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General, but the point is that the situation in canada is because canada has, as the general says, a very strong rule of law and a very strong judiciary and they go after those criminals that are creating chaos if they ever try. in mexico, unfortunately, because of the political situation that this country's had for the last 75 years, including almost the dictatorship under one government, they just don't -- they have impunity. and we're going to be talking this on "nbc nightly news" in the next couple of days. but the impunity that people feel here when a crime is committed, less than 1% of t...

The money, hundreds of billions of dollars globally, in illegal drulg drugs. the problem with heroin, methamphetamine, pot, ecstasy, all coming out of mexico, isn't what they're legal or illegal, it's what they do to the brain function, so you end up, you know, with the chronically addicted 16-year-old kid or truck driver in the u.s. transportation industry, that's the problem. these drugs should be illegal. the laws should be enforced. that doesn't mean you deal with the chronically addicted by putting them in jail. you get them in drug treatment. but we need a strong social statement that we...

Analyst and a retired u.s. army general. let's get to it. the u.s. state department doesn't have evidence that there's links between the cartels and the terrorists, but they are worried that terrorists could exploit the situation. what's the threat? >> the threat is the 2,000-border is essentially uncontrolled except the legal crossing points. 800,000 people a year cross it illegally. a million a day legally, so it's a potential access point, not just for criminals but also terrorism. >> let's talk about the porous border situation as we heard from jose there talking about how it's the america...

Mexico ever in the 19th century. and he said, poor mexico. so close -- so far from god, so close to the united states. >> all right. we'll let that be the last word on that poignant quote there. thank you very much, director oliver stone. good luck with "south of the border." >> thank you very much. >> it's an interesting one. a piece of cinematic history is going up on the auction block. james bond's dv 5 is up for sale. it's been rarely seen. it comes with anything that any of you secret agents out there need, a nail spreader and spinning license plates. sean connery used the movie in "gol...

Day in the 100s on sunday. and i was looking at dallas' extended forecast, it looks like they could be in the triple digits well into the middle of next week. >> drink a lot of water, stay hydrated. he's known as a singer and songwriter but hip-hop art ust wyclef jean wants another title. he's running for the president of haiti. although he's never held public office before, jean is widely popular on the island especially for his fund raising efforts after january's devastating earthqua earthquake. >> i can't just sing about the flag and wear on it my head and you see it, after january 12th,...