First, at this hour, Vice President Kamala Harris finally visiting the southern border. 93 days after she became the point person on the crisis. Her trip comes during a record surge in illegal crossings in the United States. Hello. Im john roberts in washington, this is america reports. Good to be back with you again today. Seems like we have a busy news day every day. Today is. Im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Vice president harris is on the ground in el paso. Thats where youll recall that we saw one of the most heart breaking videos from this Currents Iteration of the border crisis. You can see Border Patrol footage from april. Shows smugglers scaling a 14 foot fence and dropping two girls on the other side. The smugglers completely abandon the girls leaving them defenseless, alone in the desert outside el paso. John critics point out the epicenter of the border crisis is hundreds of miles away in rio grande. The white house says el paso was a perfect case study. The Vice Presi
It was 6 30 when a man knocked on the door. A woman inside walked up thinking it was a fellow coworker. The man waved a gun and the worker ran to the back of the store and thats when a single shot was fired. My initial reaction was, oh, no, not again. John mcdonald is with the Business Association and he spent the morning alerting other stores in the area and applauds the workers who at the time were getting the store ready for opening. The folks here are very theyve had incidents over the years, and i think theyre well schooled in how they handle it. Mcdonald says over the holidays there were crimes committed here but never with a gun. A store manager declined to comment and referred us to the corporate office. We spotted several surveillance cameras along the front of the building and now police are hoping to retrieve a clear image of the shooter. When folks are out of work struggling i guess pressure gets on to do some crazy things. Reporter the store did open once police left the s