u.s. customs agents at the border the basically have the right to do what they want to do according to other canadian laws so you're hitting a gray area here the federal government's looking how to change that a little bit probably in favor of the united states for your custom agents to be able to do their job better according to your laws and according to whatever donald trump wants to do but also i mean from our standpoint is like this gray area right now it's simply just because we are looking at it is that people are being picked out because of their religion because they're muslim so that gray area lawyers could argue about it all they want the fact of the matter is that if this law is in effect in the states you're not going to see anybody coming down hard on the american custom agents it's more of a battle with canada what are we going to do next to make this a little bit more seamless and as i mentioned it's most likely to head towards your direction and to say hey whatever the u.s. needs to get done we're going to back you on this but at the same time we're going to try to make it a

u.s. customs and border protection. mr. glawe is a former police officer and federal agent with both the u.s. postal inspection service and the fbi. in 2007, he served in iraq and africa on a joint fbi deployment with the department of defense. following this tour, he was a senior adviser at the national counterterrorism center. in 2012 the nominee was named deputy national intelligence manager for threat, finance and transnational organized crime where he oversaw and integrated the intelligence community's data collections and analyses. in 2014, he began serving as national security counsel on that council as a senior intelligence official responsible for implementing the president's strategy on transnational organized crime. in 2015, mr. glawe was awarded the national intelligence superior service medal for his extraordinary contribution to the u.s. intelligence community and our nation's security. the nominee is an iowa native as i said. still has family in iowa. he's a graduate of my alma mater of the university of north

u.s. customs security. live coverage beginning tuesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3 in the afternoon a hearing on u.s. policy toward north korea. the acting assistant secretary f state for east asian and pacific affair testifies at 2:30 p.m. eastern, also on c-span 3. and you can watch both hearings online at c-span.org or listen with the c-span radio app. congressman mark meadows who chairs the house republican freedom caucus talks about the

u.s. customs policies.s best as we can tell, even after this young man died in terrible pain from a heart attack, there was no action taken against the officers. we found that they were still on the job with no punishment or even a written reprimand? >> what our official saying about everything that happened? >> we talked to the kind of man who used to run customs and border protection under the obama administration, he told us he had never seen the video and did not care to see the video. the video contradicts the official version of events. no reprimands, no punishment. adriana: that is on abc seven 20/20 airing tonight. still ahead, rain is coming down hard outside. an update on the weather is straight ahead. adriana: a popular island vacation spot has been evacuated. a construction crew near ocracoke power to 10,000 people. officials said they wanted everyone off the island by noon out of concern for their safety. it comes during peak tourist season. no word on when the power will be back on. rain is al

u.s. customs and border protection and verified this is indeed true. travelers who are eligible can download the mobile passport app from the google play and the apple app store. customs and border protection says, "users having the option of saving their profile on their smartphone or tablet for future travel or deleting it after the trip." the profile consists of the traveler's name, date of birth, sex, country of citizenship, date of expiration, issuing authority and a photo. the app is free to use and available to u.s. citizens and canadian visitors and it gets you into a shorter line in a lot of aren'ts. don't forget you still have -- airports. don't forget. you still have to carry your valid u.s. passport to show it to a customs and border protect officer. i used this when i came back from cuba in january. my wife and i went from customs so quick you would have thought we were chased by angry wolves. as of now, the app is only available at 21 airports in the u.s. to find out if your airport is on out our verify page at www.wusa9.com. while you're

u.s. customs officers and a teen from mexico.ithin hours the teenager dies and the video appears to conflict with what officers say led to his death. it's an exclusive abc news investigation, and abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross starts us off tonight. >> reporter: it's 6:21 on a monday evening at the san ysidro, california border crossing. and the man in the white sweatshirt is a smuggler. a 16-year-old high school student by the name of cruz velasquez, with drugs hid nen two bottles in his shoulder bag. >> cruz was recruited, we believe, as a mule. here, we'll give you $100 or $200 if you just take these bottles across the border. >> reporter: over the next one hour and 38 minutes this video obtained by abc news will show in gripping detail just how far u.s. border officers will go, encouraging or at least permitting this teenager to prove his innocence by drinking from a suspicious bottle, an encounter that will end up as a matter of life and death on the border. >> there is a clear history of agents and offic

u.s. customs border protection and systems a jedi student exchange visitor information system and other referrals who may have overstated our violate their terms of the addition to the estates to undergo the automated an annual process based on the prioritizes risk based framework then we create a lead package that is sent to the age as i field office for further investigation. it is to determine tulu detect those individuals with the specific risk factor with indira death criminal research and analysis his has subject members of the intelligence community to maintain targetting at its this convenes quarterly to update that targeting framework to consistently focused the status violators to pose the greatest hazard to national security this fiscal year 69 we reviewed 1.2 billion validated overstayed be due to the vetting process or a subsequent departures or changes status were pending immigration benefits those that did not need the hsi threat and the criteria were referred to i.c.e. and so those that would remain within the purview, 4100 packages were sent for further domestication and of those

u.s. customs and border protection told the "new york times" they were probably immigrants who crossed the border with mexico on foot and then were picked up by smugglers. c.b.p. has seen other cases in recent months of migrants transported in the back of trucks. the department of homeland security says its investigations for human smuggling resulted in more than 1,500 criminal convictions last year. this year, since president trump took office, arrests of immigrants allegedly trying to cross the border illegally have dropped steadily, indicating fewer attempts. the border patrol arrested almost 22,000 illegal immigrants last month-- less than half the 46,000 arrested in june of 2016. one of president trump's personal lawyers is denying reports that mister trump has been mulling pardons. jay sekulow said today they're not looking at that option - in case anyone is criminally charged by the special counsel investigating collusion with russia in its meddling with last year's election. >> pardons have not been discussed, and pardons are not on the table. >> sreenivasan: the new white house co

u.s. customs and border protection since 2014. and he's been assigned to the u.s. customs and border protection at headquarters in d.c. since 1999 and has work said on numerous policy issues. and of course mr. roady is the deputy assistant director of investigations within the national security investigations division and homeland security divisions. and we appreciate all of you being here present. let me turn to you, mr. wagoner, for your opening statement. >> thank you. thank you for the opportunity to discuss customs and borders protections work on biometric exit and the recent overstay report. this report accounts for 96% of admissions. last fiscal year there were approximately 54.4 million inscope nonadmissions through -- at the end end of the fiscal year with the report was compiled therery mained about 628,000 of these visitors still in the u.s. due to continuing departures that number is currently at 425,000 today, which is about .48% of the total. these figures are estimated by using our travel data and other correlating systems. the overstay lists are then

u.s. customs of our it security guarantee exactly do you know when we hear from diem or what do you and the complicated still going on from one thousand people in the this nation the hostilities really do mean end the war now the easier they can't they don't want to end the conflict is because as long as the conflict persists the united states has a reason to believe we have not just doesn't appear to plan ok for example north korea is a very reasonable re regime with very reasonable demands about peace with south korea the united states they want a final peace treaty with the united states to end their decades long career and more there is only an arms they want diplomatic recognition that the existing hand of exercise is a massive exercise regime change the way that the military occupation on the south korean border and massive exercise authority in government those are not huge i'm realistic demands unfortunately the us political climate the establishment the american exceptionalism foreign policy will never allow that to happen and you're. i know you want the u.s. the u.s. does need to

u.s. customs and border to secure the southern border.o hear about current vaechlts in technologies that aim to improve the ability of those border agents to detect, and appear hadn't. see that live at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c. span three. in the after a senate hearing examines the future of u.s. policy toward north korea under the trump administration. we'll hear testimony from susan thornton who sevls as the acting assistant secretary for the bureau of east asian and pacific affairs, serving as chair of the subcommittee is colorado senator cory gardner who recently introduced legislation to impose an embark goe against north korea. that hearing starts live at 2:30 also on c span 3. >> congress is expected to have a buzz week with the house considering proposed sanctions

u.s. customs facility screening passengers before landing in america. >>> customers or consumers will spendn estimated billion dollars over the weekend. >> the brewers association is designate beers produced by independent craft brewers, and some say it's divisive at a time when the beer industry is losing sales of beer, wine, and spirits. >> still plenty of beer drinkers out there, i'm willing to bet that. >>> coming up, new information about tesla's model three. we know when it will be on the streets. >>> and a live look at 880 in oakland. traffic pretty light besides the trouble spots on westbound 80. we'll have the traffic report coming up. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. forecast in just a few minutes. new video out of

u.s. customs and border protection, since 2014. and he's been assigned to the u.s. customs and border protection at headquarters in dc since 1999, has worked on numerous policy issues, and mr. rodi is the deputy assistant director of homeland security investigations. within the national security investigations division and homeland security investigations and we appreciate again all of you being here present. let me turn to you, mr. wagner, for your opening statement. >> chairman cornyn, durbin and distinguished members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to discuss border protection work on biomet rick exit and overstay report. let me start with the overstay report. it accounts for 96% of all air and sea nonimmigrant admissions for fiscal 2016. we've expand the the report to include additional categories of visitors, foreign students, exchange visitors and certain worker classifications. last fiscal year there were approximately 50.4 million in-scope nonimmigrant admissions who were expected to depart. of this, we calculate the total overstay rate at

u.s. customers.e don't know all the details of the uber credit card or potential rewards, but it will be available in the fall. lyft also work in a credit card of its own. to use to its bride. cheryl: the more you spend, the more free rides to get. tracee: that is a lot of them want. maybe they are traveling as much of the airlines can assist is the best thing for them. lauren: good for loyalty, too. more workers using their smartphones on the job, but not for work. a new survey says workers are using their personal devices five hours a week at work. they are going to cite that the are shopping online. they are watching sports. the survey says that adds up to get $15.5 billion in lost productivity every single week. pretty phenomenal. cheryl: i never do anything on my smartphone that's not work-related. lauren: all the time. cheryl: coming up, how will president trump respond to the latest missile test from north korea? the healthy united states fight kim jong il regime. we are going to have that sto

u.s. customs and border protection in protecting the homeland and securing our nation's borders. thanks to the support an leadership of the president, congress, our secretary and acting commissioner, as well as the hard work of the men and women of cbp, we are making significant progress towards securing our borders against the threats posed by transnational criminal organizations, such as ms-13. since taking office, the president has issued executive orders intended to secure our borders and enforce immigration laws, especially as they relate to tcos. implementation of policies issued by the secretary and the significant investments we have made in border enforcement personnel, technology and infrastructure have led to historic decline in illegal crossings along the southwest border. one of the greatest challenges we continue to face along the southwest border, however, are tcos, such as the international criminal organization, ms-13. when the u.s. border patrol encounters known gang members or aliens who admit to gang affiliation, biographic information is collected and recorde

the immigrations customs enforcement agency has not disciplined the officers. the u.s. has paid his family $1 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. sunday, july 30 was the international day against human trafficking. millions are trafficked each year as part of a multibillion-dollar industry. sunday, mexican officials discovered more than 170 central american refugees who had been abandoned by their traffickers in the state of veracruz as they were attempting to traverse mexico to reach the u.s. border. local residents offer the refugees food and water. there were young people, older men, women, they had brought children, age perhaps 8, 9, 10 years. the children they brought were also running. they wanted to eat but the only thing we could do was provide coffee, milk, and cookies. that is what we gave them. amy: those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: i'm juan gonzalez. president trump is facing mounting criticism from police choose around the country after openly endorsing police brutali

u.s. customers said atms would not work and the app would not connect.hase did not specifically explain what went wrong. >>> two tech bigwigs want to reinvigorate the democratic party. reed hoffman on the left and mark pinkus on the right say they'll create a new group called "win the future." yes, that does abbreviate to wtf. they said they want to help democrats find better candidates. this is certainly not the first time big money has gotten itself involved in politics. hillary clinton took a lot of criticism with her association with big money, mostly out of wall street. silicon valley tends to have a better reputation. back to you. >>> follow-up now. chp officers said they tracked down a big rig driver involved in the deadly hit and run crash, and he's now cooperating with the investigation. the crash happened yesterday morning on i-80 in san pablo. the driver hit a motorcyclist, killing him. the driver stopped on the side of the road for five minutes, then drove off. >>> a nice little ring to it: pot for pets. dog owners are turning to cannabis pro

u.s. customs and border patrol sochlt carriers can let a machine verify the identity of travelers lettinggents concentrate on those passengers needing extra attention. what do passengers think? >> that was pretty cool. it works really fast and it was really interesting. >> it seems like it's going a l little slow, i think. i don't know in comparison, but it didn't hurt. >> very easy america. >>> a lecturely hot air balloon ride suddenly takes a terrifying turn. find out what caused a very close call for 17 people in florida this morning. central florida. it ended up crashing into a pond. >>> a very close call for 17 people on a hot air balloon this morning in central florida. tended up crashing into a pond, but amazingly, nobody on board was hurt. the pilot told authorities he was trying to land nearby when there was some kind of issue with the wind and the balloon ended up in the water. passengers say the entire situation got, quote, real scary real fast. >>> a warning right now for anybody heading out to bay area lakes for the fourth of july. algae blooms right now are lurking in the wa

u.s. customs and immigration enforcement, known as i.c.e. targeting and removing members of the gangs like ms-13 sends a clear message to enterprises around the world, you are not welcome to the united states and you will find no harbor here. president trump made it a priority to get these criminals off our streets and out of our country and that's what the men and women of i.c.e. are going to do every single day to help keep america safe. i.c.e.'s homeland security investigation, known as h.s.i. national gang unit, leads our efforts along with our deportation officers to identify and arrest fwang members while working to dismantle the organizational structure that supports them. gang members are involved in a broad range of criminal activities, including murder, narcotics traffic, weapons trafficking, human smuggling and other crime with a nexus to border security. since the beginning of january this year, i.c.e.'s homeland security investigation has arrested 3,311 gang members across the country in a number of targeted operations. i'll spe

u.s. customs and border to secure the southern border. we'll also hear about current vaechlts in technologies that aim to improve the ability of those border agents to detect, and appear hadn't. see that live at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c. span three. in the after a senate hearing examines the future of u.s. policy toward north korea under the trump administration. we'll hear testimony from susan thornton who sevls as the acting assistant secretary for the bureau of east asian and pacific affairs, serving as chair of the subcommittee is colorado senator cory gardner who recently introduced legislation to impose an embark goe against north korea. that hearing starts live at 2:30 also on c span 3. >> congress is expected to have a buzz week with the house considering proposed sanctions against russia, iran and north korea, as well as defense related spending bills. the senate is dealing with health care legislation. watch live coverage of the house on c span and the senate on c span 2. and watch anytime on c span dot organize and listen o

u.s. customers aren't watching as much. viewing type dropped 25 minutes. and samsung plans to recycle parts from its galaxy note which gave notoriety last year after a battery problem caused some to catch fire. samsung will reuse memory chips and camera modules. the company will recover more than 100 tons of rare metal such as gold and cop earp as it tries to reduce its impact on the planet. back over to you. >> kate rogers. we can applaud any effort to tries to reduce the impact on the planet. be careful. >> you do it. >> i thought we were better friends than that. it has been so hot here. now the last couple of days it's been nicer. >> it's going to be really nice and we can't complain about this because we are in the middle of summer. it's going to be warm in the inland valley and will be coming down along the coast as far as our temperatures and as we take a live look outside in san jose it's all clear. the seven-day forecast is coming up at the bottom of the screen and you'll see it will be a nice rest of the week ahead but heating up this weekend we'

u.s. customs officers should be required to wear body cameras.ritical that we hold officers accountable. this happened back in 2013. >>> time to check in with rob once more time. you were looking for the beach forecast, right, jon? >> we are. but, why do these guys have beach balls? >> we'll get to it in a second. first, we want to talk about the snow is hanging around highway 89 over the national park open after clearing this for the lase snow ended. we're talking about heat it will e excessive heat warnings and watches east of sacramento to seatt a long duration heat wave. portland, 107, 109 around the all time record him they will be heading to the beaches, the waters there much, much cooler. beach forecast, northeast had ar temperatures nice, belmawr fishing club, 80 degrees, 76 in ocean city. water temperatures in the 80s, so toasty. as we mentioned earlier, rain showers across florida. dodging the rain drops you'll see nice beach weather. rain across the inter mountain west. san diego, 89 there, that's a employ beach day. here's the local f

u.s. churches. customs agents typically don't carry out raids. many of the people who are seeking sanctuary in churches or trying to avoid deportation, i'm sure, are fine people. they have been hard working people. but that's not the way our legal immigration system works. >> reporter: despite a record number of deportations under president obama, officials say his administration often exercised discretion in cases like nuri's where families could be torn apart. since president trump took office the number of deportations has dropped slightly. but undocumented immigrant arrests have gone up. >> in the trump administration, some individuals who may have been allowed informal discretion in the past now have become priorities for deportation. >> reporter: the community rallied behind her. and this week, immigration officials gave haley's mom a temporary reprieve. >> oh, my god. you know, yeah, i'm happy. >> reporter: buying time for one family. >> right. >> reporter: to hopefully face their future together. >>> it's unclear how long nuri will be all

u.s. customs officials on the ground in abu dhabi airport and they supposedly implement security measures r to what you would find in the u.s.. abu dhabi is the only place in the middle east that has that facility, one of six countries around the world. what is interesting is that if you think abu dhabi and its own carrier gets an advantage from having clearance, allowing there passengers to carry on laptops, you start to ask whether or not you will see other middle eastern hubs such as dubai may be asked for a similar clearance from the u.s.. guy: something to watch out for. dizzy morning. tracy alloway joining us from abu dhabi, thank you. we will carry on the conversation, what the total detail -- deal is going to me. plenty of other things to think about. guilt will be opening shortly. we'll talk about guilt trade. short day in the state today because of the holiday. lovely day in berlin, matt miller not there, though. the open is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ the natural and for legislation is in february, 2010. therefore the foreseeable date would be between the month of february and

u.s. customers. he's a question. what exactly is the net neutrality debate about?>> net neutrality is all about a free and open internet for everyone. that means you have access to whatever website you want, and your internet provider can't control the content you see by favoring certain sites over others. think of it this way. each month you pay your electric bill. and you have the freedom to use your electricity any way you choose, lights, air conditioner or tv. imagine if your utility company charged you more to run the tv and less to run the ac. because it made a deal with the air conditioner company but has no deal with the company that makes your tv. or imagine if they told you you can have electricity, but only for your lights. if you want to use it for anything else, you have to buy an additional package. it's kind of like what you get when you buy premium cable to get more channels. net neutrality says the internet needs to be just like electricity. once you pay to get online, you can do whatever you want. obviously many companies and customers like net ne

u.s. customs and border protection are cbp are congressnally mandated to pass a polygraph test as a condition of employment. the problem that we're having is that cbp experiences significantly higher failure rates, around 65%, than any other federal law enforcement agency. these high failure rates have prevented cbp from hiring enough officers to adequately staff our ports of entry, for example. and i think it's problematic for cbp to be turning away qualified applicants with distinguished military and law enforcement service records, just because of a potentially flawed polygraph. what we're finding is, a lot of people are reluctant to submit themselves, because they've heard of false-positives out there, and fear that it might impact their ability to land another federal or state or local law enforcement job in the future. given the fbi's success administering its own polygraph, and i've asked this of mr. comey as well, will you commit to provide guidance or share best practices with cbp and dhs to better conduct their polygraph examination? >> well, senator, that's not an issue that i'm es

u.s. customers. now, this is without revealing how they got your information or giving consumers ways to opt out. now, google says the program helps provide effectiveness of online ads, but critics worry that if the information is out there it could fall into the wrong hands. google with that statement also today coming out and saying that there is no way that they are allowing anyone to get your personal information. in fact, they insist that you can, in fact, opt out in the settings and activity settings on the google website on the google and internet site and that's how you can stop that information from getting into any curiosity of getting into the wrong hands. so that's the very latest this morning here at google. may be going to court and defending themselves in this newest claim. rick boone for "today in the bay." >>> it's 5:08 right now. follow-up now on a story we broke right here on nbc bay area over the weekend. many questions remain unanswered this morning in connection with the death o

u.s. customs officers should be required to wear body cameras.ritical that we hold officers accountable. this happened back in 2013. >>> time to check in with rob once more time. you were looking for the beach forecast, right, jon? >> we are. but, why do these guys have beach balls? >> we'll get to it in a second. first, we want to talk about the snow that is hanging around the northern sierra. this road, highway 89. over the lassen volcanic national park, finally open. after clearing this the last few months. once the snow finally ended. now, we're talking about heat. a lot of that will continue to rapidly melt. we have excessive heat watches and warnings from east of sacramento to all the way into seattle. they start tuesday, last into thursday, if not friday. it will be a long-duration heat wave. in some cases, all-time records will be threatened or broken. portland, 107, 109. right around the all-time record. the waters there much, much cooler. beach forecast for the northeast. the nor'easter storm yesterday. they churned up the waters a litt

brent: i'm going to turn to you, you are at the new york stock exchange and in the u.s., using customers have heard about volkswagen, have heard about audi. now daimler is recalling cars. how does this impact the image of german carmakers abroad? >> certainly reputation of diesel cars have suffered quite a bit but i wouldn't say that the image of german carmakers overall has really worsened over here. german carmakers, especially volkswagen, i tried to push forth the diesel vehicles in the u.s. for quite some time, and with all the scandal that's coming out, it is a major blow to diesel vehicles but not necessarily for german car manufacturers overall. brent: big blow to diesel carmakers and diesel motors. however, daniel, daimler once to move forward with diesel technologies? >> they want to invest 3 billion euros into developing clean diesel technology. the reason for this is not that they think diesel is the future, but they've invested so much so far in all kinds of diesel technology and they don't want to from one moment to the next just throw that out the window. they also see ther

u.s. customs and border protection agents cdp to promulgate regulations at the treasury department is responsible for approving. some of the regulations have missed their statutory deadlineh do i have your commitment to ensure that cpps regulations would adhere to statutory deadlines going forward, including the promulgation of relations necessary for simplifying drawback procedures. >> that's not an issue unfamiliar with the my personal belief is the responsibility of the executive branch is to execute faith those laws and if confirmed i would do everything in my power to make sure treasury meets its required deadline. >> you have interact with small large basis on a daily basis. what are they telling you is most important to them as part of tax reform? >> what are the major themes your hearing from large and small businesses alike?be >> larger businesses tend to be more globally active. so the focus tends to be on a globally competitive tax system including how u.s. for quarter businesses are tax. small businesses are less concerned as a general matter with the global competitiveness, they're m

u.s. and customs officers aren't too happy about it.seized five king could be brass during an inspection of express male from overseas. the contents of one package was described as a plastic tray but x-rays showed something different. so officers cracked the box open and found the snakes. they turn the animals over to the fish and wildlife service. sports is just 15 seconds away. >>> all star game as you just saw was a pitching dual with a little bit of drama at the end. pat neshek was the only phillies player to make the all star game and to be honest i thought he might not get any burn but did he and he showed out. neshek started the second inning after letting up a hit he build by bryce harper. harper running over making the great catch to end the inning. neshek gave up no runs rare for a guy in the phillies bullpen. game went to extra innings and in the top of the tenth robinson kano give that mvp to meme solo shot that was the game winner. american league wins two-one aft the game kano had a pretty easy choice to make. >> you have

u.s. customs security. live coverage beginning tuesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3 in the afternoon a hearing on u.s. policy toward north korea. the acting assistant secretary f state for east asian and pacific affair testifies at 2:30 p.m. eastern, also on c-span 3. and you can watch both hearings online at c-span.org or listen with the c-span radio app. congressman mark meadows who chairs the house republican freedom caucus talks about the group's mission following his remarks, congress meadows takes questions about the freedom caucus and g.o.p. efforts to repeal and replace the health care law. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the national press club, the world's leading professional organization for journalists where news happens and we are the constitution. on and is jeff bal president of the national press club. before i get started i want to remind people in the audience and our -- about some housekeeping things that we have happening here. first of all to remind you for those who came into the room late. if you have a

u.s. airliner cutting flights to that country. airline is in the process of contacts customer whose may have booked trips after that final flight. united and air canada are no longer flying to venezuela. >>> what one judge called the case of the incredible slicking airlines seat is going back to the federal aviation administration for a review. a passenger group challenged an faa decision that airline rules on seat size and spacing are not a safety issue but comfort issue. passenger argues smaller seats bunched close together slows down emergency see rack asians and increases the risk of dangers of leg blood clots. telling the faa to reconsider it decision. >>> a special place for fends and spouse that dragged along on the shopping trips. check out this mall in shanghai called man pods placed outside of stores to keep boyfriends and husbands happy while everyone else shops till they drop. once inside the owner of the pods designed them with men in mind so they have reclining chairs a large screen to play video games, soundproof walls so you pretend you are not at the mall and

u.s. customs and border protection efforts to enhance border security with the use of technology technology. the ranking member can't joinus today due to some other commitments, so i'm happy to step in in his stead. over the past several years, we have seen technology used to improve situational awareness and to improve commerce across our borders. while secretary kelly and many lawmakers talk about the value of technology to better secure borders, we remain concerned that we are not utilizing technology to its fullest benefits. we know the trump administration prioritized technology borders. president trump ran for office to build a wall and to curb drug smuggling. while experts before this committee have told us that a border wall will not accomplish either one of these goals, earlier this month the appropriations committee approved $1.6 billion for the construction -- i should say continued construction of that border wall. while we allocate billions in a border wall that may not work, i'm hearing stories of many of our border agents not being able to talk to each other using their exist