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and the conditions there. the latest heartbreaking story there this chaotic humanitarian crisis involves an infant and a toddler who police say were abandoned by smugglers in the desert. arthel: matt finn is on the border live in eagle pass, texas, with more on this dire situation. matt? >> reporter: hi, arthel. this saturday afternoon we've already seen a few dozen illegal migrants crossing the rio grande illegally, some of them over my shoulder now waiting to be processed. eagle pass, texas, which is where we are standing, is the port9 of entry where so many migrants cross illegall...

Police and also the national guard. the national guard standing by behind me here at baltimore city hall. right here which is a strange sight for a lot of people to see when you see heavily armed national guard troops protecting our city halls across this country is an unusual thing. but it's part of the state of emergency now in place here in this city. the curfew began at 10:00 last night. after it began, there was a moment tension. fairly extreme tension. a standoff you can see it right here between police and protesters. the police doing a step and drag. moving the protesters away. this co...

A curfew enforced by the baltimore state police by maryland state police and by the national guard who are in fact standing guard right here behind me at baltimore city hall. it is an eerie sight for many people to see, when you see heavily armed national guard troops standing in front of our city halls. but it's happening, and to a certain extent it worked. the curfew began at 10:00 p.m. last night. and it did begin with a tense standoff between police and protesters. the confrontation ended quickly. and ended only after police fired these smoke bombs. you can see the people and crowd going b...

Can see. and it appears some of them are bent on causing trouble, unfortunately. it doesn't appear to be as many people on the street in your location the tactics that police are using, at least for the moment may be holding. tlooets at least for the moment. >> reporter: they're dispersing the people. are the people going home? no. they're moving back down where ryan was. there have been a lot of volleys between police. you can see the co2 cartridges charging up. that's what they use to power and fire the pepper pellets. they're using the smoke to get people to move farther down that street. y...

Used? we know the pellets were pepper pellets. >> what i saw from my vantage point was pepper. >> okay. the arrests that were done there is some drama online going on about how men were taken into custody. as far as you know did anybody get hurt last night while being arrested? >> no. >> do you have anybody who needed any medical attention? >> no. >> so that's a good sign. >> that's a great sign. >> do you believe you will need to stay this way? you'll have to keep a curfew in effect for an extended period that you'll have to have the streets shut down, you'll have to have national guard come ...