method of arrival. >> of course it is. and one of our focuses and the priorities of the president and the vice president is to improve the asylum processing at the border. >> republicans see a leadership vacuum. >> the vice president's staff says that she is not responsible for the border. the president says he is not responsible for the border, who the heck is in charge of the border. white house doesn't seem too concerned with republicans on this issue. success. >> peter: with this trip the vice president is trying to prove that the u.s. federal government can solve the problems of the root issues with migration from central america to the southern border by visit visiting central america and not the southern border. vice president harris is scheduled to return to washington, d.c. this evening with a lot of unanswered questions about the next steps for immigration policy but also for infrastructure. bret? >> bret: quickly, peter. is there hope? are they signaling hope about these new bipartisan talks on