marcus farber speaking to richard walker. here in germany, chancellor angela merkel has appealed to voters to rally behind her slumping conservative block. the party pulling at less than 20% for the first time ever. >> this may well be her last speech as chancellor and just three weeks ahead of the election, angela merkel did not pass on the chance. she spoke out for her conservatives and their candidates. taking jabs at their opponents. voters have a choice. for a federal government led by the csu, a federal government that leads the country into the future with measure and moderation. it was an unusually outspoken show of support from angela merkel who has mostly stayed on the sidelines of the current political campaign. but with their party tanking in the polls, the support may help stop the slide. the debate was dominated by the campaign. all three chancellor candidates got a chance to speak. all of them were in full election mode. the chancellor candidate praised her 16 years in office for having improved life for many g

brent: richard walker with the latest from the u.n. general assembly in new york. ard, thank you. thousands of migrant sheltering under a bridge at the border between mexico and the united states are facing deportation, most of them are from haiti. hundreds have already been deported to the haitian capital port-au-prince. more flights are expected in the coming days. haiti has been in political turmoil since the assassination he's -- assassination of its president last july. several deportees say they were physically mistreated by u.s. border guards. our washington border chief -- bureau chief is at the border and sent us this report. >> it was supposed to be a happy moment, a relief to finally cross the border of the united states. but after months, sometimes years on the road, the dream quickly turned into a nightmare for these migrants from haiti. >> we were hungry. they didn't give us a blanket or a piece of cardboard to lay on. we were cold and dirty and everything. everything happened to me. but thanks to god, i have a little bit of hope that everything will b

richard rothman, district 1 resident. and it is great to have the great highway open to cars during the week. when i was on there three times, there are cars, bicyclists and walkers walking on the path. so i think we're all sharing the great highway. the other thing i want to talk about, i don't know if the commissioners are aware that supervisor chan has drafted a resolution about j.f.k., to keep it open in its present con tribulations, with some modifications. one is to open it up to cars from ace to kent, for a.d.a. parking, and also allow parking people to drive and drop off people in front of the young museum and the academy of science. and then park behind the band shell. the other change is to open up the garage to free parking for people who meet certain criteria. that hasn't been worked out, but i would guess that the city would have to take over paying of the bond. so this is just a proposal. and i know m.t.a., and i hope rec and park, is planning to meet with the members of the disability community. i know when we have compromise, not everybody is happy, but maybe that's a good compromise if not everybody is happy, but we've got to try to make everybod