going to eke out and get to the war with some aid coming to ukraine, it s hurry up and wait. and that s because of the battle they re having on capitol hill whether it should be tied to border security funding. it s been the battle royale for republicans who insist on it and democrats who say that it shouldn t be part of this. griff jenkins has the latest from eagle pass, texas who are tying this border issue with so many others, griff. griff: neil, good morning. and you know, i am in eagle pass, texas yet again and i have spent more time in eagle pass than any other location on assignment this year because of a border crisis that continues to surge to record breaking levels. let me take you to the drone right here where we are in eagle pass and you can see every day, here we are, you see the buses lining up in the middle there. the migrants. it s actually a group of four or 500, they break them up into groups of about 100 and process them, most of them. i was just over there
would have preferred to collaborate but in this case he made the right decision. imagine if on their way out if bin laden had not been in the compound and imagine if those forces had killed pakistani officers in the process, it could have very well ended the entire pakistani relationship and rendered his presidency like carter s after the failed iranian hostage attempt. huge risk with a huge reward it turned out to be the best case scenario. chad sweet, co-founder of the chertoff group and former cia official, thanks for joining us. thank you. floodwaters rise in parts of missouri and tennessee. ground zero is memphis this morning. thousands of people there and points south are warned get out while you still can. the flooding that chased people out of the town of cairo, illinois, surged south down the river. the mississippi is expected to crest 14 feet above flood stage in memphis and then the deep south, vicksburg, may 19th,
terrorist organizations. this kind of media attention is the oxygen that fuels terrorism. not to blame the media but the 24-hour attention and focus on this is going to drive it. you are creating the drama that will draw out the final conclusion with a hostage attempt being made or what could be happening. they are going to do what they have done it will draw out over the next few days. you can expect some kind of responsibility coming very soon. all of this granted is such a grisly business. how do you i just read a report that the u.s. embassy is trying to go through and find out and account for the americans known to be in paris. what an exhaustive business that would be. do you use a passport records
luke somers and another hostage who was south african were both killed by al qaeda terrorists during the hostage attempt. now the u.s. says it was not aware the south african was set to be released the very next day. tell us about this other hostage and the negotiations we are learning were very much underway. reporter: in addition to luke somers, the hostage of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula since december 2013. they had also been holding pierre korkie, a south african hostage. with cork korkie set to be released within hours of the time he was killed. u.s. ambassador to south africa