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>> we will continue conversations with this new administration about reaching an agreement to permit the united states to process asylum applicants while individuals remain in mexico. but those conversations and those negotiations are ongoing. we remain hopeful that well be able to reach that agreement. going forward. >> there may be progress on that. jeff paul is lives in tijuana with the latest.>>reporter: we are standing here on the tijuana border. this is in fact the exact spot where one wee...

Doesnt have any military service. he avoided it. sometimes he does speak as if he knows how to channel how the military is feeling. here is this moment from tuesday about what he said about how theyre feeling at thanksgiving. listen to this. >> oh, you -- dont worry about the thanksgiving. these are tough people. they know what theyre doing. youre so worried about the thanksgiving holiday for them. they are so proud to be representing our country on the border. >> what did you hear in that state...

Theres no way that we think the united states or mexico can guarantee their safety. its a nonstarter legally. exactly the way you put it. its not an aside. its part and parcel of the legal requirement. >> also the legal process. due process. would it be possible to provide the legal counseling that these migrants seeking asylum would need if theyre on the mexican side of the border? >> im glad you asked that. people are forgetting that. the other half is theyll provide full asylum hearings in th...

>> go ahead, anna maria. >> let me add to that. there clearly has been conversations between the incoming mexican government and the current government, which is hours away before they leave, about this issue. the fact is on the tijuana border, you have hundreds of haitians trying to get into the united states that have barehand waiting for months and years, and central americans trying to get in through this process, and in a sense its already happening that mexico is keeping these people on th...

The caravan, though, 5,000 to 9,000, depending on which count you believe that is in tijuana, those are people coming to the border, as far as you know, for asylum. isnt it? >> i do not believe that is true. there are definitely people in that group that are going to try to claim asylum. the vast majority of those, from what we call the triangle are economic reasons. they can still apply. i did not see people walk up to border agents and asked to claim asylum. one of the groups ive seen, several...

From the border patrol a few moments ago. he has talking about the border. he says several thousand, others say 500. 42 arrested on the u.s. side, 39 arrested on the mexican side. he said they did not present for asylum there, that if they were really asylum seekers, they would have walked up with their hands up. he said, instead, throwing rocks. >> nobody wants any border officer to be in danger. from what we know, this was an overuse of force. there are women and children out there. using tear...

Devolved into chaos. some officials say 500 migrants rushed the border in tijuana, overwhelming police blockades. it is now open after being shut down for hours on sunday. >> providing new fuel for president trump over the weekend, tweeting migrants seeking asylum in the u.s. will need to stay in mexico until their claims are decided. but the incoming mexican government denies any agreement. >> chief, thank you very much for being with us. weve been looking at these pictures the last 20 hours or...

>> we were able to manage this and effectively control this but i want to be clear that all of our agents on a daily basis are fully employed. we had to bring in several hundred additional border patrol agents from around the country, 100 additional cep officers from around the country. thats affecting our operations in other areas. but the fact that no one made it across the border or past our defenses, i would say we were adequately staffed but it was not without a cost. >> this was custom bor...

We appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me on this morning. i really appreciate it. >> that was so helpful, john. so helpful to get information directly from the source. let talk about it and bring in "new york times" op-ed columnist, ana navarro and legal analyst jeffrey toobin. having chief scott there tell us what happened is helpful. new information, 42 people did cross the border, instantly arrested by border patrol agents and arrested, i assume sent back or jailed. this is a probl...

With money in it, he added money. >> todd goes around and finds wallets and then adds money to it and gives it to people? >> i dont know but im going to leave my wallet around somewhere in public and hope that somebody adds to it. >> where does todd normally hang out? >> well find out. >> that was awesome. youre right about that. dozens of mechaniigrants ar on the tijuana border after a tear gas incident. ♪ when heartburn hits... fight back fast with tums smoothies. it starts dissolving the ...