U .K. Building a Wall
COSTELLO: This sounds awfully familiar. The U.K. is pushing ahead with plans to build a, quote, "big, new wall" at the Port of Calais on the French coast. The 13-foot high wall will built along the stretch of road to bolster efforts to prevent migrants from jumping on to trucks or trains to cross the English Channel into Britain. Critics say it's a poor use of taxpayer dollars. CNN's Erin McLaughlin is following this story. She's live in London. Good morning.</s>ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol. That's right, they're calling it the "Great Wall of Calais." Some comparing it to Donald Trump's plans for Mexico, but there are some key differences here. First of all, it's going to stretch about a kilometer long or just over half mile long, separating a migrant camp known as "the jungle" from the main road leading to a port. It's been mutually agreed upon by both the French and British government and the U.K. is footing the $2.5 million price tag. Take a listen to what the British immigration minister had to say.</s>ROBERT GOODWILL, MINISTER OF STATE FOR IMMIGRATION: The securities -- the security that we're putting in at the ports is being stepped up with better equipment. We're going to start building this big, new wall very soon as parts of the 17 million package that we're doing with the French</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's a fence, not a wall, isn't it? We don't want to confuse --</s>GOODWILL: We built a trench (ph). Now we're doing a wall.</s>MCLAUGHLIN: Now, earlier this week, there were protests there in Calais. Truck drivers are outraged at what they say are the increasingly aggressive tactic migrants have been using to try to get on board the trucks. Everything from setting up barriers, to throwing object at the trucks. But the Truck Drivers Association says a wall is not the answer. They'd rather see the money put towards more security at the port. And aid organizations say this isn't the answer. They're also saying that simply what this is going to do is make it more dangerous for the migrants, but it won't deter them. Carol.</s>COSTELLO: Erin McLaughlin reporting live from London this morning. Thank you. Still to come in the NEWSROOM, we haven't seen much of President Obama on the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton, but, oh, that's about to change.