u.s.-mexico border. he has had a diverse 15 year career in mexican federal government, serving in prominent positions in the areas of trade, finance, diplomacy, national security, and did so under four presidents. he holds bachelor degrees in economics and political science and a masters degree in public administration from harvard's john f. kennedy school of government for which he received a fulbright garcia robles scholarship. he will lead the discussion with the ambassador as a senior fellow of the hudson institute and the james clark chance professor of foreign affairs and humanities at the college and columnist for the "wall street journal." walter writes regularly on subjects from international affairs to religion to politics, culture, education, and the media. he is an honors graduate of groton and yale. please join me in welcoming ambassador gutierrez and walter russell mead. [applause] let me say one other housekeeping thing. you should have cards on your seats which you can jot down questions

u.s. has been a safety valve. central american migration to mexico is almost a pass-through phenomenon. if the u.s. border is significantly harder to get across, does this mean that mexico now faces a greater issue with central american migration, or do you think it would slow if the u.s. frontier were known to be closed? amb. gutierrez fernandez: first of all, one of the very first elements of the sovereignty of any country is to be able to determine its migration system and determine who enters and how does it enter. walter: that sounds like something president trump says. if you don't have borders, you are not a country. amb. gutierrez fernandez: i do believe that reporters are there for a good reason. it is just can we think about borders in the context of the 21st century and what does that imply? i think that implies several things. border security is a legitimate concern. we have said that publicly, number one. number two, mexico does not condone or promote illegal immigration. we lose our best people -- mexico loses when our people are forced to leave. having said that, if you look at the nu

u.s.-mexico bilateral agenda. i'll just mention as an introduction it's no secret that we have big cracks in the relationship. one is trade and one is the security and other one immigration. i do expect that we can take advantage of to take the most of it. >> this transition period of five months should we expect mexican policy to change gradually during that time or does it sort of stay on the same course and then there's a change when the new team comes in? >> quite frankly president nieto is responsible for the government in mexico until december 1st. he intends to assume that responsibility until that time. he expressed his willingness and interest in working with the transition team and mr. lopez obrador as closely as possible in order to address the many challenges that mexico have. that's very positive. if you remember at least previous occasions one of the transition was very much marred by post-electoral debate and complications. everybody has recognized the result. i think that that allows mexico to make

u.s.-mexico border. he's had a diverse 15 year career serving in prominent positions in areas of trade, finance, diplomacy, national security. he holds a bachelor degree in economic science. i will lead the discussion with the ambassador. the james clark chance professor for foreign affairs and humanities at bard college and the columnist of the wall street journal. he writes on a regularly varying subject. regarding culture, the media, a honors graduate from yale. please join me in welcoming the ambassador and walter russell. [ applause ] >> you should have cards on your seats which you could jotted down questions so that we could do this quickly and smoothly. i know that there is a lot of issues that will come along -- so i will come along and collect them during the program so i will pass this along to walter. use these cards and we will get everyone in as much as we can. thank you. >> thank you john for the introduction and think the ambassador for joining us. -- and thank you to the ambassador for j

u.s./mexico border. ambassador gutierrez has served in prominent positions in the areas of trade, finance, diplomacy, national security and did so under four presidents. ambassador gutierrez holds bachelor degrees in finance and masters from public science from john f. kennedy's school of public. the james clark chance professor of foreign affairs and humanity at bard college and global view columnist at "the wall street journal." walter writes on a wide range of issues. let me say one other housekeeping things. you should have cards on your seats which you can jot down questions so we can do these quickly and smoothly. i know there's a lot of issues. someone will come along and collect them during the program and pass them to walter who can ask questions at the end of the program. >> thank you for the intre introduction and thank you, ambassador, for joining us. the ambassador has urgent business, so when we finish he needs to get to the telephone. g geronimo, if i can call you that. >> yes, please. >>

with mexico than with germany, for the u.s.? amb. gutierrez fernandez: i thought we were talking about soccer. mexico is covering itself in glory. as maybe not everyone in the u.s. knows, there is mexican prosperity is regionally, regions are different. northern mexico has been doing better than the southern parts of mexico, which is where the new president elect as his political base and where he is from. how will it change and the balance of governance and political power in mexico from north to south? will that affect mexican economic policy, external policy? amb. gutierrez fernandez: i think his bases everywhere. he did pretty well. he ran a good campaign and he convince people. he won a majority of votes in all but one or two states and that is something, irrespective of what anybody thinks. challenge inas a terms of its regional diversity. north and i'mhe using a generalization, the north seems to be nor -- more industrial and link to international markets than the south. i think that is true. you see areas in the middle that ar

topics included future nafta negotiations and u.s. mexico border security issues. the hudson institute hosted this 50-minute event. [indiscernible] >> offset -- all set. john: good morning, i'm john

u.s./mexico border today and visited a facility holding migrant children.i can't imagine what terrible things you've been through," said one of the kids to melania. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ]

u.s.-mexico border. the representative received a firsthand look at the conditions of the detention centers and spoke with immigrant families who have been separated. ktvu's alyssa harrington has the story. >> reporter: congressman mark dasani eight says any american would be ashamed of the treatment of families, especially children trying to enter the united states. >> we hear stories where a young man who was five years old was told when he was separated that his parents had abandoned him. >> reporter: he took a trip to the border in brownsville and texas. they wanted to see firsthand the effects of the trump administration's zero-tolerance policy. >> we just went through the processing center. this is the place where ucp will being held in cages. >> reporter: the group posted pictures of their trip on social media. they visited a federal courthouse to view court proceedings, and a port of entry. >> i have a real feeling of sadness, despair, and anger. >> reporter: there were kids and pregnant women si

u.s. and that's in the best interest of mexico and mexicans. however, there are some issues where we have public and notorious differences, and certainly mexico has its own limits. one of the things that has been a clear problem recently has been the treatment of children that have migrated into the u.s. and have been separated from their parents. we are, of course, encouraged by the decision from president trump to stop that policy from continuing, but you have to keep in mind that still over 2,000 children are still separated from their parents, and we want to make -- we want to be sure that this is not continue. we have introduced a resolution that was unanimously approved by the organization of american states condemning this policy and demanding from the u.s. government to take care of the children in a proper way and quickly reunite them with their parents. i have talked personally with secretary general gutierrez from the united nations also for the u.n. to be involved in this issue. this is something that i believe all mexicans, not onl

u.s.-mexico border wall. >>> and a shocking revelation from the tsa. why the agency says american citizens not suspected of a crime are being tracked. >>> we start with the deadly california wildfires. it is monday, july 30th. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm emily turner in for kenny choi this morning. many fires are leaving a trail of destruction behind and we are tracking the damage and weather conditions. >> first, two wildfires in mendocino and lake counties. anne makovec is in lakeport this morning, where the entire area is under an evacuation order. >> reporter: we are at highway 29 and highway 175 here. just last night you could see the glow of orange flames behind me on the hillside. that's no longer there. last word, this fire was 10% contained. this is the mendocino complex fire, which is two separate fires they are working on together. one is burning west of lakeport and one is north of lakeport. 48 square miles have burned and more than 10,000 homes and businesses are threatened in lake and mendocino counties. six homes have burned and about 75

u.s./mexico border. the u.s. government acknowledging the fact that they've lost track of the parents of 38 of these young migrant children. we focus on a court in san diego next week as the federal government begs for a little more time here to reunite those children with their families. >> that's right, and the federal judge in that case will not allow for a blanket extension of those deadlines. the first one is tuesday for children under the age of 5 to be reunited with their parents. the deadline for children over that age is july 26th, i believe. so the judge in that case says there will be delays or extensions provided on a case-by-case basis. but you mentioned the fact that the government doesn't know where the parents of 38 of those children are. 19 of them, david, were released from federal custody. the u.s. government doesn't know where the parents of 19 of those children are. the other 19 children, their parents have already been deported, david. >> geoff bennett covers the white house for us at nbc ne

and talking about the recent documentary following immigrant children separated at the u.s. mexico border. this weekend comes the c-span cities tour takes you to mexico. we will explore the literary and along theuces banks of the rio grande saturday at noon eastern on book tv. of theng the impact manhattan project on new mexico. and the oppenheimer west. >> first to berkeley and then to caltech, then to new mexico. he changed, particularly new mexico. , hadstate that was poor very little infrastructure. put in the middle of

peloton. >>> new york city mayor bill de blasio responding to allegations he crossed the u.s. mexicogally, a claim made by the u.s. border patrol. de blasio was one of 20 u.s. mayors to make a trip to the border near el paso, texas last month when the alleged incident happened, a day after president trump ordered the end of family separations. part of his zero tolerance immigration policy. he's accused of crossing the border illegally? how did we get here. >> back up three weeks ago, you mentioned he went with 20 other mayors to get a little bit of understanding of what sort of facilities were going on at the border because of course the whole country is effected, new york one of those effected, more than 200 children have come to new york. he wanted to see it. he was not granted access according to de blasio and his spokesperson. so what the mayor says he did is he and his team which included a detail from nypd asked for permission to cross the border into mexico to get a better look, view of the tent cities as he calls them, where the dhichi were housed. he said they had to check w

the effort to reunite thousands of children separated from their parents at the u.s. mexico border is expected to fall short of today's court imposed deadline. authorities have identified more than 2500 children who may be covered by the order to be reunited with their parents but hundreds of parents may have already been deported without their children. chinese president xi jinping urged federal leaders -- fellow leaders to protect our right. the leaders clasped hands and post for a photo on the second day of their meeting in johannesburg. the u.s. has been criticized during the summit for extra -- escalating tariffs on foreign goods. michel barnier has rejected the central part of the uk's proposal for a trade deal. proposed a model under which the u.k. would collect the eu's tariffs on goods entering the country country as part of her plan for customs checks at the border. onnier said that is acceptable. nothe eu cannot and will mitigate the application of its customs policy and rules and excises corrections. to a nonmember. who would not be subject to the eu's government

u.s.-mexico border. the sure to watch live at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> in the senate, richard blumenthal was critical of the supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh. asked to receive documents about his time with the george w. bush administration. ask the mandatory quorum be lifted. >> without objection. >> madam president, there are few responsibilities, i would ny none more important to the our duties in connection with the appointment of a united states supreme court justice. much is at stake in the nomination before the senate now to appoint judge brett kavanaugh as the justice who will replace

u.s.-mexico relations. >> it's a mexico with a much tougher stand than the u.s. refuses to be intimidated by the united states remarks on mexico. >> reporter: president trump took to twitter saying there is much to be done to benefit both krers. we have to wait and see how that riche blossoms. -- both countries. abc7 news. >> thanks. >>> new rivalry between warriors and lakers. >> the kickoff could be in san jose. you will find out why next. >>> another reason to leave fireworks to the professionals. >> plus, the pay gender >>> vote right now and let us no right now. overwhelming 88% of you say, no, not worried. you can watch it on the bottom of your screen as you vote. they will be in san jose at the sap center in the first tip-off with lebron and lakers in this live picture. david lily is live with word that the preseason faceoff is already raising ticket prices, david. >> reporter: yes indeed.d.d. san jose is the place to be with the matchup with lebron and lakers. it already is causing interest in tickets as well as prices to go up on reseller'side. we saw one

u.s.-mexico border. most were seeking asylum from violence in their home countries of el salvador, honduras, and guatemala. instead, the parents were charged in federal court with a crime for illegally crossing the border, then held in jail and detention. the children, some still breast-feeding, were sent to shelelters around the country. today is the deadline federal district judge dana sabraw set to reunite these families. but the process has been chaotic, and the government admits that still at least 900 children have yet to be reunited and some 463 separated parents have been deported, even as their children remain in u.s. detention centers. officials say the parents voluntarily agreed to leave their children behind. but in court papers filed wednesday, the aclu argued many parents say they were coerced or misled into signing forms they could not read and were confused about what they were agreeing to. most of the parents are held at the port isabel detention center in south texas as they wait to reu

u.s./mexico border. >> developing in the east bay it's what you want to hear. you hear that? 580 back open. the interstate understandably had to be shut down so crews could battle a fire that broke out. video shows flames and smoke greeting drivers. it was pretty chaotic. they even drove the wrong way on the freeway m we talked to one woman caught in it all. >> you could see cars coming? >> i did people were turning around. semis tried to turn around which made a bigger mess. tom general sen is asking questions out there. he'll gin us next in the next hour. >>> the investigation this is all kir. >> >> the surveillance video shows the train dragging the vehicle more than 100 yards. >> i just hear a crunch like a loud bang. i didn't know and next thing i just looked and saw it crunching like a tin can. >> he says he found an elder man and younger man in his 20s in the car. the driver may have tried to get around the train. >> i happened to see this dude turning. >> witnesses say a wheel chair flew off the back of the car. some like jose suffered minor injuries. this huge pole h

u.s.-mexico trade relaxes, mexico began imposing its second stage of retilltry tariffs on dozens of u.s. goods. this is mexico's response to the trump administration's duties on mexican steel and aluminum coming into the u.s. mexico, to even the score, as they see it, targeting u.s. goods such as apples, cranberries, cheeses. also increasing tariffs on products including pork and whiskey. mexicans want those american products, they have to pay about 15% to 25% more. it's worth noting, that those tariffs are worth about $3 billion, still significantly less than what canada and the eu have responded with. which equal in both cases around $16 billion. talking a lot about these consumables and agre products. the auto sector is the next one to watch. most analysts say if tariffs go forward it will be more disruptive than what we've seen so far on these consumables. take a look at the charts of g.m. achd ford. you see both of these stocks, if you look from a month's perspective, have been down. president trump has threatened a new 20% duty on cars built in europe. but when i speak about this wh

u.s. engages with mexico. for more, let's welcome -- from washington.et's tackle the china issue first. it seems right now that these are talks on talks. they are not actual talks, but on whether to research -- restart talks. what to we know about the progress they are making and the potential for actual talks? >> you have perfectly characterized it. they are talks about talks. it looks like the top it's too mnuchin and in china, there is a flurry of contact between the two sides on setting up talks wheren the principles on the u.s. china economic relationship could head to next. in the mists of all of these tariffs being lot that each other. but it is really unclear, if mnuchin is the most moderate voice in the administration right now, it makes sense that china would turn to the treasury department. the treasury secretary for many years has dan -- has been the point person. but the ultimate word, as we have seen from this administration and covering it is that the president has the final say. the president thinks that now is the time when he is referr

u.s.-mexico border. yesterday he tweeted that he would make sure the government shuts down at the start of the budget year if democrats don't agree. fellow republicans are not supporting the idea. >> i don't think it would be helpful, so let's try and avoid it. >> keep the government open but get better policies on immigration. >> the president wants $25 billion to build the wall after campaigning on the promise of making mexico pay for it. the budget year ends september 30th and the house is on recess until after labor day so there's not much time to negotiate a solution. >>> air marshals have been monitoring air traffic for years. they have had eyes in the air since 2010. the program called quiet skies places marshals on planes to monitor passengers who have raised red flags. the officials then take note of everything from the number of times that person goes to the bathroom to heavy sweating. the tsa says passengers are not singled out based on race or religion. >>> a new clue in the search for a miss

u.s.-mexico border.ays he received a firsthand look at the conditions of the detention centers and also talked with immigrant families who had been separated. ktvu's alyssa harrington has our report. >> reporter: any american would be ashamed of the treatment of families, especially children trying to enter the united states. >> we hear stories where a young man who was five years old was told when he was separated that his parents had abandoned him. >> reporter: desaulnier took a trip group on immigration reform, comprised of democrats in the they wanted to see firsthand the effects of the trump administration's zero-tolerance policy. >> suite -- we just went through the processing center. >> reporter: the group posted pictures and video of their trip on social media. they visited a federal courthouse to watch court proceedings, a processing center, a detention center, and a port of entry. >> i have a real feeling of sadness, despair, and anger. >> reporter: desaulnier saw kids and pregnant women sittin

u.s.-mexico border. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern on tuesday morning. join the discussion. last week, washington journal spoke with lawmakers on the house and senate committees talking about how terrorists are impacting farmers and their states. here's an interview with matt patricia's democratic government jane's mcgovern. various members of the house and senate agriculture committee's. joining us now is congressman jim mcgovern. the represents the second district of massachusetts, senior member of the house agriculture committee. what kind of agriculture and farming takes place in the second district? we have all kinds. we have over 2000 farms. dairy farms, farmers to grow vegetables. apple orchards. you name it. a lot of people don't appreciate agriculture is a large part of the massachusetts economy, but it is. we have small and medium-sized farms but they are essential to the economy. i am proud to support them. host: what is happening at those farms and orchards amidst the tariffs dispute between the president and various trade partners? guest: it

u.s./mexico border.aken to hospital for heat-related emergencies and dozens were being treated at cooling tents. fire trucks sprayed mists to cool protesters down. >>> it has been a warm time in the western part of the united states, but it's miserably hot in much of the eastern u.s. derek van dam joins us now with the details. derek, how long will this last? >> it's here to stay, at least for the next 48 hours, if not longer. the video that you saw just a moment ago in washington, d.c., was actually an area of that. the national weather service says it's targeted more as heat advisory level of criteria, at least for the day yesterday. that's where it's going to continue to end. we're talking about 116 million americans with extreme heat warnings, watches or advisories. we zoom into the northeast. this covers major metropolitan areas. new york, philly, d.c., upstate new york and chicago, by the the way. the hot weather continues to bake the east coast. you can see the warmth still building over the weste

u.s./mexico border. the government quickly reunite families. >> i want to show you some of the top moments from those marches. ♪ everybody saw nothing real is happening ♪ ♪ nothing is new now when all this tragedy i feel sedated why do i feel numb is that all i can do ♪ >> we must fight for the values that have made this country a victim of hope. >> this cannot happen under our watch. >> even some 17 years later, i still remember how it fell when i first cried out for my parents and they couldn't answer. i am here as a voice for thousands of children without them. i am here as a human being, with a beating heart, who can feel pain, who understands compassion and who can easily imagine what it must feel like to struggle the way families are struggling right now. >> we need to rebuild our immigration system from top-to-bottom, starting by replacing i.c.e. with something that reflects our morality. >> my father came to america and he was 17 with $400 in his pocket. he is now a proud american citizen ♪ i'll

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u.s.-mexico relation. last year anlo saying he wants friendship and cooperation in development with the u.s. and then he wants mutual respect for both sides. but here's the deal. there were some pretty big issues that could be a point of contention for the two leaders, the leader of the u.s. and mexico. it starts with immigration. anlo wrote a book translated listen trump, in which he really fights back against the idea of the wall and trump's stance on that saying the wall is not a solution to anything. then there's trade. nafta, that pre-trade agreement between canada and u.s. and mexico, much like trump, an dsz lo is saying there is not a good deal for my country and i want to put mexico first. a lot of the analysts here comparing trump with anlo saying they are very similar in that sense. this could be very much a change in dynamic in this relationship. but where it wilt go, that's something we'll be monitoring for a while i think. >> leyla joining us live, thank you. also with us, cnn political and na

u.s./mexico border. earlier this week, the federal judge in charge of the case called it a remarkable achievement. but a bishop from dallas just returned from el paso and explains the new challenge to families facing once they're back together. some of the parents are having a hard time regaining their children's trust. >> some children who, when they saw their parents for the first time, would not look at them because they felt that their parents abandoned them. they did not know what was happening in the whole process. and so they thought that their parents just simply left them. and so there was an element of resentment. >> reporter: concerns remain regarding the hundreds of parents who are still unaccounted for. a lot of them have been deported already. immigration attorneys say some parents feel like they were coerced into signing away their rights. the aclu says other parents signed away their rights to be reunited with their children because they didn't understand what they were signing because th

u.s.-mexico border as well. >> on our recent visit to view the new border wall prototypes.uccess story was proof that trump's big beautiful wall was the way to go. >> you hear it, folks. say what you want. this is life. these are the facts of life. >> there was a tragic consequence to the deterrence through prevention policy. since then, migrants have taken to crossing in the remote and dangerous deserts of arizona and south texas. more than 7,000 of them have died trying. that death toll has mobilized many activists. >> if you see someone on the side of the road who is dying, would you stop and help them? >> right. >> if there is a humanitarian crisis going on in your backyard, would you do something to stop it? >> it is a scorching april day in the desert in arizona. when we joined no more deaths, one of several humanitarian aid groups who leave water for migrants trying to cross this unforgiving terrain, this is one of the group's veterans. >> it hits you sometimes when you're out here because it's a beautiful desert but it's been made into a mass graveyard. >> she was b

u.s.-mexico border. it would be easy to assume that immigration laws.had tough we are joined byho ther of "inventing the immigration problem. to hear the ratcheted up rhetoric today, you would think we are cometely off the charts in terms ofes perce in terms of coming to this country historically for the united states. walk mehrough the story of immigration in this country. , i ll walk you throughhe t -- >> i will walk you through the laws that basically didn't exist. we had a giant nation that was that we had any kind eralple.n'y laws regulating immigration. federal laws begin wasre an influx that was too much to handle? get the first incremental laws toward creating even a rudimentary architecture of federal immigration enforcement. the most famous one is the chinese exclusion act which product of vicious anti-chinese mobilind racism that comes out of grassroots lobbying in california. along with that is another law that creates for the first time a federal bureau of and think -- of immigration. soleda

u.s./mexico border. more than n2,500 childere taken to detention centers all over the cotry. today, all of that is supposed to end. a court-ordered deadline said that homend security must reunite all families today. >> let's bring in tracie potts live on capitol hill this morning. what are the odds that the government meets today's deadline? >> the government says they're going to get it done. all eligible families will be reunited. that's the issue here. el yib eligible. that's where the government knows where the families are and screen the parents and know where to unite them. but half of h thosee final portation orders. the aclusu which jus the trying to give them a week to consult with some of the families who may want to apply for asylum there. at issue, the parents that he have bee deported without their kids. they say they gave them up. they had no legal representation and some of them had three minutes to dede. they are trying to figure out if they can get those families, with parentsacross the border, reunited with their kids that are here. today's deadline, appeent

u.s.-mexico border. the e.p.a. investments in these wastewater projects are a key factor in significant water quality improvements in u.s. water bodies. such as the rio grande, santa cruz river, the new river and the tijuana river. the program's funding has made significant project pro gress addressing public beach health and environmental impact of inadequate drinking water and wastewater infrastructure along the u.s.-mexico border. 2,000 mile border between the united states and mexico is one of the most complex and dynamic regions in the world with a growing need to address the transborder environmental issues. so i would urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. calvert: i rise in reluctant opposition to this amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. calvert: i'm not opposed to the work e.p.a. is doing at the boarder to improve water q

u.s./mexico border. earlier this week, the federal judge in charge of the case called it a remarkable achievement. but a bishop from dallas just returned from el paso and explains the new challenge to families facing once they're back together. some of the parents are having a hard time regaining their children's trust. >> some children who, when they saw their parents for the first timeul thechat d em. they did not know what was happening in the whole process. and so they thought that their parents just simply left them. and so there was an element of resentment. >> reporter: as many as 914 parents may not be reunited with their children for some reasons. a lot of them have been deported already. immigration attorneys say some parents feel like they were coerced into signing away their rights. the aclu says other parents signed away their rights to be reunited with their children because they didn't understand what they were signing because they can't read english or spanish. >>> thank you. on capitol h

u.s.-mexico border under its zero tolerance policy.ederal officials reported thursday that just 364 of some 2500 families with children aged 5 and older have been brought back together. another 848 have been cleared for reunification. others have been deemed ineligible because of criminal records or because they waved reunification. more than 700 parents have been deported as advocates say some migrant children have been released from federally contracted shelters with scabies and lice. in illinois, officials are investigating the chicago nonprofit heartland alliance over allegations it housed children separated from their parents at the border, with many of the children reportedly suffering abuse and neglect. "the washington post" reported one boy at heartland alliance's facility casa guadalupe was repeatedly injected with a drug that made him drowsy, while another boy was denied medication for weeks after injuring his arm. the "washington post" also says children were surveilled with hidden cameras and prevented from hugging their si

u.s./mexico border.ding of what families are willing to put themselves through to keep from being killed in their homeland. nick valencia, cnn, mcallen, texas. >>> and we'll be right back. >>> a notorious gangster is on the run again, this time after a spectacular prison break, his second time. he escaped from a prison near paris this morning with the help of multiple armed men who hijacked a helicopter to pick him up. they forced the pilot to fly to an area just northwest of paris, and police say the men let the pilot go unharmed and then took off in a car. he was serving a 25-year sentence for masterminding a failed robbery, and he was serving an additional ten years for a previous escape in 2013 where he used explosives to blast through prison doors. a french journalist is outside the prison following this story for us now. so what can you tell us about this investigation? >> reporter: well, the investigation has just started, but what we know so far is that there were three people involved in the esc

u.s.-mexico border. it would be easy to assume that america has always had tough immigration laws. we arene author of "inventing the immigration problem. to hear the ratcheted up comples in terms of percentages in terms of coming to this country historically for the united states. walk me through the story of immigration in this country. , i will walk you through the -- >> i will walk you through had s expanding that needed people. it wasn't until the 19th century that we had any kind of federal laws regulating immigration. >> what -- when it to the federal laws begin was there an influx that was too much to handle? >> it was not until 1882 that we get the firstremeal laws toward creating even a rudimentary o federal immigration enforcement. the most famous one is the chinese exclusion act which is a product of vicious anti-chinese mobilizing and racism that comes out of grassroots lobbying in california. along with that is another law that creates for the first time a federal bureau of and think -- of immigration. soledad: were those laws passed because the number of immigrants wa

still to come on the newshour: mexico elects a populist president. what it means for u.s. relations behind rebel lines in yemen's civil war. race matters: living while black. perspective on the daily and sometimes deadly racial incidents, and much more. t >> woodruff: aft previous runs for mexico's top office, andres manuel lopez obrador won wthat prize last night, a big, beating his two main rivals by double digits and cementing a strong mandate in mexico. "amlo" as he's known, received a congratulatory pne call today from president trump. the two leaders discussed trade, migration and security. nick schifrin has been in mexico for the last 10 days, and reports tonight from a country that's spoken up for change. >> on the streets of mexico city they celebratedded a victory more than a decade in the making. supporterrerof mexico president collect obrador hugged stranges are andye staup late to mark the victory and mandate to change the country, 39 year old diana and 36 yeadr ol daniel voted for obrador and against thlestablishment piticians they consider corrupt. >> we have

u.s.-mexico border have been reunited. 46 children under the age of 5 burr not because of safety concerns. the administration has until july 26th to reunite about 2,000 older children. >>> now to capitol hill and the tense testimony this morning from the fbi agent who sent text messages critical of president trump. peter struck is on the hot seat or in the hot seat. he came under scrutiny after the justice department inspector general discovered thousands of text messages that he exchanged with an fbi lawyer. republicans claim struck is biased when it comes to the ongoing russia investigation. >> the suggestion that i in some dark chamber of the fbi would somehow cast aside all these procedures, all of these safe guards and somehow be able to do this is astounding to me. and the proposition that is going on, that it might occur in the fbi deeply corrodes what the fbi is in american society, the effectiveness of their mission, and it is deeply destructive. >> struck says he deeply regrets his text messages but that they are nothing more than private political believes. >>> happening today,

u.s.-mexico border. the protesters started camping out on monday. the building was closed yesterday for the holiday. >>> san francisco commuters van ness is about to get believe it or not, even trickier. they're going to shutdown another left turn at hayes street. this means van ness will only have two left turns. left turn removals also help planners retime traffic signals of van ness and other streets to improve traffic flow. this change is part of the $316 million van ness improvement project which is set to the 47 and 49 muny buses and golden gate transit run around center medians. >>> california's net neutrality bill taking a big step forward. here's a live look in sacramento where lawmakers are announcing legislation that would give california the strongest net neutrality protections in the nations. net nuteralty which bans internet providers from slowing down or speeding up certain web traffic was repealed nationwide last month. >>> and happening now, some top athletes competing in the 35th annual of volbe ball san francisco open. that's wher

assuming there still is a u.s., mexico, and or canada in the year 2026.ting how this process worked. fifa, the international governing body for world cup soccer, takes bids from dozens of countries. it analyzes them to figure out who has the best infrastructure, resources, and enthusiasm to host. and then whichever country gives them the biggest bribe gets the world cup. [ laughter ] and i guess it was us. but until then, the biggest sporting event in the world is four days away. on saturday in houston, texas, i will be playing one-on-one basketball against senator ted cruz. it will be an historic meeting. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i don't know if you're aware of this. this is the first time anyone has ever accepted a one-on-one invitation from ted cruz for anything. [ laughter ] senator cruz challenged me to a game because i compared him to a blobfish. [ laughter ] there he is, blobby knight. in preparation i've been doing some research on blobfish. this is true. blobfish live at about 3,000 feet below sea level. there's so much water pressure

u.s./mexico border. he made the trip to texas this week. group spoke to families who had been separated and witnessed court proceedings. he says the majority of people being detained are seeking asylum. he says he watched a few reunions but stunned by what was going on at the border. >> if the average american saw what was being done in their name, they would be as angry and saddened as i am today 48 hours after witnessing this. >> he plans to hold a town hal to discuss the white house's immigration policy and what he saw during his visit. >>> new this morning, facial recognition is coming to a school district in new york and the goal here is to try prevent school shootings and boost security. >> the technology would alert schools of people who don't belong. the facial recognition syste fa database of exspelled students, sex offenders and other possible trouble makers. not everyone happy about this. the civil union calls the technology invasive and inaccurate. >> spot fy wants to make it easier. the music streaming service is partnering wit

u.s./mexico border arrested for at 40,000. june, they dropped to 34,000.ink of that? >> i know trump wants to say about this is that somehow his draconian policies are working. but it is creating a crisis for thousands and thousands of people who are legitimately seeking asylum in our country. and the main problem in my view is the zero tolerance policy, which means that they literally, hundreds of thousands of people who are potentially coming across our border in 2018 will all be prosecuted criminally and therefore there is no discretion for u.s. attorneys. aren't they supposed to be going after real criminals? you know, and not going after misdemeanors? because that's what crossing the border illegal lly is. it is a misdemeanor that leads to separating children from their parents. how crazy is this? but it just goes to show the lack of thought and the cruelty of this administration, which continues, by the way. >> and, so, if the democrats were to retake congress, what's the first immigration priority you'd seek to pass? >> end the zero tolerance policy

u.s.-mexico border illegally.he was among 40 demonstrators calling for abolishing ice. >>> the bay area protest against president donald trump's immigration policy continued at ice offices in san francisco. they called this the black -- the block ice block party. ey started camping outside the office demand that the immigration and customs enforcement agency be abolished. the group said their demonstration yesterday was not a celebration of independence day but a celebration of resistance. >>> for 10:00 and we are keeping an eye on rescue efforts to get the youth soccer team out of a flooded cave in thailand. when we come back, the action being taken and the big concern as we get closer to the weekend. >>> a real tragedy at a fireworks show in illinois. we find out about a tree that toppled onto a crowd killing two and sending others to the hospital. >>> we are off to a decent start and the commute is looking very light on highway 4, and that is good news for your to get to concord and the central part of contra c

u.s./mexico border.ob soboroff, everyone. [ cheers and applause ]♪ ♪ ♪et >> welcome to the show. >> thanks, man. >> seth: so i want to start with this. you are, obviously, in a very -a reporting ery difficult story right now. you're very composed. and, yet, i ard on your way out here, you were at l.a.x. >> oh, yeah. >> seth: and you last your composure.ou >>eard about this? >> seth: yes. >> so i ran into joe biden. >> seth: right. >> so the back story is -- first of all, joe biden is like sitting by himself, 100% by himself, wearing the aviators in the corner. and i'm like, "that's joe biden." >> seth:eah. >> so, i'm like, "i got to go talk to joe biden." the back story is my father-in-law in 1987-88 worked on his presidential campaign. they were close. my wife told me, "we hung out with the biden kids a lot, great memories." i'm like, "i got to go tell him this." so i go up to joe bide i say, "hey, mr. vice president, i'm jacob soboroff from msnbc. how are you?" "hey, eat to see you." so then i got nerv

u.s.-mexico border. summerr: dawn sees the land blessed and cursed. is bountiful in this part of mexico. living for farmers. -- opium poppy fields can yield a living forarmers. bloodlines run deep in these fields. this husband and wife, like so many families, score the opiumbu s to reveal the latex that will become heroin. >> we work out of necessity. we are not responsible for the people who use drugs. people who criticize this have probably never known need. reporter: how does any government tell this parent that she cannot prreide for her year-old because of the harvest. mexico's new president must address the role of poverty for millions if he were to tackle the drug trade. in the meantime, in the dead of night, a smuggler crepts to trade in misery. we watch as he takes a pardon ordinary family carth and stuffs e fuel tank with drugs -- cocaine, heroin, crystalr-eth. the 26-yd american will smuggle whatever he can get his hands on. it is a drive across the border eaing him $5,000. a big sum for a man who works in a fast food restaurant you loaded