. >> in the book "border insecurity" sylvia longmire 11 looks at how we protect our borders and argues the federal government needs to make border security a national priority. she talked-about it with the author of the black hand -- "the black hand," chris blatchford and timothy pratt. their conversation was held in las vegas. [applause] >> thank you, jeff. great to have you all here with us tonight. the thing i was thinking about, with two people, you guys how lucky to get ten people, because the breadth of experience of the work my colleagues have done is just remarkable. sylvia longmire and chris blatchford, sylvia's work was state and federal government, armed forces, worked out side of those systems, chris had print and tv journalism, both of course of our authors. sylvia, "border insecurity" and cartel and chris blatchford "the black hand," all three of which will be available tonight as i understand it. both of them live with these issues are playing out in different parts of the country. we were privileged to be able to benefit from the breadth of experience and the good work

[applause] ♪ >> in the book "border insecurity," sylvia longmire looks at how we protect our borders argues the federal government needs to make order security and national priority. she tacked about what chris blatchford, author of the black hand in immigration reporter, timothy pratt. it was held at the long museum in las vegas. this is about 90 minutes. >> it's great to have you. this is certainly to people you guys are lucky you get like 10 people. because the breath of the experience that my colleagues have done is just remarkable. between the two of them, sylvia has for this state, federal government, armed forces

. >> in the book "border insecurity" sylvia longmire 11 looks at how we protect our borders and argues the federal government needs to make border security a national priority. she talked-about it with the author of the black hand -- "the black hand," chris blatchford and timothy pratt. their conversation was held in las vegas. [applause] >> thank you, jeff. great to have you all here with us tonight. the thing i was thinking about, with two people, you guys how lucky to get ten people, because the breadth of experience of the work my colleagues have