HOW TO BECOME A GRILLMASTER WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK. >> WHEN NEWS AT 5 STARTS RIGHT
NOW.
>> FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME CASE
SAID GETTING A LOOK AT GOVERNOR
GREG ABBOTT’S NEW FLOATING
BORDER WALL AS WE SPEAK.
A PRIVATE COMPANY NOW
INSTALLING BUOYS ALONG THE RIO
GRANDE AND THE PURPOSE IS TO
KEEP MIGRANTS FROM CROSSING
OUR JONATHAN COTTO LIVE NOW
FROM EAGLE. PASS WITH OR WHERE
THOSE BARRIERS ARE BEING SET
UP. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE HIM
RIGHT BEHIND YOU. JONATHAN,
DO WE KNOW HOW LONG THIS WILL
TAKE?
>> THAT’S RIGHT, STEVE. YOU
KNOW, IN FACT, WHAT YOU’RE
SEEING BEHIND ME IS THE STATE’S
MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR EFFORT IN
SECURING THE BORDER. NOW, I CAN
TELL YOU SINCE WE’VE BEEN HERE
THIS MORNING, THIS AREA HAS
SERVED THAT THIS AS A STAGING
AREA FOR THOSE BUOYS, THE
NUMBER OF POLICE HAS GONE DOWN
AS THEY’RE BEING CHECKED OUT TO
STRATEGIC POINTS ALONG THE RIO
GRANDE. BUT WE DO KNOW THESE
BOYS ARRIVED HERE TO EAGLE PASS
LAST WEEK AND THE PROJECT IS
PROJECTED TO TAKE AT LEAST A
COUPLE OF WEEKS TO BE
COMPLETED.
THE MARINE BARRIER IS ONE OF
THE LATEST EFFORTS BY THE STATE
OF TEXAS AND SECURING THE
BORDER.
>> PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED
SHIPPING CONTAINERS ALONG THE
PORTIONS OF THE AS WELL AS
RAZOR WIRE THAT DPS OFFICIALS
SAY ARE LAYERS OF 10 AND
CHRISTOPHER, ANYBODY IS WITH
THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY SAYS THE BUOYS SHOULD
DISCOURAGE MIGRANTS FROM
CROSSING INTO THE U.S. BUT SAYS
SOME ATTEMPTS WILL BE MADE TO
CROSS THE RIVER DESPITE THE
BARRIER AND THE DANGERS THAT
EXIST. WE DO KNOW FOR A FACT
THAT.
>> WILL THERE BE A MIGRANT
WOULD BE A SMUGGLING
ORGANIZATION IN MEXICO THAT
THEY’RE GOING TO TRY TO FIND
WAYS TO DEFEAT THIS BARRIER.
SO WE WILL HAVE MANPOWER.
THERE WILL BE MONITORING THIS
BARRIER. THE COURSE OF THERE’S
ANY DAMAGES OR TO PUT IT DOES
MAKE IT ACROSS AND THEY COULD
POSSIBLY FACE SOME TYPE OF
STATE COMMIT ARGUS ONCE
INSTALLED THE MARINE BARRIER
WOULD COVER ABOUT 1000 FEET OF
THE MIDDLE OF THAT. THEY WERE
GOING THERE.
>> THEY SAY THE BUOY SYSTEM
WILL BE NETTED WITH ANCHORS
THAT DROP DOWN TO THE RIVER
BED. OBVIOUSLY THE BOYS WILL
BE PLACED INTO TO SUBJECT AREAS
WHERE WE
>> THE MAJORITY OF LITTLE
PEOPLE COMING ACROSS THE RIVER
FOR SOME OF THESE AREAS ARE
VERY DEEP. THE WATER IS VERY
DEEP. SO WE WANT TO PREVENT
THOSE CROSSING. WANT TO PREVENT
THE DRUMS. HE SAYS, WHILE THE
NUMBER OF MIGRANT CROSSINGS
HAVE DROPPED, HUMAN SMUGGLING
OPERATIONS HAVE INCREASED.
WE
COME ACROSS.
>> SOME OF THE SMUGGLING ABOUT
THE BORDER WERE DRIVERS FROM
ALL OVER DIFFERENT PARTS OF
TEXAS. ANOTHER STATE ARE STILL
CONTINUING.
>> TO GET INVOLVED IN PEOPLE,
SMUGGLING SMUGGLING MIGRANTS
FURTHER INTO THE INTERIOR AS
WELL AS CHILDREN.
>> NOW, STEVEN STEPHANIE, IT’S
IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT THIS
IS AN OPERATION THAT IS SOLELY
BEEN FUNDED BY THE STATE.
WE KNOW DPS IS OVERSEEING THE
INSTALLMENT, BUT THE ACTUAL
INSTALLMENT IS BEING CONDUCTED
BY A PRIVATE COMPANY. NOW WE
KNOW THIS EFFORT HAS GARNERED A
LOT OF BACKLASH BY SEVERAL
MIGRANT ADVOCACY GROUPS AS WELL
AS ENVIRONMENTALISTS TO.
SO COMING UP AT 6, WE’RE GOING
TO BE SPEAKING WITH THE LOCAL
LEADER WHO SAYS THE BOYS.
WELL, HE SAYS IT’S JUST A
BAND-AID AND NOT A REAL
OUR HEAT HIGH IS MOVING COMING JUST A BIT. TALK ABOUT WHERE
OUR HEAT HIGH IS MOVING COMING RIGHT UP. >> LOUISE, ALONG THE BORDER
GIANT BUOYS ARE BEING PLACED IN
THE RIO GRANDE TO TRY TO KEEP
PEOPLE FROM CROSSING INTO THE
U.S. ILLEGALLY. STATE LEADERS
SAY IT’S AN EFFORT TO ENHANCE
SURVEILLANCE AND IMPROVE
SECURITY. JONATHAN COTTO JOINS
US LIVE FROM EAGLE PASS WHERE
THOSE BUOYS ARE BEING IN SPALL
INSTALLED AS WE SPEAK.
JONATHAN.
>> THAT’S RIGHT. STEVE BUYER.
NOW WE KNOW DPS HAS BEEN
OVERSEEING THE INSTALLMENT OF
WHAT THEY’RE CALLING A MARINE
THE BARRIER. THEY TELL US THE
BUOYS WILL PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE
IN THEIR EFFORTS OF SECURING
THE BORDER. AND WE ALSO KNOW
THAT THEY’LL BE PLACED ALONG
STRATEGIC AREAS OF THE FIELD
THEY’RE HOPING THAT IT WILL
DETER MIGRANTS FROM EVEN
STEPPING FOOT INSIDE THAT THE
WATER. AND I WANT YOU TO TAKE A
LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
THESE ARE AERIAL FOOTAGE IS
THAT OUR PHOTOJOURNALIST EDDIE
LOT WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE OUR
DRONE VIDEO SHOWS AREAS OF THAT
HE’LL GET ON THERE THAT HAVE
SEEN A HIGH NUMBER OF MIGRANT
CROSSINGS ON ONE SIDE, THE
MEXICAN STATE OF QUOTE, WE LOVE
THAT STANDS ACROSS EAGLE PASS
NOW STRATEGIC AREAS OF THE DEAL
THAT ENDED THAT DIVIDES.
THE 2 WILL SOON BE DRESSED BY
ORANGE BUOYS. THE MARINE
BARRIER IS THE STATE’S LATEST
EFFORT IN SECURING THE BORDER
THAT HAS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT
THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON MARINE
LIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND
SOME LEADERSHIP SAY THE BUOYS
ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A
BAND-AID AND NOT A SOLUTION
TO THE PROBLEM. TAKE A LISTEN.
>> EVERYONE’S FRUSTRATED.
EVERYONE’S TIRED OF THIS BORDER
CRISIS. MANY PEOPLE ARE FIRST
GENERATION AMERICANS AND
THEY’RE THEY THEY THEY WANT
TO SEE THEIR GRANDPARENTS IN
THE EYES OF THESE MIGRANTS.
BUT IT IS IT HAS BECOME VERY
CHAOTIC AND WE’VE HAD ENOUGH.
WE WHILE I APPRECIATE THE DOING
SOMETHING WITH THESE BUOYS, IT
IS NOT THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION.
THE SOLUTION IS FIND A WAY
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS CAN
COME TOGETHER. AND I THINK
THAT’S THE WORK VISAS.
>> LIEUTENANT CHRISTOPHER,
ANYBODY IS WITH THE TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
SAYS THE BOWIE SHOULD
DISCOURAGE MIGRANTS FROM
CROSSING INTO THE U.S. BUT SAYS
SOME ATTEMPTS WILL STILL BE
MADE TO CROSS THE RIVER DESPITE
THE BARRIER AND THE DANGERS
THAT EXIST. NOW, STEPHEN MEYER,
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THESE BUOYS
ARE RELATIVELY LARGE. WE’VE
BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON THE
WORKERS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING
HERE AT THIS STAGING AREA.
IN SOME CASES I’VE SEEN BOYS
COME UP TO THE SHOULDER OF SOME
OF THE WORKERS THAT HAVE BEEN
OUT HERE, LOADING THEM ONTO
TRUCKS. BUT ONCE INSTALLED,
THESE BOYS ARE EXPECTED TO
COVER AT LEAST 1000 FEET ALONG
THE MIDDLE OF THAT VIDEO.
NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ASKING, FOLKS CAN JUST EASILY
SWIM UNDER THEM. WELL, WE’RE
TOLD THEY WILL BE NETTED AND