CARTEL CRACKDOWN: DEA, SOUTHCOM push to dismantle Ecuadorian drug networks

♪. ♪ ♪. ♪. >> I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR. THEM FOR THE PAST THREE OR FOUR. DAYS WITHOUT GETTING ANY SLEEP. I BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY OTHER. FAMILIES LIKE MINE ARE. SUFFERING. >> THEY WERE JUST TELLING MY. SISTER ABOUT THE AMAZING TIME. THAT THEY HAD IN NEPAL AND. CHINA. HOW BLESSED THEY FELT TO BE ON.

THE PILGRIMAGE. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS. PROVIDE EQUIPMENT FOR SEARCH AND. RESCUE. ALSO LOOK AT ANYTHING WE CAN DO. FOR THE DISPLACED PEOPLE. SEE 385 AMERICAN STILL MISSING. AFTER WEDNESDAY'S DEVASTATING. FLOODS ALONG THE NEPAL/CHINA. BORDER LEFT NEARLY 800 DEAD. HELLO EVERYONE WELCOME TO THE. SECOND HOUR OF THE BIG WE CAN. SHOW SEARCH AND RESCUE CREWS ARE. STILL LOOKING FOR OVER 3000. PEOPLE THE FLOODWATERS SWEPT. DELIGHTFUL HOUSES, ROADS, BRIDGES PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLS IT.

A TERRIBLE DISASTER THE U.S. IS. READY TO PROVIDE NEPAL WITH ANY. HELP IT NEEDS. THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY. COMMITTED OVER $3 MILLION WORTH. OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. JOINING US NOW FOR TONIGHT'S BIG. CLOSE-UP STATE DEPARTMENT. SPOKESPERSON TOMMY PIGOTT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. TONIGHT. I KNOW A LOT OF AMERICANS THEY. HAVE A FAMILY THERE I THINK I. READ 40000 AMERICANS TRAVELED TO. THAT AREA ON INTO TIBET DURING. THE CLIMBING SEASON WHICH STARTS. IN SEPTEMBER.

THIS IS EVEN BEYOND THE MOST. TRAGIC P PART OF PEOPLE WITH. FAMILY MEMBERS THERE IS PROBABLY. DISRUPTING STABLES PLANS AND. LIVES BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU. TO LET US KNOW WHERE YOU THINK. WE ARE ON THIS BUT THE REAL. QUESTION IS HOW MUCH COOPERATION. ARE WEAKENING FROM CHINA AS. WELL? IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WOULD HAVE. THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN. AND HELP. WALKS A FEW POINTS FIRST AS OF. 5:00 P.M. THIS EVENING WE HAVE. 85 AMERICAN'S APPROXIMATE. UNACCOUNTED FOR CURRENTLY. WE'VE NOW SEEN 11 AMERICAN. SAFELY EVACUATED AND CURRENTLY.

HAVE NO DEATHS OF U.S. CITIZENS. AT THIS TIME BUT WE AT THE STATE. DEPARTMENT ACTIVATED AS YOU SAID. $3.6 MILLION IN HUMANITARIAN. ASSISTANCE. INCLUDING LIFESAVING FOOD. ASSISTANCE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO. REACH UP TO 10000 FLOOD AFFECTED. HOUSE WAS FOR THREE MONTHS BUT. WE ARE ACTIVATING THAT. ASSISTANCE WERE AT WORK WITH. LOCAL AUTHORITIES WE HAVE SURGE. TO THIS AREA TO MAKE SURE WE A E. ABLE TO PROVIDE 24/7 SUPPORT TO. AMERICANS THAT NEED IT IN OUR. EMBASSIES IN BEIJING AND. KATHMANDU WERE MADE TO.

COORDINATE WITH LOCAL. AUTHORITIES ON THE WHEREABOUTS. OF AMERICANS AS WELL AS. COORDINATE WITH GOVERNMENT OF. NEPAL WITH THE MENTORING. ASSISTANCE ALSO RESPOND TO ANY. REQUEST THEY MAY MAKE HER TO. HIGHEST PRIORITY AT THE STATE. DEPARTMENT IS TO SUPPORT THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE AS A SAFETY AND. SECURITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE ARE WORKING 24/7 TO LIVE UP. TO THAT COMMITMENT. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. DEVASTATING SITUATION. A LOT OF PEOPLE HOLDING OUT HOPE. THAT PERHAPS THEIR FAMILY. MEMBERS ARE STILL ALIVE. ONE OF THE GREAT CHALLENGES. THERE ON THE GROUND IS THE.

EXPERTISE TO BE ABLE TO GET FROM. PLACE TO PLACE RIGHT NOW. THE EQUIPMENT TO PRINT HOW IS. THE U.S. WORKING WITH OTHER. NATIONS TO ENSURE THESE SEARCHES. AND RESCUES CAN CONTINUE? QUICKSET IS UP TO THE CLOSE. COORDINATION WE HAVE WE ARE. CLOSE WERE READY TO RESPOND TO. ANY REQUEST THAT THEY MAY MAKE. PART OF THE $3.6 MILLION IN. ASSISTANCE THAT I MENTION WILL. GO TOWARDS REHABILITATING ROADS.

AS WELL SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT. OPTIONS IN ORDER TO REACH THE. HARD-TO-REACH AREAS IN THIS. REMOTE AREA FOR THIS IS AN AREA. HARD TO REACH AT THE BEST OF. TIMES BUT THAT IS MADE EVEN MORE. SO BASED OFF THE DEVASTATION. THAT WE HAVE SEEN FOLLOWING. THESE FLOODS BUT WE ALSO. DISASTER AREA RESPONSE ADVISOR. THAT ARE ON THE GROUNDND CURRENY. HELP TO ADVISE HOW BEST TO SEE. THIS ASSISTANCE BE DEPLOYED. AS OF TODAY OUR ASSISTANCE HAS. REACH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH. LIFESAVING HUMANITARIAN AID AS. WE ARE RESPONDING TO THE. DEVASTATING FLOOD.

>> DAVID HERE IT'S ALWAYS GOOD. TO HAVE YOYOU ON TO TALK ABOUT. THESE ISSUES. SHIFTING GEARS THE U.S. WILL NOW. GET A MAJORITY OF MORE THAN. 65 BILLION BARRELS OF VENEZUELAN. OIL RESERVES. THE PRESIDENT SAID THIS WILL. SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE GAS AND. PRICES F FOR AMERICANS. OF COURSE IT IS OF INTEREST TO. JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY OUT THERE. HOW WILL THIS BE CARRIED OUT, COORDINATION BETWEEN THE. ADMINISTRATION, BETWEEN.

SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH ON. THE SECURITY FRONT AS WELL AS. THE BUSINESS FRONT WITH THE. SECRETARY OF STATE REVIEW. >> THIS AS THE PRESIDENT SET IS. THE LARGEST DEAL ON OIL IN THE. HISTORY OF THE WORLD A MAJORITY. STAKE UP TO 65 BILLION BARRELS. OF OIL RESERVES. MASSIVE PROMISE SECRETARY OF.

STATE LEAVING $100 BILLION IN. THE VENEZUELAN ECONOMY MANY. HIGH-PAYING JOBS AS WELL AS. MONEY TO FUND THE RECONSTRUCTION. OF THE VENEZUELAN ECONOMY FOR. THIS IS TRULY A WIN/WIN/WIN WIN. FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE A WIN. FOR THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE IT IS. TRULY A TRUMP DEAL THE BEST DEAL. WE'VE EVER HAD AS PRESIDENT TO. LOWER GAS PRICES FOR THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE. GET SECURE SUPPLY RESERVES IN. OUR OWN ATMOSPHERE WHILE AT THE. SAME TIME HELPING TO LEAD TO. INVESTMENT IN THEM VENEZUELAN.

ECONOMY AND IMPROVING OUR. RELATIONS JUST THINK WHERE WE. WERE A YEAR AGO WE HAD THIS. ILLEGITIMATE MADURO AND. VENEZUELA RETHINK WHERE WE ARE. NOW IT'S ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE. OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. I WANT TO ACHIEVE A SIMILAR. TOPIC HERE WHEN WE GO SOUTH INTO. THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE OF SOUTH. AMERICA. THIS IS THE WAR ON NARCO. TERRORISM U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND. THE DEA HAVE BEEN PARTNERED WITH. ECUADORIAN AUTHORITIES FOR.

TRANSNATIONAL NETWORK SOUTH COMP. TAKING DOWN A VESSEL AS PART OF. THE OPERATION. SO FAR THEY CONFISCATED DRUGS, WEAPONS AND COMMUNICATION. DEVICES BUT I KNOW THE SECRETARY. OF WAR HAS BUT ONE IS CLOSE TO. SPECIAL ADVISERS ON THIS. THERE ARE A LOT OF WINDS DOWN IN. THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AND EVEN. CENTRAL AMERICA WHEN IT COMES TO. USING SELF CALM TO BASICALLY. DISRUPT THESE CARTELS. CAN YOU TELL US HOW THIS IS. AFFECTING US HERE IN THE STATES. IN THE LOWER 48?

IS THIS HELPING OUR IMMIGRATION? IS IT GETTING DRUGS OFF THE. STREETS? WHAT ARE THESE EFFORTS DURING. FOR SOVEREIGNTY AND SECURITY? >> THE FENTANYL CRISIS THE. STRIPPING OVERDOSES IN THE. UNITED STATES IS ONE OF THE MOST. PRESSING NATIONAL SECURITY. THREATS THAT WE FACE AS A. COUNTRY. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ADDRESSING IT. HEAD ON. OF COURSE LEAVES IN THE DECISIVE. ACTION PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TAKEN. THAT HAS LED TO LOWER DRUG FLOWS. OVERSEES THE DECISIVE ACTION HE. HAS TAKEN. WE CAN ALSO SEE DIPLOMATIC.

EFFORTS TO WORK WITH OUR. PARTNERS IN OUR HEMISPHERE TO. DISRUPT THIS TRAIT AT EVERY. SINGLE STEP. WORKING TO COMBAT THESE CARTELS. DESIGNATE THESE CARTELS AS WHAT. THEY ARE WHICH IS TERRORISTS. OPENS UP A HUGE RANGE OF TOOLS. THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS. MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN HER OWN. HEMISPHERE WITHIN OUR. NEIGHBORHOOD LEADING TO BETTER. COOPERATION SO THAT WE ARE. ATTACKING THESE INSIDIOUS PEOPLE. ATAT EVERY SINGLE STEP TO STOP. THEM FROM POISONING THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE THIS ALSO AFFECTS OUR.

BORDER THAT CONTRIBUTES TO A. SECURE BORDER THE CARTELS WHAT. THEY ARE DOING IS USING THE FLOW. OF MASS MIGRATIONS TO GET DRUGS. INTO THIS COUNTRY AND SO THE. PRESIDENT DOES BY SECURING THE. BORDER BY THE COMBAT BY ENDING. MASS MIGRATION HE'S HURTING THE. ONLY PEOPLE THAT BENEFIT FROM. MASS MIGRATION WHICH ARE. CRIMINALS WHICH ARE TERRORISTS. WHICH ARE THE CARTELS PRETTY. STOPPING THESE CARTELS FROM. POISONING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WE. HAVE ON PRECEDENT DIPLOMATIC. EFFORTS RATHER HEMISPHERE TO.

COMBAT THESE CARTELS AND THAT. MEANS MORE AMERICAN LIVES ARE. BEING SAVED. >> I WANT TO TURN TO THIS NOW. THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS PUTTING. A FREEZE ON VISA APPOINTMENTS AS. IT ROLLS OUT A NEW TRAINING. INITIATIVE FOR THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION IS PROPOSING ONE. TO $3000 FEE ON EMPLOYERS OF FIG. H-1B PETITIONS. FROM A FELLOW TOMI I WOULD LOVE. TO HEAR ANY KIND OF A CRACKDOWN. ON THINGS OF THIS NATURE BUT I. DO HAVE TO ASK WHEN IT COMES TO. THIS FEE, THAT IS GREAT.

THERE PLENTY OF EMPLOYERS S THAT. WILL PAY THIS IF HE AND STILL. REPLACE AMERICAN WORKERS AND. APPLICANTS. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT? AND HOW SHOULD WE FEEL ABOUT IT. IS THOSE WANTING TO MAKE SURE. AMERICAN WORKERS GET THE FIRST. CRACK AT THESE JOBS? QUICKSET IS EXACTLY THE POINT TO. THE LAST POINT IS DRIVING OUR. VISA POLICY IS MAKING SURE WE. PUT AMERICANS FIRST. MAKING SURE AMERICAN WORKERS. HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES OF. INVESTMENT IN THIS COUNTRY AS. THE PRESIDENT HAS POINTED TO.

WE'VE SEEN TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS. POURED INTO THE UNITED STATES. FROM INVESTMENT BECAUSE OF THIS. PRESIDENT PRETTY WHAT TO MAKE. SURE AMERICAN WORKERS ARE ABLE. TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT WHAT. WE ARE SAYING WAS DRIVING OUR. POLICIES IS SAYING IF A COMPANY. HAS A DEMONSTRATED NEED THEY. NEED A SPECIALIZED WE WILL WORK. WITH THEM HOWEVER WE WANT TO. MAKE SURE AMERICAN WORKERS HAVE. THE ABILITY TO PROSPER FROM. THESE INVESTMENTS AND THAT'S. EXACTLY THE PULSES ARE PUTTING. IN PLACE BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO. EXAMINE THESE POLICIES WE WILL. CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO.

MAKE SURE WERE PUT IN THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST BUT THAT'S. OUR ENDURING COMMITMENT HERE TO. MAKE SURE WE'RE LETTING AMERICAN. WORKERS AND PROSPER. WE LOOK AT VISA POLICIES WE TALK. ABOUT THE BOARD THAT WE JUST. TALKED ABOUT A FEW MOMENTS AGO. VISA POLICY IS BORDER SECURITY. BECAUSE IT'S WHO WERE LEADING. INTO OUR COUNTRY ILLEGALLY THAT. REVOCATIONS WE HAVE SEEN FROM. THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO SEND A. CLEAR SIGNAL BACKED UP BY ACTION. IF YOU BREAK THE LAW, IF YOU. BREAK THE TERMS ADVERT VISA IF. YOU UNDERMINE THE NATIONAL. SECURITY THERE WILL BE. CONSEQUENCES THAT WE ARE ACTING.

ON THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SEEN OVER. 175,000 VISAS BE REVOKED SINCE. THE BEGINNING OF THIS. ADMINISTRATION. MARK: TOMMY PIGOTT THANK YOU FOR. JOINING US I'VE GOT ONE MORE. QUESTION BEFORE YOU GO UP OR DO. YOU KNOW IF YOUR BOSS SECRETARY. RUBIO SAW ALL THE BEAMS THAT GO. AROUND DID HE SEE THE DOLLY. PARTON MEME WERE HE MAY HAVE TO. TAKE THE STAGE AND SING SOME OF. HER SONGS? >> I KNOW HE SEES THESE NAMES I. DON'T HAVE HIM IF HE HAS SEEN. THAT WOULD OF COURSE WE ARE ALL.

MISSING DOLLY PARTON I'VE BEEN. LISTENING TO 925 A LOT THIS WEEK. GREAT SONG. BUT EVEN THE GREAT MARCO RUBIO. CANNOT TAKE HER SPOT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> SENSOR HAVING ME ON. JOEY: YES OR WITH THAT I'LL. BRING IT OUT TO THE TABLE. LET'S PICK IT UP OR YOU JUST. LEFT OFF THAT'S PROBABLY THE. TOPIC A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO. HEAR ABOUT. H1 VISA'S IS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF. EDUCATION AND A SPECIFIC. INFRASTRUCTURE OR SPECIFIC JOBS. IN SPECIFIC SECTORS THE PRICE IT. IS KIND OF CRANKING OUT A LITTLE. BIT ON HOW PEOPLE GET THOSE AND.

HOW LONG THEY CAN STAY. BUT LIKE YOU SAID THOSE ARE THE. JOBS AMERICANS SHOULD BE. COMPETING FOR. QUICKSET LIKE TO SEE FURTHER. LIMITATIONS ON HOW MANY FOREIGN. WORKERS WE ARE BRINGING AND IN. GENERAL. I DON'T CARE IF THEY'RE HIGHLY. SKILLED OR LOW SKILLED I WOULD. JUST LIKE AMERICANS IN GENERAL. TO BE FIRST UP TO TAKE THESE. JOBS. IF YOU NEED TO TRYING TO DO SO. THAT'S GREAT LISIST WE SHOULD. TRAIN TO GET THAT AS WELL I LIKE. TO SEE A GOOD THE ADMINISTRATION. A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THE WORK. THEY ARE DOING ON THIS I THINK. THEY'VE HEARD THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE LOUD AND CLEAR BUT. THEY'VE HEARD GRADUATES LOUD AND. CLEAR THAT WENT AND GOT THESE.

JOBS THEY WERE PROMISED WHEN. THEY GOT THIS EDUCATION THEY. WOULD HAVE A JOB IN HYPING. INDUSTRY ONLY TO BE REPLPLACED Y. A FOREIGN WORKER ON ONE OF THESE. ABUSES. I DON'T THINK IS QUITE ENOUGH. YET. WE ARE WORKING IN THAT DIRECTION. I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE. CREDIT IS DUE FOR THAT PROGRESS. WE TALKED ABOUT CARTELS AND. THINGS HAPPEN DOWN ITSELF. I FEEL THAT THAT'S AN UNSUNG. VICTORY. I LEARNED MORE ABOUT IT IN THE. RECENT WEEKS OF THE WORK WE'RE. WE AREDOING DOWN THERE THE DEMOS.

BEST RETORT THEY DID NOT LIKE. THE FACT WOULD BLEW UP THE DRUG. RUNS WITHOUT A TRIAL THERE SEEMS. LIKE A LOT OF GOOD WINS OR WE. ARE WORKING QUIETLY. QUICKSET HAS REALLY BEEN PART OF. THE HISTORY OF THE DEA OVER THE. DECADES PRETTY RARELY EVER HEAR. ABOUT THE WORK THEY DO THESE ARE. SOME OF THE BEST TRAINED. WARRIORS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. FOR DECADES INCLUDING PEOPLE I. KNOW HAVE RETIRED ECUADOR IS. ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF. ONE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND ITS.

GOVERNMENT. THE FACT THEY HAVE ALSO LOST. COLUMBIA AND PETRO OUT MEANS PES. THAT YOU HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM. THIS SOCIALIST CORRUPTION A. LITTLE MARCH OF THE RIGHTS. THE DEA IS GOING TO HAVE TO. EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS. I THINK JUST AS ALWAYS THEY DO. THE JOB, THEY GET IT DONE BUT WE. NEED STABLE GOVERNMENTS DOWN. THERE THAT SINGS WITH GOOD DEALS. WITH THE VENEZUELA AND IT REALLY. GETTING SOME OF THE GOVERNMENTS. BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE DOES IT.

ALLOWS FOR MORE STABLE. ENVIRONMENT AND THE AMERICAS. JOEY: IT SHOWS WHAT GOOD. LEADERSHIP WE HAVE FROM THAT. APARTMENT FOR A VET COAST GUARD, MILITARY ASSETS, DEA SO MUCH OF. THE GOVERNMENT IS WORKING THERE. SO WELL ANOTHER PLACE WE TALK TO. THE STATE DEPARTMENT. SPOKESPERSON. WHAT'S HAPPENING IT WAS. ORIGINALLY CALLED AN EARTHQUAKE. AND NOW THEY ARE SENT AND SENT. ICE CAP BREAKING OFF WHAT'S. HAPPENING IT REMINDS US OF THE. FLOODS IN NORTH CAROLINA REAL.

DEVASTATION CAN COME WITH THE 85. AMERICANS UNACCOUNTED FOR IT. SOUNDS LIKE I GUESS CHINA IS. PLAYING A FRIENDLY AND HELPING. OUT BUT IT'S HARD TO TELL. SPEAK TO A LOT OF NATIONS AROUND. THE WORLD ARE PULLING TOGETHER. FOR THIS ONE FOR THE PEOPLE ALL. AROUND THE GLOBE MISSING THERE. IN NEPAL INCLUDING OUR ALLIES. PEOPLE FROM THAT UK, FROM. AUSTRALIA ARE MISSING THAT. HUMANSNS AND THE CUSP OF THE. CLIMBING SEASON. NEPAL IS GORGEOUS, MOUNTAINOUS. THESE BEAUTIFUL RIVERS AND THAT. IS PART OF WHY THIS DISASTER WAS.

SO BIG. BUT I THINK TOMMY PIGOTT TALKS. THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF ALL OF. HIS ANSWERS ABOUT THE AMERICA. FIRST EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY. ON ALL OF THOSE TOPICS INCLUDING. THIS IN NEPAL TO PRIORITIZE. AMERICANS WHERE THEY ARE TO FIND. THEM, BRING THEM HOME IF. POSSIBLE A PART OF THE RESCUE. OPERATION. JOEY: THE DEPARTMENT BIG A BIG. PART OF LEAD FOR VENEZUELA DEAL. TO GET OIL FROM OUR COUNTRY TO. HELP US OUT. IF YOUR WEDDING AT THIS. ADMINISTRATION CAN WALK AND CHEW. GUM AT THE SAME TIME I THERE.