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
About covert 19 vaccines. Fears for reading the refugees who are being moved to an island that aid groups say is dangerous. And people in indian administered kashmir accuse soldiers of widescale abuse which the army turn on is. A National Sport as a bron james signs an 85000000. 00 deal with the l. A. Lakers and finally one driver raymond version or a chance in the bahrain sakit scene of his horrifying crash just 4 days ago. But we begin with the corona virus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the world the picture as you can see is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches and since the start of the pandemic there. The more than 64000000 confirmed cases coming quite close to 65000000 there and nearly one and a half 1000000 people have died from the fire as well the United Nations is currently holding a special session of the General Assembly on covert 19 in his Opening Statements the secretary general antonio caet
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The biden American Rescue plan. The next will be recovery. We call it reconciliation. Theres nothing in reconciliation that precludes republicans from voting for it. Good morn, everybody. Im tiffany cross, and we have a lot of news to get to this morning on Cross Connection, so strap in. President bidens 1. 9 trillion rescue plan is on a fast track to approval after the house and Senate Passed a Budge Bill Yesterday and democrats pretty much tossed the deuces to the republicans warning they maybepass them altogether. Its good news for struggling americans who cant even afford to put gas in the car or go to a job they no longer have. Meanwhile capitol hill is preparing for Donald Trumps second Impeachment Trial to kick off on tuesday. And at least as of this morning, it looks unlikely that a minimum of 17 republicans will vote with the dems to convict trump. Now, the irony doesnt even seem lost on them that as they make these bow was calls for unity, theyre increasingly unwilling to hol
To chairwoman waters expressing appreciation for her willingness to work cooperatively on this legislation. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Norton mr. Speaker, i have no further speakers, i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman reserves. The gentleman from North Carolina, mr. Rouzer. Mr. Rouzer mr. Speaker, in closing, h. R. 8326 will ensure that child care availability is incorporated in the Economic Development strategies required for e. D. A. Grants. I urge support of this bill and yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from North Carolina yields back the balance of his time. The gentlewoman from the district of columbia is recognized. Ms. Norton i urge my colleagues to support this legislation and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from district of the ia yields back question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h. R. 8326. Those in favor say aye. Tho