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Wearing life vests and no one was seriously hurt. they are very lucky. the federal government going straight to the experts for help in securing the u.s. border. the department of homeland security asking silicon valley companies to develop new kinds of drones to patrol the border area. claudia cowan explains how the technology helps agents in the field. >> the government has been using drones for years. thats the air force says there is more demand for drone operators and pilots of any single t...

U.s., mexico border. >> the government has been using drones for years. therefore says theres more demand for drone operators and pilots of any other type of plane that flies. a new initiative hopes to speed up the procurement process for smaller drones, saving time, money and lives. >> were looking for the latest and greatest technology to give to our operators that have a huge mission of securing u.s. border so they can more effectively and keep them safe. >> that means eyes in the sky and u.s...

Wearing life vests and no one was seriously hurt. they are very lucky. the federal government going straight to the experts for help in securing the u.s. border. the department of homeland security asking silicon valley companies to develop new kinds of drones to patrol the border area. claudia cowan explains how the technology helps agents in the field. >> the government has been using drones for years. thats the air force says there is more demand for drone operators and pilots of any single t...

Guard cutter at a cost of $500 million. chris? >> chris: steve harrigan reporting from miami. steve, thanks for that. so most affective tools in monitoring illegal immigration are unmanned aircraft. now the military is asking silicon valley for help. correspondent claudia cowan reports from san francisco. >> reporter: the government has been using drones for years. in fact, the air force says there is more demand for drone operators than for pilots of any other single type of plane it flies. now...

Guard cutter at a cost of $500 million. chris? >> chris: steve harrigan reporting from miami. steve, thanks for that. so most affective tools in monitoring illegal immigration are unmanned aircraft. now the military is asking silicon valley for help. correspondent claudia cowan reports from san francisco. >> reporter: the government has been using drones for years. in fact, the air force says there is more demand for drone operators than for pilots of any other single type of plane it flies. now...

Military budget but are you going to ask the people in the defense department to take a look at their budget and say where can we cut or look and make sure were spending the right amount of money? >> absoluly. >> part of that is part of the process? >> secretary mattis is interested in driving more efficiencies into the defense department, omb is also going to be involved with him on a procurement process, all of that will be incorporated in our larger budget in may. >> not just like a blanket. ...

Transparency in budgeting is a huge priority in terms of making sure that as we build a budget were including members of the dnc. were making it available and open. and as we spend money, making sure the procurement process is fair and impartial. making sure were working with states. state parties i should say. in that process. congressman ellison and i have a steep learning curve, theres no doubt about it. weve never begun an adventure that didnt have a steep learning curve. but we have the sam...

Billion over budget. this is a huge source of revenue for that defense contractor, but a couple of problems in that the f-35 and f-18 are different aircraft. one is stealth. f-35 stealth. f-18 does not have stealth capabilities. should donald trump be negotiating in public with these defense contractors? he does have a point to be made here about defense contract work here in washington. >> so there is this procurement process the pentagon usually follows in buying new weapons systems, and this ...

. i think what options we have are much more than you think. many more. and ill talk about them. >> like what? >> quite a few, actually. >> if you put sanctions back on, the other signatories wont. >> you have something in your mind. >> yeah, i have about five things. >> give me one. >> id like to talk to the president before i talk to "60 minutes." >> netanyahu who tried to brock t block the deal in the first place. >> getting rid of it got a little harder. donald trump is continuing to apply...

Procurement process which will give inspectors the opportunity to carefully evaluate everything that iran is doing when combined with the inspections. so, it isnt perfect. nothing is in life, and particularly an agreement reached by adversaries after a very lengthy negotiations, but the reality is, the leverage rests entirely with the united states and the allies. lawrence, you didnt ask this, but if i can make a further point. that is if iran does cheat and we must be vigilant knowing they have...