Not my first trip. Ive been to the border many times. This important aspect of this visit is having this visit after the work we did in guatemala and mexico. I said back in march i was going to come to the border. This is not a new plan. Harris however, critics are asking if this is too little too late. The Vice President finally went to the border 93 days after President Biden named her point person on the migrant crisis as i mentioned. Leaders in both Political Parties say Kamala Harris is avoiding the real trouble area. When it comes to the numbers encounters with people flowing in illegally has surged by nearly 450 in the el paso sector in the first part of this year. Thats bad. But thats certainly not the real epicenter of what were seeing. In the rio grande sector the numbers are up 700 . In fact, the texas Lieutenant Governor dan patrick is calling what he is seeing an invasion at this point. It is an invasion. I know people dont like that word. Some people dont like it but its
Rubble. Ten people are hurt. My son, thats the hardest part. He keeps asking me when is she coming home, he saw the footage this morning. Pj rodriguezs mother and grandmother were in the tower that collapsed. Unfortunately, it happened to other families, too. They were visiting from columbia. This couple whose daughter said they lived in the building for seven years. The front page of this mornings miami herald says it all, tragedy in surfside. This drawing Surveillance Video captures the moment of the collapse. It had 136 units, 55 in the Northeast Corridor that completely collapsed. I want to go to Kerry Sanders. You have been there the last 25 hours. Whats the latest on the Rescue Effort, whats the last day been like . Reporter the Rescue Effort, stephanie, continues. We know as you stated, they have been tunneling from underneath. It is going to shift from an Underneath Effort as well as from the top. They brought in large cranes overnight, taking up a good portion of Collins Avenu
The president doesnt resolve the Voting Rights battle first. In the middle of all this comes another big push from the president. Minutes from now he will speak on a new gun Crime Prevention and Public Safety plan. But will politics get in the way of this too . Cnn chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju is live on capitol hill for us. An Infrastructure Meeting is about to kick off with white house officials 30 minutes from now. Where do those talks stand . Reporter the white house meeting is with the Bipartisan Group of senators. Theyre trying to figure out exactly whether they can reach an agreement on how to finance this package. The democrats who were involved in these talks told me today that they believe it is essential today to try to figure out a way to get an agreement on how to pay for a 1. 2 trillion package over eight years. There are still disagreements about how to do that. At the same time there is pressure from the left, particularly from progressives like Elizabeth
Even the europes closest neighbors in the western balkans have yet to see the bloc deliver on pledges to help here to chinese and russian vaccines are filling the void the European Union have that they wanted their Global Public good they wanted to ensure a quick bloc there but were just seeing even today and yesterday then you know suggesting or threatening that there might be export bans on the coronavirus back in the e. U. And so obviously thats very concerning sign of buckley nationalism here and brussels Officials Say humanitarian vixen donations will be exempt from tougher export controls they promise help will come soon to say that the e. U. Is not doing anything i think its is really not correct that we are actually in discussion both with the Member States but also with the pharmaceutical companies in order precisely to help this advance the e. U. Was quick to call for Global Cooperation against a pandemic but so far its been too slow to live up to promises of global solidarit
Vaccine for use by all adults in the 27 country block the u. Has also agreed to control exports of that scenes from the blog arguing it needed to do so to ensure its own supply lines follows a growing dispute between the e. U. And the company about a supply shortage its a real pleasure to be here and to announce the carriage positive opinion for the authorize ation of the astra zeneca covert 19 vaccine this expand the range of Vaccines Available to you and a Member States which will all help to bring the pandemic under control and protect the citizens of the e. U. We now have 3 vaccines that have been developed and recommended for purple approval against a disease that we did not know one year ago. Drug from johnson and johnson is expected to apply for merges use authorization for its vaccine in the United States next week it says its single dose japp appears to be at least 66 percent effective in preventing cave 19 the dutch court of appeals has ruled that Oil Giant Shell must pay com