>> speaking of that border wall, this was last month we were out here in governor abbott officially made the announcement of the start of construction of the border wall this is an rio grande city, the beginning of an initial 1.7-mile stretch of that border wall. the idea being that is going to connect areas where there is no federal again it's being paid for by the state of texas ever since the federal government under president biden stop building its own border wall. then take a look at his opponent this is former apostle congressman o'rourke a democrat taking a drastically different approach of the border. he said it's a complete waste of texas taxpayer money to be building the wall or sending the national guard down here. he said governor abbott does not note border communities want too. this is going to set up a big head-to-head matchup to figure out what voters in the state of texas want when it comes to the border and border security. back out here live it is