he's going to be talking a little bit about education, steve harrigan was just reporting for us.ne of the big news items that continues to percolate around capitol hill and nationally is the issue about healthcare. it's interesting to note vice president pence with paul ryan, speaker ryan in wisconsin, and there seems to be some disruption as has been reported by members of the republican party, the freedom caucus for example, feeling that perhaps they are not being lived into the republicans plan when it comes to obamacare. what can you tell our viewers about that? how does that appeared to be shaking out as far as seeing what a replacement plan would look like? >> the president has said he's going to bring his plan very soon this month. meanwhile, vice president pence is up there in wisconsin as you said come he's going to talk a little bit about affordable care, also a listening mission to talk to business leaders up there. what we are hearing on the hill as they move forward with their own legislation is a plan to address the concerns of governors across the nation who were r

>> chris: steve harrigan reporting from miami. steve, thanks for that.ective tools in monitoring illegal immigration are unmanned aircraft. now the military is asking silicon valley for help. correspondent claudia cowan reports from san francisco. >> reporter: the government has been using drones for years. in fact, the air force says there is more demand for drone operators than for pilots of any other single type of plane it flies. now a new initiative hopes to speed up the procurement process for smaller drones, saving time, money, and lives. >> we're looking for the latest and greatest technology that we can give to our operators that have this huge mission of securing the u.s. border so they can do it more effectively and to keep them safe. >> reporter: that means eyes in the skies and u.s. customs and border protection is paying startups to tweak existing technology to fit its purpose. >> imagine border security working alone or in a small group. they want to see what's in the over the hill. encounter a group. encounter weapons so they know how to

steve harrigan is in miami with the very latest on this. steve?r: david, guard gave us a ride on their newest cutter, the james, it is a remarkable machine. their motto is we own the night, and over the past 29 days at sea, they certainly have owned the night with the latest technology in night vision as well as three speedboats and helicopter squadron, they have managed to interdite 17 separate vessels, and most of the vessels are bulk suppliers of cocaine to the united states. >> warning fire, ignored. enabling fire, either with a precision rifle or the big 50 caliber. >> reporter: drug busts and public drug busts come at very time that the debate over the coast guard's budget is under way, and initially there were proposed cuts as high as one billion dollars in the coast guard's budget. heavy pushback against that with lawmakers from both parties as well as coast guard officers saying we need a strong coast guard to really keep border security in the u.s. >> the coast guard plays a critical role in pushing our borders as far offshore as possibl