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
Mid60s for San Francisco and oakland. Upper 60s for san jose and concord. Highs about 5 to 11 degrees above average. Well talk about the changes in detail coming up. Lets check in with gi an na. Youre tracking two crashes. Reported by chp. One report of a trouble spot in the right lane. The other in the left lane. This is near the alma bridge. I do know lanes are blocked at some point. We wouldnt see these delays otherwise. Well keep a close eye on that. Were monitoring a minor fender bender. Traffic is getting a little slow anyway near the incline. Anne . Tracking the coronavirus, the u. S. Has passed the 14 million mark. It took 248 to reach the first 7 million cases and 69 days for the other 7 million. In california more than 18,000 new cases and 113 people died. The test Positivity Rate is also rising. Governor newsom will have new orders if the rate falls. Kiet. Reporter this is the new metric. Icu bed capacity down to 17 . Looks like we are weeks or days away from the new order.
Work and no relief in sight. Speaking of relief, the top democrat in the Senate Chuck Schumer has republican Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell agreed the rekindle talks about a stimulus package the senate is on recess through next week. We will speak with Colorado Governor Jared Polis who just moved 15 counties including denver into level red restrictions he is also part of a group of governors speaking with president elect biden this weekend. Plus we will talk with the ceo of the National Association of manufacturers who is working with bidens team to help fight the pandemic today we have with us mike santoli, steer liesman mike, the broader markets are well off the lows as we speak. They are. Kind of a little bit of an aimless back and forth type day. Absorbed a little bit of a morning selloff. Didnt do any real damage it has been firmly bid, especially with son of the bigger nasdaq stocks coming back. Holding the indexes together relatively well. As we speak, the s p around 3,580. Tha
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Witnesses describe what they saw. I saw the. Attacker running into various bars and restaurants on a burst whole shes very scary she was in the. People running and screaming. A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teacher in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. Voting is now under way in almost all u. S. States and what is expected to be the most divisive election in the countrys modern history and right now we can show you live pictures from a polling station in texas it doesnt look like thats houston which of course opened its doors a couple of hours ago 4 years ago donald trump won the Lone Star State by a comfortable margin but this time its seen as. As a key battleground at the democratic nominee trailing by just one percentage point. And a sign of growing anxiety Business Owners are boarding up their windows preparing for the worst there are widespread fears of a disputed result with some Security Experts predicting street riots in washington d. C. Many