u.s. from the mexico-guatemalan border. me say it has prompted president trump's crackdown on border security. despite efforts by mexican immigration authorities to disband a caravan, hundreds are u.s.-mexicofor the border. this comes after an early morning tweet from trump -- "the big caravan of people from because of the trump administration's actions, border crossings are at a still .cceptable 46 year low from's tweet followed a flurry of threats that began on easter sunday to tear up the north american free trade agreement nafta unless mexico agrees to join his crackdown on immigration. by tuesday afternoon, trump had taken n credit for the reduced number of mimigrants in thee caravan. pres. trumump: a lot of things e chananging, but t i have jusustd that the caravan coming up from mexicos is brokoken up in did that. and they did it because, frankly, i said you really have to do it. we're going to have a relationship on nanafta. we're going to have to include security in nafta. , andxico, very strong lawaws that is the w

u.s./mexico border. >>> and downplaying the talk of the trade war after china retaliating with more tariffs. >>> and robert mueller's team questions more to see if they illegally funneled cash to the trump campaign. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm rene marsh. >> i'm dave briggs. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. we'll have reports from damascus shortly. >>> first, president trump ordering national guard troops to the u.s./mexico border. the security of the united states is in peril after a surge of illegal activity on the southern border. it sun cle-- it is unclear whene troops would appear at the border. details are worked out with dhs and department of defense and border states. >> the national guard mission is unclear. federal law bars the military from involvement in immigration enforcement. in the past when obama and bush deployed guards to the border, they worked in training roles. for more, we turn to cnn's jeff zeleny at the white house. >> reporter: dave and rene, the president wants to s

u.s.-mexico border. from here they will head north to mexico city. from there, organizers will break off into smaller crowds. again, some of them, they say, about 200 according to organizers, will. it to the u.s.-mexico border. we'll have to wait and see how make it there and if they will be able to seek asylum. cnn, mexico. >> thanks to laila santiago for that report. >>> we're following breaking news overnight. 14 people are dead after a bus carrying a junior league hockey team crashed in canada. the bus collided with the tractor-trailer in saskatchewan province last night. coaches and players for the humboldt broncos were on board. they were on their runway to a junior league playoff game. witnesses say it took hours to pull the victims out of the mangled wreckage. most of the players were in their late teens. 14 others we know were injured in that fatal accident. >>> coming up, exclusive new details about another adviser to president trump that tried to expose damaging information about hillary clinto

u.s.-mexico border. migrants from central america gathering along a fence between tee ju tijuana and san diego. they are part of the a migrant caravan that have been together for weeks. leyla santiago has been covering this. tell us what's happening there. >> reporter: i want to show you what's happening behind me. you can see on this side there are quite a few people from the caravan that has arrived here to the u.s.-mexico border. they sort of had this rally of sorts in which they were cheering for them. this is a great sense of accomplishment. we did see many of them climb the fence. they did not cross. they simply stood there. and then on the other side, on the san diego side of the border, there were supporters there as well, cheering. we heard many of them chant, we are not criminals. we are migrants wanting to work, wanting a better life. many of them have talked about the violence they are fleeing in central america. now, we have been following the story of one woman in particular. her name is ga

u.s./mexico border tonight. the planning teams are being deployed to five sectors this weekend to provide support to border patrol agents. earlier today, the president tweeted, we are sealing up our southern border. the people of our great country want safety and security. the dems have been a disaster on this very important issue. reporter ashley koran tells us, this first wave of troops is just the beginning.>>reporter: troops are moving into position on the u.s. border with mexico on saturday. this is the first wave of what could be as many as 4000 troops, deployed there over the next several months. texas national guard planning teams are being deployed to five sectors along the texas/mexico border.

u.s./mexico border. the memo says the situation has reached a point of crisis and adds the security of the united states is in perilled by a surge of illegal activity on the southern border. it is unclear when the troops might actually show up at the border. a senior administration official says details are still worked out with dhs, department of defense and border states. >> the national guard mission is unclear as well. federal law bars the military from involvement in immigration enforcement. in the past when obama and bush deployed guards to the border, they worked in training roles. for more, we turn to cnn's jeff zeleny at the white house. >> reporter: dave and rene, the department of homeland security and the president want to send troops to the u.s./mexico border. this is part of president trump's directive to increase strength at the border. this is coming as a fast announcement this week. the president is saying the laws are not strong enough and congress has not acted. the question why this i

u.s./mexico border. the president insists troops will remain on the border until his proposed wall is built. >>> the president on thursday repeated a debunked voter fraud claim. >> in many places like california, the same person votes many times, you probably heard about that. they like to say that's a conspiracy theory. not a conspiracy theory. millions and millions of people. >> again, this was to talk tax overhaul. he claims millions of people voted illegally in 2016. despite producing evidence to back up the claim. the president argued democratic states refused to turnover data to the commission. >>> president trump finally broke his silence about his alleged affair with adult film actress stormy daniels. aboard air force one on thursday, the president said he knew nothing about the $130,000 hush payment his lawyer made to daniels. listen. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? why did michael cohen make that statement? >> you have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney.

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u.s./mexico border. that would up end a tentative agreement between the feds and state national guard. in the president's tweet he said quote, the crime rate in california is high enough and the federal government will not be paying for governor brown's char aid. >> i think it inflames supporters anibals support them when he takes it to the liberal governor jerry brunn. it's not on the policy of the border it's more about raising support among his base. >> late this afternoon the california national guard tweeted they received a signed document from the pentagon saying in fact the federal government would be paying the cost of the deployment. >>> new details about the deadly southwest airlines incident. southwest sought more time to

u.s.-mexico border. migrants gathering around a fence that separates the u.s. and mexico.her side of the fence, a group of pro immigrant protesters. they're now attempting to get into the united states to seek asylum. give us the latest. >> reporter: right now the migrants have gone into this building right here, they're actually meeting with attorneys and immigrant advocates t

u.s./mexico border. we'll talk to people living on this side of the wall and people living on that side. who wants to talk? oh, you know, we should just book people the way we normally do. sorry about that. >> my name is w. kamau bell. as a comedian i made a limping finding humor in the parts of the america i don't understand. . and now i challenge myself to dig deeper. i'm on a mission to reach out and experience all the cultures and believes that add color to this crazy country. this is the united shades of america. >>> let's get some things straying. there are things real and imaginary. things real are quantifiable and predictable and like graphfy appear climate change. kneeling during the national anthem means you you don't hate the truths and hot doughnuts taste best. but then there are things that are imaginary like borders. think about it. borders are pretend lines drawn on the earth by men and i do mean by men as a way to divide up land and sometimes the borders just don't make any damn sense. li

u.s.-mexico border. the president says he's responsible for u.s.ico border crossings being at a 16-year low, however, he says troops are still needed in mexico. the pentagon says it's working out how many troops are needed and what their needed for. >> again, we're working, that's what the cell is about, they will provide us with the requirements and then from that we'll determine how many and what's the mission and how many we'll deploy. >> meanwhile, the so-called caravan of central american migrants that appears to have sparked the president's tweet storm in recent days on immigration is making its way north as we speak. the migration event, as it's called, happens yearly. this year more than a thousand people are traveling north to mexichanicxico looking for a be life. some will stay in mexico to try to get refugee status there, but many are expected to come all the way to the u.s. border. leyla santiago is in mexico following these caravans. ed, do people want the national guard deployed to the area? do they see a need? >> reporter: it's inter

u.s. gun. violence in mexico. i'm femi oke am today the stream explores what's often called the i am river of america assault weapons flowing south of the u.s. border right now we're live on several. comments and i will do my very best to get them into the show let's stop without. reporting to the people and palace have a look since two thousand and fool well over one hundred fifty thousand people have been killed in mexico's so-called war on drugs. here in. the gulf cartel and the last that has cartel and a violent battle over the control of lucrative drug routes. civilians are often forced to take sides or end up in the crossfire. of them with us. u.s. president paul trump often speaks about protecting americans from violence in mexico and has referred to it as the most dangerous country in the world that's not true according to the institute for economics and peace is actually syria little consideration though is given to the violence being exported of the way the u.s. government accountability office estimates

u.s./mexico border. for many it was the end of a month-long journey to get to the united states, but the caravan's members learned they would have to wait before they could even apply for asylum. officials with u.s. customs and border protection said their facility south of san diego is full. the migrants won't be processed until space is available. >> are you watching that mess that's going on right now with that caravan that's coming up? >> that rally has been a flash point. >> if a person puts their foot over the line, we have to take them into our country, we have to let them go to come back to court in like a year. only one problem. they don't come back. >> on sunday immigration rights activists held a rally on the u.s. side of the border. some have been meeting with the migrants in mexico. >> sadly we are expecting them to be in a detention awaiting asylum at least for six months. >> for now the caravan's members are camped out in tijuana as they await a chance to enter the u.s. u.s. officials have

stake president says he will end the free-trade agreement between the u.s. mexico and canada if mexico doesn't do more to stop illegal immigration. >>> protections were scheduled to end last night the court rulings have kept the program in place until higher currents can write a.m. to >>> meeting between president trump and russian president could be in the works. the kremlin says mr. trump made the invitation last month when he called to congratulate the president. it would be the first time putin has been at the white house and more than a decade. white house press secretary says no plans have been made. >>> a saudi prince is coming to town along with a very large entourage. we get a look at what the princes -- prince is planning. >>> -- >> the staff says they are prepping for a visit from a large vip delegation but insist they don't know who it is. >> according to reports the crown prince of saudi arabia has rented out the entire 200 room hotel for the next five nights. it is no wonder this is massive entourage. the princes on a tour having met with the ceo of m

u.s.-mexico border to five sectors along the border. as many as 4,000 troops will be sent to the entire border over the next few months. last week, president trump said that he wants to send national guard members to the border to help fight illegal immigration and drug trafficking. governor brown has not yet made a decision on whether to deploy the guard. >>> bill cosby's spokesman is calling for increased security after this topless protester hopped a barricade today. sheriff deputies stopped the woman who had the words "cosby" and rapist" painted on her back. she's an actress who wa on the cosby show. the incident happened as cosby walked into a suburban courthouse for a sexual assault retrial. he's charged with drugging and molesting a woman in 2004. opening statements are expected to begin today. >>> happening today, the deadline for property owners to clear away debris from the north bay wildfires applies to fire victims no sonoma county and santa rosa who opted out of the removal program. the county says getting rid of the debris

u.s. border with mexico. on saturday he tweeted we are sealing up the southern border, the people of our great country want safety and security. >> earlier he directed the national guard to send troops to the border. some are already in various sectors with more soldiers on the way. up to 4,000 have been authorized to go. we have more thousand from the texas border. >> officials here in texas say the goal is to have at least 250 national guard troops in place by the end of the weekend. these planning troops being brought to the border as well as custom and border patrol agents to determine the specific resources, respected areas may need. generals are meeting in austin, the texas state capital. these 250 troops on the move, those are in addition to 100 troops that the governor of texas had already order to be in place. yopd the sta beyond the state of texas national guard troops being deployed to arizona-mexico border. beyond the numbers the next question is what will they be doing? the focus now on planning.

u.s.-mexico border. derek, what will a military presence along the border accomplish? >> i think it's really important to look at the historical context here. border arrests have fallen to their lowest point in 46 or 47 years. we are at the lowest point of border arrests in this country since 1971, the year that a new sitcom called "all in the family" became the number-one show on tv. on the one hand, president trump has essentially said i can't have my wall made of bricks, i can't have my wall made of concrete, i can't have my wall made of electronics. i'll have a wall made of people. i'll have people guarding the border. but the important point to look at here is the fact that because of macro economic conditions and because of other conditions regarding the state of the mexican economy, we have a situation where there-minute drive as many people try -- there aren't as many people trying to come in as there used to be. there's less crimes being committed in the first place. this is a political maneuver

u.s.-mexico border. as you mentioned, they planned to turn themselves in through the port of entry, many of them planning to seek asylum, a completely legal process under u.s. federal law. again, we know they are talking right now to the press, giving statements from the organizers, but as far as the mood here, dana, there's some excitement, right, because for them, this is a sense of accomplishment, making it this far. i have seen pregnant mothers climbing on a train with their children, only to sit on a mound of scrap metal for hours in the cold, in the night feeling lost because for them, this is about survival, this is about reaching the u.s. after fleeing violence and poverty. so for them this is an accomplishment because they have gotten so closing to the u.s.-mexico border. but there is still quite a bit of anxiety. many of them wondering what will happen when they turn themselves in. many of the women, the mothers and the grandmothers are concerned about being separated from their children. now i

u.s.-mexico border. this texas. he spent the day with a sheriff who is not happy with the plan to send national dpaguard troop there. why the unease with this sheriff. >> reporter: this is eagle pass, texas. behind the rio grand, the nation of mexico opinion there's many people unhappy including the sheriff. he doesn't think it's necessary to have national guards men here. he's concerned it could be harmful. president trump says he wants between 2,000 and 4,000 national dpar guard troops deployed. it's not clear where they will deploy. there's history for this in 2006. in 2010, barack obama 1200 national guard troops. it has happened before. here is what people we talked to in this county said today. many of the residents, ranchers, sheriff acknowledge the problem is bad. it's nothing like it was ten years ago when president bush sent out the 2,000 troops. you would see 100 people at a time coming across the river. law enforcement said it's rare today that they see this. in 1997 when troops were put alon

u.s.-mexico border. this is the first wave of what could be as many as 4,000 troops deployed there over the next several months. the texas national guard planning teams are being deployed to five serkts along the bored -- five sectors along the border. >> this initial phase of deployment will include commanding control, coordination cells, and operational planning as requested. >> arizona has also announced its national guard plans to send troops to the border next week. >>> earlier today the president tweeted, we are ceiling up our southern border. the people of our great country want safety and security. the dems have been a disaster on this very important issue. >>> for those looking to get hands-on with science experiments should head to the east bay. the berkeley public library is extending its s.t.e.m. program. s.t.e.m. stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. the library received a generous grant and is celebrating by offering classes of all ages. visitors can talk to scientists, wat

u.s.-mexico border after a month-long trip that's drawn the ire of president trump. rder wall near san diego but stopping just short of entering the u.s. illegally. they say they want to enter through the proper channels by requesting asylum. cnn's luis ayala santiago is in tijuana, mexico where that group of people running from violence and poverty from their home countries arrived today. they are reaching the border and getting the attention that they wanted. how exactly are they dealing with what they have in store for them which is no small feat trying to get asylum? >> well, take a look at this woman. i think she sort of tells the story. she's at the front and she is crying. she has been crying for several minutes now as she gets ready to enter into the u.s. i'm asking her why she's crying. >> reporter: well, i couldn't hear he very well but she's very emotional but she's saying she's leaving a part of herself in mexico. she doesn't know where she's going. she's just going to the united states, and listen. this is just one of the many stories that we've heard. i

u.s. government accountability office estimates that seventy percent of all guns recovered from crime scenes in mexico between two thousand and nine and twenty fourteen could be traced back to the u.s. and in twenty seventy mexico launched almost seventeen thousand gun murder investigations as a record for the country thousands of people have disappeared or been killed caught between criminals armed with american made assault weapons and mexico's militarized security apparatus so more can be done to close the loopholes in u.s. going laws and curb the violence stoked by mexico's ongoing drug war joining us on skype to talk about this in monterrey mexico. weekend is the associate director for gun violence prevention at the center for american progress that is a washington d.c. based think tank a mexico city grace fernandes is a regional coordinator for food them an advocacy group working to raise awareness about missing people in mexico she says the mexican military is behind the disappearance of her brother in the u.s. state of pennsylvania and a loose a no is a journalist he's normally based in mexico

u.s. border in tijuana mexico.ied to seek asylum yesterday but were not allowed to enter the country because the processing facility was full. kelly wright joins us now with the latest. >> good morning to you both. attends human drama unfolding there continues to develop of the u.s.-mexico border in san diego has hundreds of migrants are hoping to get into the u.s. u.s. officials say the border crossing is full. hundreds of central american migrants who are risking it all for a chance to seek asylum are tried into this country but after their long journey by foot or a train, they find themselves back at the u.s.-mexico border. that is where agents are not allowing them entry. many saying they are fleeing gang violence and seeking safety in america. >> we are fleeing because we know the situation in our country is not within our reach, with their hands to solve the problems that they're looking to save their lives. >> concerned about the caravan of migrants, president trump treated earlier, i have been struck with t

u.s./mexico border. ravan of migrants is camped out waiting in tijuana, mexico after a month-long journey. they are vowing to remain outside the immigration processing center until every last one is admitted to the u.s. >> at the rally over the weekend in michigan, the president did not sound sympathetic. >> are you watching that mess that's going on right now with the caravan coming up? are you watching this? our laws are so weak, so pathetic. given to us by democrats. they are so pathetic. nancy pelosi, chuck schumer. our laws are so corrupt and so stupid. i call them the dumbest immigration laws on earth. >> the homeland security would arrest anyone crossing the border illegally. but let's check in with leyla santiago. >> reporter: christine and dave, what remains of the caravan, the migrants will wait throughout the night to be able to reach the united states and to reach the asylum officers and make their claims. we are seeing some of the central american families that put down blankets with intentio

u.s./mexico border.ront-runner in the race to succeed governor jerry brown told the "sacramento bee" he would prefer that president donald trump beef up the ranks of border patrol agents. this comes after brown agreed to deploy 400 national guard california soldiers to the border. this morning, president trump tweeted in part, quote, tremendous pressure is building like never before for the border wall and an end to crime cradling sanctuary cities. special counsel robert mueller special is preparing to move forward with the russia probe without interviewing president trump. this comes after the fbi raided the president's personal lawyer's home and offices. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein who oversees the russia investigation and approved the raid paid a visit to the white house. officials say it was a routine meeting with the president. but the meeting came as former white house chief strategist steve bannon pushed a plan to disrupt the russia investigation by firing rosenstein. but both democrats

u.s./mexico border. kpix 5's jackie ward live in the newsroom with more. >>> reporter: this morning, we finally know how governor brown has responded to a request from the white house. and he is cooperating but not without strings attached. president trump is pleased. in a tweet sent out at 6 a.m. eastern daylight time, the president said: national guard to the border. thank you, jerry. good move for the safety of our country!" governor brown has agreed to deploy 400 more troops to he current fig >> reporter: governor brown agreed to deploy 400 troops to increase the fight against transnational crime. they will not be adhering to president trump's orders. a partial excerpt from brown's statement reads, this will not be a mission to build a new wall. it will not be a mission to round up women and children or detain people escaping violence and seeking a better life. an immigration attorney is skeptical about these additional troops making a difference. >> i don't think that they are interested in practica

u.s.-mexico border.names of the four crew members have not been released, and at this point it's unknown what caused the crash. >>> overnight out of california, police in san bruno have identified the youtube shooter as nasim aghdam. a san diego woman in her late 30s. officials say she shot three people at the youtube headquarters in the san francisco suburb and then apparently took her own life. one of the wounded, a 36-year-old man in critical condition. a fourth person was injured trying to escape the gunfire. the shooter's brother tells cnn affiliate kgtv the family had reported her missing. they knew she had a problem with youtube and its owner google. she was angry about a change in google policies that cost her viewers on her vegan youtube page. the brother who did not want to be identified says when he learned her car had been found not far from google headquarters in mountainview, they called police. listen to her brother. >> google was close to the youtube headquarters. so -- she had a problem

u.s./mexico border. kpix 5's jackie ward joining us live now with details. >>> reporter: we have been talking about this for more than a week now and still there's confusion surrounding california's troops. the trump administration has asked governors across the country to provide national guard members to help patrol the border until a wall is complete. after some resistance, governor brown complied with the request but said they wouldn't for any reason enforce federal immigration law. at first president trump thanked governor brown for his support on twitter. then he did an about-face and said that brown couldn't come to terms with california's guard members. >> i think we can find common understanding here. there's enough problems at the border. >> reporter: more than 900 troops from other states have been deployed for this mission. arizona sent 250, new mexico sent about 60 and texas sent about 650 members of its national guard. brown has offered to send 400 guardsmen from across the state. brown say

u.s.-mexico border, tweeting, we are sealing up the southern border. and slamming southern democrats as a, quote, disaster on this issue. that as several hundred national guard troops begin to deploy to the region after the pentagon called for up to 4,000 to go there eventually. maya rodriguez is on the border tonight and has our report. >> reporter: tonight national guard troops are heading to the border. >> the texas national guard is preparing to immediately deploy with supporting aircraft, vehicles and equipment to the texas-mexico border. >> reporter: for what could be a several months long deployment to arizona, california, new mexico and texas. the move approved by the secretary of defense late last night. it was championed by president trump. >> until we can have a wall and proper security, we're going to be guarding our border with the military. >> reporter: at catholic charities, sister norma ,who helps undocumented migrants has reservations. >> i'm concerned. it's a concern because i don't know that military station of our community is the a

u.s./mexico border.ken the a lot of people, they're saying they're going to try to make it to the u.s./mexico border. whether there's national guard there or not. should i keep this in context. this is a caravan that happens every single year. it is part of what they call the annual march. usually starts in big numbers and then sort of gets into a smaller crowd throughout, as they continue to go north. so the organizers here are saying that it will be about 200 people, they believe, will be seeking aisle you will in the u.s./mexico border. when that will be, we'll to have follow them to see. >> thank you so much for that important, important reporting. happening right now outside the white house, look at that crowd. a huge crowd lining up. we believe it will be to say goodbye, a farewell, to national security adviser h.r. mcmaster. today is his last day in the white house and he is retiring from military service after 34 years. we're watching that to see if he comes out. we should say his successor john

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u.s./mexico border.> they are on the border. our planners are in each of the sectors, working with sector commanders and planners, identifying the requirements of what they'll need us to do in support. we see this as an evolving mission. as the requirements develop with the department of homeland security, we'll engage with different surveillance equipment, light and medium aircraft, however they see fit. >> rick: garrett cheny is live in washington with more on this. >> reporter: the full rollout of the 2 to 4,000 national guard troops will likely take a couple of weeks if not longer. texas will have 250 troops along the border by tomorrow, arizona is planning to send 150 this next week and new mexico's governor agreed to deploy troops. the homeland security advisor says the action by the president and the states should serve as a wake-up call to congress to address immigration. >> we're not going to allow our border to be open for business and crossing any longer. the president has at this point said e

u.s.-mexico border. i know in the past this has been a point of controversy even from members of his own party who aren't happy with him using this as a card to play. >> still, this is the thing the president keeps returning to, in part -- this goes back to a couple of months ago when there were talks about some sort of resolution for the 700,000 or so d.r.e.a.m.ers in the country when the president was trying to arrive at a deal. he was pilloried by those on the right, his conservative base, for trying to find ways to give amnesty to undocumented immigrants. the way the president dealt with that was by pivoting back to the wall. every time he sort of catches a little flack from the right on trying to do too much for daca recipients, he comes back to this issue of wall funding. he did break some news last night suggesting that he would take steps to shut down the government if the government funding bill at that time didn't include the amount of funding he wants for the border wall. but as you point out,

u.s./mexico border as the so-called migrant caravan approaches a tipping point. >> they're our brothers and sisters. there shouldn't be a wall between us. >> are you watching that mess that's going on right now with the caravan coming up? >> one step closer to a denuclearized north korea. new specific details and president trump's latest tweets overnight. >>> are you game for space tourism? hundreds have already reserved their seats aboard a pricey spacecraft. could you be next? avengeers infinity war crushes all competition at the weekend box office and dee throwned "star wars" records. "early today" starts right now. good to be with you. i'm frances rivera. hundreds of migrants who made their way to the united states over the past month in a cara van faced disappoint when they finally reached the border in tijuana, mexico. u.s. immigration officials informed them the port of entry was already at capacity and their asylum claims would have to wait. the migrants had already drawn the wrath of president trump who described the group as a threat. attorney general jeff sessions has called the

u.s.-mexico border. leyla santiago, cnn, mexico city. >>> scott lucas is at the university of birmingham. he is the founder and editor of ea worldview. he joins me now live from birmingham in england. great to have you don show. >> thank you. >> now, this march of asylum seekers towards the u.s. border appears to have annoyed mr. trump. and in a confusing move, he tied the immigrant march to the daca deal, saying new immigrants want to take advantage of daca. what do you make of that? why is the president of this nation confused about this issue? >> well, he is either confused or he is using this as a pretext. i mean, let's be clear. as you report stated, the caravan is not covered by daca. none of those people will come into the u.s. under that program. and also, we are not talking about people trying to flood the u.s. instead thshlgs is is a politic protest highlighting u.s. approach to refugees and to asylum. the reason why trump is agitated is beyond this. the first is we wants the wall. he wants $25

u.s.-mexico relationship is so volatile. for mexico the united states is the min issue. it's the main client, it's the main foreperson policy challenge they have. the worry i have is there is a mexican presidential battle coming up. it will doom modern candidates and elect candidates in mexico in july that may be very unfriendly to the u.s. but are boosted to the president's rhetoric, anti-mexico for border wall rhetoric. >> there you go the president making comments just as his policy and administration rather the administration gets ready to welcome john bolton. i want to play for you what democratic congressmen of california said to me yesterday. >> now we have bolton who is clearly a right wing nut case. he wants to take out north dakota korea with some sort of bloody nose attack, starting a war on the north dakota korean peninsula that will kill tens of thousands of people within the first couple of days. >> do you agree with him? what is your biggest concern with john bolton? >> well, i am concerned about his views on north korea. there is no question. but i am not

u.s.-mÉxico border in san diego hoping to get into the u.s. but the u.s.cials say the border crossing is full, hundreds of central american migrants, many from guatemala are risking it all for a chance to seek asylum in the united states but after long journey by foot or by train defined themselves stuck at u.s.-mÉxico border in san ysidro border, one man was spotted saying we are fleeing the situation in our country it's not within our reach, within our hands to solve the problems. we are looking to safe our lives. other people stating that these people need a place to stay and to live and we as americans they argue have the resources to help them so we should, concerned about the caravan coming to america, president trump tweeted earlier, i have instructed not to let the large caravans of people into the country. if you illegally enter the country you will be referred to prosecution, that's from the homeland security secretary neilson, meanwhile in ciudad juÁrez, illegal aliens have been climbing over the wall reportedly to try to taunt to president, the

u.s./mexico board they are weekend.oth texas and arizona announced they were beginning deployments. u.s. defense secretary jim mattis approved the deployment of 4,000 national guard troops in all according to a new pentagon memo. let's bring in jonathan alter, a columnist for the "daily beast" and an msnbc political analyst and charlie sites, host of the "daily standard" podcast and an msnbc contributor. gentlemen, good to see you both. here on a saturday morning, i'll start with you, jonathan, the president said he wants these troops positioned at the border until he gets a wall. so what is this all about? is this posturing? because goodness knows how long that could go. >> first of all, national guard troops at the border is not new. so before everybody panics that this is some new things. it has been done in the past. but it is totally posturing, what nobody noticed in the budget debate was that president trump lost his wall. probably for good. he got $1.5 billion between $1.2 and $1.5 billion out of $25 that it's go

u.s. and mexico border. a caravan of migrants arrived overnight and have a political target on their backs. the group vowing to stay put. >> we know the risks. we will negotiate in a different way. >>> u.s. gearing up for talks as north korea on the heels of the korean summit. how soon could kim jong-un lose the nuclear testing site? we are live in seoul. >>> a mega merger for two mobile phone companies. why a union with t-mobile and sprint could mean you pay more for service. they say leads to lower prices, though. we will discuss? >> we will. i wonder what regulators will say. >> that is the question. good morning. i hope you had a great weekend. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. right now, immigration showdown playing out at the u.s. and mexico border. a caravan of migrants camped out at border. dozens of asylum seekers are outside the immigration processing center. >> at a rally in michigan over the weekend, president trump talked about the ap

learning that a group of migrants from central america, mostly from honduras, were headed through mexico to the u.san of migrants just arrived in mexico city. leyla santiago has been traveling with them onboard that bus. walk us through what's happening now. >> reporter: wolf, you see all of these buses behind me. they have just arrived. the migrants are getting off the bus. we have about 500 migrants that have just arrived. you see many with the honduran flag, some with signs. and this is something we actually saw quite a bit. we saw people cheering them on on the way here and then once they actually arrived, they were also met with a lot of people cheering for them. again, they have just come from a few hours south of mexico city and, wolf, i want to bring in gabriella. the last time i talked to you live we interviewed her. she is a mother of two. she's also pregnant, and she's from honduras. i'm just going to take a moment to sort of just check in with her and see how she's feeling. [ speaking in spanish ] she says she's a little tired because it's been a long journey and with kids it makes it a

u.s. from mexico. last night, president trump signed a memo directing his administration to study ways to end what is often called "catche and e," for border crossers awaiting their immigration hearings. this is not the first time president trump has attacked the practice. he called for an end to "catch ase" in an executive cretary james mattis signedle off on using the defense department budget to send up to 4,000 national guard troops t the border. the departments of defense and homeland security issued a join statement saying they are working closely with governors ie address "vulnerabi" along the border. the response from state governors has been mixed. f r, two states-- arizona and texas-- have announced plans to send troops. the texas national guard has already begun deploying.50 guardsmen >> the texas national guard is preparing to immediately deploy with supporting aircraft, vehicles and equipment to the texas-mexico border. >> sreeninavasan: ariovernor doug ducey announced on twitter that his

u.s./mexico border. from mexico city, the organizers say that many will break off into smaller crowds, again some they say about 200 according to organizers will be making to the i u.s./mexico border, but we'll have to see how many make it there and if they will be able to seek acai luasylum. >> and that migrant group moving on as national guard troops are heading to the border. 250 service men and airmen will be deployed in the next 72 hours. >> and while president trump is touting his work on the issue, we have to point out here this has been done before at least twice. from 2006 to july 2008, president bush september some 6,000 national guardsmen to the border. a few years later, president obama stationed more than 1,000 troops there. >> polo sandoval is joining us. texas a mobilizing the national guard quickly, but what are we learning about what their responsibilities will be and what they will not do on the border? >> well, they will be filling those roles that they have during previous kdeployments

u.s./mexico border i want to start with. he said he wants to send troops to protect the border until the wall is ready. >> first of all, the border, mexican border is very unprotected by our laws. we have horrible, horrible and very unsafe laws in the united states. we're going to be able to do something about that, hopefully, soon. hopefully, congress will get their act together and create some very powerful laws, like mexico has, canada and almost all countries have. we don't have laws. we have catch and release. you catch and immediately release. people come back years later for a court case except they virtually never come back. we are preparing to secure or border and have a meeting on it in a little while with general mattis and everybody. i think it's something we it have to do. >> let's start there with jeff zeleny in washington. it's my understanding, too, jeff, since the president has made his comments the mexican government has formally asked the state department and department of homeland security for clarificati