Well, just to bring you a little bit behind the scenes here, alicia. We know, all day yesterday, topwhite house aides were working the phones including the president , himself, for a portion of it. To try to ease some of these tensions and these feathers that were clearly ruffled. Republicans, upset by the president linking these two things together. But clearly, that didnt work. That wasnt enough. So they had to release this very lengthy statement. More than eight paragraphs in the president s own voice with a commitment saying, essentially, to the two parties, i understand, to the gop, why you might be a little bit upset by what i said in that press conference. But to democrats, rest assured, i am still going to pursue the traditional infrastructure bipartisan package. While also wanting reconciliation process, the one that doesnt require republicans, which democrats had already started down the road a couple of weeks ago. So, he is saying, to the two parties, this was not meant as a
Well, just to bring you a little bit behind the scenes here, alicia. We know, all day yesterday, topwhite house aides were working the phones including the president , himself, for a portion of it. To try to ease some of these tensions and these feathers that were clearly ruffled. Republicans, upset by the president linking these two things together. But clearly, that didnt work. That wasnt enough. So they had to release this very lengthy statement. More than eight paragraphs in the president s own voice with a commitment saying, essentially, to the two parties, i understand, to the gop, why you might be a little bit upset by what i said in that press conference. But to democrats, rest assured, i am still going to pursue the traditional infrastructure bipartisan package. While also wanting reconciliation process, the one that doesnt require republicans, which democrats had already started down the road a couple of weeks ago. So, he is saying, to the two parties, this was not meant as a
Making it that much harder for rescue crews. Officials say four people are dead, 159 others are still missing after part of Champlain Towers south crumbled in the Early Morning hours on thursday. A newlyreleased inspectors report warned structural damage to the building in 2018. Steve harrigan is life in surfside, florida, with the latest. Steve. Reporter jon, day three, no rescues since thursday. The key numbers remain the same, 159 people still missing, four people confirmed dead. Officials continue to insist this is a still a searchandrescue operation. Here is the mayor of miamidade. We continue to have hope. Were continuing to search. Were looking for people alive in the rubble. That is our priority and our teams have not stopped. Reporter officials released a troubling engineering report from three years ago citing major structural damage in the building that collapsed. That there were cracks around the parking area and around the pool deck as well. The mayor has ordered an audit
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
Back. Her job dropping court testimony, Fox And Friends First starts right now. You are watching Fox And Friends First. Jillian it is busy. Lets begin here. First responders are working to save people from a collapsed Apartment Building near miami. Witnesses captured video just moments after it fell. The building, a huge building gone. It is gone. Miamidade fire and rescue has 80 units on the scene. People are reportedly still trapped in the rubble. It is unclear what caused the collapse and no word on injuries. We will continue to monitor the situation and review any new development. Another fox news alert, in daytona beach, florida an officer is shot in the head, police really spotted him footage of this shooting overnight, they say the officer was attempting to get the suspect out of the car when he turned and opened fire, that officers said to be in grave condition, 500 officers now searching for that suspect identified as. Account the other lockdown go 1,000 reward being offered f