mexico. he s accused of killing corporal singh an hour after christmas, after he was pulled over for a suspected dui. i can tell you we were never more than a step behind this guy. reporter: according to sheriff adam christianson, arriaga was trying to sneak back into mexico when he was captured. the sheriff today mincing no words, saying corporal singh may still be alive if it wasn t for sanctuary policies he says handcuffed law enforcement. the first time he was arrested for dui, he should have been turned over to i.c.e. for deporting. if he s in the country illegally, committing crimes, it s simple. reporter: president trump weighing in, tweeting, time to get tough on border security. build the wall! i was waiting for this to happen. reporter: tonight, singh s family, many who traveled from fiji to mourn, thankful that the alleged gunman is now behind bars. will, the accused cop killer not the only person arrested today. police say he had help evading
capture? reporter: that s right, five others behind bars tonight, including the suspect s brother, all accused of trying to help him get away. tonight, the suspect is in the jail behind me. when the suspect was taken into custody, he was placed into corporal singh s handcuffs. will, thank you. the case drawing new attention to the battle along the border. president trump s new ultimatum, threatening the close the southern border unless he receives funding for the wall. he now plans to remain at the white house through new year s. in a trip kept under wraps, secretary neilsen traveling to the border in el paso today. after a second child dies in u.s. custody. here s tara palmeri. reporter: tonight, president trump raising the stakes in the battle over the border. tweeting, we will be forced to close the southern border entirely if the obstructionist democrats do not give us the money to finish the wall. incoming acting chief of staff mick mulvaney saying democrats
should take the president s threat seriously. all options are on the table. listen, it s the only way to get the democrats attention. there s not a single democrat talking to the president of the united states about this deal. reporter: but democratic leader nancy pelosi says democrats won t fund the president s, quote, immoral, ineffective, and expensive wall. president trump also threatening to cut aid to three central american countries, tweeting, quote, honduras, guatemala, and el salvador are doing nothing about the surge of migrants. while washington is deadlocked, in border cities like el paso, texas, there is a growing crisis. just this week, a migrant child detained there later died, the second child to die in u.s. custody this month. and now, more than 1,600 migrants have been released from facilities there that officials say are overcrowded. homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen on the ground in el paso today, touring some of those immigration facilities, vis
the area for bodies. 200 people were still unaccounted for. they re working to update that list. pretty grim. it has been more than a week since the midterm elections. in the race for senate republican governor rick scott still leads bill nelson by about 12,000 votes. nelson s campaign seeking to bar the top election official. the lawsuit asks the judge to insure that florida department of state does not disbar ballots. they re marbed in different ways as long as the voter s intention is clear. a ruling in the lawsuit could be key in how numerous ballots are tallied. president trump weighing in, when will bill nelson concede in florida? the characters running broward
security issues without fear of being punished. david? to be continued on this front as well. thank you. now the developments late today in the paul manafort trial. jurors are deliberating manafort s fate. the note they gave the judge and what it indicated. they asked for that larger room for the evidence. as the judge now reveals he is receiving threats and the u.s. marshals are now involved. abc s chief justice correspondent was at the courthouse. just hours ago, the manafort jury sent a note up to the judge. questions late on friday afternoon. will they be able to leave at 5:00 p.m. a clear sign their work was not done. men and six women poring over 88 exhibits. taking their time with the complicated case. even as they deliberate, president trump weighing in, defending the former campaign chairman. it s a very sad day for our country. he worked for me for a very