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CNNW CNN Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin July 14, 2014

Talking to a commander thats in charge of the task force thats here to crack down on the gangs. And just the stories that you hear about what these gang members are doing to recruit young men and young children, he tells us, he said point blank, thats the reason why a lot of people are leaving. Its because of the violence. And were waiting for this flight, were trying to get some video of it landing, and were trying to talk to some of these families to see what their experience is like. And, of course, we bring that to you, don, as soon as we have it. Rosa, while i have you here, can we talk about the children on the flight . Its mostly children. Have they gone through the immigration courts as mandated by this 2008 law, federal law, and how were they able to go through the system so quickly . Reporter yeah, you know, thats a great point. Because the thing about that 2008 law is that its for unaccompanied minors. Now, our understanding is that all of these people that are arriving, these are family units. So its mothers and their children. So it does not include unaccompanied minors. That 2008 law protects those unaccompanied minors and they have to go through the process. Their cases have to be seen on a case by case basis. And go through the court system. Not the case for these families. I just spoke to the first lady of honduras at this immigration center, and i asked her specifically about that. And she said those theyre not expecting that group of people. Theyre not expecting the unaccompanied minors until perhaps a year from now or several years from now, because of that 2008 law. So while, you know, a lot of the hype has been about the 2008 law and howdy porting children here is like a visualization of the solution, thats not what were going to see here. Were going to see family units, mothers with their children, don. All right, rosa flores, thank you. Well get back to rosa when she gets more information. The Immigration Crisis has become a pawn in the face between Texas Governor rick perry versus senator the senator from kentucky, rand paul. Im not talking a future republican primary for president. Im talking about the current online war of words. And ideology between the two men. This is what rand paul wrote, there are obviously many important events going on in the world right now, but with 60,000 foreign children, streaming across the texas border, i am surprised governor perry has apparently still found time to mischaracterize and attack my Foreign Policy. And then rick perry made his attack in the Washington Post and writes this. We live in a world where isolationist policies would only en daeng our National Security even further. Thats why its disheartening to hear fellow republicans such as senator rand paul of kentucky suggest that our nation should ignore whats happening in iraq. So why are the two republican big wigs going after each other right now . Why is this happening . Joining me now is cnn political comment raters anna navarro and peter rhinehart. As a republican strategist, what is the better way for the gop to follow to follow up to help the party in 2016 . Is it perry or paul . Who is the better choice here . Are those my only two choices . Can i have a bigger pool of candidates . Well, when it comes to the immigration policy. Look, i think its going to be up to voters to decide. I think what youre seeing here is a preamble to be ready to rumble in the primary. Obviously, senator paul has made you know, has not played coy, seriously thinking about running for president. I think rick perry is trying to redefine himself, rehibbert his image from what was a very failed campaign in 2012. He got himself new glasses and got himself a new political life. Hes trying to redefine himself on the immigration issue which was costly to him in 2012. And its not the first time that they go other republicans go after rand paul. We saw it with chris christie, between senator cruz and senator paul. And now were seeing its a fun hobby for folks. Is it fair to call rand pauls position isolationist . No, its not, actually. If you look at the history of american isolationism, going back to the 1920s and 40s, anyone who agrees with america being part of nato, keeping u. S. Troops all over the world is not really an isolationist. Rand paul is more suspicious of military intervention than rick perry and other republicans. But as paul rightly notes, so is ronald reagan. Ronald reagan wouldnt invade panama. He was terrified by the idea of invading panama in his final years in office. The only country he invaded is grenada. Paul is more in step with reagans policy of military interventions. Thats my next question. Theyre trying to outreagan each other. Who comes off as a better conservative, the one most like reagan . Frankly, i think this routereagan reagan schtick is getting old. Everybody is trying it. Part of what is happening is there is great suspicion over senator rand paul on his Foreign Policy views. A lot of donors in particular. Who are important. Very important to a long sustained president ial campaign. Are very uneasy about some of the positions hes espoused on Foreign Policy, and just dont trust him. And i think thats why others are trying to capitalize on emphasizing those issues. Thats the key. Its about the money primary here. Actually, a lot of republican primary voters really quite agree with rand paul. But republican donors are much more hawkish than republican voters. And so for someone like rick perry, trying to send a message to donors that hes a viable candidate going after rand paul is a smart strategy. But arent they going after the independents here . When you hear what rand paul was saying, are they not going after the independents . Are they going to turn off the notary publics, come 2016, if they decide to do that . Nobody is going to remember 2016 that rick perry and rand paul were arguing two years before. Theyre going after the headlines, the donors, defining their own political image. Thats what its about. Yeah, i think thats right. Look, rick perry needs people to take him seriously. Right now they dont after his president ial campaign in 2012. You have to admit, the glasses have helped. Very fetching. But hes behind a whole bunch of different people who are higher up in peoples consciousness. Any fight that gets him talked about on our show is a good thing. What do we think . How much smarter do i look . You should run. Because you know, theres at least three things i want to tell you about. I can remember, too oh, my gosh. Remember, youre a republican, youre not helping the man out. Hes not my candidate. Neither of the two are. Thank you. These probably make me look theres no help with me. Thank you very much. Ana navarre skro, peter. She would say forced to see the unimaginable, her mother, father, brothers and sisters killed in her home. Were hearing from cassidy stay, shot in the head and still managed to tip off the police to the next move. Remarks at a public memorial were the first comments as she emerged as the lone survivor of the carnage. Im really thankful for all of the people that have been praying for me and keeping me and my family in their thoughts the past couple days. And i would like to thank all of the first responders, nurses and doctors that have taken care of me. Ill feeling a lot better, im on a straight forward path to a full recovery. I really like harry potter. In the prisoner of azkaban, dumbledore says happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. I know that my mom, dad, brian, emily, becca and zack are in a much better place, and that ill be able to see them again one day. Psychiatrist and author, robby ludwig joins me now. What do you make of her speaking at this memorial, just days after being shot . Is it too soon . How poised is this girl, by the way . Shes amazing. And i think its safe to say that the full impact of what shes experienced has not been felt yet. Shes probably in shock a bit, in denial a bit, and very often, for the full grieving to take place, its a matter of firsts. The first birthday without your family. The first christmas. The first new years, during milestone events. But it seems like this girl is tremendously centered and has good support systems in place, which is obviously going to help her. Yeah, for the Little Things that you would let me ask, oh, wait a minute, that person is not there anymore. Thats right. Cassidys grandfather spoke at the memorial. Lets listen. Many of you have probably heard about her heroism in the news. But we continue to be in awe how she was able to save us. She had been shot, and had witnessed the murder of her mother, father and siblings. Still, she had the presence of mind to remain quiet and to play dead. As soon as it was safe, despite the terrible thing she must have seen, at that moment, she called police and told them we were in danger. Without her courage and quick thinking, we might be mourning the deaths of 20 yes, i said 20 people today, including myself. And nearly all of our children and grandchildren. Shes already going through a lot. Is it too much pressure to also adhere owe on top of that . Well, listen, im sure it will take time for her to digest. She is probably experiencing survivor guilt. The guilt for not being able to save her own family and that will get worked through in treatment and maybe being surrounded with other survivors who have been victims of homicide and a crime in this kind of way, although its rare. But what she needs to do is really allow herself to heal, experience all of her feelings and to find her purpose and mission in all of this. And that will be a lifetime journey. We talked about how poised she was at the memorial. But she shows her age when she starts to talk about harry potter and strong characters like that. Is that how someone her age copes with this, talking about fictional characters, but strong characters . Talking about anything thats relevant and resonates with her. Anything that gives this girl a sense of strength is healthy. I think with this girl were seeing very good survival instincts, and shes a very thoughtful girl. So whatever she received up until this point, she has a Good Foundation there to work with. Of. Robi ludwig, thank you very much. Thank you so much, don. Good to see you. Just ahead here on cnn, its only been six weeks since he left taliban custody, but Bowe Bergdahl is getting ready to return to regular duty. Is that too soon . 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We were at an Israeli Military checkpoint, just outside the Border Crossing between israel and gaza. The Israeli Military wouldnt let us go through that checkpoint. They said there was some Security Issues beyond the check point. They said just wait there. So we waited there and while waiting, all of a sudden we heard this large boom in the sky. A rocket had come in to israel, which is from gaza, right like a mile or two away, not very far. Israels iron dome knocked it out, but caused a loud boom and loud noise. And we saw the Israeli Soldiers running to the side of the road so we got out of the car. There was no place, no shelters or anything, so i just kroucrou down and waited and eventually got the allclear and then we saw what was going on. It was you know, ive been here now for a few days and hear the sirens go off. You sort of get used to it, but when youre that close to the border, you dont have a lot of warning, literally 15 seconds before the rocket hits the ground. Whereas if youre telltale aveef, further north, one or two minutes so more time to get to a shelter. For the israelis especially close to garksz its terrifying. As bad as it is for the israelis, clearly a whole lot worse for the palestinians on the other side of the border. Very crowded. Very congested. The rocket launchers are coming from heavily populated areas, and as you point out, the israelis have gone in there. They have tried to knock out those launchers, but in the process, they have wound up killing a lot of innocent palestinians, and they have wounded a lot of others. Its sad all the way around, wolf. Can we talk about the secretary of state . John kerry is going to decide by tomorrow whether to travel to the middle east to seek a possible cease fire. Is either side making any demand, other than demanding that the other side stop firing . Theyre both making demands. First of all, they want, obviously, hamas wants israel to stop firing air strikes into gaza, the israelis dont want any rockets coming into israel. Hamas has a series of demands, they want greater rights to do fishing off the mediterranean coast. They want some prisoners who the israelis have released in exchange for an israeli prisoner a few weeks ago. They want those prisoners who have been rearrested, free, theyve got some other demands. And lets see if egypt and qatar with the backing of the United States can put some sort of cease fire together. Well be watching, of course. 5 00 eastern here on cnn. Just two months ago, Bowe Bergdahl was a prisoner of the taliban, soldier held for years by terrorists. Today just six weeks after his release, the army says he is returning to regular duty, so what does that mean for him . And for the military, as a matter of fact . Oh chris, did you remember to pay the dog sitter . Oh i knew i forgot something. Ill just do it now. Well, were boarding. No, ill use citi mobile. Takes two seconds, better safe than sorry right . Yeah who knows if well even get service on the islands . What no service . Seriously . No electricity, were going to make our own candles, were going to churn our own butter. Oh, we lost one. Cant leave a bag unattended. Bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. To learn more visit citi. Com easierbanking former taliban captive Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl could return to regular duty as early as today. But is he really ready to do it. And is he ready to face the questions about how he disappeared from his base in afghanistan back in 2009. For the first time in more than five years, Army Investigators will get to formally question hip. Joining me now is cnns ed lavandera and robi ludwig, psychotherapist and author of til death do us part. Hes out of the socalled reintegration period. Where does this investigation go, ed . Well, this is the part where it becomes interesting to see exactly what Bowe Bergdahls future will be in the u. S. Army, if any. And what happens now. The army has said all along it was waiting for the reintegration phase three process to end before he could be questioned by the investigator that is looking into his disappearance, and his capture. So he presumed for you that that is over, that will happen at some point. The latest information we have is that Bowe Bergdahl has not been given his equivalent of rights, being read his rights in the military justice system. And we have been told that, however, he has retained an attorney. So obviously, both sides gearing up for what may or may not happen next. But it will be interesting to see, because now this investigative process, don, can really kick in with this most important part, which is to hear directly from Bowe Bergdahl, and his side of the story, which haemt hasnt been made public so far. And robi, he has been interacting with the public, going to restaurants, but how about his peers who may not be big fans of his . First he needs to connect with himself emotionally and physically. But really,

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