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Of the cd krshc? >> well, children are going to be building out more wall, and a lot of times they say that deterrence does not equal lower numbers all around, but it is forcing people to more dangerous parts of the border where it is more expensive and frankly much more risky to care for them. so i think that a lot of people are worried about that. and also they say what they need is technology and access. they have been asking for it since before this admin adminstration came n and they need m...

Families like we would not treat anyone, not even animals, the way they are treating the people at the border. >> the president is using these kinds of stories as an argument for the wall. hes saying if you had the wall there, no one would attempt to do this. >> this is the problem -- the ignorance of what is hang on our southern border. we have refused to allow these families to present themselves to a border agent, at a border crossing. he has gone as far as shutting down major border crossing...

At our southern border. we have refused to allow these families to present themselves to a border agent at a border crossing. he has gone as far as shutting down major border crossings and, therefore, leaving them no other choice but to take on to the desert area where no plant life, no animal life can survive, yet this little girl was there, and that is where they found her. >> when the democrats do have control of congress, and they do have subpoena power over cases like this, will you just wa...

Hes saying if you had the wall there, that no one would even attempt to do this. >> this is the problem, the ignorance of what is happening at our southern border. we have refused to allow these families to present themselves to a border agent at a border crossing. he has gone as far as shutting down major border crossings and, therefore, leaving them no other choice but to take on to the desert area where no plant life, no animal life can survive, yet this little girl was there, and that is whe...

Accelerating the militarization of the southwest border, trumps dangerous promise of a 1000 mile border wall is likely to cause migrant deaths and more human suffering, devastate the environment, waste taxpayer dollars in damage border communities. >> i started my career as a border agent. what the president did was a smart business, when he sent the military down there for the infrastructure work in the radar monitor, that put more green uniforms on the border and what happened? that push the c...

Likely to cause migrant deaths, devastate the environment and damage communities. what is your response? >> i started my career as a border agent. i have worn that uniform. what he did -- it a smart business. when hes in the military down there to do the infrastructure work and the monitor and the radar monitoring, thats more of the green uniforms on the border. what happens? that pushed the cartels out of business. cartels are upset because they cant move their products. traditional security on...

You know what ill say? yes, if we dont get what we want one way or the other, whether its through you, through a military, through anything you want to call,ly sh -- i will shut down the government. >> you think they were coordinating a power move here and on their side they had facts. lets start with this. the wall. mexicos going to pay for it. no, theyre not. they said theyre never requesting to pay for it. the president says, well, we need the wall anyway because of all the terrorists. >> peo...

Happening now? >> yeah. i mean, look, its an excuse, don. i mean thats what it is. its just politics. it wouldnt work in any other phase of your existence. youd never get away with that, you know, here at work or at home as a rationale. thats politics, and its poison politics, and it also happens to not be true. weve never seen caravans of this size in this way. weve never heard a president not in our lifetime talk like this man does. >> you hit the nail on the head because people say, well, the...

I mean, look, its an excuse, don. i mean thats what it is. its just politics. it wouldnt work in any other phase of your existence. youd never get away with that, you know, here at work or at home as a rationale. thats politics, and its poison politics, and it also happens to not be true. weve never seen caravans of this size. weve never heard a president talk like this man does. >> you hit the nail on the head because people say, well, there were -- what do you call it? tear gas or those bullet...

Over the use of tear gas on some in the migrant caravan. are some forgetting the obama administration implemented pretty much the same response in 2013? our next guest, a former border agent says hypocrisy is alive and well. rob: and a first-time hang glider is hanging on for dear life when the pilot forgets to hook him to the glider. ♪ i want to get away. ♪ i want to fly away. ♪ yeah, yeah.