them will be flown from texas to california, for processing, in an attempt to ease the burden in south texas. more tonight from nbc's mark potter. >> reporter: with the flood of central american families and unaccompanied children pouring into south texas, an overwhelming border patrol holding facility there, u.s. officials are scrambling to find new places to hold and process them. this week they say they'll have families with small children to sites in san diego and el centro, california. already overflow crowds of families crossing the south texas border have been sent to el paso for screening, while many of the unaccompanied children have been moved to the border patrol station in nogales, arizona. agents say they're catching as many as 12 to 1,400 my grants a day in the texas rio grande valley. >> everybody has found themselves a little overwhelmed with the amount of traffic that we're dealing with. >> reporter: since october, more than 52,000 unaccompanied kids have been caught trying to cross the border illegally, along with 39,000 adults with children. this is a scene that repeats it

the south texas border surge of unaccompanied alien minors.o diagnose the problem, it it should be noted that the same house republicans refuse to deal with what might be the solution. the bipartisan senate immigration reform bill which would have languished for one year as of tomorrow. as part of our series this week on immigration i went down to south texas to see where these children are choosing to cross into the united states and to find the real reason why they're making this incredibly dangerous journey. ♪ ♪ >> you're trying to cross the rio grande, you probably want to find the calmest water possible and for a lot of immigrants that's the water behind this gigantic dam here. once you've made it past the shore there is a path up the water and you walk up this trail and here is the path and this is plymouth rock for the 21st century. >> unlike the border for the 21st century, a split, fence, in south texas, the rio grande divides america from mexico. >> that's a customs and border patrol helicopter and if you linger too long on the banks

a border patrol agent just told me that 280 people through my congressional district in south texas just crossed the river and said here we are. mothers and kids. there's an organization to this chaos that we're seeing down there on the border. >> you said the administration and the state department are not on the same page with central america. it's not on the radar screen i believe was the comment. >> right, expand on that a little bit. what do you mean? >> again, there has to be a sense of urgency. any time the kids are coming over, besides the danger they are put in, it is costing us $250 a day to take care of those kids. we've got to do it. we have to share the compassion and share the kids. >> we're not doing enough, right? >> we've got to -- we've got to talk to the countries, central american countries and say, hey, we have got to get the campaigns moving down there and get the word out not to allow the kids to come over here. >> henry cuellar, thanks so much. a victory today for the native american community. rapid response panel weighs in on the fight of the washington red

. >>> the border patrol is set to fly nearly 300 central american migrants tomorrow from south texas to california for processing. the "associated press" reports the two flights will arrive in san diego and nearby el centro. the flights are expected to continue every three days but it's unclear for how long. they will be mostly for families with young children, an effort to ease the work load on agents in south texas. the busiest crossing. the bored patrol arrested 174,000 people there since october, most from honduras, el salvador, and guatemala. >>> developing news in the crisis in like. isis fighters secured important towns on the border with syria and jordan, and some places residents have had to negotiate with those fighters themselves because iraqi troops have abandoned their post. iraq's government wants american air strikes against the militants. the foreign minister says the u.s. is morally and politically obligated to intervene. >> we have an agreement with the americans that say whenever the new iraqi democratic government is threatened, america is ready to help. >> the fi

especially for south texas, where we haven't really zeina lost large companies make their home base. ome-grown start ups have already cropped up. >> this is the full wing span of the vehicle 2.5 meet%. >> reporter: texas a. & m senior is helping to develop an electrotonically powered uav the test site gives him a leg up. >> it gives us a legal opportunity to test vehicles like this. >> reporter: but until the faa finalizes the regulations covering commercial drone use and opens the nation's air space officially the industry is grounded. with possible delays to come. david shuster, al jazerra. >>> well, it remains to be seen whether the american public is on board with drones. in april a study found 63% of americans think giving drones permission to fly through most u.s. air space would be a bad idea. fortunate magazine's annual list of the top 500 largest corporations in the united states is out today and despite the explosion of technology and the discovery of new energy, a retailer tops the list, of course, wal-mart is number one again. it retains its position thanks to sales of nea

i'm not sure if i agree if that is the motivator for the children come into south texas. think it is primarily the conditions in the countries that they are leaving from. i do believe that if comprehensive immigration reform is passed the uncertainty that may be existing in people's minds about our law gets resolved then it will be clear to the people that the errant path to citizenship being contemplated in the senate bill only applies to people who came here before year-end 2011. the same with dhaka. dhaka refers to people who came here before 2007. he doesn't refer to people who came here today or yesterday. so the perception i don't think is correct and i also know anyone who is separated on the order is a priority to match. >> mr. secretary this is my last question or statement. i would suggest that as a person who believes we need to pass a bill to fix our broken immigration laws that the single biggest impediment to collaboration between congress and the executive branch to get that done we may not agree about the details but i think we agree on the need to get to

illegal migration to the south texas border is not safe. a processing cancer -- a processing center is no place for your child. putting your child in the hands of a smuggling criminal or position is not safe. your child will not benefit from daca if they come here now. .net is for those who came here seven years ago. the legislation been contemplated right now, the earned path to citizenship, is for those who came to 18 months ago. that is my message to those who are following you in the press. >> what about those who are already here in the center? we are getting calls from people who want to find the children. they know their children are here because they got a phone call saying they were in the center. >> i am not encouraging in any way, shape, or form illegal migration. >> no, no. , but what i'm saying is, what i'm asking, mr. secretary, mario perez isn't undocumented woman who has a child in a center already here. how does she claim her child? may be the gentleman from hhs can answer. >> hhs has a process they can expect that they are

. >>> criminal investigation into mass graves in south texas suspected of holding remains of illegal immigrants. multiple bodies were found in a single body bag. >>> in the same community, in texas, the dangers many mieg and find is well-known. we first brought you last fall, as rob reynolds traveled there, whose travels north ended in death. >> a corner of the sell atear in texas is set aside for the lost and the left behind. these are the graves of unknown migrants from mexico and central merrick, who died deaths in the mesquite bad lands of south texas. >> it is a senseless death. i don't really understand it. >> benny martinez is chief deputy sheriff of brooks county. >> we see the volume high on pedestrians, walkers coming through the brush. >> falfurius is an impoverished town about 70 miles from the u.s. border, but a checkpoint on the highway just south of town is the last barriers on the route to houston, dallas and beyond. human smugglers have found a way to evade the checkpoint. about ten miles from the checkpoint migrants rush out of the transporters vehicle and hide in th

i'm not sure i agree that that is the motivator for the children coming into south texas. i think it is primarily the conditions in the countries that they are leaving from. i do believe that if comprehensive immigration reform is passed, the certain -- the uncertainty that may be existing in people's minds about our law gets resolved, and it will be clear to people that the earned path to sit zenship that's being contemplated in the senate bill only applies to people who came here before year end 2011. same thing with daka, it refers to people who came here in 2007, it doesn't refer to people who came here today or yesterday. so the perception i don't think is correct. i also know that anyone who's apprehended on the border is a priority for removal. >> mr. secretary, this is my last question or statement. i would suggest that, as a person who believes we need to pass a bill to fix our broken immigration laws, that the single biggest impediment to collaboration between congress and the executive branch to get that done, we may not agree about the details, but i think we a

most are coming in through south texas. they are sent to temporary processing places like in nogales. we talked to the mayor, 1,000 kids in a warehouse with no showers, no beds. the situation is apparently getting better there. it seems crazy to me that you have people going through south texas, september to arizona, and this is what the attorney there is calling a possible crime. apparently some of the kids were sent in buses and dropped off at bus depots in fienize arizona. arizona. >> i don't know the details of the drop off. it's a major problem. the idea that they'd drop folks off and leaving them to fend for themselves, obviously that is not the solution. border patrol, customs and border application has a history of not bean open and transparent. they have a pattern of abuse this they'll have to figure out how to address and overcome. hopefully whether it's motion and arizona and washington d.c. we decide not to play political games, we don't point fingers and we keep our eyes on important things, which is treatment

for many migrants south texas is the launching pad for next journey. migrating through america.r the last month, "new york times" mexico correspondent damian cave traveled the spine of the country, interstate 35 which stretches from south texas up to minnesota. i-35 is a route well traveled by immigrants and he set out to answer the fundamental questions, what demines citizenship. and to what degree is our identity evolving? in laredo texas, he spoke with martinez, the safety director for one of the first bus lines serving immigrants along i-35. the corridor itself tells the story of immigration in america and martinez is a shepherd of sorts providing an indispensable service for families reconnecting throughout the country. >>> joining any now is damian cave. thank you so much for joining me, almost 40-day journey through the middle of the united states. >> that's right, 39 days. >> i'm sure it's a formidable amount of storytelling and material that you have on the "times" site, to talk as broadly or specifically as you can about this question, you quote jime z jimenez, immigra

south texas has become the nation's busiest corridor for illegal crossings happening today. obama is hosting a daylong summit in washington, encouraging employers to adopt more family-friendly work policies. the u-s is the only industrialized nation that doesn't require paid leave for mothers of newborns. the president says he'd like to see that change. however, its not clear how such a program would be funded. while some companies offer paid family leave to attract workers. the 1993 family medical leave act only requires that employers provide unpaid leave for medical and family reasons. after a days-long search for an arcadia firefighter and his dog in los padres national forest.the dog has been rescued! but officials say. now they are scaling back their efforts to find his owner. crews have put in a total of 5 thousand hours to search 50 square miles of the forest on foot.horseback and by air.to find fire firefighter mike herdman and his dog. he was on a camping trip with a friend 9 days ago when the dog ran off. and herdman chased after him barefoot and only wearing shor

south texas has become the nation's busiest quarter for illegal crossings. a daylong search for an arcadian firefighter in his dog in los pedro the official conference national forest, the dog has been rescued. but officials say now they're scaling back their efforts to find his honor. crews have put in a total of 5000 hours to search 54 mi. of the force of with respect in by air to find firefighter mike herdman is dog. he was a naked picture of it for nine days ago when the dog ran off and herdman case after him barefoot in only wearing shorts. a local park from the dog yesterday in the fourth live where herdman runs his car. officials of the search for his unrelenting but in a limited way. the department of veterans affairs is falling short in providing adequate health care for its female veterans. a review of the department shows nearly one in for veterans affairs hospitals like a full-time gynecologists. additionally, hospitals like a full-time gynecologists. additionally, 15 persh's niatures. chsings ha the fun. beuse there's a ttlesomethi. hersy'miniur

let's bring in jeffrey corn, a judge advocate, general and professor at the south texas school of law in houston. indictments were handed up in 2008. why has it taken this much time. >> he felt that the government improperly used testimony. the government appealed that dismissal and th the appellate court reinstated the indictment. that took a couple of years to sort itself out. that explains a good church of the delay. >> could these men have been tried in a military court where the rules of evidence are different? >> well, it's possible. it's not that the rules of evidence is different but this is a significant case because the government really has two mechanisms to deal with misconduct of civilian who is are working along side the military in an operational environment. one is this law that congress enacted in 2000 called the military military extradition act which is a misnomer. it's not intended to cover the military but civilian who is are working along with the military. the other is a resurrection over civilians accompanies the military that congress enacted in 2006. i think

would like to focus on the problem of children crossing our southwest border in particular into south texasnd the rio grande valley sector. mr. chairman as you noted the numbers are rising. from 2011 there were approximately 6000 that year. this year it is in multiples of that. this correlates with an overall rise in illegal migration into the rio grande valley are principally from what we refer to as third country nationals, those from guatemala el salvador and honduras are approximately three-quarters of the population. to meet this surge we have had to search resources that are normally dedicated to things such as border security. i saw this situation vividly of myself on may 11 when i visited mccellan station processing center. it happened to be sunday mother's day. i approached a 10-year-old girl and asked her where's your mother? she told me i don't have a mother. i'm looking for my father in the united states. i returned to washington the next day determined to do something about the situation. undeniably there was a problem of humanitarian proportions. the rio grande valley sector t

congressional advisory, more than 3,000 of those children have been detained crossing the rio grande into south texasrder patrol facilities in texas cannot deal with that many people. associated press reports about 300 detainees will be flown to san diego monday and be processed there. one honduran woman made the dangerous journey 20 years ago. she's not seen her family since then. but rosa florez found a way to help. here's her report in "american journey." >> reporter: this neighborhood in honduras is not only home to both poverty and violence but families as well. and to this mother, who would give anything to see her daughter again. she has always supported her children, even when one of them wanted to take on the dangerous and uncertain voyage to the united states in search of opportunity. nearly 20 years ago, na talia kissed her daughter leslie good-bye. the 25-year-old left on foot. never to return to honduras. this mom says, she's now trapped in the very situation her daughter left behind. over the years, she has only spoken to her daughter by phone, never seeing her face to face. i met the f

the south texas border surge of unaccompanied alien minors. i couldn't more strongly disagree with a misleading title such as this and supplanted by the arguments just presented. my concern is not just that this title unfairly attacks the president of the united states or that it presupposes a conclusion without substantial evidence, but that it also dangerously mischaracterizes the issue at hand. the increased a in unaccompanie children apprehended along our southwest border in recent years is evidence of a humanitarian crisis unfolding in our region. the facts simply do not support the claim that this administration's actions have somehow led to the current situation. the dramatic flow of children across our southwest borders is a symptom of the real humanitarian crisis that's going on every day in honduras, el salvador and guatemala where most of these children come from. in each of these countries, the level of violence is sky high and the ability of the government to protect its most vulnerable citizens is terribly low. honduras has the h

border patrol is expected to fly migrants from south texas to california for processing. this move is part of the government's latest response to the surge of central americans entering through the rio grand arrested 174,000 people since october. officials tell the a.p., two flights carried 100 passengers each will head to san diego. it's an attempt to ease the workload as at the busy texas will be mostly families with young children. no unaccompanied minors. immigration and customs will decide whether to keep people in custody or release them in ionde proceedings. administration officials said the surge is a do up tick poverty and violence in that region. there were rumors reaching central america that u.s. border authorities are offering permits to parents traveling here with young children. they hope by increasing the number of migrants detained it will dissuade others from trying to enter the country illegally. vice president biden traveled to guatemala to try to send that message. >> now we have the other top stories. >> jenna wolfe. >> we are going to start with a d

i'd like to focus on the problem of children crossing our southwest border, in particular into south texas and the rio grand valley sector. chairman, as you noted the numbers are rising from 2011 there were approximately 6,000 that year. this year there will be multiples of that. this core lates with an overall rise in illegal migration into the rio grand valley sector prince princeab principlely from nationallies guatemala, el salvador. to meet this surge, we have surge resources normally dedicated to things such as border security. i saw situation vividly myself. it happened to be sunday, mother's day. i approached a 10-year-old girl and asked her, where's your mother? she told me i don't have a mother. i'm looking for my father in the united states. i returned to washington the next day determined to do something about this situation. undeniably there's a problem of humanitarian proportions in the rio valley sector. here's what we're doing about it. number one, monday may 12th i declared a level four condition of readiness in the homeland security which is a determination that the capac

of course, we've been talking about the rio grande valley, in south texas, so it kind of gives us anbers are. >> you've been covering the story in honduras recently. did you get a sense of what the circumstances are like on the ground driving so many people to send their children or themselves north? >> they're heartbreaking stories. the poverty you hear about. people living and eating maybe a tortilla a day because that's the thing they have to eat. the violence. a lot of the violence is related to the ms-13 as we know is there. they've got like conflicting territories. so everybody knows going to these neighborhoods, don't go into these neighborhoods, here's where they dump the bodies. there's such violence you kind of get a sense why these people are fleeing. >> i want to ask you personally, because you did grow up on the border. you have such unique story yourself. >> yeah, i like to say my story is quite the opposite of everybody's story, because when i was born, my parents were legal residents of the united states. so they had come in from mexico legally. they were legally livi

to south texas to help expedite re-pay treeuation to its country. tenth, dhs together with doj has added personnel and resources to the investigation, prosecution and dismantling of the smuggling organizations that are facilitating border crossings into the rio grande valley. 11th, we are initiating and intensifying our public affairs campaigns. in spanish, with radio, print and tv post to communicate the dangers of sending unaccompanied children on the long journey from central america to the united states. and the dangers of putting children into the hands of criminal smuggling organizations. as the chairman noted, i have personally issued an open letter to the parents of those who are sending their children from central america to the u.s., which has been distributed broadly in spanish and english to highlight the dangers of the journey and to emphasize there are no free passes or permissos at the other end. we are stressing that the deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca program, does not apply to children who arrive now or in the future

. >> reporter: in the south texas cemetery 80 miles north of the border scattered among the headstones and memorials are the unknown and often unmarked graves of people who died seeking the american dream. hundreds of undocumented immigrants are buried here. in bio hazard bags, garbage bags. a shopping bag. >> reporter: dr. lori baker and her team from baylor university are exhuming the bodies in hopes of one day returning them to their families. the team comes every year, and it's never an easy job, but this year the discoveries are especially troubling. >> they could be children. they could be children. some of the bags are very, very mall. >> the scientists won't know for sure until they test the bodies in their labs but the numbers of those crossing the rio grande valley is tripling, and most of the children's bodies will go undiscovered. their bones are small as it is, and once scavengers come in, and once they decompose they're harder to find. that's why we're not finding many yet. >> how confident are you that they are out there. >> i can't imagine. there have to be so many. we'

immigration issue play out, there's a very real human dimension to this crisis, in places just now like south texas across the border with mexico, and even as voters were going to the polls in that race in virginia, a wave of immigrants were trying to get into this country. 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 th

south texas. essentially lease out empty warehouses, 55,000 square foot warehouses, and convert them into temporary detention facilities. why? because those numbers are simply too big to deal with at this point. they don't know where to put these people and these kids, as well. brooke? >> kids as young as 4 and rumors this is driving a large part of the child immigration boom. is the administration commenting on that? >> reporter: that's -- actually one of the main focuses. they're trying -- they have launched this campaign, secretary johnson writing an open letter to the people of central america, families and relatives sending their children by themselves, putting them in the hands of smugglers. and eventually sneaking into the country. they want people to understand these kids or these families also are not really guaranteed a free pass. secretary johnson trying to really drive that point home. even during his visit today in arizona, yesterday he also testified before some lawmakers here with t

texas, in florida, involved with the sale and transport of large amounts of marijuana from mexico, south texasut detectives could find no connection between the mexican mafia and the murders. and despite investigators' best efforts, the trail of the killers eventually turned cold. >> there was a lot of frustration in this case, wondering, are we going to catch this person? or it's got to be this person right in front of us. >> the families wanted answers. they deserved answers. >> after three years, the families started to believe the case would never be solved. >> your raw instinct is you want to find them yourself. and pulverize them. >> the only real evidence investigators had were the composite drawings. >> it was clear that the people who made this sketch that gave our sketch artist the information, these were going to be great witnesses. >> so rachael's father turned his grief into action. he helped raise $100,000 reward for anyone who could provide information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killers. some of that money was used to put the composite drawings of the suspects o

the processing facilities in south texas have been overwhelmed by immigrants, many of them children from south america. >>> and bowe bergdahl is getting outpatient care after leaving the hospital. he's having exposure to more people and gradual increase in social interaction. he was freed in a controversial prison swap in the end of may. >>> three men who broke out of quebec jail are due in court today. they were captured yesterday. the men were captured in a tenth floor upscale hotel this month. and it triggered an international man hunt. >>> search for the mission, california fire fighter is being scaled up after a week of searching. in rough terrain. but his dog, duke, has been found in the parking lot where he parked his car. he was in good health, and an experienced outdoorsman, herdman disappeared ten days ago. >>> and tweeting these, pictures from a scene of a fire. three homes are destroyed, but several animals have been rescued, including a dog that walked out of a charred home an hour after the flames were put out. >>> and coming up, it's pricey to raise a child. but which gend

problem and what can we be doing in south texas or arizona.e need to continue to look at this globally. >> our political discourse probably does not have the ability to handle that discussion. thank you for coming on and outing some substance and knnuae into what is a very, very tricky and sad situation. >> my pleasure. >>> coming up, the hillary clinton book tour, it's just beginning and she's already raising a few eyebrows. could her comment on her family finance end up being something that haunts her for a longer period of time than you might think? that's ahead. >>> but first, our trivia question. before president obama, who was the most recent democratic presidential nominee to win virginia twice? the first person to tweet the correct answer will get a shout-out. ♪ now printing is so affordable and convenient, you can print all you want. hp instant ink. save on ink and never run out again. plans start at just $2.99 a month. welcome to the future of printing. he gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. when sales rep steve

spanish-rich south texas, and this republican party's days of alienating hispanics ought to be over.ou expect this will be settled by binding vote tomorrow, if the tea party loses on this, and they keep in the pro immigration reform, does this become a rallying cry, a permanent split in the way the conservatives fight with each other in texas? >> i think there is a split. i think it will remain fairly permanent, at least for the time being. i think what it really will be is the opposite. this offers a model. this language offers a model for every republican who isn't from the beautiful red state of texas to say, i'm conservative. i want to secure the border, but here is a way we can talk about immigration without being accused of amnesty in a way that doesn't alienate and repel the constituency that's growing. look, there is a party very much a constituency inside the republican party, in texas, who is going to talk tomorrow and will argue amnesty, no amnesty, no way. but i sense that even here, although the rest of the platform, as you said, is pretty conservative. even here on the

since then law enforcement officials in south texas like sheriff t.nnor of victoria county have been on the lookout. what kinds of vehicles have you seen? >> if you can think of it and name it, we have stopped it. >> traffic errs will seemingly fake any vehicle to transport their drugs from a cloned at&t service truck to a ups semi. this halliburton tanker didn't contain oil at all. and if you're planning for wide distribution of your product, why not go for walmart. >> how good are these fakes? >> some of them are excellent. >> they've cloned directv trucks, fedex trucks, even police cars. and would you believe a school bus? >> what was really interesting is they took dummies so that if they passed by, you would see it passing and you would see it was occupied. >> police is k not say how many cloned vehicles are on the road, but correct spelling is essential for those who don't want to be caught. this truck was labeled border patron. >> that's a common vehicle in our area except for wait says, "border patron." so someone's got a sense of humor on the

the authorities in south texas and the rio grande valley do not have the resources or the manpower to handle such a massive influx of unaccompanied children. in terms of the children who've been released from u.s. custody, we still don't know how many of their -- quote -- "temporary guardians" are themselves illegal immigrants. we don't know, because we're not -- i assume there is not a background check conducted on them. i hope i'm wrong. but i hope we don't find out that some of these unaccompanied miners are being turned over to relatives who are themselves criminals or perhaps sex offenders. in other words, we have no idea because the president has not spoken out on this what kind of plan there is to make sure that the conditions these children are living in or what sort of potential abuse they might suffer. it is an awful situation, any way you look at it. and what makes it even more outrageous is that it is directly the result of the impression that president obama is uninterested in enforcing our immigration laws; specifically, his refusal to enforce and his granting of the so-

illegally hasn't spent the weekend sleeping on plastic boards, mostly from honduras were flown in from south texas sleeping under foil blankets while waiting for medical checkups. the influx overwhelmed border patrol. they will be transferred to other states eventually. >>> hillary clinton's new book comes out tomorrow called "hard choices" a prelude to a possible run for the white house and comes as an abc news poll reveals strong support for clinton as a candidate. seven in sen testimonies say they'd back clinton if she runs for president in 2016 and 67% of americans polled see her as a strong leader. diane diasawyer sat down with h to ask when is she going to make a decision about running? >> i just want to kind of get through this year, sign book, help in the midtemperature election in the fall and take a deep breath and go through my pluses and minuses about what i will and will not be thinking about as a make the decision. i will be on the way to making a decision by the end of the year, yes. >> you can hear much more of that interview on "good morning america" and tonight hillary clinton pu

border patrol announced plans to fly several hundred migrants from south texas to california. the border patrol said since september it has taken into custody more than 50,000 unaccompanied children entering into the united states. moss of them from honduras, guatemala and el salvador. also from texas, mass graves discovered containing what are believed to be the remains of people who tried to enter the united states illegally through mexico. local officials reportedly paid a funeral home to dispose of an indeterminate number of bodies. they are believed to be buried between 2005 and 2009. the story was first reported by corpus christi times thursday. >>> florida enacted new legislation enacting stand your ground law enabling people to use deadly force if they fear serious injury from an attacker. the new measure signed into law friday by governor rick scott allows those under threat to display their weapons and fire warning shots. the change is inspired by the case of marissa alexander, a woman sentenced to 20 years in prison after she fired a gun but did not harm her alleged

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, we all took care of each other. the little ones we would send up front. they are part of a surge

from the great lakes south to the florida panhandle and south texas. also watch out for flooding as you get into texas. there could be severe storms in kansas and nebraska. and roads will be wet in the northwest today. >> if you're flying, airport delays are possible in denver and detroit. >>> houston mom and her baby girl are reunited after a harrowing ordeal thanks to a stranger. >> 8-month-old genesis haley was abducted after her mom left the car running while she ran to pay for gas. the thief, leaving the baby all by herself in the middle of the night in an empty field opinion an amber alert was issued. but it wasn't until seven hours later that a woman out jogging for the first time in her life, happened to notice a car seat in the weeds. she called the police. >> i was watching over this child because, even though the witness had found the child said that for some reason she decided to turn left as she was jogging north over here on ella. she just decided to turn this way. >> and the police officer who found the child used his uniform shirt to wr

the south texas border of an accompanied alien minors and i will begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement. there is a tsunami hitting the nation's southern border. unaccompanied minors and struggling with minors are arriving in unprecedented numbers. central american minors and teenagers are making a perilous journey through mexico and then walking miles across a hospital environment assisted by smugglers and coming to the united states in violation of the law. according to the deputy border patrol chief who will testify today the department of homeland security expects to every and more than 90,000 unaccompanied minors on the border this year. the estimated number of you atms operated in 2014 represents a 1381% increase since 2011 while the projected number of 142,000 apprehensions in 2015 represent a 2232% increase. it is not just a uam. adults bringing along liners are also coming. since 2011, the member apprehended individuals comprising family unit has increased from 13,642,000 for this here as of june 16. taking into account just half of this year we have seen a 143% incre

. >> frankly, it is also hazardous to send a child into south texas to a processing center. processing center and a number of us have seen them ourselves, are no place for children. it is not safe. it is not a desirable situation and i would encourage no parent to send their child or to send for their child through this process. >> reporter: johnson says border patrol agents are doing everything they can to care for the immigrants, especially the children. this video was shot of undocumented children at a federal housing facility near the mexican border, showing kids exercising, playing, and eating. >> those folks are being released with a piece of paper in our streets. >> reporter: congressman from texas who provided cnn with these images says 1200 immigrants are crossing into texas every day, as many of them as 400 children. they are being told to report to immigration court days later. >> if you look at south texas as a valley, over 8,000 have been released in the last couple of months. we estimate that probably in this year so far they have released 30 to 40,000 people i

. >>> tomorrow, house minority leader nancy pelosi will be heading to south texas.d by border protection on the children entering the country. and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> so, it's friday, we're all excited about that. we know what it means, it means kevin is here reporter for the hill. good morning. happy friday. >> happy friday. betty, how are you? >> i'm doing great. i'm not sure about hillary clinton's become sales in china. that book has been banned there. so could this actually be considered a bit of a badge of honor for the potential presidential candidate? >> i think you just described it perfectly. it is a badge of honor. this is someone who was very critical of china, calling them, criticizing their policies and their censorship in her more than 600-page book "hard choices." so i do think this from a promotional standpoint now gives us in week three something new to talk about for her book. but from a policy standpoint, i do think, betty, that this -- that this is potentially a good thing for her. >> yeah. so china may have inad