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From the border patrol a few moments ago. he has talking about the border. he says several thousand, others say 500. 42 arrested on the u.s. side, 39 arrested on the mexican side. he said they did not present for asylum there, that if they were really asylum seekers, they would have walked up with their hands up. he said, instead, throwing rocks. >> nobody wants any border officer to be in danger. from what we know, this was an overuse of force. there are women and children out there. using tear gas in this situation does not seem justified. the border patrol has a history of using unnecessary...

Devolved into chaos. some officials say 500 migrants rushed the border in tijuana, overwhelming police blockades. it is now open after being shut down for hours on sunday. >> providing new fuel for president trump over the weekend, tweeting migrants seeking asylum in the u.s. will need to stay in mexico until their claims are decided. but the incoming mexican government denies any agreement. >> chief, thank you very much for being with us. we've been looking at these pictures the last 20 hours or so. you've been right in the middle of it. we're lucky to have you on this morning. explain the de...

>> we were able to manage this and effectively control this but i want to be clear that all of our agents on a daily basis are fully employed. we had to bring in several hundred additional border patrol agents from around the country, 100 additional cep officers from around the country. that's affecting our operations in other areas. but the fact that no one made it across the border or past our defenses, i would say we were adequately staffed but it was not without a cost. >> this was custom border patrol, not u.s. military personnel engaged in this conflict directly. is that correct? >> corr...

We appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me on this morning. i really appreciate it. >> that was so helpful, john. so helpful to get information directly from the source. let talk about it and bring in "new york times" op-ed columnist, ana navarro and legal analyst jeffrey toobin. having chief scott there tell us what happened is helpful. new information, 42 people did cross the border, instantly arrested by border patrol agents and arrested, i assume sent back or jailed. this is a problem. he just spelled out exactly why they have their hands full and what's going on at the borders an...

With money in it, he added money. >> todd goes around and finds wallets and then adds money to it and gives it to people? >> i don't know but i'm going to leave my wallet around somewhere in public and hope that somebody adds to it. >> where does todd normally hang out? >> we'll find out. >> that was awesome. you're right about that. dozens of mechaniigrants ar on the tijuana border after a tear gas incident. ♪ when heartburn hits... fight back fast with tums smoothies. it starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue... and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum tum tum tu...