APPARENTLY, NOT ANYMORE.
SHANNON?
>> Shannon: ALL RIGHT, TRACE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
A NATIONAL SECURITY CRISIS ON
OUR SOUTHERN BORDER, IS U.S.
INTERVENTION APPROPRIATE?
IS IT LEGAL?
LET'S DISCUSS.
AND FORMER SPECIAL AGENT IN
CHARGE OF THE DEA'S SPECIAL
INVESTIGATIONS, DEREK MOTT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
THE PRESIDENT TODAY HAD A COUPLE
OF TWEETS.
THIS COMES FROM A COMBINATION OF
THOSE TWO TWEETS.
IF MEXICO NEEDS
THE UNITED STATES STANDS READY,
WILLING, ABLE TO DO THE JOB
QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
MEXICO'S PRESIDENT IN THE
MORNING PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTED
SAYING THIS, IT'S NOT IN
AGREEMENT WITH OUR CONVICTIONS
FOR THE WORST THING IS WAR.
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
>> FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS A CLEAR
EVIL ACTS TODAY.
TO WATCH THOSE FAMILIES DOWN
THERE, TO SEE THOSE POOR LITTLE
KIDS BURNED TO A CRISP.
THIS IS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR
AMERICA.
WE HAVE THE MOST RUTHLESS
VIOLENCE WE'VE EVER SEEN IN THE
HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY AT OUR
SOUTHERN BORDER.
BY THE WAY, SHANNON, WE HAVE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
DYING EVERY DAY ALL OVER AMERICA
BECAUSE IT IS POISON HIS
FENTANYL AND METHAMPHETAMINE
AND.
MY PERSONAL OPINION, THE GAME
HAS BEEN STEPPED UP.
THE MEXICAN CARTELS ARE REALLY
SHOWING THEIR TRUE COLORS.
THEY'VE BEEN EMPOWERED BY THE
WEAK AND CORRUPT MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT.
AND NOW THE PRESIDENT IS
STANDING UP STRONG FOR THE
SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE
UNITED STATES WHICH I LIKE TO
HEAR.
>> Shannon: HERE'S WHAT
SENATOR TOM COTTON, REPUBLICAN,
HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
>> IN THE REAL WORLD, WHEN THREE
AMERICAN WOMEN AND SIX AMERICAN
CHILDREN WERE GUNNED DOWN AND
BURNED ALIVE, THE ONLY THING
THAT CAN COUNTERACT BULLETS ARE
MORE AND BIGGER BULLETS.
IF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
CANNOT PROTECT AMERICAN CITIZENS
IN MEXICO, THE UNITED STATES MAY
HAVE TO TAKE MATTERS IN OUR OWN
HANDS.
>> Shannon: WE KNOW THERE'S
ALREADY SECURITY, INTEL, AND
EIGHT ISSUE COMING FROM THE U.S.
TRYING TO HELP OUT MEXICO.
THE POLICE TO HAVE COOPERATION
ACROSS THE BORDER.
WHAT YOU MAKE OF THE
>> I THINK THE UNITED STATES
NEEDS TO RESPECT THE SOVEREIGNTY
OF OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH
AND IF OUR NEIGHBORS OF THE
SOUTH REQUEST OUR HELP, WE
SHOULD GIVE IT TO THEM.
THEY'VE GOT A PROBLEM THEY ARE
NOT HANDLING WELL, BUT THAT
PROBLEM IS ACROSS THEIR BORDER
AND IT IS NOT CROSSING INTO OUR
BORDER AS WAS SUGGESTED BY THE
GUEST EARLIER.
THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE
NOTHING --
>> DO YOU MEAN THE DRUG EPIDEMIC
OR THE VIOLENCE?
>> THE VIOLENCE THAT IS NOT
CROSSED THIS BORDER AND THE DRUG
TRAFFICKING IS COMING IN MORE
FROM OUR PORTS THAN FROM OUR
SOUTHERN BORDER.
THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE NOTHING
TO SLOW THE FLOW OF IMMIGRANTS
COMING HERE ILLEGALLY ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
HIS WALL IS EASILY CUT THROUGH
WITH A KNIFE.
AND FRANKLY, THIS IS JUST
ANOTHER THING THE PRESIDENT WILL
USE TO TRY AND SCARE VOTERS, AND
THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE WORRIED
MORE ABOUT CRIME HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES, INCLUDING CRIMES
HE'S BEING ACCUSED OF,
ESPECIALLY WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER
TONIGHT IN KENTUCKY.
HE'S GOT A LOT TO WORRY ABOUT.
>> Shannon: LET'S STAY
FOCUSED.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
ATTENTION TO OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
AND CRIME IN THE U.S. VERSUS,
YOU KNOW -- TALKED ABOUT THE
FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT HASN'T
MADE PROGRESS WITH TRYING TO
KEEP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION UNDER
CONTROL.
A LOT OF THAT IS TIED UP IN THE
COURTS.
WE COVERED IT, THERE ARE PIECES
STUCK IN THE NINTH CIRCUIT,
STUFF GOING TO THE SUPREME COURT
PRINT WHAT DO YOU MAKE BY THE
CONTENTION THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT
THE SOUTHERN BORDER?
>> WE HAVE A NATIONAL SECURITY
CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
WE HAVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
RUNNING ACROSS THE BORDER EVERY
SINGLE DAY, OUR BORDER CONTROL
IS OVERWORKED, UNDERPAID,
GETTING SHOT AT.
BY THE WAY, CHRIS, THERE IS A
LOT OF VIOLENCE IN AMERICA
BECAUSE OF THE DRUG TRAFFICKING.
GO TO CHICAGO.
>> YEAH, I AGREE.
>> GO THERE EVERY SINGLE
WEEKEND.
>> GO TO MISSOURI.
GO TO MISSOURI, TOO.
LET'S POINT THE RED STATE OUT
TOO.
>> MISSOURI, I AGREE.
MISSOURI, NEW YORK, VIOLENCE
EVERYWHERE, HOMELESSNESS
EVERYWHERE, LAWLESSNESS, WE HAVE
AN UNBELIEVABLE CRISIS, WE NEED
TO STEP UP HIS GAME.
>> YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU GET NO ARGUMENT FROM ME THAT
THERE IS A PROBLEM.
YOU GET AN ARGUMENT FOR ME THAT
THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN THIS
COUNTRY FOR THE PROBLEM IS WE
GOT A PRESIDENT THAT'S
ILL-EQUIPPED TO HANDLE IT AND
HAS FAILED AT EVERY ATTEMPT HE'S
DONE TO TRY TO HANDLE IT.
SO WE NEED TO CHANGE LEADERSHIP
IN THIS COUNTRY SO WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS
BECAUSE THIS PRESIDENT IS NOT
PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS BUT HE'S
FAILING TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS
OF THIS UNITED STATES.
>> Shannon: CHRIS, WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT NINE AMERICANS WHO
ARE DEAD TONIGHT WHO WERE KILLED
IN MEXICO --
>> HORRIBLE.
>> Shannon: BECAUSE OF
OUTRAGEOUS DRUG CARTEL VIOLENCE.
THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT
IS MADE AS TERRORIST
ORGANIZATIONS, A NUMBER OF
THINGS OFFERED.
IF MEXICO DOESN'T WANT OUR HELP,
THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO.
BUT THESE ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
>> SHANNON CAN I SPEAK --
>> IS HORRIBLE.
>> HE'S VERY ANGRY BUT LET ME
TELL YOU THIS.
I'M ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVOCATE
SUPPORTING THE DESIGNATION OF
THESE CARTELS AS TERRORIST
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE.
THEIR DRUGS ARE AROUND THE
WORLD, THE VIOLENCE OF THE
UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS --
>> I AGREE.
>> THEY ARE KILLING KIDS, WOMEN,
LIKE WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE PRESIDENT
IS STEPPING UP AND THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> Shannon: WE GOT TO LEAVE IT
THERE.
THIS IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM --
>> I AGREE, THEY ARE HORRIBLE
PEOPLE.
>> Shannon: THEY ARE WORKING
AROUND THE GLOBE AND USING THIS