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
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and one thing democrats and republicans can agree on, the classified briefings for bind intelligence officials from them landed with a thud with the intel community unable to provide clearance absences oo that 21-year-old was able to leak top secrets to his chat group. certainly wasn t satisfied with any plans that they have for the future too many people with access to too much information without safe guards. and i was left with more questions than answers i m andrea mitchell. with the legal future of the most widely used abortion pill still in limbo the supreme court has pushed back its self imposed deadline until midnight tomorrow on whether or not to extend the stay on lower court rulings that will severely limit access to the pill if the court fails to act or denies the stay, every dose would be pulled off the market because the labels would be misbranded adding to the legal problems ahead and battles, the drug maker behind a generic version has filed its own laws
on a very busy wednesday morning i m todd piro. carley: carley shimkus and marianne rafferty covering all the keys this morning, marianne, good morning. good morning carley and todd appear in primary starting in new york where jerry nadler won decisive victory over congresswoman carolyn maloney after redistricting three term democrats and powerful committee members against each other. meanwhile, the patrick ryan winning a special election and an important swing district. ryan focused his campaign on the supreme court recent ruling of overturning roe v. wade sending clear message to republicans using deceit to flip the house. the newly redrawn 17 congressional district, democratic congressional campaign chair sean patrick maloney defeated progressive challenger state senator alessandro biaggi. he will face g.o.p. assembly member mike waller this november. now to florida s former orlando police chief and current democratic val demings wins her primary and will take on repub
lexi, it s such a powerful statement, and the little girl, the little girl who survived by bathing herself in the blood of her best friend who had been shot already to survive. garrett haake, what are your thoughts? reporter: i mean, calling it gut-wrenching doesn t do it justice. miah, the girl who survived, participating remotely from texas having made the decision not to travel here to testify, to me it s the little details of each of those witnesses that kind of caught in my throat, whether it s miah talking about hiding behind the backpacks in the classroom, as though that would do anything, and the doctor talking about treating a girl in a lilo & stitch shirt covered in blood. and lexi won the good citizenship award on the morning she was shot in her classroom. for many people it s too easy to think about these issues in these very broad ways. hearing parents talk about those kinds of specific details, the doctor talking in those specific details, i think that s what