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. they know once they get here they can walk into our country. we have the greatest people on earth and they cant do anything because the laws are corrupt. >> that was president trump last night calling out the caravan of central american asylum seekers as they set to arrive at the border today. >> so how should the u.s. handle this? here with inside president of the national border patrol council. art, its good to see you again. this is going to be an interesting day and theres a lot of eyes ...

They cross with children. so theyve caught on how it works. usually the mom will cross with their child. they will be released into the united states, pending obviously the asylum case. and a lot of these people never show up to their cases. the next day, the father crosses, with his child, and we never find them either. so theyve learned to game the system. >> the arrival of the caravan sparking pro immigrant rallies on both sides of the border. william la jeunesse is reporting from the border ...

Have a pretty strong case of claiming asylum in the united states because theyre not persecuted, not just in honduras, el salvador, and guatemala, but also here in mexico. they do not think its safe for them here in mexico. as for a ballpark, were thinking the caravan is about 400 people. what weve heard is estimates that maybe 100, 120 may have very strong cases of asylum. those are the ones were going to see first coming into the port of entry to try to claim asylum. its difficult to know exac...

>> she doesnt know what she will do because she cant go back to her country. >> that uncertainty hasnt stopped them yet. >> what are the next steps for that woman? >> well, today she met with several attorneys to talk about that asylum case. she says for her it is important to do this the legal way, to turn herself in she is actually preparing from what she has heard are cold detention facilities in the united states. still in the back of her mind is that hope that she will find a better life fo...

Or if theres any doubt the adult is the childs legal guardian. but what will happen under the watchful eye of the trump administration as the caravan approaches the u.s. border? [ speaking a foreign language ] >> she says she doesnt know what she will do if we cant get in because she cant go back to her country. >> that uncertainty hasnt stopped them yet. >> what are the next steps for that woman? >> well, today she met with several attorneys to talk about that asylum case. for her she says it...

Border, absolutely for securing the border. you can get somebody through -- we want people who want to pay taxesened and be part of country. heather: the loopholes that the administration wants to tighten lacks asylum standard, unaccompanied illegal children visitors who come legally and overstay visas -- >> some of that is fine, we should be looking to making the country is secure as possible. maybe people who assume asylum but youre a mother in central america and you put your child, think abo...

Country probably isnt enough to win that asylum case. >> thats a shock, because all through your piece, was wondering, when i see the sign saying, stop illegal immigrants, i kept wondering if these are illegal immigrants or if these are refugees. im not going to put that to you. i stead, ill ask this. rick perrys been so critical of this president. now there have been other democrats who are jumping on the idea of bulking at the appropriations request. has rick perry requested anything along tho...

That is a line that could have been said by immigration advocates. the president who has been criticized as the deporter in chief is advocating a strategy to increase the number of deportations. youve reported on this. tell us how easy or hard it is for the children to get asylum in the united states once they cross the border? >> because of the 2008 law in particular, a lot of these kids will qualify on the front end for an asylum hearing. a lot could in theory get asylum if they dont have pare...

Will. the chinese sent snowden back to russia and some might say that they put him in a very bad situation. putin waited a long time to do this. he didnt send him back to the united states, he didnt send them to any country where he could go so now putin has to choose between domestically being the strong man that stands up to the united states and his relationship with president obama, which is very fragile right now. >> would i think the u.s. government is furious that this press conference wa...

welcome, everybody. as i mentioned were at chez bouchon. we move right to the cake in is actually what i like to have for breakfast. this is a pistachio cake. the owner, everybody calls him b but his name is robert. he makes this for his mom every year for her birthday. this is a green cake with slightly green icing. were going to try that this morning. i like that, sugar to get us going. were really talking this morning about a historic night in new hampshire. and yesterday we were ta...