it's laredo's red-light district. um -- i don't know exactly how to say it. i don't really know how to explain myself. i guess necessities. >> you heard what happened. how scary was that to you? >> very. i actually was asleep that night. i was going to be out here, you know, and thankfully, i was asleep. >> you were going to be out here that night? >> yeah. 'cause i'm always around here, so -- yeah. >> how dangerous is it? >> very. >> you never know whose car you're getting into. >> yeah. >> why do you do it? >> i really don't know. >> and even after what happened, you're still out here. it's dangerous. do you think you'll ever leave the streets? >> yes. >> all right, you be careful, okay? >> one of the names that had come up is claudine luera. she's a friend of melissa's who would've been also working on the san bernardo. law enforcement felt that perhaps she could have provided information on the last time that melissa was picked up. >> how did your mom react to melissa's murder? >> she was afraid. >> she was worrie

from fox business madison is live in laredo, texas. good morning. >> good morning, bill.e busiest port in the country. also the fentanyl super highway into the u.s. in this border town they don't deal with human crossings, they deal with drug crossings. fentanyl pills like these have become a problem for the town. this year alone 60 overdose deaths. a third have been confirmed to be caused by fentanyl. police believe after all the testing is return the majority will have been caused by the drug. a city has seen drug deaths more than triple in five years. the mayor says that properly patrolling the commercial traffic at his border crossing is overwhelming. >> you are thinking about 16, 18,000 trucks a day. that's something that you can't even fathom. it is too much. it's a lot of work and that requires more agents to be there. of course, you know, they are insufficient at this point. then being pulled away impacts. >> they are being pulled away because of the migrant crisis at the southern border. while a lot of attention has been paid to that, police chief here in laredo

this sport and laredo is the busiest in the united states.,000 trucks each day and while there are protocols in place, drugs still get through, the mayor tells us some have been redirected to other parts of the southern border to deal with the migrant surge we are seeing but the problem is these two types of crossings are intimately connected. >> we are talking about eagle pass, migrants going through their. we need to think about how to regain to cross new items through the ports, how that is functioning. >> reporter: the chief of explains that is the chief of police extending how the cartels are intentional with what they do and as we been discussing the fentanyl that gets to the rest of the country passes through laredo first. they've seen drug overdoses here increase 3 times in 5 years. stuart: ethics ordinary. let's bring in senator john thune. are republicans making border security the top priority? >> we are indeed. there is an effort in congress to try a national security appropriations bill that addresses issues we are dealing with t

reportera: una camioneta se estrellÓ contra supermercado de nuevo laredo, soldados detienen a los cinco la muerte de los presuntos narcos en medio de tiroteos y movimientos que segÚn la acusaciÓn indican que los militares habrÍan ejecutado a los detenidos, frente encargo de la justicia militar y de la civil. en una visita que univisiÓn investiga hizo a la prisiÓn militar algunos de los soldados acusados dijeron fuera de cÁmara que se sentÍan traicionados por el presidente andrÉs manuel lÓpez obrador por haberlo juzgado mediÁticamente. >> me informaron y ya se estÁ actuando, al parecer sÍ hubo ajusticiamiento, y eso no se puede permitir. reportero: un juez militar ordenÓ liberar a 10 de los soldados implicados, un comandante que participÓ en los hechos no se presento declarar como testigo. >> no suman las noticias, porque me parece que se trata de impunidad. reportera: enfrentan dos procesos penales, uno la justicia militar que concediÓ la liberaciÓn, otro en la justicia civil . en los Ángeles, mÓnica romero, univisiÓn. ilia: javier milei serÁ el prÓximo presidente de argentina, ayer en

the police here in laredo tell us the two are en connected.ses migrant surgeses along other parts of the country to move more drugs here in laredo. >> we've always seen the cartel as performing as a fortune 500 country, a billion dollar industry, so themselves they're talking about strategy, about goals in their own system. >> reporter: so even when there is a border surge, two hours away in eagle pass, they're on high alert here in laredo. maria. maria: unbelievable developments from the southern border, madison. thank you so much. madison alworth in texas. the federal government meanwhile now allowing nearly 3,000 illegal migrants into new york city to find work. mayor eric adams says more migrant need to be granted work permits. 5,000 have 5,000 applied for pe. joining me now new york congresswoman nicole malliotakis. congresswoman, i want to get to your bill in a moment. what's your take on the work permits? we're talking about a job situation where americans need jobs as well and yet we're opening all the opportunities up to the le -- ill

antonio, he looked at me and his eyes welled up and he said my family is under constant siege in laredo. our state is under constant siege. he said i can barely pay my bills and i'm watching the united states government leave us stranded. he said thank you for being my voice. thank you for standing up and defending me. those are the people this group represents. unapologetically. when i took -- i said a few things about whether or not republicans had anything at all, any one thing we could stand on and defend. my democrat colleagues like to make hay out of that because they leave off the important because after that which was other than to say we are just a little bit better than democrats. that is what is at stake right now. our border is wide open. i want to be unequivocally clear to the speaker of the house, to republican leadership, if the where ukraine is uttered on the floor of the house of representatives before we have secured the border, past hr 2 out of the senate with the president signing it with metrics attached, that is an utter fail by republicans. i want to be completely

. >> everybody was scared that you were showing up to laredo. may have a serial killer on our hands. >> who is this serial killer? >> it was shocking. the one that got out. >> the all new 2020. tonight on abc. abc >> easy as one, two, three. all simple as rope with me sometimes the most important lessons in life really are as easy as abc. >> one, two, three. >> they are. and as we mark american education week, danny is back with some profound observations from some of our youngest pupils. >> yeah, we took a little trip to success academy here in manhattan to ask their wise, insightful students about their thoughts on the world and how they would like to change it. what's your favorite thing in the world? >> spending time with my family. anytime family and friends. >> your family and friends. >> basketball and my family. i love my parents because they're the ones that take care of me and, like, make sure i'm clean. i have food, and i drink water. >> i feel like a bad kid. i haven't thanked my family enough . >> i mean, you could pay the money. >>

there was a there's a group in laredo, texas that, that they were claiming to have as a sort of a secret technique to, to direct the energy beams into the clouds and make it rain in the dry area, mexico, texas. and it turns out that there was really nothing to it, and it was not, it was not secret of a, but it was proprietary, and some people are making some money. but the, the low county, they wanted the government. so those cities that were suffering from drought to pay for it, and so it didn't become much of anything. thank you so much, professor of james lemayne for all your time today. and it has been a monumental step for humans to be able to control mother nature. but perhaps control is too strong of a word metal and tweak mother nature for the time being. countries that need to boost agricultural production or improve the living standards of the people would absolutely benefit from cause eating. it could improve food security, we do sprouts and even potentially stave off natural disasters. but on the other hand, mother nature is a tricky beast, attain, and she could retaliate wit

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there was a, so there's a group in laredo, texas, that's where they were claiming to have us a sort of a secret technique to, to direct the energy beams into the clouds and make it rain in the dry area, mexico, texas. and it turned out that there was really nothing to it then it was not, it was not secret of a but it was proprietary and that some people are making some money. but the, the low count, they, one of the governments. so those cities that were suffering from drought to pay for it, and so it didn't become much of anything. thank you so much, professor of jim fleming for all your time today. it has been a monumental step for humans to be able to control mother nature. but perhaps control is too strong of a word metal and tweak mother nature for the time being. countries that need to boost agricultural production or improve the living standards of the people would absolutely benefit from cause eating. it could improve food security, we do sprouts and even potentially stave off natural disasters. but on the other hand, mother nature is a tricky base to team. and she could retali

from new york to washington, d.c, 81 and laredo. >> coming up, the high end brothels and their wealthyents allegedly busted by the feds. >> also ahead, saving money at the gas pump. the big break for some drivers depending on where you live. >> and later, the fda approves a new weight loss drug, but what will i >> we love you all. >> good morning, america. >> here's some good news for most drivers across the country. gas prices are plunging below $3 a gallon in at least eight states across the south, thanks in part to falling oil prices. the national average is still around 340 a gallon. several states in the west are paying far more due to other regional factors. >> federal authorities say they have busted a high end brothel network. they say the clients were among some of the most powerful people in the entire country. federal investigators say the network of brothels for ultra rich clients operated out of the boston area and the washington, d.c, suburbs. >> this commercial sex ring was built on secrecy and exclusivity . >> we catering to a wealthy and well connected clientele. >> th

while agents in the laredo sector arrested a group of migrants, look at these pictures closely, carpetsoles of their shoes in an effort to avoid leaving footprints behind to not betrayed. but it did not work. 11 people were taken into custody. >> john: they try anything they cannot to be detected, but the border patrol is up to the task. casey, thank >> we still think gasoline prices are high and the consumer is paying more than they should. we'd like to see it lower. just where we are right now, in the kind of geo politics that we have, remember, there's a conflict in the middle east with rockets lying where oil is produced. yet we've been able to work with our allies, work with partners and producers. >> sandra: the biden team taking a victory lap on gas prices dropping. phil, great to have you here. we'll put it on the screen. gas prices under this president. put the facts out there. when this president took office, first day, $2.39. did run up to 3.61 last year. down from them. almost a full dollar higher. should they be touting this drop? >> they absolutely should not, sandra. as

and he wounded with this seeping for from the the mother mission in laredo in baja, california. and he walks north and. he meets up with the contingent of really it's tiny a hundred spanish soldiers and a fanatical cross the border at san diego and some come by sea the come i and epa people who are the local people in san diego are appalled at this invasion there a little bit curious by the fancy gold crosses but mostly they're watching these especially the two ships keep unloading dead sailors. so this isn't a very impressive, attractive conversion moment. the spanish come though. so the soldiers were dead because of the terrors, the travel not not because they were assassinated. no, they weren't assassinated and died in route they died in route from disease and hunger and malnutrition and so the first thing the come i see these dead bodies being unloaded from the ships not so persuasive. the spanish come under orders to expand the spanish empire into california. they have two goals. the first goal is to stop the russians who are coming from the north. nothing i learned at hami

we partnered with a wonderful physician practice in laredo, texas serving the border community. a wonderful position who served at pine ridge indian reservation one phone call just in my home town of rock springs, wyoming i agree few completely nih research has to reach everywhere there are many, many centers of great excellence that we should have the ability to engage for. >> my next questions a lot tougher one. doctor you and i both protect very honored profession. when i think about the horrors of medicine the great horrors of medicine, the things we got wrong you think of bloodletting. i am afraid that 100 or 200 years from now those same historians are going to go back and compare irreversible mutilation of adolescents for transgender surgery, irreversible and giving them irreversible medications is going to buy those two wars are going to be talking about for the going talk about bloodletting and the fortification of disfiguring surgery for people 80% of them in a couple years once they have hormones of their own are going to sate maybe that wasn't a good idea. before you

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. >> everybody was scared that you were showing up to laredo.ne that got out the all new 2020 building, a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. >> this is abc7 news. >> good morning on this friday. i'm reggie aqui from abc7 mornings and here's traffic with jobina. >> thank you, reggie. good morning, everyone. so we are going to check in starting with our maps right now and zooming in to san francisco where we're following a new crash on northbound 101 before cesar chavez. you can see we have a backup extending past to 80. now, we will end with a live picture at the san mateo bridge, which has been one of our more congested spots this morning in the westbound direction. hey, drew. hey, jobina. >> we are dry this morning, but we will see more in the way of rain this afternoon on the abc. seven storm impact scale. it is a level one later on today for those showers and some downpours from our east bay hills camera. it's partly cloudy out there. clouds will thicken as the day goes on and we'll find those showers mainly between, say, two

la ciudad de laredo declarÓ el 29 de octubre, el dÍa de jennifer lozano, en honor a ella, tras convertirseel cuarto lugar. clasifica su segundo puesto en la tabla de conductores detrÁs de su compaÑero, verstappen. julio con los detalles. julio: quÉ gusto saludar los con la informaciÓn deportiva mÁs importante hasta el momento. arrancamos en el fÚtbol de espaÑa. el cÁdiz recibÍa al real madrid, que con este hombre que hizo un autÉntico golazo para abrir el marcador, rodrigo ponÍa en ventaja al conjunto merengue, y si no les gusta el primero, aquÍ estÁ el segundo. y para terminar, bellingham, el hombre que siempre aparece. asÍ que real madrid tres, cÁdiz 0. estamos en italia, uno de los partidos marcados en el calendario, juventus contra el inter. el conjunto local ganaba 1—0, pero despuÉs aparece lautaro martÍnez, 1—1, y al final, si terminÓ el partido. estamos en el cierre de temporada de la fÓrmula uno. pÉrez se perdiÓ el podio en una sanciÓn muy polÉmica, inclusive el piloto mexicano manifestÓ su descontento despuÉs de este toque ante no responda al final, termina cuarto a pesar de que c