an 11 year old boy has shot dead a gym teacher and wounded 5 peoples at a school in northern mexico before turning his weapon on himself authorities say the boy was armed with 2 guns when he opened fire in the city of tokyo on. the international olympic committee has issued new guidelines that will ban athletes from kneeling in protest or making any kind of political statement at this year's games in tokyo the committee says those who break protest rules will face a disciplinary action but athlete support groups say silencing participants should never be tolerated. over 50 years ago american sprinters tommie smith and john carlos famously did the black power salute at the olympic games in 1968 bringing attention to the then plight of african-americans in the u.s. in recent years there has been a rise in political activism by athletes most notably call them kapur nick and megan rapinoe last august 2 u.s. athletes were placed on probation for 12 months for ensign ants at the pan american games in peru considered by some to be a warning ahead of the tokyo olympics international olympic commit

half of all married women say they have been subjected to abuse by their husbands one city in northern mexico has set up a dedicated police unit that's hackle violence in the heart they told us is reports from cedar on the u.s. border. that any any particle is a policewoman in the mexican border city of what if. she's part of a special task force designed to eliminate domestic abuse we respond to emergency calls we get at least a dozen of them in a single shift out of. the 1st order of the day is interviewing witnesses what is has a 1000000 residents and the highest rates of violence against women in all of mexico over 100 women were murdered here last year alone and yet he suffered domestic violence at the hands of her ex-boyfriend so she has a special sensibility toward other abuse survivors such as this 15 year old girl whose partner is 17. with this gift of every level of argued about his behavior he's very aggressive suddenly started beating me up pulling my hair and strangling me. by the time and yelling and her colleagues arrived he's long gone the officers can't arrest the offender bu

from northern mexico because her parents had passed away and she never finished elementary school but she worked. she raised her mother a sneak single parent. if my mom raised my brother and me a sneak single parent two. we grow up and will proud products of the public school at texas. [applause]. we had the opportunity to go to college and go to law school and we went together because i can't get rid of my brother. [laughter]. and then go back home and be the first in a family to be professional attorneys and going to public service if my brother went into state legislature. i would his city count canceled became mayor of our hometown of san antonio texas. [applause]. and just think that only two generations after grandmother like of a lot of your family members. where they came from, died with all of us nothing. two generations later, would her grandsons and they only two grandkids. one of her grandsons is representing the neighborhood she grew up in a sneak congressman for the 20th and go news district of texas texas. [applause]. and caring the congressional hispanic caucus. [appla

an 11-year-old boy has shot dead a gym teacher and has wounded five pupils at a school in northern mexicofore turning the weapon on himself. authorities say the boy had two guns when he opened fire. germany's green party is marking its 40th anniversary and they. -- and that they have a lot to celebrate. what began as a protest movement has now become part of the country's political mainstream. recent opinion polls show the party is the second strongest political force in the country. correspondent: a birthday party with the german president. 40 years ago, this would've been unthinkable. now frank-walter steinmeier is there toto honor the former rebels. >> the greens haveve changed the country, and the country has changeged at the greens. germanany has become more e oped didiverse, more e humane and mon in the last 40 years. correspondent: the greens were a creation in the conservative germany of 1980. environmentalists and animal-rights activists, feminists and peace lovers, the slogan was strident, pro-peace and pro-women. just three years later and they had a presence in parliament. the

the 11 year old school boy has killed his teacher and injured 6 other people in a shooting in northern mexico the boy then turned the gun on himself local officials say the boy asked to go to the bathroom returned with 2 firearms and began shooting the motive for the killing and how the child obtained the weapons so far are clear. elsewhere a standoff has been unfolding in the chill a in the capital santiago riot police used water cannon and tear gas to force back crowds of protesters there on arrest has been simmering since october and it was sparked by a hike in subway fares spiraled into a movement against growing inequality. and other news the u.s. aviation authority has proposed a $5000000.00 fine on boeing for allegedly putting defective parts into its 737 max planes internal memos from the company have been really suggesting stuff we're aware of numerous problems with the aircraft but failed to alert inspectors. i still haven't been forgiven by god for the covering up i did last year would you put your family on a mac. simulated trained aircraft i wouldn't know this airplane is designe

an 11—year—old student has opened fire in a school in northern mexico, killing a teacher and injuringhe incident happened at a private school in the city of torreon. it was not immediately clear what his motives were. in australia, there's been a welcome reprieve for those fighting bushfires as the weekend began with milder conditions on the country's east coast. it comes after an arduous night for firefighters who tackled an increase in blazes thanks to sudden strong winds. authorities in new south wales now say they expect at least a week of milder weather. clovers with some of the states firefighters in the town of cooma. we the main rural fire service headquarters here in the town. lots of personnel, milling around. it has been a busy night for them along with the military, some army reserves have been here as well. everyone feeling a little bit more confident about the next few days. the fear in the night was that very strong winds, in excess of 800 kilometres an hour along with high temperatures were going to cause more problems, put more people's lives in danger and indeed a nu

i mean year old boy was shot dead a gym teacher of wounded 5 pupils at a school in northern mexico before turning the weapon on him self with orses say the boy was on 2 guns when he opened fire in the city of tottenham. germany's green party is marking its 40th anniversary i may have a lot to celebrate what began as a protest movement has now become part of the country's political mainstream recent opinion polls show the party is germany 2nd strongest political force. a birthday party with a german president 40 years ago this would have been unthinkable now frank. is there to honor the former rebels. going on doesn't offend the greens have changed the country and the country has changed the greenside germany has become more open and verse more humane and more than the last 40. the greens were an exotic creation in the conservative germany of 1980 environmentalist and animal rights activists peaceniks and feminists the slogan strident anti nuclear propane east and pro women. just 3 years later and the greens had a presence in parliament their culture worlds apart from the other parties. fi

we are hearing about a possible case in australia fan one in northern mexico.nited airlines said two passengers had to be taken off a flight possibly with coronavirus. china is not known for france parent i. -- transparency. so as president trump says, let's not panic just yet. lou: there is no need for panic. but what appears to be newfound transparency on the part of the chinese government in comparison to the way in which they have dealt with previous outbreaks. dr. fauci being particularly complimentary of the chinese for doing so. there is an sun confirmed -- there is an unconfirmed case in france. the outbreak began in chain pa bacchina backin december. reporter: they didn't alert the who of the outbreak of the sars disease. but we had the spread of social media and it's hard to hide from the people of china. when it's concentrated in the hands of one individual you have government officials within the local level and afraid to make mistakes. so they don't do anything or say anything. and there are concerns they may be hiding something. lou: susan li, tha

war in the government previously estimated as it has gone home and has more from sin a lower in northern mexico. the beginning of another day for isabel looking for her son you'll see garcia she's turned a home into the headquarters of the search for him and others in similar lower mexico this is somebody. this is a father and son these ones are brothers the disappeared this one is my son across the country there are many more disappeared 61000 by the government's new estimate victims of rival criminal groups and even authorities every weekend is a bell and other women who have joined together and called themselves sub wessels get ahead as warriors sniffer dogs go out to look for them they have rudimentary tools to check for bodies under the soil now let's be made up but i think we sniff to see if it's got any strange smell when you find a body and you smell it it burns itself into your mind you'll never confuse that smell with any other. they say they've had to carry out the search by themselves let the mother say the last 2 years of my life have been passed off it for me my life just flipped

he decided i'm not going to be known for giving away territory in northern mexico so i'd rather defeate texans and claim modern-day texas then make a negotiating settlement. >> when we come back, why this group of texans that included davy crockett felt they had no choice but to fight, literally to the death for their c independence and how the mexican army led by santa anna responded. the mexican army led by santa ana responded. ♪ ♪ >> the fight begins. in the early 1830s texas happened to be an independent state in mexico. that changed when general santa anna took power. he immediately shelved liberty,c which was the cue for the company to break away. annexation to the u.s. government not really in the cards, even though now president andrew jackson and former president thomas jefferson were convinced texas came along with the louisiana purchase. these guys we're on their own and they were ready to fight. and they were ready to fight. early on too, they had nothing but success. >> would you think the truth is? was texas actually in the louisiana purchase? >> it's a great question. i

mexico says there might be a suspected case in northern mexico.his virus, this disease continues to spread across borders. already confirmed in japan, south korea, thailand, taiwan as well and one here in the u.s. stuart: the president said this morning it is under control because we are taking measures at airports. susan: we have airport screenings which will be added to atlanta, chicago, on top of lax, san francisco and jfk. here is map off the cases. i heard from the cdc on the call yesterday. they are encouraging precaution and concern, but it is not panic. it is not what you heard during the ebola virus or sars epidemic back in 2002. they're funneling all flight from wuhan in china through five airports with extended screening of passengers coming through, to make sure they don't have symptoms of coronavirus. stuart: this news has not affected your money like yesterday. we're still up 100 points. thank you, susan. >>> jeff bezos' personal phone was hacked. the u.n. suggests that israeli spyware may have been used to carry out the hack. that i

brother and my grandmother, and my grandmother had come over to the united states in 1922 from northern mexico because her parents have passed away. she never finished elementary school so she worked as a maid, a cook, and a babysitter she raised our mother as the single-parent, and my mom raised my brother and me as a single-parent, too too. we grew up and we're proud products of a public school from texas. [cheers and applause] we had the opportunity to go to college and go to law school we went together because he can't get rid of my brother. and then to go back home and be the first in a family to be professionals as the attorneys, and then go into public service, my brother went to the state legislature. i went into the city council, eventually became mayor of her hometown of san antonio, texas. [applause] and just to think that only to make generations after our grandmother got here, like i bet a lot of your family members did, wherever they came from, you would almost nothing, that two generations later one of her grandsons, she only had to make grandkids, one of her grandsons is repres

well, it's a tragic story. 13-year-old oscar lopez traveling back from the christmas holidays in northern mexicoother were ambushed along a remote mexican highway just south of the border. this is very typical this time of year where families are crossing back and forth to visit relatives on both sides of the border. those roadways are used to seeing this traffic where people are making the driver. this family was from oklahoma. according to state authorities in mexico, they were ambushed along the road. men jumped out of the car and started firing at them. the 13-year-old boy was killed, and the gunmen fled from the scene in a separate vehicle. >> ed, please stay on that for us. what a tragedy there. >>> new details from the administration on their claims behind what they say was an imminent threat that led president trump to order the killing of general qassem soleimani. crihristiane amanpour joins us next. is found in more fridges than anyone else, because it's the taste you count on. make every sandwich count. ♪ ♪ ♪ everything your trip needs for everyone you love. expedia. but when we found

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the second case confirmed in the city of hong kong, one in macao and one possibly northern mexico. we yesterday heard from the cdc here in the u.s. confirming the first case of coronavirus, a man in his 30s, from wuhan, traveling to seattle in good condition. this is something about containment. and this is stopping speed of spread. connell: that one case, seattle area, as you say man in his '30s, anything else there u.s.wise? susan: united airlines reported two passengers have been pulled off a plane for monitoring for possibly coronavirus. as you see on the map here, looks like airport screenings have been expanded to five. san francisco, los angeles, atlanta, added yesterday to jfk. they want to funnel all of those flights from the chinese city of wuhan past these five airports. so everyone is screened for those symptoms. we also by the way heard from president trump in davos. he says that, right now the american public should not be worried. >> not at all. i don't think they should be worried. this is one person out of tens of millions of people that traveled and we just announ

mexico and northern triangle countries. we're working with panama and other countries as well. xico stepped up in unprecedented ways. established a new national guard. strengthened their southern border. there are positions -- their apprehensions have doubled since last year. they strengthened the u.s.-mexico border and their interior enforce. in may we were experiencing 40 or 50 large groups of individuals of 100 or more. those numbers went down. last month, i think we had two, so they definitely stepping up our it is a huge difference. so, it really is all that. with respect to the illegal migration crisis. on the drug crisis, we still have a ways to go. again, 800,000. plus, that is just what we seized. we know that volumes, greater than we can probably even fathom are still getting through that border and making its way to every town, city, and state in this country. jessica: well, obviously, barriers help in stopping people. wall has been built? mark: so far, 93 miles. and i think this is important. to address a couple of false narratives out there. this is something that t

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amid tense relations with its northern neighbour, mexico is under increasing pressure to help stem theespite the firm response on the border, many say they are so desperate, they will keep trying anyway. representatives of australia's tourism industries say the country's recent bushfires have already cost them almost $700 million, with that number likely to increase further in the coming months. many international visitors are expected to stay away — even though most of the fires are now out or under control. tourism is estimated to account for more than 3% of australia's annual economic output and one in every 13 of itsjobs. the bbc‘s phil mercer reports from kangaroo valley in new south wales. tourism has been badly affected. this is a place at at this time of the year should be full of visitors but people are staying away because of the fires and this is a story that has been repeated in many parts of the country. everyone is devastated, their livelihoods are at risk and people are being laid off and people are closing their businesses. return of one today that had to close because

amid tense relations with its northern neighbour, mexico is under increasing pressure to help stem theto the us. but despite the firm response on the border, many say they are so desperate, they will keep trying anyway. in iraq, three more protesters have been killed as demonstrators campaign for new elections and an end to corruption. most of the protesters are young iraqis who want an end to american — and iranian — interference. at least 500 people have been killed by security forces and pro—iranian militia in months of demonstrations. our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville, and cameraman nik millard, have spent the past few days following protesters in baghdad. iraq is both a country in gridlock and coming apart at the seams. for months, young iraqis have been on the streets, intent on sweeping away the old guard. they say their government isn't listening, so these young iraqis are piling on the pressure — here in baghdad and in cities across iraq. they say their demands won't be forgotten and their protests won't end. they've already brought down the last government, bu

amid tense relations with its northern neighbour, mexico is under increasing pressure to help stem thete the firm response on the border, many say they are so desperate, they will keep trying anyway. representatives of australia's tourism industries say the country's recent bushfires have already cost them almost $700 million — with that number likely to increase further in the coming months. many international visitors are expected to stay away even though most of the fires are now out or under control. tourism is estimated to account for more than 3% of australia's annual economic output and one in every 13 of its jobs. phil mercer is in kangaroo valley in new south wales. this is kangaroo valley, is about two hours‘ drive to the south of syd ney two hours‘ drive to the south of sydney and you can see behind me, what of the most famous landmarks in this particular region, this bridge. this area should be bustling with tourists. there are many attractions here for visitors but it is very, very quiet here and this is a scene thatis very quiet here and this is a scene that is being repe

amid tense relations with its northern neighbour, mexico is under increasing pressure to help stem thes. but despite the firm response on the border, many say they are so desperate, they will keep trying anyway. let's ta ke let's take you back to that story of that new virus spreading across china and the confirmation it can be transmitted between humans. james, i hope the connection is all right this time, thank you very much for staying with us. part of the difficulty here is knowing whether we can trust the information that china is giving out? that is absolutely true. we have already seen the number of cases jumped dramatically over the weekend, after the authorities felt under pressure because cases were being watered in south korea and thailand, and the chinese public was asking if these cases are spreading elsewhere, how can the number has stayed static in china. systematic problems with the data given up by the chinese health system, because officials often have a strong incentive to underreport numbers to make their own performance seem numbers to make their own performance se

back together that's far more of a challenge to robert pride al-jazeera batangas province northern philippines mexico's government is promising jobs to nearly 3000 migrants hoping to get into the u.s. thousands have made it through the guatemalan mexico border where they try to push their way past security forces to cross a close the bridge and enter mexican territory central american countries have come under increasing pressure from washington to stop migrants from crossing into the u.s. . meanwhile the u.s. is sending asylum seekers who arrive at its border to a safe 3rd country to seek refuge there that country is guatemala and for the last few weeks flights have been arriving there with honor and and salvador asylum seekers on board but there are doubts as to whether guatemala can actually provide for them or protect them john home and has more. die another and dead mother from honduras thought the family had finally made it when they reached the u.s. not for asylum instead you simply shoes sent them to guatemala they say without their consent you know you don't know if you know my phone bill and

fatalities almost each day since we became aware of the joust break, and a number of new cases northern ireland, mexicoland. and canada testing positive for the cyrus. travel restrictions like those imposed by the chinese government are the right course but delight inevitable. to sort through all of this and understand what proper screenings and education can do to help stop the straight ahead of this virus. joining us is dr. anthony fauci. these numbers are becoming frankly more impressive by the day. the rate -- i would assume this rate of fatality that we have seen so far will not keep moving up that quite the same percentage. i would expect it to decline intuitively. ways your expectation? >> it's a moving target. it's an evolving situation. that's why we are watching it carefully. what you are seeing is a real surge in recognition of cases. one of the critical issues that needs to be determined is we know for absolutely certain that it can be spread from human to human. the unknown is how sufficient you have sustained transmission from one person to another. if it adapts itself to be very efficien

it happened in mexico's northern state of coahuila, at the colegio cervantes private school.ether their children were affected. state officials said shortly after arriving at school, he asked permission to go to the bathroom. translation: after 15 minutes, he still had not returned so the teacher went to look for him. she found him walking out, carrying two guns, shooting. he had also changed out of his school uniform and into a t—shirt bearing the logo of a video game — the same video game referenced by one of the gunmen at columbine high school in america, where two students murdered 13 schoolmates in 1999. despite mexico's reputation for violence, school shootings are rare. officials say this pupil gave no cause for concern. translation: he was a student who was not problematic. he had good behaviour, but today, he told some of his classmates that "today was the day". police say they are still trying to understand a motive for this unexpected act of violence. oman has declared three days of national mourning following the death of sultan qaboos bin said al said. the sultan

was affected northern mexico and macao a coronavirus case. the u.s., cdc confirmed a case in the u.s. with a man in his 30s returned from the china city of wuhan, going through seattle airport. the cdc on the call says the patient is in good condition, there is low risk to public health. two passengers on united flight coming from china into o'hare airport being monitored for coronavirus as well. as a result the cdc is increasing airport screenings to include chicago, to include atlanta, five airports around the country and lax and chicago, atlanta, screening as well. they are trying to shift, cdc are trying to shift all flights coming in from wuhan city, the epicenter. make sure all passengers are screened for high temperatures, coughs, other related symptom as as well. i was on the cdc call yesterday, although there is a lot of precaution taken there is concern but there wasn't a whole lot of panic like you heard with the ebola and sars. president trump praising the cdc for keeping this virus contained. >> cdc did a fantastic job and immedi

together that's far more of a challenge to robert bryant al-jazeera batangas province northern philippines mexico's government is promising jobs to nearly 3000 migrants hoping to get into the u.s. thousands of made it to the guatemalan mexico border where they try to push their way past security forces to cross to close the bridge in and turn mexican territory central american countries have come under increasing pressure from washington to stop light planes from crossing into the u.s. meanwhile the united states is sending asylum seekers who arrive at its border to a safe 3rd country to seek refuge there that country is guatemala and for the last few weeks flights have been arriving there with honduran and salvador asylum seekers on board but there are doubts over whether what can actually provide for them or indeed protect them john holdren has more. die another and dead mother from honduras thought the family had finally made it when they reached the u.s. not for asylum instead u.s. officials sent them to guatemala they say without their consent you know you don't know if you know my husband the

one case reported possibly in northern mexico. there is a spread there.ew york stock exchange. kristina partsinevelos, are the traders down there, are they saying this downside move is because in part of the virus. >> i'm getting mixed reaction. one trader was a bit of a smart aleck, said what virus. they're waiting for more deaths. still a lot of people on the sidelines. another trader said it has to do more with fear factor of virus. sounds insensitive. these are conversations we have on the floor. talking about hotels. seeing a selloff in hotels. wynn, marriott, because the second largest market is china. if you're holding all the stocks, you could potentially see some of your portfolio down. expedia on the screen. booking, booking holdings, of priceline, you're seeing those. relatively down as well. but seems like overall the people are on the sidelines waiting to see how bad this is going to spread. how bad it will be contained. it could potentially hurt the economy in china given weakness with the gdp at 6.1%. lowest in three decades. comes as the n

american and mexican citizenship were attacked by a drug cartel while driving in a caravan through northern mexicohan 40 suspects have been identified so far. the army will consider reinstating special forces status to a soldier charged with murder and pardon by president trump. army major matthew golsteyn was denied his request in december. "the washington post" now reporting an administrative panel will reconsider. golsteyn was pardoned by trump for the 2010 killing of a suspected taliban bomb maker in afghanistan. and president trump slams the democrats' impeachment push at his packed ohio rally. >> by the way, did you see i did nothing wrong. they don't even know what the hell is going on. in fact, it's so weak, she doesn't want to put in the articles it's so weak. they are so pathetic. jillian: it comes as senate majority leader mitch mcconnell tells republicans to expect the trial to begin next week. speaker nancy pelosi still hasn't sent the articles to the senate. and take a look at this. congressman chip roy is concerned she can't find her way. so he tweeted this video showing the walk fr

limited to homicides it also isn't isolated to a single region every year mexico is shattering records for insecurity in the northern states it's the ongoing war against drugs in other regions it's the fight against organized crime human trafficking and gender based violence here in mexico city and in the surrounding states kidnappings and extortion have grown exponentially during the 1st 3 months of $2900.00 kidnappings in this part of the country increased by 300 percent crimes like extortion grew by 200 percent and there doesn't seem to be an end to the violence. for discovery even if we can one of the main errors of the past 3 presidential administration has been trying to design a federal policy as if the whole country had the same problem this is a big country with a diverse population with problems so wide that they are impossible to attack from a federal level. according to a recent national survey 78 percent of mexicans consider the region where they live as unsafe there is also an expectation by many that things will only get worse when measured up in mexico city spain's acting prime minister has promised

across parts of central america it is going to be the rain across parts of mexico some light showers passing through the northern areas as it makes way to the south though it's going to be a little bit lighter but for mexico city it is going to be a nice day few attempts are of 24 degrees here on wednesday we're going to sing about 23 as we go towards thursday and over here towards conclude expect to see some more clouds in the forecast with 26 degrees there and here on the west coast united states it is going to be snow it's going to be rain it's going to be very very windy for some locations there is the storm system right here heavy snow all the way down the pacific rockies as well and we're going to be seeing the snow increase as we go towards wednesday and into thursday for say for this go it is going to be a rainy day with a temperature of 12. but . the form of the burning inspired you to pin dreams of peace and democracy but how many came to pass they transformed from communist the social democrats but it was a fake democracy people in power traveled through the former eastern bloc to was quiet post cold

monarch butterflies typically spend their summers in the northern united states, breed in the south --then migrate to central mexicoor the winter. but changing temperatures are disrupting their migration and threatening their existence. summers in the mid-west are getting hotter, texas droughts are drying up the milkweed monarchs eat, and the winters in central mexico are getting too cold. scientists say a billion butterflies have disappeared between 1990 and 2015. and it's not just monarchs in danger. the united nations recently reported 1 million species of plants and animals face possible extinction "within decades" due in large part to climate change. just this week the un convention on biological diversity set a goal to stabilize biodiversity by 2030 and allow ecosystems to recover by 2050.ency warned thee goals will require urgent action on both local and global levels. that's it for this edition of matter of fact. we'll see you next week. ♪ robert handa: hello and welcome to a lunar new year edition of "asian pacific america." i'm robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc edition of "asian pacific ame

into the united states in the past year many of been sent back to mexico while the country has prevented war from even reaching the northern border said some people to say that mexico is now the main enforcer of president trump's migration policy a strong home and report. that. this was a border caravan of thousands of honduras expected when they entered mexico there you 2 know right there in a big gas does from where parents are here with their children. but this kind of crackdown on migrants is what president trump's come to rely on his southern neighbor to do. may not have his will yet the miscarriage become the next best thing a web of checkpoints cover the south and president nope is obrador even deploy the new national guard to stop those from whom do this they'll salvador getting to the u.s. if makes chris become trumps will the question is why this all comes from june 2019 when donald trump basically said that unless we mexicans contain the flow of people from the border he was going to impose a specific tax a fee of up to 10 percent to every single expert in mexico from mexico that terror threat was serious 80 per

repeatedly weakened our counternarcotics law enforcement and development operations in the northern triangle of mexico while continuing to push for a border wall he promise the american people that mexico would pay for. and the administration's abhorrent treatment of asylum seekers from separating children from their parents to placing people in cruel and inhuman conditions have only further weakened america's moral standing. likewise, president trump's functional restructuring of our refugee resettlement program and the slashing of refugee admissions to the united states not only damages america's reputation as a beacon of hope for vulnerable people around the world but deprives us of the contributions refugees have always brought to our economy and our communities. we also face immense challenges like climate change and yet even as our close ally, australia, faces the most deadly conflagration this administration continued to deny a threat that is already costing american taxpayers billions of dollars in the wake of increasingly severe storms, fires, and floods. withdrawing from the paris climate ag

president's negotiation and tariffs was a part of that that really brought the government of mÉxico as well as northernto address the crisis, i have to give the government of mÉxico credit, they have stuck to their promise and they are doing just that, this isn't the first caravan in the past 7 or 8 months, they are going stop the caravan. ainsley: if you look at statistics, increase in drugs seized in 2016, cocaine up, heroin 33%, meth 267%, fentanyl, 115, why is that? >> this is what we do not talk enough about, we have been saying all along, this is not just illegal immigration crisis, this is also national security crisis because we have bad people and bad things coming in and we need additional resources like technology and the wall, the wall is not just to stop illegal immigration, it's to stop the drugs that are pouring into this country, last year over 70,000 people died from a drug overdoses, that's more than entire vietnam war, we need to do everything we can to stop drugs from pouring into this country. >> when you look at the numbers, are those increases of product to attempts to move drugs