griff jenkins is live witnessing these border busts firsthand. reporter: we actually were live, i will talk about that in a second but the question is where is this caravan headed? 7000 of them and growing by the minute, 1140 miles due south of mcallen, texas, the closest port of entry, most hondurans, guatemalans and el salvador in this come through this port of entry. the last caravan a few months ago went through san diego but that would be twice as long for them to travel. as we wait for these organizers, people without borders, we will wait and find out what they claim to do but yesterday in the bushes waiting for the crossings that happen every day, sometimes hourly, right here in mcgowan, texas, we witnessed it, we
grow, what needs to be done to help those struggling with addiction? here to weigh in his our panel, doctor nicole safire, democrat strategist and republican strategist dan palmer. let s bring up these statistics. they are really horrifying. 145% increase in drug-related deaths worldwide from 2011-2015, 71,000 overdose deaths in the us in 2017. i will begin with you. what do we need to do to stop this rise in deaths? complex question but multifaceted approach the way to combat it and part is immigration reform, tight borders, stop the illegal forms across the border, we need increased access to treatment, addiction treatment lifelong, without that you will not have recovery for those addicted.
70% of americans want stricter border enforcement, the caravan arriving on our borders, 7000 strong reminds voters they want law and order, they went safety and it is important that immigration became a republican issue, winning issue for our party the moment democrats began calling, the images on screen, the ablation of ice, with that. building the border wall, to get that done. we have to have partners in the senate, 9 votes shy of the senate getting the border wall coming that we need in the house seat, expanding our majority in the senate which we will buy two or three seats, we can hold onto the house, this issue, and the border wall.
migrant caravan vowing to send as many troops as necessary to stop it. that is an assault on our country and in that caravan you have some very bad people, have to protect our borders, we don t have borders we don t have a country. you know how the caravan started, does everybody know? i think the democrats had something to do with it. we went people, they have to come in legally and through merit. a national emergency. let s go to the fox news alert, north korea mexico, more than a mile long, they are headed straight to our border where agents are already dealing with criminals were knowingly breaking the law.
those migrants out. here is republican national committee kaylee mcinerney to talk about this. good to see you. heather: massive amounts of people inside and out. reporter: it was magnetic. a member of the trump campaign said the crowds we are seeing are reminiscent of 2016, tennessee, 20,000 people waiting outside, last night, tens of thousands giving rsvps to attend. incredible, reminiscent of 2016 the crowd size. were midterm election in terms of getting people out to vote talk about this caravan moving towards our borders, the president said he s going to send troops, he s not going to let them in. is that a good move on his part politically heading toward midterms? it is a good move. the harvard harris poll finds