>> the past 15 years, the past to make especially can i think the u.s.-mexico u.s. and mexico especially agencies on both sides, it's really practically impossible to address transnational organized crime unless you are working side-by-side with your neighbors and partners all over the world especially if -- it just doesn't work. i think people now clearly understand that. the second thing that we learned is that we simply lose time and energy pointing fingers. if we blame the united states because of the amount of drugs and they plan mexico for the supply of drugs, we miss the bigger picture that there's a market and are transnational crime organizations that move very quickly, move across borders and they don't wait for bureaucracies to put himself together. so we lose, they gain a strategic advantage if we don't work. and thirdly, there needs to be trust. that trust is a key element of security cooperation. i think those things are well grounded in the u.s.-mexico bilateral agreement irrespective of administration. i like to think that the cooperation will contin

in the case of mexico, fears of u.s. economic domination, the fact that the benefits have been uneven, you those arguments have been made for a very long time and in the united states, there is always been concerned there could be unfair competition because of mexico's lower wages. nafta has been criticized from the get-go. me isas interesting to tot when nafta seemed almost -- about two almost disappear, many different groups, stakeholders began to articulate on these trade agreements. view withur point of how much it impacted public opinion and how much has the public lost trust because there was tension in negotiations. i do you think the public comes out? think you can look at the polls. there has been a significant upswing in positive views in the value of nafta for the united states. 42%008, it was only about of the population. 62%.18, it was that is a significant rise and there are several parts. is problem -- part of it there was a lot more discussion. i think that is in part true because we shied away from talki

in the case of mexico, fears of u.s. economic domination, the fact that the benefits have been uneven, that you have a north that is integrated in a south left behind. those arguments seven made for a long time. knowe united states, we there have always been concerns that there could be unfair competition because of mexico's lower wages are lower environmental standards. nafta has been criticized from the get-go. in some ways, it has become a punching bag, but what was interesting to me was that, when nafta seemed almost about to disappear, when we were really worried the agreement would not make it, that many different groups and communities and stakeholders began to articulate an argument for why we needed the straight agreementsworried t make so what is your point of view of how much of the trade negotiations impacted public opinion, but also, how much has the public lost trust? because there was tension in the negotiations or did is still a challenging issue. how do you think the public comes out from the nafta negot

-mexico border program. he witnessed u.s. border agents tear gassing the migrants at the u.s.-mexico border on sunday. welcome to democracy now! can you describe what h happene? >> thank you for having me on the show. i was gathered with the number of people on the u.s. side. we were witnessing, as many of the migrants were, coming over to the primary fence next to the pedestrian crossing. shortly thereafter, border patrol agents began firing what seemed to be these gas canisters into the crowd. we heard popping noises and whizzing noises. we also witnessed how a helicopter flew down low enough to use its rotors to push this plume of smoke of tear gas into thee canal where many y of the migrants w were gathering, had formed. it was clearly an aggressive action meant to debilitate all of the people who were there. and my concern especially was for the children who are breathing in these toxic fumes. juan: was there any warning issued by the border patrol to disperse before e they a actualy started firiring the tear gas? >> the firstst shot that i heard did not come after any so

let's take a lek at l pictures from the u.s./mexico border. the u.s. government shut down the busiest land border crossing in the world. the move came after migrants rushed torder after they were prevented from protesting. homeland security kirstjen nielsen said dhs will notra to lawlessness and will not hesitate to shut down ports of entry for security and public safety reasons. >>> back here at home, a big change for your commute if you're taking the metro. the yellow line will be shut down for two weeks. re ir crews will be working on the bridge over the potomac river. there are no issues with the bridge itself, but the repairs are for the rails and the tracks. the blue line will pick up the slack taking riders to and from francona springfield and huntington stations. the shutdown lts until december 9th. >>> christmas comes to one washington d. neighborhood with the flip of a switch. the capitol hill christmas tree was lit for the verye first t this holiday season. there it is. the 20 foot ever gregreen stand the eastern market metro plaza. its know

over the 1009 hundred 54 mile u.s. mexico border, -- over the 1954 mile u.s. border, u.s. patrol agents using teargas associated -- according to the associated press. said today theen customs and border patrol were struck by projectiles thrown by caravan members. she goes on to say the perpetrators will be prosecuted. i will continue to aggressively support dhs personnel as they work to secure our borders. the president has two rallies for the special election recount in mississippi where immigration could pose a significant political motivator to some voters. he tweeted mexico should move the flag-waving migrants, many of whom are stone cold criminals , back to their countries. .o it by plane, do it by bus they are not coming to the usa. we will close the border permanently if need be. congress, fun the wall. the president alluding to that government shutdown. he wants to see funds tacked on for the funding of the u.s. -- mexico border wall. guy: how does it play in washington that some of the pictures showed women and children choking on teargas? how does that play in wa

this is not the first time mexico -- the u.s. government had approached the mexican government to do this. and i think informally the mexican government had tried to make sure that these caravans or large groups of peopleda didn't approach the u.s. border in the manner that it's taking place right now. i think they pretty much said we're not going to run the risk of a shootout or a situation where there's a number of migrants getting killed as they're trying to approach the border. they're going to leave that problem to the next administration. and i'm sure the u.s. government has approached the next administration, the new mexican administration trying to reach an agreement. the problem is it's politically very unpopular in mexico because it's perceived to be doing the u.s. doings or donald trump's demands. and two, there is a problem because once that agreement is reached you do have a humanitarian crisis already in different parts of the mexican border including tijuana. i mean, this is just one group that has arrived but ther

-mÉxico border wall. democrats do not support. watch live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and see the senate on c-span2. former vice president dick cheney and former defense secretary peneta discuss civil discourse in politics, discussion hosted by the university of pittsburgh, it's just over an hour. >> good evening and welcome. we are here this evening as part of multicenter event and for those of you who have not heard about congressman john mertha and the mertha foundation, congressman was someone who exemplified sacrifice, civic duty and courage, things that are very ior

migrants are now dealing with life at the u.s. mexico border. crestfallen, these are the tears of a lost dream. making it to the united states. and migrant from el salvador has decided to leave the u.s. mexico border and go home. >> i'm returning because they are not letting us through. the president doesn't want us over there. i'm going home because i don't want to die either here or crossing to the u.s. --many of the new early nearly 6000 migrants are wondering what to do now. after more than a month of trekking up from central america. living conditions at the border are dire and overcrowded. after the violence of f sunday's whenfor the border fence, u.s. officials used tear gas on children and families, many wondered if they should return home. the other options are equally unappealing. waiting months if not years to try to cross the border illegally. paying a human trafficker or staying in mexico. i'm going to request permission to be here to be able to find a job. increasinglyre stacked against them. in tijuana there's a waiting list of mo

-medical examiner border -- u.s.-mexico border. >> reporter: u.s. troops stood as back up, prohibited from engaging in law enforcement activity. authorities had planned for the efforts, deploying extra personnel to the san ysidro port of entry. foot and vehicle traffic suspended for a time. dhs will not tolerate this type of law lessness and will not hesitate to shut down port of entries and we will process cute to the -- her department "will not tolerate this type of lawlessness & will not hesitate to shut down (ports of entry) for security reasons. we'll seek to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law anyone who destroys federal property, endangers our frontline operators, or violates our sovereignty." >> reporter: mean time, on this side of the border, rallying in san diego, they are demanding humane treatment for the migrants. president trump threatened to close it southern border if an immigration deal cannot be reached between the u.s. and mexico. >>> a tense situation at the border could continue. monitoring the latest developments live in

then as dedefense secretetary js mattis visits the u.s.-mexico border where thousands of troops have been deployed, we speak to fernando garcia of the border network for human rights. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in california, the death toll from the deadly fires has reached 50, with scores still missing. report the paradise fire is 30% contained. in southern california,

mexico border if the arrival of those migrants leads to disorder. nearly 6,0ops received new orders from their commander in chief today. >> if they have to, they are going to use lethal force. >> reporter: the official white house order that may be challengcourt says deadly force could only be used to ensure the protection of federal personnel. the president also threatened a total shutwn of the u.s. mexico border if the mexican government fails to secure its side. >> we'll close entry into the country for a period of time until we get it under control. the whole border. >> reporter: mr. trump praising the troops g pending thanksgiv reinforcing the southern border against what he called bad people. >> you could call it >> reporter: for the troops in texas, trump's comments may mean another holiday m home. way f >> as long as the mission takes, that's how long wll be here. >> reporter: the focus was to celebrate a holiday with their brothers and sisters in arms. >> i get to spend thanksgiving with my family here. >> reporter: today's dinner, the culi

. >>> mexico plans to deport 39 migrants after they tried to cross illegally from mexico into the u.s. the migrants were part of the group who rushed past police toward the u.s. border sunday. u.s. officials responded by temporarily closing that very busy port of entry at tijuana. >> now the migrants were part of a large caravan that traveled from central america to reach the united states. thousands are now in the mexican border town of tijuana. those are the pictures you were looking at. they're waiting to file asylum claims. >> earlier i spoke with former u.s. deputy assistant secretary of defense ana maria archila salazar about this and asked if sunday's events surprised her. >> we were talking about this about a month ago when we saw the caravan coming in through the mexican southern border. and considerering the political environment this is happening, you know, there was u.s. elections in the united states, midterm elections, mexico is about to swear in a new president this saturday, and there is also a lot of -- well, there is literally nobody in the federal government right n

several caravans are on the move in mexico, inching closer tohe u.s. order as thounds of desperate people flee poverty and violence. jump is threatening to pull the plug on u.s. aid to central isrican countries -- trump threatening to pull the plug on u.s. aid to central american countries. >> the early morning in san salvador's square, where final preparations wrapped up, it was time for the last goodbyes. these migrants have a long journey ahead as they join nearly 6000 others attempting to cross into the united states. leave his here there is crime and unempmployme. be desperate is not going to be easy there and easier is not -- leaving is not easy. >> we know what t we are dealing with. maybe we might sucucceed or remd come back home. either way, it is worth trying for now as it seems easy to cross for mexico. four migrant caravans are heading to the u.s. border. many set out from honduras and are currently in arriaga, hundreds of kilometers from their destination. president donald trump has called the caravans and invasion and pledged to increase

either in the u.s. or mexico. the public is around what are the possible ways, very much still limited within a framework of security, control and collaboration at a high level. rather than more local examples of day-to-day collaborations that are more about the daily realities. another aspect is, in the work that maggie and other organizations of migrants use, have developed in recent years. very much informed by activism strength the u.s. back-and-forth is not just economic but also political and social skills. the fact that they have been mobilized of the high level in the u.s. in developed new vocabulary and strategies. they have also informed their work in mexico and their ability to organize and informing new kinds of coalitions and work to address realities they are facing in mexico. also with the vision of addressing the national perspective. we're not just fighting for our rights here. and for our communities here. tesla, from here and there, addressing these product challenges, not just reality of the mi

it's not clear what services mexico would provide migrants hoping to win u.s. asylum. at the crossing between tijuana and san diego, u.s. officials are processing only about claims 100 per day, even as thousands of migrants are living in squalid open-air camps near the , border while they await their turn to apply for asylum. customs and border patrol say the migrants may have to wait up to six weeks to hear their -- to have their appeals heard. this comes as the trump administration defended the border patrol for firing tear gas into crowds of migrants, including mothers and children, as they tried to cross the u.s. border from tijuana on sunday. this is ronald colburn, president of the border patrol foundation and former national deputy chief of u.s. customs and border protection, speaking on fox & & friends s on mondaday. >> thehe type of f detroit t ben used is oc pepper r spray. it is literalally waterer, pepp, with a s small amomount of alcol for evapaporatn n purposes.. itit is natural. you u cod put t it on your nachs and eat it. it is a good way of the touring

a major development on the u.s./mexico border. "the washington post" just confirmed the trump administration and mexico's incoming new government have struck a deal on a new border policy. it would force asylum seekers to wait in mexico. cnn's white house reporter sarah westwood joining me right now. we've been hearing about the possibility now for weeks. we know the secretary of state met with the incoming foreign minister in houston. are they in the final stages? >> well, it looks like the mexican government has agreed, at least in the short term, that would allow migrants seeking asylum onin the united states t wait on the mexican side of the border. obviously this would be a significant change which allowed some migrants to wait in the u.s. while their claims are working their way through the court system. we know the president has been focused on asylum in recent weeks. he unveiled an attempted executive action that would require migrants who want the asylum to present themselves at legal ports of entry and would deny them th

neither in the u.s. or mexico. the public discussion and debate around one of the possible ways to address this are very much still limited within a framework of security, control and bilateral core operation at a higher level. rather than looking at the local examples of day-to-day collaborations that are more about the daily realities. another aspect, is the work that maggie and other organizations of migrant used have developed in recent years. very much informed by their activism's here in the u.s. so to know what goes back and forth, not just economic but political and social skills. the fact that they have been blessed at such a high level here in the u.s. really develop new vocabulary's and strategies to participate politically. they have also informed their work in mexico and their ability to form new kind of coalitions. also with a vision of addressint fighting for our rights here, we are fighting for our rights there and for our communities here. that is the slogan, here and there. addressing these broade

a tense situation on the u.s./mexico border. migrants breaking through police lines in tijuana to climb over barricades and surge into the no man's lands between the and you say mexico. -- u.s. and mexico. u.s. customs and border responding with tear gas. closes the san ysidro to those on both sides of the border. the situation has been threatening to boil over for some time now. tijuana's mayor called the hundreds of migrants a humanitarian crisis. some tried to appeal to president trump. this sign reading mr. trump, help us please. another saying, mr. trump, we hate you not. their future uncertain as president trump has tried to change the process for these migrants hoping to seek asylum in the u.s. >> we will close entry into the country for a period of time until we can get it under control. the whole border. i mean, the whole border. >> overnight, he commented about the criticism of his administration separating children from their parents tweeting, i tried to keep them together but when you do that, vast numbers of additio

what was mexico doing rights that the u.s. was not doing? compare the two countries. prof. baumgartner: it's an interesting question. one that is very complicated. for all that mexico did to abolish slavery, there were still many colors of labor practices and mexico, particularly in southern mexico. indigenous slavery in northern mexico. debt servitude. paradise ofot this free labor by any means. but it was making serious legalizedo undermine slavery and away the u.s. was not. so, although to do still not easy, when you have a smaller slave population. if you have 10,000 slaves in mexico, you have at the eve of the civil war 3 million slaves in the u.s. respects, the economic differences between the two and the difference in slave population rate it easier for executor go to act upon the revolutionary ideals upon which it had declared its independence. the same ideals the u.s. had. can you explain one case you have been looking into where a texas slave owner wanted to go back to mexico to retrieve a slave? i neverumgartner: expected to work on this topic. the reason i came

mexican adults in mexico but also of u.s. latinos in the united states which of course mexicans and mexican immigrants make up a large chair. i want to share findings with some of the recent work we've done. much of this comes from 2018. this is a pretty recent date if i i want to give you a sense of what to mexicans think of the united states and particularly about life in the united states. i i also wanted to show you what do mexican immigrants in the u.s. think about life in the united states, and with the do it again if they could? what did he think about opportunity for the kids? what about opportunity over all courts have we seen a change in their opinions about the u.s. in recent years? i want to start with mexico first. this is a chart that shows you over time that use mexicans about of the u.s. this is a share, the green light as a share that have a favorable view of the united states. you can see when president trump became president the share of mexican adults are sent at a favorable view of the u.s. dropped from a

we continue to track the crisis at the u.s.-mexico border. hundreds of migrants are camped out near the a border are unable to cross. u.s. customs officials say they arrested nearly 70 people, all of whom were allegedly trying t get into the country troops fired tear gas into the crowd of people attempting to cross the border. some ofenhose were and children. none of them were armed. it sparks seriouse debat over the trump administration's t handling of situation. yesterday at the white house, president trump wasbo asked it. >> are you comfortable tear gassing children, like what we sa the border. >> as you know, they're not. they had to use because the b weng rushed by very tough people, and they used tear and here's the bottom line, nobody is coming into our country unless they come in legally. >> the president is trying to use the border crisis to get $5 billionild a border wall. he has threatened a government shutdown if he doesn't get the funding. president trump also addressed e the b crisis at a rallyht last n in mississippi. said no p

-mexico border, you can see many on top of border fence, one man jumped to u.s. side before he returned back over the fence. border patrol looking on as all this was unfolding. this comes as secretary of defense james mattis today, visiting active duty troops posted outside of mcallen, texas, saying i am 100% nep we % confident we have troops necessary for the mission. joining me now with recoin recoy ron york. fox business contributor, great to have you with us byron. >> hello, lou. lou: this is a interesting time to say the least, but the recounts in florida make it seem as though time has stood still. the fact that palm beach county and broward county are issue here, to me is amazing. what in the world lead to this, and how in the world is it going to end. >> it started with a very agressest democratic effort to challenge the results, they were pretty definitive. what is going on now is mind boggling, i saw a reporter today tweet out a photo of work space at palm beach board of election, nothing of happening, tomorrow is deadline, they are doing nothing. i thi

what do you think is the impact with u.s./mexico relations? >> it takes at least two to tango when it comes to border security. and we need the mexicans on board if we're going to implement any security measures that president trump has in mind. there are reports that president elect obrador supports this policy in the short-term. he'll probably withdraw support if this goes on because he has other priorities. he campaigned on populist agenda which included given financial resources to mexicans in need. if he has to divert resources to migrants that's money he's not using to fulfill his campaign promises. so if president-elect obrador is seen as doing president trump's bidding, that could be political suicide. >> you say mexico's maybe an ally trump loves to hate. he certainly seems to be loving right now in saudi arabia. >> he does and at this point we're really sitting at a table for two. its trump and muhammad bin salman versus all of our other allies that didn't assassinate an american resident in turkey and when the president issued that

mexico's incoming government is in talks with u.s. officials about the plan for mexico to host asylum seekers while their case is heard in the u.s. courts it's a pressing issue at the moment thousands of central americans are gathered on the mexican side of the u.s. border hoping to cross mexico's incoming interior minister says there's no agreement yet on hosting u.s. asylum seekers. but tweets from donald trump seem to suggest some kind of deal has been done migrants at the southern border will not be allowed into the united states until their claims are individually approved in court we only will allow those who come into our country illegally other than that our very strong policy is catch and detain no releasing into the u.s. or will stay in mexico if for any reason it becomes necessary we will close our southern border there is no way the united states will after decades of abuse put up with this costly and dangerous situation anymore speak now to paul virtue in knowing mills maryland via skype he served as general counsel at th

proposal that mexico and the u.s. have agreed upon, but now mexico, the incoming administration said that's premature and not quite what the deal was. how do you see this as impacting whatever negotiations are made? >> i think if anything it strengthens the idea that we need to do something. clearly mexico understands this is not something they want to see. they don't want to see a large number of people end up in tijuana where the citizens are frustrate and protesting and the citizens are saying this is a drain on our resources and taxes. we don't know who these people are and want them to go back to tlo cou to their country of origin. they are feeling the pressure from their own citizens and own law enforcement and enforces the idea that there must be a strategy that they agree on. this is problematic for mexico and the country. it will bring this administration together sooner than many hope for. >> all right. earlier today this is how elijah cummings responded to this asylum proposal. arguing it's against the law.

mo amoig >>> now, hundreds of migrants are camped out near the u.s.-mexico border. u.s. customs officials arrested nearly 70 people, all of whom were allegedly trying to into the country illegally. the trump administration is under fire for the use ofgaear on a crowd of migrants including women and children to keep them from crossing. >> tracie pott joins us from capitol hill now. president trump is defending the use of the tear >> he is. he says that the border patrol agents hadn't ud the tear gas since these people were rushing the border trying to get into the united states illegally. they were trying to apply for asylum legally. the president also blaming the parents at an event last night in mississippi saying they shouldn't have brought theirki into an area where they knew that tear gas would be used. he's calling lawless caravans with violent criminals trying to get into the united states. >> a new development in the mueller probe. paul manafort is accusedf lying. >> facing tax evasion and conspiracy charges unrelated to his work with president trump, now robert m

. >> we continue to track the crisis at the u.s.-mexico border. they're camped out near the border and unable to cross. offials arrested nearly 70 people. all of whom were allegedly trying to get into the coury illegally. over the weekend, troops fired tear gas into the crowd of peopo attempting cross the border. some of those people were women and children. it appears none of them was armed. yesterday at the white house, president trump was asked abo these tactics. >> are you comfortable tear gassing children like what we saw at the border? >> as you know, they had to use because they we being rushed by very tough people and they used tear gas. here's theli bottom , nobody is coming into our country unless they come in legally. >> the president is trying to use the border crisis to get $5 billion to build a border wall. he has threatened a government hutdown if he doesn't get the funding. >> the border crisis was one of the main themes at a rally last night in mississippi. the president told the cwd no president has showed as much strength at the

-mexico border. we'll have more on the latest news from the border later in the broadcast. members of the progressive caucus held their first dose conference since the midterm elections tuesday with the caucus expected to grow to members in the new congress is seated in january. democrats took a cooler tone when asked about plans to abolish ice, an idea many progressive congress members mes pushed earlier in the air the height of the public outcry over president trump's family separation policy. whous cochair mark pocan introduced a bill over the summer to do away with ice, said abolishing ice is still on the agenda but that higher priorities for the caucus are health care, jobs, and dealing with the culture of corruption. more than one week after the midterm elections, results from a handful of races are trickling in while other remain undecided. california republican incumbent congressmember jeff denham was unseated by democrat josh harder as democrats continue to increase their gains in the house.

a tense situation on the u.s./mexico border. my grants breaking through police lines in tijuana to climb over barricades and surge into the no man's lands between the and you say mexico. u.s. customs and border responding with tear gas. the situation has been threaten to go boil over for some time now. tijuana's mayor called the hundreds of migrants a humanitarian crisis. some tried to appeal to president trump. this sign reading mr. trump, help us please. another saying, mr. trump, we hate you not. their future uncertain as president trump has tried to change the process for these migrants hoping to seek asylum in the u.s. >> we will chosen try into the country for a period of time until we can get it under control. the whole border. i mean, the whole border. >> overnight, he commented about the criticism of his administration separating children from their parents tweeting i tried to keep them together but when you do that, vast numbers of additional people storm the border. now, 39 migrants were arrested. and the mexican gove

at migration flows between the u.s. and mexico. following a brief introduction, we will hear from mexico's ambassador to the u.s. and then several panels on the topic. this is about two and a half hours. >>> >>> good morning from the wilson center in washington, d.c. i would like to welcome all of you here in attendance as well as those participating by i'm c-span. i'm robert li dfa lk, the wilson center's senior vice president. today's event, mexican migra those those from great wave to gentle stream could not be more i would like to thank topical. i would like to thank the immigration immigration policy institute for co-hosting this eslept. i want to thank everyone for coming out on this soggy day in washington, d.c. it is not lost on us that we are holding this event on midterm election day. but i think having this event on

this comes after a tense weekend at the u.s.-mexico border. they fired tear gas after hundreds of migrants rushed a fence after what started as a peaceful march. 39 were arrested. activists rallied in san diego after the government suspended the port of entry. protesters demand humane treatment for the migrants. >> i will fight for the rights of humans that are just like us. >> president trump has threatened to close the entire southern border if any immigration deal cannot be reached between the u.s. and mexico border. >> they used tear grass -- teargas yesterday and said several migrants threw projectiles and the agents deployed teargas because of the risk to agent safety. several were hit by the projectiles. the situation is evolving in a statement is forthcoming. this congressman tweeted about the situation writing, this is a refugee crisis that is not going away until america shows leadership. if i were the president i would convene leaders from mexico, central and south america for a summit to find a consensus. tweeting and stoking fear

prevent mexico from exporting cars to the u.s. if they didn't cooperate more on stopping the caravan of central american migrants that's heading for the border. add that ruling on his previous asylum executive action shows it's not clear that the trump administration has the authority to make this kind of deal without the input of congress. >> sara westwood reporting for us. thank you. the mayor of tijuana, mexico meantime declaring a humanitarian crisis in his city over a sudden influx of thousands of central american migrants who arrived there. tijuana's mayor is asking the mexican government and even the united nations now for aid for money to help cover the costs. all this happening after a federal judge this week as we mentioned temporarily blocked president trump's plan to prevent those who enter the u.s. illegally from seeking asylum and that presidential order was made earlier this month to try to stop these same central american migrants from crossing the u.s. border. so lots to discuss starting with "the washington post"

not only that u.s.-mexico deal, we cut a new deal with south korea, and this administration and this president even put china on notice, that the days of massive trade deficits are over. [applause] vice pres. pence: we've been standing with farmers as never before. bringing real prosperity to rural america. we've had some great help along the way, including georgia zone secretary of agriculture, sonny perdue. and finally, right before christmas, this president kept one of the biggest promises we made when he signed the largest tax cuts and tax reform in american history. we cut taxes for working families. we cut taxes for businesses. and we cut out the core of obamacare. the individual mandate is gone. promises made and promises kept. since the advent of this administration, literally almost from the moment after the election was called, you could feel it. confidence is back. jobs are coming back. in a word, america is back. and we are just getting started. that is why we need brian kemp in the state ho

-mexico border crossing where a dramatic scene played out earlier today, this hour the u.s. is reopening the pedestrian and vehicle access to the san ysidro port of entry near san diego. now, mexico's government says it's going to deport the 500 or so central american migrants who just hours ago tried to rush the border. many of these migrants are fleeing violence in their home country. want to show you some powerful video showing what happened. this video was shot by a wendy frey, a reporter with "the san diego trib own" and what was this like when this clash happened? >> hi, ana, pretty chaotic and scary in those moment. as first i was shooting video of the migrants and everyone sort of ran in all different directions, and so my photographer ran in one direction. i ran in another direction following a group that was heading to the border and trying to get to the loin of the border and then when those shots -- they were actually flash bangs and when we heard them, it wasn't very clear what was going on, if the border patrol, the u.s. border patrol was shooting at the group

>>>ta defense secrery jim mattis will visit troops t along u.s./mexico border. the troops are there to help with security efforts. you may recall the president ordered the deployment several weeks ago as a caravanf migrants makes its way through the u.s./mexico border. the president said no one will be allowed into the count illegally. >>> the office of the firstin ly is staby its call of the firing of th top white house advisor. the first lady, melania trwap, infuriated by mira ricardell after she interfered with her recent trip to africa. all of this comes as news of chief of staff john kelly clashed with the first lady's team. so much discord can be damaging. >> you don't want the staff at the white house to be preoccupied with in fighting. you want them, instead, doing their job to help the president make those tough decisions and implement them. >> now had a statement the first lady's spokesperson called the relationship with kelly's staff, quote, very po itive. >>>s 4:10. new details this morning about a couple of votes by thed. city council that may affec

to wait in mexico while their u.s. applications are processed. this could end what the president has called catch and release where some migrants are allowed to live and work in the u.s. while their asylum applications are pending. some mexican officials dispute that they have made such a deal with the trump administration and it's our understanding no official agreement has been signed. let's get to cnn white house reporter sara westwood who has been covering the president from west palm beach. sara, what is the president saying? >> reporter: after weeks of ratcheting up the pressure on mexico to do more to stop that caravan of central american migrants heading for the southern border the president is hinting that he may have struck a deal with mexican leaders to secure more cooperation from mexico when it comes to illegal immigration. the president taking to twitter moments ago saying migrants at the southern border will not be allowed into the united states until their claims are individually approved in court. we w

if we have 10,000 slaves in mexico, even during the civil war you had 3 million slaves in the u.s., so in some respects, economic differences between the two in those slave populations made it easier for mexico to act upon the revolutionary ideals upon which it had declared its independence. the same ideals that the united states had. >> i know you have been researching this on many levels, explain one case you are looking into where a texas slaveowner wanted to go back to mexico to retrieve a slave? what is the story? >> yeah. i never expected to work on this topic, and the reason i came across it was i was working in the state archive in northeastern mexico and came across a set of letters between local town councils that told a really remarkable story. in 1851, a texas slaveholders had come to texas and kidnapped a man he claimed as his slave. kidnapping saw this and ran to the town council to report it. mounted their horses and rode after the kidnapper and his slave and i came across the two in sort of this rural area and the slaveholder pulled out his six shooter but the town coun

/mexico border near san diego yesterday. u.s. officials say border agents used tear gas and pepper spray after several migrant threw rocks at the border agents, hitting hem. other migrants tried to make a run for it, crossing through a river filled withag raw se with children in tow. all of this caused the border'st busiest of entry to shut down for hours. >>> the campre fne cont this is video showing the destruction left behind by that fire. in less than a month it destroyed more than 13,000 homes and killed at least 85 people. near 34ri 00 peop nearly 300 people have unaccounted for and the sherif ts office says remains may never be recovered because of the severity of the fire. >>> adobe analytics predicts il $7.8 billionbe spent online today. that's a lot of shopping. >> expecting to set a new record as the largest online shopping day of the year. this despite the fact most of us will be at work while we shop. a survey from robert hous technology found 64% of professionals plan to look at online sales toda a the office. the b

a tense situation on the u.s./mexico border. migrants breaking through police lines in tijuana to climb over barricades and surge into the no man's land between the u.s. and mexico. u.s. customs and border responding with tear gas. temporarily closing the san ysidro border. the situation has been threatening to boil over for some time now. tijuana's mayor called the hundreds of migrants a humanitarian crisis. some tried to appeal to president trump. this sign reading mr. trump, help us please. another saying, mr. trump, we hate you not. their future uncertain as president trump has tried to change the process for these migrants hoping to seek asylum in the u.s. tweeting, i tried to keep them together but when you do that, vast numbers of additional people storm the border. and the mexican government now says they will move to immediately deport anyone who tried to violently cross the border. reporting live from washington, lana zak, abc 7 news. >> how are people responding to migrants need to stay in mexico? >> reporter: we hear

i think this canada, mexico, u.s. trade deal is big. there were a lot of key players who put it together. go back to the 2016 campaign. this is a classic trump move where he said art of the deal, i can renegotiate this. everyone in his party said you can't renegotiate nafta, buddy, you can't. this is a pie in the sky thing. canada and mexico said -- and they did. the u.s. got a pretty good deal here. i think it sets the table for the main event, the dinner tomorrow night between president trump and president xi of china. the world is waiting. that's not an exaggeration. i've covered a lot of these g-20s they're snoozers, everyone sits around. this is a big trade deal to set the table. everyone is watching. they need to have some sort of a deal or truce on the tariff battle. whether you want to call it a trade war or what not. if they get some sort of deal tomorrow night the president will have a huge summit and number two the markets will be rocking next week. >> sandra: to update you on the g20, 19 member nations plus the european unio

mexico was inconveniently in the the the u.s. invaded and the treaty ended a two-year mexican-american war in 1848. but guess what mexico lost? texas, new mexico, arizona, california, nevada, utah, colorado and wyoming to the u.s. the u.s. inherited hundreds of thousands of native americans and millions of mexicans who had long lived on the land. the u.s. army responded by dealing with the native americans by walking them 450 miles to eastern new mexico, and many of them died before they were sent back to what were internment camps or reservations, as they're called today, with beautiful casinos. dealing with a much larger group of mexicans, many of our ancestors were land owners, office holders, entrepreneurs, lawyers, bankers and members of the clergy with more complex. it relates to my story of earlier achievement. the government could not assign mexicans to reservations. our customs, our language, our tradition, our values, our food, our communities have all become part of what america is today. we're a nation that is already

that order came as a direct response to the migrant caravan now amassing at the u.s./mexico border. last night the white house ruled the white house cannot arbitrarily rewrite arbitration laws. at the border, thousands of treaded home from the u.s./mexico line. >> as caravans are migrants begin tos tracie potts is in washington and a new court order making it easier for them to get into the u.s. >> reporter: a federal judge says migrants must be allowed to request asylum no matter where they enter the u.s., striking down president trump's order. >> he doesn't understand behind every one of them there's a family. they've got aspirations, they've made sacrifices, they are separated. >> reporter: the decision comes as caravans from central america begin to pile up at the border. the government closed one of the busiest ports of entry to install new barriers. now troops president trump sent to meet those kacaravans are beg sent home, beginning this week. >> sent the troops to the border to try to influence the midter: looking at this saying it feels like, was there a point to this? >> r