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Documentary film maker Rory Kennedy directs a new HBO documenatary ‘The Fence.’ Kennedy interviewed Arizona resident Bill Odle about what he sees down on the US-Mexico border. He says the fence simply doesn’t work.

Artists often play a part in the struggle against barriers. The World’s Gerry Hadden has been looking into songs that symbolized the struggle against the divided Germany. He didn’t find many. But the few he found mostly came from the former East Germany.

Twenty years ago, the wall that divided East and West Berlin came down in dramatic fashion. Since that time, the Berlin Wall has been broken up. Former Berlin resident Juliane Camfield tells Alex Gallafent she could never own a piece of the wall.

US government investigators say it will cost six-and-a-half BILLION dollars over the next 20 years just to maintain the fence being built along the border between the US and Mexico. Anchor Marco Werman has details.

US plans for a 700-mile fence along the US-Mexico border have hit a snag in Brownsville, Texas where dozens of property owners are refusing to open their land to surveying by the Department of Homeland Security