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
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Good morning and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Were going to start things off this morning with the republicans push to confirm Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. The Senate Judiciary Committee Reconvenes this morning to hear from outside witnesses. Two days of intense questioning wrapped up yesterday. Barrett managed to sidestep key questions about obamacare and abortion rights. S. Laura podesta is in washington. Laura, whats next in this confirmation process now . Reporter good morning, annemarie. For democrats on the committee its delay, delay, delay. They want to push the Committee Vote to next week or as close to the general election as possible. I cant give a yes or a no. Reporter Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett sidestepped some questions from democrats for the second day in a row on wednesday. You think its wrong to separate children from their parents to deter immigrants from coming to the United States . A matter of hot political debate in which i cant