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hello everyone hope you had an awesome
weekend Spring is certainly in full
bloom here in the South went to The
Dogwood Festival with all kinds of Arts
crafts and plenty of bouncy houses with
my daughters even met some of you from
Howard and Woodward here in Atlanta I'm
headed up to New York City tomorrow to
interview some Olympians for the show so
it's going to be a b big week all right
let's get to the news and we do start
with some very serious news out of
Israel on Saturday night local time the
nation of Iran launched more than 300
drones and missiles at Israel Iran says
the attack was in retaliation for a
suspected air strike which they believe
Israel carried out earlier this month
against an Iranian consulate complex in
Damascus which is the capital of Syria
that air strike in Syria reportedly
killed at least seven Iranian officials
including a top commander in Iran's
Elite revolutionary guard Saturday in
Israel the government reported that 99%
of the projectiles that Iran fired were
intercepted by Israel's vaed Iron Dome
or defense systems as well as by defense
systems from its Partners including the
United States Israel's Iron Dome uses
sensors and computers to calculate the
trajectory of an incoming missile or
drone and then fires its own missile to
intercept and destroy that incoming
projectile Saturday aturday night these
defense systems seem to have worked with
Israel reporting no injuries suffered
directly from an Iranian projectile
although it is beli that a
seven-year-old girl fell victims to
shrapnel from an Israeli interceptor
missile the US says no Iranian cruise
missiles hit Israel and no targets of
great significance were hit this is the
first time Iran has ever fired directly
at Israel and it sets a dangerous
precedent during a phone call President
Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu that the US would not
take part in any assaults on Iran but
reiterated the US's dedication to the
country's security the US is encouraging
Israel to view the Iranian assault as a
win because it showed the strength and
ability of Israel's defenses next up we
take you to the US Mexico border where
arrests for illegal border crossings
were down slightly in March the downtick
is not worthy because typically there's
an increase in migrant Crossings during
the Spring but this year border patrol
arrest Ed
137,00 people coming into the US from
Mexico a drop of 2.3% from the more than
140,000 apprehensions in February part
of the cause for the downturn increased
Patrol and enforcement by Mexican
officials on that side of the Border
CNN's David Culver takes you on the
ground to see how a change in policy in
Mexico is making an impact on the
ground you can see behind me here
there's a huge gap in the wall
and this is where Mexican officials tell
us that a lot of the Smugglers are
either directing or bringing some of the
migrants to so that they can easily
cross which makes these rugged back
roads the preferred and profitable
routes for cartel backed migrant
Smugglers we're about an hour east of
Tijuana driving with Mexican migration
officials along the US Mexico border but
we detour after learning a group of
migrants has been rescued as officials
here
say brail brail we pull up and find
about a dozen folks who describe to me
their attempts to claim asylum in the US
he said he tried to cross but Mexican
officials stopped him from being able to
go that's because Mexico is now stepping
up its efforts to stop migrants from
Crossing illegally into the US Mexico is
now pouring resources like the National
Guard and Mexican Army in to help Patrol
and detain migrants like these
eventually transporting the southern
Mexico where we uh separate them by
nationalities and then from them we
determine uh the deportation uh process
what's happening here goes beyond
stepped up Patrols in recent months
Mexican officials have built base camps
deploying troops to some of the most
popular illegal Crossing sites hey
Smuggler van are there several of these
vehicles just left abandoned in like
seven vehicles in total in this area the
area as we pull up we realize we've been
here before we've seen so many people
cross through this property this right
here at this spot late last year we met
us residents fed up with migrants coming
through their land they can come through
the front door our cameras captured
hundreds each day and night that has
stopped in recent weeks and it stopped
primarily because of what we're seeing
on the Mexico side of things this is a
remote base on the border you've got
Mexican immigration officials you've got
National Guard and you've got Mexican
Army who are here 247 we have our fridge
microwave coffee everything you have
moved resources to live 247 On the
Border why is it so important for Mexico
to be doing that we want to prevent
migrants to get in touch with the
criminal groups the number of Migrant
encounters reported by US border patrol
appears to reflect the impact of
Mexico's actions dropping 42% from
December to January alone and seeming to
stay low but officials warn cartels and
their Smugglers frequently adjust their
tactics and keep close watch they're
watching us right now they see when we
are patrolling and we when we leave a
spot it's a crisis that has also sparked
uneasiness for Mexican residents it's
gotten so frustrating for these folks in
particular that the community got
together wrote a letter to their
governor petitioning for more resources
and it's for that reason that you have
well you can see right here members of
the Mexican National Guard who are now
patrolling neighborhoods like this one
to keep migrants from coming
through authorities here urge migrants
to use the US's cbp1 app rather than to
risk Crossing with Smugglers Mexican
officials at this location even help
pre-screen up to 500 migrants daily for
the US Asylum interview process so he's
in communication with us officials on
the other side and they're sending
documents back and forth to make sure
that they have the right information
while this is a more orderly way to
claim Asylum it can take a while to get
an appointment marila says she's waited
five months for this
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day so I asked why they didn't go
through the smuggling route which so
many choose to do
and she said that for one it cost an
extreme amount of money and the other
aspect of it for her was they wanted to
be able to enter legally through the
appointment try to build a better future
there the road ahead is uncertain for
both the migrants and for those
protecting the Border we see that
firsthand as we leave the remote border
camps the reason we've stopped and and
pulled over is because there are these
spikes that we've noticed all along the
different dirt roadways that take us
to the border wall evidence of a
Smuggler's desperate attempt to salvage
their profits there are dozens if not
hundreds of
these and while it slows them down
momentarily for now they Forge ahead in
their efforts to curb the flow of a
migrant crisis that's consuming
resources on both sides of the
Border David cver CNN Tijuana
Mexico 10c trivia how much does the New
York public Library charge for its daily
late fee 15
a125 or
nothing go on and do your thing if you
said nothing the New York Public Library
is one of several large Library systems
to get rid of late fees entirely to
encourage people to use their resources
without the fear of a
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fine today's store getting a 10 out of
10 we're taking a trip to a library in
Fort Collins Colorado where a copy of
the book Ivano was returned more than
100 years late Reports say that the book
was found in Kansas and when it was
returned the last checkout date you can
see was the year
1919 good thing this Library doesn't
collect fines because if it did
employees say the century overdue novel
would have racked up more than
$14,000 in late fees you know a book
fell on my head the other day I only
have my shelf to blame all right biblo
files thanks for spending part of your
day with me we are sending some love and
Good Vibes to senica East middle and
high schools in ateka Ohio we see you
tigers and this shout out goes to
Monahans High School in Monahan Texas
let's go Lobos I'm out tomorrow but
you'll be in great hands and I will see
you right back here on the 10 on
Wednesday crush it today
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