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The officers are phenomenal. they are fantastic at identifying fresh marks that shouldn't be there. a screw that was turned. they can pick up on that. >> reporter: human art and intelligence together. >> absolutely. >> reporter: they find about 24 kilos of hard drugs. minutes later, field testing reveals cocaine. situations like this were a central tenet of president trump's argument this week for a wall. >> our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs including meth, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. every week 300 of our citizens are killed by heroin alone. 90% of whic...

Reliable. these two made their way into the mail processing facilities here on monday, yesterday. they were tested in this initial field testing. they popped positive. now the finn has them in possession. we don't know some of these critical questions. where any of the employees there exposed to any of this poison? is anyone undergoing individual testing. and of course what do secondary and tertiary tests show. we're in the very early stage right now but we'll keep you posted, from the pentagon. >> thank you, courtney. next, hundreds of thousands of american workers are getting a pay raise. ...

Keep it hidden. >> it's also difficult because think about all the families that are involved here. this has been brutal across the board. >> all right, thanks to all three of you. heidi, barbara mcquaid and michael german. >> we now have two breaking news pieces for you. two packages meant to be sent to the pentagon were intercepted by mail screeners because of suspected poisoning inside. >> the cdc says the poison, ricin, can be deadly and cause respiratory distress, nausea or vomiting. joining us now is nbc news courtney kube. what's the story? >> as you said, the fbi now is in possession o...

Public fie public comment and field testing. california and new york will ultimately prevail in these cases adding this question. the bad news, as the legal wrangling goes on, it sews confusion, depresses turnout. we will see lower numbers of responses among latinos, immigrants and all communities of color. what i heard chris saying and i want your response to is the idea you're saying we've got count everybody. >> i'm not saying it. the constitution says count all people. >> when you count everybody, should you make a decision wlgs somebody's a citizen or not a citizen from the standpoint o...

Southwest border of the u.s. and the officers at the ports of entry are phenomenal. they're fantastic at identifying fresh pool marks that shouldn't be there, a screw recently turned there this won't be a reason for it to be recently turned. they can pick up on that. they're experts at -- >> reporter: art and intelligence together? >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: what they find, 24 killos of hard drugs. minutes later, field testing reveals cocaine. this is a win today. >> this is definitely a win. >> reporter: in the midst of the country's opioid epidemic, president trump made building up the...