bite: lino sosa, primer comandante bomberos, nuevo laredo: "perdimos un menor, el tio lo traía en lase al rio, le gano la fuerza del agua al menor y lamentablemente fallecio". varias historias de terror se viven en este lugar todos los días, los motivos para migrar son muchos, el sueno, solo uno: cruzar la frontera. bite: brayan, menor migrante hondureño: "yo siempre he sonado de estar en los estados unidos y hacer otra vida mejor, los rescatistas de nuevo laredo se ubican a 10 minutos de la orilla del rio bravo, en este lapso, todo puede pasar. bite: lino sosa, primer comandante bomberos, nuevo laredo: "lamentablemente si hay partes muy difíciles para nosotros intentar llegar rápido a la emergencia donde se encuentran estas personas" a muchos se les hace fácil aventuirarse a ests aguas, pero la mayoría, ignora los riesgos. hoy fue rescatado un cuerpo mas. bite: ulises ochoa, proteccion civil nuevo laredo: se localizo el cuerpo al seguir monitoreando el rio, se trajo a tierra para que el ministerio publico se encargue, ya lo reconocieron los familiares. stand up, paola figueroa, repo

track 4 pero nuevo laredo no es la nica ciudad limtrofe donde ocurre este fenmeno; ya sea obligados oo al sur de las fronteras mexicanas, se han registrado un aumento en el nmero de menores trabajando en las calles... todo esto mientras en estados unidos sigue generando debate la crisis humanitaria por los niÑos migrantes. en mxico, mario bernal... telemundo lorena/ots en honduras ocho personas murieron este fin de semana cuando un hombre abri fuego en un bar ubicado en tegucigalpa... take vo dos menores figuran entre las vctimas y otras siete personas resultaron heridas..la polica dice que se trata de un enfrentamiento de pandillas... honduras tiene el ms alto ndice de homicidios en el mundo y la violencia de pandillas ha sido una de las causas por las que la gente huye a estados unidos... juanfra/topvo mientras la violencia continua en gaza un grupo de venezolanos se reuni este sbado para hacer juguetes y enviarlos a la zona de guerra... la muestra de solidaridad fue hecha por un grupo de artesanos que fabric mil juguetes para los niños de palestina.. desde que israel inici su ofens

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i was down in laredo and i'm begging the congressmen to go down there and look at what is going on. the kocounties are flooded with the children. they can't afford it, mcallen and laredo and the cities and the counties are not wealthy counties, and they cannot afford it. it is going to flood the school system, and you have to add a new spanish teacher and translation system, and not the mention the health risks, because the kids have come over here not exactly being seen by the doctor thes regularly. >> and it is not just texas, because the children are being shipped all over the country. ja niece, do you agree with john? >> well, i agree with john that we need congress to do its job, and do pass the legislation with the funding they needed. those counties are in need of assistance, although they have assistance in place, and what is important to tell the viewers is that we are respecting the laws that are in place since 2008, because we have laws towith the. 50,000, 60,000, and whatever the nu number is, we are talking about a population that you can fit in dodger stadium or rfk st

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operativos conjuntos entre socorristas mexicanos y la patrulla fronteriza las autoridades de nuevo laredoricanos. >> confirmaron que son las cartas escritas por pablo escobar a principio de los 90 un estudio revelÓ que el capo las escribiÓ de su puÑo y letra la mayorÍa para sus abogados y detalla las condiciones para entregarse, aclara que no se somete a un simple proceso de rendiciÓn exige garantÍa de que no serÍan extraditados y propone la construcciÓn de una finca cÁrcel. las 9 cartas son parte de la investigaciÓn del homicidio hace 25 aÑos del candidato presidencial luis carlos deba lane. >> lamentable tragedia rodea al papa francisco, su familia y sobrinos y bebitos sufrieron un accidente de auto en autopista de argentina, los niÑos y la mamÁ murieron mientras tanto el papÁ se debate entre la vida y la muerte tenemos mÁs detalles desde buenos aires. >> incrustado en la parte de atrÁs del camiÓn el automovil estÁ no conocible. >> nadie puede explicar como el sobrino del papa francisco impactÓ de esta forma sobre esta parte. >> colisiÓn en la parte trasera de un camiÓn que se dirigÍa e

colley juarez and laredo nuevo. all of these are in different parts of the border and that's one way of putting, gathering information. other colleagues give detail, qualitative interviews in which they spent long hours listening to people tell their stories about being snatched in the united states going through the deportation experience and being in detention and then deported to an area in mexico that they had never been before work cartels were operating. there's a whole range and will go into that as we go along but they're a whole range of methods and ways we have tried to capture, to listen, to listen to what is happening so the approaches to learning based on his careful questions but even more careful listening. >> thank you. i know there are questions and topics that emerge during this particular panel was the border images. and what challenges writers face while working in the field to accurately represent the border in the border regions on national mainstream media. what are some of the opportunities t

100 diarios provocando la disminuciÓn de los centros de detenciÓn en la casa del migrante de nuevo laredoeres venÍan muy pocas, 1 a 2 ahora un poco mÁs de mujeres, tenemos de 4 a 5 mujeres o hasta 8 mujeres actualmente no tenemos niÑos era raro que hubiera niÑos en la casa ahora siempre hay niÑos. >> el gobierno ha cerrado albergues en texas por la reducciÓn de llegada de niÑos migrantes en mÉxico los albergues estÁn saturados. >> hemos tenido mucha demanda en cuestiÓn de estancia. hemos pedido ayuda a protecciÓn civil de colchones, hay ocasiones que no tenemos dÓnde dormir. >> segÚn expertos una de las razones del contraste es como se ha reforzado la soria de la frontera y se desplazaron 1000 hombres de la guardia nacional para proteger el sur de texas los inmigrantes centroamericanos estÁn más temeroso de cruzar se estacionan mÁs tiempo los albergues con esperanza de que la situaciÓn cambie. >> gracias la organizaciÓn denominada manteniendo a las familias unidas celebrÓ en nueva york en lo que activistas pro inmigrantes una reuniÓn en la participaron activistas pro inmigrantes y persona

laredo, texas, peter on the republican line. caller: yes, sir. thank you for receiving my cail -- call. i just want to say here in laredo we've always had a problem with illegal immigrants for the last 50 years. drugs, corruption, you name it. when you talk about central america and mexico, you are talking about failed goferts that are corrupt, you want papers, you got the money, you can get any kind of paper. if you're a criminal emement and you end up here in the united states, basically here on the american side, everybody in laredo due to the violence, we've got every criminal element that there is on earth basically. >> has the situation gotten worse there in laredo over the last 10, 20 years? >> oh, yeah. about five years ago on the property next to my parents' house they own, the dog had flushed like 40 illegal aliens about 11:30 at night. the police wouldn't do anything about it. neighbor was a moving wetbacks, as we normally used to call them back in the 1950's, and i think i.c.e. finally got hold of them. we are up to our necks in probl

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it's a tragedy what's happened in nuevo laredo, one of the mideast beautiful cities on the border is now a -- one of the most beautiful cities on the boarder is now a ghost town because of the crime. it is our core value to respect the law, to enforce the law work a kind heart and common sense. . by trust our national garnedsmen to use their good hearts and common sense as americans to distinguish between the widow and her child who is escaping a terrible situation at home. we are trusting the good hearts and good sense of our immigration officers to know the difference between a tattooed criminal and a drug dealer and a smuggler, and the child who has come here innocently brought up on the -- in the troughs the president of the united states has made inviting them up here. it's a tragedy for them. it's a tragedy for our border communities. it's a tragedy for the country to let these folks come into the country. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. culberson: this is a law enforcement issue. it's a law enforcement bill. i encourage a yes vote. the speaker pr

ya con 32 semanas de gestacion , la futura madre toma un descanso en un albergue de nuevo laredo,,,,sabenuar con su travesia.auunqu e muchos tratan de desalentarla contandole sus experiencias o ensenadole noticias como esta que da cuenta de la muerte de dos hombres que intentaron cruzar la garita de san ysidro escondidos en una cajuela. stand=jazive perez/ciudad de mexico inq=..según la versión oficial, los dos mexicanos fueron encontrados en un compartimento oculto del vehículo ..estaban inconscientes y fueron trasladados a un hospital, pero más tarde ambos perdieron la vida. pero ni aun asi esta hondurena piedre el animo de seguir su camino,..quiere que su hijo nazca en territorio estadounidense y esta dispuesta a arriesgar la vida de ambos.. super=delmis leticia cruz/migrante hondurena inq=."pero a la misma si me pregunto embarazada, me toca mi parto, mi dieta quien me va a dar todo eso, pero igual si estoy aquí también lo mismo me da, ósea corro el mismo riesgo, entonces si quisiera cruzar ojala y dios me ayude y que tenga la fe que dios me tiene que dar ". por que cualquier cosa es

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. >> i am from laredo. the last dorm was david letterman. likeeli or like -- is he -- or like. or even colbert. what am i supposed to say? letterman is kind of a useful hero. he is actually a real reader who has been nothing but nice to me and my books. i've nothing but kind thoughts for the man. which makes a terrible story. [laughter] he helps me sell my books. terrible story. i write nonfiction see have to tell the truth. thank you for driving. the rest of you probably wrote your hippie bikes here. bikese your hippie here. >> when you are coming up with an idea for the next thing you want to work on, do you come up with a bunch of ideas of when speaks to you or your are you sitting around thinking that is it? >> yep. [laughter] i do not have my next idea. i ensure i have a million ideas every day, almost all of them lame at this point. you know it when you see it. the last but, my one about the i had always wanted to write about the puritans. who doesn't? love john winthrop. i have been thinking about them for a wild. writing therted book after the sermon that was read at ro

sunny and hot. 97 oklahoma city this afternoon. 99 in laredo. we'll continue to see the hot temperatures into labor day. hot and dry in the desert southwest. yuma, 113 yesterday, one degree short of a record. right back up to 110 today. the cool spot in the northwest. cool and cloudy there. but a reminder, there's a severe weather threat in the >> paula and dan, back to you. >> thank you. >>> coming up on "gma," tackling trouble. police are investigating the college football star who lied about rescuing his drowning nephew. was he involved in domestic violence? >> a lot of questions this morning. >>> and on a lighter note, three decades after the movie first came out, why the "ghostbusters" are causing a frenzy this weekend. >>> and the lawnmower man. a side of matthew mcconaughey you have never seen before. all the details up ahead in "pop news." >> breaking "pop news." >> breaking "pop news." [ indistinct conversations ] honey? what's our son doing in the bennett family portrait? [ husband ] i don't know. [ laughter ] hey buddy? thanks! huh! [

. >>> and the front line of the border crisis is laredo, texas. the mayor is here.e to see you. >> nice to see you. >> how big a problem is this? >> it is a problem. you know, we are facing security issues and help issues. this is a federal issue and puts us in a situation where we have to go into our local municipal budget. it's strainful because we are going through hard times as it is. we have not received any money, so far. i know congressmen presented legislation where the cities will get reimbursed. right now, we have a security problem. we use law enforcement to augment border patrol. when you talk health issues, we don't know if the kids coming from central america or mexico are inoculated. that presents a serious issue. we have to use the health department. we have limited resources. but, if we are going to work on this crisis on this problem, we need the federal government to step up and give us money. so far, we have not receive add dime. >> what do you make of the dime they are going home. for some reason, this gets me. they call a crisis, then all take

they drive to new orleans and out through laredo, texas oh, another thing i found this those files was a postcard from waco, texas, from bonhoeffer. 4,000 miles driving in six weeks, 1200 miles on mexican train as, and they're coming back to new york. when they get to new orleans, instead of retracing their route or as we saw route back to new york from chicago, they make a decision to turn the car due east and to drive right into the heart of the jim crow south in 1931. and so i, with a geographer, i reconstructed with old maps and so forth in the trip from new orleans, they would have gone -- this may not mean anything to you -- through slidell, pick a -- picayune, pattiesburg, birmingham, tuscaloosa. they drove within 20 miles of scottsboro, alabama, the same month in the spring of 1931 that seven young men were being tried in a lynch mob environment for allegations of rape and a crime. in the scottsboro boys' case. they drove up through new york. and it would make a wonderful story. bonhoeffer became -- during that road trip, he became if not then, very deeply inclined towards paci

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it will directly effect the constituents of congressmen from laredo, texas. you are a democrat.e the district. are you in favor of it or no? >> first of all, we would have had a bipartisan reform. i think the home and security secretaries have given some advice to where you can go. i do know he has a very limited contour that you have to work with. he does have to repeat what he can do. stuart: congressmen, you know where i am coming from here. if the president did have to react without congress, what would you say to that? i know your district is heavily hispanic. you are right there on the border. what would you say? are you for it or against it? >> again, it depends on what he does. if he goes outside and tries to do a full comprehensive immigration reform, i disagree. >> okay. i just want to break into a different subject for a moment. josh ernst said there is a plan to raise the terror threat level here. the british are raising their terrorist threat level. they did that an hour ago. david cameron went in front of the public in britain. what do you say about this? we are no

deposits in small amounts in anonymous fashion, where the money is deposited in chicago and withdrawn in laredo and into new mexico. we have had many, many seizures and ceased bank accounts to stop that transfer of wealth. we are continuing to refine our enforcement policies and procedures. last year, we removed 350,000 people around the globe. but of those, 59% were convicted criminals. t's an 89% increase from 2008. targeting what i'll say is the folks that present the greatest reats to border security and safety is a key at i.c.e. we arrested 15,000 fugitives and those who continue to re-enter the united states after having been removed. and just note, we will cont to work with the hill and our law enforcement partners to further refine those initiatives to make sure we have detention space that suits the varied population we are seeing and making sure when we make those criminal arrests, we have the resources to investigate and puerto rico all those who seek to do the united states harm. with that, i'll leave it there. >> just a special thank you to john wagner, he found out yesterday late

the united states in an anonymous fashion, where the money is deposited in chicago and withdrawn in laredo and into mexico, the organization's hands. we have seized hundreds of bank accounts to essentially stop the illicit transfer of wealth. on the ero side we are continuing to refine our enforcement policies and procedures. last year we removed over 250,000 people around the globe. of those, 59% were convicted criminals. 2008.an 89% increase from folks who-- the present the greatest threat to border security and public safety is a key focus of ice. just in our crosscheck initiatives, we have arrested 15,000 fugitives and those who -- it is a key part of our structure. we will continue to work with the hill and our law enforcement partners to further refine those initiatives to make sure that we have space for our enforcement mission that suits the very population we are seeing. and when we make those roughly we000 people every year, have the resources to investigate and prosecute the from around the world those organizations that seeks to do the united states harm. i will leave it there.

i've seen the women and children sleeping on the floor of a bus station in laredo. i've seen motherless infants being cared for by my straminger who is around and i've seen the children who are alone in detention facilities in mcallen, texas, and i've seen the 1rks200 children being sheltered at lackland air force base in san antonio. most disturbing of all, i've heard the stories about the most god-awful journey anyone should ever have to experience. we're here today because we have a responsibility to stop this crisis. the president has failed to lead, so i firmly believe this chamber must act. doing nothing is not an option. since june when the speaker asked me to lead a working group to provide policy recommendations on what we can do to address the crisis, i've been to the texas-mexico border twice and led a co-dell to guatemala and honduras to see where the children are coming from and why. i'll be returning to the border tomorrow for a third time the members of the working group dove head first into this issue to understand this crisis and provide recommendat