in the remote darien region of eastern panama, migrants and asylum seekersworom around the d arrived in an indigenous hamlet. it's the site of nonstop confusion as panama's border anlice organized groups to leave ons. >> yo hablo espaÑol? >> ( translated ): i will try to understand you with the little englh i know. i speak spanish. >> reporter: to get to the next town they have to pay $25 for a boat ride-- but mao of them haveney now, and the trip is canceled. they thought it would be eier from here-- just through the most dangerous section of their long journey: the darien gap. it's a wild expanse of jungle that blankets the border region between colombia and panama. migrants from africa, southeast asia, the middle east, cuba and haiti, converge here, all trying to get to the u.s. many get lost, assaulted, injured, or run out of fd along the way. >> it's very dangerous. it's a matter of life and death, >> reporter: this first settlement that migrants coming off of the trail arrive at. t they expis place to be a kind of refuge, but the reality is that assistance here is incredibly mi

its name: the darien gap.underneath the soaring jungle sknopy, migrants from around the arld rieath crossing the jungle, inesperate bid to reach the u.s. and canada. they have no map, and no instructions on how to make it through one of the w most dangerous migration routes. >> ( translated ): i would likes d send a mge to anyone who is thinking ng this route, it's very dangerous. if i knew this, i wouldn't have done it. >> reporter: many migrants spend a week or even two othis trail before they reach a village, and safety. but these journeys started long before. migrants, from asia, the middle east and africa flew into ecuador or brazil, where vis requirements are somewhat lax. haitians also usthis route as a springboard north. but to get from colombia to panama, they have to cross the darien gap by foot. it's the only missing 66-mile break in the panamerican ghway from the tip of argentina up to alaska. migrants go first to the end of the road in colombia: the port town of necoclÍ, to head west along the car

in darien, nbc's garrett haake found out just how hard core these loyalists are. >> the only thing thatld shake my faith, if he cheated on his wife and lied to our country in some way. in any way. >> reporter: you know, there are fact checkers who say he's lying a lot. >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: it didn't trouble you? >> i partially read those -- hmm. it always seems like they're twisting that truth around or they're bending what he says around. then again, he might be bending a little things too. >> reporter: it sounds like you're inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. >> yeah, there you go. >> garrett haake joins me now from darien, wisconsin. garrett, do you find that people there, this county is solid red? >> reporter: yeah, andrea, "solid" doesn't really describe it. this county has voted republican for president in the last hundred years. the fact that the president is campaigning here today tells you something about the president's strategy. it says the persuasion phase of this campaign, if indeed we can argue there ever was one, is over and now we're in the turnout phase. w

darien, thank you so much for joining us.ed you both personally and as an er doctor? >> good morning, michael. i have to say i sat like many others in a state of confusion and sadness during this weekend. as a physician i also sat and thought about all the many cases that present to the emergency room with the early symptoms of the possibility of colorectal cancer, and how many of them have gone onto different paths depending on their access to care and the way they look. >> definitely feeling your sadness as well, and why are people of color disproportionately affected by colon cancer and many other illnesses? >> as we know, disparities exist, and people of color unfortunately present with colon cancer at later stages or more advanced stages of colorectal cancer than their white counterparts and are more likely to dais -- as mortality rates are higher for black americans. what we find the answer to that question is multivariable. there are limits to access to care. there are issues with cost of care and also just a lack of c

>>good morning, darien jeans just talked about how the conditions are better and because the better thatowed cal fire for 2 consecutive days to take to the sky use water drops approximately 200,000 gallons of water dumping on that fire which is why yes, it's still eating land but not at a massive rate, let's show you the video of the damage it has decimated neighborhoods throughout santa cruz county including the bonny doon area and the fires are still of course burning as we speak, but this morning is that 80,000 acres 24 hours ago is approximately 78,000 so only 2 2000 extra acres in the span of one day so cal fire says that's great news for a lot of the firefighters and more importantly for the homes in this area. they're still going through they're trying to do a count of the homes unfortunately that number has also gone up we're looking at 400 40 structures that have been destroyed that number more than likely will go up as that. investigators will go through there to start to count which homes are still left and which homes are gone at this particular time i can tell you the acreag

now up 3 to one will smith skies one to deep left darien rough back he leaves he can't get it is overhe wall for 2 run bomb and the dodgers they go on to win 7 to 2. they fall. and just like that the giants season getting away from them will have game 2 of that series tomorrow night. now it was day 2 of the pga championship here at harding park and the golfers are all settled in now they've gotten used to the unique august climate of san francisco as they like to call it. we just call it friday. on the links we saw a few big names fall behind. and we also got some surprises let's get to the action over at tpc we've got to get started with tiger may not be the most talented on the tour anymore, but he will still win the popularity contest. he really grinded his way to the weekend with a 2 over 72 to finish even through 2 rounds just above the cut line here brooks keopka he won last 2 pga championship tees 6 under through 2 rounds just 2 shots back of the leader jason day is also 2 shots back of the leader after 2 rounds. it's a pretty cool name. but it was haotong li who took the lead

host: that was more rain in darien, illinois. tennessee,noxville, independent line. good evening.caller: good evening. i want to say i thought it was very important that her republican is willing to speak at the convention -- that a republican is willing to speak at the convention and state we are at a crossroads. i'm an independent but i am liberal leaning. i was donating to the sanders campaign. i would like to speak to the concerns of an earlier caller, or anyone else who is young, who is progressive, who is not necessarily sold on joe biden all the way. i think it is true we are at a crossroads. to the caller who said that he is tired of being told every election is the most important, i think there's is clear evidence this one is. regardless of whether young progressives are going to get everything we want, it is important we turn out to vote in this election if we see what is at stake. speaks the way trump alone, shows a difference, that this is the most important election. we have never had a president is unprofessional. we have never had a president who delights in being o