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thanks for joining us. i'm alex marquardt in for fredricka whitfield today. we begin at the u.s. southern border where officials say they are seeing fewer migrants crossing than expected, despite the end of title 42. authorities say that the long lines of people who once waited to enter the u.s. have dissipated at many border crossings. many had expected a surge after the covid era policy title 42 expired at midnight on thursday. in its place the biden administration has re-enacted tougher border policies, which require longer processing times, and impose severe consequences for thos...

well, not necessarily. my guest is the renowned colombian novelistjuan gabriel vasquez, who weaves powerful stories out of fact and fiction. is there anything magical about colombia's current reality? juan gabriel vasquez, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to have you. now you inhabit two different intellectual worlds. you are a political commentator. it is yourjob to have instant, strong opinions for newspapers. on the other hand, you're also a novelist who writes complex, nuanced novels that are sort of riddled with doubt and uncertainty. which of these ...

my guest is the renowned colombian novelist juan gabriel vasquez, who weaves powerful stories out of fact and fiction. is there anything magical about colombia's current reality? juan gabriel vasquez, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to have you. now you inhabit two different intellectual worlds. you are a political commentator. it is yourjob to have instant, strong opinions for newspapers. on the other hand, you're also a novelist who writes complex, nuanced novels that are sort of riddled with doubt and uncertainty. which of these two mental attitudes c...

It can, and there are enormous challenges we face in mexico, and it is very complex. the u.s. needs to put together -- >> on the u.s. side of things, when you speak with these migrants, many will say that they are, you know, hearing all kinds of things on social media, on whatsapp on facebook, and being promised by coyotes and smugglers that they can still get into the united states. do you believe that the u.s. is failing to get out of the message to these migrants about the u.s. policies? >> i think the u.s. is doing the best it can to stem the message. mexico is doing the same. but when you...

Employers or refugee or asylum, you have to work with all the moving parts at the same time. that is one piece of it. the other big piece i haven't seen any movement on and actually a rejection by the administration is to work with it in terms of a foreign relations matter. recently, we saw a cot and foreign aid going to central american countries, the countries pushing folks here. we should be actively engaged with these countries instead. there is a denial of multiple component parts. this isn't a domestic issue. i think we need to change it and view it as larger philosophforey issue. >> and...