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>> i prayed, i just wanted them to know we cared about them. >> the community gathered to hold prayer vigils. federal law enforcement and immigration officials interviewed this man. prosecutors believe 60-year-old james matthew bradley, jr., of clearwater florida was behind the wheel of the semi. today he made his first court appearance before a federal judge. bradley claims he did not know he was transporting human cargo. >> this is not by happenstance. it's organized. that's why we have to shut down this safe haven for people to come here illegally. >> lieutenant governor of texas wasting no...

Tragedy. the truck that packed with dozens of people in sweltering heat outside about san antonio walmart yesterday carrying all these people in great condition. the driver of the tractor-trailer now they seemed very serious charges for illegally transporting immigrants. casey siegel is live in dallas. what do we know about this? >> he was a 60-year-old man from florida, and taken into custody. his name is james mathew bradley jr., . he did make his first court appearance inside federal court down in san antonio today. he told investigators, he did not know human cargo was on board, and that h...

The west is willing to walk away from talks. >> this is not ownpen-ended. president obama made it very he clear to me last night. you can't wait forever for the decision to be made. we know that. if the tough decisions don't get made we are absolutely prepared it call an end to this process. >> earlier this week a top democratic quoted president obama saying chances of a deal are now less than 50/50. smugglers filled tiny boats with human cargo on their way it the italian coast. coming up a group of boys who say they were forced to captain these ships. coming up, a group of boys who say they...

And we turn our focus to the european migrant crisis. after months of investigation, cnn retraced the route traveled by thousands of egyptian children. from villages along egypt's coast, they sail across the sea he to italy on small boats crammed with people as we've shown you. now smugglers are forcing traffic children to captain these ships, carrying human cargo. >> reporter: rocked by the waves. hidden below deck. this is a trip so many don't survive. this is sicily's boat graveyard. this is where the hulls of ships that brought migrant to shore here are laid to rest. each one of these ship...

They have to save lives. they really are stretched. the european union's border control agency has a couple of boats and planes doing surveillance. most of this is falling on the shoulders of merchant ships, private vessels who are carrying their cargo on the route through the mediterranean who are diverted and called to do rescue operation when they are not adequately trained. they don't have facilities on the merchant ships. they get people on board, treat them in some situations, kind of people everything corralled without food or water until an italian rescue vessel can come and take the h...