at the del rio international bridge including the photos of law enforcement on horseback using what the dhs secretary called aggressive tactics against migrants. vice president kamala harris said this. take a listen. human beings should not be treated that way and as we all know, it also evoked images of some of the worst moments of our history. where that kind of behavior has been used against the indigenous people of our country has been used against african-americans during times of slavery. you were with the border patrol for more than three decades. was what you saw that sparked the reaction from administration officials including the dhs secretary, my question is what did you see there? is that what agents are trained to do? is that as horrific as officials made it out to be? they ve overstated it. the president, the vice
president, the secretary, the spokesperson at the white house have overstated what happened there. those agents were given an impossible task. there were almost 10,000 people behind them and thousands more just walking across the rio grand grande river in an uncontrolled way. they were trying to give order to the situation and prevent people from coming in and get people to comply, where to stand, go left or right. those agents, i saw the video. we ve now heard from the guy who took the video said he never saw anybody get struck. so it s been overstated what those agents did. horse patrol agents and border patrol are some of the most mi highly trained agents. what we have seen is not usually seen by the 330 million people in the country. maybe 500,000 of us have seen a
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they were tested an extra time this week because of the vice president s arrival. vice president harris who has received two doses of the moderna vaccine did not interact with the hosts before the show. this could have been a close call and speaks to the risks she and the president often face. any time you are surrounded by so many different people from so many parts of the country on a daily basis, you are exposed every single time. and the doctor is critical of how the show handled this. i think the ball was dropped somewhere. why did these anchors not know about the test before the show began, especially on the day you are interviewing vice president harris. we posted to the view, when were the tests done and why did they not learn about this before they went live.
the vice president didn t appear until a half hour later. she appeared remotely and on for less than eight minutes. sunny and anna are strong women and i know they re fine. brian stelter reports the view s host are usually tested for covid twice a week, but that they were tested an extra time this week because of the vice president s arrival. a white house official says vice president harris, who s received two doses of the moderna vaccine, did not interact with either before the show, but one medical expert says this could have been a close call for the vice president and speaks to the risks she and the president often face. anytime you are surrounded by so many different people from so many part of the country on a daily basis, you are potentially exposed today that virus every single time. and dr. matthew is critical of how the show handled this. i think the ball was dropped somewhere. why did these anchors not know about the test before the show