border at those people. kirstjen nielsen said some of the migrants tried to scale the legacy fencing on the port of entry and throwing projectiles at custom and border patrol officers. the president said if we feel we are losing control at the border at any point and we feel there is a danger of people getting hurt, we will temporarily close down the border. that is what they did. the mexican government said they plan to deport any of those people they manage to identify who tried to get into the u.s. the border did reopen after a few hours after the agents managed to get things under control. they beefed up the staffing in anticipation of the protests suspecting something may go wrong. it did. they closed the border and they dealt with it. polo, christine. nick, thank you for that. the border is open now. joining us is professor and
here. they re paying close attention to the news and they re waiting in some of the most dangerous towns along that border in mexico trying to get in. it s a lot of desperation but it is a serious response to this. and what we could see is if they keep this closed much longer. it s a huge effect on commerce. this is the busiest land port of entry, border crossing, for commerce in the world. it s pretty unreal. jonathan swan, the president had threatened to close the border entirely. he said if something like this happens, i ll close the border. how do you put what we re seeing and we ve got more pictures of what s been going on the past couple of hours. how do you put the context of these images and what s going on into the context of our politics here? the way the president thinks about this and certainly hard-liners around him think about it is this should be seen as part of a series of actions that he s taken to make it much more difficult for people vulnerable people from dange
so all of this is getting out. it s not just being talked about here. they re paying close attention to the news and they re waiting in some of the most dangerous towns along that border in mexico trying to get in. it s a lot of desperation but it is a serious response to this. and what we could see is if they keep this closed much longer. it s a huge effect on commerce. this is the busiest land port of entry, border crossing, for commerce in the world. it s pretty unreal. jonathan swan, the president had threatened to close the border entirely. he said if something like this happens, i ll close the border. how do you put what we re seeing and we ve got more pictures of what s been going on the past couple of hours. how do you put the context of these images and what s going on into the context of our politics here? the way the president thinks about this and certainly hard-liners around him think about it is this should be seen as part of a series of actions that he s taken to mak
not a soul. this almost never happens. i mean, it is very rare. i don t remember the last time it was completely shutdown like this for this long. so that s what s happening here along the u.s.-mexico border in san ysidro. we do know this is the busiest land port of entry to the western hemisphere. thank you very much for that update reporting again on the u.s. side of the u.s.-mexico border, which is currently shutdown at the san ysidro port of entry. no update right now as to when that may reopen. we ll stay on top of it. meantime overseas, britain s plan to exit the european union passed a crucial step today but not all of britain is thrilled. so what s next and how could this affect the u.s. economy? details ahead live from the cnn newsroom. (atlas) do humans know they are paying too much with verizon? (paul) no, they just don t know that sprint s unlimited plan gives you 5 lines for just $24 dollars per month, per line.
wall. it ends the diversity visa lottery, makes cuts to family-based visas, and provides a path to citizenship for daca recipient the. meanwhile, attorney general jeff sessions used biblical passages to defend the bill. what s the latest there ed? reporter: good morning, alisyn the trump administration announcing they have plans to create a temporary shelter house undocumented immigrant children and the influx taken into custody since zero tolerance policy went into effect. it will be near a land port of entry, a temporary structure described to us by federal officials as a structure that will have soft sides, full heating and cooling equipment inside that, which of course