until this whip story snagged abc who prior to this didn t give a crap about the border crisis. there are alarming images from the texas border tonight. the white house pressed on them today calling the images horrific. what were some border patrol agents doing? look at what these agents are doing. yeah, it s called their job, you should try it sometime. turns out turns out, he s as shallow as a supermodel in a kiddie pool. but he is handsome. and finally the second dumbest man on cnn i ll let you figure out the first, goes all in with the slavery analogy. we really are in the throes in this country of figuring out who we are and what we re about. and i was taken aback. by by a single image. that should make you pay attention to a problem. the image to me it does smack
american jobs would be in immediate jeopardy. about $1.7 billion worth of commerce flows across the border every day. and 40% of all fruits and vegetables that come into the u.s. come from mexico, which could mean higher prices at the supermarket. hardest hit could be el paso, whose republican mayor is sounding the alarm. what happens to the city of el paso if that border shuts down? well, it s critical to the city of el paso and it s critical to texas and it s critical to the nation. it would be harmful all the way around. reporter: $103 billion just in el paso? just through our ports here on an annualized basis. back and forth, imports and exports. so many parts to this story. matt gutman with us live from the texas border tonight. and matt, president trump, we know, as you reported there, has threatened to shut down the border this week, but so far, the white house hasn t released any plan on how this would work? reporter: no, and neither, david, has the white house told
correspondent matt gutman is on the texas border tonight. reporter: gridlock tonight at one of the busiest american border crossings in el paso, with millions along the 2,000-mile-long border waiting to see if president trump follows through on his threat to shut down the border if mexico doesn t stop the flood of asylum seekers heading to the u.s. and if they don t stop them, we re closing the border. we ll close it. and we ll keep it closed for a long time. i m not playing games. reporter: customs and border patrol estimates more than 100,000 migrants were stopped at the border in march alone. an even higher number expected in april. el paso typically sees a million cars and about 70,000 trucks cross over these bridges into el paso every single month. now, the last time that these bridges were closed for any reason over three decades ago. tonight, the chamber of commerce predicts, quote, an unmitigated economic debacle if the president carries out his threat, warning 5 mill
ambassador. we appreciate your time, as always. always good to be with you, erin. outfront next, america s most famous undocumented immigrant live from the u.s. texas border tonight. border security is surrounding him. will he get are deported? plus a high-end call girl is about to be formally charged. tonight we ll hear from some of the people who know her best. and the selfie everyone is talking about. the teen behind this picture tells us how he was able to land sir paul and warren buffett.