firsthand the conditions at the border, is accusing him of not being concerned about the crisis. what has to be addressed is the security at the border. you know that, i know that, the president of the united states knows that. i don t believe he particularly cares whether or not the border of the united states is secure. when i have written a letter that is dated may of 2012 and i have yet to have a response from this administration, i will tell you, they either are inept or don t care, and that is my position. today, college students in north carolina are joining the fight against voter i.d. laws at the polls. the argument from democrats has traditionally been that such laws make it more difficult for older voters as well as minorities and the poor, but college kids say a state law also violates. exclusion of college i.d.s as proper i.d. and ruling out
president obama took office. more than 8200 were deported in 2008 during president bush s final year in office. by 2013, that number fell to just 1669. critics including texas governor rick perry says it s the white house s fault for failing to lead on the immigration issue. listen. for over two years we ve drawn the attention of this issue to this administration. as a matter of fact, in may of 2012, we sent a letter, laid out what was happening with the unaccompanied minors that were showing up at the border, and we told them, if you do not address this, here is what s going on happen. we re seeing that become reality today. but president obama says he wants solutions. he s already asked congress for more money and resources, and is also vowing to act on his own without congress, if necessary. elizabeth pran with the news tonight from washington. hi, julie.
so, you know, it s one of those very tough questions about where you come down on this. absolutely. as we were talking about earlier, it s one thing to say in theory that you don t want to negotiate with terrorists that you don t want to do this kind of thing, but it s a whole different issue when you re talking about the realities of war. the realities of having a member of the u.s. military in captivity, and trying to figure out how to get him back. barbara starr, thank you so much for your excellent reporting, and we ll be back to you. i know you re continuing to get information minute by minute. a little background on sergeant bowe bergdahl, born in idaho, enlisted in 2008. in may 2009, d.c. ployed to afghanistan. in join of that year he was captured. in july a video of bergdahl was posted on the internet. two years later, in june of 2011, the army promoted him to sergeant. in may of 2012, the u.s. government began talks with the taliban about releasing him, and last june his fam
memorial day, and by the way, in is the fourth visit to afghanistan, craig. and first time since may of 2012. patrick murphy you have a family member in the room with the president right now? yes, my cousin colonel geno rapone is there in bagram air force base and i know that his child and wife are back home watching and pretty proud. when you were in iraq, did you get a visit from the president? yes, in the second deployment deployment, yes, and president bush surprised us and came over to the then baghdad airfield for thanksgiving. and it was surprising although those of us on the ground knew it was coming to prep for it. and one of the lines that came out of the speeches there, and kristen noted the bilateral security agreement, and how large of a footprint should we have in that country moving forward? well, it is interesting, because president obama when he got into office tripled the size
let s get a little more from the white house on president obama s unannounced trip from afghanistan which kristin and i just learned about 15, 20 minutes ago. let s get the latest. reporter: we re getting some more details. president obama landed at 11:46 eastern time. he s traveling with his nsa add visor susan rice and top adviso advisors. this is his fourth visit to afghanistan. his first since may of 2012. you ll recall he delivered that speech at the presidential palace during that visit. of course, as we have been reporting the reason for the secrecy has to do with