trade priorities in central and south america. this recent event was part of the washington conference on the americas. >> she is a former governor of rhode island and has held other senior positions in government. she somehow found a way to conquer the state's $7 billion unfunded pension liability. she has a doctorate from oxford, a law degree from yale. she graduated with honors from harvard. she has private sector experience in financial markets. madam secretary, suffice it to say, to go through your entire biography, we would be here all day because it is that impressive. i suspect you would prefer to get into the conversation. ladies and gentlemen, let's get to it. please welcome me in joining the 40th u.s. commerce secretary gina raimondo. sec. raimondo: thank you. good afternoon, everybody. can you hear me ok? thank you to susan and the council of the americas. it is terrific for me to be here with you. i come to the position of secretary of commerce with private sector background for about a dozen years. i was a venture ca

and we can see that in both lebanon and in central america. in lebanon, this president exercised american power all right, but the management of it was such that our marines were killed. we had to leave in humiliation. the soviet union became stronger. terrorists became emboldened, and it was because they did not think through how power should be exercised, did not have the american public with them on a plan that worked that we ended up the way we did. similarly in central america, what we're doing in nicaragua with this covert, war which the congress, including many republicans have tried to stop, is finally end up with the public definition of american power that hurts us. where we get associated with political assassins and the rest. we have to decline for the first time in modern history jurisdiction of the world court because they'll find us guilty of illegal actions and our enemies are strengthened from all of this. we need to be strong. we need to be prepared to use that strength. but we must understand that we are a democracy. we are

the crucial issue of central america. you have said that the only policy toward the civil wars in central america should be on the economic development and negotiations. do you believe that these answers would in any way solve the bitter conflicts there? do believe that there's no need to resort to force at all or not the solutions to knowing the problems and simply again too weak and too late? >> i believe the question oversimplifies the difficulties of what we must do in central america. our objection must be to strengthen democracies and stop the communism and other influence and stabilize the community in that area. to do that, we need a three-pronged attack. secondly, a strong and sophisticated economic aid program and human rights program that offers a better life and a sharper alternative to the alternative offered by the totalitarians who oppose us. and finally, a strong diplomatic effort that pursues the possibilities of peace in the area. that's one of the big disagreements we have with the president. that they

my question relates to central america, given the u.s. government's focus right now. as a company deeply invested in the region, one of the major challenges we face is a lack of integration. though the region is bound together by a trade agreement, excessive barriers to traden limit our ability it trade within the region. as the u.s. looks the economic causes of migration, we think regulatory frame work modernization and leveraging digitization to limit barriers would be a way for growth and transparency in the region. how in your view can the u.s. support deeper integration to enable greater transparency, trade and investment? thank you. >> well, this is a great question because unsurprisingly the cap has been on my behind recently as the administration and as the vice-president focuses on root causes. we're asking ourselves a lot of question because central america is a region where we have a trade agreement, but i also want to put that trade agreement in context. it's now 15 years old, i think, 16 years old and this was one of the agreements that was the most diffi

you see it all throughout central america. >> right.l us if you agree, the idea that people from central america and south america aren't doing it legally, they're endangering themselves with the drug cartels and human traffickers bullying their way through the southern border, and it's really putting at risk our border towns, cities and -- >> well, or that's right. and they're charging anywhere from $10-15,000 per head of the folks that they're smuggling. what breaks my heart is the father of a talk girl, 30-40% of girls especially but boys as well are being sexually assaulted and sold into trafficking. so so they take money from these poor families that are so desperate, and then they sell, they sell them into trafficking. it's just truly sad and disgusting. and the biden administration doesn't seem to care. elizabeth: it's horrific, yeah. thank you for the data, congressman michael walz. we love having you on. come back soon. okay. i'm elizabeth macdonald. you've been watching "the evening edit." we really appreciate and are so grate

>> i believe the question over simplifies the questions of what we must do in central america. our objectives ought to be to strengthen the democracies and stop communists and stabilize the community. a sharper alternative to the alternative offered by the totalitarians that oppose this. finally, a strong diplomatic effort that pursues the possibilities of peace in the area. that's one of the big disagreements that we have with the president, that they have not pursued the diplomatic opportunities either within el salvador or as between the countries and have lost time during which we might have been able to achieve peace. this brings up the whole question of what presidential leadership is all about. i think the lesson in central america, this recent embarrassment in nicaragua, where we are giving instructions for hired assassins, hiring criminals and the rest, and all of this has strengthened our opponents. a president must not only assure that we're tough, but we must also be wise and smart in the exercise of that power. we saw the same thing in lebanon, where we were humili

but that's not working for central america. it's going to further impoverish central america. it's not an economic model that work and is not good for migrants that get in this country, live in the shadows, are still under the control of the drug cartels or human traffickers, especially the young men, the 15, 16, 17 -year-olds are used by the drug traffickers to traffic drugs. the sex trade, the other involuntary servitude. this is not a good process. we need to solve the problem of illegal immigration, control our borders so we can have a functioning legal immigration system. what happened? what caused this? isn't it obvious? you can see the increase of adults coming into this country illegally during the presidential debates. when democratic presidential candidates are going hey, if i get elected president, no more deportations. i'm going to give you free health care. we'll take care of you. that's a huge incentive, and they came. and then i think it was the first day, maybe the second day, maybe waited that long, president biden dismantled the successful migrant protection

also the growing controversy over president biden wanting to fix the border crisis by giving central america4 billion, why president biden should know better because vice president biden under obama oversaw the exact same failed approach, he did nothing to stop the illegal border crossing, this is a failed approach that dates back to the 1960s. thank you for joining us i am elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪. liz: thank you for joining us you're watching the fox business network, look who's back with us former wisconsin congressman, sean duffy, great to have you back on, what was your reaction to facebook's decision today. >> i was not shocked that they will keep the suspension of donald trump that was not a a bg newsbreak but i thought when oversight admitted that facebook doesn't have a clear policy on how it's treating different people on its platform, you can say racist things aboutan tim scott and donald trump saysng things about a rally on january 6 and he gets banned, that was a little shocking that the independent oversight board gave pushback to facebook. bu

my question relates to central america, given the u.s. government's focus right now, as a company deeply invested in the region, one of the major challenges face is a lack of integration from a region bound together by a trade agreement, excessive technical barriers to trade and bureaucracy limit our ability to trade the sin. as the u.s. government looked at economic causes of migration, we think regulatory framework modernization to reduce trade carriers would be a powerful way to support growth and transparency in the region. -- how would you support u.s. integration to enable greater transparency trade and investment? thank you. >> this is a great question because unsurprisingly, saved and online recently -- through causes. central america is a region where we have a trade agreement, but i also want to put that trade agreement in context. it is now 15 years old i think, 16 years old. this was one of the agreements that was the most difficult to get through congress. i think it just squeak by. we talk about the traditional approach to t

even those whose own ancestors came from central america. maybe right away, at least of the us border next to mexico in texas. lately they have seen more and more immigrants arriving on the us side. many of them across their front yard and even knock on their door. they come in on like asking for their at what area their at the bar phones, water food, anything in any way that they they could get help. it's scary because of the fact that one could get into problems. another one, how we say we don't know who they are once a week, they get to the other side of the wall to the river. fishing over the natural border between texas and mexico has been a tradition in their family for generations. there they enjoy your beautiful landscape and a peaceful activity at a river that for many on the other side looks dangerous and life changing. wireless thought truck, semi dominant men of middleman, several men with trump. we saw less people crossing the border since by then they are more to my parents. they are from mexico, so i do understand them. but we

the border the children arriving at her border is not new unaccompanied children for mexico, central america and elsewhere have long sought refuge in the us. this is also not the first time we have increased coverage of unaccompanied children at the southern border. similar increases 2014 and 2019 to suffer from unspeakable violence, corruption and poverty. last november the region was hit by two devastating hurricanes to destroy homes wiping out infrastructure prompting more desperate families and children. migrant children are undertaking a dangerous journey because conditions at home are so dire. like many of my colleagues this breaks my heart. those that are waiting to be reunited migrant children is a challenge the was government must provide these children with protection guaranteed to them under law. to ensure that they are quickly transferred from cbp custody and then into department of homeland security. which is much better equipped to handle these children in care for them and unite them with their families are sponsors. the biden administration is that rapidly building capacity f

president lopez 0brador has pitched a programme in central america where migrants plant trees which wouldd the programme could be exploited. kamala harris plans to visit mexico and guatemala injune — herfirst foreign trip as vice president. courtney bembridge, bbc news. protesters have gathered outside a police headquarters in brazil, demanding justice for the victims of a security operation in which 25 people were killed. the demonstrators carried signs, accusing police of carrying out a massacre against the poor of rio's favelas. state governors said the operation had targeted drug traffickers, who were recruiting children. 0ur correspondent, camilla moto, reports now from rio de janeiro. chanting. "end the massacres in the favelas" — that's the message residents here injacarezinho carried out today in a protest after what's been called the deadliest police raid recorded in the city's history. 2a alleged suspects and one police officer were killed in the nine—hour operation. residents say suspects were executed. the police argue it only acted in self—defence. translation: every single d

president obrador has pitched a tree planting programme programme in central america which would leadoited. kamala harris plans to visit mexico and guatemala injune — herfirst foreign trip as vice president. courtney bembridge, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: what goes up — shouldn't always come down — especially if it's 20 tons of debris from a rocket hurtling back to earth. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and president mitterrand. the tunnel is not yet ready for passengers and freight services to begin. for centuries, christianity and i islam struggled for supremacy. now the pope's visit symbolises their willingness to coexist. - roger bannister became the first man in the world to run a mile in underfour minutes. memories of victory as the ve celebrations reach their climax. this night is dedicated i to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom. - hello, this is bbc world news. the

aid to central america offering incentives for would be markers to try to stay home.rt with the mit security studies program. so jim, a lot of the media attention is on the influx at the border. it's happening at the border but these policies are aimed at the vice president said, the root causes and addressing the issues before the migrants even get air. you think this will work. guest: well it's ideal, if people stay where they are it's better than moving towards the u.s. but it is a difficult thing to do before we go any further, i do want to say this. thank you for your last story about india and the americans are trying to help there. it is nice to hear good news story and there's so much crisis around. as a thank you for that. but to your question. and you have shed a spotlight on that. i think that we've had immigration problems for a long time and in some ways you can summarize in one word. geography. if you're not island nation like japan or australia, it is a different situation but we are connected by land to mexico and central america and those countries ha

president camila harris was to propose expanding that plan of creating agriculture jobs into central americasnorthern triangle countries like honduras guatemala el salvador were majority of central american migrants are making their way toward the united states are originating from there are other topics are of that or of joint interest for both the united states and mexico like the trafficking of guns the trafficking of drugs but these talks specifically today were designed more toward setting an agenda for upcoming talks with regional leaders that vice president camel harris is going to be conducting in the coming weeks and months mexico is currently under a lot of pressure from the united states to do more to stem the flow of migrants heading north mexico's having to deal with this on both of its borders on the border with the united states and on and southern border with guatemala where there's a pileup of migrants an asylum seekers that are waiting for their turn to cross into mexico a pileup that some officials here some experts here in observers have said is one of the worst in the las

and the difficulties that their families face in central america. i get that. if i was a dad in central america, i would want my kids to have a better life. as i talk to children and families on the border, at the recent trip, they said they do want their families to have better life. these kids say they come here to have the opportunity to have a life where they can not just make more money but have a life in the united states of america because it's a better place to live. i get that. and i'm all for legal immigration. and i'm all for providing asylum to people who have a credible fear of persecution. what we have done instead is just opened the doors. i would make the point that those children who came in 2019 during the last surge, i would ask you, mr. secretary, those children were allowed to come into the interior of the united states with sponsors. some of those sponsors were unscrupulous, as we know, and we've done investigations on this and had hearings on this and some of these kids were exploited. some were not. but of those children who came in in 2

we intend to continue and strengthen our long-standing partnerships with south america, central americaribbean, in our north american neighbors working together on this challenge. we look to partner with the americas on deforestation and marine conservation challenges. and we need to increase energy security across the region. we will also be looking to our partners in the region and raising our collective ambitions as we do, genuinely seek to keep 1.5 degrees centigrade within reach. as we seek to drive towards net zero global emissions no later than 2050. and, as we seek to have countries produce specific net zero strategies and 2030 and the targets we have to stay focused of all of these things. as each of us seeks to recover from the havoc that covid has wreaked on our economies and still is, we can build back better. we can create millions of new jobs in the region by investing in clean energy and climate resilient m's structure. i cannot emphasize enough to each of you how this is not a pipedream. this is not some creation of imagination for political purpose or ideological purpos

it's not just folks from just central america. people from all over the wrorld are paying the cartels to get through mexico and travel to our country and checking in or skipping across the border and they disappear into our economy. i see that as an issue. and i wish the administration would see that as an issue. the conversation that came up last night was about voting. it's an important conversation for us. we're a representative republic. voting is extremely important to us as a nation, that every vote counts and that every vote has the integrity that it needs. but the senate bill 1 and on the house side what they call h. bill 1, i am stunned at the contents of that bill. when president biden just said pass that bill and put it on my desk, i thought there's absolutely no way i would pass a bill like that, nor would the people at home want me to pass pa bill like that, that's a vote designed to make voting easy and cheating easy, we want to make voting easy and cheating hard. that's the way we've done elections for a very long t

people want to leave central america and try their luck for a better life in the united states and wemost humane and least costly and most beneficial way for our country. and one way i have written about that i think will be a very good idea will be to extend the legal immigration opportunities for guest workers from central america, not just mexico, so that they can come here to do seasonal labor, which is what many of them end up doing and then return to their homes and then all the other enforcement we do would be on a stronger, more legitimate footing. >> bret: bill? >> bill: i agree there are a lot of different policy solutions. you can't have a policy solution when you have an administration that denies there's a problem. look, as far as i can see, the biden approach is see no evil, hear no evil and dump it on kamala who has wisely steered clear of going to the border? why would you go when they are not doing anything to fix the problem? so what i can see is the limited effort is to try to build spaces to accommodate people, which is a zero sum gain. they can't do it fast enough

let's do -- vice president harris was talking today about more investment in central america and mexico. that is important. this should not become a quid pro quo negotiation like we had between trump were the u.s. was threatening mexico to close the border to certain people and services if mexico did not become the police for the uted states and stopped to central americans passing through mexico. it is important to note that mexico reported over half a million central americans in the last two years. we have to be carefu we have to be careful. talks between mexican, central american, and u.s. governments do not become a new way to push the u.s. border further south d create a fortress north america, but to actually address issues of poverty, climate change, and underdevelopment in these regions. monte: immigration reform would require republican support to get past. how optimistic are you that this could actually happen? ernesto: most american citizens are in favor of giving papers to the dreamers with temporary protected status, people who are emergency workers in the pandemic. even r

destabilize central america by propagating their financial gains, we know the history.t to get to the root cause? democrats and republicans, i blame cia in every major corporation when vested in central america, i'm not laughing, it's a humanitarian crisis, there are violations and rights, the un should get involved in the u.s. should amend and shutdown prison camps at the border that trump has been making money off by holding children, i am not laughing at this. >> this is now president biden's problem. we have to take responsibly for -- [inaudible] he started the reunification issue -- i'm sorry, four months in, i'm sorry. you know what happens -- >> how long has he been in office? longer than you've been alive and what. >> excuse me? we have not had conversations about donald trump four months ago and now it's biden? >> you are squeaking around here the. >> trump spent -- >> they are complicit as anyone else and i have said that time and time again so if you are going to vomit -- announcing they are ready to go back to school but is it really a one day grab to return

you can see vice president harris will not go to the border to central america.the way in some sectors that is not even with the most people are coming from. they are so out of touch and the secretary has done nothing to change that policy that's what drives illegal immigration. jon: is that an attempt to undo the policy of president trump because they felt he was wrong were cruel to migrants with 178,000 people. there is a couple of reasons. this is ready open borders policy looks like you are right there is legacy anything they are doing on the border right now is to facilitate a catch and release program. and then to process people and getting them into the country. i think it's real with the partisan intent. >> once i get into the country then what happens? >> they will find work and try to normalize they say it is the cartel money with a indentured servitude. so the cartel will make money. there is a case where an operator makes $3 million per year of the people that he sponsored and released. jon: the idea it is a border state crisis is disputed it has beco

many of the people who cross the river are from central america. they escape from life threatening situations at home or criminal activities are part of everyday life. for many paying, i call you already to get to the u. s. is their only option. close on the ground where they cross the river and wristbands mark their path. the streets in roma are packed with national guard, said troopers and police officers. thousands of immigrants have been arriving every month in a city of roughly $12000.00 residence. the mayor is concerned. he knows the number is most likely going to increase. were on their side as far as we understand why, but at the same time we wish that there was a better way, better way for them to come across a more legal way. and i think that's going to entail immigration reform for a better policy because right now offer open border type situation is not the safest for anybody. and everyday concern for people like the family. no, there is not an easy solution. they just want freedom and to live without fear. just like the ones who cross

many of the people who cross the river are from central america. they escape from life threatening situations at home or criminal activities are part of everyday life. for many paying, i call you already to get to the u. s. is their only option close on the ground where they cross the river and response mark their path. the streets in rome are packed with national guard, said troopers and police officers. thousands of immigrants have been arriving every month in a city of roughly $12000.00 residents. the mayor is concerned, he knows the number is most likely line to increase were on their side as far as we understand why. but at the same time, we wish that there was a better way, better way for them to come across a more legal way. and i think that's going to entail immigration reform for a better policy because right now an open border type situation is not the safest for anybody. and everyday concern for people like the family. no, there is not an easy solution. they just want freedom and to live without fear. just like the ones who cross the bor

the hurricanes that batter the united states, the caribbean and central america are more severe and more frequent. the individuals who depend on tourism or for fish for their livelihood directly feel the increasing threat to our climate. the air we breathe, the water we drink and the health of our loved ones here in washington dc are linked to our neighbors in ottawa, mexico city , sing town, deforestation, protecting the environment. it will all have a dramatic impact on our collective prosperity. that's why i viewed trade policy has a legitimate and necessary tool to help solve this crisis . it won't be easy but bold collective action will create enormous new economic opportunity. it will create good paying jobs in the united states, throughout the americas around the world. and bold collective action will build the industries of our future. this is a valuable lens through which to view our arrangement with the rest of our trading partners inthe caribbean and central south america . for example, economic reform and the trade benefits of the caribbean basin initiative at health territor

as secretary of state lincoln is set to visit central america later this week we are live in missionit has been incredibly active all day today in mission texas we have seen migrants being pulled through the border wall pretty much every hour since we have been here and basically taken back over to the mexican side and dropped off there is a chopper in the air right now as well circling a particular area looking for migrants on the move. border patrol resources out in full force this holiday weekend. we saw groups of migrants loaded onto the buses to be taken back and dropped off and as you know texas department of public safety has been helping out border patrol agent since the beginning of operation lone star handing over 45380 migrants in fact one source says the national guard local authorities and us coast guard is not enough to patrol the rio grande valley there's a secretary earlier today talking about how the biden administration is creating a cycle of illegal behavior. >> they are making the country less safe and men and women law enforcement officers less safe and doing a d

what they would call the push factors out of countries in central america and around the world that areriving people to leave their countries. deep poverty, corruption, gang violence, more recently effects of time to change, there were two hurricanes that hit guatemala and honduras, particularly demolished and higher -- and higher -- enti re small towns. that is a biden administration and kamala harris have been focused on, trying to pump money into those countries and pump assistance into those countries so they can improve the situation on the ground. there is skepticism, it is hard to do, in a short period of time, that is a project that might take years to decades. i did not think we will immediately see the effects of those efforts. host: the caller brought up the boots on the ground, where are we on numbers of border patrol agents, efforts to hire more agents that were started during the trump administration and i believe --where are we in hiring? guest: that is a great question. that is a cretin that will get answered -- that is a question that will get answered by the hearing th

keep in mind secretary of state anthony lincoln is set to make a trip to central america.day he will meet with several team leaders from different countries including mexico to talk about migration and that issue and that's happening while vice president kamala harris is in charge of getting to the bottom of the migration issue tackling the surgeon migration. she has not made her trip to central america or down here to visit the border. jon. jon: thank you. for more on the biden border crisis and president biden's record budget proposal as being a missouri congressman jason smith ranking republican on the house budget committee. you were at the border earlier this month and he made several trips there as i understand it. when you see the numbers of migrants who are coming across the biden administration says the border is closed. >> yeah i will tell you jon the border is deftly not close. we were there over two weeks ago and more individuals have illegally crossed the southern border in january than the entire population of kansas city missouri. with the nooses and talking

the united states destabilize central america by propagating their financial gains. to get to the root causes i'm bumming both the democrats and the republicans, i'm blaming ca every major corporation invested in central america i'm not laughing at this is the humanitarian crisis. their violation of humanitarians rights. he went to get involved. and the united states should amend and shut down for-profit prison camps at the border that trump and his cronies have been making money off of. i am not laughing at this. i'm very serious. [inaudible] before its present biden's probably to take responsibility for. >> [inaudible] [inaudible] the reunification issue i'm sorry four months into the administration, i am sorry to know happened? [inaudible] kennedy: hello mr. biden been in office? how long is joe biden been in office? longer than you been live. >> excuse me? we are not having these conversations about donald trump four months ago. now it's biden question which i guess we did i don't know what show you are watching, you are not squeaking around here though. no, ther

and he also goes on to say that the political situation in central america is not ideal. that the land that in panama. that is going to be used. is is there's a dispute whether that belongs to costa rica or whether that belongs to new grenada, which is columbia. but that seems to be something that can be ironed out. and so so lincoln makes this appeal. and the five gentlemen say that we will take it under advisement. we'll get back to you. and the leader of the the chairman of the five man delegation writes back and says well we were pretty skeptical when we first came to the white house about this colonization plan. but upon consideration. i for one think that it's it's pretty good and my colleagues think that we should go and and discuss the matter with other black people and other cities so in new york philadelphia, for example and asks for support to do that kind of research. and that that doesn't pan out. and then ultimately the five man delegation does not give an official report. but the the reaction in washington among blacks was was mixed. um there had been a pre

president abreu door has pitched a tree l abreu door has pitched a tree planting programme in central americaala harris plans to visit mexico and whata mahler in june. herfirst foreign mexico and whata mahler in june. her first foreign trip as ice president. courtney bembridge from bbc news. this is bbc news, our main headlines: nearly 200 palestinians have been injured in clashes injerusalem as tensions rise over the potential eviction of palestinian families from land claimed by israeli settlers. protesters have gathered outside a police headquarters in brazil, demanding justice for the victims of a security operation in which 25 people were killed. in myanmar, more than 750 people have been killed since the military seized power three months ago. thousands have been detained, including the elected leader, aung san suu kyi. it's become increasingly difficult to report what's happening, with the internet effectively blocked, borders closed and many journalists detained. but local people are documenting their ongoing resistance. the bbc�*s rebecca henschke has been following the story of one

many of the people who cross the river are from central america. they escape from life threatening situations at home or criminal activities are part of everyday life. for many paying for years to get to the us is their only option close on the ground where they cross the river and response mark their pass. the streets in roma are packed with national guard, state troopers and police officers. thousands of immigrants have been arriving every month in a city of roughly $12000.00 residents. the mayor is concerned, he knows the number is most likely going to increase. were on their side as far as we understand why, but at the same time we wish that there was a better way, better way for them to come across a more legal way. and i think that's going to entail immigration reform for a better policy because right now an open border type situation is not the safest for anybody. and everyday concern for people like the family who know there is not an easy solution. they just want freedom and to live without fear. just like the ones who cross the border the

officials about his strategy for addressing the root causes of migration from central america a planthat he's been promoting since the start of his presidency called sin but on the view that we're planting life it consists of creating agriculture jobs in the south of mexico and what he was hoping to do with the meeting that the talks today with vice president camila harris was to propose expanding that plan of creating agriculture jobs into central americas northern triangle countries like honduras guatemala el salvador were majority of central american migrants are making their way toward the united states are originating from there are other topics are of that or of joint interest for both the united states and mexico like the trafficking of guns the trafficking of drugs but these talks specifically today were designed more toward setting an agenda for upcoming talks with regional leaders that vice president camel harris is going to be conducting in the coming weeks and months mexico is currently under a lot of pressure from the united states to do more to stem the flow of migrants

maria: what about -- what about biden's plans to send $4 billion to central america?the refugee cap to 62,000 this year after facing backlash for initial i will keeping the limit set by former president trump. there's a new harvard harris poll, 80% of americans are calling the situation at the border a, quote, crisis that needs to be addressed immediately. i did see it from my own eyes last week traveling to the southern border and recognizing the 162,000 people who showed up at the border in april on top of 172,000 in march. this is the separate situation from the refugees. the refugees are even more costly because they have to be offered all of the benefits that america offers like, you know, housing and education, et cetera. >> right. maria: what are your thoughts here? >> on the refugee that was a huge win for the left. biden backed down almost immediately on a friday afternoon and the progressives praising white house for backtracking. as far as the border issue, biden's numbers are fairly good especially polarizing time. you have 80% saying it's a crisis and the

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okay, off to central america. we've seen some pretty potent storms roll across the cuba. it's dumped as $76.00 millimeters of rain, just east of the capital will experience much of the same on tuesday as well, and really organized band of rain over the bahamas, otherwise, instability for hispanic jolla and across parts of central america. so the top end of south america, you know, we've been warning about rain, induce flooding for areas of ecuador just outside of the capital key. so we've seen close to $100.00 millimeters of rain within the past 24 hours. that continuous rain or once again be this story on tuesday ticket to patagonia where we're seen rain trying to push into santiago, but i think it's just going to be over a cas conditions for you with a high of 17 degrees. the in the next episode of science and the golden age, i'll be exploring the contributions made by scholars during the medieval period in the field of astronomy. copernicus owes this day to these medieval astronomers from the golden age. actually in many ways with the computers of the day, you can use

it was used by the coyotes in central america so, they would tell people who want to come into america -- let's face it, who wouldn't want to be in america? i'm highly sympathetic to those who want to come to america, take advantage of the land of opportunities. but the coyotes would tell the migrants in central america, they changed their laws. come with us. we'll take you up to the border. we'll get you across the border and then you'll get a slip called a permisso, which is really notice to appear. and so they came. they came in such qaints that in 2014 -- such quantities that in 2014 more than 51,000 children flooded our border and president obama rightly declared that a humanitarian crisis, and it was. that humanitarian crisis at that point in time entailed about 2,000 people coming and being apprehended at the border. 2,000. you can see the result. there are some ups and downs. quite honestly what ended up happening was the obama administration started to detain families, for example. they put in a consequence. and so it actually had an impact. i can show this a little bit better

one on china and one on central america.hen it comes to forced labor we have an incredibly powerful tool in the united states statute that bars the implication of the products that are produced using forced labor. >> another labor standard. it is a competitive advantage we need to level the playing field four. on the central america we are engaging in an administration wide effort and they have tools within as it is structured but i also want to reinforce in the executive nationwide effort that the ustr specifically has been charged with making sure efforts that we take do not undermine labor detections in those regions and in those countries and on this as well i'm very interested in working with you on how we can do more for the workers and their protections in this region. >> thank you, senator cassidy. senator brown is next. ambassador, welcome back. it's good to see you. thank you for all your team has done in the things you've done so quickly thank you for what you've done on the trips. you're going to put shots in peo

i'll press for human rights in central america and for the removal of all foreign forces from the region, and in my first 100 days, i will stop the illegal war in nicaragua. [ cheers and applause ] >> we know the deep differences with the soviets, and america condemns their dissidents and joous, their suppression in solidarity, their invasion in afghan and they're meddling around the world. that between us, we have the capacity to destroy the planet. every president says the bomb has gone off has understood that. and we have negotiated arms control. why has this administration failed? why haven't they tried? why can't they understand the cry of americans and human beings for sense and sanity and control of these god awful weapons? why! why! [ cheers and applause ] >> we want fritz! we want fritz! we want fritz! we want fritz! >> why can't we meet in summit conferences with the soviet union at least once a year? why can't we reach agreements to save this earth? the truth is we can. president kennedy was right when he said, we must never negotiate out of fear, but we must never fear to neg

many of the people who cross the river are from central america. they escape from life threatening situations at home or criminal activities are part of everyday life. for many paying, i call you already to get to the u. s. is their only option. close on the ground where they cross the river and response mark their path. the streets in rome are packed with national guard, said troopers and police officers. thousands of immigrants have been arriving every month in a city of roughly $12000.00 residents. the mayor is concerned, he knows the number is most likely going to increase. were on their side as far as we understand why, but at the same time we wish that there was a better way, better way for them to come across a more legal way. and i think that's going to entail immigration reform for a better policy because right now an open border type situation is not the safest for anybody. and everyday concern for people like the back of a family who know there is not an easy solution. they just want freedom and to live without fear. just like the ones w

but years later in 1987 in his activism against american intervention in central america, sat down on the tracks at the concord naval weapon's station in the bay area to block a munitions train from sending the lethal weapons to central america. ordinarily these kinds of protests on the tracks which dated back to the vietnam war, the train would stop. there would be an arrest and so forth. the train did not stop. it sped up. ran over him. he lost both lower legs and 19 bones were broken. he managed to live and is still a life-long peace activist. the gi is not alone. there were millions of lives that were changed during the 60s. most americans supported the war in the early 60s. by 1971 a poll found that 71% of americans thought it was a mistake, and more remarkably, 58%, the full majority believed the war was immoral. so because we are celebrating a sense of the 50 th anniversary of the events of the fall of 1969, i did want to say a bit about a man whose testimony is part of the exhibit named dave blalock who was interviewed by bill short and photographed by him. he has a long inter