we're talking huge harry potter fans.o earlier today, we sent our writer, arthur, down there to ask some harry potter trivia questions. but here's the catch, we didn't ask the kids, we asked their parents. [ laughter ] and the kids are not allowed to help. the new segment we call "mom and pop quiz." here we go. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> what's the name of the first harry potter book? >> um, "harry goes to school." [ buzzer ] >> what is hermione's last name? >> uh, jones. [ buzzer ] >> recite the spell to start a a fire? >> liar, liar, pants on fire? [ buzzer ] >> when harry says "expecto patronum" what happens? >> he blows up. [ buzzer ] [ laughter ] >> what class does professor snape teach? >> snipers. [ buzzer ] >> what shape is harry potter's scar? >> um, like a check? like a check? >> like a check mark? >> yeah. [ buzzer ] >> name the sport that harry potter plays. >> oh, shoot. gidget. [ buzzer ] [ laughter ] >> what sport does harry potter like to play? >> uh, wait, i know this one. flipage? fripage? fribage? [ b

the economic magic of harry potter. in normandy ass the specter of ukraine hangs over the g7 meetings and the d-day anniversary. we begin with matt miller and mary barra planning internal incompetence and negligence for the delayed recall. addressingra today gm's 200,000 employees in a town hall style meeting, public rebroadcast as well, saying she and her team had read the 300-page report from an independent investigator hired by the company, the same one that help to deal with the bankruptcy of lehman brothers. as a result, she and her executive team have either fired or forced into retirement 15 workers either directly or indirectly responsible for the ignition switch failure and really the failure to report it to hire up executives of the company. five employees are still with the company that have received some sort of disciplinary action. she was not very specific, did not give us names, but we know that at least one senior lawyer for general motors has been let go, as well as a couple of engineers who were unpaid

full disclosure, big harry potter fan. that was the original wizarding world of harry potter. in universal islands of adventure. e new expansion at universal studios, florida. most is barricaded by eight-foot tall walls. from what we could see a very fun represent pli cat of downtown london. very eager fans such as myself standing outside trying to snap pictures, trying to look inside. we do know they are doing soft openings right now. executives have been privileged to ride through the hog warts express train. we were there for that. didn't get to participate for ourselves. they anxious people who will be planning to do the hours-long wait whenever they do announce the opening day. >> yang, aim so jealous. what point do we reach saturation point with these theme parks? competing with disney as well. at some point the tourists get maxed out. >> that's true. there is sort of a fatigue, perhaps. that's one thing that the people that visit orlando, the organization here, responsible for marketing all of these attractions, isn't all that concerned about. one point they do make is

ise floridians say that because harry potter is working its wizardry. >> well done, harry. >> harry pottere world he may havert and saved florida from the worst effects of the financial crisis. resort lakesando and estimated $255 million bet on the wizardry world of harry potter. since then, visit have reached record levels. more tourists mean more jobs. >> the recovery was stronger because harry potter exhibit needed employees and it brought in the need for new hires at surrounding resorts and hotels. florida's unemployment rate peaked at 11.4% in 2010. now it has dropped below the national average. the state leads the country in job growth beyond amusement park jobs. >> we are increasing the demand for housing and for other services and trades that were higher-paying sectors. >> with the expansion of diagon have new reason to travel to orlando by plane or by broom. asked local officials, and they will tell you harry is not the only one waving a wand for the economy. there was already a magic kingdom in orlando. >> we reported 59 million visitors last year. you do not accomplish that on t

just the way it was before was fantastic, the wizarding world of harry potter.this is going to take it to a whole another level. now you've know what i have to say to you? expecto patronus. >> i was trying to figure out butter beer. thanks for joining us tonight. >> steve: from universal orlando resort in the heart of sunny florida, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- rosario dawson animal expert jeff musial musical guest fun.

mark potter, nbc news. >>> in california, the worst drought has gotten even worse in the last week with many in the state facing water restrictions, and increasing concerns about the potential ripple effect on the american economy. we get the latest on that from miguel almaguer. >> reporter: in california, this is a watershed moment. the water supply in many reservoirs is dismal with the hottest, driest months still ahead. >> the drought we're in is disastrous. >> reporter: felicia chairs the state water board. >> we have communities that are in danger of running out of drinking water. there will be hundreds of thousands of acres of farm fields that will be fallowed. >> reporter: over the last six months, the golden state has turned red, exceptional drought the most severe condition now covers a third of california. at folsom lake, low water levels are a threat to fish. 24,000 trout were moved from this hatchery to colder lakes because they face certain death. >> the second time we've done this since world war ii. it's a big deal, because of the drought. the water is simply too warm for

i think he's maturing quite well from harry potter days. >> when harry potter met sally is probably one i had heard in a long time. i want to talk about the best movie of the year so far. i think you agree. "grand budapest hotel" a sweet bon-bon that's fun and smart. do we have it yet? another wes anderson gem. all right. let's roll it. >> by order of the commissioner of police, i hereby place you under arrest for the murder of madam. >> i knew there was something fishy . we never got the cause of death. she's been murdered and you think i did it. >> wes anderson just knows how to make fun, sweet, smart little movies. >> absolutely. i agree, it is my favorite movie of the year so far. you know, it's hard to get a sense from 15 seconds of a movie, but what i love about it is it's about this kind of lost time, this place in europe that's kind of faded and you look at it, it doesn't look like "dawn of the planet of the apes" and in a way it's almost about this kind of movie making that not too many people do anymore but wes anderson does. it's sort of a tribute to this kind of lost kind of

i think will help shed a light on what these industries are trying to hide better watch out well potter don't even have you on mandrake you so much for your work that's our show you guys i'm going tomorrow when i break the all over again. crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. there's the media leave us so we leave the media. are the same motions to the other you're part of the physical. abuse that no one is asking with to get that you deserve answers from. politic only on our team. little. your friend posts a photo from a vacation you can't afford. a different. the boss repeats the same old joke of course. your ex-girlfriend still tends to poetry keep. ignoring it. really matters. to your facebook news feed.

if you are a fan of harry potter, even if you're not a fan of harry potter, you get here, you will beyou travel on the hogwarts express, you step inside gringotts bank. you have people waving at you the whole time. it's unbelievable! we do have some serious weather to talk about. we showed you the severe weather going on in nebraska. we've got more again today. we've already got severe thunderstorm watches out. milwaukee, you're going to be looking at severe showers and thunderstorms today. already threatening. here's what we've got. i mean, this system is going to be pushing its way slowly to the east. these upper-level disturbances bringing strong storms again. the same area that's gotten hit over the last two days, hit again. look at the risk of severe weather today. stretching from nebraska all the way into the northeast this time. and down into texas with the risk of isolated tornadoes, some of them could be strong with damaging hail. we've got flash flood watches coming from the dakotas into the upper midwestment. rainfall amounts anywhere from three to five inches of rain over

so is the investigation is just getting better and better all right investigative journalist well potter thank you and best of luck thank you. grocery store giant whole foods is being ordered to pay up to one hundred eight hundred thousand dollars in penalties for overcharging california customers a yearlong investigation conducted by city attorneys in several california towns found that whole foods was guilty of charging customers higher prices than advertised for food products whole foods was also found guilty of failing to deduct the weight of containers when bringing up produce putting smaller amounts of food and have packages in the weight stated on the label and for selling items by the piece instead of by the pound whole foods says it has been cooperating with the investigation and has responded with a statement saying that they strive to ensure accuracy and transparency in everything we do based on a review of our own records and a sampling of inspection reports our pricing on weighed and measured items was accurate ninety eight percent of the time whole foods operates three hund

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. >> this book is like the harry potter of economic policy. >> whoa. >> it's true.l capitol in the 21st century harry potter and the deathly boring. (laughter) it's your classic breezy 700 page heavily attended beach read. but analyzes over 200 years of economic data from 20 countries. and the big take away, folks s that the free market system has a natural tendency towards increasing the concentration of wealth because the rate of return on property and investments has consistently been higher than the rate of economic growth, g. which has been reduced to the catchy formula r is greater than g. (laughter) you've seen it on all the t-shirts. or you will because i'm now selling these t-shirts on my web site. (cheers and applause) okay. all right. of course all proceed goes to me so i can prove that this is true. and folks, this formula is nothing new. remember the old saying the rich get richer and the poor should really try being rich. it's nice. (laughter) and here's my major bone to piketty with tom. he thinks we need a progressive global tax on capital that could

i tonight know, just mimic what they sound like in harry potter. >> jimmy: that was pretty good.r-esque. >> i mean, you know -- >> jimmy: if you could fly, would you go to the bathroom in the sky or would you do it in private? >> i would go in the sky. >> jimmy: i'd go every place. >> right, just one dump, see how many cars you can hit. my windshield gets hit all of the time. >> jimmy: you know what would be the best? if you could find a bird driving the car. >> just fly above the birds and -- >> jimmy: vengeance. >> absolutely. >> jimmy: to vengeance. >> vengeance. >> jimmy: that's all the time we have. i want to thank my lee cue nice, kobe bryant, michael jordan. i want to apologize to matt damon. stay tuned for game three of the nba finals next, right here on abc. [ male announcer ] tv's come a long way. from color. to the remote. to flat screens. now it's taking a quantum leap. introducing fios quantum tv. record up to 12 shows at the same time. store up to 200 hours of entertainment in hd. plus watch live tv anytime with the fios mobile app. redefining what tv can be. that's

harry potter. >> steve: harry potter stuff. >> jimmy: harry potter stuff going down. >> steve: magicy: wands, hats. >> steve: invisible cloaks. >> jimmy: yeah, i'm excited. speaking of going to orlando, this just happened yesterday or last night. we got our very own hashtag the panda, ben stiller. received the challenge from the orlando magic mascot stuff, stuff the magic dragon. [ light laughter ] the mascot challenged hashtag to a dance-off. okay? well, hashtag accepted. [ applause ] let's go. we've got to tell ben that. at some point next week, those two are going to throw down in orlando. [ cheers and applause ] i cannot wait. we have got a fantastic show tonight, guys. thank you for being here. thank you for watching. he is hosting the b.e.t. awards sunday, june 29th. i can't believe he is hosting, this is going to be great. a great comedian. we love this guy, he's the best. chris rock is stopping by! [ cheers and applause ] host of the b.e.t. awards. >> steve: wonderful! >> jimmy: i can't wait for that. plus, he was a friend of ours on "late night." [ laughter ] we're thrilled

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i don't know, just mimic what they sound like in harry potter. >> jimmy: that was pretty good.r-esque. >> i mean, you know -- >> jimmy: if you could fly, would you go to the bathroom in the sky or would you do it in private? >> i would go in the sky. >> jimmy: i'd go every place. >> right, just one dump, see how many cars you can hit. god knows my windshield gets hit all the time. >> jimmy: you know what would be the best? if you could find a bird driving the car. >> just fly above the birds and -- >> jimmy: vengeance. >> absolutely. >> jimmy: to vengeance. >> vengeance. >> jimmy: that's all the time we have. i want to thank mila kunis, kobe bryant, michael jordan. i want to apologize to matt damon. thank you for watching! heat shields are compromised. weare those thrusters burning? that's a negative. what's that alarm? fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good luck with everything. with the u-verse tv app, the u-verse revolves around you t

mark potter, nbc news, cochise county, arizona. >>> tonight, we mark 50 years since a watershed moment in the struggle for civil rights, the killing of three civil rights workers in mississippi. andrew goodman, michael sh schwerner and james cheney went there to help register african-american voters, but the opposition was widespread and brutal. the three men were killed by the klu klux klan. all these years later, those three men are considered heroes of the civil rights movement. >>> when "nightly news" continues on this saturday, rising gas prices and what you can do to minimize the pain. >>> and later, one school's recipe for student success and like any good meal, it's getting rave reviews. >>> we're back with a look at gas prices in this country, which have been soaring in the last couple of weeks as the conflict in iraq escalates. aaa says the turmoil in iraq is likely to keep prices high this summer. so what can you do to ease the pain? here's nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: for shavon lambert, there is nothing sweet about business this summer. rising gas prices make ten h

mark potter is there for us tonight. >> reporter: in the hour before sunset, keeping close together as they cross a dam near the rio grand, three women and 14 children arrive in the united states illegally. they have come a thousand miles from el salvador. all are tired and thirsty including the youngest, a five-year-old girl turning themselves into u.s. authorities, they say they are fleeing drug violence back home. the gang is killing our children, that's why i escaped with my son. a relative of one of the children says his parents paid more than $8,000 to a smuggler. since october, more than 47,000 unaccompanied children have been caught at the border, most from central america arriving in texas. another sign of the surge can be seen here at the bus station in mcallen where as many as 300 people a day, already processed by the u.s. border patrol, are catching rides to join family elsewhere in the united states. among them, lopez, who came with her son from guatemala. she says she paid smugglers everything she had after hearing widespread rumors, the u.s. is letting women and childre

nbc's mark potter has covered this story for years and has our report tonight. >> reporter: with a flood of central american children and families crossing the texas border every day, the white house is now trying to bring it under control. announcing today that many immigrants will be sent back home. >> showing up at the border illegally is not a ticket into this country. >> reporter: customs officials say more than 52,000 unaccompanied children have been caught at the border since october, along with 39,000 families with children. most say they're fleeing poverty and violence, and were recruited by smugglers. under pressure, the white house says it will open more facilities to detain adults with children, and speed up removal hearings. not enough though for house speaker john boehner, who wants to send the national guard to the border. in a letter to the president, he said, "the policies of your administration have directly resulted in the belief by these immigrants that once they reach u.s. soil they will be able to stay here indefinitely." texas democratic congressman henry cuellar.

and my mom is a potter. >> jimmy: oh, wow, yeah. a living from that? >> those are the jobs that they chose for jobs, which is funny. yeah, my, well my dad for a while he had -- he worked in the corporate field. he worked for a computer company called wang? >> jimmy: i remember that. >> for years in my childhood, my dad slept in a nightgown because he's sensitive and brave. >> jimmy: he really did? >> he vent -- slept in a nightgown. it was salmon colored. >> jimmy: what? >> it was a gift from wang, i guess and it said wang on it. i would be at school, like when your dad wakes up grumpy in the night he spilled essential oils on his wang shirt. everybody would be like, we are not friends with you. >> jimmy: wow, wow, your mom was attracted to him, huh? >> yeah, yeah, they're like those dancing in the kitchen, slapping each other's butts. >> jimmy: does your mom sell her pottery? or work for a company? >> no, she worked for herself. my mom is a raku potter, that means part of the process is that you wrap the pottery in paper and set it

here's nbc's mark potter. >> reporter: the unaccompanied children are being bussed to the u.s. border patrol station in nogales, arizona, after overflowing detention facilities in south texas. more than 700 children from the central american countries of el salvador, honduras, and guatemala are housed together vq now in a converted warehouse where they are screened by authorities. with even more kids en route, federal officials are scrambling to provide enough portable toilets, cots, water, food and showers as the state supplies vaccines for children, some very young, who've been through a rough ordeal even after they were caught. >> children who have not taken a bath in nine days. they're still wearing the same clothes. >> reporter: since last october, more than 47,000 unaccompanied [ children, mostly from central 0y america, have been apprehended trying to enter the u.s. illegally. just this morning, this group from el salvador, ages 9 to 18, was picked up by texas police after crossing the rio grande in search of their parents already here. this girl saying of their journey,

i want to go on the harry potter ride again! peyet!e ] jeremy rode it! no he didn't.not -- the resort is actually broken into three parts. the'nds adventure, unsastios, aity walk. so basically's rolle coasters, movies and mommy and daddy need a drink when it's over. that's -- [ cheers and applause ] go ride the coasters! daddy needs a mai tai, baby! you guys are the worst! now this is really exciting, because i want to say congrats to the u.s. soccer team atg ghan[ chrsnd that's what i'm talking about, right there! opening round. >>udience: usa, usa, usa, usa,sa, usa, usa! >> jimmy: that's right! >> steve: america. erthats near impossible. a lot of people weren't did, people who s. to n, the don't know anything about soccer are suddenly interested in the world cup. so we thought we would help you out by introducing you to some of the players on the u.s. team anu ll his weakness is hitting puberty in the middle of a game. [ laughter ] his sign is virgo, histatus isn. there's more [ laughter ] nextthere's graham zusi. [ cheers alausndpp] his home team is srtg ng a odel

i was marred but i went to the potter's house and the potter made me over again and now i'm able to smile. >> how do you measure the wider legacy of the emmett till case in our nation's history and our sense of transition or some measure of transition in our race relations and our habits and morays and opinions. >> i've seen a lot of changes. the emmett till case brought a lot of changes in the laws, federal law mostly. thank god federal law trumps state law. still a lot of changes there. men's heart, i don't see too much change there. laws can't change a man's heart. relationship is better. i see things happening now that i never dreamed that would happen that i don't know whether it's good or bad. but it's happening. it's getting better. but then i see racism is alive, like i've said many time. once you've seen a water moccassin you know. under jim crow system it was in your face it was forced upon you. even if you had the money you couldn't move to a better neighborhood. now in order to have the better life in america you have to have the money. but it's getting better. as each generat

released the authorities of two young women found dead in the '60s their bodies were exhumed from a potters field in berks county. todd quinones talked with a relative about the dramatic turn of events. >> reporter: 14 year old sandra steve and her 17 year old sister-in-law martha were last alive by their familiar unless 1968. last spotted here in kensington the frankford and kensington avenues the girls simply vanished. >> that's my sister sandy. >> her brother walter and his familiar wl told d inform a tests proved sandy and martha were identified as two previous jane does had were buried in a potters field in berks county in the late '60s. >> for awhile we thought maybe she was life. >> the girls bodies were he can humidity last fall as cold case unit with the pennsylvania state police started looking into the jane does on behalf of sandy's family. b county coroner said sandy was murdered in 1968. >> it was found along route 82. she had several bullet wounds in the abdomen chest and one in temple. >> reporter: body of unidentified marsha stiver was found about a year later in nearby fren

we'll get our report from nbc's mark potter. >> reporter: police say the shooting began at 10:00 thisear-old dennis ronald marsh drove his suv onto the steps of the courthouse in georgia where he threw gas and smoke bombs and tried to run over and exchange gunfire with a sheriff's deputy. the deputy was shot in the leg. moments later, other police arrived opening up with gunfire killing marks. >> the only way i can describe it, an assault on the courthouse. mr. marks intention was to get in the front door and take hostage it is. >> reporter: a former attorney says marks was due in court today for a plea deal on drug and weapon charges but angry over the agreement. he never showed up before the judge who later heard the shots outside. >> i went down and got down off my chair and onto the floor and quickly escorted from the bench. >> reporter: police are investigating whether marks was a member of an anti-government group. the deputy saved countless lives by keeping the gunman outside the courthouse. mark potter, nbc news miami. >>> an update on two other acts of violence we've been fol

i was checking out the wizarding world of harry potter. the new diagon alley. it's the future.and it is diagon alley. >> jimmy: it's like you're in the book. you're in the movie. i don't know if you give out awards for theme parks -- the themeys? >> steve: the themeys? >> jimmy: this is going to win a themey. >> steve: i think it's going to win three themeys >> jimmy: yeah, it's crazy. i went on a couple rides. i went on different rides. i went on the hulk. [ cheers and applause ] i almost thought i was going to die on the hulk. [ laughter ] i was bummed out. i said i can't get out of this thing. and i was next to my wife and i was like, well, she can't help me. we're both trapped. i need, like, hulk fingers or something to come down. hulk fingers come behind my thing and the hulk fingers are holding me in the thing and i go -- i go if i die, i'm going to be, just, like flapping around like bernie, like "weekend at bernies." i'll be like -- and then i get off and my wife has a picture of me on the roller coaster and i was just flipping around. anyway, survived. but, gosh, that

do you want to know about harry potter now? or something like.w, i should stop in protest of greg gutfeld. >> my gardener is a harry potter. >> are you getting tired of this? >> no. i was just thinking about this. he's brilliant. he's dragging this thing out. he has a movie coming out his name is now constantly in the news. because i haven't thought about him, well, ever because i don't watch "harry potter". >> he was sid vicious. >> the theory here is, andy, we saw this with jonah hill. is this a new method of promoting movies? you say something, then, awe poll -- apologize? >> he did one written apology one tv apology, you're cutoff. no more apologies. i don't know how many more late-night shows he's going to go on to promote ""planet of the apes"". >> well he come on "red eye" to apologize? >> probably. >> put it on a cookie cake. >> all apologies should be cookie cake apologies. back to your idea of an apology business >> everybody saying something about it he got called out there. i bet when you goes home, he's saying the same words to his f

we get our reporting tonight from nbc's mark potter on the boarder in mission, texas. >> reporter: in a field near mission, texas, boarder patrol agents gets four young men and teens from central america. but the agent in the chopper spots something else and it's a startling sight. a young man who had been hiding in the mud after entering the country illegally slowly crawls out of the field to join others. he's part of the wave of more than 47,000 unaccompanied children, mostly central americans picked up at the u.s. boarder. >> in the last 90 days, it's gone through the roof. >> reporter: the surge puts a big strain on his department. >> the river is shallower, as you can see. >> reporter: along the rio grand, he shows us where the water is so low, the immigrants simply walk into the united states keeping his and other officers so busy, they have little time for other boarder police work. >> it takes a group of officers leaving other areas unattended where something else can come across. >> this is the neighborhood where i was raised. >> reporter: dutch piper says it's so bad immigra

how the theater stage compares to harry potter on the road to the tonys.s the alarming rate that teachers are absent from school. teachers miss 11 school days out of 166. some are classified as chronically absent missing 18 days or more. >>> "usa today" says new york rangers fans will want to go to the stanley cup finals should fly to los angeles, it's less expensive. a ticket at staples center for game one along with a flight and hotel will run you about $1300. compare that to game three at madison square garden. the ticket alone costs more than $1600. >>> "the wall street journal" says work creates less stress in home life penn state researchers find chores at home create more hassle than nonstop phone calls and last-minute requests from your boss. that can be true for those even with a happy household. >>> and business insider says a third of americans between 18 and 34 live at home with their parents. more young people are racking up college debt, many are unable to get jobs combine that with a tough housing market and that means moving back in. >>> a

harry potter. >> seth: okay. [ applause ] >> i read it three times. it all changes when you get older. 'cause then you meet everyone and you're like, "oh, yeah, we're all adults now." it's not the same as in the '90s. >> seth: so, when you met harry potter, it was less of a big deal? >> no, i screamed at him the first time i met him. [ laughter ] >> seth: okay, gotcha. >> no, i yelled at him, "you son of a --" [ laughter ] "i never got my letter! i waited! and i waited!" [ laughter ] >> seth: the only spell you cast is breaking my heart! [ laughter ] >> exactly. sorry, that was a huge laugh. i'm embarrassed. >> seth: it's nice. it's nice to hear one every now and again. >> i need to get it together. i need to contain it. [ laughter ] >> seth: so, you outgrew harry potter and n'sync? >> i did, yeah. i outgrew them both. >> seth: you always talk about the fact you have older brothers. two older brothers, three? >> two older brothers. >> seth: two older brothers. >> i was the third brother. [ laughter ] >> seth: well, it does seem like they, obviously, w

shed light on the horrific conditions of factory farms my next guest is one such investigator well potteris an animal rights activist and author of the book is the new read which compiles the government's demonization and assault on the animal rights movement over time and he just launched a new project on kickstarter called drone on the farm an aerial exposé which will combine investigative journalism with aerial photography via drone to help bypass these ag gag laws altogether the project has become viral and became fully funded and mirror days joining me now to discuss more about it journalist will potter amazing to have you on as always well so i love this idea of using drone technology against the corporate corporatocracy rule this is never. before talk about how you got the idea and what exactly the project one tale was we've talked about before on the show the laws have been spreading across the country and now into other countries as well and i've been focusing my work on that photography being criminalized and i saw some photos from satellite not too long ago from a photographer

we have seen mark potter's report. heartbreaking.onder what the solutions could be. >> it's heartbreaking and it's only to get worse. i expect, i believe, up to 70,000 for this year. what makes this situation so difficult is the obama administration is really limited in what it can do. the current policy that we have on child my grants was set by the bush administration in 2002. that says when children come to the border from the central american nations, they have to be 72 hours going to a detention with dhs and processed to families or other places. the obama administration cannot just turn them back. and what we're seeing now is a whole new phenomena. the young children are not coming from mexico. they're coming from central america. in fact, right now more are coming from honduras which is a relatively small country than are coming from mexico. the backdrop, the violence is unmistakable factor. >> joe biden was in guatemala this weekend. one day after the obama administration moved to stem the flood, as you point out central amer

overturn that law and its agag law earlier i was joined by author and animal rights activist well potter one of the plaintiffs on that lawsuit to further discuss the investigation i first asked him about a new method being tested including the use of drones to monitor and ultimately prevent animal cruelty. well as you're just saying there is this attempt across the country to criminalize news gathering to make it illegal to take photographs or video of factory farm abuses i think in response to the if these industries are trying to shut down the only windows we have and what they're actually doing reporters just have to get more creative and that's why i wanted to invest in this aerial photography and drone technology to take aerial photos of what's actually happening in terms of environmental pollution in particular now a lot of states have already adopted these ag gag laws which would make it illegal to issue any kind of secret recordings cameras videos etc in those states do drones fall under that illegality in some cases they do in idaho which is we have a lawsuit right now challengi