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[applause] [inaudible good evening i m the program director here at the westport library and i m pleased to welcome you this evening s program. just a few housekeeping items before we get started. he if you could please take a moment to silence your cell phones. there are cameras in the room and we are pleased to have c-span here to film this evening s program. tonight an onstage conversation in the rupee an opportunity for audience questions at the end and i m going to ask that you please wait for the mic her phone and speak into it clearly so your question can be heard. after the discussion the authors will be pleased to sign copies of their book. the books are available here and the authors will sign the books here to my right. if you could please form a line at the tables in front of the stage that would be great. and for those with a book in hand already you can just jump right into line. thank you so much for supporting the library and its programs whether thro ....
good evening i m the program director here at the westport library and i m pleased to welcome you this evening s program. just a few housekeeping items before we get started. he if you could please take a moment to silence your cell phones. there are cameras in the room and we are pleased to have c-span here to film this evening s program. tonight an onstage conversation in the rupee an opportunity for audience questions at the end and i m going to ask that you please wait for the mic her phone and speak into it clearly so your question can be heard. after the discussion the authors will be pleased to sign copies of their book. the books are available here and the authors will sign the books here to my right. if you could please form a line at the tables in front of the stage that would be great. and for those with a book in hand already you can just jump right into line. thank you so much for supporting the library and its programs whether through your yearly gift t ....
the time. situation.-win people should also think about the growth of the population in the world. people are on the move. host: we which are you with the mayor had what the mayor had to say about the building of this wall. coming up, we will talk to brandon darby, managing director and editor for breitbart texas. to talk about the legal and illegal immigration along the border. later, we will talk to a local immigration lawyer about what the law says on citizenship and deportation. but first, during our visit in april, we spoke with the mayor and asked him about donald trump s proposal to build a wall along the u.s. mexican border and what impact that would have on his community. [video clip] horrible. we could not accept the wall. just looking at this matter from a mayor standpoint, it is devastating. it would do away with laredo, texas. we are the number one land force in the western hemisphere. ways ofother dealing with the situation. a wall would be heavily int ....
trade, but everything the government does. they took over police departments and newsrooms and city government. i would not go as far as to say mexico is a failed state. it is clearly not. i think there are regions across mexico, where you can certainly say it is very close to a failed region. host: alfredo corchado is a correspondent for the dallas morning news as well. covering mexico and the two countries for many years. mr. corchado, what do the cartels want? guest: i always think of it as, it is not that it is different from starbucks. they want clients. they want profit. they know there is a big demand for illegal drugs. consumption is huge. the u.s. market represents the biggest market in the world. they want new markets. they want to be able to penetrate the united states and be in as many places there is a joke, the fedex model. you get the drugs from colombia, peru, bolivia. 24 hours later, they are somewhere in the streets of new york, washington, dallas, a ....
announcer: coming up, a talk justicereme court chief john roberts. and then a look at immigration and border issues in error to-day series in laredo, texas. a panel on a possible british exit from the european union. i think today, we know effect to catch up to the 20th century, we have been the invisible half of the congress the past seven years. we have asked watched our house college with interest. at least i have an interest. and the tv coverage of our members, colleagues in the house. we create another historic moment in a relationship between congress and technological advancements in communications through radio and television. 50 years ago, our executive branch began appearing on television. today marked the first time when our legislative branch, in its entirety, will appear on the medium of communication through which most americans get their information about what our government and our country does. the televising of senate chamber proceedings a ....