Good morning. Im jose diazbalart. The first focus. The crisis at the border and the high stakes meeting at the white house. A border summit. In a few hours president obama will meet face to face with three Central Americans leader. The president s of el salvador, hondur honduras, and guatemala. Theyre running among other reasons because the violence. You know, estimates those three countries alone house 70,000 violent gang members. Families like this say they lost two brothers to gang violence. The mom and her two Young Children took the trip to the United States. They were one of the first flown back. You see the brothers killer is looking for them. Theyre in hiding for their life. Its prompting the administration to consider a new proposal to grant refugee stat it us hundreds or thousands of kids from honduras so they can come legally to the United States and skip the thousand mile trek that is already so horribly dangerous. Its a death sentence for some. That brings us the morning. Just hours ago, i sat down with the president of honduras. Ahead of his meeting with the president. He laid much of the blame for the crisis on the United States demand for drugs. Translator your country here in the United States is the Largest Consumer of drugs. What happens with that is you manage to resolve the problem by separating the violence from the consumption of drugs. And for many, Public Officials here the problem is matter of health. What is it for us in Central America . Its a problem of life and death. Well be getting reaction to the interview from the white house as well as what came out of the republican Conference Meeting on immigration thats just wrapping up behind me later this hour. Lets start on the front lines. On the u. S. Border with mexico where nbc mark potter has been riding along with the Texas Department of the public safety. They got a view from a chopper high above the rio grande. Doesnt take a Rocket Scientist to see the dirt roads and the entry points to the river on either side. Theres a lot of opportunity available. Mark potter joins me from mission, texas. Good morning, mark. Reporter good morning, jose. What is the latest youre seeing on the front lines where the rubber meets the road in mission, texas . Thats behind me. What were seeing is a steady flow of people coming across the river. Yesterday morning, as we came yesterday at high noon as we came down here we saw six men being arrest order the road below me. A border patrolman came by 15 seconds ago to say they picked up guys 100 yards to the west. We saw a search in the sor gum field. The flow is steady but its diminished in terms of the kids and families coming across. The latest numbers were getting from the government is the average number of kids coming across the river in the 300mile area known as the Rio Grande Valley is about 120 a day. Thats down from the 150 number released by the white house and way down from the numbers you were seeing when we were here together a few weeks ago. 300 or so a day. So its still a lot of kids. Thats 42,000 a year, but its down considerably. The total number of people coming across is down to about 900 a day down from 1500 a day. Its fairly steady downward trend. Theyre not sure if thats permanent. If there are local conditions causing that. The hope among the authorities here is the messaging from the white house, the key orations, and the uptick in enforcement here is having an effect that is causing that downturn. They cant say for sure but theyre looking at it. Mark, no one knows border issues like mark potter. Youve been covering this for years. I just spoke, as you saw this morning, with the president of honduras. He said the responsibility is the United States that is so intent on consuming Illegal Drugs. Something youve talked about and we discussed a lot. Theres a relationship between the drug cartels in mexico and in the central and south america. And these coyotes and how they have been exploiting these people in Central America. Absolutely. Not only are they doing that thats absolutely true. What were seeing on the river is the second equation besides the kids and families is Drug Trafficking is occurring full flow. Its not diminishing. We were out yesterday with the state authorities on their boats and in their choppers. Thats what theyre talking about. Theyre concerned about the Drug Trafficking that is occurring on the river. Theyre seeing no drop in that flow. And that is what the president was talking about is directly seen here every day. Just to the west of us, is the hot spot for Drug Trafficking. Yesterday we saw spotters and agents were saying its nonstop. Thats concerning that what is getting into texas and ultimately into the United States. The drugs dont stay in texas. In mission, texas, mark potter thank you for the live report. The crisis at the border is sparking a call from some Top Republicans from marco rubio to ted cruz to end daca. The Deferred Action Program that allows kids to stay when brought here illegally. Some see it as a cause. It would mean more than half Million People could be deported. People like this. One of the young people who could face deportation if daca end. Shes with us this morning. Hi. Im great. How are you . Good. Here is the issue. We talked about it before. You were brought here as an 8yearold. You didnt have a decision on whether you came or not. All your family is in the United States. You come from a mixed immigration status family. Which means so you have some documented family members. Some arent. What does the discussion have in washington have to do with you and your dreams . Well, it certainly is something to concern about. I, as you mentioned, i have daca, it allowed me to sort of speak, step out of the shadows. To be able to work and live a normal life. To study. You just graduated . I just graduated. Im pursuing my dream. It feels great to go somewhere, travel, and have an id to show. As simple as that. If that was to be taken away, i mean, the worst that could happen is go back. What would you go back to . Exactly. To back to where . I dont know. Its all ive known for the past 16 years of my life. I grew up here. Im happy here. My family is here. This is all i know. And going back would mean i dont know where. Thats what they say they want to do. Here is the question. Because, i mean, you would be sent back to something. You dont have any family left where your parents are from. You dont have any direct or indirect ties. Youve never been brought to mexico since brought here at 8 . Correct. What would you do . Where would you go . I guess the only picture that comes my mind is being thrown in the border and then you decide where to go. And, i mean, i dont know what would happen. You told me recently when we chatted that you didnt sign up for deferred action until recently. Even though its been available for the last two years because of fear. Right. Why . Well, you know, a lot of students that it wasnt just me. Theres that concern of what is going to happen if, for instance, once. The barack obama is out of the white house . And what is going happen with now, you know, the Republican Party wanting to ban this . And it was that concern, but at the same time there was no other choice. Thank you so much for being with us. No problem. I understand you want to take a journalist. Take my job. Thats what i want to do. Thank you for being with us. And coming up, well go to the white house and get reaction to this interview i had this morning with the president of honduras. But first, after the break. 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Bulldog oh boy Television Announcer . Is ending soon. Mattress discounters plane crash investigation in two countries and execution torture . Lets zoom through some of todays top stories. Its been more than a week since malaysian flight 17 was shot down. There are still bodies not recovered. Dutch Officials Say they plan on moving the wreckage in order to get some of the remaining victims. Its not clear when. Not far from the scene, a war still rages between prorussian separatists and ukraine. The u. S. Military commander blames russian president Vladimir Putin for escalating the violence. Having lit the fire in an isolated part of Eastern Europe may not stay in Eastern Europe. I think thats a risk. The remains of the 298 aboard the flight malaysian 17 are being return to netherlands for identification. Were getting the first look at the crashed flight 1517. No one survived. A french team on the way to mali to investigate. Yesterdays crash appears to be weather related. One of the black boxes has been recovered. The majority of the skrims french nationalists. Police in long beach, are california are deciding to charge an 80yearold man who shot and killed a suspected burglar. Homeowner tom greer told our los angeles station he shot 28yearold Andrea Miller after she told him, quote, dont shoot me im pregnant. The Arizona Attorney general temporarily stopped all executions in the state after the twohour execution of prisoner joseph wood on wednesday. The director of the Arizona Department of corrections rejected the idea that the execution was botched. Arizona senator john mccain, though, called the drawn out lethal injection terrible. Adding, the lethal injection needs to be an indeed lethal injection and not the boll lacks upped situation that just preva prevailed. Thats torture. Keep in mind its comesing from a man who was tortured as a prisoner of war. In the middle east theres an effort to reach a siceasefir after the Bloodiest Day in more than two weeks of fighting. Palestinian death toll climbed to more than 8. 32 Israeli Soldiers, and three civilians have been killed. The deadly violence spread into the west bank. Thousands demonstrates clashed with the soldier. They were protesting the shelling of u. N. Run school that was being used as a shelter. 16 were killed and 200 were injured. Ayman mohyeldin joins us on the phone from gaza. Were hearing that palestinian leaders are calling if are day of rage. The Israeli Cabinet is considering a truce. What is going on . Caller good morning, jose. Thats expected today after fridays prayers in east jerusalem. There are more clashes in the occupied west bank between Israeli Soldiers and palestinian protesters. Initials report say at least four palestinians have been killed in the demonstrations. Thats in addition to the two palestinians that were also killed in yesterdays large demonstrations. And obviously those are closely followed here in gaza as well as the fact they were pretty much inspired and motivated by what has been happening here in terms of the outrage. A lot of palestinians in the west bank have been angered at the silence of the international community. That was a motivating factor for officials to call for the damage of rage in solidarity with the people in gaza. In terms of truce talks. John kerry is trying to broker some agreement. The Israeli Military, for its part, continues the operation on the ground. They have taken over about 40 of the gaza strip or forced the palestinian population out. So it gives you sense of the operations ongoing. Yesterday alone the death toll stood at about 120. This morning weve gotten at least a dozen fatalities velt of the israeli shelling in the eastern part of the territory. Ayman mohyeldin. Thank you for the live report. I think to bring in act resist and philanthropyist who runs an arts program for disabled children. Thank you very something me. Its a scholarship program. Its academic. I stand corrected. Someone who spend so much time over there with children, what are your thoughts as you see what is going on there specifically, for example, we talked about the u. N. Run school in gaza that was bombed. What do you see . Well, my first instinct is theres an entire new generation of disabled children being created in an area that cant care for them already. When i hear over 5,000 wounded and i think how many men, women, and children will be joining the disabled community its extremely frightening and overwhelming. I have cerebral palsy. When i was born i lost oxygen. I think about the women giving birth in gaza and under siege and unable to get the prenatal care. Were creating a new generation. On top of that, theres already so many people with disabilities living in gaza that have no place to run. No place to get treatment, no place to get prosthetics. When ive been in the unfortunate reality of having to cover war many years. You see unfortunately in a war the real victims are often the most weak, the children. The people that are going through difficult times and have now way of defending themselves or from running. But with this reality, is there anything you think we, as a community, should be doing to help forget the ideological position and the political discussion to help kids, kids in gaza that are going through some very difficult times. And also, kids in israel that are having to run to bomb shelters every couple of seconds and the fear of destruction from above . I think the way you help children in the entire region is by demanding an end to violence. And we are very powerful in the United States. Were very big players. And right now we cant even get aid into these areas. We cant even get a humanitarian ceasefire so people can get aid in. So if people really want to help the children, they need to demand an end to violence and they need to stop putting israels wants over palestinians rights. Yeah. I think an end to the violence goes far beyond one side. You would agree. Lets stop the fighting on both sides. And fighting that includes bombs thrown and rocket s returned. All violence. Thats right. Thank you for being with us. I appreciate your time. Thank you very much for having me. Take a quick break. When we return the power of twitter in venezuela. Its the main way people can express their rights of free speech. Well explain the connection to a trial of one of venezuelas Opposition Leaders when we come back. Time for the your business entrepreneur of the week. Ron morrisson and ken jones got 500 loan from kens parents and started the home goods store. Without a lot of funds they had to make everything themselves. That turned out to be the key to their success. 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