also, the government wanted border control along the u.s. mexico border because they felt the mexican revolution was going to spill over into texas, and they did have major concerns because when there was fighting in mexico, texas was closed and also it had a very long history of the mexican immigrants coming in. so the -- before 1910, about one-half to two-thirds of all immigrants were in texas so this was a natural area to come and emigrate. >> now, you talked about the mexican revolution of 1910. what is that of that era? >> well, this is the administration which was basically a dictator. he was -- he had control of mexico from 1884 to 1910 when he was forced to leave. and what he wanted to do was modernize mexico and bring investors into mexico to basically -- to make mexico more similar to the u.s. and to europe. so he was -- he had good ideas. the problem is that he believed that the best way to bring investors was to do away with labor rights, to give them land grants or just -- so that they would invest and at the same time ensure that they

u.s. can tax businesses that do business with mexico and use that tax for the programs for mexico so there's many ways, but i believe that one of the most effective ways is to increase the number of the legal interests to the u.s.. >> you talked about the program. what does that mean in english and how does that mean develop? >> the program basically means high your arms and the term comes from the word barrasso so you are hiring arms to come and to labour in the u.s. to respect martha is a professor of anthropology here at the university of texas. what is the picture on the cover of your book? >> it is that mexican immigrants loading off and what i used for is a comparison of two pictures of different types of individuals of different classes coming to the united states. people just crossing the border, crossing the rio granda on foot and horses and people who have more money. they come in and ride the train and in my book i do how many individuals that were better off could afford train rides and i examine the whole infrastructure of the railroad system connecting texas to the u.s. perhaps

u.s.-mexico diplomatic relations from one of mutual suspicion to one of professional level communications from the foreign ministry in mexico in the state department president to president. many of you remember the cozy relationship that george w. bush had back before 9/11 9/11 changed all that anonymous the u.s.-mexico relationship, just that the united states had interest particularly in latin america and middle east and so forth and so on. >> host: where does the failed promise of black brown solidarity come into your story? >> guest: fair enough. i try and give you the context for the united states in a relationship with latin america. let's go back in time and look at what the united states look like and what it was doing during world war ii. this was a time when most people thought of race in the u.s. in terms of black people only people. of the recalled the end and white folks. not many people thought much about what we know collation americans. it was relatively new since the 1980s. we said chinese, filipino, japanese and a number of other at the craft and along the way. and we ca

u.s./mexico border. it runs about 400 yards long, fully lit and ventilated. connecting stash houses from san diego to tijuana, mexico. but even more remarkable is what they found inside. 17 tons of marijuana. so far, two men are in custody. they're set to be arraigned later today in san diego. they could spend the rest of their life in prison if convicted of conspiracy to distribute. wow. >>> also in southern california, a meeting of state university trustees turned violent after they approved a 9% hike in tuition. angry demonstrators battled with police, shattering a glass door. even sending an officer to the hospital with cuts. four people were arrested in all this. that 9% increase means about an extra 500 bucks a year. >>> time, now, for the weather from across the nation. the storm that pounded the southeast is clearing out. but it will be a lot cooler and mostly dry today in the northwest. plan on plenty of rain and up to two feet of snow in the cascades and northern rockies. showers in the northeast. and mostly dry across the nation's midsection. >> ve

u.s.-mexico border. officials found an estimated 14 tons of marijuana. the tunnel stretched about 400 yards and linked warehouses in san diego, california with tiawana, mexico. authorities said it suggested a major mexican cartel was involved but no link has been established. >>> the syrian regime acknowledges an increasing number of deadly attacks on its soldiers, including the recent bombing of a syria army tank. men, women and children who -- 3500 men, women and children who stood for their freedom have all been shot. >>> speculation out of london this morning that kate middleton could be pregnant. several media outlets are reporting the royal couple may soon be joined by an heir. kate refused to taste some peanut paste while on a trip to africa and she's also declined champagne when offered. the palace issued a statement saying, quote, feel free to ignore these reports which are other speculation at best, end quote. they used to have to watch and wait for the royal baby bump but then again with celebrities, don't we all. >>> a teenage girl is kidnapp

u.s./mexico border by 2014 and he says he's not counting cain out quite yet. do you think all of these stories one on top of another fisqualify herman cain? >> no. no one's disqualifyed... remember i was supposed to be dead in june and july. i won't go around and declare anybody else dead. >> reporter: gingrich claims to be the most electable candidate even though polls show romney faring much better in a head-to- tad match-up with the president than gingrich does. but gingrich argues that it's all going to come down to the debates and that he is better suited, scott, to go up against the president in that arena. >> pelley: nancy, thank you. mitt romney chose to side step gingrich today, casting himself instead as the presumptive winner of the nomination. jan crawford is with the romney campaign in tampa. jan? ru reporter: well, scott, for months on the campaign trail and here today in florida mitt romney has stayed on message. he is running against barack obama and he's the man who can beat him. >> i watch our president almost everything he did was the exact

u.s./mexico border and crossing borders has been the overarching theme of his writing and of his life-- poet, novelist, and best-selling author, luis alberto urrea. i'm maria hinojosa, this is one on one. luis alberto urrea, welcome to the program. a lot to people know you because you're a best-selling author. you wrote across the wire. you wrote the amazing book the devil's highway-- extraordinary. your newest book, into the beautiful north, which we'll get to in a minute. but a lot of people also know you because you're the mexicano who breaks all theolds. >> ah, yeah. >> hinojosa: you are not the mexicano who looks like all the other mexicanos that they think they know. >> yeah, yeah. i... in louisiana, somebody told me i was a "bubba-looking mexican." >> hinojosa: bubba? >> yeah, "the bubba-looking mexican." >> hinojosa: ( laughing ) and you can... you even got that southern training twang there. you can... >> well, you know, it's having lived in the south, i guess. i'm fascinated by it. >> hinojosa: i mean, you really are like 100%, and even in your home when you were raised, you were 1

u.s.-mexico border.ly, you have the secretary and department of homeland security say we have 40 percent control. i am sorry, that is a failing grade . speaker newt gingrich is talking about operational control in one year's time. if you have operational control you have to worry the question of what comes next. >> there is no bigger person who said i don't want amnesty. that is my status cision and i stand by that. there is no bigger proponent of border security than the person sitting before you. and we all are not honest because we never say what happens when you get operational control of the border? and what will you do with the 20 odd people who are here without the benefit of citizenship. >> they are compelling stories. >> we are running out of time. and we have six republicans. and 1.2. and that would barely have made a dent. >> where do we go from here. >> you have democrats that a week before the deadline and senator clyburn. and we have not coalesced. and that was a mistake. the blame falls on

u.s.- mexico border. they say it's three feet wide.nvestigators seized more than three tons of marijuana. the street value of the drugs, more than $25 million. the tunnel links a warehouse in tijuana, mexico, with one in san diego, california. >>> airports here are banning x- ray bod scanners after fears they could cause cancer. they are the same ones used in airports here in the u.s. tina kraus reports from london. >> reporter: european lawmakers say passengers could be risking more than their modesty, when they pass through these x-ray body scanners that reveal all. the e.u. is banning the naked scanners at airports across europe because of a possible cancer risk from the radiation they give off. >> well, i work with radiation. personally, i wouldn't want to have to go through that if i have a choice. >> reporter: some airports like london's heathrow have already removed the scanners because of complaints about invasion of privacy. but they're still being used in united states and tested in airports around europe. >> i travel quite a

u.s. guns in mexico include u.s. weapons sold to foreign militaries, weapons that were transferred into mexico years ago, guns for fast and furious, stole weapons and many other sources. as we learn more about the utter failure to enforce our existing gun laws in fast and furious, i'm eager to hear from the attorney general who he plans to hold accountable. i also want to know how he plans to prevent another tragedy like this in the future. but let me be clear. the bottom line is that it doesn't matter how many laws we pass if those responsible for enforcing them refuse to do their duty as was the case in fast and furious. thank you, mr. chairman. >> well, thank you very much, and attorney general holder, would you please stand, raise your right hand. do you swear the testimony you're about to give before this committee be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? >> i do. >> please go ahead, sir. >> chairman leahy, ranking memberankingmember grassley, and establishments of this committee i

u.s.-mexico border and five commercial airliners are shot out of the sky because those weapons got in al-qaeda'sare clearly in an unstable and very chaotic time in the middle east. but we tried, with the freedom agenda, to get ahead of this. whole idea with the freedom agenda was to say to friends of ours some of the monarchs who are our friends, to others, to reform now. i said in 2005 the united states had been for 60 years associated with authoritarianism. we had tried to trade democracy for -- and got neither. i remember visiting him that morning and i said, mr. president of grease, need nd lead reforms now. they said you don't know my people. it's me or the muslim brotherhood and then he engaged in policies to make that sure, that the muslim brotherhood would be strong. >> you saw this coming? >> we saw it coming. and moreover, it was linked to 9/11 in the following way. the freedom gap produced the hopelessness and the hay tread and the extremists on top that ultimately ended up in the al-qaedas of the world. so reinstituting an american policy in the middle east or instituting an american

u.s.-mexico border and five commercial airliners are shot out of the sky because those weapons got in al-qaeda's>> we are clearly in an unstable and very chaotic time in the middle east. but we tried, with the freedom agenda, to get ahead of this. the whole idea with the freedom agenda was to say to friends of ours, some of the monarchs who are our friends, reform now before your people are in the streets. i went to cairo and gave a speech. i said the united states had been with trying to trade democracy for it and got neither. i remember visiting him that morning before the speech and i said mr. president, you need to lead the reforms now before your people are in the streets. he said you don't need my people. they need a strong hand and it's me or the muslim brother hood and then he engaged politics that made that come true. >> you saw it coming? >> i saw it coming. the freedom gap put the extremists on top that ultimately ended up in the al-qaedas of the world. so reinstituting an american policy in the middle east or instituting an american policy in the middle east, we follow it everywhere

u.s./mexico border. mainly in california and arizona.a we're talking about last year. one of them had even a rail system with carts so that the drugs could just be push -- >> made a little easier. that's why they have a tunnel task forceful rafael, thank you so much. >>> coming up next, we'll get you back to the occupy wall street story. we'll talk to a woman who is weighing in on future of this movement. she said this is just getting started. but it has a bit of growing up to do. that's next. toothpaste and mouth wetting lonzenges - guaranteed effective on all types of bad breath and dry mouth. nothing works faster than therabreath. visit therabreathforfree.com >>> where does the occupy movement go from here? sally cohen is a political commentator and the founder and ceo of the progressive think tank movement vision lab. she's written a piece about the future of the movement. nice to have you on. i want to ask you specifics about your point you make in this piece. first you've been watching the pictures along with the rest us. l.a., por

u.s./mexico border. and senator john cornyn hammered him over the death of a border agent.y. guns linked to the fast and furious program are found at terry's murder scene. >> have you apologized to the family of brian terry? >> i have not apologized to them, but i certainly regret what happened. >> have you even talked to them? >> i have not. >> would you like to apologize today for this program that went so wrong that took the life of a united states law enforcement agent? >> i certainly regret what happened to agent brian terry. i can only imagine the pain that his family has had to deal with. >> holder will also face a house panel investigating the operation that will happen next month. >>> autistic kids have more brain cells than normal. that's the finding of a small study in "the journal of the american medical association." scientists studied brain tissue from 13 dead boys according to "usa today," the autistic kids had 67% more neurons than nonautistic children. scientists stressed it's early, and more research needs to be done. >>> to basketball now, nba players hav

u.s. and mexico. >> back then there were 26 victims. >> reporter: former lapd detective frederick cosecardorked on this case for more than 20 years. >> back on january 11, 1988, around 8:30 in the morning we got a call via the police radio and we were directed to go to this particular school in east l.a. the hollenbeck area. >> reporter: he arrived to find four children who said they were molested. >> it was horrible because what the kids were telling us. >> reporter: but seacard never had a chance to question agular. >> we went to interview the priest and they told us he's no longer here, he's gone. he was taken to mexico. >> reporter: church officials found out about the alleged abuse on a friday. the officials met with agular on saturday. this police report indicates the priest told them he planned to return to mexico at the beginning of the week. police were notified monday morning, but it was too late. >> we made a call to i think child protective services, nobody was answering the phone, it was 5:00 on a friday. so monday morning the call was made, the notification was made and aguil

u.s. told mexico what was happening. agents followed the weapons and fewer made it over the border. a document suggests the atf stopped these controversial tactics under bush, but democrats feel the incident provides a potent political weapon to undermine republicans' investigation of fast and furious. in los angeles, william lajeunesse. >> lamar smith has issued a subpoena to force the homeland security department to turn over immigration enforcement records. last august smith asked for a list of illegal immigrants who had not been detained or put in deportation proceedings. the dhs said it's working on the request. >>> six men sealed off from the world for almost a year and a half in a mock space station, space mission to mars, again a mock mission, have finished their adventure. they spent the last 17 months in a bus-sized living area in moscow. it was connected to several other modules for spirits and exercises so scientist -- for experiments and exercises. >>> is israel preparing to attack iran? we'll ask the >> bret: you're looking live in athens, greece, as the vote is ongoin

u.s.-mexico border. as you can see, it was chiseled through the concrete floor of this warehouse.icated ones we have seen. >> reporter: the tunnel about the length of four football fields. it is about 4 feet high, 3 feet wide. it was equipped with electricity and a ventilation system. officials with u.s. immigration and customs enforcement say they have been keeping a close eye on this area for some time. members of the san diego tunnel task force saw this truck leaving this warehouse on kern street, notified the chp, pulled the truck over and discovered it was loaded with three tons of marijuana. agents served a search warrant at the warehouse and found 6 1/2 tons of pot. they also discovered the tunnel led to a warehouse in tijuana. there authorities discovered 6 to 8 tons of marijuana. officials say the marijuana has street value of $20 million to $35 million. >> i'm confident that if the cartels want to continue to try to smuggle their drugs into the united states, in this fashion, we're going to find them and going to find them faster than they can build them. >> reporter: tw

u.s. agents at a new technique to stop guns going to mexico.mediately intercepting illegal arms sales, agents paid gun dealers to help them catch illegal buyers. >> they would follow them from my house to a stash house and guns reloaded into the vehicles and driven across the border. >> one buyer was a known smuggler. this december, 2007 memo explains what went wrong. >> they said that they called the mexican authorities ahead of time and alerted them, he's coming, get ready and they'd watch him go across the hill and there was no one on the other side. >> that is part of the debate over the obama administration fast and furious. congressman elijah cummings, the house oversight committee asked chairman darin issa for a hearing with mukasey to deal the operation. details surfaced in the 2007 briefing paper that asked mukasey to persuade mexico to provide corruption-free cops to assist u.s. in stopping gun trafficking. >> the u.s. told mexico what was happening and fewer made it over the border. >> and the suggestion to stop this practice under b

u.s. guns in mexico and u.s. ons sold to foreign military, weapons that were transferred into mexico years ago, guns from fast and furious, stolen weapons, and many other sources. as we learn more about the utter failure to enforce our existing gun laws in fast and furious, i am your -- i am eager to hear from the attorney general who he plans to hold accountable. i also want to know how he plans to prevent another tragedy like this in the future. but let me be clear. the bottom line is that it does the matter hamill's repast if those responsible for enforcing the refused to do their duty -- it does not matter how many laws we pass if those responsible for offorcing them refuse to do their duty. >> please raise your right hand. you swear you're testimony you're about to give is the truth, a whole truth, and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> go-ahead. >> i appreciate the opportunity to appear before it said. over the last three years, have been privileged to partner with many of you in events in the goals and prio

u.s. and mexico he said he thought it should be electric saying we do this to livestock all the time now passport a couple. years and representative king is still as hateful as ever this week congressman king is touring i will with a value voters bus and he was asked a few questions by our friends over big progress and answers were frankly pretty unbelievable the reporter asked about obama's tough new immigration law has gone too far or require schools to check the status of all children and forces you to lety companies to shut off water to homes the don't provide proper immigration papers and this was his response. forty terrorists to this would be. the leader in the united states that the labor would be in. the use of service she's. seeing why are you here what are you doing for you. know we get to the point where the a.c.l.u. that take a position on force make it your. first land little confused about where exactly steve king grew up down to me like he was in a police state i have news for steve just because some of locking down the street police officers who have the right to ask you twenty q

u.s. and mexico he said he thought it should be electric saying we do this to livestock all the time now fast forward a couple. years and representative king is still if he calls ever this week congressman king is touring i went with a value voters bus and he was asked a few questions by our friends over at think progress as answers were frankly pretty unbelievable herb were asked about his tough new immigration law has gone too far require schools and check the status of all children and forces you to lety companies to shut off water to homes they don't provide proper immigration papers and this was his response. forty one to the status would be to be if you can be legally in the united states the leader of the being the leader of the police officers she's putting on the screen see why are you here what are you doing for us we will. only get to the point where the she'll you can take the position you want first to get your. first little confused about where exactly steve king grew up sounds to me like he was in a police state i have news for steve king just because someone's walking down the

u.s. and mexico in that situation were two very different economies with different levels of development and all the nafta may have had positive implications for say bringing down costs for corporations earnings consumer prices it also had negative social implications in two thousand for example the u.s. government subsidies to the corn sector totaled. point one billion dollars these subsidies lead to charges of dumping which jeopardizes mexican farms that's basically when a company goes in undercuts the competition and then raises prices and you can also look at jobs people go to work cheap labor is and for ninety four to two thousand and seven manufacturing jobs in the u.s. declined by over three and a half million so you can see what people are out there protesting about the costs of free trade areas and now you know what they are. now still ahead right now don't go away as you may remember an upload will declare bankruptcy because of bad bets on european sovereign debt well gerald celente they got him personally where did his money go we're going to find out after the break but first the

u.s. border with mexico that linked warehouses in san diego and tijuana. about 17 tons of marijuana were seized. >>> and four americans space pioneers were honored by congress in the capitol rotunda. they were all given the congressional gold medal. >>> now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,905 after falling 190 points yesterday. the s&p tumbled 20 points. the nasdaq dropped 46. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei was up 16 points. but in hong kong, the hang seng lost 143. >>> a late date warning on american banks transformed a relatively quiet day on wall street wednesday into a plunge. fitch, one of the three main credit rating agencies, warned it may reduce stable rating on u.s. banks but they could be greatly affected if europe's debt crisis spreads further. morgan stanley lost almost 8%. the new focus is on france. the benchmark rate on france's ten-year bond is now creeping toward 4%. worries are deepening europe's second largest economy could lose its aaa credit rating.

u.s. and mexico he said that he thought it should be electric saying we do this to livestock all the time now fast forward a couple of years and representative king is still as hateful as ever this week congressman king is touring i well with the value voters bus and he was asked a few questions by our friends over at think progress as answers were frankly pretty unbelievable herb or asked if alabama's tough new immigration law has gone too far or require schools to check the status of all children and forces you to lety companies to shut off water to homes the don't provide proper immigration papers and this was his response. to what you already asked someone to phone their status whether they have to be there to be legal legally in the united states that the world i grew up in. the way that i grew up in a police officer and see somebody on the street saying why are you here what are you doing why are you i don't know we. know we get to the point where these you know you can take the position that one force will get your job. personally i'm a little confused about where exactly steve kin

u.s./mexico border. it is 400 yards long, connecting stash houses from san diego to tijuana. even more remarkable is what they found inside. 17 tons of marijuana. >>> and the clothing company benetton has bowed to pressure from the vatican this morning, pulling its latest ad showing the pope kissing a top islamic leader from egypt. the vatican called this picture, and i quote, a grave act of disrespect, end quote. it was part of benetton's unhate campaign, challenging people not to hate. and the campaign features photoshopped pictures of president obama kissing the president of china. and even kissing hugo chavez of venezuela. german leader, angela merkel, shown canoodling with french president sarkozy. i believe that was a canoodle. but they're taking down just the one with the pope or all of them? >> at this point, just the one with the pope. it remains to be scene with the rest of the campaign. >> we'll see. >> thank you. >>> now, more breaking details this morning in the penn state sex abuse scandal. the biological mother of a boy adopted by former coach jerry sandusky is

. >>> and now to the fast and furious, testifying about the atf scheme on the u.s. mexico war.ack into the hands of the drug cartels. but the thing is, agents lost track of a lot of these guns. nirl 200 were recovered from crime scenes in mexico. two were found at the scene of brian terry's murder. eric holder was adamant that guns should not have been allowed to cross and unacceptable. regrettably, this tactic was used as part of fast and furious which was launched to combat drug trafficking and violence on out southwest border. it was throughflawed in the con will feel the effects for years to come as guns that were lost during the operation as they continue to show up at crime scenes both here and mexico. this should never have happened and must never happen again. >> so as part of his testimony today on the hill, the attorney general talked specifically about the death of the border agent, brian terry. terry was killed near tucson arizona last dose and testimony got a little tense when holder was asked about this. >> have you apologized to the family of brian terry? >> i ha

u.s./mexico border.two rifles at the scene were traced to operation fast and furious, controversial federal gun running program that allowed hundreds of weapons into mexico. nearly 3/4 of the guns sold were lost. josephine is holding the government partly responsible for her son's death and received a letter from attorney general this week, writing to the family saying he is sorry for their loss. many believe the government owes brian and his family much more than apology. it owes them the truth. >> one small way that we could honor his memory and honor your family is not only to never forget, but to ensure at the end of the day that there is justice. >> the proceeds of the event will go toward legal bills if the family decides to sue the government. brian's family meantime, has hired former u.s. attorney who has taken action in u.s. district court to secure family members' rights as crime victims. >> shannon: the supreme court could announce tomorrow whether or not they will take up one of the lawsuits

u.s. border with mexico. that linked warehouses in san diego and tijuana. 17 tons of marijuana were seized. >>> and four american space pioneers were honored by congress wednesday. john glenn and neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins were given the congressional gold medal. a "first look" on wall street. the dow opens at 11,905 after falling 190 points yesterday. 9 s&p tumbled 20 points and the nasdaq dropped 46. overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei was up 16 points, but in hong kong, the hang seng lost 143. well, a late-day warning on american banks transformed a relatively quiet day on wall street wednesday, into a plunge. fitch,ç won of the three main credit rating agencies, warned that it may reduce its stable rating on u.s. banks because they could be greatly affected if europe's debt crisis spreads any further. large banks and other financials tumbled. morgan stanley lost almost 8%. the new focus is on france. the benchmark rate on france's ten-year bond now creeping towards 4%. worries are deepening europe's second-largest e

u.s./mexico border. two rifles at the scene traced to operation fast and furious.un running program that allowed hundreds of weapons into mexico. nearly 3/4 of those guns sold, were lost. josephine is holding the government partly responsible for her son's death. she received 10 months, after he was killed, a letter from attorney general eric hold they are week saying he is sorry for their loss. many believe the government owes brian and his family more. it owes them the truth. >> one small way that we can honor his memory and hop or your family is not only to never forget, but to ensure that the -- at the end of the there is justice. >> the proceeds of the event will go toward legal bills, if the family decides to sue the government. brian's family has hired former u.s. attorney who has already taken action in u.s. district court to secure family members' rights. >> as you clarify, the introducing was wrong the gun that killed agent terry was not one of the ones traced back but they were at the scene. >> that is correct. >>> police aren't giving up hope in their s