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It was a smoky and chaotic scene at the border is border patrol agents fired tear gas and pepper spray just after the clock struck midnight on new years day. customs and border protection called it a violence mob. a group of about 150 that attempted to cross the border near tijuana earlier on new years day for this and many of the laggards attempted to climb over and even crawl under the border fence in san diego. some agents say they saw several teenagers wrapped in heavy jackets, blankets, and...

The wire, they migrants on the other side began hurling rocks and throwing rocks at our agents. also putting the migrants at peril as well. thats when they deployed the non-lethal uses of force. disbursed that group and most headed back into mexico, two dozen or so were apprehended by our agents. >> jon: those who did make it across the border. what happens to them now? >> so now, jon, they will be processed as any other folks would be processed either depending on the demographic, we may pursue...

Lets make a deal. nancy pelosi will become speaker of the house on thursday. the partial shutdown has been in effect since december when an agreement for border wall funding could not be reached. u.s. officials fired tear gas at migrants on the other side. at the gas was launched onto the mexican side of the border near tijuana. custom and border protection says it was targeting rock throwers who prevented them from passing children through the wire. now back to "scandalous: episode 510." office...

>> "the wire" broke down systemic racism and the cycle of poverty like no other television show had. >> come on, get up. its a school day, youre going to be late. >> it wasnt just about, hey, look at these the black kids chilling drugs on the street. you were in the apartment with them where they had no parents, where they were taking care of their siblings, where they were trying to scrounge for food. >> wheres your book bag? >> so you start to get a much more realistic, three-dimensional pictu...

Like no other television show had. >> come on, get up. school day, yall going to be late. >> it wasnt about, hey, look at these black kids chilling drugs on the street. you were in the apartment with them where they had no parents, where they were taking care of their siblings, where they were trying to skrocrounge for food. >> wheres your book bag? >> i didnt get no homework. >> you start to get a much more three dimensional picture of what poverty looks like in the city. >> one of the things a...

So its almost this web of dishonesty that is going around the president and so on. its almost quite troubling in terms of what were seeing and how its all converging on the president. in terms of muellers activity here, though, its fascinating because if you watch the tv show "the wire," that great quote, if you come at the king, you best not miss. if you lie and youre caught lying, you potentially -- and again, this wasnt going to change flynns sentence at all. but its a shot across the bow to ...

Range, which as we know means zero, one, or two months. so what were seeing here is almost like the prosecutor is taking a principled stand, almost a moralistic one, the one that makes defense attorneys roll their eyes about digging in on this point of not wanting to appear to endorsing lying on the court. what this all comes down to is lying and how prosecutors deal with it, how courts deal with it, and the extent to which a court can be seen embracing or endorsing a defendants lives. there is ...

Terms of what were seeing and how its all converging on the president. in terms of muellers activity here, though, its fascinating because if you watch the tv show "the wire," that great quote, if you come at the king, you best not miss. if you lie and youre caught lying, you potentially -- and again, this wasnt going to change flynns sentence at all. but its a shot across the bow to indicate that if you start fudging the facts of your story, you could potentially be prosecuted for much more tim...

It doesnt measure up. >> the fact is, they always supported fences as and walls d partitions, but they dont want to do it because of me. whatever it takes to get border security, i will do it. i pledged that a long time ago, and i will pledge it always. >> lawmakers in the house and senate need to pass several spending bills to keep government open past next friday, but the house has basically left town, they dont plan to meet again until wednesday, the 19th, late in the evening, when they come ...

Like this, certainly at a presidential level, certainly in such a visible place. but the reason were able to get at these guys is because theyre not that good at it. theyre terrible liars. they talk publically all the time. they have strategies kids in the streets wouldnt have. and because of it, the republican may be saved. some republican senator may find the backbone -- >> you only have to get through the first few episodes of season one of "the wire" to know not to send the text messages. >>...