i'm jennifer johnson this is my husband of 8 years and he is a nacht of san francisco. we have a family here. appealing to the commission to approve the merger of who junior one bedroom units our which don't 30th not provide first name heirs to create a modest size 16 hundred plus 3 bedroom home that appraise housing for our expanding family we got married in 2006 and purchased this property in 2007. the two units were vacant for approximately one year before we purchased the property and after that we moved into the bottom unit attending to renovate the property and rent out the property in 2009 we become pregnant and in order to occupy our expanding family we used the top floor for oblg spaces neither those unit have been rented out and in total none of those units have been rented out and there's no history are eviction we want to create a family sized home to raise our daughter who is 4 in all that san francisco offers to have here close to our uncles and family to help with the caregiver we have relationships with our neighbors we want to maximum our family and be

jennifer johnson has more. >> reporter: housing over 52,000 children who have entered the u.s.illegally has become a logistical nightmare for the obama administration. protesters stopped buses carrying illegal mothers and children in california. in maryland over the weekend, lawmakers prevented them from being housed in a vacant building. hundreds of the undocumented children have been sent to the chicago area where someone's background checks on the older ones. >> i have contacted our state department to ask the host countries where these kids came from to see if any of these kids had documented criminal records. >> reporter: the children are fleeing violence in their central american countries, arriving without parents who are paying traffickers to get them safely into the u.s. as lawmakers debate what to do, some democrats are blaming republicans. >> the administration has been trying to work with congress to pass an immigration reform bill for over two years. >> reporter: president obama has asked congress for $3.7 billion in emergency funds to help fix the problem. >> i th

jennifer johnson, nbc news, washingto washington. >>> there was one american. quinn seansman had dutch and american citizenship. a friend who went to high school with him tells us that he was born in new york city, but lived in the netherlands most of his life. he enrolled in business school in amsterdam last fall and moved to the city three months ago. he said his favorite quotation was i have a dream. crash victims were prom independent researchers working on hiv and aids. at least six passengers on the plane on and possibly many more were headed to the 20th international aids conference in melbourne where former president bill clinton is scheduled to speak. the loss includes the former president of the international aids society. >> this is just a terrible, terrible day for the whole h.i.v. movement. >> what if the cure for aids is on that plane? really. we don't know. sfwloop dr. anthony of the national institutes of health is one of our nation's top experts on aids. he is traveling to the conference right now. we expect to hear from him when he lands in au

nbc jennifer johnson has the latest. >> reporter: president obama today said there is clear evidence that malaysia airlines flight 17 was brought down by a surface to air missile in an area of ukraine controlled by pro-russian separatists. all 298 people aboard were killed, including an american, quinn lucas seansman, on his way to meet family members vacationing in malaysia. >> this was a global tragedy. an asian airliner was destroyed in european skies filled with citizens from many countries. there has to be a credible international investigation into what happened. >> the fbi and the national transportation safety board are sending experts to assist in the investigation. it won't be ease where i. the crash site spans over ten miles and is controlled by rebels who may have blown up the plane. >> this should snap everybody's heads to attention and make sure that we don't have time for propaganda. we don't have time for games. we need to know exactly what happened, and everybody needs to make sure that we're holding accountable those who committed this outrage. >> the u.s. ambassado

nbc jennifer johnson has the latest. >> reporter: president obama today said there is clear evidencelines flight 17 was brought down by a surface to air missile in an area of ukraine controlled by pro-russian separatists. all 298 people aboard were killed, including an american, quinn lucas seansman, on his way to meet family members vacationing in malaysia. >> this was a global tragedy. an asian airliner was destroyed i

jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> seeking at a detention center in new mexico, jay johnson said anyone crossing into the u.s. will be sent back. >> in addressing this situation, but at the end of the day this border is not open to illegal migration. and our message of those coming illegally into south texas is we will send you back. >> now since last october more than 50,000 children from central america have been caught trying to cross u.s. mexican border alone. that serge prompting criticism from the obama administration. three of america's richest men are urging congress to pass immigration reform. sheldon aidel, warren buffet and bill gates published an op-ed saying that immigration is overdue. you don't have to agree on anything and it's time that this brand of thinking finds its way to washington. >>> the u.s. is not the only country grappling with the issue of immigration. authorities of italy are dealing with migrants, including children who are traveling alone. we have that story from sicily. >> reporter: this is the home to 138 child migrants. they come from across the african continent and elsewhe

. >>> el secretario de seguridad nacional jay johnson regresa a la frontera, para trabajar en la crisis migratoria con los niÑos en la regiÓn. >>> jennifera, se une en esfuerzos en pro de la

jennifer glasse in kabul. >> pakistan's military says it's retaking control of the capital. north waziristan. 80% has been cleared of pakistani taliban fighters. nicole johnson has more. >> reporter: the main street in miranshah has seen better days much the army says the civilians left before the fighting. many will return to find their houses have been destroyed. the military says this is necessary to clear out the pakistani taliban from its hayen in north waziristan. >> engagements on the beginning of the operation, and then rockets having cleared about 80% of the area, where there is systems and where forces are clearing the areas. >> soldiers are still on the look out for fighters. more than 50,000 soldiers have been sent to the area. there are reports there could be up to 80,000. and their battle is with a smaller force, the pakistani taliban and other groups, with 60,000 fighters. they know the mountain ace terrain well and operated for years, launching attacks on forces with afghanistan and hitting military targets, airports and hotels. three weeks ago the military started an offense iagainst -- offensive against all the fighters, first here and agai

johnson's baby of the week". our first baby of the week is blythe garner. her parents jennifervice, spent as much time with your child as you can. they are only this young and innocent once. >> next is ad lynn shipp. her parents say she gives lots and smiles early in the morning. >> a baby born in rochester, new york. her name is aminah sneed. her parents say get sleep before it is too late. >> and our final baby of the week is chase thomas fisher in pennsylvania. his parents share this. don't sweat the small stuff. >> congratulations to all of our babies. the thing that drove me crazy about the kids growing up cody would leave the shoes. now because they don't live at home anymore i cherish the messes. put all the shoes you want in the entrance way. if you want to submit your pictures go to klgandhoda.com. >>> we are going to get your nails all glittered for the 4th of july. and we catch up with marilu henner. ♪ you could be using a better clinical antiperspirant. because everything can be improved. a dive into the water can be better. a night out can be more exciting. a weddi

jennifer gist live for us, thank you so much. >>> 4:15. taking down the main line take-over project. four people pleading guilty to dealing drugs at local high schools and colleges. eighteen year old garrett johnson and 18 year old read cohen pleaded guilty to misdemeanor marijuana charges. twenty-two year old will a lynn, 29 year old dominick, both pleading guilty to felony conspiracy with intent to deliver marijuana. >>> prosecutors say the two ring leaders are 18 jerold brooks, 25 year old kneel scott. investigators say the drug ring was pushing cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana, even hash oil at five main line high schools and three area colleges. yesterday's pleas are critical to the case because the four who have pled guilty have also agreed testify against the suspected ringleaders. >>> five people under arrest in connection with wild armed robbery at ceasar's casino in atlantic city. robbery happened july 21, 2 mask men stormed the casino and made off with boxes every monday i. police say, the suspects stole nearly $200,000. nineteen year old azea plumber and 20 year old duane morgan, 23 year old aaron evans, now sitting in jail. two other suspects, monique kelly, lance rogers, face charges, as

johnson also discussed president obama's request for nearly $4 billion in emergency funds, which he says is essential for dealing with this crisis. nbc's jenniferfer, welcome back. >> this morning has been particularly quiet. we haven't seen anything cross here in the rio grande valley. we've been watching here at the border and it has been quiet but that's been sort of the pattern the last week or so. the estimated numbers of people who are trying to cross here have dropped by a third. a few weeks ago, it was common to see maybe 1,500 in this entire valley area coming across in one day. in the last week, it's dropped to maybe 1,000. one day there was even just 500 apprehended here at the border. so it's definitely slowing down. why, though, that's the big question, alex. >> i know there's a lot of reasons, at least speculation, going on about that. can you tell us some of them? >> well, the most optimistic one is that they're getting the message from the u.s. it's filtering down that it's a very dangerous crossing and if they get here they're going to be warehoused and then maybe sent back. that's what they're hoping is the reason for the show

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