Functional and humane immigration system. We feel very strongly about that. And as you know, we inherited a tough situation, and in five months weve made progress. Theres much more work to be done, but weve made progress. Charles joining the panel, deputy Editorial Page Editor dan henninger, kim strassel and gillian turner. Kim, theyve made progress from the awful situation they inherited. Absolutely crazy. Harris has two jobs this trip. She had to go down there just to be there the, to clean up the mess that she hadnt, get down there before donald trump in a few days, but also to convince people that we a hand they have a handle on this problem, and she was uncompelling. We heard a lot about root causes but not much about the fact that they have reversed a lot of the policies that were, in fact, stopping surges like this. Finish and a lot of the other root causes she addressed is things like Immigration Reform or fixing places like guatemala. Americans understand are things that are n
Also big new developments, we are following with the Trump Organization as it braces for criminal charges that could come as early as next week. What we know about those charges, the legal implications and what we can expect when, in fact, they are announced. And former President Donald Trump trying to keep the republican spotlight with him with a rally in ohio. What is he rallying for . Plus major action on the Voting Rights front. The doj announcing it plans to sue the State Of Georgia over its restrictive voting law, the first of its kind, Major Federal Action Against republicanled voting laws. We do, in fact, want to start in florida where rescuers and residents are clinging to hope that more survivors will, in fact, be pulled from the rubble of the champlain towers condominium as the mayor of miamidade orders a massive building inspection effort. I want to go now to surfside florida. Thanks for reporting for us on this. What more are we learning about the possible cause of this co
Also big new developments, we are following with the Trump Organization as it braces for criminal charges that could come as early as next week. What we know about those charges, the legal implications and what we can expect when, in fact, they are announced. And former President Donald Trump trying to keep the republican spotlight with him with a rally in ohio. What is he rallying for . Plus major action on the Voting Rights front. The doj announcing it plans to sue the State Of Georgia over its restrictive voting law, the first of its kind, Major Federal Action Against republicanled voting laws. We do, in fact, want to start in florida where rescuers and residents are clinging to hope that more survivors will, in fact, be pulled from the rubble of the champlain towers condominium as the mayor of miamidade orders a massive building inspection effort. I want to go now to surfside florida. Thanks for reporting for us on this. What more are we learning about the possible cause of this co
First, at this hour, Vice President Kamala Harris finally visiting the southern border. 93 days after she became the point person on the crisis. Her trip comes during a record surge in illegal crossings in the United States. Hello. Im john roberts in washington, this is america reports. Good to be back with you again today. Seems like we have a busy news day every day. Today is. Im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Vice president harris is on the ground in el paso. Thats where youll recall that we saw one of the most heart breaking videos from this Currents Iteration of the border crisis. You can see Border Patrol footage from april. Shows smugglers scaling a 14 foot fence and dropping two girls on the other side. The smugglers completely abandon the girls leaving them defenseless, alone in the desert outside el paso. John critics point out the epicenter of the border crisis is hundreds of miles away in rio grande. The white house says el paso was a perfect case study. The Vice Presi
Contact tracing is largely gone. I think and i believe that we should be treating every case as if its a variant during this pandemic right now. The good news according to dr. Anthony fauci is Johnson Johnsons new singledose vaccine could help get more people vaccinated and prevent severe disease and hospitalizations as the virus continues to mutate and replicate. We have now a valueadded additional vaccine candidate. This is a singleshot vaccine in which you start to see efficacy anywhere from 7 to 10 days. It is inexpensive and the company is capable of making doses in the numbers of billions. Joining me now nbc news chief White House Correspondent and Weekend Today cohost Kristen Welker. Dr. Celine gounder, a member of bidens Advisory Board during the transition. And patrice harris, former president of the american medical association. Kristen, how difficult is it proving for the biden team with such a short transition, if any, to get their arms around the shortage of doses and the