drone program, it s not measuring up? as we see it while it contributes to border security, they haven t put mez measure s in place as to if it is effective. the measurements with saw show it is not effective. reporter: the inspector general said his job is to point out where money is wasted and the drones he said are indeed a waste and yet they still fly and congress even debating whether to buy more. to tom barry it s a clear example of congress and the customs and board er patrol simply ignoring the facts. they refuse to set performance goals. it snubs its nose at these reports made by government investigators. so one can become very indignant as a researcher and taxpayer. reporter: the u.s. is now spending $12 billion a year supposedly to secure the border, which by almost all accounts is hardly secure with or without predator drones. that was drew griffin
mr. netanyahu is set to address the u.s. congress on tuesday, expected to speak against the white house s efforts to reach a deal on iran s nuclear program. mr. netanyahu says an agreement would only make things worse between iran and israel. still at the western wall the prime minister said he respects president obama and wants to work with the u.s. on monday mr. netanyahu will address the american israel public affairs committee in washington. mr. obama has sent the u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha power to speak right after netanyahu. national security adviser, susan rice will speak there later in the day. so-called cult leader who s been on the run from the united states has now been found in south america. ahead, the accusations that sent him running. plus the u.s. uses drones to catch undocumented immigrants at the border with mexico. just wait until you hear how much it costs to find just one
a 33-year-old woman with him was arrested for allegedly helping him. he was featured in cnn s the hunt last week. some of his alleged victims say barnard said he was prized on earth and convinced church members to hand over their first born daughters to live with him. for nearly a decade the united states has been quietly patroling hundreds of miles of the mexican border with unmanned drones. they have been used to chase down undocumented immigrants drug smugglers and possibly terrorists. but as drew griffin discovered this high-flying technology comes at an extremely high price for taxpayers with questionable results. reporter: they are silent weapons of war now battling the war on arizona s border predator drones patroling the skies in the hunt for illegal immigrants. according to the retired marine general who runs this program, they are proving invaluable.
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there s the great unknown in this and how much does the drones help the border guards on the ground who are credited with making these arrests? there s a lot of money manipulation and accounting finger pointing here, but the fact of the matter is there s many people who believe the drones are too expensive and not the right piece of equipment for the job. these were predator drones were built to get terrorists and kill them in afghanistan. now they are repurposed to patrol the border on the southwest side of the country. are critics now threatening to remove the program? no. you know that s the thing. oh? everyone wants to make it work even in congress the critics say, well, we have to have better accounting to see how they work and the general in charge of this wants to do a better job before he gets more but nobody says scrap the program. they say, let s try to make drones work before we buy more. those who are taking part in the program believe in the program and are mum