Trump backs off threat to shut down border with Mexico

Friday, 5 April 2019 08:18

US President Donald Tump is backing down from a threat to close the border with Mexico.

This comes one day before he travels to California to highlight what he calls an immigration crisis.

Rachel Silverman reports from San Francisco:

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