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Today with him? >> the border patrol was happy to see president trump come down. in mcallen, it's the busiest it's been since i've been an agent in 17 years. we have a real problem there. cnn, put on their news feed, not two weeks ago, border crisis. now there's not a border crisis. we catch the equivalent of one of those terror bands per week in mcallen. we see 5,000, 7,000, 10,000 a week just in our area. those are people turning themselves in and trying to get away. our agents get assaulted almost daily. it is very basy. a lot of people, a lot of drugs and we see a lot of victims have sexua...

That's absurd. >> laura: jim acosta from c. nn, i know you're familiar with his, quote, work, but he was at the border today. this is his glib tweet. i found some steel slats down on the border but i don't see anything resembling a national emergency situation. at least not in the mcallen, texas area of the border where trump will be today. well, chris, i'll let you take a swing at that one. it's so easy, i'll let you take a swing at it anyway. >> well, you know, i think mr. acosta, i think, what he fails to realize is he's out there with cameras during the day. everything is pretty nice and c...

That's absurd. >> laura: jim acosta from c. nn, i know you're familiar with his, quote, work, but he was at the border today. this is his glib tweet. i found some steel slats down on the border but i don't see anything resembling a national emergency situation. at least not in the mcallen, texas area of the border where trump will be today. well, chris, i'll let you take a swing at that one. it's so easy, i'll let you take a swing at it anyway. >> well, you know, i think mr. acosta, i think, what he fails to realize is he's out there with cameras during the day. everything is pretty nice and c...

These are human beings. we just learned that 21 people were killed, most of them burned, in a grisly gang battle in ciudad alman, 56 miles from where the president is today. joining us is chris carrera, spokesman for the national border council, and with me is mark morgan, former border control chief under president obama. mark, let me start with you. i really appreciate you coming on, you see me getting emotional, i'll gather myself. you might have to host the rest of the show. but you have a unique perspective. you served under a democratic president, and i think, you know, the winning argum...