And ice and the Important Role that these important agencies play and making the Us Mexico Border a competitive usmexico border so we are excited to have our guest are here today. Whether youre in the private sector, trade organization , if youre here, if you have anything to do with the border, you care very much about your ongoing relationship with cbp but certainly the case for us as a border trade alliance, our relationship, our partnership, the communication is critical. As cbp ensures Border Security and the efficient movement of people across our ports of entry. Were grateful for cbps work to increase border wait times which is one of the most challenging barriers to trade. Today yesterday and hopefully not tomorrow. Its my great pleasure to introduce john wagner, hes debbie assessed and commissioner for the Field Operations at us customs and border protection. He began his federal lawenforcement career in 1991 when he joined the Us Customs Service as a customs inspector and wor
Aspects of security. Security at the ports of entry is just as important as security between the ports of entry. And, you know, since then weve seen efforts and i think trade community has responded. Congress has responded. Weve seen bills to add more officers. We need other resources at the border. I think at first the only resource were being drawn from southern ports of entry and our first point was what about the airports . What about the seaport . What about the northern ports . You cant pick just one area and say well thats the only area that will get hurt. So beyond that weve seen may 7th, tomato duties went into effect. Now duties on mexican tomatoes. When tariff threat came up, that would have equalled 25 tariffs, 3 billion in tariffs just on what we eat and that constitutes a food tax. In the meantime we had these issues. Thats a glimpse into what we see at the border but we cant stop and think that we cant move forward because theres a lot of things we can move forward on. I
Accused killing 18 people and injuring 13 others. In maine has stretched into a second day. The father of one of the victims becoming emotional talking about his late child who was the manager at the bar, which was one of the two shooting locations. I go to church i believe in the law and i believe in. But why do we have to go through these kind of miserable, miserable times . This has never happened in our two cities, never is the worst thing thats ever happened. These two cities where it just really hit you hard watching the victims and the families, those who are suffering tonight as the manhunt continues. Welcome back, everybody. Im kevin corke in denver. Jenkins kevin, great to be with you on this busy friday morning of Breaking News. Its 3 a. M. On the east coast, 10 a. M. In israel. And thats where we turn now to the middle east. U. S. Fighter jets striking iran linked sites. Syria a short while ago in retaliation for attacks on american troops in the middle east. The strikes fo
happening at the same time, whether one is a diversionary one or other plans to happen simultaneously. so, whether this was an errant explosion, and the explosions were heading elsewhere, we don t know what the intended targets may have been, if this was not the target they selected. gillian: bill, obviously when you look at a situation like this, it s way too early in the process to talk about motivations, but do you have any sense based on just the geography, the very bare phones facts we have here, the fact this was likely a car bomb, that they were going from the u.s. or trying to go from the u.s. to canada. does that speak to you and your background expertise about what types of terror organizations might be interested in conducting something like this? yeah, it s very difficulty point to kind of come to any of those assumptions. certainly we know that the fbi director wray just over the past few days has reiterated concerns about potential terrorist activities, eman
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologizes for canadas history of discriminating against south asians in what is known as the Komagata Maru incident. A century ago, the premier of this a white mans country. We will speak to filmmaker ali kazimi. Then we look at the recent 15 day occupation of a Canadian Office overseeing Indigenous Affairs office here in toronto. Comes together to tell you, in your face, you have got to respect this. Were humans. Every single one of us are humans. Private property on stolen land. Amy it was led by black lives members black lives matter members in toronto. Addressing youth suicides and first nation committed these. We will look at how the movements are working together here in canada. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from toronto, canada. San Francisco Police chief gregory suhr has been ousted following weeks of Hunger Strikes and protestin