so the southern arizona, it's also better known as operation desert home. it's a homeless initiative. it's a pilot project. it received two grants by the department of veterans affairs. one to prevent veterans at risk for being homeless, and another to rehouse veterans currently homeless. it's also known as rapid rehousing. i'm not sure if any of you have heard of that before. last year they served 237 veterans. 107 in the homeless prevention and 130 in the rapid rehousing. they use a peer model, volunteers veterans, and spouses assist other veterans with outreach services to veterans providing tempar

virtual border protection full top groups being tracked in real-time across the open desert in southern arizonamote and rugged terrain full top >> this is a group of smugglers the camera had tracked and the border patrol came out here. >> how long have you guys been in the desert? >> 10 days will stop >> 120 foot towers outfitted with sensors that allow border patrol agent to detect and record the movements of smugglers. radar and cameras are mounted to detect, track and identify those crossing the border will stop the towers monitor the area lined with massive tenses. >> these fences like this, it can range from 18 to 26 feet. you could have seconds or minutes to make that apprehension. that's in addition to the fences, it allows an agent time to respond will stop >> eta is then wirelessly routed to the central control room. >> we've got radar that will tell us if the craft is in the air. >> high quality long-range day cameras that have thermal imager's. >> this camera here costs $19 million. >> and eyes are in the sky as predator drone's fly 18,000 feet above the border. >> our drones here fl

groups being tracked in real-time across the open desert in southern arizona, remote and rugged terrain this is the group of smugglers. a remote camera had tracked them. border patrol came out here. >> how long have you been in the desert. 120 foot steel town was outfitted with sensors. radar and -- cameras are mounted to detect and identify those crossing the border. the towers aligned with massive fences. fences arehe larger city's whereto the you have seconds to minutes to make the apprehension. technology and cameras in addition to the fences, it allows an agent to timely respond. >> data has been wirelessly routed to the control room. >> radar that can tell us of anything is crossing the border. camera feeds from the stations. tv remote control. that is mexico. , too.re in the skies predator drone's fly 18,000 feet above the border. >> this fly strictly along the border. at the end of the day does the technology work, and is it worth the huge price? >> there is an adversarial relationship. 10,000 more helicopters out here but that would be cost effective . >> that is hard to gauge

so the southern arizona, it's also better known as operation desert home. it's a homeless initiative. it's a pilot project. it received two grants by the department of veterans affairs. one to prevent veterans at risk for being homeless, and another to rehouse veterans currently homeless. it's also known as rapid rehousing. i'm not sure if any of you have heard of that before. last year they served 237 veterans. 107 in the homeless prevention and 130 in the rapid rehousing. they use a peer model, volunteers veterans, and spouses assist other veterans with outreach services to veterans providing temporary financial assistance for rent, utilityities, and deposits. assistance with lan lord -- landlord tenant issues and application and appeals process. they provide education, employment, and job search. transportation assistance. financial literacy and budgeting, and physical and mental health care refers federals. -- referrals. our west virginia benefit assistance program began as a pilot serving 25 veterans. they provide outreach to veterans in the community

. >> agents tell people that all residents are suspect by virtue of living in southern arizona. >> america needs to police our border. rick understands that. he is an air force pilot. now he is based in texas where he found he had to pass through check points all the time. >> there's no way to leave the border town without going through a check point. >> the check point he passed through most often is 67 miles from the border. >> i started to feel like i was asking permission to leave that town. i haven't crossed any borders and i didn't like that feeling. >> hoe so he installed cameras in his car. >> i want to prove the truth of events. >> i've asked if i'm free to go. >> he is on the phone with a lawyer. >> they are standing around without telling me anything. >> the supreme court said that border patrol agents can conduct brief stops for the limited purpose of verifying resident status. >> the person says yes, i am and be let go. >> according to the supreme court, yes. >> you can't set up a fishing expedition. >> but that's what many do. >> what's the reason to want to check my trunk? >

in arizona district 2 not yet called race in southern arizona ron barber verses martha mcsally. that race very close. then if we go to some of the more interesting measures that were up for votes. organ became the first state to legalize marijuana. it piers alaska may have done the same thing. those numbers aren't official yet. washington background checks very controversial over there. gun sales and transfers in washington state. that also being watched closely. in california a controversial bill here california drug testing a lot of money put into this. they defeated did not let us go forward which would lift decade old cap on courtroom damages. that was shut down by governor voters. jerry brown wanted unprecedented 4th term in california. quite interesting in california. looks like every single statewide office again for another election cycle here in the golden state. back do you in new york. >> the time is almost 20 minutes until the top of the hour. more for the minimum. five states decide on the minimum wage. what the vote means for the rest of the country. >> democracy h

called prickly pair and the fruit is a real mean hang over fighting machine growing in mexico and southern arizona. nutritionist say it can help with hangovers when taking five hours before you start drinking. that is not the only thing this is good at. by the way it also treats burns and helps diabetes patients. >> yes, you can by extract. you have within able to buy extract of it for a while. >> prickly pair, prickly pair, prickly pair. >> they grill it, eat it in az. >>> an alleged burglar learns the hard way it is tough to commit a robbery in the snow. so think about this for a minute, we will tell you >>> sound familiar? >> we're getting our first look at the trailer for pitch perfect two. >> is penelope cruz in this. >> i don't think so. >> these are the bellas they are in competition mode once again with brittany snow, rebel wilson and anna kendrick all repricing their rolls. the ladies are back in theaters in may. >> had it not been for snow police say a burglar could have gotten away. >> in kentucky,tive any young says that her dad noticed some of their stuff and shed was missing. it was

the only place to escape the cold, south florida and southern arizona. >> 78 in phoenix. 82 miami. 20s dallas, atlanta, washington, d.c., and new york. >>> across northern france, residents are on alert because of a small tiger that's on the loose. it was photographed yesterday about six miles from disneyland paris. footprints that were found have experts believing the tiger is about a year and a half old. more than 150 pounds. authorities were actually out all night looking for it armed with tranquilizers. people in three towns have been told to stay indoors or in their vehicles if they must travel. that's frightening. >> nobody knows where the doggone thing came from. it was seen near this disneyland park. disneyland paris is owned by the parent company of this network. but -- >> there he is. >> they don't have tiger at the park. that's not our tiger. some saying all of our guys are accounted for. where did this thing come from? >> police used heat-seeking equipment overnight. and it's a cold night. maybe the heat will attract the tiger. it's true. that's what they are doing. >> he's

so the southern arizona, it is also better known as operation desert home. and it received two grants from the department of veterans affairs, and one for veterans at risk of being homeless and another to rehouse those at risk for being homeless. served 237they veterans, 130 and the rapid rehousing. use a model, where volunteers and spouses assist , with temporary financial assistance with deposits, assistance with landlord-tenant issues, and benefit applications. they provide education, job search.nd financial literacy and budgeting and physical and mental health care referrals. our west virginia benefit assistance program began as a pilot, serving 25 veterans, assisted by two red cross volunteers. they provide outreach to veterans in the community using a hearer model. these volunteer vets are certified, and they develop a trust relationship and then educate veterans about what benefits they have to assist them. successful was so that they have tripled their funding base through private funders and have extended their services through serving four times th

one in southern arizona and that serves the tucson region, and another in west virginia serving the charleston region. so the services, a pilot project, homeless initiative. it received two grants by the department of veterans affairs, one to prevent veterans at risk for being homeless and another to rehouse veterans that are currently homeless. it is also known as rapid rehousing. i'm not sure if any of you have heard of it before. last year they served 237 in the prevention, and 130 in the rapid rehousing. they use a peer model, that veterans and spouses assist others to veterans providing temporary financial assistance for rent, utilities and deposit. assistance with tenant issues and benefit application and appeals process. they provide education, employment and job search, transportation assistance, financial literacy. our veteran's benefit program provides outreach to veterans in the community using a peer model. these volunteer vets are certified as veterans officers, developing a trust relationship and education veterans about what benefits they have to assist them. they have tripled t

one in southern arizona and that serves the tucson region, and another in west virginia serving the charleston region. so the services, a pilot project, homeless initiative. it received two grants by the department of veterans affairs, one to prevent veterans at risk for being homeless and another to rehouse veterans that are currently homeless. it is also known as rapid rehousing. i'm not sure if any of you have heard of it before. last year they served 237 in the prevention, and 130 in the rapid rehousing. they use a peer model, that veterans and spouses assist others to veterans providing temporary financial assistance for rent, utilities and deposit. assistance with tenant issues and benefit application and appeals process. they provide education, employment and job search, transportation assistance, financial literacy. our veteran's benefit program provides outreach to veterans in the community using a peer model. these volunteer vets are certified as veterans officers, developing a trust relationship and education veterans about what benefits they have to assist them. they have tripled t

. >> it is a lean mean hang over fighting machine growing in medication kentucky and southern arizonainking. that is not the only thing this cactus goodies with. it treats burns and helps diabetes patients. >> prickly pair. >> yes. >> we will do that next time. >> it just hurts when you eat it. >> yeah, i can imagine. >> big problem. >> what is this will and kate, the prince, right. >> or the duchess. >> whatever they go by. >> so they are coming to the united states, right. >> yes. >> that is in a few weeks they will be in new york and in d.c. i wonder how they get from insuring to d.c., you would think they have to go through philly, right. >> so reporters who cover them apparently have to have a strict dress code. if you don't dress in a proper way you went be able to get near them or ask them any questions. what a bunch have of... >> jen freddie's hanging out in the mom cave, look at that. >> wow, look at this. >> look at this, i have my massage going, i have my toys figure out, joey is here. literally in five minutes some black friday deals starts. i will get back rubbed and sit

we get food all the way from washington down through southern california and arizona. >> from farmers? >> from farmers, growers, packers. in the food bank at any one time, we will have ten or 12 different kinds of fresh produce that go out to the pantriepantr really does feel like a farmer's market. it's all beautiful, healthy and just what people need because produce is very expensive in the stores. >> raul, when you see the kids who are getting this improved food, improved nutrition, how much of a difference are you seeing in them, in their studies? and attitudes? >> it makes a huge difference. normally, i'm assuming but i'm not sure, before the pantry came, i'm not sure whether the children even were able to get any type of fruits or vegetables. for example, this morning, we had nice broccoli, we had some pears, we had apples, oranges, we had chicken. you have fruits and vegetables, potatoes, yams. who knows if they would be able to get that. but we do see a difference. we see children that are coming to school and they are ready to study and to learn. >> paul, you have seen this f

as we saw when dick cheney rampaged across southern arizona. >> no!discernible] -- are weer to tax prepared to say this is your success limit? you always to us. ?ow dare you be so says one on my side ever that. >> imagine indeed a world without religious faith. there are no men or women who because of their faith are dedicating their lives to others. cool makes us objects in a experiment -- a cruel experiment. it installs a celestial dictatorship, i kind of divine north korea. [laughter] ♪ ladies and gentlemen, welcome. [laughter] welcome to the munk debates on barack obama's foreign policy. it is my privilege to be the organizer of this debate and to once again serve as your moderator. i want to start by welcoming the north american why television cpac too audience, from c-span. onlinehello also to the audience watching this debate right now on munkdebates.com. it is an honor to have you as a participant in tonight's proceedings. and hello to you, the people who filled the call to capacity for yet another munk debate. we engage in the geopolitical de

. >> reporter: linda ronstadt grew up in tucson, arizona and moved to southern california in the 60s.i thought i was pretty good in tucson. i got to la and found out i was lower than an earthworm. >> reporter: that didn't last for long. [ singing ] >> ronstadt has sold more than 100 million records. her album covers are as famous as her music and her music, incredibly diverse. from gilbert and sullivan. to traditional mariachi. she has the biggest selling foreign language album in american history. >> i wanted to record it because the songs are so beautiful. mexican traditional music is just beautiful. >> reporter: ronstadt sung a duet with aaron neville. a and with an army of frogs on the muppet show. linda ronstadt adopted two children. never married, but dated many high profile men including governor jerry brown. >> it was great fun. we are still friends. >> reporter: earlier this year, president obama honored the singer with a national medal of arts. as the president was putting the medal around her neck. he whispered around her how as a kid, he had a crush on her. given the fact

>> yes. >> this had been the case in university of southern california and university of arizona. they described a lot of it, about the additional money where it's currently calculated. it encompasses the -- the estimations are different on campus, but things like laundry and food and the ability for a young person to travel home, or there's just a built-in life list, and that gap of the current full scholarship to what they would estimate at u.s.c. to be full cost of attendance is significantly different than in tempe, because cost of living in los angeles is so much more expensive. so there's discussion about how to funnel what is needed to a higher-need student coming into this particular -- coming into a university environment. all those things, i think, are great part of discussions. and i can say this now, because i'm retired and i'm free to say it. but i actually would think, and in a way, would welcome a congressional review because there's so much positive that's under wraps because of the focus on just the couple of things. one of the primary being coaching salaries. it

they generated 8000 megawatts of electricity, almost 65% of the electricity consumed in arizona, new mexico, and southern california. goodbye, big sky, suggest the ast of coal's new place as dominant source of electricity. with four corners releasing 46,000 tons of nitrogen oxide and 35,000 tons of sulfur dioxide, the two comical components of smog, -- two chemical components of smog, -- it suggested the southwest's end.e had come to an revivede giant presented the resurgence of coal as a function of economic demand. it contains no mention of the politics. made indian lands available for utilities. for its part, good-bye big sky looked upward. avoiding the transformation of grazing lands into -- acidic ponds and of ram springs, the navajo name, into area four. worry aboutid not the 16 million tons of carbon dioxide that issued from four corners annually. a carbon emissions equivalent those of 2.8 million passenger cars. ongoingnore the debates among navajos about coal mining. those debates illustrate the deep connections, connections that were political and iredronmental that coal f energy production had

and the ability to do that, but it's not as complete as the problem we have down in arizona, texas, along the southern border. that's something where we need to have the -- allow those states if they need to employ the national guard to protect them, so be it. we need to fund them appropriately. >> people say secure our border pretty frequently but i don't know what that means. is it a wall as david macko addressed? is it drones stationed every 300 yards, every quarter mile? like what does that look like? that is potentially a lot of border agents. >> absolutely. if we need to increase the money, fine. but they play a game down there. if somebody is in the river you can't do anything. while you have one person standing in the river and patrol guards there, people are running on both sides of them. this was given to me by a rep doing his duty down there as part of his armed services career. he had to do some time and he said it's a cat-and-mouse game we're playing. we got to stop playing the game because right now we want to make sure, one, the border is secure. two, we got to find out who is inside of

down in arizona, texas in the southern border. that is something we need to have the states employ the national guard to protect them, then so be it. we need to fund them appropriately. >> people say secure our border pretty frequently. i don't know what that means exactly. if it awol as david macko suggests, if it drowns? like what does that look like? that is potentially quite a lot of borders. joyce: absolutely. we have to employ the national guard. but they play again down there where somebody is and you can't do anything. people are running on both sides abandon this was given to me with the duty down there as part of the ground services career. he had to do some time. it is a cat and mouse game we're playing. we have to stop playing the game because right now we want to make sure one, the border is secure. to promote better figure out who is in our country, specially with the problems abroad. three, we have to provide the wherewithal for that problem. >> moderator: thank you, congressman. mr. wager. wager: stories and those

arizona. that can be driven over to southern california, driven over to texas, could be driven to florida. you don't know what any of these family members are going to be doing. it could be a used car. i just seems to me that you as the agency chief should err on the side of safety knowing these vehicles move from state to state. as the senator said, the chairman said, people are going to florida from pretty much every state in order to escape the cold in the winter, in order to visit disney world, and we know that. an accident could happen. and so why don't we just recognize the mobile nature of our society, the danger that each person runs, and by the way, i don't accept the fact there is no risk in really warm weather in arizona or other states. because we have other states here that are outside the humid area that have had these incidents. i just don't know why you don't say to all these families who have already lost people that the least that's going to happen is no other family member of any other family in america is going to suffer the same thing. >> senator, that is my solemn goa

arizona. that car can be driven over to southern california, driven over to texas, could be driven to florida. you don't know what any of these family members are going to be doing. it could be a used car. it just seems to me that you as the agency chief should err on the side of safety knowing these vehicles move from state to state. as the senator said, the chairman said, people are going to florida from pretty much every state in order to escape the cold in the winter, in order to visit disney world, and we know that. an accident could happen. and so why don't we just recognize the mobile nature of our society, the danger that each person runs, and by the way, i don't accept the fact there is no risk in really warm weather in arizona or other states. because we have other states here that are outside the humid area that have had these incidents. i just don't know why you don't say to all these families who have already lost people that the least that's going to happen is no other family member of any other family in america is going to suffer the same thing. >> senator, that is my solemn go

on the country any southern border there are law and order consequences as well as life and death consequences. gary tuchman from nogales, arizona. do border patrol expect to see people crossing in the whack of thof -- wake of this? >> we talked to agents in arizona they're on alert for the possibility of more people trying to cross the fence after the declaration by president obama. despite that his words are not to benefit people today, tomorrow, the next day, day after that. this is an area where many people cross. this is the border fence right here. when you are in nogales, arizona, 4 feet tall. used to seeing pictures of big fences and walls along much of the 2,000 mile border, four states of the united states, and mexico. but this fence is not only 4 feet tall. made of steel. little rope twine. tree branches. little barbed wire. very easy to negotiate. people here are crossing over all the time. i will be one of the few that crosses from the united states into mexico. to show you how easy it is. people come across the desert. sonoran desert. sonoran state of mexico. get on top of here. get down. jump. we see here today. b

southern border was a very casual thing. i went to college at the university of arizona. come to work in the meat processing or poultry processing and then they'd go home. >> they call them migrants. >> then because of this threat of terrorism, we closed the borders and the hammer of 9-11 fell heaviest on the southern border. even though there has never been a credible, verified penetration of our southern border by muslim extremist terrorists. never. there have been three at least in canada since 1997. it was the atlantic city subway bombers. there was the millennium bomber at lax. and there was the train in 2013 coming from toronto to buffalo. three muslim extremist attacks from can did. you never hear -- >> what about the people who are standing in line? >> you never hear about the muslim extremist threat from the northern border where there have been verified penetrations. they get blamed for ebola. remember they were going to bring ebola into the country. >> it's not fair to people following the rules. >> if republicans believe in climate change, they would blame the

southern border. we have rare access to be embedded on the front lines with the u.s. border patrol in arizon arizona abandoned by the groups. they can't keep up. the smugglers cut their losses and leave them out here, and there's nothing. >> joining me now, the host in ronin farrow. >> thank you, jose. >> incredible reporting. you really did something extraordinary here. what do you see there that is missed in all of the politics of border security talk? >> you know, jose, you nailed it. it's the human costs. very infrequently do we hear the human stories, and it's all on all sides of this, jose. this is this game of cat and mouse every day in the most difficult terrain in the country, if not in the world, between smuggler cartels, criminal elements. the crossers themselves, many are needy families trying to get to the american dream, and then the agents who are risk everything and who are often kids themselves, jose. they're people in their early 20s, often with diverse heritage, right there on the border. you have people from the nate v e american communities. you have mexican-americans on the bor