Im michaela ferrera. Out west those stories and more right now at this hoir. And at this hour, were talking politics, policy, and the law. Theyre all at the center of a raging debate over the crisis at the border. President obama heading to texas this afternoon where he will meet with the governor of texas, republican rick perry. One of his fiercist critics on the immigration issue. He has not scheduled a visit to the boarder to see the crisis firsthand for himself. Tens of thousands of unaccompanied children, mostly from Central America, have been flooding to texas through mexico. We are covering this issue from all angles. We want to begin with our senior white house correspondent. Jim, maybe you can give us, youre probably the closest to the information there. Any update as the president changed his mind, will he head to the border . Reporter not at this point. It doesnt look that way, michae michaela, i think it would be incredible after Top White House officials have said the pres
president to the go to the border. what he is doing instead is he s going to sit down with texas governor rick perry as you said at an event in dallas later on this afternoon. it s going to be a round table discussion featuring faith leaders and other local elected officials in dallas who are talking about converting schools into temporary housing facilities for all of those undocumented children flooding into the united states across the southwestern border. i did talk to a senior white house official earlier this week who is not ruling out a presidential trip to the border, but perhaps at a later time, not during this trip. but i have to say, one of the issues that i think you re going to hear about u up on capitol hill today is the president s trip he s on right now. he s in denver, giving comments on the economy in about an hour from now. but michaela and john, if you look at the pictures from the president s trip so far. he was playing pool with the governor of colorado last night
i m michaela ferrera. out west those stories and more right now at this hoir. and at this hour, we re talking politics, policy, and the law. they re all at the center of a raging debate over the crisis at the border. president obama heading to texas this afternoon where he will meet with the governor of texas, republican rick perry. one of his fiercist critics on the immigration issue. he has not scheduled a visit to the boarder to see the crisis firsthand for himself. tens of thousands of unaccompanied children, mostly from central america, have been flooding to texas through mexico. we are covering this issue from all angles. we want to begin with our senior white house correspondent. jim, maybe you can give us, you re probably the closest to the information there. any update as the president changed his mind, will he head to the border? reporter: not at this point. it doesn t look that way, michae michaela, i think it would be incredible after top white house officials have sa
voluntarily recalling treats until investigators get to the bottom of the problems. cnn s michaela ferrera has this tale. reporter: it is a mysterious treat related illness that can be deadly for the pest. most severe symptoms are vomiting and diarrhea, but the real underlying problem causing the symptoms is kidney disease. reporter: food and drug administration linked pet jerky treat products most linked to china to 580 deaths, more than 3600 illnesses in dogs since 2007. but it is not just effecting man s best friend. at least ten cats have also fallen ill. the fda says more than 1200 jerky pet treat samples have been tested since 2011. looking for things like pesticides and salmonella. they have to not only narrow it to the product but then which ingredient in that product and then to see how many different products that one ingredient is in. reporter: investigators claim to be meeting with regulators in china to share its findings, but
0 delhi, beijing. the purest amongst you will shout ppp, purchasing power parity. have we accounted that a dollar here may not be worth as much somewhere else, maybe not. but the principle remains enjoy your coffee. richard quest, cnn, new york. bottom s up. we will have much more straight ahead in the newsroom, and it all starts right now. hello again, everyone. i am fredricka whitfield. welcome to the third hour on the cnn newsroom. straight ahead, the top stories we re following for you, the u.s. admits it s spying on some big allies, tapping phones and e-mails, snooping on friends france, germany, even mexico. right now, activists are gathering in washington, d.c. to protest our spying policies. a live picture now from the protest. their message, stop watching us. and it has been six years since madeline mccann vanished. now that police reopened the investigation, we take a look at some of the disturbing avenues they could be now looking at. and hundreds of dog deaths linke