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The officers are phenomenal. they are fantastic at identifying fresh marks that shouldnt be there. a screw that was turned. they can pick up on that. >> reporter: human art and intelligence together. >> absolutely. >> reporter: they find about 24 kilos of hard drugs. minutes later, field testing reveals cocaine. situations like this were a central tenet of president trumps argument this week for a wall. >> our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs including meth, her...

Reliable. these two made their way into the mail processing facilities here on monday, yesterday. they were tested in this initial field testing. they popped positive. now the finn has them in possession. we dont know some of these critical questions. where any of the employees there exposed to any of this poison? is anyone undergoing individual testing. and of course what do secondary and tertiary tests show. were in the very early stage right now but well keep you posted, from the pentagon. >>...

Keep it hidden. >> its also difficult because think about all the families that are involved here. this has been brutal across the board. >> all right, thanks to all three of you. heidi, barbara mcquaid and michael german. >> we now have two breaking news pieces for you. two packages meant to be sent to the pentagon were intercepted by mail screeners because of suspected poisoning inside. >> the cdc says the poison, ricin, can be deadly and cause respiratory distress, nausea or vomiting. joining...

Public fie public comment and field testing. california and new york will ultimately prevail in these cases adding this question. the bad news, as the legal wrangling goes on, it sews confusion, depresses turnout. we will see lower numbers of responses among latinos, immigrants and all communities of color. what i heard chris saying and i want your response to is the idea youre saying weve got count everybody. >> im not saying it. the constitution says count all people. >> when you count every...

Southwest border of the u.s. and the officers at the ports of entry are phenomenal. theyre fantastic at identifying fresh pool marks that shouldnt be there, a screw recently turned there this wont be a reason for it to be recently turned. they can pick up on that. theyre experts at -- >> reporter: art and intelligence together? >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: what they find, 24 killos of hard drugs. minutes later, field testing reveals cocaine. this is a win today. >> this is definitely a win. ...

Drugs are a big part of what he does. >> this is how it happens. what we are witnessing here is what happens every day on the southwest border of the u.s. the ports of entry are phenomenal. they are fantastic and identifying fresh tool marks. a screw that shouldnt be turned, they can pick up on that. i mean, they are experts. >> human intelligence together. >> absolutely. >> what they find, 24 kilos of hard drugs. minutes later, field testing reveals cocaine. >> this is a win. >> definitely. >> ...

A screw thats recently been turned that there wouldnt be a reason for it being recently turned, they can pick up on that. theyre experts at what they do. >> human art and intelligence togeth togeth together. >> absolutely. >> reporter: what they find, about 24 key lows of hard drugs. minutes later, field testing reveals cocaine. >> this is a win today? >> this is definitely a win. >> reporter: in the midst of the countrys opioid epidemic, president trump has made building up the wall a cornersto...

>> this is how it happens. what were witnessing here is -- >> is what happens every day along the southwest border of the u.s. and the officers at the ports of entry are phenomenal. theyre fantastic at identifying fresh toolmarks. they can pick up on that. i mean, theyre experts at what they do. >> human art and intelligence together. >> absolutely. what they find, about 24 key lows of hard drugs. minutes later, field testing reveals cocaine. >> this is a win today. >> this is definitely a win. ...

Kilos of hard drugs. minutes later, field testing reveals cocaine. >> this is a win today. >> this is definitely a win. >> in the midst of the countrys opioid epidemic, president trump has made building up the wall a cornerstone of his agenda. >> the wall is going to get built. in case anybody has any question, the wall is going to get built and the wall is going to stop drugs. >> but i wanted to learn just how effective the wall would be at accomplishing that. this literally is a physical wall ...

When the inspectors pick up on something their success rate is pretty high. when you saw the dog sit down at the back of the car thats how that dog alerts. >> reporter: the special agent in charge oversees the tucson field office for homeland security investigations and drugs are a big part of what he does. >> this is how it happens. what were witnessing here is -- >> what happens every day along the southwest border of the u.s. and, you know, the officers at the ports of entry are phenomenal, t...