Alfonsi good evening. Scott is on assignment for 60 minutes. Im sharyn alfonsi. The white house today announced a surge of spending to deal with the surge of illegal immigration. Just since october, the u. S. Has picked up 52,000 unaccompanied children crossing into the United States from mexico. Most are from central america. The u. S. Will spend 93 million to, among other things, repatriatate them and help Central American countries fight the violence that is driving young people here. Anna werner begins our coverage. Reporter Border Patrol officials in texas Rio Grande Valley catch as many as 1400 Illegal Immigrants crossing every day. The white house now plans to speed up processing by bringing in more immigration judges, moving more quickly to deport those not eligible for asylum, and expanding detention space. The white house blames the surge of border controllings on what it calls a deliberate Misinformation Campaign by Central American smugglers. Raul ortiz is a deputy chief Bo
Control. Documents reveal that not one, but two fire rigs ran over the 16yearold passenger that was covered with foam the coroner concluded she was alive before she was hit. Representatives from asiana and those involved in the response testified at the hearing. San francisco fire officials said the radios on trucks had problems communicating with other agencies during the crash response. And because of the recent rebanding of radios, part of the process, we werent able to have those elements communicate on the same radio frequency. An investigative report conclude that had captain lee was very concerned about the landing. The airport automatic landing aids, the glide slope indicator were out of service that day. Lee told investigators that making a visual approach was quote, very stressful and difficult. Lee was training on the boeing 777. Still, one pilot says he had confidence in lee. Did you feel concern about the ability of any asiana pilot to land in San Francisco without a glide
First reported by abc7 news i team confirm today in washington. Good evening, everyone, im carolyn johnson. Todays hearing postponed once by the government shut down, then, again, delayed yesterday by Severe Weather in washington did not produce what youd call a smoking gun. But we did get this video of the crash showing asiana flight 214 as it cart wheeled across the runway july 6th. And some new foet crows of the aftermath came out today showing the burned out fuselage carrying 291 passengers at the time. Vic lee has been following the hearing and Leanne Melendez spoke with the daughter of a survivor today. Reporter the hearing focused on the training of pilots and systems on the boeing 777. Asiana officials insisted their pilots, including the captain that crash landed flight 214 are well trained. I know several of you are viewing from San Francisco or maybe watching from home we recognize your lives were forever changed when the are crash occurred the flight was too slow and too lo
When the u. S. Senate reconvenes next week, it will take up new legislation to help americans impacted by the coronavirus. That bill easily passed the u. S. House a few hours ago. It aims to offset the unexpected costs caused by the pandemic spread in the u. S. We thought it would be important to show the american people, assure the american people, that we are willing and able to work together, to get a job done for them. So we thank our republicans the, who will be supporting the bill, we appreciate the president joining us with his tweet, but we are very excited about the prospect. Cnns manu raju explains whats in the bill and how locks were able to pull it together so quickly reporter after two eye days of intense negotiation between speaker of the house nancy pelosi and Steven Mnuchin a bipartisan deal was reached about the coronavirus all throughout the country. The legislation would deal with people who would need to get tested for this virus. It would assure that people wouldnt
Alfonsi good evening. Scott is on assignment for 60 minutes. Im sharyn alfonsi, and this is our western edition. The white house today announced a surge of spending to deal with the surge of illegal immigration. Just since october, the u. S. Has picked up 52,000 unaccompanied children crossing into the United States from mexico. Most are from central america. The u. S. Will spend 93 million to, among other things, repatriate them and help Central American countries fight the violence that is driving young people here. Anna werner begins our coverage. Reporter Border Patrol officials in texas Rio Grande Valley catch as many as 1,400 Illegal Immigrants crossing every day. The white house now plans to speed up processing by bringing in more immigration judges, moving more quickly to deport those not eligible for asylum, and expanding detention space. The white house blames the surge of border crossings on what it calls a deliberate Misinformation Campaign by Central American smugglers. Ra