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
Of the United States. Its kind of our way, or the highway. Mississippi senator roger wicker on all of that very shortly, In The Meantime, to Mark Meredith on how this is all going down, fueled by not only the president stating that this is the only way to do it, republicans, at a jobs report which might have helped his argument. Mark . Reporter neil, good morning to you right that jobs report is having an impact on the discussions. President biden counting on house and Senate Democrats to pass his 1. 9 trillion Stimulus Package. Republicans want the president to reign in spending but the president made it clear yesterday that hes willing to do this on a Party Line Vote if necessary to fund a few priorit ies like the 1,400 round of stimulus checks that he wants to see go out, more money for Food Assistance programs, as well as extending those enhanced federal Unemployment Benefits. The president making it directly in a speech on friday. Others think that things are Getting Better and we
Are used to smear them during a debate overnight future of the par and democrats have controversial member of their own in their caucus. Ran against a proirm opponent accused her of antisemitism. And Congress Woman cortez claiming law makers tried get her killed. Tweeted tonights. Well intentioned and serious poem dont Reckless Low Akuz a fellow member of congress of trying to murder them. Tomorrow republicans the discuss the lead everiships future of the conference Chair Liz Chain in trouble over support for trumps impeachment. Were told working the phones for support. How do law makers move forward with a strategy they say is about americas first and moving forward with trumps vision and didnting themselves from theories. Stick around from jordan from ohio with a preview of tomorrows republican meeting and the impeachment trials. It is day fraevent Biden Administration and tonight a new report that the president is reopening a facility for unaccompanied minors at the border. Children
Alone while pushing new reform in congress as well. The centerpiece today is reversing Donald Trumps approach to immigration, launching a process for reuniting around 600 Migrant Children in the u. S. Who remain separated from their parents under Donald Trumps hardline policies. Biden ordering the federal government to do a top to Bottom Breakdown of Immigration Policies and finding ways to root out measures that bidens team says under trump were cruel and inhumane, or just not working. Im not making new law. Im eliminating bad policy. What im doing is taking on the issues that 99 that the president , the last president of the United States issues Executive Orders i thought were very counterproductive to our security, counterproductive to who we are as a country. We want to put in place an Immigration Process here that can that is humane, that is moral, thats going to take some time. Its not going to happen overnight. A moral policy, they say, pursuing an ethical approach to immigratio
His shadow . Dana every groundhogs Worst Nightmare today running into Bill Deblasio. He dropped the groundhog in new york. Bill that was hedge hog sam. It wasnt the original punxsutawney. Dana no, he is protected. Bill i love the turtleneck. I forgot mine. Dana i think i might try to wear a turtleneck every day this week. Look, you got a lot of compliments. You didnt . I think so. If you wore a turtleneck you might break the internet. Well see. Lots more to get to this morning. Bill not indoors. Dana William La Jeunesse is live in san diego with whats going on at the border. Katie pavlich and Donna Brazile. Bill lets begin with david spunt. The president will sign those Executive Orders later this afternoon in the oval office in addition to the actions he took after coming into office of the presidency which halted construction of President Trumps border wall, also stopped that trump travel ban. One order biden will establish a task force that would reunite families separated at the bo