administration. and i was actually just at the site of port bliss where right now about 2,000 children being held and i can definitely say there is a stark contrast in the way things are being done with this administration, the prior administration. with all of that said, the former president, the ex-president is going to visit the border on wednesday. what kind of welcome doyou think he s going to get based on all that? well, that s a very, that s a very good question. you know, i think that it s a political stunt. and, you know, the border definitely should not be used as a political pawn by anybody. certainly hope that the biden administration and vice president harris actually utilize her visit here for some meaningful change and hopefully she learns something and is able
president kamala harris visited el paso as she leads the biden administration effort to tackle the migrant crisis. the two sides taking shots at each other over the issue. they crippled i.c.e. and the border patrol. i ll tell you what, border patrol. these are incredible people. i.c.e., they re incredible people. i wouldn t want the job. i wouldn t want it. as you know, we inherited a tough situation. in fact, right here in el paso was the launch of the child separation policy. well, joining us now is el paso county commissioner and state representative rafael. welcome to both of you. dave, i want to start with you. as vp harris said el paso was the launch of trump s child separation policy. where do things stand right now in your city when it comes to that? we were ground zero for a lot of the terrible, terrible things that happened during the trump
million people in six states are under heat alerts. we re closing for the heat waves. i don t risk the lives of my staff or other patrons who might be out here. reporter: others are doing what they can to survive the heat. we brought more ice today. reporter: the olympic track and field trials moving events earlier to beat the heat. this is just a brutal way to make an olympic team. reporter: in seattle where more than half of households don t have air conditioning, cooling down will be a challenge. that s hot for seattle. we don t get that hot. reporter: special attention being paid to the homeless and elderly during this heat wave that medical experts say could be deadly. our thanks to guad venegas. 102 degrees in portland yesterday. up next president biden in clean-up mode and the house gets ready for a major vote on the insurrection. we ll look at the big week ahead in d.c. ?
as we head into a big week in washington, president biden is trying to back track. keep that bipartisan infrastructure deal alive this morning. so he is stepping back on his threat to veto it unless it is tied to a reconciliation plan. the president was saying that was never his intent. in the house this week, a vote to create a committee that would investigate the january 6th insurrection. we have nbc news correspondent monica alba at the white house. and msnbc political reporter amanda golden on capitol hill to preview this week ahead for us. let s start at the white house, monica. what are we hearing from the president now? a lot of people saying because he was whispering when he mentioned those comments that it may have been just off the cuff. well, it was pretty clear because he did definitively say that he agreed with speaker pelosi that he, at the time, said he would not sign one without the other.