized line of rain has watched across the

that's with mexico which was just answered as well as with central america. i don't intend to stop working and have not been suggested that i should. my first week i met with the public's-- minister of public security talking about joint operations against human smugglers and organizations exporting the guatemalan populace. i do respect the secretary of state of you as well as the president's views that if we are going to provide aid to central america it needs to be targeted, effective, and needs to advance interest and reduce the root causes of migration. >> but it doesn't necessarily need to be zero. >> we need partners to ensure that it's effective. i will be working within that process to advise alongside the department of state on what i think could make an impact for consideration at the white house. i'll continue to give my best advice to my leadership on the appropriate way to manage this regional problem and phenomenon. >> thank you. i don't need to that this is of course nearly irrelevant to you now in your role as secretary and i hope you will use

i've called for a 21st century marshall plan for central america so in a mutually beneficial way we helphat honduras and el salvador and guatemala that people can find safety and opportunity there instead of having to come and find it in the united states. >> you, of course, know that the republicans who are for making it a criminal act say they are trying to tighten the screws and try to find more deterrents. >> and has that hats it's been an utter failure. about a year ago, in fact, this president said that as americans, as human beings, if we would just be cruel enough to separate little children from their mothers, that that would actually deter more families from coming from central america, and in fact the opposite of that happened. last month we 92,000 people that came to our southern border, so i say let's stop with the failure. let's do it a better way, a more effective way. we can ensure that we have a border that is secure. we can maintain that security, but instead of engaging in cruelty we can engage in compassion and reduce the backlog of people that are in limbo in this co

i'm for investing in countries in central america, to keep people there. if they feel safe in their own country, they're not going to come to our border. but at the same time, we need to treat amnesty with a kind of respect that our constitution expects of us. and more than anything else, when we have what are called unaccompanied children, many of them have family members here in this country, we need to take care of them first. >> before we hear from the president today, the house is in at 10:00, the house is going to be voting on a package of health care legislation. what's in that package? what would it do? >> a number of things. first of all, we want to stop the administration from supporting junk health care plans. basically, their health care plans that really don't cover pre-existing conditions. the republicans have said that they do because they have the words in there, but they allow higher premiums, if you have a pre-existing condition, but more importantly, they allow a limit, an annual limit on what the plan is willing to spend. that combinati

a vast majority of individuals traveled a long dangerous journey from central america. u.s. border patrol apprehended 361,000 people along the southern border, 108% increase compared to same time in fiscal year 2018. this represents a 106% in the rio grande valley, 174 in yuma and 548% increase in the el pasoo sector. during the same time period, border control apprehended nearly 36,000 unaccompanied children, an increase of 66% this represents 82% in san diego, 124% increase in del rio and 333% increase in el paso sector. finally zeroing in on biggest driver of border crossings, family units. from october to march, border patrol apprehended 189,584 families along the southern border. 374% increase from the same time period in fiscal year 2018. this represents 228% increase in the rio grande valley. a 636% increase in del rio and astonishing 1,670% increase in the el paso sectors. in may and june at the height of what president obama called a crisis, approximately 135,000 people were apprehended at the southern border. in february and march of this year, again, a comparable

a massive number of these individuals are coming from central america and that is where we have seen the greatest increase come from did outrageous numbers. labour suspends a member of its ruling national executive committee, peter willsman, after he's recorded suggesting that the israeli embassy was behind the party's anti—semitism fow. british retailer sir philip green is charged in the us with four counts of assault relating to allegations of inappropriate touching. and there's excitement in madrid as liverpool and spurs fans arrive ahead of tomorrow night's champions league final. and at half past 11 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers including president trump's interview with the sun in which he lends his support to boris johnson. good evening. president trump has announced new taxes on all goods coming from mexico, demanding that illegal immigration from mexico into the us is dealt with. the president warned that a 5% tariff will be imposed and will rise gradually, starting in 10 days‘ time. imported goods set to be affected include vehicles, computers, and oil, as

. >> if you're from central america we can't send unaccompanied minors like we did with mÉxico and canadaou can only hold minor for 20 days, many importantly you can no longer apply for asylum at our border if you're from central america you have to apply for asylum in your country. >> customs and border protection source tells griff jenkins the number of apprehensions along our southwest border is over 504,000 so far in fiscal year 2019. to put this in perspective, the number is already higher than what we've seen in every four years since at least 2012. we still have four months left in this fiscal year, april saw the highest monthly number of apprehensions at the border in 12 years, there were more than 98,000 immigrants apprehended in april trying to cross the bored illegally, that's up 159% when 38,000 immigrants were apprehended. the acting defense secretary patrick visited mcallen texas on the border yesterday, currently over 400 military troops at the border, our brian kilmeade at "fox & friends" spoke with secretary who said troops will remain on the border until able to recruit

americas with members of congress, diplomats, and trump administration officials. it began with a discussion on business and economic development in the western hemisphere, particularly central and south america. [applause] >> thank you very much. good afternoon. it is actually my pleasure to open the afternoon session. i would like to thank the council of the americas for the fascinating lunch talks. i was impressed by the president-elect, and i wish him lots of luck. when you go home tonight and see your children and your family and your parents, everyone you meet has been blessed and innovation the pharmaceutical industry has brought to the world. this afternoon, we have a panel that will talk about investments and innovation and inclusive growth in the americas, and for us in the pharmaceutical industry, what is really critical is to bring the innovation that pharma and health care can bring to this panel. examples.e you a few history,years back in you still have children suffering from polio and now you have a lot of articles in the news about measles outbreaks. if you look at hiv 20 years ago, it was a deadly disease and today, young people are getting older and living

a massive number of these individuals are coming from central america, that's where we've seen the greatest increase come from, outrageous numbers. but mexico says it will not be provoked by the president's threats. we'll have the latest. also tonight: jewish groups call for labour to expel the senior figure peter willsman in the ongoing row about anti—semitism. he's already been suspended. british retailer sir philip green is charged in the us with four counts of assault relating to allegations of inappropriate touching. in madrid, thousands of football fans are gathering for the all—english final of the champions‘ league. yes, all roads lead to spain for a die—hard liverpool yes, all roads lead to spain for a die—ha rd liverpool and tottenham fa ns die—ha rd liverpool and tottenham fans he for the centrepiece of european club football. and we have a glimpse of the glory of frank bowling, the artist who came to britain from south america as a teenager. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, johanna konta becomes the first british woman since 1983 to reach the last 16 of the french open te

in the hands of smugglers teenage boys and girls being smuggled five or 7000 per person from central america to the border. and then generally parents who are already here unlawfully it is a challenging cycle we are facing but what they are proposing is to offer in country refugee processing to access protections with a valid claim at home and to make effective the ability to repatriate children for those that arrive and have not been found it is a balance proposal we like to work with congress in enacting. there are two changes to make a dramatic impact during the humanitarian crisis. >> my time is expired. >> the gentle lady from texas. >> for this oversight hearing. we have a very short period of time but you are very fine public servant we have worked with you over the years and thank you for your service. in the president's budget is $5 million for the wall her or you hear to defend that request for the wall? back i am defending the entire budget request that is a request from similar "frontline" agents we need hundreds of miles to control those critical areas of high traffic. >> and th

if you are from central america, we can't send unaccompanied minors back to central america like you and canada. we are going to change that. you can only hold a minor for 20 days, we are going to go to 100 days. most important lay, you can no longer apply for asylum at our border. if you're from central america you have to apply from asylum at a consulate in your country. >> harris: a lot of access to leadership, at a key point as they move those funds over the wall. >> brian: the headline as it used to be a manufactured crisis. i think any sober person -- i think most dragons understand. this is a caravan a day. coming all across. i went to mcallen, texas, because that's where the greatest leak is. just picture this in your head. only brought on fire. all you have is one hose. so the firefighters keep working hard but they know they aren't going to do any good, so they can get the fire out but they keep showing up. every day we think about it we talk about, "don't do anything, it's not fair to these men and women. we can't pay them enough to do this and this." i see little kids of

the weather remains a little unsettling across central parts of north america at my last a cloud shining up out of central as a candidate ontario quebec big massive cloud here slides down across the lakes still coming into the deep south of the u.s. so see some wet weather there because that eastern side of texas into our console right up across kentucky tennessee and pushing up through the appalachians some wild weather to just around the panhandle of a fair bit of rain there into florida as we go through thursday central parts of north america do look losey settled try whether that across the plains pushing further west and we'll see that continue as we go on through friday by friday just not just colorado seeing some of that wetter weather new mexico also looking a little to step in some of that rain making its way back into a good part of texas feathery still some basin places platens right around a some pasta kind of still a little on the damp side but setting across florida that right does continue some of the cloud of rain running across into the bahamas want to see showers into t

field of artificial intelligence to a platform that produces content specifically for women in central america the workshops deal with financing corporate strategy and management also how to best present your own idea something many founders find difficult. to do this and lots of intelligent people find solutions to problems but that also makes them a bit blind to the matter they have a high level of expertise for the core of what they're doing but forget that many others around them don't have these insights. insights are not in short supply at the forum. and neither are contacts from all over the world. and let's focus again on africa's senegal's economy grew by 7 percent in the last quarter when compared to last year but how would things there look with more more workforce participation from women currently female entrepreneurs there are a rarity. here in the tiny photic in western senegal where begins at daybreak. the 1st time is to break the crust of the floss. once that's done the souls can be gathered up in minds. the woman running this operation is married you off having spent a decade