house minority leader kevin mccarthy leading a group of republican lawmakers going to the border today. it comes as republicans are blaming president biden for the surge. they say he has sent a clear message that the border is open for business. it is entirely, you cannot but notice the administration changes and there is surge. there can be no question when sending a message to people. it has to be our border is closed. you can t say in spanish one thing and english another. one for the consumption of those in central america and the other for domestic consumption. it has to be the same message. they aren t doing that. when a similar surge happened a few years ago president obama called it a humanitarian crisis. as i suggested, this is going to get nothing but worse as the spring comes. bill: former acting ice director ron vitiello joins us. we begin with casey stiegel in mcallen, texas. thanks. it was another busy night for u.s. border patrol agents all along the
this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. a live look at the rose garden yesterday, we heard three word, help is here. and you will hear that more as these $1400 stimulus payments start to hit bank accounts. yeah, soon president biden will hit the road to tout his nearly $2 trillion rescue plan. andviewed the pr push yesterday. and the other message, normalcy is near. the president saying that may 1st is the deadline if all documents to be eligible for a vaccine. and he has his eye on independents s from the virus b the fourth of july. and health experts are worried about americans traveling for sbrpring break an more states ease restrictions. and we start in wilmington, delaware with jasmine wright. we know the president is spending his weekend there, economic aid starting to roll out. what do we know about what comes next? well, the president turned his focus noimplementing his cod relief bill. he said it yesterday, the devil is in the deta
dana: thousands of unaccompanied children on the border. bill: the white house is saying these migrants when asked the question about it are just responding to a message of hope. you think it s a coincidence as soon as trump and his immigration were on the way out and biden and his stated policy were on the way that the historic surge at the border started? first of all one of the things i think is important we ve seen surges before. surges the end to respond to hope. and there was a significant hope for a more humane policy after four years of pent-up demand. bill: that was the answer. more in a moment. former secretary of state mike pompeo about the virus, border, china. first to kristin fisher live from the white house to begin our broadcast today. good morning, kristin. that sound bite that you played leading into me was quite significant. there you have president biden s coordinator for the southern border acknowledging that the new administration s policies