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
Legislatures all over. So what do we know about this particular announcement and can you walk us through what georgias restrictions are that are being challenged . They have water for people in line, for how the voting operates, and im curious about whether or not they go after the punishments as mark said in the last hour. The sort of restrictions they have on county and state officials. They use this law to pun issue them for standing up for the States Election system. And it will be really telling here and how will they use this fight that is now in the courts . And it looks like this News Conference is going to start in just a moment. I want to bring in i apologize in advance if i have to interrupt to go to the Attorney General. What are you listening for today . What do you want to hear from the Attorney General e when he starts speaking . Im looking for bold, sweeping and an acknowledgment they understand this is unconstitutional. And i ham hoping that the doj response is equal i
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
last year that the jury was not properly screened for bias against the death penalty. the judge is considering whether or not to grant a whole new trial on the basis of jury misconduct. jussie smollett s fate in the hands of a jury tonight. both sides to deliver closing arguments in the case of staging an attack on himself. correspondent matt finn reporting from chicago tonight. good evening, mount. shannon the case went to the jury around 2:40 and deliberated two hours and the judge sent them home at 2:00. and now set to resume first thing thursday morning. in closing arguments today special prosecutor dan webb present at the jury with six points he says destroys his credibility. in short, the police alleged he withheld critical evidence like cell phone data because he never one of the host to be solved. the prosecution also telling the jury misled police about attackers i.d. and lied about
courthouse in california. the hearing just getting under way. 17 years since scott peterson stepped foot inside this courthouse. that was the day he was sentenced to death in 2005. at this hour he has gone back into the same courtroom where he was convicted of those crimes. he will be facing laci peterson s family members once again in this courtroom. it s happening now. we are keeping an eye on it. scott peterson is expected to speak at today s resentencing. he never testified at his double murder trial in 2004 or sentencing in 2005. his death sentence was overturned after the california supreme court ruled that the trial judge excluded potential jurors who opposed the death penalty. he may also get a new trial next year over jury misconduct. yesterday we reunited 2 of the jurors from the trial to get their perspective on these new