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The point made by u.s. immigration officials is that these eight syrians were not trying to sneak into the united states. in fact, they are family members. they had come through mexico, and they simply, when they got to an official border crossing point, walked up to customs agents and presented themselves. in a statement earlier today, the department of homeland security said, quote, two men, two women and four children presented themselves at a port of entry in laredo. they were taken into custody by cbp, that's u.s. customs and border protection, and turned over to i.c.e., immigration and c...

Patrol agents in laredo, texas, asking for political asylum. the story immediately got the attention of presidential candidate donald trump who tweeted, quote, eight syrians were just caught on the southern border trying to get into the u.s. isis maybe? i told you so. we need a big and beautiful wall. again, those are the words of donald trump. mark potter following this from our miami bureau. what do we know? >> u.s. officials are indicating that this is highly unlikely to be related to terrorism. the eight syrians were not trying to sneak into the united states. the department of homeland se...

Planes flew within a mile of each other during separate missions. also we're learning that hundreds of iranian troops are joining the fighting in syria in support of syrian president bashar al assad. this is the first confirmation that iranian fighters are taking part in ground combat operations. a glitch in department of homeland security computers used to screen passengers against a terror watch list caused delays at airports around the nation last night. officials say the disruption lasted about 90 minutes. customs agents used alternative screening methods during the outage. michigan sh...

And his defense team says that his initial address will begin the hearings. his defense team is asking him a question or two, and the prosecution is also allowed to cross examine here, the defense team expects him to plead mexico's version of the fifth amendment. and not incriminate himself. certainly his defense team are going to be focussing on that night, and they're going to be on the one hand mounting a traditional defense in that he did not intend top bring through these three guns and ammunition. there was a lack of intent in the act, but also be looking at the issue of a possible botch...

Calmed him down that he understood this was after he was calmed down, he was given some sedatives. he was lisk buy put in -- i think he was being kept in the infirmary after that unshackled. but he was shackled for a few days. we did speak however with the human rights consultant for the governor because we wanted to get more information. he said, look, i looked at him. he was being kept well inspite of the circumstances. it wasn't like he was tied like a beast or anything. we just -- it was a decision that had to be made because of what had transpired. >> so his next hearing is may 28th, righ...