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Drones at 18,000 feet silently view the landscape below. determine and lock on to potential suspects crossing the vast arizona desert. commanded by a control team safely tucked inside of this virtual cockpit, those controllers send the guards right to where they are needed. >> so this is happening in realtime. >> thats the pilot of the drone. this is the person whos the second pilot. hes watching the camera and they have detected a group that is now crossing the border illegally or potentially s...

Connected to her sons killing of seven people, including four in his family before turning the gun on himself. that man, his mother and the seven victims were all nine residents in a town of gist 50 people. you can imagine the pain that folks are feeling in that town after it happened. >> theres no stop light in tyrone missouri no post office or gas station, but this tiny town is the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in recent missouri history. john got a phone call to go to his cousins house...

Drone program, its not measuring up? >> as we see it while it contributes to border security, they havent put mez measure s in place as to if it is effective. the measurements with saw show it is not effective. >> reporter: the inspector general said his job is to point out where money is wasted and the drones he said are indeed a waste and yet they still fly and congress even debating whether to buy more. to tom barry its a clear example of congress and the customs and board er patrol simply ig...

Known as the loneliest whale in the world. >> imagine calling out and nobody responding. imagine feeling like you are being misunderstood. such a beautiful story and has so much resonance with us as human beings. >> its such a unique touching subject to think there is somebody out there alone, floating about. >> reporter: the story strikes a chord and he wants to move behind the camera to capture it. >> we are here on kick starter to ask for your help in funding the search. >> reporter: they are...

>> i would say. >> reporter: the house one of six crime scenes and nine deaths. seven people shot and killed four from the same family. less than three miles apart. the gunmans mother apparently dead of natural causes. police investigating if her death somehow triggered the rampage. >> you know what, in our job we see a lot of bad stuff. this is bad. this is also hard on the police officers who with are working there. its not natural to see that sort of thing. >> reporter: the missouri state hig...

It, he says. today all of the rivers end up here are contaminated. across the city the waterways that will host sailing events face similar challenges. 49 prts of rios homes are connected to sewage lines. government officials say they may not meet their target of hooking up 80% of homes before the games. but on wednesday, ioc officials said they were confident water venues would be ready for competition. >> we have been given the reassurance that all of the venues will be met will meet the level...

>> we could never see the border in the same way as we could before we got these platforms. >> reporter: the trouble is general randolph tex alles is one of the few in government who thinks so and a look at the price tag tells you why. report after report are the homeland security departments inspector general basically calling the entire operation a waste of taxpayer dollars. some tom berry with the center for international policy studies the billions spent securing the border and nothing could...

Border. >> thats one of the reasons that we wrote this audit. >> reporter: each drone costs $12 million. operations run $62 million a year the entire program is $300 million. all for nine drones that fly part time. although he wont say it flat out, inspector general john ross latest report is clear, military drones used by the customs and border patrol to catch illegal immigrants is a waste. >> they have fired back saying you, your office the inspector general did not capture a lot of the things...

A 33-year-old woman with him was arrested for allegedly helping him. he was featured in cnns "the hunt" last week. some of his alleged victims say barnard said he was prized on earth and convinced church members to hand over their first born daughters to live with him. for nearly a decade the united states has been quietly patroling hundreds of miles of the mexican border with unmanned drones. they have been used to chase down undocumented immigrants drug smugglers and possibly terrorists. but...