. >>> first lady michelle obama heads to mexico city today. it will be her first official foreign trip alone. according to the "washington post," her staff is calling this the kickoff of of the first lady's international agenda. he she will speak with elementary and university students encouraging them to become active in their communities and take responsibility for their own futures. >>> here at home, the maryland general assembly worked late into the night to approve new legislation. a ban on hand-held cell phone use is among those. mediation between borrowers facing foreclosures and their mortgage lenders if the borrower wants t a job creation initiative. and changes to to the slot machine policy to entice more bidding in western maryland. there were also several chains to the state's policy on sex offenders including lifetime supervision for those convicted of the most severe sex crimes and increasing the mandatory sentence to 15 years for people would commit serious sex phones against children sowment a quick reminder, if you want to vot

she will arrive in mexico city today and anne kornblut is the reporter for the "washington post." 're told the visit is going to include a lot of time with mexico's first lady, but can you tell us more about the significance of her visit in haiti itself? >> well, this was a trip that they can't under wraps. we only got word of it after she had landed. she's there with dr. biden. it's a great, good will gesture for the administration. she has not done any solo travel as first lady, and so to mark her big debut on the world stage, it seemed appropriate to them that she would talk to the victims and do a quick tour. >> her next stop, mexico. this has been described by some as comparable to john f. kennedy's wife and how she was welcomed like a hero. the streets were lined with literally more than a million people to greet her. she's president obama's wife will be meet wg the first lady of mexico. what do they have on tap for this visit? >> it's actually a quick trip. like 40 hours on the ground altogether. she's going to do some cultural visits. she's going to meet with children, youn

we then went to mexico city and have the countries of the western hemisphere from canada, argentina, chile, brazil and others and the resulted in a regional international consensus known as the mexico city declaration. several weeks ago we were in tokyo, japan. i've been at all of these by the way. we're again we forged an international consensus with 20 some odd countries of asia, it directly represented their. that's known as the tokyo declaration. then just this past sunday, monday and tuesday we were in nigeria with ministers from dozens of countries from africa which resulted again in a strong international consensus now mass the declaration. we will finish up in a few weeks and a meeting focused on the middle east where we will meet at the uae to forge i hope and i think another international consensus of information collection and information sharing, better technology screening at airports themselves and then we will have a global general assembly under the auspices of ikao in september. we will have, basically nine months from zero to a revised global consensus on what we ne

>> yes, sir, he's based out of mexico city, larry.sed right there. >> larry: would you say, dog, on your law experience in/around the criminal courts and endeavors that it doesn't look good for the suspect, if he can be called that? >> well, one of the main things in mexico that we don't have here, in america you have the presumption of innocence before you're found guilty. in mexico, you're guilty and you have to prove your innocence. there's no bail for murder. so if he's charged with murder, they'll hold him there. the system goes a lot faster if you are sentenced and found guilty for murder, there's no death penalty in mexico. and there's not a sentence over 50 years. they believe that's inhumane. but he's got one of the greatest attorneys there. there must be something. usually when you go to mexico, larry, when you're visiting there, you become a citizen. so they consider that a citizen of mexico was murdered. the guy probably be in jail right now unless there is some kind of evidence that, you know, they're really trying to con

we have the 11th being formed in mexico city itself. by the end of the year we will have 40 i.c.e. gents in mexico both in mexico city and in border cities along the border. again the largest presence we've ever had in any country in the history. we have six special assistant united states attorney's devoted to prosecuting border cases and border u.s. attorney's office is and i am personally committed to significantly increasing the number and we are in the process of working with the deputy attorney general to do just that. to give you some flavor of the results over the past year, we have seen in the houston office is 64% increase in drug seizures from san diego, 23% increase in drug seizures, 40% increase insert currency and in phoenix a 15% increase in criminal convictions and overall 11% increase in administrative arrests of criminal offenders along the southwest border. as welcome as they are we intend to do more. the drug-trafficking cartels remain a very serious threat to both mexico and the united states, the violence and lorna's and elsewhere in mexico. this is a fight. it

secretary of state hillary clinton recently visited mexico city where she met with leaders to revisea war on drug strategy. >> we know that the demand for drugs drives much of this i lissity trade. that guns purchased in the united states as we saw some of the examples outside, are used to facilitate violence here in mexico. and the united states must and is doing its part to help you and us meet those challenges. >> rose: several weeks ago i sat down for a discussion about latin america's new path and its implication for the united states with john coatsworth, dean of columbia university school of international and public affairs, kevin casas-zamora, senior fellow at the brookings institution and former vice president of costa rica. greg grahnin, professor of latin american history at new york university and michael shifter, incoming president of the interamerican dialogue. here is that conversation. >> rose: where is latin america today? >> latin america is in an odd point in its history. it has survived for the most part through the great recession. less damage than united states.

obama is en route to mexico city where she will continue her trip alone as first lady. her focus continues to be on the world's children. brian. >> dr. nancy snyderman in haiti for us, thanks. >>> in this country there was an emotional funeral procession today in los angeles for an lapd swat team officer killed last month in afghanistan while on marine corps reserve duty. officer robert coddle's casket was carried by horse lak to the cathedral of our lady of the angels. he earlier served two tours of duty in iraq. he was scheduled to return home just this summer to his wife and baby daughter. >>> when our broadcast continues here, testimony about the massive and rampant fraud in the mortgage business, which in this case led to the biggest bank failure ever. will everyone with constipation please report to gate 17? thank you so much. constipation's uncomfortable enough, so why take a harsh laxative? phillips' caplets work naturally with your colon... for overnight relief without cramps. phillips' caplets. yo, kev, tell them about trunatural. well, it's our 100% organic f

we have the letter informed in mexico city itself. by the end of the year we will have 40 i.c.e. agents in mexico both mexico city and in border cities along the border. again the largest presence we've ever had in any country in the history. we have six special assistance united states attorney's devoted to prosecuting border cases in border u.s. attorney's office is and i am personally committed to significantly increasing the number and we are in the process of working with the deputy attorney general to do just that. to give you a flavor of the results over the past year, we have seen in the houston office a 64% increase in the drug seizures from san diego, 23 present increase in the drug seizures, 30% increase in currencies teachers and in phoenix a 50 per cent increase in criminal convictions and overall 11% increase in administrative arrest of criminal offenders along the southwest border. as welcome as the successes are we intend to do more. the drug-trafficking cartels remain a very serious threat to both mexico and the united states fueling unacceptably high levels of vi

we have the letter informed in mexico city itself. by the end of the year we will have 40 i.c.e. agents in mexico both mexico city and in border cities along the border. again the largest presence we've ever had in any country in the history. we have six special assistance united states attorney's devoted to prosecuting border cases in border u.s. attorney's office is and i am personally committed to significantly increasing the number and we are in the process of working with the deputy attorney general to do just that. to give you a flavor of the results over the past year, we have seen in the houston office a 64% increase in the drug seizures from san diego, 23 present increase in the drug seizures, 30% increase in currencies teachers and in phoenix a 50 per cent increase in criminal convictions and overall 11% increase in administrative arrest of criminal offenders along the southwest border. as welcome as the successes are we intend to do more. the drug-trafficking cartels remain a very serious threat to both mexico and the united states fueling unacceptably high levels of vi

they are expected to arrive in mexico city later tonight. >>> when we come right back on "news4 at 5:00" tonight, it is the story that a lot of people are talking about today and the video is tough to believe. 3 year old child walks a tightrope over siberian tigers. stick around to see it and hear about it. >> that's a scary, scary story. >>> new warning for drivers. we will tell why you it may cost you more if you get caught breaking the rules of the road. >> reporter: this cute little yorkie was missing for over five months. i'm john schriffen. coming up, how the story of technology helped reunite the dog with his family. >>> there was a special thrill yesterday for some students in japan. two japanese astronauts aboard the international space station gave a musical performance for the students using a traditional japanese harp and the astronaut who played the harp graduated from the same school the students now attend. that music was certainly out of this world. >>> astronauts from the shuttle "discovery" performed their third and final space walk today outside of the space station

the 11th one is being formed in mexico city itself. by the end of the year we will have 40 i.c.e. agents in mexico, both in mexico city and in cities along the border. it is the largest presence we have never had in any country in our history. we had six special u.s. assistant attorney is devoted to prosecuting border cases. i am personally committed to significantly increasing the number. we are in the process of working with the deputy attorney general to do that. over the past year in houston we have seen a 64% increase in drug seizures. in phoenix, ariz., a 15% increase in criminal conviction. overall, and 11% increase of administrative arrests of criminal offenders along the border. as welcome as these are, we intend to do more. the drug-trafficking cartels remained a serious threat to both mexico and the u.s., feeling unacceptable levels of violence levelsjuarez and elsewhere in mexico. this is a very real, nasty fight, one that will take the results in commitment to win, but we must win it. there is no rest alternative. i.c.e. is aggressively going after the cartels and othe

she'll be the guest of the first lady of mexico, margarita sa fa la at the presidential residence in mexico city. she will speak to young people from primary school students through recent college graduates encouraging them to become active in communities and to take responsibility for tear own futures. >>> five people were taken to the hospital after this the seven-vehicle crash on northbound 95 at prince william parkway around 6:30 this morning. the interstate is back open after virginia state police closed the northbound portion for about an hour while crews cleaned up the mess. no word on what caused this crash. >>> that was one of several problems on the roads this morning. jerry edwards has an update on conditions right now. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. the midday actually looking pretty good at this hour. despite all the closures downtown. everybody seems to be dealing with them. along i-95 just in the distance, you can see construction headed on down to loudoun in the right lane. the volume very, very light indeed. so there's really no significant backups up to springfield lo

strong consensus that resulted in what is now called the tornado regulation and then we went to mexico city and have the countries of the western hemisphere there from brazil and argentina and others and that resulted in a regional international consensus known as the mexico city declaration of. several weeks ago we were in tokyo japan and i was at all of these by the way were we forged an international consensus with 20 some odd countries of asia directly represented and then just the past sunday money tuesday we were in nigeria with ministers from dozens of countries from africa which resulted again in a strong international consensus. we will finish up in a few weeks in a meeting focused on the middle east where we will meet that the view a e2 forge. >> with collection intimation sharing at the airports themselves and then we will have gone basically nine months from zero to a revived global consensus what to read nine -- need to do not only react to the press that we know exist but bill capacity to be proactively feeling the safety and security of global aviation. and there we need to d

that resulted in a regional international consensus known as the mexico city declaration.everal weeks ago we were in tokyo, japan. i've been at all of these, by the way. where we again forged an international consensus with 20-some odd countries of asia directly represented there. that's known as the tokyo declaration. and then just this past sunday, monday and tuesday we were in nigeria with ministers from dozens of countries from africa, which resulted again in a strong international consensus known as the declaration. we will finish up in a few weeks in a meeting focused on the middle east where we will meet at the uae. to forge, i think, and hope another international consensus information-collection, information-sharing, better technology screening at airports themselves. and then we will have a global general assembly under the auspices of ikao in september. we will have gone basically nine months to zero to a revised global consensus on what we need to do to not only react to the threats that we know exist but build capacity to be proactively dealing with the safety

. >> translator: we sent the tests to our lab in mexico city. are examining it now. >> reporter: as they wait for scientific evidence, detectives are building a case, focusing on bruce beresford redman's time line the night his wife was murdered. police say he was heard arguing with monica inside the couple's hotel room hours after he claimed he saw her. the coroner's report estimates she died a short time later. hotel records show that someone went in and out of the couple's room at least a dozen times between midnight and 6:00 am. two weeks later, monica's body was discovered not far from the couple's room. >> who will be voted out tonight? >> reporter: a producer for cbs' hit show "survivor," bruce beresford redman hasn't made any statements but has support from a friend and former cast member. >> this happened a week ago and they still haven't arrested him or charged him with a crime i think really tells you something. >> reporter: after accusations of infidelity, friends say bruce and monica traveled to cancun to work on their marriage. det

office, silva is a supervisor in the anti-kidnapping division of the local prosecutor's office in mexico cityyou can imagine, his disappearance has led many to think that he's become a victim of kidnapping himself. authorities have opened an investigation into his possible disappearance, but they say they're not certain that he was a victim of an aggression according to a statement. in a surprising twist to this case, officials have now confirmed that contreras was himself the target of an investigation for crimes he allegedly committed in his capacity as government employee. this investigation started to march 19th and at this point all authorities are saying is that the case against contreras has to do with possible irregularities regarding an investigation he was conducting. in any case, his disappearance is a cause for concern in a country where 60 to 70 people are kidnapped each month. whether he was a victim of kidnapping or whether he's missing or he's decided to flee because of this investigation, in either case, it can -- we are talking about a possible connection to organized crime

from here, the sisters go to mexico city, where they will meet with u.s. embassy officials and continue their push for justice. robin? >> all right, john. thank you so much. >>> joining us now, live from cancun, monica's devoted sisters, carla and gionni. and their lawyer. thank you very much. a continuing difficult time for you all. i know you are down there, as you said, over and over again. you want justice for your sister, monica. you also want to bring her body back home. how close are you to being able to do that? >> well, we did what we had to do. and we're very grateful that that's going to be accomplished. and it's very important to have my sister back where she belongs. and have the family say a good-bye. have a place for them to go so they can send the love and refer to my sister with all the love that they really -- that she really deserves in a place where she belongs. and she really loves to be. >> your brother-in-law has been told to stay in mexico. no one has seen him. do you know where he is? when was the last time you and carla had a chan

. >> reporter: the heaviest damage was in mexicali, mexico, the border city of a million people just 38 miles north of the epicenter was shaken and rolled for 45 seconds. two people were killed in the quake here, more than 200 people were injured, most being treated outside structurally unsound hospitals. hundreds of buildings collapsed or were seriously damaged. water mains broke. power lines down. people slept outside, frightened by the continuing aftershocks. "i won't go inside my house for anything" says this woman. she and her daughter now are living in their truck. >> you got buckling right there. >> reporter: just across the boarder in calexico, california, an eight block business district downtown was roped off. 80% of the businesses red tagged as unsafe. >> structural stability, that's our biggest concern. >> reporter: the shock waves rippled out from mexico, had swimming pools sloshing in los angeles 300 miles away, affecting a vast area of mexico, california, and arizona, home to some 20 million people. there have been more than 350 aftershocks. fortunately, the epicenter

secretary clinton, sec their napolitano, the directer of national intelligence and others traveled to mexico cityly to visit with the mexican government, but why is it that what we are doing now does not appear to be working, and are you as concerned as i am that this violence will not result in a peace treaty between the mexican government and the cartels? one is going to win ask the other's going to lose, and we don't know what that outcome will be right now. >> just for the record, i did not accompany them on the trip. i was suppose ised to be before this committee to testify, but it got postponed. so the deputy attorney general actually went in my place. the work of our mexican counterparts has been courageous. they have literally put their lives on the line, and one looks at the number of law enforcement officers, soldiers, civilians who have, who have, who've lost their lives in connection with this battle, it is, indeed, alarming. i spent over two hours in phoenix when i was there for the u.s. attorneys' conference speaking with my mexican counterpart, mexican attorney general about the pr

the gunman escaped and former president clinton speaking in mexico city, called for more cooperation in fighting drug traffickers. a big rig in corpus christi, texas takes a big rig on a chase. the rig was impounded after the man was caught driving with a suspended license and police finally caught up with him and had to drag him out of the front seat. and on a happier note let's take a look at sports. >> let's talk a little sports, not happy if you're from las vegas. a shocker last night in the nba and a series many thought would be a wesweep, is going to game five. kevin durant and the thunder, hosting kobe bryant and the lakers. two of durant's 22. and boy has the scoring champ come along. kobe bryant 12 points on the night. not even close, 110-89 your final and suddenly very crucial game five tuesday night in los angeles. and it's a pitcher's worst fear, getting hit in the face with a line drive before there's time to react and that's just what happened to the pirates chris after a comebacker from hussein. warning, this video is difficult to watch. so if you don't want to see it t

secretary clinton, secretary napolitano the director of national intelligence and others traveled to mexico cityvisit with the mexican government. why is what we are doing now does not appear to be working in our u.s. concerned sim that this violence will not result in a peace treaty between the mexican government and the cartels. one is going to win and the other is going to lose and we don't know what that outcome will be right now. speeches for the record i did not accompany him the trip to mexico. i was before this committee to testify but it got postponed, so the deputy attorney general actually whetted my place. the work of our mexican counterparts has been courageous. they have put literally their lives on the line and one looks at the number of law enforcement officers, soldiers, civilians who have, who have lost their lives in connection with this battle. it is indeed alarming. i spent over two hours in phoenix when i was there for u.s. attorney conference, speaking with my mexican counterparts, mexican attorney general about the progress we are making and i think progress has been made

secretary clinton, secretary napolitano the director of national intelligence and others traveled to mexico cityvisit with the mexican government. why is what we are doing now does not appear to be working in our u.s. concerned sim that this violence will not result in a peace treaty between the mexican government and the cartels. one is going to win and the other is going to lose and we don't know what that outcome will be right now. speeches for the record i did not accompany him the trip to mexico. i was before this committee to testify but it got postponed, so the deputy attorney general actually whetted my place. the work of our mexican counterparts has been courageous. they have put literally their lives on the line and one looks at the number of law enforcement officers, soldiers, civilians who have, who have lost their lives in connection with this battle. it is indeed alarming. i spent over two hours in phoenix when i was there for u.s. attorney conference, speaking with my mexican counterparts, mexican attorney general about the progress we are making and i think progress has been made

mexico. >>> belly of the beast. president obama travels to new york city to pitch financial reform to reluctant bankers. >>> and head over heels. a college baseball player somersaults his way to home plate. this is the "cbs morning news" plate. this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, april 22nd, 2010. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. i'm emily smith. thanks for joining us. i'm in for michelle gielan. the coast guard has been searching the gulf of mexico for 11 missing oil rig workers. their rig the deepwater horizon is located about 40 miles off the louisiana coast. it was struck by a powerful explosion and fire tuesday night. 126 people were on board. most were able to evacuate. 17 were injured. terrell brown has more. >> reporter: the coast guard hopes for more rescues like this one. after a fire and explosion on board an oil rig in the gulf of mexico. 115 people evacuated the platform, including several with critical injuries. but 11 workers are still missing. shane's family is praying he's safe. >> it's not even -- words can't even describe knowing that your son's out there or where he's at. >> re

obama is heading to mexico city for three days on her first solo trip overseas as the first lady. the white house says the visit underscores the deep ties between the united states and mexico. >>> and prosecutors in prince georges county, maryland, are investigating a police beating caught on tape. take a look at this. officers can be seen beating -- here in a moment. there's the university student you see circled. there's the officer that comes up with his horse. here they go. this is a university of maryland student being beaten with night sticks. it happened march 3rd during the celebrations that followed the maryland men's basketball team beating duke. a private investigator says the video was shot by another student. this just goes on and on. a police officer has been suspended. authorities tell our sister network cnn they are looking into documents police filed in the case that allege the student and another suspect hit the mounted officers and their horses. a police lieutenant tells cnn those claims, obviously, are not supported by the video. charges against both suspects,

: the quake hit about 3:40 in the afternoon pacific time, about 0 miles southeast of the city of mexicali, mexicou.s. geogical survey said most of the southern california felt that quake t it rattled windows, bloke glass, moved light fix tours in many places. no reports of deaths or injuries in california but two death were reported across the border in mexicali. sky scrapes are swayed as far away as phoenix and buildings shook in las vegas. most of the damage was in the southeast area of california in imperial valley t had people in san diego, santa barbara and los angeles on hi alert. >> every 420 square miles of our city was covered by l.a. firefighters making sure we had no damages or no injuries. so they were busy. wave got helicopters out of our air operations in van nuys that go airborne that check for our infrastructur making sure our high-rise buildings are okay, our hospitals, our universities and schools, our water supplies are good and now the firefighters are now back quartered safely within their stayings and no injuries to report. >> power outages have been reported in mexico and i

city, mississippi. >>> this morning in the gulf of mexico, a robot submarine is working to stop an oil leak at the site of that sunken oil rig. it's a growing environmental threat. 5,000 feet below the surface, the leak is pumping 1,000 barrels of oil a day into the gulf. the oil spill now covers 600 square miles, an explosion on the rig last tuesday killed 11 workers. >>> a senate hearing be held tomorrow on that deadly west virginia mine explosion. on sunday, president obama and vice president biden attended a memorial service for the 29 miners in buckley, west virginia. the president told the miners' families that he would work for safer mining work environments. >> we cannot bring back the 29 men we lost. they're with the lord now. our task here on earth is to save lives from being lost in another such tragedy. to do what we must do individually and collectively to assure safe conditions underground. >> a preliminary report says the cause of the blast was a buildup of methane gas or coal dust. >>> before he traveled to west virginia, the president was in north carolina. an armed man who was spotted

city, dallas and houston. >>> well, police in new mexico are looking into how human body parts donated to science including headssoes abcnews.com ended up in the wrong hands. the gruesome discovery is causing considerable anguish. >> reporter: on thursday medical investigators hauled out bags from biocare, some filled with bodies, others with body parts. now the daunting task begins to identify these human remains. something that could take weeks, even months if dental records aren't available. and while this medical research facility was cleared out -- >> given the nature of the crimes also taking into consideration. >> reporter: -- the owner paul montanyo faced a judge and bond was set to $50,000. he promised to cremate and return remains of those who donated their bodies to science but instead shipped them off to an incinerator. once he's out of jail he'll work to reunite families with loved one. >> we'll do whatever we can. this is a gentleman that cares very much about this situation. >> reporter: in the meantime, police are waiting to get the seven torsos and seven heads sent to kansas back to albuquerque

mexico, and the violence is escalating. good people are abandoning the border cities in mexico and fleeing further into the interior and some are fleeing to the united states to stay with relatives all because of the violence on the u.s.-mexico border. and people in this country say that the violence on the border won't come into the united states live in blissful ignorance of reality. it's already here. in the el paso sector of the border patrol in texas our agents are being targeted by the azteca hitmen for the juarez drug cartel. the azteca gang is a group of individuals who work for the drug cartel, the juarez drug cartel, and their primary admission is to enforce the ability to bring drugs in the united states. and now we understand our border patrol agents in the el paso sector are being targeted to be shot and kidnapped and murdered by these hitmen. they're after our border patrol agents. and recently -- as recently as today, we've learned that there is a $250,000 bounty on our border patrol agents for their murder and for their kidnapping. the drug cartels are putting out these hits on our border patrol agents becau

mexico border. some head west towards moscow. much more of smuggled north into the city of siberia. they call this the drug line. this is one of the major routes for afghan heroin traveling out of central asia into russia. before nato toppled the taliban regime, there was no where one here at all. the day, there is at least 30,000 drug addicts in mississippi alone. across town, at the journey home is nearly over. lord, my son. my little boy. why did you leave me, she says. >> we don't want anyone to go through what we have been through. he was under 20. drugs are held and you can see the results. -- hell and you can see the results. this woman knows nothing of the taliban or the drug war. she only knows that her son is dead. >> more than 7000 servicemen and women have been killed in afghanistan since 2001. they gave their lives, we have been told, to keep us safe by turning afghanistan into a functioning democracy. suddenly countries have started to sound unpredictable. president karzai has said that he would join the taliban. >> he has a way of testing the patience of his friends.

nogales is a city both in arizona and in mexico. so i'm right, my family is right from that area.uld not have to fear to go there and make sure i am carrying what, my congressional i.d. card, 14 affidavits from friends who know me in california and can attest to the fact that i'm a united states citizen? what you are doing is you are actually going after individual liberties when you have a law that, as our host said, clearly states, that you can stop someone because you believe they should not be in this country. what does that look like? does it look like me? is that what you're saying? >> no, congresswoman, i guess we're going to beat the dead horse, because again i've said twice and the governor said there are thresholds required and reasonable suspicion that has to be met. and the supreme court has weighed in on what those criteria are on about a dozen cases. you are not going to have officers just randomly pulling people over to check their i.d.s. >> they do that. they have done that in anaheim, california, my hometown. we had a guy who used to go around, stop somebody for a

mexico, for instance. there is a book out called "murdered city" about a place in mexico where people are murdered daily. it is grotesque. the reason they are running to the united states is because we have -- we are the cause of the tremendous crime wave in mexico. our trade policy has caused it to happen guest: what we saw -- has caused it to happen. guest: what we saw in the service -- in the survey again was that there was a shortage of skilled labor. if you look at technology in the u.s., for example, while we might not be doing manufacturing year, we are doing all of the net value added benefits here. they are doing the design, the engineering, marketing for global products here in the u.s. being able to have an environment where those types of businesses can foster a, and specifically small businesses. the window a lot of our job growth will happen because of small businesses. -- we know a lot of our job growth will happen because of small businesses. having the ability to hire workers without suffering significant costs and other things will help see the job market come back. host: that was repor

mexico are very powerful. we should not underestimate the ability to try to correct u.s. agencies, law enforcement agencies right now. we think the mexican drug cartels of operations and to enter 30 u.s. citiese of those happen to be in my in little rock and the ifill and also in 2009, the statistics indicate there were 6,500 drug war related deaths in mexico so that is a bigger number than all of the men and women that we have lost in iraq since the beginning of the war. so this is a very serious problem. it's on the border. there is a war going on on the down are not the border and in mexico related to the drug cartels. what i would like to do now is go ahead and give a brief introduction for each of the four witnesses and i appreciate you all being here and in a few moments when center in san comes if he wants to make an opening statement would be great. what we are going to do is we are going to leave the record open for a week or two weeks. i will ask the staff what they want to but we will leave the record open for the senators to couldn't be here today because of other committees and what is going on on the floor so we may have written questions we would ask you to follow upon. the fi

city. the american women's soccer team playing mexico. >> in the snow? in salt lake city. amy wombach scored the final goal and this is how she celebrate. snow angels. advantage united states against mexico in a snowstorm. there you have it. >> very good. >>> coming up -- ll cool j versus sarah palin. >> who's that? >> who's l.l.? come on. >> come on. >> you know. >> get down with us. >> there's a lot to say. >> i'm sorry. >> one of the pioneers of hip-hop and rap. >> okay. >> and a "morning joe" guest. >> a true american story. >> that's right. >> so is l.l. giving sarah palin the cold shoulder? we'll tell you about that in news you can't use. >>> first, rand paul on rejecting obama care. also, the must read opinion pages with mika. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. >> is it me or is president obama foably more confide notic since passing health care? remember, he was slumped down, dragging -- not down, but just not up, you know? i saw him today enter the white house briefing room. so different after they passed health care. show him com

city, kansas, michael, hi. hello? kansas, are you on the line? we are going to move on to albuquerque, new mexico. john, democrats. guest: i wonder what happened in kansas? anyway. i am wondering where you took all of the polling data because, because i would think the part of the country, if you are in oregon or california and you might find college football would be close to the center line between democrats and republicans but -- the next poll, i would like you to see a short two-page intelligence quotient because i long had a theory that democrats are generally much smarter than republican. if i look at this poll right here, bull riding, nascar, except for college football or above is, those are sports predominately all white people. i am wondering whether -- when we would have a black nascar driver. we have a spanish-american war a mexican-american nascar driver, and the black guy that does prognosticating. host: is this a white, male type republican thing? that we are seeing? guest: yes, there is a white male republican thing going on but on a cnn a couple of nights ago we were talking about the chart and ja

. >> the city has got to meet the challenge. >> reporter: in new mexico, a similar bill would move billions of state dollars into small banks and credit unions. >> we're going to hopefully send a message that we support the community banks and the credit unions what support our communities. >> reporter: one candidate for governor of oregon has made moving the state's money a center piece of his campaign. >> big banks have proven they cannot be trusted to act in the public's interest. >> reporter: but what's it's actually like to move your money to a local bank? on the website i found one very close to home. >> good morning. >> hi. >> reporter: it was friendly enough. >> how are you? >> reporter: and neighborly though i don't really know scott wilson. >> you live down the block from me. >> that's right. >> do you most of your banking here? >> all of it. >> i like this bank. i've been with this ban be for over 30 years. >> reporter: you're also a customer of this bank, obviously. >> yes, i am. >> reporter: you like it? >> love it. >> how much do you want? >> it's your own money. >> reporter:

police in mexico are looking for whoever threw an explosive device over the wall. the u.s. consulate and mexican border city damaged windows. the latest attack follows the shooting deaths of three people linked to the u.s. consulate last month. >>> poland is reeling from the tragic plane crash that killed its president along with numerous military political leaders. the presidential plane went down while trying to land in heavy fog. reports indicate the 26-year-old plane clipped the tops of trees as it attempted to land. joining us now former chairman of the national transportation safety board and nbc contributor. mark, i'm glad you're here. lots of questions. mark, we had the troll tower reportedly advising the plane to land elsewhere. why would the pilot attempt to land in these conditions? it was near zero visibility. >> this is a pilot who has probably seen this kind of weather condition before. there's an expectation level that he is competent enough to be able to make this kind of landing in this kind of condition. but, unfortunately, these kinds of pressures sometimes clouds the judgment of the pilo

cities to let the feathers fly. some are saying myan fairies are the reason the stage collapse in elton john concert in mexico.ened while stage getting set up. some in the community of mexico say the fairies could have been upset because their god was not asked for permission before holding the concert. that's right. here is what we are told. the myians usually perform a concert asking for permission. they didn't do in this time. upset fairies or no fairies at all. sir elton's show will go on. time now for a check of our top stories. apple's long awaited ipad releasing today nationwide the device essentially a large ipod expected to sell millions by summertime. experts saying it could change the way americans enjoy music, movies, and printed materials like magazines and newspapers. just as john paul stevens saying is he expected to retire during president obama's tenure. his departure would allow president obama to keep the balance with at least four liberal leaning justices. stevens is one of the court's longest serving justices ever with more than 34 years on the court. and on this day, 1860, the precursor t

mexico and texas. we hear juarez is the most dangerous city in the world now.ng enough for residents there, as well. >> well, you know, that's an interesting question. what should be the role of homeland security there. that whole border area, you've got different problems different places. the ciudad juarez drug cartel problem is a specific thing that is not just dangerous but deadly on a daily basis. and that needs to be dealt with one way. arizona's main problem isn't that. it's just this pretty constant flow. >> thousands and thousands of illegal immigrants flowing across the border, and as things get more dangerous south of the border, that causes -- we need to say this, first of all. a few years ago in the middle of the immigration debate, america's economy was doing very well. there were an awful lot of illegal immigrants flooding to america. that number has dropped by 15 to 20%, gene, in the past few years because the jobs have dried up. >> it has. so the flow has slowed down. and that has, you know, in a sense given arizona and the other affected areas

city and is living in the u.s. the biggest change between 2007 and now is that there is a war in mexico trending the mexican government also trend people who live along -- threatening the mexican government that also threatens the people who live along the border. look what good people will do when they're under siege. what happened in arizona is that good people are so afraid of an out of control border that they had to resort to a lot that i think is unconstitutional. it does not represent the best way forward. and it is impossible for me and then the other set -- serious democrat to get this body -- it is impossible for me and any other democrat to get his body to move to secure our borders. quite frankly, madam secretary, we have got a long way to go. but once we get there, comprehensive reform should come out, will come out, and i believe we can do it by 2012. if we are smart and we address the big elephant in the room, and that is, our borders are broken and there is a war going on that will affect the future of this issue until we get this resolved. >> may i respond to that? >> please. >> and i say this, again,

the kind of violence that we have seen in mexico from the shu doubts in the plaza, the 200 days death toll in juarez that have been converted that city into the most dangerous city in the western hemisphere we have not seen that kind of violence in the united states in terms of massive impact. we are geared to prevent that and detour the impact from coming across our border. that is not to say, senators, that we have not seen significant and disturbing trend is of increased violence attributable to organized crime activity based in mexico. we have and we do not and we take free seriously. the murder of rancher was the most recent incident in which an american citizen on our side of the border was the victim of organized criminal violence based in mexico. secateurs napolitano to production in responding to that murder. additional border patrol agents deployed in the douglas station area of the tucson sector was no immediate dispatch of air and marine and to help track suspected murderous and we have reason to believe they moved into mexico the investigation continues. not only with the sheriff in the cochise county but also federal

mexico. downpours for the dakotas, minnesota and wisconsin. thunderstorms in south florida >> around 80 today in miami, new orleans and dallas. 60s in new york and baltimore. 77 in kansas cityattle to sacramento. >>> you know, most of us break out the lawn mowers, hedge trimmers and weed killers to get rid of unwanted brush and weeds. >> in northern california they're using nature to tackle nature. more than 2,000 goats and sheep were allowed to have their way with the landscape near sacramento. a major road was shut down so they could freely gobble up as much brush as they could. >> in addition to reducing the risk of fires it was beneficial to the animal and plant ecosystems and you got built-in fertilizer. we'll be right back with more "world news now." [ female announcer ] swiffer dust & shine is the only furniture polish with febreze freshness. so your furniture is "swiffer clean"... and your home is "febreze fresh." [ doorbell rings ] swiffer gives cleaning a fresh new meaning. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money. that's why you should consider an aarp... medicare supplement .insurance plan... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. some of what m

city, the warmest april on record so far. with the jet stream that far north you don't get the wind energy. that's changed. it's dipping south. we have gulf of mexico moisture, a low coming out of the mississippi valley. we have twisting and turning with the wind. especially across mississippi and alabama today, a high threat of tornadoes. we have tornado watches out across parts of four or five states right now. some of those go through the early afternoon. there will be additional tornado watches this afternoon and this evening. dangerous. get the word out, especially if you have friends that live in mobile homes. >> we really appreciate your covering it for us. getting the word out in this situation is critical. thank you, mike seidel. >>> more now on that landmark immigration bill just signed in arizona. where nearly 500,000 immigrants reside. the new law makes it a crime for immigrants to be in the state without document. good morning again to you, jose. >> reporter: good morning, alex. some hispanic groups are discussing the possibility of creating economic boycotts around the state of arizona to try and pressure the state into realizing that

cities around the u.s. the plan is in motion. >> the revolution. >>> back with our good friend richard quest and ali velshi. ali, you've been covering this. an oil rig sinks in the gulf of mexicoll a search and rescue, but over the weekend it's going to be critical for these men and families. that is the burning platform, then it sank. one of the things we talk about as we move forward on this story is this is an amazing example of a high tech search for low-tech energy. it comes close on the heels when the president announced and endorsed more drilling. >> offshore. >> there are political ramifications of this, too, right? >> bottom line is we use a lot of oil. we use a lot of coal. you were drilling down looking at some of the numbers, the percentage of energy we consume. >> if you look, you can see petroleum powers this economy. natural gas, the second most common energy source in this country. coal 23% p. then look, nuclear 9% renewable. of everything we talk about, richard, our economic recovery is powered by very old technology and is the cheapest technology. >> it also tells us life is not risk-free. to get the economic growth we seek, there are men and women who have t

mexico, at this incident. steve liesman, what is the lone wolf saying? >> reporter: some very strong words from caps as city fed president, thomas hoenig about the need to raise interest rates. he said raising rates too late holds danger for us all. sees the economy in pretty good shape. 3% gdp growth in 2010. consumer spending is growing at a solid pace. he's saying the forces necessary for a sustained recovery are also in place. inflation, likely remain low for the next year or two. but he repeats that the extended period language has outlived its usefulness. it's no longer warranted. artificially low rates from spending over savings and otherwise distorts capital markets, holding rates ort fishlly low for an extended period encourages bubbles. the concern about bubbles runs throughout this speech, erin. the fed, he says, too often delays raising rates, leading to higher inflation. and he calls for a policy reversal while the data are still mixed and wants a fund rate. i want to give you this one quote from the speech here to give you a flavor of what's in the speech. he says, "i am convinced that the tim

of the dead kids showed up unbeknownst to the president of mexico when he came into town a couple weeks later to say he was going to fix the cityshe stood up, very poor woman. she said, mr. president, you're not welcome here. i don't want you here. if your son were killed, you'd turn over every rock in this country. then she turned her back to him and stood there which is like turning your back to god in mexico. it rivetted the whole country. she said out loud what everyone was thinking. they know better than to think it's just bad people getting killed because they know the dead. >> host: our next call comes from el paso right on the border. go ahead, el paso. >> guest: hi, dr. bowden. i was wondering what your overall opinion would be in the effect of, of these -- i'm from el el paso -- of these immigration new policies that you see in arizona. do you see those transcending into the effect of texas? that was my first question. and my second question is, also, how do you feel about the elite that's moving over here into texas, how do you feel that's going to overall affect the economy here in texas for the lower class and midd

the kind of violence that we have seen in mexico from the shu doubts in the plaza, the 200 days death toll in juarez that have been converted that city into the most dangerous city in the western hemisphere we have not seen that kind of violence in the united states in terms of massive impact. we are geared to prevent that and detour the impact from coming across our border. that is not to say, senators, that we have not seen significant and disturbing trend is of increased violence attributable to organized crime activity based in mexico. we have and we do not and we take free seriously. the murder of rancher was the most recent incident in which an american citizen on our side of the border was the victim of organized criminal violence based in mexico. secateurs napolitano to production in responding to that murder. additional border patrol agents deployed in the douglas station area of the tucson sector was no immediate dispatch of air and marine and to help track suspected murderous and we have reason to believe they moved into mexico the investigation continues. not only with the sheriff in the cochise county but also federal

mexico border, 120 miles east of san diego. a lot of damage done in mexicali and another city.len out of buildings and a number of shop windows broken out. so again, the damage still very early on. all of the assessments are coming in. two deaths have been reported inside mexico. but the good news to report this morning is no major injuries and no major damage on the u.s. side. gretchen. >> gretchen: it's interesting, my husband was flying to california laos night. his flight diverted, far reaching implications. what about the after shocks, because the experts say more could be coming. >> yeah. aftershocks, we've already experienced. a 5.2 and another and then a 4.3. there is definitely a chance for these aftershocks, although the u.s. geological survey saying there is a less than 5% chance that this particular 7.2 event would trigger a larger quake, larger than 7.2. but talk about the far reaching aspects of this in your husband's flight being diverted, you see the water sloshing around in the swimming pools. people in phoenix, arizona and las vegas felt this. the buildings in