more now from our white house correspondent kimberly how kate who's in macallan texas. dollar charges raft up his visit to macallan texas where he tried to persuade the american public that there is a need for the five point seven billion in funding for a border wall along the united states border with mexico now macallum texas where a very large number in fact is the busiest location for illegal crossings into the united states and that's why donald trump came down to meet with border patrol he put out all the displays in terms of seize weapons and drugs that have been brought into the united states in order to try and convince the american public but the president also said if he can't convince his democratic opponents and congress to give him the five point seven billion that he needs for his border wall he hasn't ruled out declaring a national emergency that would open up already allocated funding but it would also open up the possibility of major legal court challenges meanwhile back in the capital government workers have been taking to the streets and protesting o

border patrol facility in macallan texas demanding nearly six billion dollars for his plan barrier to the south it follows a meeting on wednesday with democrat leaders that he called a waste of time because they're still refusing to fund the wall this is a tremendous crisis at the border look at president obama's statements from the past numerous statements where it goes it right says this is a crisis you have human trafficking you have drugs you have criminals covering it you have gangs demist thirteen we're taking them out by the thousand or bringing them back this is a crisis and they don't come in at the checkpoint which they do also but they go in between to check voice where you don't have any barriers let's cross over to our white house correspondent kimberly halkett she's in mcallen texas to talk us through what we should expect once trump arrives and what the message is that he's going to be sending out. well just picking off picking up off that sound bite that you played of the president just a moment ago i'm standing really where the president is talking about in terms of h

from mexico donald trump met border security offices in the texas town of macallan he's demanding more than five billion dollars for the war which he says is needed to stop an influx of crime democrats accuse the president of holding the country hostage over the scene and to refusing to fund it and that's led to a partial government shutdown that's lasted nearly three weeks but you see on the border that's not as much of a problem because they come through the border and they go out through our nation so you'll have crime in iowa you'll have crime in new hampshire you'll have crime in new york your crime in places you know you don't associate with the border but it comes through the border tremendous amounts and as hard as we work as well as we're doing nationwide and a lot of it's caused by people to come in through the southern border so it and you know if we had the barrier it wouldn't happen it wouldn't happen they could have fewer people they could put people other places and sort of having everyone concentrated right here and it's all common sense and nancy and just to know that

texas to trump had plenty to say more about that. yeah he did this really was a massive photo opportunity for a reality t.v. show president one whose experience is sort of massaging manipulating the message and he brought out all of the toys here in mckellen texas in order to make his case to try and convince his skeptics there was everything from an air fifteen that have been seized at the border to a tank as he met with border officials essentially what donald trump is trying to make and the reason he came to the callen texas is this section of the united states the border with mexico is the busiest place for illegal crossing thousands crossing into the united states illegally every week he's essentially trying to make the point that he believes his democratic opponents in congress namely chuck schumer in the senate and nettie pelosi the democratic leader in the house of representatives are downplaying a threat that they know is affecting the american public nancy and just you know that look you know winning this argument they're l

texas john heilemann has more from the mexican side of the border. this is the fencing that covers about good of the border between mexico and the united states which president trump says isn't enough he wants a rule to come of this border the reasons he's given for it all barriers he says that it will help to stop drugs but the main point stack up to be the boss majority of drugs go through ports of entry they smuggled through that way rather than over the face. saying he's also said that it will help with terrorism actually most terrorists go through ports rather than trying to get over this fence but he's also obviously given the reason of migration there has been a big uptick in migration over the past year but again if you take the bigger picture over the cut last couple of decades or so it's actually gone down quite a lot now what has changed is the number of women and children who were trying to get across through the united states that has gone up quite a lot now there is an analyst would say the aunt's to resolving in dealing with that probl

texas at the border is correspondent. good evening to you all xander you you were at a protest there. protests and what exactly are they talking about the. people i talked to the protesters told me that they were born and raised here in the valley allen and if you can see behind me you see opponents on one side of the street and strong supporter of on the other side and potence off the wall told me that they live in this community and it is a safe community and therefore there is no crisis at the border and therefore they don't need a wall and they also think that a wall is not going to be effective to protect the community here but of course when you look at the albert site of the three and talks to trump supporters they will tell you that they want to support the president because he's determined to keep them safe so that's what people are saying who have. come to this area for today's event but what about the locals the people who live there do they want to see a border wall built. you know i have been to the border re

patrol border patrol facility in macallan texas trump walked out of a meeting with democratic leaders on wednesday he called it a waste of time it's the twentieth day of a partial government shutdown with democrats rejecting trump's demands for nearly six billion dollars for his plan barrier this is a tremendous crisis at the border look at president obama's statements from the past statement where it goes to the right this is a right you have human traffic you are wrong you have criminals governing it you have gangs jemez thirteen which take you to met by the falsehood of bringing them back this is a crisis and they don't come in the checkpoint which they do also but they go in between the checkpoints where you don't have any barrier so we've got correspondents on the us as well as the mexican border in a moments we'll cross over to john holeman he's in tijuana mexico but first we'll cross over to kimberly halkett in macallan texas where the president is supposed to land kimberly talk us through the significance off his visit in the context of this government shutdown now in its twen

are joining us from macallan texas at the border with mexico is g.w.s. all xander phenomena always under good evening to you you your ad approaches there earlier today talk to us about who was there and what they were talking about are they for the against this wall or do they say. most of the protests they were against a wall because they told me that they think that it's not needed here they feel safe in their communities and they actually would like president trying to see that he also told me that they think that the border wall is not going to be affected but as you can see behind me there are also some supporters who gathered here to welcome the president because as they say they think. we need they need to tighten security here and they are happy that the president as they say is trying very hard to keep them safe. just a short while ago the u.s. president he held a press conference it was like a show and tell the if you will of contraband that's been confiscated at the border is is that convincing people who live there at the border who know what

caster live for us on the border there macallan texas thank you thousands more children may have been separated from their parents at the us mexico border than previously reported by the donald trump administration that's according to a u.s. government watchdog which says the agency responsible for taking care of the children did not track them sufficiently until a court ruled that they must be reunited with their parents the report also shows the u.s. officials were separated children well before trump's so-called zero tolerance policy came into effect last year colombia's president found souquet has declared three days of national mourning after a car bomb attack on a police academy killed ten people in bogota he says the perpetrators of what he called a terrorist attack will not go unpunished. reports from the club and capitol hill this is the aftermath of the car bomb explosion inside the largest police academy in the country about eighty kilograms of explosives carried in a vehicle driven into the academy compound in that immediate as a promotion ceremony for cadets was taking pl

than me how could joins us now from macallan texas how was the visit gone down to war did president tom have to say well the president was met by protesters at the airport but he was also met by supporters who lined the streets with science supporting the wall so this is really becoming a dueling narrative if you will and this may be sort of the mass of photo op the opportunity for the president to kind of parade around some of the toys that are used in border security as we heard from the president there talking he was at a meeting with border patrol agents where they had an a r fifteen weapon as well as contraband like drugs that had been seized at some of these checkpoints but really what the president's trying to convey is that this is a humanitarian crisis one that given the women and children that are trying to cross the border that they are often the victims of those that are facilitating the crossings they have women tied up they have tape over their mouths electrical tape usually blue tape is a call it is powerful stuff not good. and they have three four five of them in vans or

texas good to have you both here john exactly what are you standing next as i was at a friend's what is that it's. one of. the. you have already. kimberly your producer chris is with you and he shared this with us it's a little bit of a video so he's sharing us what you're seeing behind you there we go explain where you are that looks like a fence and also a gate according to producer chris. yeah it's both and this is where the president is visiting maccallum texas to illustrate this is kind of symbolic of what he's trying to get and why he says there's a need for a border wall that's more fortified because as you can see behind me is my producer chris sheridan shared you know parts of it are easily scalable if you're physically fit unable to do so so that's why donald trump is here making this case of what some people call to sort of a massive photo op but certainly there is the case to be made that there are places where it's easier to scale than others what are people saying in that side of the fence a last line of the border kimberly about the president saying we're not doing any

president donald trump wants to build his border wall macallan texas the busiest stretch for illegal crossings from mexico into the united states i want to thank everybody trying to make sure all the progs ron display like drugs and weapons seized at the border as he met with officials of macallan for a photo op designed to convince skeptical americans additional money for his border wall is necessary argued those organizing the illegal crossings are the real criminals victimising the migrants they have women tied up they have tape over their mouths electrical tape usually blue tape they call it. it's powerful stuff not good trump has been criticized for calling the latest influx of migrants into the u.s. a crisis at the border on thursday truck tweeted the speech of president obama also calling the situation a crisis in twenty four teeth as waves of children arrived in the united states we now have an actual humanitarian crisis on the border that only underscores the need to drop the politics and fix our immigration system once and for all it's certainly not impossible to enter the

texas he's demanding more than five billion dollars for his planned barrier to the south pole as a meeting on wednesday with democrat leaders but he called a waste of time because they're still refusing to fund the wall resulting in a partial government shutdown. this is a tremendous crisis at the border look at president obama's statements from the past numerous statements where it calls it a crisis this is a crisis us human traffic you have brought you had criminals covering it you have. thirteen which take you to maximize a sow's or to bring them back this is a crisis and they don't come in it's a checkpoint which says you wall so they go in for three to checkpoints where you don't have any barrier. committee how could joins us from mccallum texas can be why is he focusing on this base in particular was a chosen to go there. you heard it from the president there he believes that it's a crisis and he believes this is essentially the focal point of where a lot of these illegal crossings occur i'll show you why in just a second but i wanted to pick up on the fact that the president has tri

texas while this fence is very very tall this one right beside it is not if you're physically fit if you can swim across a river through this thick brush scale a four metre concrete wall over the razor wire you're in should be happening in our country that's what trump says he wants to stop her but his push for five point seven billion from congress to reopen the government and direct to steel border wall has become a dueling narrative for or against the president. along the streets of macallan there were signs of protest but there was plenty of support for the president as well. trump says he still hopes for a deal in congress to pay for his wall but he's not ruling out declaring illegal immigration a national emergency freeing up already approved funds to get what he wants can really help kids al-jazeera mccallan texas. well john heilemann has more now from the mexican side of the border. this is the fencing that covers about a third of the border between mexico and the united states which president trump says isn't enough he wants a woman to cover this border the reasons he's give

texas but he's also going to meet with local mayors border security guards get a security briefing as he continues to make the case to the american public that advocating for this while fighting for this money is worth keeping eight hundred thousand federal workers off the job as this partial government shutdown continues so it continues kimberly are we getting the sense the this isn't five going to go on for a while and everyone's just digging their heels in. well certainly the science coming out of the white house just about twenty four hours ago were certainly not encouraging for those hoping to get back to work as they approach friday when they'll face the first time they don't get a paycheck parrot lee the meeting between congressional leaders top democrats in the president went on for just fourteen minutes democrats say the president slammed his fist on the table when he was told quite frankly from the house speaker nancy pelosi that he would not be getting his money for the wall that's when the president apparently left the room and the talks deteriorated we've just heard from

for macallan texas. this is one of the places u.s. president donald trump wants to build his border wall mccallan texas the busiest stretch for illegal crossings from mexico into the united states i want to thank everybody trying to make sure all the progs run display like drugs and weapons seized at the border as he met with officials macallan for a photo op designed to convince skeptical americans additional money for his border wall is necessary trying to argue those organizing the illegal crossings are the real criminals victimising the migrants they have women tied up they have tape over their mouths electrical tape usually blue tape they call it. powerful stuff not good truck has been criticized for calling the latest influx of migrants into the us a crisis at the border on thursday truck tweeted the speech of president obama also calling the situation a crisis in twenty four teeth as waves of children arrived in the united states we now have an actual humanitarian crisis on the border that only underscores the need to drop the

texas while this fence is very very tall this one right beside it is not if you're physically fit if you can swim across a river through this thick brush scale a four metre concrete wall over the razor wire you're in should be happening in our country that's what trump says he wants to stop her but his push for five point seven billion from congress to reopen the government and direct a steel border wall has become a dueling narrative for or against the president. along the streets of macallan there were signs of protest but there was plenty of support for the president as well. trump says he still hopes for a deal in congress to pay for his wall but he's not ruling out declaring illegal immigration a national emergency freeing up already approved funds to get what he wants can really help kids al-jazeera mccallan texas well let's hear more now from john holdren has more from the mexican side of the border. this is the fencing that covers about a third of the border between mexico and the united states which president trump says isn't enough he wants a rule to cover this border the r

texas. well true. they backed off and wants him to build the border wall. they don't opponents and supporters of the u.s. president facing each other in mckellen while waiting for his arrival was going to reassess the valley and i think it's very important that we secure our borders is absolutely important and it's necessary for my children for their safety oh it's just it's steep for all the problems of the u.s. has been but the support that all the exposure that starts just by its. true members of the same community but deeply divided a couple lost her temper the police had to be taking them up meanwhile president plum was given a tour along the rio grande day where he talked to border patrol agents using this trip to bolster his argument for his signature companion promise that what they need more than anything is the barrier the wall color whatever you want whether it's steel and concrete you don't care we need a barrier in macallan trump once again threatens to invoke emergency powers t

texas will be meeting with local mayors border security officials but essentially what this is is a massive photo op to make the case that there needs to be a border and regulation in order to ensure that the amount of illegal immigration into the united states is cut down now we should point out the president has characterized this as a crisis certainly that has been challenged by his critics who argue that well there are still illegal crossings some four hundred thousand as of last year it's not the peak that we saw in two thousand when almost one point seven million were crossing into the united states for a much better economic opportunity so the president is certainly trying to sell this to the american public even as talks to reopen the government have broken down you talked about what happened on thursday at the white house the president most recently denying reports that he pounded his fist when he was told that he would not get the five point seven million billion that he is looking for the president flatly denying that saying that he calmly said ok then the discussions are

and mexico donald trump met all the security officers and the texas border town of macallan is demanding five point seven billion dollars for the wall what she says is needed to stop an influx of crime democrats are refusing to fund and that's led to a partial government shutdown that lasted three weeks. iran has hit back at the u.s. secretary of state mike compos address from which he said that america retreating from international affairs lead to chaos iran's foreign minister mohammad job and zarif tweeted that wherever all wherever the u.s. interferes chaos repression and resentment fall. on thursday pompei laid out the top of ministrations vision for american policy in the middle east speaking in cairo he called u.s. leadership a positive force in the region the main focus of his speech was confrontation with iran. who heard and saw the. g. has been remembered at a memorial event on capitol hill and washington thursday marked one hundred days since he was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul democratic leader of the house of representatives nancy pelosi has criticized the trump

texas to try and make his case once again on the border so this is certainly something that is not easily resolved still the congressional leaders and the president say they're working on it but it doesn't look hopeful for the ordinary americans who right now are sitting at home hoping to get a paycheck looking like they won't get one friday as they were counting on are very much the can we hope it will be moved from washington. now you said your state might pump a has made a brief stop in iraq on his chin of middle east capitals america's top diplomat is trying to reassure allies in the region of donald trump's sudden announcement that he will withdraw all u.s. troops from syria right column has the latest now from baghdad it was on schedule visit last thing just a few hours and the secretary of state's met with senior officials including the prime minister maddy now reading between the lines that we can safely say that what was being discussed although it hasn't been officially released by the the americans all the iraq he's will be two key things on the american side it will be the ira

texas while this fence is very very tall this one right beside it is not if you're physically fit if you can swim across a river through this thick brush scale a four metre concrete wall over the razor wire you're in should be happening in our country that's what trump says he wants to stop her but his push for five point seven billion from congress to reopen the government and direct a steel border wall has become a dueling narrative for or against the president. along the streets of macallan there were signs of protest but there was plenty of support for the president as well. trump says he still hopes for a deal in congress to pay for his wall but he's not ruling out declaring illegal immigration a national emergency freeing up already approved funds to get what he wants can really help kids al-jazeera mccallan texas. so ahead here on al-jazeera migration in the rights of british and even citizens after breaks that the british parliament continues to debate ahead of next week's crucial vote. paying the jews should muslims in germany join and jews catholics and protestants and payi

texas good to have you both here john exactly what are you sending next is on a war zone offense what is on. one of your. own. or you have to be ready for. it all. kimberly your chris is with you and he shared this with us it's a little bit of a video so he's showing us what you're seeing behind you there we go explain away you all that looks like a fence and also a gate according to producer chris yeah it's both and this is where the president is visiting maccallum texas to illustrate this is kind of symbolic of what he's trying to get and why he says there's a need for a border wall that's more fortified because as you can see behind me is my producer chris sheridan shared you know parts of it are easily scalable if you're physically fit nabl to do so so that's why donald trump is here making this case of what some people call to sort of a massive photo op but certainly there is the case to be made that there are places where it's easier to scale than others what are people saying in that side of the fence silat side of the border kimberly about the president saying when we're not d

texas while this fence is very very tall this one right beside it is not if you're physically fit if you can swim across a river through this thick brush scale a four metre concrete wall over the razor wire you're in should be happening in our country that's what trump says he wants to stun order but his push for five point seven billion from congress to reopen the government and direct a steel border wall has become a dueling narrative for or against the president. along the streets of macallan there were signs of protest but there was plenty of support for the president as well. trump says he still hopes for a deal in congress to pay for his wall but he's not ruling out declaring illegal immigration a national emergency freeing up already approved funds to get what he wants can really help kids al-jazeera mccallan texas. yes actually as they might pump air is expected to land in bahrain about now the latest stop of his middle east tour also in the gulf will be promoting a trumpet ministration plan for a new military alliance against iran one of the main objectives of pompei is visi

from mexico donald trump met border security offices in the texas town of macallan he's demanding more than five billion dollars for the war which he says is needed to stop an influx of crime democrats accuse the president of holding the country hostage over the issue and are refusing to fund it and that's led to a partial government shutdown that's lasted nearly three weeks now. but you see on the border that's not as much of a problem because they come through the border and they go out through our nation so you'll have crime in iowa you'll have crime in new hampshire you'll have crime in new york you have crime in places you know you don't associate with the border but it comes through the border tremendous amounts and as hard as we work as well as we're doing nationwide on crime a lot of it's caused by people to come in through the southern border so it and you know if we had the barrier it wouldn't happen it wouldn't happen they could have fewer people they could put people other places and sort of having everyone concentrated right here and it's all common sense and nancy and jus

border patrol facility in macallan texas he's demanding nearly six billion dollars for his plan barrier to the south it follows a meeting on wednesday with democrat leaders that he called a waste of time because they're still refusing to fund the wall. this is a tremendous crisis at the border look at president obama's statements from the past numerous statements where it goes it right says this is a crisis you have human traffic you have drugs you have criminals governing it you have gangs demist thirteen we're taking them out by the thousand are bringing them back this is a crisis and they don't come in at the checkpoint which they do also but they go in between to check points where you don't have any barriers. for people who have been killed in the democratic republic of congo in protest the broke out after the election results were announced it happened in two quid secure the province several police stations have also been burned there have been both demonstrations and celebrations after the opposition candidates felix just ahead he was declared the winner in the country those are

texas while this fence is very very tall this one right beside it is not if you're physically fit if you can swim across a river through this thick brush scale a four metre concrete wall over the razor wire you're in should be happening in our country that's what trump says he wants to stop her but his push for five point seven billion from congress to reopen the government and direct a steel border wall has become a dueling narrative for or against the president. along the streets of macallan there were signs of protest but there was plenty of support for the president as well. trump says he still hopes for a deal in congress to pay for his wall but he's not ruling out declaring illegal immigration a national emergency freeing up already approved funds to get what he wants can really help kids al-jazeera mccallan texas well back in washington u.s. government workers have taken to the streets in protest over the partial shutdown hijack castree was that. impact of this partial government shutdown is twofold first there are those government services that are being unfilled filled in so

in texas what do you think how do you get those plans we received. well laura i thought one part that was very interesting about what trump said is this is really the first time on record that he said quote this is not the concrete border wall that he proposed from sea to shining sea during his campaign he actually clarified which is what many members of congress had called upon the president to do frankly exactly what this border wall proposal is because it has shifted so much since the campaign and he just said now to the american people that this is not for wall covering all three thousand plus kilometers of the land border between mexico and the united states but rather portions of wall that will cover only about a third of that distance as patty was saying there there is a lot of wall already built and you can see part of it behind me this was not trump's wall this was built long before truck by previous presidents and what he's been asking for for this five point seven billion dollars would only extend it but certainly not complete a sea to sea

in texas for us thank you heidi. well more than a thousand people from honduras have crossed into mexico as part of a migrant caravan bound for the united states many of them will inevitably be deported back to their home country but they continue to risk the difficult trip to seek asylum after escaping violence and poverty back home manowar palo spoke to some of them in san pedro sula. this bus arriving from mexico is dropping off a hundred migrants being returned home many were deported others like my. who left with a migrant caravan last october have come back willingly either which i think there was that i tried crossing many times through mexicali piccata and i couldn't because we would be tear gassed or the place was too dangerous or too expensive that's why we decided to turn back. in some president as main bus station between three hundred and five hundred deportees are processed every day many of them are under the age of eighteen a local charity provides them with some money for food counseling and other se

from mexico donald trump met with border security of officers in the texas town of macallan he's demanding more than five point seven billion dollars for the war what he says is needed to stop an influx of crime democrats accused of holding the country hostage over the issue and of refusing to fund it and that's led to a partial government shutdown that's lasted three weeks. but you see on the border . they come through the border and they go out through our nation so you have crime and you have crime in new hampshire. you know you don't associate it with a. tremendous amount of art as we were doing. a lot of people coming through the southern border so it and you know if we had the barrier it wouldn't happen. it wouldn't happen they could have your people they could put people other places. right here and. know that. it's not about politics really doing the right thing. u.s. secretary of state has laid out the trumpet vision for. speaking in cairo. but the main focus of the speech was confrontation with iran iran has hit back at pompei is address in which he said that america retreating f

from mexico the president met border security offices in the texas town of macallan he's demanding more than five billion dollars for the war which he says is needed to stop an influx of crime democrats accuse the president of holding the country hostage over the issue and are refusing to fund it and that's led to a partial government shutdown the lawsuits and nearly three weeks what you see on the border that's not as much of a problem because they come through the border and they go out through our nation so you'll have crime in iowa you'll have crime in new hampshire you'll have crime in new york your crime in places you know you don't associate with the border but it comes through the border tremendous amounts and as hard as we work as well as we're doing nationwide on crime a lot of it's caused by people to come in through the southern border so it and you know if we had the barrier it wouldn't happen. it wouldn't happen they could have fewer people they could put people other places and sort of having everyone concentrated right here and it's all common sense and nancy and just to

texas where he will be continuing to make his case to the american people about why this is necessary or i can belief anon franks very much indeed and of course we'll be talking with can believe later on as soon as president trump makes his address. well the focus of this wall of course is the southern border of the united states with mexico john homer is our correspondent there he reports from tijuana. president trump has said that he could declare a national emergency to push through the building of his mood that he's been speaking about since he was on comes paying to become president now the big question here is is there a national emergency on the border that would justify building that will remember that two thirds of the border is already covered by some sort of fencing or structure well let's take it from the first point the caravan seem to reignite the debate over migration to the united states now you're seeing the remnants of it behind me from the thousands that were heading through mexico on their way to united states there's now only about seven hundred people left now in

texas where he will be continuing to make his case to the american people about why this is necessary or i can belief anon thanks very much indeed and of course we'll be talking with kimberly later on as soon as president trump makes his address. well the focus of this wall of course is the southern border of the united states with mexico john homer is our correspondent there he reports from tijuana. president trump has said that he could declare a national emergency to push through the building of his rude that he's been speaking about since he was on comes paying to become president now the big question here is is there a national emergency on the border that would justify building that will remember that two thirds of the border is already covered by some sort of fencing or structure well let's take it from the first point the caravan seem to reignite the debate over migration to the united states now you're seeing the remnants of it behind me from the thousands that were heading through mexico on their way to united states there's now only about seven hundred people left now in te