there right in the middle of that in mission, texas is our own alex hogan doing fantastic reporting this week. high, alex. >> hi, griff. well, we're here as you mentioned in the rio grande valley. but about 10 hours away, that's where the vice-president, kamala harris, visited for her first trip to the southern border. she was in el paso and there she visited border protection facilities. she also talked with immigration advocates. speaking about the root causes of migration and she also touted the administration's progress that they made so far. >> people have been housed in humane conditions the last years by asylum system that's been broken and in five months we've made progress. there's much more work to be done. >> on the ground in rgv we've seen how busy it is in the most common crossing point in the