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Under that shadow begins their undocumented life, like the millions who have already made this journey. kyung lah, cnn, tacoma, washington. >> kyung just introduced us to one family making the journey up from guatemala into the u.s. and they are hardly alone. since last october 57,000 children alone without their parents made it across the border. most are coming from central america, guatemala, as well as el salvador and honduras. the purple dots on the map are towns where people are coming fro...

These children would really be a fundamental change in both our domestic and international commitments. i think that we should reflect as a nation on the history of these laws, their importance to our image as being the beacon really of democracy and freedom of the world. so im dishearten eed at the notion these children who are approaching our country seeking protection may be pretermated from even asking for our help. >> that will be part of the debate that we hear in washington. jonathan ryan...

Children coming alone across our borders? >> i think quite simply the reason is that things have gotten worse in central america. children, people in general but above all children dont usually voluntarily seek to leave their homes. these are children being pushed out in large numbers because they have been victims of abuse in their homes, in the towns and cities where they live at the hands of drug car tells and criminals. for them it is a situation of leave or die quite frankly. >> the numbers...

should be taken. >> the idea that you shouldnt have gotten him out because he might have been a bad guy -- >> this principle of leave no man or no woman behind is one i stand by. >> regardless of the circumstances we still get an american soldier back if he is held in captivity. period. >> days after the decision to swap five former taliban commanders for americas only prisoner of war the questions and controversy are growing. today nbc news has learned the army is prepared to launch a...

Good evening. im chris matthews in washington. lets start with this. president obama and his republican opponents are about to go over niagra falls in a barrel, but nobody knows for shush how bad its going to be. will the economy smash on the rocks below? will the stock market plunge a thousand points and keep on dropping? will the world money watchers see the u.s. drowning in its own dysfunction? or will obama and the dead-end opposition it faces be saved by the publics horribly low expectation...

good evening. im chris matthews in washington. lets start with this. president obama and his republican opponents are about to go over niagra falls in a barrel, but nobody knows for shush how bad its going to be. will the economy smash on the rocks below? will the stock market plunge a thousand points and keep on dropping? will the world money watchers see the u.s. drowning in its own dysfunction? or will obama and the dead-end opposition it faces be saved by the publics horribly low e...

good evening. im chris matthews in washington. lets start with this. president obama and his republican opponents are about to go over niagra falls in a barrel, but nobody knows for shush how bad its going to be. will the economy smash on the rocks below? will the stock market plunge a thousand points and keep on dropping? will the world money watchers see the u.s. drowning in its own dysfunction? or will obama and the dead-end opposition it faces be saved by the publics horribly low e...

0 interpreted? >> the interpretation will some primary voters is you danced around on rates. >> or they pass a bill cutting taxes continuing the bush tax cuts for under $500,000 a year. something they agree on. >> because of what bobs saying is theyre worried some voters are going to look at that -- >> unaware of reality that they would confuse this week with next week in terms of the same results. >> governor norquist agrees with you. but some republicans e spshlly in the house who are unwillin...

0 but this being bill oreilly, he ended up putting even more pressure on romney. >> i think the expectations for the debate are too high. particularly conservative republican americans are expecting mitt romney to go out there and do something and i dont know whether that as even possible right now. the first debate means everything. the whole world is watching this thing. this is a big, big debate on wednesday night. this is much bigger than the mccain-obama debate. >> today mitt romney travele...

his minutes as you need to explain it all in wednesday nights debate. >> mitt romney needs a great october. >> we know romney needs a great october. >> to change the course of this campaign. >> the final push is on. >> just days away from the first presidential debate. >> both candidates cramming for the first debate. >> everyone trying to lower expectations. >> franticly spinning to lower expectations. >> >> president obama is an experienced debatetor. >> im just okay. >> almost every...