been able to own a gun in the first place. mike tobin on the ground in aurora with the latest also chicago. hello mike. reporter: hello leland. we just learned from the police chief that he had multiple run-ins with police. six arrests here, one providing order protection for traffic violations, domestic violence, in 2017 arrested for disorderly conduct. specific to gun ownership he had a felony from 1995. when it was discovered through fingerprint analysis his concealed carry permit was rejected and identification card revoked. but still, the gun he applied for and purchased in 2014 was left in his possession. that is what we are determining right now as part of our investigation. what happened with that and we are helping to afford that to at a later time. he was not supposed to be in the position of a firearm.
river rescues. on thursday 17 central american migrants were in the river in three different incidents. helicopter search team found a group of eight people stranded on a small island after calls from the river at 2:30 am. later that same day two of the groups became overwhelmed by high weather levels and a swift current. of 17 rescued, seven of them were children. yes, we are conscious. i will try again if i have time and i can t try right now. it could be sometime during the rest of my life. but as long as i m alive i have hope. reporter: but not everybody makes it out safely. often the fire department pulls bodies from the water. on their side of the border in mexico, tensions are rising as some 1600 central american migrants report long wait times and poor conditions as a way for processing. it could be weeks before their cases are heard.
u.s. military aircraft will be used to fly large shipments of humanitarian aid down to south america bound for venezuela. the question is will it be able to get through? it is the increased pressure on the venezuelan president to give up power. gillian turner with insight on exactly how the administration plans to do that. reporter: had the opportunity to speak with our national security advisor john bolton yesterday afternoon. at the white house, he talked to me about his strategy for venezuela. a country that now is on the brink of civil war. here is what he said. there is a lot at stake here. we are supporting this popular movement in venezuela. in his exclusive interview with fox news the president s national security advisor john bolton says time is up for disputed venezuelan president nicolas maduro. i can tell you among the key generals, the leading figures,
longer. longer period of time. i didn t need to do this. but i want to do it faster. the president that one thing right about his declaration. when he said i didn t have to do this. he s right. he didn t have to do this. in fact, he can t do this. because the u.s. constitution gives congress, not the president, the powers to direct dollars. reporter: the california governor and attorney general expected to see the president in court and suggest a multistate lawsuit is on the way. we want to be a working partner. but he makes it all but impossible when he plays these games. and manufactures a crisis and it creates the conditions where we have no other choice than to see the administration, join other states, my partners in the federal government to do the same. reporter: most republicans say
perspective. leland: we covered these way too many times. kristin: yeah. bakhtin is in washington. president trump facing a legal challenge after declaring a national emergency on the u.s. southern border just yesterday. ellison barber is live with more. reporter: one lawsuit was filed yesterday. that on behalf of landowners in south texas and a nonprofit environmental group. more lawsuits are on the way. the aclu says they will file one early next week. house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader, chuck schumer, say they will defend the constitutional authority in the congress, in the course and in the public. using every remedy available. president trump made it clear yesterday he expects to fight this in the supreme court and opponents are ready to use his own words against him. when the president declared a national emergency in the rose garden yesterday, he talked about the need for a wall and border security. but he also suggested that he did not absolutely need to decl