work of all of us to come together to support these type of causes. everybody wants to say this is all for the children, okay. we know that it s not all for the children. that is theater, okay? this is not a race issue. it s a color of law issue. murrieta can t help them. we don t have any anti-poverty programs here, no homeless shelters no, food lines. there s nothing we can do for them here. while we ve been focusing on the tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants coming into border facilities, it s far from the only way that people try to enter the u.s. let bring in cnn s alina macha machado, you re joining us from the border between the u.s. and mexico. tell us what you ve been seeing. reporter: brianna, we ve been talking to are a few days about the tremendous law enforcement presence in this area especially as you get close to the river, but as you re about to see, keeping up with what s happening here isn t easy.
to cross the river. in this case they seem to be headed back to mexico after a dropoff on the u.s. side. while we can t say for certain what they re up to, it s clear the men on the rafts are not happy to see us. we wanted to see where those rafts were coming from and just a few feet away look at what we saw on the u.s. side, several border patrol agents, two vehicles, and four people who appeared to be detained. not long after, a bus shows up, perhaps suggesting more than just four were now in the hands of u.s. border patrol. now people who live in this area tell us that this seems to be a constant battle of wit between u.s. authorities and mexican smugglers. they tell us what we saw on the river yesterday they see pretty much every day. brianna? great firsthand look. alina machado, thank you. still to come, john boehner and the house gop leadership will soon vote for a resolution to sue the president of the united states. the reason, they say, he s violating the constitution, nex
a deep cultural reason why many in germany feel this is stepping over the line by far. atika shubert, thanks so much. and still to come, the fate of the illegal immigrants crossing the border in thousands. it s very much in limbo right now. alina machado is along the u.s./mexico border. alina? brianna, locals describe it as a constant battle between mexican smugglers and u.s. authorities. i ll take you for a ride on the require to show you just how many of these immigrants are making it to the u.s. the cadillac summer collection is here.
pumping water, but we have equipment ready for that to happen, but right now, it s not. you know, we ve been through a couple of hurricanes here, not recently, thank goodness, but we re ready for it. all right, well, we re thinking of you. we know that you re really just in the beginning of all of this, buzz, and we really appreciate you talking to us. that was buzz jones, he is a small business owner of a heating and cooling company there in carolina beach, north carolina. and we want to go back now to cnn s alina machado. she is in wrightsville beach. alina, tell us about what you re seeing there. reporter: well, it s interesting. the wind seems to have died down just a little bit since the last time we chatted, but the rain s back, and that s why the red jacket s on again. and this is what we re going to be seeing, it seems, from what chad said. this is the trend here. we re going to see gusts, high wind gusts, we re going to see a lot of rain, and it s just going to not be much
hurricane watches and warnings are in effect forcing beaches to close and the evacuation of thousands of visitors. we re standing by right now for a news conference by north carolina governor as the dangerous hurricane emergency unfolds. we have a team of correspondents standing by across the hurricane storm. we re monitoring the storm as well in cnn s severe storm center. let s go to writingsville beach. that s where we find alina macha machado. she s really starting to experience the storm. tell us about what you re seeing? reporter: brianna, hurricane arthur is whipping writingsville beach right here now in north carolina. it has started to rain. the wind is starting to pick up. and this is something that we ve seen on and often pretty much since the morning. it started to pick up about four hours ago and it looks like now it s starting to be a little more consistent. we ve. talking to officials here.