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Know, why doesn't this guy acknowledge there's less after a problem now? there's less of a problem coming across the border that they would say and the white house would argue they've put more people on the border and lowered your problem. is that not true? >> that's why in 30 days when i mobilize our posse, air posse, we locked up almost 300 people. smugglers and coyotes and drug traffickers. they're still coming across, 300 in that operation. they're still coming across. by the hundreds and thousands. >> even in this tougher economy? the statistics, the statistics tell a different story. >> ...

promises to speed up the process by which families can identify the remains of lost loved ones. >> going forward, we will have regular briefings in order to update you about what our progress is to get that number of unaccounted for individuals to zero, that is our goal to connect each and every one of those names with a loved one to make sure that we have reconciled that process. >> there are some signs, some signs that process is improving tonight. yet not enough or fast enough for many of the affected families. brian todd is live in joplin tonight, and brian, early on, once the li...

With a freight train. they were pursuing suspected illegal immigrants. welcome, shaffer, this is tragic news today. >> our office is working with the border patrol in that area. unfortunately that situation did occur. we did detain 8 smugglers or potential smugglers, seized 316 pounds of marijuana in that area. it's sad. that's been a very, very serious area for drug illegal immigration. in facts at 3:30 i'm going to conclude our month-long operation, the air posse and cite the numerous arrests and drug seizures that have occurred in that area in the past 30 days. martha: was this the only car

Involved in this mission and the people apprehended? how did all of this play out? >> this is a joint operation with our office. it has been going on for quite a while. unfortunately, the situation occurred where the border patrol vehicle was hit by a union pacific train. they were doing their job and investigating the situation. we haven't come up with any find conclusions as the this time. you can understand it's out there in the desert and it will take time to get to the bottom of this unfortunate tragic accidents. martha: i know the families are being notified. that's why there is no discu...