new york state assembly member ron kim, stat stacy mitchell, anand greg leroy.his is democracy now! when we come back, we go to the border. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: we turn now to the u.u.s. mexico border, as jim mattis goes to the border. nearly 6000 active duty troops are currently deployed in texas, california, and arizona following terms escalating attacks against the central american caravan headed toward the u.s. in the run-up to thehe midterms. trump has warned that the number could swell to 15,000. more than the u.s. forces in afghanistan and most trouble the number of troops in iraq. according to some reports, the border deployment could cost $220 million. despite the factct the penentagn does notot see the caravan as a risk. a few hundred migrants from central american caravans have arrived in the border town of tijuana tuesday as the vast majority is still at least 1000 miles away from the u.s.-mexico border. amy: mattis' visit comes

another in long island city queens courtney reagan is there, and we're joined by greg leroy he thinks we need a more transparency when it comes to making deals with big corporations we begin with diana. >> melissa, don't call it crystal city any more. amazon is rebranding this everyone parts of pentagon city. it will partner with smith for the 25,000 new jobs. supporting those jobs will also add jobs, potentially totaling just over 40,000 and increasing employment here by 23 person now, in housing, avalon bay have a big rental department footprint here possibly from investors looking to cash in the median price of a home here, $600,000 virginia tech put out a statement saying, it's innovation campus was a key reason for the choice. a 1 million square foot facility, bringing more tech students to the area finding skilled workers was the key to winning >> i think they like the idea of being able to come into our community here in northern virginia, and also having the workforce training available i talk to businesses every day, around the globe and they said to me, every day, ralph, if