khashoggi matter this morning. bill: the fight over funding for the border wall heats up in washington taxpayers may be in the dark how billions of dollars will be spent. we re digging into that. william la jeunesse has the story. a closer look in l.a. today. when someone wants money you say what s it for? we don t know exactly what the $5 billion buys? currently the border has 650 miles of barrier, half of that only stops cars and some of the rest barely stops people. so you see the vehicle barrier there and the old stuff is old, rusty and short. homeland security has $5 billion will build 215 miles of wall. likely five mile san diego, 27 in huma, 9 in el paso, 55 laredo, 104 miles in the rio grande valley. does it replace old fence? is it a secondary fence or is
is flimsy. we have a vehicle barrier to handle the barriers. this area is protected by this barbed wire fencing and wood. would this area be suitable for fencing. anywhere there is a vehicle barrier, it means there is access. jesse: in order to become a flattized citizen, all immigrants who come here illegally must pass a basic civics test. watters world hit the streets to see if the average american can pass. what did the declaration of independence do? i have no idea. that s awful.
is flimsy. we have a vehicle barrier to handle the barriers. this area is protected by this barbed wire fencing and wood. would this area be suitable for fencing. anywhere there is a vehicle barrier, it means there is access. jesse: in order to become a flattized citizen, all immigrants who come here illegally must pass a basic civics test. watters world hit the streets to see if the average american can pass. what did the declaration of independence do? i have no idea. that s awful.
we have a vehicle barrier to handle the barriers. this area is protected by this barbed wire fencing and wood. would this area be suitable for fencing. anywhere there is a vehicle barrier, it means there is access. jesse: in order to become a flattized citizen, all immigrants who come here illegally must pass a basic civics test. watters world hit the streets to see if the average american can pass. what did the declaration of independence do? i have no idea. that s awful.
products across. the national guard will take over surveillance positions which allows us to put more agents in the field on the border which then allows us to go after the bottom line. bill: that s brandon judd heads a union of border patrol agents of 18,000 strong. president trump taking tough measures to crack down on illegal immigration. national guard troops arriving at the southern border. a new 30-foot fence is under construction in new mexico and where william la jeunesse reports from today. when people talk about 700 miles of fence along the border they don t often tell you that almost half of that is this, a vehicle barrier designed to stop cars coming in from mexico, not people. the administration is replacing this with 20 miles of fence or wall not unlike this to stop illegal traffic what has become one of the busiest traffic crossings in new mexico. 18 feet high. concrete filled inside it. rebar running up it.