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Numbers of apprehensions later this week coming in the wake of the record july numbers. we are not seeing much of a slow down. at sun set look at this video. groups were still crossing the rio grande and brought to their initial processing area. border patrol is stressed so thin, they are be helped by the local police department and has 15 members. >> most of the men and women who work with us are parents. so am i. it breaking news -- breaks our heart to see children in this condition. i have seen children collapse >> with the flow of migrants continuing up and down the

The fallout after that visit today. >> good morning. we got that laekd audio of secretary may or cast. we watched the steady stream of migrants that built up to the figure of 221,000 kept coming across the rio grande and to a processing area. those pictures from our photographer who has been out here night after night with us. and in these leaked audio that we hear it is really about a change in tone from secretary . he is admitting to border patrol agents that he understands just how difficult it has been for them. listen here. >> it is our responsibility to make sure that this never

Why is it filling up so fast? this video we shot last sunday with our drone massive migrants crammed under the bridge the processing area that border patrol uses at the time we thought it was 1000 migrants i severely undercounted that border patrol agent said it was in excess of 4000 migrants under the bridge at that point in time listen to it border patrol union has to say or the covid-19 surge or the delta surge the border patrol union says things will only get worse. >> about 40 percent of the total number that we are releasing without testing so we just don't know what is spread into the u...

4,000 people underneath this bridge. that is a popular processing area for border patrol. there's an area where migrants cross the rio grande nearby, and this was one of the more shocking images we've seen in all our trips to the border here. we initially thought it was just about 1,000 people under that bridge, border patrol agents later contacted and said, no, it was well over 4,000. take a listen to what the border patrol union has to say, more and more of their agents are testing positive for covid. take a listen. >> more than 80 of our agents have tested positive. we have at least 150 in ...

But that's so different when a crises is going on. the president put you in charge and you go to places like this. i want to tell you where she is now. you saw me with my glasses on. she's at the port of entry paso del norte. ports of entry are important. that's for people who come in legally and apply for asylum. it's a secondary processing area for people. it's an inspect and outdoor vehicle inspection there. we have one in arizona. why is this important? the drug cartels don't really care about that. they are poking the bear and points like the rio grande where there's not much coverage. sh...