the republican. these troops are just standing around. i can tell you from experience that there s no more boring mission than guard duty. the time drags. they re unarmed. they re watching the detainees. if they see anything untoward, that i have to get get a border security agent to take care of it. there are lots of gults, all co-subsequent, that says this is just for show and doesn t do anything for either our national security or protection of the border. a spokesperson is saying they re inside looking for signs of medical distress. what s your response to that? i mean anyone can stand around and look for signs of medical distress, and there are probably occasions they have to alert border security guards,
them. anita: ted, i m sorry, jim, yesterday, the president spoke from the oval office and he talked about a fence, a barrier, a gate. he called it several different things. do you think any of those things sound more amenable to chuck schumer and what kind of border security would he be in favor of? so let s just be clear. there are 16,000 border security guards on the border right now. there s 700 miles of fencing on the border right now. that is democrats and republicans working together over the last eight or 10 years. the senate bill that passed unanimously so that s mcconnell, schumer and 98 other senators had $1.6 trillion, $1.6 billion for the wall that included 70 miles of new fencing and 400 new personnel. so there s border security going on there. the only answer isn t we re going to build a wall that can be defeated by a shovel or a ladder. there s a lot of ways to secure the border. anita: ok. ted, what do you say about that?
the week. this is above average rainfall right there over eastern texas, well above average rainfall across the northeastern u.s., as well. but that s a concern because about 150 rivers are at or above capacity for flooding. ain t over yet. thanks. malaysian media are reporting border security guards are expected of being involved in human trafficking. some local residents are part of the trafficking scheme. this comes after 139 shallow graves were found near the border with thailand. authorities expect this site was a detention camp used to hold migrants. we were taken in army trucks to the bottom of the mountain. where the malaysian authorities said they had found a human trafficker s camp. this was a significant
situation where our southern border has been erased. effectively what we have is a president of the united states who has decided, what laws? we don t have any border security laws. so he s not enforcing the boarders. there s a reason why we have border security guards. we ve increased the budget for border security guards by 54% since barack obama came into office. we have 22% more border security guards than before. it s not lack of money but lack of political will. what i care about are the people on this side of the border, the american people being disadvantaged. okay. we re going to be back in a minute. the 2016 race for president is about to get much more interesting. not on the republican side, but among the democrats. but first, today s crossfire quiz how far was hillary clinton ahead of barack obama in december of 2006? was she 14 points ahead, 22 points, or 35 points?
afforded people legal residents, niece are illegals, kids are not. how did this get so out of hand? what happened? there s no enforcement of the law. this is why you and i shouldn t be scratching our heads wondering how we got here now when we have a guy just yesterday we arrested and everyday 10 times deported, 15 times deported because there are no consequences for breaking the law. so, when the president welcomed we have border security guards, we have actual agents at the border, they re not deterring illegals or uncompanied juveniles, they are welcoming them with open arms, just as the administration says this is humanitarian. they re sur reynoldsering to us. this is this is outrageous that we in america do not have sovereign borders we can protect and secure. what if the president skips out visiting the border tomorrow or even doing a flyover? i fully intend him to just do