drones at 18,000 feet silently view the landscape below. determine and lock on to potential suspects crossing the vast arizona desert. commanded by a control team safely tucked inside of this virtual cockpit, those controllers send the guards right to where they are needed. so this is happening in realtime. that s the pilot of the drone. this is the person who s the second pilot. he s watching the camera and they have detected a group that is now crossing the border illegally or potentially suspects and another group of gentlemen, which we can t show you has the radar screen and they are trying to vector in agents to see are these guys illegal? are they carrying dope? do they need to be arrested? that is happening right now. reporter: seems perfect until you do the math. that arrest, according to the department of homeland security s inspector general cost you the taxpayer $28,000. that doesn t seem like an efficient way to protect the
connected to her son s killing of seven people, including four in his family before turning the gun on himself. that man, his mother and the seven victims were all nine residents in a town of gist 50 people. you can imagine the pain that folks are feeling in that town after it happened. there s no stop light in tyrone missouri no post office or gas station, but this tiny town is the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in recent missouri history. john got a phone call to go to his cousin s house down the street. whenever i got him by the arm, you could tell he was dead already. reporter: shriver thinks his cousin and wife were killed quickly. their car and washing machine still running. their 13-year-old son alive and terrified in a back bedroom. he s in shock?
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
known as the loneliest whale in the world. imagine calling out and nobody responding. imagine feeling like you are being misunderstood. such a beautiful story and has so much resonance with us as human beings. it s such a unique touching subject to think there is somebody out there alone, floating about. reporter: the story strikes a chord and he wants to move behind the camera to capture it. we are here on kick starter to ask for your help in funding the search. reporter: they are on a quest to tell 52 s story, collect data and make a film. we are looking to fund a scientific expedition that will give i us an opportunity to study hybrid whales and the affects of ocean noise pollution on these majestic creatures. for you personally i know you are an actor, on entourage what s your connection though
i would say. reporter: the house one of six crime scenes and nine deaths. seven people shot and killed four from the same family. less than three miles apart. the gunman s mother apparently dead of natural causes. police investigating if her death somehow triggered the rampage. you know what, in our job we see a lot of bad stuff. this is bad. this is also hard on the police officers who with are working there. it s not natural to see that sort of thing. reporter: the missouri state highway patrol says the gunman joseph aldridge killed himself. authorities say he had a minor criminal history, nothing to foreshadow something like this. many this this quiet corner of southeast missouri say they don t even lock their doors. my concern is children. our kids are having a really tough time. wide variety of emotions shock, tears, a lot of questions.