-mexico border in south texas.algo county has been at the center of the debate over immigration for more than a century. border crossings both legal and illegal are part of daily life there, so now two perspectives, on the impact, one from the border patrol chief, who says he needs a wall to stop a crisis, and one one from the mayor of mcallen, texas, who says this issue is being politicized by people who don't know what they're talking about in washington, d.c. man: just watch your step right here. o'brien: manuel padilla knows each twist and turn of this stretch of the rio grande in hidalgo county. he's the border patrol chief of the busiest crossing point for undocumented immigrants in the southwest. padilla: yesterday we had over 800 apprehensions. o'brien: smugglers watch from across the narrow stretch of river, waiting to bring another group of immigrants across. padilla: they likely will not cross as long as we're here. as soon as we move, they will come back in an hour. so the river is not an effective barr

military family, my father was career military and we could talk about him, you know, growing up in south texas and working on the farm and going into world war ii. that's a whole other big part of my life, but my texas history roots, but so when i got out of the air force four years later, in 1971, my dad had moved up to washington, dc, so i followed my parents up there and got a job as a photographer at the u.s. department of agriculture. that's where the farm security administration photos had been taken back in the depression time. so i was being made more aware of the world of photography because it wasn't really something that i thought that i would do. as a career or a lifelong work. but it worked out well for me there and then from agriculture, i went to the u.s. department of housing and urban development and now we're the early '70s, you know, the '60s were a lot of the race riots and hud, which was started by president john n johnson, almost immediately after martin luther king was assassinated, and so there was a real effort by the department of housing and urban development to rebu

perhaps choking and strangling the economy of south texas, new mexico and arizona. he's proposing to shut down the wall. i think this will create a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented level. >> the democrats will have control as of january 3rd. i know members of your caucus are asking for medical records. logs of border patrol agents and children. what's your first move here? >> first of all, we could have avoided all of this. the senate moved forward a bipartisan continuing resolution that chose to move government towards february. trump shutdown rejected that. we could have avoided this cris crisis. he owns the shutdown. he said he will carry the mantle of the shutdown. it's the trump shutdown and now we will investigate. we will i venvestigate the conditions of the death of jakeline and felipe. we want to investigate why mothers and three and four-year-olds are sleeping on the floor like sardines. we ought to i vest gait that. we're a country that's far better than that. >> there's a belief on the republican side that they can go after nancy pelosi. it's a winni

i know south texas very well. i know the border well, and that's why i've been down there so much and so interested in, of course, the bored wall, which we're going -- border wall, which we're going to have, but the fact that we have a wonderful friend and a person who has been a good friend. you'd think he's dead, but he's not. he's very much alive and he's back doing his full-time job, but i want to say that the time i've spent with him down there in texas long before he was even in -- in the position he's in today. he's been a great hero down there to not just the people in texas but people all over the country. now, as far as the comments made by the minority leader from new york, you know, it's -- it's easy to stand here and talk about this thing. i know the democrats they've all gotten together and they don't want to have a wall, but they are going to have a wall and walls work. look at the record of having walls. san diego, they built their wall in 1992, illegal traffic dropped 92% after that. 92%. el paso,

members walk now toward the vehicles which will take them to the capitol, we do have jeannie wyatt of south texaswho was an acquaintance of the bushes who can't not be if you grow up in texas. as you watch these pictures, what strikes you? >> such a great great man and first lady and highly ethical family. we are just so fortunate to have had their influence in the state of texas and his great great dear friend james baker as well. liz: i'm sure. knowing that these giants certainly of the u.s. government in the past of especially bush 41, what is your best sort of texas memory of him and barbara bush, his lovely wife? >> just being so so natural. and very influential, under president bush's watch nafta, nafta is formed and he passed and signed the nafta trade agreement, the north american trade agreement which was hugely influential on not only north american trade but global trade. liz: isn't it ironic that one day after president trump and prime minister justin trudeau of canada and president nieto of mexico signed the u.s. mexico canada deal, the timing is uncanny certainly. uncanny. edward is

troops coming down here down through south texas.id some barriers to ensure that the caravan came this way we were ready to handle it, yes. steve: sir, thank you very much for your service and telling us what's going on down south. ainsley: thank you. >> thank you so much. steve: you bet. ainsley: the number of application force police is plummeting one officer is here to explain why next. but in my mind i'm still 35. that's why i take osteo bi-flex to keep me moving the way i was made to. it nourishes and strengthens my joints for the long-term. osteo bi-flex because i'm made to move. introducing the new capital one savor card. earn 4% cash back on dining and 4% on entertainment. now when you go out, you cash in. what's in your wallet? unstopand it's strengthenedting place, the by xfi pods,gateway. which plug in to extend the wifi even farther, past anything that stands in its way. ...well almost anything. leave no room behind with xfi pods. simple. easy. awesome. click or visit a retail store today. steve time for news by the numbe

it's moving across t south from texas to the east coast. and 25illion people are under winter weather alerts. the weather expected to have big impacts on the south that cou last until the beginning of the workweek. joe fryar has more. >> the mammoth storm parading across the south plasteredoc k texas with 10 snow.es of only the sixth double-digit snowfall 11, e since ereaving drivers to maneuv around slick roads, while the houston area wrestled a winter wash out. relentless rain lotriggered flashs that submerged several cars, catching some drivers off guard. the soggy system now on the move. states of emergency have been declared in north carolina and virginia, wch are bracing for snow and ice. >> this is a snowstorm, not a snowfait. serious. >> the storm is snarling air traffic with american airlines alone cancelling more an 1,000 weekend flights. in bristol, virginia, they're stocking up on shovels alt. >> i'm a mail carrier, so i'm pretty concerned, because i -- if the truck can get the mail there, i've got to go no matter what. >> the fl

then same thing when the hurricane came into south texas. president clinton came down and spent time with president bush and they toured the devastated areas. raising money and trying to get awareness. he had great compassion for people but he was a humble man. judge jeanine: the last question, they also spent time together in kennebunkport. quickly before we go, how would you describe president h.w. bush as it related to his ability to do a lot of sports things. >> he was on steroid. he got up early in the morning and he would want to take a swim. then he would want to play tennis. then we want to play golf, then he would want to go fish. my father said you needed a vacation after a vacation with george h. bush. here now to talk more about president h.w. bush's legacy and personal memories of this great man. former deputy assistant to president george h.w. bush, brad blakeman. good evening. it's good to have you here. the president wrote your letter of recommendation for law school. let's talk about the president on the world stage. give us

more than 11,000 in one sector known as the rio grande valley of south texas. in addition to that 2300 unaccompanied kids were apprehended in the same period in just one sector. it is not clear whether this will look at extending marching orders for us troops deployed across the region with the holiday season approaching, the number of active-duty soldiers was originally scheduled to go down somewhere around 3000 compared to the nearly 5500 who were part of the original mission to assist border patrol agents on the ground. shannon: republicans on the hill working to put together votes to fulfill donald trump's request for $5 billion in border wall funding. short-term spending bill expires in january includes funding for the wall and emergency disaster aid for the california wildfires. the president tweeting another bad terror attack in france. we will strengthen our borders even more. let's bring in acting director of immigration and customs enforcement thomas homan and senior researcher on border issues clara long. welcome to you both. what do you make of the

as traffic slowed in san diego, in arizona, and el paso, we've seen it shift to south texas to the rio grande valley sector. this sector covers just 17% of the mileage of the entire border, but it now sees 40% of the illegal border traffic. this sector also accounts for an outsized number of narcotic seizures and a significant portion of the assaults on our border security agents, border patrol agents. through the f.y. 2018 appropriations bill enacted in march, congress provided nearly $1.4 billion, a down payment towards this plan, towards this improvement plan. despite claims on the senate floor last week to the contrary, customs and border protection is executing this funding at an astounding rate. about a third of it is already under contract. another third will be in contract in the next several weeks. and the entirety of this funding will be under contract within a year of enactment of the legislation. they are spending it where it's needed most and as fast as we can get it to them. in june the appropriations committee, led by my subcommittee, produced a bill that recommended bor

you know, my hometown or towns, in south texas, del rio, texas and mexico. very small towns, very, very small towns. and anyway. >> like 100 people. >> something like that. >> did you want to go to hollywood and be famous? >> that was absolutely not in my radar. >> how did you get into this? reinvent my career again? >> i wasn't a musician and sing songwriter. i progressed in music to a certain point and life was very, very hard and at that point, for some reason, i was living in mexico. i had lived in l.a. for a while and decided to go to mexico city. i don't remember how or why. there was this music project that we got going and i was going to do my first album as a singer, right? and all of the sudden, the producers that were leading this project, they got fired from their companies and never heard from them again. i had to fend for myself. i was down there and okay, what do i do? and there was commercials, you know, i could find a job at starbucks down there but it doesn't pay what starbucks pays in the states. it was not going to work and i had been rai

he was detained at the border in south texas and released to his parents in oakland. >> is sad to know we come from a knowing were here. and at the start thinking about what you behind. >> this year there are nearly 600 unaccompanied minors at about 2800 newly arrived immigrants to the district. >>> 7:44 am. the 49ers have one game left to play in the season and yesterday they lost a close one to chicago. 14-9 but the biggest moment of the game came here. the 49er player hit the bears quarterback and the bears players say it was a late hit and their arguments, some punches were thrown, and richard sherman was ejected. two bearers were ejected. it got while. the 49ers wrap up their season next week on the road against a los angeles rams. >>> meeting santa is a special experience for many kids but for children who are deaf here in the bay area there is one santa who makes it more magical. ktvu's alyssa harrington shows us a santa who is fluent in sign language and the family to make sure her child their child was a see him every year. >> reporter: robin horwitz captured this pretty video

went on a month long journey to seek asylum in the united states, he was detained at the border in south texasand finally released to his parents here in oakland. >>> i get sad because we know where we come from and knowing we are here and i start it about what we left behind. >> this year, there are nearly 600 unaccompanied minors about 2800 newly arriving immigrants. >>> a group of firefighters in oakland giving back by continuing a tradition of more than 30 years in the making. as we highlight the bay area people doing extruder things, ktvu shows us how fire station 18 is spreading cheer all over oakland. >> reporter: oakland fire station 18 is buzzing with activity as firefighters load up for a call that unlike most others they going. they have packed boxes full of holiday food to be delivered to churches and other organizations in oakland that help people year-round and especially during the holidays. >> us as firefighters have a way to give back because we live in serve in these communities and this is her way to give back to the people we serve. >> reporter: the donations are made possi

liz: jeanie wyatt, south texas money management, knew the bushes. as we continue to watch the ceremony we'll hand it over to "after the bell." connell: thank you, liz. live pictures from joint base andrews just outside of washington, d.c. as the body of president george h.w. bush has arrived in our nation's capitol where the nation will have a chance to mourn the president over next couple days leading up to wednesday's state funeral. his body will lie in state and follow coverage as our hour goes on here. something to watch in texas and washington. melissa: it really has been. that was a touching reception as we saw the body of the former president come off the airplane there, air force one that was specially fitted for this occasion and you look, how solemn everyone on the scene is, in a procession he himself helped plan. connell: he did indeed. the motorcade makes its way from joint base andrews, to the national's capitol. once we arrives there we will pick up our coverage of the nation honoring former president george h.w. bush. the dow on the d

right to his most recent book "the harvest makers' dreams: and the rise of south texas" was published in 2016 and also a marine corps veteran. yes, go, marines. and finally, jonathan yarowsky, did i say that right? i'm sorry i was trying to practice. onserved as chief counsel the subcommittee as general council of the house judiciary committee and a special council to the president in the clinton white house. he's also served as a member of the national commission on crime. and as vice chair of the you antitrust modernization committee. he's partner and co-chair of the you legislative department of wilmer hale law firm. jonathan, why don't you start us off? give us about five minutes. we'll hear from the other panelists and then ask questions. jonathan: hello, everybody. i thought the little film brought us to a good point because it was kind of fuzzy as we look forward. i know a lot of folks, including myself, think there are a lot of similarities in the current landscape and there are. there are some -- without passing judgment because we can't do that at any point. i mean, there's

the border will strangle the economy of south texas, of new mexico, of arizona. over $558 billion worth of goods cross the border from mexico. and about another $243 billion of goods are exported to mexico from the u.s. over $800 billion every day of goods cross the border. 500 million people come through every day. it will strangle the border. it will hurt the economy. >> he's not going to do that, for that reason, right? i mean, it's an idle threat, don't you think? >> this is a street corner threat. >> yeah. >> he's trying to threaten the democrats. i think the democrats have offered a good deal. the republicans in the senate sent over a bipartisan deal. >> right. >> that attempted to prevent the shutdown. and he refused to take it. >> in objective sense it looks like democrats have a stronger bargaining hand here, nancy pelosi can pass the bill to reopen the government, and mitch mcconnell can override a veto. here's why democrats have a disadvantage. tell me why i'm wrong, if i am. democrats do seem to care if the government's closes down, whereas republican

that is doing to their daily life, murder rate in the border states has gone up significantly in south texas. you're right, i'd be happy to support your public messaging campaign on that issue. >> our time has almost run out so let me take the opportunity to ask one final question and it really comes back to restart the whole linkage between economic development and law enforcement and your mandate, your mission and the daily activities you're carrying out. return to what we always do in washington, try to forget where the money is going, right? are the u.s. taxpayers funding the right approach in the northern triangle countries? are we spending the money in the right way or spending enough? are we giving it to the wrong direction? should we we think it will would ask more of our local partners in terms of local contributions? this is u.s. taxpayer money. we spent billions and central america over the last 20, 30 years, not even talk about the 1980s and all that. give us how you're looking at this, and maybe some ideas for how things could make some even more progress, greater progress in th

more than 11,000 arrested, that is just one sector known as the rio grande valley of south texas. in addition, some 2300 unaccompanied kids were apprehended in the same period and once again, and just one sector. it is unclear whether this will prompt the feds to look at extending marching orders for the u.s. troops who'd been deployed across the region with the holiday season approaching. the number of active duty soldiers was originally scheduled to go down somewhere around 3,000. compared to the nearly 5500 who were part of the original mission to go in and assist u.s. border patrol agents on the ground. >> shannon: casey stegall, thank you. tonight, house republicans on the hill are working to put together some votes were told to the philip presidents trump's request for $5 billion and border wall funding. when possible vehicle, includes funding for the wall and emergency disaster aid for the california wildfires. keeping up the pressure, retweets today, another very bad terror attack in france. we are going to our borders even more. thomas homan, and senior researcher on immi

the border will strangle the economy of south texas. of new mexico, of arizona over $558 billion worth of goods cross the border from mexico and about another 243 billion dollars of goods are exported to mexico from the u.s. so over $800 billion every day of goods cross the border. 500 million people go there every day. it will strangle the border and hurt the economy. >> he's not going to do that for that reason, right? it's an idle threat, don't you think? >> this is a street corner threat. i think the democrats have offered a good deal. the republicans send over a barrel deal that attempted to prevent the shutdown and refused to take it. >> it looks like democrats have a stronger bargaining hand here. nancy pelosi can pass that bill over to mitch mcconnell and over to mitch mcconnell. but here's why i think democrats have a disadvantage and tell me why i'm wrong if i am. democrats do seem to care that the government is closed down whereas republicans don't. gohmert's position is till hell freezes over. the more substantive concerns y

. >> reporter: after a month-long journey, he was detained at the boarder in south texas and releaseds parents in oakland. the 19-year-old says his asylum case is still pending. >> i hope that i get to can be legally here. >> reporter: 18-year-old benito is a senior this year. >> i been come here. >> reporter: she says she left guatemala a few years ago with her brother and sister after their mother died she lives with her siblings in an oakland apartment these stories are not uncommon here oakland international high specifically serves the needs of newly arrived immigrants and refugees. among the newcomer students are many unaccompanied minors. >> we have had unaccompanied minors forever. sense we opened. however, in the last five years, that's when we sought big influx of central american boys largely, and now they comprise about 30% of our student body. >> reporter: oakland unified school district has the second highest number of unaccompanied minors in the state behind los angeles. this year, there are roughly 2800 newly arrived immigrants nearly 600 are children who fled their ho

. >> reporter: after a month long journey, leonardo lima was detained at the border in south texas andto his parents in north oakland. his asylum case is still pending. >> i hope i get a transfer soon so i can legally be here. >> reporter: 18-year-old 23 is a senior this year. she says she left guatemala a few years ago with her brother and sister after their mother died. she lives with her siblings in a oakland apartment. stories like benita lorenzo's and leonardo lima's are not uncommon. oakland international high school specifically serves the needs of newly arrived immigrants and refugees, along with these newcomer students are many unaccompanied minors. >> we have had unaccompanied minors forever since we opened. however, in the last five years, is when we saw this big influx of central american boys largely. now they comprise about 30% of our student body. >> reporter: oakland unified school district has the second highest number of unaccompanied minors in the state behind los angeles. this year there's 2800 newly arrived immigrants. nearly 600 are children that fled their home c

place the president wanted to build new wall, the santa ana wildlife refuge, where i visited in south texas. >> the other thing the president claimed, we didn't play that in this instance, but he claimed it at another point in that meeting, he said terrorists are coming into the country across the border. what do you make of that? >> look, what the president is talking about is not terrorists or suspected terrorists that are coming through the southwest border. you talk about ten suspected terrorists who are caught trying to come into the country a day. i spoke to dhs immediately after the president said this and the numbers he's referring to are people on terrorist watch lists, which by the way we know often are wrong and ensnare people who may have similar names of people on that watch list, not at the southwest border but any port of entry in the united states of america. that could be airports, and there are i don't know airports there are, ali in the united states, hundreds, thousands. seaports and at ports of entry along both northern and southern borders. but the idea the president o

. >> like south texas politics. >> so i'm out there. this poor guy was crushed. the guide knew. he was freaking out. the game warden is like, we never had anybody captured on camera that they shot the wrong bird. so he says we do not know what the fine is. so we all drive into downtown houston. to the parks and wildlife department. they are all looking at us thinking, what are we going to do? we have never had a fine of this. i said there has to be rangers. what about a thousand dollars? so i literally said, is this like $100 in court fees? i filled out a check for $125. we all took a picture. was interesting about that was the sentiment. the battleground was east texas. it humanized bush in a way. she was on her own hunt in northeast texas where i used to hunt. we had never shot a bird in years on opening day. they had gotten bored because there were not any birds. she had not shot the gun. they coaxed her into shooting a gun in the air. you had this situation where bush was able to be self-deprecating. said he was glad he was not deer hunting because i might have shot a cow. h

on this side of the border i think we saw a lot of violence as far as in 2005 in the south texas border and then later on murders, and then what we saw was mostly the purchase of weapons, to smuggle -- to the mexico in order to engage in extortion and other assaultive and violent actions and torture on the mexican side. what we see is a cartels are using ms13 and other gang members for kidnapping extortion, and other violent crimes. and that fall under the statutes. >> why is that crossing north to the border into the united states. >> carla: when we're talking about the gang piece, to put in perspective we have about 100,000ms13 gang members in the northern tracking, and more than half of them are in -- sathousand in jail, 30,000 on the street, we have 10,000 gang members here, in the united states, and through our operation community shield, last 5 or 6 years we picked up over 8500ms13 members, associates and seized multi-quantities of drugs, and weapons, and other implements. ammunition and so forth. >> thank you senator crus for following that while we were voting. >> so let me ask

by friday evening, we see it in the south, around texas and new mexico. this is sunday morning. e storm system. i does stay south or move a little farther and move into our area sunday and monday?at the big question. maybe some snow or rain. the track now with the storm is still uncertain. the timing would be sunday into monday and how much of an impact will it have. we have so many different scenarios. we have no impact at all. some computer models putting out snow. a foot of we'll get a much better idea thursday. the inf fmation is into our computer models. right now, the he is too metro area, we're wching our southern storms. sunday into monday. still a lot of questions with the storm system. a lot of cold in our forecast. >> i'm doing a facebook live. i'll have the forecast there. saturday.n there's our storm. the potential for a storm sunday into monday. if it drops a lot of snow, we've got a couple of them. if you want meo come to your front yard, there's my facook page too. >> will you come hang our holiday lights? i've still got to hang mine. i so the answer yes. >> that

on this side of the border, i think we saw a lot of violence as far as in 2005 in the south texas border and then later on with the murders and then later on what we saw was mostly the purchase of weapons to smuggle to the mexico in order to engage in extortion and other assaultive and violent actions and torture on the mexican side. what we sue now, cartels are using ms-13 and other gang members for kidnapping, extortion and other violent crimes and that fall into the rico statutes and that's why-- >> to what extent is that crossing over the border into the united states? >> excuse me? >> to what extent is that crossing the border into the united states? >> as far as when we're talking about the gang piece, to put is in perspective we have 100,000 ms-13 gang members in the northern triangle and more than half of them are-- 15,000 are in jails, 30,000 on the street we have approximately 10,000 gang members here. ms-13 gang members here in the united states, and through our operation community shield, the last five or six years, we've picked up over 8500 ms-13 members, associates and seiz

and wind chills, but is what it feels like, all that cold air from canada will travel as far south as texasdle, they expect icy weather tomorrow into the weekend. we have potential for snow flurry activity across the great lakes but this is where we are dealing with that energy across portions of california. we have rain, mountain snow and that will make its way across the southern and central plains, not only rain but ice and snow depending on where the cold air is placed, that 32 ° line. future radar shows a snow event in oklahoma through missouri, illinois, winter storm watch is posted in the texas area, texas panhandle to oklahoma and that will stretch eastward. look at the potential for heavy rain across the south and that icy mix over the central us and we could see 6 to 12 inches of snow and look at the mid-atlantic across the appalachians saturday into sunday. travel delays travel delays travel delays. we will keep you posted. carley: beginning to look a lot like christmas. >> nicely done without piano accompaniment. rob: thank you very much. 11 minutes after the hour. a murder moti

about the government is just beginning to build, acquire land and build trump's wall in parts of south texas, and they're taking land by eminent domain. so i was with a family that, you know, had had the same 60 acres on the rio grande since the late 1700s, and now that land is going to be taken from them, and they have to decide whether to fight and lose it without getting compensated at all or whether to sell it at a very low price to the government. so, you know, stories like that, sort of like this i go and i go to the ranch, and i spend whatever it is, a week there, and sort of not only interviewing people, but hopefully, you know, establishing enough trust and comfort that i can listen in on their conversations. and so instead of it feeling like a story that was told to me, it's a story that unfolds through dialogue that people are having with each other. thanks for asking. >> [inaudible] any other people been influence by derek -- [inaudible] seeing other people turn against -- [inaudible] because of his turning? >> yeah. i mean, i think it's a little diffuse, it's hard to measure, bu

. >> with windchill it feels colder than that, cold air sinking as far south as texas, cooler than average of folks. we had relatively warm temperatures on the east coast, that is going to end, 38 in new york city, past 24 hours, fairly quiet. a couple things we are watching for. lake effect snow, the frontal boundary across florida will bring scattered showers but nothing we can't handle. we have the next storm system moving to the west coast in the next couple days bringing coastal rain and mountain snow across the sierra nevada mountains and that energy will make for our next weather maker across the country. over the central us and possibly a coastal storm as we head into sunday and monday. a couple days to fine-tune the forecast. there is what it looks like across the country, potential for more rain and snow for california and lake effect snow across the northeast but not bad. rob: one of our reviewers outside yesterday after the show from colorado says the skiing is incredible. >> if you like the snowpack it is happening. rob: thank you. jillian: the 2018 world series headed to the

as we widen this out, we start to notice something way toward the south toward texas okagain. at the rain in west texas. all of that system will make its way thi way. it will combine with another area of low pressure. so wednesday into thursday, and by thursday night, here we are. that's when we're talking about the heavy rain and we will see it all the way through thursday night into the day on friday. thow firstoves out. the secondary low. it comes in. we're talking more just shower activity back here on friday. so not quite as heavy. if youe traveli up and down the i-95 corridor, it will be a mess. that's what to expect. another inch t an inch and a half. i think they're going to be very slow with all tn we're going to see. tomorrow, 50 degrees. more mild. still sunny and dry. a pretty nice afternoon. the next couple days, rhowing thatn moving in during the day thursday. we'll see a high temperature thursday of around 50 degrees. look at friday. we get to 67 degrees. you will need the umbrellas. i almost said halloween, that's not good. christmas is looking good. i am watch

from a public point of view and then privately i had spent time with him hunting quail down in south texaswas the same in person as he was in public. he was this modest man, he didn't expect everyone to rise and greet him when he walked into the room, he sat at the dinner table of his partners and friends like jim baker and al simpson and just one of the guys. so he was so authentic and everything he did, given his accomplishments and even his family background. >> let me ask you, john mclachlin, to the point tom was just making, this man was an institutionalist, a military aviator at a time when his country needed his service and attended yale and headed the cia for a short period of time and ambassador to the united nations and ambassador to china and held political office. contrast that to where we are now where we have an administration and a president that believes these institutions are, in fact, what does he call it, the deep state. it is about as opposite to george h.w. bush as you can be. >> it is totally opposite, tom -- i'm sorry ari. completely opposite. and he was an instituti

african-americans, particularly african-american women in those big southern states like georgia, south carolina, texasippi but also how you can somehow get white voters as well. maybe not working class white voters. those seem to be voters that trump has a lock on. you can get those suburban white women who did vote for democrats, at least in 2018, then you get something of a winning coalition both in the primary and then if you're a democrat perhaps in the final match-up against trump as well. >> congressman, joe pointed out, we've seen it in the polling, joe biden still gets really strong numbers. he has that name recognition. people can identify with him early on the programs. joe biden is the biggest threat in terms of a challenger for donald trump. would you agree? >> i would agree. probably the most formidable candidate against donald trump. at the same time probably the least likely to be nominated any of those candidates. the big risk that democrats run right now is that they nominate somebody very far left like an elizabeth warren. if the republican party stays as pro trump as it is, i see th

doing to their daily light, the murder rate in those border states has gone up significantly in south texas. i would be happy to support your public messaging campaign on that issue. >> anybody want to fund it? >> yeah. >> our time has almost run out. let me take the opportunity to take one final question and it comes back to where we started. the whole linkage between economic development and law enforcement and your mandate and mission and the daily activities that you're carrying out and return it to what we always do in washington, try to figure out where the money is going, right? are the u.s. taxpayers funding the right approach in the northern triangle countries? are we spending the money in the right way? are we spending enough? are we giving it to the wrong directions? should we rethink it? >> should we ask more of our local partners in terms of local contributions? this is u.s. taxpayer money. >> sure. >> we've spent billions in central america over the last 20, 30 years, not even talking about the 1980s and all of that, give us how you're looking at this and maybe some ideas for

the states that saw the biggest increase including south dakota, utah, and texas have not expanded medicaid. only washington, d.c. made progress in reducing the number of uninsured children. researchers say they can't know for sure what caused the increase. but they say that the delay in congressional funding for "chi"" the children's health insurance program- and moves by the trump administration to, quote, sabotage the affordable care act kept many parents from signing up for government sponsored health insurance. the report also comes with a warning, they expect that number of uninsured children . >> when we return -- how the 41st president became an unlikely regular at this restaurant. restaurant. not to the finish. but to the beginning. a fight that can only be won, if we stand together for one cause. him. expert care for every new beginning. soleda d:ftnoring former president geoe h.w. bush, his remains are now at the george bush presidential library and museum at texas a&m university. but there is one tribute you probably didn't hear about. it didn't happen at a cathedral or a rotund

south. an area of low pressure forming off the eastern coast of texas. a lot of rain up into the region, especially through the deep south. sunshine. tomorrow snow south. dry monday and tuesday. we'll talk about wat neighborhoods break it down zone by zone. county by county. neighborhood by neighborhood. that's coming up in 15 minutes. >> we know a lot of people are interested in that. e'll check in with you then. this morning two people rushed the hospital after a horrific crash. this is in the district. >> it happened overght in southeast d.c. derck ward joi us live from the scene. >> reporter: we knowhere is an investigation. two people have been taken to the hospital. we're at the intersection of pennsylvania avenue and southe avenue at the d.c. line. this is what's left of the scene. you can see me of the debris from the cars that we involved in the accident earlier this morning. see u go out this way, we some of the investigative marks that tell where the cars ended up. one of the cars ended up on the side up against this pole. take a look at the vi

point for human smugglers. 5 billion would extend all the way up into laredo help us shut down south texasyou really a black and white thing to do stop illegals from coming across and make them do it the wait way. >> thank you. ainsley: we were down there with the vice president and his wife and we aired that on "fox & friends." brian, you were down there. brian: you liked ainsley better and that's something we will handle in the break. that's fine. i don't blame you. meanwhile, coming up straight ahead, in just a few hours, fired fbi director james comey returns to capitol hill for more closed door testimony. ainsley: what questions does congressman jim jordan have for comey? we ask him when he joins us live in the next hour. brian: and. ainsley: folds of honor steps up to help that family after the daddy, the marine father was killed in the crash. gold star widow and major dan rooney are here live. brian: next ♪ there's going to be hell ♪ start ripping ankle ♪ and it feels like a whole wide world ♪ tom's my best friend, but ever since he bought a new house... tom: it's a $10 cover? oh, o

south. already flooding streets in new orleans and dumping rain on drivers in west texas.s set to merge and bring nightmare travel all the way up the east coast just as 120 million people are heading out for the holidays. airlines expect 45 million will travel this holiday season. back in washington state, officials checking some 450 homes for damage from that tornado. the national weather service announcing it was an ef-2. 300 yards wide with winds up to 130 miles per hour. so much of the east coast is saturated. that means there is sure to be extensive flooding from this storm. victor oquendo, abc news, atlanta. >> all right. our thanks to victor. >>> let's get more details on what drivers and flyers will face from accuweather. >> melissa constanzer has the forecast. melissa, good morning. >> janai, kendis, some big travel concerns here along the east coast. while it will be warm, rain is going to be working its way up the east coast as we head into friday. still wet, though, for your thursday here in the southeast, which means the risk for flooding, especially through p

in the month of november alone and that is just in one sector down in the rio grande valley of south texas're talking about 11,000 family units also taken into custody for november. this is a 216% increase from this time last year. 216. this all coming from u.s. customs and border protection data just released. the latest numbers coming out when a large part of the u.s. military presence is set to expire along the southern border going down to 3,000 active duty troops in time for the holidays. in recent weeks there had been as many as 5400 soldiers deployed along the border. all while tensions continue to rise on the other side. new video showing a group of about 100 migrant demonstrators, many asylum seekers, marching towards the u.s. consulate building in tijuana, mexico. but mexican police donning riot gear prevented them from getting close to the building. no injuries reported but a 216% hike in family apprehensions in one month and just down here in texas alone, sandra. >> sandra: casey stiegel reporting for us if dallas. >> bill: michael cohen at a new york city courtroom will be sen

texas. which has changed because of redistricting three times since i've been elected. but the core is kind of south-central texas, ellis county, navarro county, tarrant county and at various times we've gone as far south as montgomery country -- montgomery county, gone up into tarrant and parker county in the west, hood county and hill county. it's currently configured, a little over 600,000 people. when you run for congress, mr. speaker, you really run because you want to help people. you want to be their spokesperson. on the house floor. but also with bureaucracy, with executive branch, and in some cases with the private sector. to make sure that they get a fair shake. year we have en ver 1,000 pending cases in the district and success rate of around 80%, some of those cases stand out more than others. i want to give you a few. as a young congressman back in got a e 1980's, we still lot of what i call real mail, letters, handwritten letters from people. and one night i was in my office in longworth, going through the mail and jotting down responses or looking at draft responses that my staff had

south. governors from texas to virginia and north carolina declaring emergencies ahead of that storm.ke up to snows saturday. the storm dumping heavy rain which triggered flooding in the houston area. french riot police struggled to contain thousands of yellow vested demonstrate tores in paris. almost 1,000 people were arrested. the demonstration started four weeks ago to protest a full tax hike. i'm robert gray. now back to greg gutfeld *. greg: the oscars have no heart, kevin hart, stepped down as oscars host following an anti- gay tweets he wrote between 202009 and 2011. he wrote about breaking his daughters dollhouse if his son tried to play with it calling the behavior gay. he said one of the biggest fears of his son growing up to be gay. claims the academy given the choice to apologize or it would move on and find another host and he passed on the apology. >> reason i passed is because i've addressed this several times. i've addressed it. i've spoken on it and i said where the rights and wrongs work and said who i am now and i've done it. not going to kinney continue to go back

it feels cold across the northern plains and great lakes as far south as dallas, texas, feels like 35of the way across north carolina but a new storm system, several storms in the pacific northwest, the interior northwest, potential for heavy rain and mountain snow. people are loving that the rockies are getting a lot of snow pack for the skiers. that whether is going to move across the central us and east coast this weekend. take a quick look at the storm set up as we go through time, some energy from the northwest combining from the system that moves in from the gulf of mexico and potential for not only heavy rain but severe storms including large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes. a little too warm for a big snow event but we have to monitor in the weekend, another big storm system. google's ceo in the hot seat on capitol hill to answer questions about possible bias against conservative after google refused to attend a senate hearing in september. beverly holberg of the district media group at the heritage foundation will be at today's hearing and joins us now. thank you for

south. heavy snow and rain making its way to the east. creating whiteout conditions in texas. look at that right there. with parts of the state getting close to a foot of snow and flash flooding in houston. first responders there on the move, saving trapped victims from rising waters. that system stretching more than 1200 miles from texas to the carolinas, expected to drop more than a foot of snow in some spots. up to half a million customers could lose power. abc senior meteorologist rob marciano starts us off from north carolina. >> reporter: tonight, an early season winter storm continuing to slam the southern half of the country. in texas, nearly a foot of snow falling in lubbock, blanketing roadways, making driving treacherous. this police car struggling to stay on the road. to the south, over 7 inches of rain inundating the houston area, turning some roads into rivers. car after car under water, some abandoned completely. high-water rescue teams out in force, pulling this driver to safety. >> i didn't know how high the water was going to get. >> reporter: and now, this p