Alfonsi good evening. Scott is on assignment for 60 minutes. Im sharyn alfonsi. The white house today announced a surge of spending to deal with the surge of illegal immigration. Just since october, the u. S. Has picked up 52,000 unaccompanied children crossing into the United States from mexico. Most are from central america. The u. S. Will spend 93 million to, among other things, repatriatate them and help Central American countries fight the violence that is driving young people here. Anna werner begins our coverage. Reporter Border Patrol officials in texas Rio Grande Valley catch as many as 1400 Illegal Immigrants crossing every day. The white house now plans to speed up processing by bringing in more immigration judges, moving more quickly to deport those not eligible for asylum, and expanding detention space. The white house blames the surge of border controllings on what it calls a deliberate Misinformation Campaign by Central American smugglers. Raul ortiz is a deputy chief Bo
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. In the the 13 months since becoming the head of the catholic church, pope francis has developed a reputation for Straight Talk on issues he feehe feelsstrongly about and ns going to question that reputation after his trip to southern italy today to a stronghold of an especially brutal branch of the italian mafia. There at an outdoor maz, the pope declared the mobsters are now excommunicated. As allen pizzey reports, its been more than 20 years since a pope took on the mob. Reporter stepping boldly where angels might, indeed, fear to tread, pope francis used a mass in the heart land of onest most violent mafia organization. They are not in communion with god, he said. They are excommunicated. Pope john paul ii made similar condemnations of the mafia in sicily in 1993 and the mafia responded by bombing several churches in rome. The Italian Police say virtually everyone here knows who is connec
Violent groups. Call them in, try to get them on the straight and narrow. We do mean business. Were going to follow through and make a difference in violent crime. The feds say they will continue to target oaklands most wanted as long as the chief needs them. In the past few years the come bind deaths of officers have cleared 300 warrants. 506 wanted in homicide and attempted had had cases. Linda, the chief says he is going to keep operating operation cease fire, but the gang members, are they cooperating . Reporter we are a little skeptical, but the chief estimates a third of the gang members they have contacted have responded favorably. Federal charges with longer prison charges to those who dont cooperate. All right. Reporter they have to try something. They do. Didnt take long for a marin county jury to decide the fate of a man accused of killing four women. After just about eight hours jurors found joseph naso guilty on all counts. Our don knapp was in the courtroom when the verdi
Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. This is our western edition of the broadcast. In the 13 months since becoming the head of the catholic church, pope francis has developed a reputation for Straight Talk on issues he feels strongly about and no one is going to question that reputation after his trip to southern italy today to a stronghold of an especially brutal branch of the italian mafia. There in front of couple hundred thousand catholics at an outdoor mass, the pope declared the mobsters are now excommunicated. As allen pizzey reports, its been more than 20 years since a pope took on the mob. Reporter stepping boldly where angels might, indeed, fear to tread, pope francis used a mass in the heart land of one of italys most violent mafia organizations to brand the criminal network know as the ndrangheta, an example of the adoration of evil. They are not in communion with god, he said. They are excommunicated. Pope john paul ii made similar condemnations of the mafia in sicily in
Alfonsi good evening. Scott is on assignment for 60 minutes. Im sharyn alfonsi, and this is our western edition. The white house today announced a surge of spending to deal with the surge of illegal immigration. Just since october, the u. S. Has picked up 52,000 unaccompanied children crossing into the United States from mexico. Most are from central america. The u. S. Will spend 93 million to, among other things, repatriate them and help Central American countries fight the violence that is driving young people here. Anna werner begins our coverage. Reporter Border Patrol officials in texas Rio Grande Valley catch as many as 1,400 Illegal Immigrants crossing every day. The white house now plans to speed up processing by bringing in more immigration judges, moving more quickly to deport those not eligible for asylum, and expanding detention space. The white house blames the surge of border crossings on what it calls a deliberate Misinformation Campaign by Central American smugglers. Ra