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>> the first thing we need to say to anybody in mexico is georgia at its worst is better than mexico at its best. >> reporter: with that appealing message for mexicans i headed south of the border to recruit america's next great black berry pickers. berries. we got 'em. they need pickin'. what do you think? >> i'd rather be a professional here in mexico than be in a garden in the united states. >> reporter: what's wrong with being in the garden in the united states? >> just being in the sun the whole day and sweating. >> reporter: seriously. our crops are literally rotting. we need you guys. >> you can't have us. >> reporter: i get it. you guys are entitled college kids. you want the whole corporate u.s. sales pitch thing. all right. i'm committed. let's go. >> are y'all ready for this? >> on your feet now. come on! are you mexicans? boom! berries. we got 'em. we need you to pick 'em. this generation was lost but with my country in need i had to take my message to the streets and get our mexicans back. people of mexico, i come from america with a message. we're sorry. we're really re
>> the first thing we need to say to anybody in mexico is georgia at its worst is better than mexico at its best. >> reporter: with that appealing message for mexicans i headed south of the border to recruit america's next great black berry pickers. berries. we got 'em. they need pickin'. what do you think? >> i'd rather be a professional here in mexico than be in a garden in the united states. >> reporter: what's wrong with being in the garden in the united states?...
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divorce in mexico city. city leaders have introduced a proposal for temporary marriage licenses. get this. the contract lasts two years. the married couples can renew the license if they're still happy at the end of that period. otherwise they can split up and the contract covers how they divvy up property and kids. >> stephen: two years. the most important commitment of your life is now less binding than a verizon cell phone contract. so a wag of my finger at mexico city. mexico city, marriage is a sacred institution that should last forever because once you have made that eternal commitment, you can let yourself go. i mean, just throw on the sweatpants and cancel your gym membership. you can let your ass get its own zip code, let your ears go unplucked, eat on the toilet. okay. that's a time saver. and a two-year commitment? that's a congressional term, which means you're really only married for one year because your second year you're campaigning to be reelected spouse. what if you face a primary challeng
divorce in mexico city. city leaders have introduced a proposal for temporary marriage licenses. get this. the contract lasts two years. the married couples can renew the license if they're still happy at the end of that period. otherwise they can split up and the contract covers how they divvy up property and kids. >> stephen: two years. the most important commitment of your life is now less binding than a verizon cell phone contract. so a wag of my finger at mexico city. mexico city,...
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invading mexico. okay. i can't imagine anyone wants to vote for him. >> the headline is rick perry wants to invade mexico. is it so outrageous? we did it in colombia. he's not talking about rolling tanks over the board. >> we are doing it. we are providing police plus assistance and we have to. the real question is whether mexico's politics will allow this kind of american involvement, whether they are so hyper sensitive. this has the potential to not just affect the quality of life in the united states but to totally distort america's ability to face the world if we have to worry about what's going on down south. >> you say mexico is not a failed state. how many people out there getting up, getting ready for the week this morning realize the casualty rate among innocent civilians in mexico is at least five times higher than our casualty rate in iraq and afghanistan. five times higher. with people killed, beheaded, left in school playgrounds. >> that's unbelievable. >> it's an incredible undercovered story.
invading mexico. okay. i can't imagine anyone wants to vote for him. >> the headline is rick perry wants to invade mexico. is it so outrageous? we did it in colombia. he's not talking about rolling tanks over the board. >> we are doing it. we are providing police plus assistance and we have to. the real question is whether mexico's politics will allow this kind of american involvement, whether they are so hyper sensitive. this has the potential to not just affect the quality of life...
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but what about more on mexico? it seems to be sort of the center of everything now, the cartels there. >> the cartels seem to be almost a government. certainly in northern mexico there's a real question about the authority of the central government and how many police get killed, how many government officials get killed. i think the fact that the iranian government was willing to do business here, or thought it could do business with these cartels tells you somebody thought they were a kweisi national organization. >> that is one of the most important things for americans to think of. you think of terror and threats
but what about more on mexico? it seems to be sort of the center of everything now, the cartels there. >> the cartels seem to be almost a government. certainly in northern mexico there's a real question about the authority of the central government and how many police get killed, how many government officials get killed. i think the fact that the iranian government was willing to do business here, or thought it could do business with these cartels tells you somebody thought they were a...
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ambassador to mexico. so is this cover-up and this game of spin and delay continues, the problem is it's only creating problems that didn't initially exist. initially, this was a dumb program that led to very adverse consequences. now it's about a cover-up, about deception, about slow rolling discovery of this and other committees. understand, i got involved in this because senator grassley was denied any discovery because he wasn't the chairman over in the senate and i got involved somewhat on his behalf and my committee has taken a lead on it. but this was about stone walg of the senate long before i got involved. >> i always thought this was the first time this kind of a program had been tried. there are new revelations to night coming out that bush administration had a similar weapons program, something called operation wide receiver. do you know about that? do you think officials from that administration should be looked at as well? >> well, anderson, we know a lot more about it. that's among the docu
ambassador to mexico. so is this cover-up and this game of spin and delay continues, the problem is it's only creating problems that didn't initially exist. initially, this was a dumb program that led to very adverse consequences. now it's about a cover-up, about deception, about slow rolling discovery of this and other committees. understand, i got involved in this because senator grassley was denied any discovery because he wasn't the chairman over in the senate and i got involved somewhat on...
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not even in mexico. this is the first time this has ever happened to me. >> hinojosa: a single mom with two daughters, both american citizens, ramirez says she fled the violence of mexico's drug wars after being threatened with kidnapping in her hometown of durango. she had come to us legally in 2007 and found work in illinois cleaning houses. then, she overstayed her visa, and says she was afraid to return home. >> ( translated ): for me, the place i wanted to be was mexico, but i had to emigrate because of the circumstances. >> hinojosa: for fear? >> ( translated ): because of fear, exactly. >> mi nombre es susana ramirez... >> hinojosa: the sympathetic story of a mother facing deportation was picked up by immigration activists and politicians. >> translator: ...ramirez, and i am a person who was detained in april. >> hinojosa: a state bill known as "susana's law" was introduced to deny funding for secure communities. >> the federal government should stop deporting the parents of american citizen child
not even in mexico. this is the first time this has ever happened to me. >> hinojosa: a single mom with two daughters, both american citizens, ramirez says she fled the violence of mexico's drug wars after being threatened with kidnapping in her hometown of durango. she had come to us legally in 2007 and found work in illinois cleaning houses. then, she overstayed her visa, and says she was afraid to return home. >> ( translated ): for me, the place i wanted to be was mexico, but i...
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mexico was able to neutralize a significant risk to mexico's national security, while at the same time reinforcing bilateral and reciprocal cooperation with the united states. that statement in part coming in from the government of mexico just moments ago. we're getting a lot more information on this alleged plot to kill saudi arabia's ambassador to the united states. we're following the breaking news. much more in "the situation room" right after. this oh there's tons. french presses, espresso tampers, filters. it can get really complicated. not nearly as complicated as shipping it, though. i mean shipping is a hassle. not with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that is easy. best news i've heard all day! i'm soooo amped! i mean not amped. excited. well, sort of amped. really kind of in between. have you ever thought about decaf? do you think that would help? yeah. priority mail flat rate shipping starts at just $4.95, only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. i'm forty-nine years-old, i lo
mexico was able to neutralize a significant risk to mexico's national security, while at the same time reinforcing bilateral and reciprocal cooperation with the united states. that statement in part coming in from the government of mexico just moments ago. we're getting a lot more information on this alleged plot to kill saudi arabia's ambassador to the united states. we're following the breaking news. much more in "the situation room" right after. this oh there's tons. french...
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why would the government allow thousands of guns to walk across the border to mexico? it was an operation implemented by the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. to trace guns getting into the hands of the mexican drug cartel. but when border patrol agent brian terry was killed in arizona and two of the guns sent undercover by the u.s. government into mexico were found at the crime scene, the program exploded in controversy. could one of those walked guns be responsible for the death of a federal agent? the head of the a.t.f. has step down. a u.s. attorney in arizona has resigned and lesser officials have been transferred or replaced. but questions remain. who instituted the program? what did attorney general eric holder know about it? and when? >> i'm not sure of the exact date but i probably heard about fast and furious for the first time over the last few weeks. >> schieffer: was there a cover- up, a scandal or is it all just politics? we'll talk to congressman darrell issa, the congressional chairman investigating the justice department's role. and congressman
why would the government allow thousands of guns to walk across the border to mexico? it was an operation implemented by the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. to trace guns getting into the hands of the mexican drug cartel. but when border patrol agent brian terry was killed in arizona and two of the guns sent undercover by the u.s. government into mexico were found at the crime scene, the program exploded in controversy. could one of those walked guns be responsible for the death of a...
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., declare war on mexico? c. again. you're getting too good at this. texas governor rick perry this weekend responded to the publicizing of his family's "n" word hunting camp in texas this weekend by announcing apropos of nothing that he might like to send american troops to invade mexico. republican political science is not the same as other kinds of political science. we'll have more ahead. >>> the idea that new jersey governor chris christie might possibly may be con receively weather permitting might run for president though he said he wouldn't, is a favorite campaign rumor this campaign season. "business week" reporting word from an anonymous republican donor saying governor christie is once again actively considering entering the race and will make a decision. the news of a reported reconsideration of a potential candidacy being reported in the context of the larger dynamics at work in the republican field right now. notice that the chris christie rumors are almost always tied to a fund-raiser of some kind. either a fund-raiser is the source o
., declare war on mexico? c. again. you're getting too good at this. texas governor rick perry this weekend responded to the publicizing of his family's "n" word hunting camp in texas this weekend by announcing apropos of nothing that he might like to send american troops to invade mexico. republican political science is not the same as other kinds of political science. we'll have more ahead. >>> the idea that new jersey governor chris christie might possibly may be con...
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or do you, c, declare war on mexico? c again. you're getting too good at this. texas governor rick perry this weekend responded to the publicizing of his family's "n" word hunting camp in texas this weekend by announcing apropos of nothing that he might like to send american troops to invade mexico. republican political science is not the same as other kinds of political science. we'll have more ahead. we're centurylink ... a new kind of broadband company committed to providing honest, personal service from real people ... 5-year price-lock guarantees ... consistently fast speeds ... and more ways to customize your technology. woman: saving for our child's college fund was getting man: yes it was. so to save some money, we taught our 5 year old how to dunk. woman: scholarship! woman: honey go get him. anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.com. get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >>> the idea that new jersey governor chris christie might possibly, maybe, conceivably, weather permitting, think about running
or do you, c, declare war on mexico? c again. you're getting too good at this. texas governor rick perry this weekend responded to the publicizing of his family's "n" word hunting camp in texas this weekend by announcing apropos of nothing that he might like to send american troops to invade mexico. republican political science is not the same as other kinds of political science. we'll have more ahead. we're centurylink ... a new kind of broadband company committed to providing...
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., declare war on mexico? c. again. you're getting too good at this. texas governor rick perry this weekend responded to the publicizing of his family's "n" word hunting camp in texas this weekend by announcing apropos of nothing that he might like to send american troops to invade mexico. republican political science is not the same as other kinds of political science. we'll have more ahead. are choosing advil. my name is lacey calvert and i'm a yoga instructor. if i have any soreness, i'm not going to be able to do my job. but once i take advil, i'm able to finish out strong. it really works! [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] make the switch. take action. take advil. that will change your life... for the first time ever... a toothpaste. crest 3d white. if beauty editors notice, who else will? crest 3d white toothpaste. life opens up when you do. gives you a 50% annual bonus! so you earn 50% more cash. according to research, everybody likes more cash. well, almost everybody... ♪ would you like 50% more cash? no! but it's more money. [ male announcer ] t
., declare war on mexico? c. again. you're getting too good at this. texas governor rick perry this weekend responded to the publicizing of his family's "n" word hunting camp in texas this weekend by announcing apropos of nothing that he might like to send american troops to invade mexico. republican political science is not the same as other kinds of political science. we'll have more ahead. are choosing advil. my name is lacey calvert and i'm a yoga instructor. if i have any...
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but if that baby were born in mexico, hey, speak-a da englais, goo-goo, ga-ga. now luckily some states have found a great way to discourage these women from coming here and squatting out a freedom fetus. recently in arizona and tennessee, three pregnant women were arrested for not having proper identification and forced to give birth shackled to their hospital beds without their husbands in the presence of prison guards. so a quick tip for the olive skinned ladies when they're at ten centimeters and fully effaced, you're going to want to find your drivers license. unfortunately when confronted with a woman in labor, some law enforcement lax the authority to slap them in four-point restraints because sadly this is legal in only 36 states. folks, i say this is dangerous. we have to manacle these mamasitas down. i mean, even american women in labor are dangerous. they have super strength and they get mean as a snake. my wife turned into a wolf-headed she-creature. but i say... i say chaining down, chaining down these women in labor is not far enough. she's already
but if that baby were born in mexico, hey, speak-a da englais, goo-goo, ga-ga. now luckily some states have found a great way to discourage these women from coming here and squatting out a freedom fetus. recently in arizona and tennessee, three pregnant women were arrested for not having proper identification and forced to give birth shackled to their hospital beds without their husbands in the presence of prison guards. so a quick tip for the olive skinned ladies when they're at ten...
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troops having to go deal with the drug war into mexico. is this a governor who's trying to mitigate some of his more moderate stances on the issue? >> probably. but, what is going on in mexico is a problem all americans have their eyes on, and are worried about. it's on everybo's radar screen. so, i don't know exactly what he said, but yes, i think he's probablyrying to show a different kind of boots on the ground. >> the trend tracker also shows wall street otests that we talked about in brooklyn, and also president clinton's 20th anniversary, e.j. we talked about this a few minutes ago. this is the confab to relab 2 years ago, there is the former president and hillary clinton, don't stop thinking about tomorrow is the music you can hear underath there. and, in fact, this is a group that hasn't stopped thinking about yesterday, and thinking that in many ways they're getting it a all right better than this democratic crwd. there is that tension, isn't there? >> this isn't about me, david. this is about you. this is, i mean, look, he was a
troops having to go deal with the drug war into mexico. is this a governor who's trying to mitigate some of his more moderate stances on the issue? >> probably. but, what is going on in mexico is a problem all americans have their eyes on, and are worried about. it's on everybo's radar screen. so, i don't know exactly what he said, but yes, i think he's probablyrying to show a different kind of boots on the ground. >> the trend tracker also shows wall street otests that we talked...
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troops into mexico to curb the drug violence. >> it may require our military in mexico working in concert with them to kill these drug cartels and keep them off of our border and to destroy their networks. >> again, that was saturday. all of that was over shadowed by this story. the washington post reported that a hunting camp perry leased with his father was called a racial slur painted in block letters on the rock marking the entrance. he said his father painted over the sign soon after leasing the property but at least seven sources said the name was visible at different points during the '80s and '90s. one worker said he'd seen it as recently as three years ago. the problem for perry was on one hand the perry campaign hoped to min mighty ducks the damage by blaming the story on the so-called liberal media trying to paint rick perry as somehow a part of the old south. but in came herman cain, the lone african-american in the republican race. here's what he said. >> the n-word is probably one of the most vile, negative words in our culture and i just found it insensitive that they allow
troops into mexico to curb the drug violence. >> it may require our military in mexico working in concert with them to kill these drug cartels and keep them off of our border and to destroy their networks. >> again, that was saturday. all of that was over shadowed by this story. the washington post reported that a hunting camp perry leased with his father was called a racial slur painted in block letters on the rock marking the entrance. he said his father painted over the sign soon...
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right now we're joined by gary johnson, the former governor of new mexico. he's currently running for the republican presidential nomination, and josh marshall, the founder and editor of talking points memo. gentleman, thank you for joining us. i said earlier tonight, i thought it was a good act, an important act for america to defend itself. governor, do you think it was a good thing for us to do for us to knock this guy out, involved with the underwear bomber, involved prop begaganda wise, a part of al qaeda in the arabia peninsula. >> chris, maybe it was a good thing to do, but as the president of the united states, i would be really transparent as reasons for doing this. look, this has never happened before. we're denying him due process of guilt, innocence aside this is new precedence being denied due process. isn't that the -- kind of the cornerstone of the u.s. constitution? >> what would you have done? >> well, maybe i would have done the same thing but i would have been really transparent. here is the threat this guy poses. here's what he has done.
right now we're joined by gary johnson, the former governor of new mexico. he's currently running for the republican presidential nomination, and josh marshall, the founder and editor of talking points memo. gentleman, thank you for joining us. i said earlier tonight, i thought it was a good act, an important act for america to defend itself. governor, do you think it was a good thing for us to do for us to knock this guy out, involved with the underwear bomber, involved prop begaganda wise, a...
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this violence that we have in mexico. >> so you -- let me get it straight. you take herman cain at his -- he's had so many different positions in the last three, four days about the electrified fence. the idea we should have a fence that is electrified at the level that it will kill people if they touch it, you take that to be a herman cain joke? >> yes. i don't -- i talked to him. i don't believe that's what he meant. he's just frustrated and people say things under the frustration. they want something done. but i'm sure that he doesn't mean to kill those people crossing the border illegally. by the way, it is a crime, but it's not -- it's not a crime you go to the death chamber for. it's a misdemeanor. >> last presidential election you endorsed mitt romney which was awkward to put it mildly in the state of arizona where the eventual nominee, john mccain, is from. you said of mitt romney last time around, i like him, he's a man of principle, of good character. he did a great job in massachusetts and i feel he's going to make a great president." do you still
this violence that we have in mexico. >> so you -- let me get it straight. you take herman cain at his -- he's had so many different positions in the last three, four days about the electrified fence. the idea we should have a fence that is electrified at the level that it will kill people if they touch it, you take that to be a herman cain joke? >> yes. i don't -- i talked to him. i don't believe that's what he meant. he's just frustrated and people say things under the...
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former governor of new mexico, bill richardson is here to help us break it down. good to see you. hopefully next time in person. are you concerned about the president's polling numbers among hispanics? >> i'm a little concerned. in the end, i believe i am going to hope he gets close to 70%. a republican has to get over 35%. the reason they won't get over 35%, all the republican candidates, except maybe governor perry, are very harsh on comprehensive immigration. they appear to be against the dream act that gives educational help to kids of immigrants. they appear to be closing the border and sending very negative messages, while the president has taken some positive positions on reforming immigration, like president bush did, like the dream act, supporting educational benefits, jobs for latinos. he's very strong with the latino community. i think that approval rating once the election gets closer, is going to move up. >> let me ask you about this. you point out the dream act and things like that. i was talking to someone this weekend, a diehard obama supporter, and really frustrat
former governor of new mexico, bill richardson is here to help us break it down. good to see you. hopefully next time in person. are you concerned about the president's polling numbers among hispanics? >> i'm a little concerned. in the end, i believe i am going to hope he gets close to 70%. a republican has to get over 35%. the reason they won't get over 35%, all the republican candidates, except maybe governor perry, are very harsh on comprehensive immigration. they appear to be against...
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officials say iranian secret police tried to hire hitmen from mexico's drug cartel to pull off the plot. joining us so jessica yellin. jessica, a quite extraordinary james bond-style plot here. tell me more about this. >> reporter: well, the plot was under way for many months, and it got so far that money was actually transferred for an assassination. what the iranians didn't know, piers, was the person they hired to carry this out was a dea informant working for the u.s. government. so it was never actually going to take place. >> but that was a massive stroke of luck, presumably. >> reporter: absolutely. once this dea informant was contacted by the iranians, the fbi was brought in. what we know tracing the timeline was the president was notified in june. the arrest of the naturalized u.s. citizen, the iranian we all have a mug shot of now was on september 29th. so it unfolded over the course of about four months where u.s. law enforcement was tracking it for all that time. >> secretary of state clinton said today the idea that they would attempt to go to a mexican drug cartel to solic
officials say iranian secret police tried to hire hitmen from mexico's drug cartel to pull off the plot. joining us so jessica yellin. jessica, a quite extraordinary james bond-style plot here. tell me more about this. >> reporter: well, the plot was under way for many months, and it got so far that money was actually transferred for an assassination. what the iranians didn't know, piers, was the person they hired to carry this out was a dea informant working for the u.s. government. so...