crossed the border into north korea. the circumstances of the apparent defection are unclear, but a military source said the unnamed man crossed from the demilitarised zone into the north on saturday evening. the office of south korea sjoint chiefs of staff said it could not confirm whether the person was still alive. laura bicker in seoul is following the story. there have been a number of breaches of the border in the last few years, but this, just to explain to your viewers, is one of the most heavily fortified areas in the entire world. it is a four kilometre wide area full of landmines, surveillance equipment. it is surrounded by electric fences. normally there are guards in watchtowers who are there, armed, ready to react every 2a hours. this happened on new year s day. it has happened in the same area in the last year, so there have been questions about the security and surveillance of the border area in this east coast part of south korea. what appears to have happened is an al
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device: (sneezes) theraflu. the power is in your hands. happening now, germany marks 30 years since the fall of the wall. you sigh angela merkel there. she s taking part in the ceremonies tofrmtd it happened in 1961, marked the split between east and west and was lined with watch towers, electric fences, and armed guards. in 1989 people on both sides chips away at the wall that divided their city. frederick pleitgen is there. frederick, who s there today? reporter: obviously the leaders of germany, angela merkel as well, and central
something, given the promise was mexico would pay for the wall and that part of the promise is not coming true, you as democrats want border security but you don t have to do it the way the president wants with $5 billion for a wall that nobody has evidence would work something that cost a billion dollars or a billion six. we all want secure borders but it s 2018. we don t need a wall. we have technology, censors, electric fences, and not to mention the fact that shouldn t go unnoticed 90% we may need more border patrol there, more dogs, more security in the port of entry. a wall is silly. when you have republican senators from border states saying it s a dumb idea, there s a pretty good chance it s a dumb idea. i m not sure how this all
but you don t have to do it the way the president wants with $5 billion for a wall that nobody has evidence would work something that cost a billion dollars or a billion six. we all want secure borders but it s 2018. we don t need a wall. we have technology, censors, electric fences, and not to mention the fact that shouldn t go unnoticed 90% we may need more border patrol there, more dogs, more security in the port of entry. a wall is silly. when you have republican senators from border states saying it s a dumb idea, there s a pretty good chance it s a dumb idea. i m not sure how this all went south, because the senate passed this bill, it was supposed to work and the president said he s not going to
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