inhumane conditions over the last many years. in five months we ve made progress, but there s still much more work to be done. and the border crisis shows no sign of slowing down. border encounters are up nearly 930,000 for this fiscal year. now, guys, a lot to discuss here with this trip to the border. griff, i m going to get to you in a second because you ve spent a lot of time down this, but first, emily, i want to go back to you just to go back to what kamala harris said about making a lot of progress. i m just curious, in your opinion, what progress do you think has been made in the border crisis? i mean, i have no idea because, frankly, to the rest of us, it doesn t look like progress at all. i think the overarching approach is while she calls these policies compassionate, they re cruel. we are seeing a host of migrants and migrant children being kept in devastating conditions, and the administration just flushes them out throughout the system and claims they re being taken
unbelievable destruction. emily, let s go to you first. what are your thoughts? thanks, griff. just the amount of this tragedy really cannot be overstated. the city commissioner recently said it may take up to weeks for them to actually ascertain the death toll as well as the injuries there. and is we can see the magnitude and, frankly, those pictures don t do it justice. i m reminded of some community involvement rescue operations in mar run county that i was a part of, and nothing can prepare you. no amount of training can prepare you for that kind of magnitude. as you reported, griff, these guys are battling the elements, a fire in the building, extreme weather, and the mayor told us last week that, indeed, while it s, quote, too soon to start addressing now to 2350 that we re still in triage the other building, the risk to residents there, he said, quote, we cannot rule it out and must start to explore that possibility. tyrus, the other part of this