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Thats why were here at the border today. im joined today by an outstanding secretary of the department of homeland security, janet napolitano, whos been working tirelessly on this issue. our commissioner working diligently on border issues, allen breslin. we appreciate him. so theyre doing outstanding work. in recent years, among one of the greatest impediments to reform were questions about border security. these were legitimate concerns. what was true was a lack of manpower and lack of resourc...

>> yes, we will! >> and thats why were here at the border today, and i want to say i am joined today about an outstanding secretary of the department of homeland security, janet napolitano who has been working tirelessly on this issue. [ cheers and applause ] our commissioner who is working diligently on border issues, allen breslin is here, and we appreciate him. so theyre doing outstanding work, and in recent years among one of the greatest impediments to reform were questions about border sec...

That the federal government has not been playing a leadership role on this issue and both sides need to see something done about immigration reform, border issues, and a whole lot more. >> yeah, well seeç how that plays in an election year. jose diaz balart, always good to have you on. thank you. >> good to see you. >> you can catch jose weeknights at 6:30 only on telemundo. a new report this hour shows more people are buying homes, but not because they plan to move in. real estate investors...

Obviously that, you are talking about security issues and top concern of the israelis. border issues. whether or not palestinian refugees will be able to return and ultimately whether or not they will split and partition jerusalem into pieces. those are things they have to work you on in the future. and this is about a year or so that president obama says is the timetable to come together on these issues. it is far from certain whether or not they can do that. >> those are the things now we are ...

Offensive, but the least offensive aspect is that she used the word, as opposed to using that single letter, you know -- single initial that we use for it. and i think that while thats problematic, the bigger problem was her overall hostility to the idea that there even is racism continuing in this society. president obama has been quite explicit in saying in different forums, and even when he was a candidate, saying that we have -- continuing racial problems. >> i have to interrupt, because wev...

Mccaskill. the legislation adds permanent resources that will continue to bolster security along the southwest border supporting our efforts to crack down on transnational criminal organizations and reduce the trafficking of people, drugs, currency and weapons. the bill is important in two respects. first, it adds new resources to the border. second, it makes permanent many of the assets that this administration has surged along the border during the past 18 months. now, let me pause there for a...

Thanks leaders reid and pelosi and senators schumer and mccaskill. it adds permanent resources that continues to bolster security along the southwest border, supporting our efforts to crackdown on transnational criminal organizations and reduce the trafficking of people, drugs, currency and weapons. the bill is important in two respects. first, it adds new resources to the border. second, it makes permanent many of the assets that this administration has surged along the border during the past 1...

Ensure that -- insure that more american blood is not shed. how many americans must lose their lives? how many young girls must be raped before the united states government responds adequately? >> greta: a couple quick questions. i should repeat yesterday secretary of homeland security announced 47 million dollars to deal with border issues, including 17 million dollars to texas. you are filing a brief to join with other states on this issue of sb-1070. while you are the attorney general of texa...

Nice to be with you what are the chances of relocating the border governors conference do you think? >> well, i think theyre good. this is an important conference thats been taking place for 30 years. six mexican governors, four american governors. we talk about a lot of issues -- h1n1, health care, education. but now as you said the topics of immigration, border violence, drug smuggling are very important. were either going to move the conference to a neutral site, maybe washington, d.c., maybe...

Guilfoyle throwing red meat to the base. but that base is what drives the republican party right now. >> and its so interesting, listening to donald trump jr. talk about freedoms. when he spoke to the crowd, matt schlapps crowd for cpac, its interesting, theyre talking freedoms, theyre dealing with issues of the border right now. theyre right there at the border in texas talking about border issues. theyre right there in texas talking about voting rights this weekend. and the people at cpac are ...