All right, thank you Anderson. I am Chris Kormon. Welcome to Primetime live from

Hidalgo, Texas. This is the Rio Grande Valley. This is the place you need to see.

You're going to witness the systemic failure of the present and the tragic

potential for our immediate future. This migrant situation is called the

crisis, but you know what? That word is overused and doesn't do the situation

justice. We're going to show you what's happening here. It's not easy to see, but

the only thing harder to realize is what's not happening. Shameful in action.

And there's a reason for that as well and you're going to find out the time to

see the reality and call for action is now. Let's shine a light on what is

obvious. What do you say? Let's get after it.

All right, the numbers tell you the story. There are believed to be more

crossings in just the last month here than in any month in over a decade. As I

said, here in Hidalgo, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley, this is the hotspot right

behind us is Mexico. It's actually this weird area where Mexico is actually

north of Texas the way the land bends around. The authorities say they have

never faced the combination of threats, challenges and federal inaction that

they're facing right now. The president's fixes a show of strength, wall them

off, cut funds to the countries involved, shut the border. He's threatening to do

that last one this week. Fencing matters. Put that to the side, okay? It's

certainly not immoral to build barriers where they're needed. What is immoral is

doing nothing but thinking about whether or not to have fences. Doing nothing is

what is immoral and that's the situation here by our highest leaders. What you're

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