this is where he should talk to the border agents. and let them know that this is beyond a crisis. he can continue to deny it but the only way to solve it is to first admit what he has done. and if he will not reverse action, it will take congressional action to do it. harris: the biden administration has yet to call it a crisis. mayorkas said we re on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest border than we have in the past 20 years. sarah sanders served as white house press secretary for president trump and now running for governor in arkansas. congratulations on your run. good to see you, sarah. so important to get your perspective on this. you would have been the last press secretary for a white house to deal with something that looks like what we re dealing with but i ve heard even you say it s not the same. how. well, let s look at the situation certainly i think the media served as the propaganda arm for the biden campaign and they re doing the exact same
developing. biden s white house calling the situation at the border a challenge at a big problem but still not calling it a crisis. this is as the administration officials blame the trump team for what is happening there. now biden s homeland security chief s warning we are on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest border when we have in just the last 20 years. john: pretty shocking statement. were going to speak with texas senator john cornyn and arizona s attorney general who is leading efforts to sue the biden administration over its immigration policy. so-called public charge. we begin with casey stegall live at the southern border in alamo, texas. casey, what s the situation? john, sandra, good to see you. the border patrol agent chief for this very sector which is the rio grande valley of south texas, one sector alone covers and encompasses some 277 miles of the entire southern border. over the last couple days, he says his agents have arrested almost
focuses on too much besides covid. last hour a new pandemic briefing from the biden health team and the message quite stark. yes some optimism but we re at a trigger moment. cases remain down. 1 in 5 americans have now had at least a vaccine shot in the arm. all 50 states in the district of columbia will allow teachers to get the vaccine today. that s all good. this, though is concerning. travel hit a pandemic high this past weekend. nearly 5 million americans transiting through airports since thursday. spring breakers on beaches, out on bars all but ignoring pandemic precaution that should be basic by now to every american. italy, the cdc directors says offers the latest example of what variants can do if public health pull back happens too soon. they simply took their eye off the ball. i m pleading with you for the sake of our nation s health, these should be warning signs for all of us. cases climbed last spring, they climbed again in the summer. they will climb now if w
efforts to maximize every penny of the stimulus. the president and vice president and their spouses hit the road today from vegas to near philly for what the white house is calling the help is here tour touting the massive legislation. this comes as president biden is setting new goals for the nation to begin the path out of this pandemic and to help reach those goals the biden administration is now devoting $250 million to try to encourage skeptical americans, many of them trump supporters, to get the vaccine as cnn s phil mattingly now reports. shots in arms and money in pockets. reporter: with stimulus checks already hitting bank accounts president biden now in an all-out sprint to promote the $1.9 trillion covid relief law. the american rescue plan is already doing what it was designed to do, make a difference in people s everyday lives. reporter: and ensure there are no errors as it s put into place. the devil is in the details. reporter: biden naming gene sp
urging americans not to let their guard down. also the justice department here in washington announcing today that two men have now been arrested and charged with assaulting officer brian sicknick with a toxic chemical spray. let s begin our coverage with our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. the president is taking his covid relief package straight to the american public. give us the latest. reporter: yes, wolf. he s basically mentioning it every time he gets near a microphone. tomorrow he ll be going to pennsylvania. i ll be traveling with him. that s going to continue with several more stops this week not just for president biden, but for his top aides. he want to pitch this plan to the american people, make sure they know it s not just stimulus checks. all this means the bigger plan you have to have to implement that bill. that s the challenge facing the biden administration right now. today it is going to be complicated, but he says he wants to make sure