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You know, how do you think this deal is coming together? this morning i woke up to a lot of skepticism people saying there is not even a signed agreement. this will never happen. >> look, those are the anti-trump people. don't listen to them. he cut a very good deal. he used the only tool he had to get a good deal. he cut a very good deal. the mexicans want to go forward with this. the americans want to go forward with this. this will be fine. you will -- he will never get credit for it. just like they won't give him credit for the economy. he won't get credit but it's great. >> martha: he got...

Our citizens. now, did you know that in the month of may, border patrol arrested more than 132,000 people trying to crash our border. in the first two weeks of june, more than 500 africans have been arrested trying to sneak into the country as well. that's kind of new. now, hundreds of illegals from the congo apparently are applying for asylum and being deposited in san antonio. now, this could clearly be a public health concern. why? according to reuters, the number of cases of ebola in eastern congo has passed 2,000. government figures showed, as the rate of new cases crippled and containmen...

Of troops plus going after the people traffickers. >> we have to know what this is about, and that is the president trying to stem the tide of illegal immigration here. this week we learned agents apprehended over 144,000 more migrants at the u.s./mexico border last month, 132,000 illegally, the highest number in over a decade. why has that number spiked? has mexico evolved at all to this point? >> are you there? can you hear me still, sir? jorge, i think maybe we lost a connection there. and if so, i'm very sorry. i had a few more questions to ask him. perhaps we will get him back and do that...

Okay, we were able to re-establish a connection with mexico city and jorge. i had one more question i wanted to ask you. i want to ask you a lot more but i don't have time do it now. here it is because you have to be fair. the fact is in the last month border agents apprehended 144,000 imgrarpts coming across the border, 132,000 were illegal migrants. that number spiked. it's the highest in a decade. so has mexico dropped the ball to some degree as the president alleges? >> i think this is largely mexico's fault in the sense that back in december when president obrador took office he pretty

And great corporate earnings. won't that be a short-term political win for the president, and that's exactly how he rolls? >> that's a really good point, stephanie. you may be right about that short-term political win. and he does think in the short term. this is not a president who has a years-long grand strategy when it comes to these policies. he's looking for wins. he's looking for survival day-to-day to day. and that's why he's so focused on these tariffs. and the reason he likes them so much is because it's something that he feels he can try to do unilaterally and pull his own levers. he...