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As you can see, its a massive waterway here. it floods but theres a lot of rain and the dam gets released up above. you can continue to see them heading up there. to answer your question how this resolves itself, its unclear. one possibility is the 5,000 migrants inside the camp make it to the base of the point of entry. that happened a few months ago. that put pressure on the u.s. government to process those asylum claims faster. you asked how many are processed today. the number we hear is bet...

Meant. a plethora of jeffs today. >> reporter: i think adam made the point hes going to take a closer look to see if theres any unknown financial ties between president trump and the saudis. that would explain the approach to this death and dismemberment. president trump said he has no financial ties in saudi arabia. thats true. he had financial dealings with saudis. when he was a private businessman they bailed him out to the tune of millions of dollars. theres a question there about that. fran...

Right across from the san diego border there in california with mexico. thank you so much. lets bring in our panel. jeff bennett, well start with you on this. theres that question. was there a deal? is it being talked about? what are you hearing as you are there with the president? >> reporter: we should be clear. the u.s. officials confirmed this reporting to nbc news said there were still legal, logistical and technical details that had to be worked out. it appears the word of the deal was eno...

That can cross the aisle and work together. i think mike espy is a senator candidate that can do that. >> reporter: mike espy need a substantial number of republicans to cross over. the reality is cindy hyde-smith is trying to see this campaign to the finish line by avoiding real questions. shes not able to provide any details. this event is a little bizarre. that back door she just slipped out with no interest in answering any further questions. well be going to her second campaign event. the c...

The republicans will decide whether or not the government shuts or not. >> what about the border wall? is there a compromise in there that you might work with this president on because hes saying he wants something in there? >> the democrats have always supported border security. the wall is a different question. we ought to be using technology and advancements that make securing our border easier. we ought to be smart about it. the waistful id fwasteful of ids and millions on wall is wasteful. ...

Immigration reform. theres been a hunger for it across the united states. we need to deal with these questions, the border crossing questions, and theyre not being addressed. >> lets talk about the asylum question. no better person to have than joyce vance. give us the legal ramifications of what the efforts are that are being made right now by this administration to change the way we handle asylum applications in that they would stay at someplace potentially on the mexico side as opposed to pot...

>> and you spoke with a public defender. give me their feelings on all of this. are they equally overburdened, do they have just too much on their docket? >> they are extremely overwhelmed. i sat down with assistant public defender richard gold who is located in mcallen, texas where so much of this is going down and he is seeing on average 75 people that he is representing in a morning hearing and then another 75 in the afternoon. on top of that, he has tons of felony cases, completely unrelatet...

From them. so the apprehending agents information, coordinates of where this person was arrested at. we take down their basic buy graphicical information, name date of birth, sex, age. >> reporter: agents say their role is just to detain migrants for a short period. in cells like this one in the tucson border sector before sending migrants on to others like i.c.e. immigration and customs enforcement. but before that happens, the migrants are asked to abc three questions. >> yes i would like to -...

And the question is the question is whether president bashar assad has taken the final decision to as he once said live and die in syria. if he does die, its most likely to be, of course, at the hands of the rebels when they make their final push into the center of damascus, a push which most experts believe is coming. all whether president assad might now be willing to or trying to seek asylum in some friendly country. that would probably boil down to cuba, ecuador venezuela or russia. u.n. sec...

Clear to president bashar assad. >> we have sent an unmistakable message that this would cross a red line and those responsible would be held to account. >> activists saying at least 40,000 people have died in the antigovernment uprising that began last year. now evidence the blood shed is again seeping across another border into lebanon. gunmen loyal to the syrian regime and rebels fought it out on the streets in the northern part of that country. dozens reported dead in two days of fighting th...