president biden has been receiving pressure from all sides really to physically go down to the u.s. southern border himself and see with his own eyes the situation. and what we saw in el paso, texas, yesterday was the president meeting with border patrol agents, he met with local leaders and community leader. he also ended up going to a migrant aid center, but it was really notable that he didn t end up sort of seeing or meeting with any migrants. you know, yesterday a senior official told me that that happened to be purely coincidental. and jake sullivan telling reporters this morning that the focus really was to meet with groups who are providing essential services to these migrants. but again, really notable that given that the point was to see with his own eyes sort of the dire situation and the scenes that we ve been seeing over the last few weeks, the president ultimately didn t end up seeing some of those images that we have really been reporting on from the southern border. m
was really notable that the president, of course, has come under intense pressure for months and months to physically go down to the border himself and see with his own eye ts situation that is unfolding there. and he, of course, did spend a lot of time with border officials, local leaders, community leaders, and then he visited this migrant aid center. but it seemed just like a notable mission that he didn t get to spend any time with migrants, either at the center or even just along the motorcade route. the scenes that we have been seeing reported by some of our colleagues over the last few weeks, those were scenes that the president didn t seem to see and an administration official told me this was purely coincidental. jake sullivan said he was really focused on seeing and meeting with groups who are providing essential services to these migrants. of course we are seeing this white house trying to balance seeming stronger on the border, but also showing a humanitarian and humane app
any new plans as far as immigration is concerned. so obviously, this will again be a top issue for these three leaders. they ll obviously talk about a number of other issues like trade and just general economic cooperation between the three countries. m.j., when president biden was at the border in el paso, he didn t encounter or meet with or talk to any of the migrants. so what s the white house saying about that? reporter: yeah, you know, that was so notable, particularly given that president biden has come under so much pressure in recent months from all sides, particularly republican lawmakers to go down to the u.s. southern border for the first time and see with his own eyes the situation there. and he did of course get a good sense by talking to border o officials, meeting with local leaders and community leaders about the situation but he also ended up going to a migrant aid center and that aid center yesterday at least when the president was there didn t seem to have any mi
saying, you know, is it worth it? it might be other sports as well. i do think this is one of those watershed moments we will be talking about as we are right now but we ll be looking back in history years from now talking about what happened that day. absolutely. you know, you said it is your intuition. it is a very informed view. you ve been covering the sport for a long time. you ve seen a lot. as you noted, this is an important time for sure. it is. christine brennan, thank you so much. thank you. turning south now, all of the way to the u.s./mexico border where president biden is making his first trip to the region since taking office. he is in el paso meeting with officials to evaluate border enforcement operations. and this hour he has been touring a migrant aid center. earlier the president went to a bridge spanning the u.s./mexico border. republicans and even some within his own party say this trip is long past due. he is now on his way to the airport and a flight on