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Not my first trip. Ive been to the border many times. This important aspect of this visit is having this visit after the work we did in guatemala and mexico. I said back in march i was going to come to the border. This is not a new plan. Harris however, critics are asking if this is too little too late. The Vice President finally went to the border 93 days after President Biden named her point person on the migrant crisis as i mentioned. Leaders in both Political Parties say Kamala Harris is avoiding the real trouble area. When it comes to the numbers encounters with people flowing in illegally has surged by nearly 450 in the el paso sector in the first part of this year. Thats bad. But thats certainly not the real epicenter of what were seeing. In the rio grande sector the numbers are up 700 . In fact, the texas Lieutenant Governor dan patrick is calling what he is seeing an invasion at this point. It is an invasion. I know people dont like that word. Some people dont like it but its true. Thats what is happening. America and texas is being invaded. They have oef created a new slavery class. Women and children into Sex Trafficking and Massage Parlors and young men going to low wages and paying 1 3 to the cartels. They are enslaving a brandnew population in america. Harris by the way, last we checked the texas Lieutenant Governor was still awaiting an invitation from the white house because you have to get one to join the motorcade with the Vice President according to the Lieutenant Governor. Just that quick update. He still hasnt gotten an invitation to go to the border to meet her. Casey stiegel is live in el paso. It has been nearly four months now since we first started reporting on what was happening down here along the southern border and just as you alluded to in that time there have been multiple calls from both sides of the aisle. Both republicans and democrats calling for President Biden or for Vice President harris to come down here and see things up close. Well, Today Is The Day brandnew video just into fox news of the v. P. s first stop. The tour of the Central Processing Facility here in el paso where she met with some of the agents who have been working on the front lines. She is then expected to meet with a handful of what are called ngos or nongovernment organizations. Those are essentially volunteers and nonprofit groups Like Catholic Charities who have been assisting with the migrant surge. But as you heard, the white house continues to defend the timing of this visit. Listen. This is not a new plan but reality of it is that we have to deal with causes and we have to deal with the effects. Now Vice President harris has traveled to guatemala and mexico in recent months as weve reported and met with their respective leaders to help address what they call the root causes of migration. But since then we can tell you that the cbp data has not shown any real decline in the number of apprehensions or encounters along the southern border. All in all this is a rather quick stopover, harris. She is on the ground for five hours or so before heading out to california. Back to you. Harris thank you very much. And the president now says his Vice President is doing a great job on the Border Crisis despite her decision to wait more than three months to go to an unfolding disaster. What are you hoping the Vice President can do at the border tomorrow . President biden she has gone a great job so far and the reason why its important that she go down, she has now set up the criteria, having spoken with the president of mexico, guatemala, visited the region, to know what we need to do. Harris the Vice President of the National Border Patrol Council and art, first of all, welcome to The Faulkner Focus. On what is a really critical day in this whole journey about the Border Crisis. Im curious. What will the Vice President Kamala Harris miss out on by not going to the actual Epicenter Areas . What is she not going to see . Five hours isnt a tremendous amount of time no matter where she would go. Well, she is going to el paso, which is the one area on the southwest border that is mostly controlled. Thats what the problem is. If she wanted to see how bad it is with the entries, she would go to rio grande valley. If she wanted to see how bad the people that are getting away are, she would come to tucson, number one in the entire country when it comes to gotaways. El paso is the one area it was controlled and going for five hours. Honestly, harris, it is a slap in the face to the men and women out there putting their lives on the line every day for at least 10 hours a day in areas which are a lot busier than where she is going. She is getting the dog and pony show is what she will get. Harris you know, she also will get the media, you know, somewhat to quiet down and republicans, too, about how she didnt go before former President Trump because he is scheduled to go next week or at least in the next few days. And im just curious, too, if you dont go to where children are in this whole scenario where democrats said they cared the most about that issue even though everybody cares about that issue. They wanted to own that. Art, how much do they own the fact that there have been some really dire and negative reports about what is happening to those kids in our facilities under bidens watch coming across the border . Under the last administration it was getting handled and more under control. This administration comes in, get rid of all the policies that were working, and i can tell you that the amount of people that are coming across it is because of this administration. It has nothing to do with anything that was inherited. The lives of the kids that are coming across, the people that are smuggling and Sex Trafficking and the drugs coming in falls on the hands of this administration. Theyre the ones that caused this. No one elses fault but theirs and a slap in the face to go to el paso. Even worse to go there for only five hours. Honestly, i know what you are saying it will quiet some people down. I dont think it will. She could have gone the same thing from not coming at all. If she really wanted to make a difference and see what was going on she would go to the hot zones where it is actually happening. Harris its interesting, Lieutenant Governor of texas dan patrick had a lot to say yesterday. It is like going to boston for something happening in washington, d. C. If you know anything about the map on the east close thats not even close. A congressman from texas in a fox news oped argues bidens Border Crisis is hammering our state. Ask anyone living in our Border States and theyll tell you President Biden wont even knowledge the illegal Immigration Problem let alone take steps necessary to protect them. What is your reaction to that . He is right. Its happening across the country, not just affecting Border States. The individuals that are crossing into the United States illegally are going to different parts of the country. The drugs that are being brought in. I can tell you right now the drug cartels are making a killing off of this crisis. Because not only are they charging people to cross through the southern border but they are making a lot of money with the drugs that are being sent across. They will send a group of people, they will have agents respond. The acts have to take care of processing and need to take care of the unaccompanied juveniles all the way an open freeway for the drug cartels to bring drugs across and it is affecting every single state in the union, not just Border States. Harris so art, National Border control Vice President. You talk to people and giving guidance and advice and also listening. Im curious about the contingent that would be with you called it a dog and pony show for the Vice President down there in el paso, texas today. Who is with her in terms of who can really show her whats going on . And dan patrick said Lieutenant Governor of texas wasnt even invited. We do know the democrats who were with her today. Right. It is hard to see who is actually going to go with her. Probably people that are within the administration, within the agency that they arent going to be very vocal because they dont want to hurt their career and their future. Thats part of the problem. In the past when weve had individuals come out here to the southern border i can tell you they have taken the time to say well meet with the administration and the agency and government officials but were going to take the time to speak to the people that are really being affected. Well take the time to speak to members of the National Border Patrol Council to find out what the needs are. None of that is happening in this situation and once again, you know, the area she is going is the one thats more controlled anyway. Harris art, you and i have been in arizona at times when things were heated before. It is on fire down there right now and there are definitely hotter spots than others. It will be harris, i can tell you harris why the Vice President didnt go to one of those. You have been to more hot spots than she has. Harris i know i have. I got married near one. Youve seen it. Harris i have. Okay. Good to see you. Thank you. Well get back together as the news warrants. There will be a lot to talk about as you say this basically has a net zero affect on things having her go there. Thank you, art. A race for survivors in the devastating florida building collapse. We have hope and every time that we hear a sound, we concentrate on that area. We send additional teams utilizing devices and canine and personnel. So as we continue to hear those sounds we concentrate on those areas. Harris families on edge as Emergency Personnel desperately are searching through the rubble. Look at that. You cant see an open space. We pray, pray, pray. We are live at the scene with the absolute latest. Plus critics calling out President Bidens aggressive whispering of yesterday. It was bizarre. The criticism and confused reaction on social media and more. President biden i got them 1. 9 trillion relief so far. I wrote the bill on the environment. Yeah, pay them more. 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I expressed concern about the dramatic rise in state legislative actions that will make it harder for millions of citizens to cast a vote that counts. We are scrutinizing new laws that seek to curb voter access and that where we see violations of federal law, we will act. In keeping that promise, today the Department Of Justice is suing the State Of Georgia. Harris as you know, voter i. D. Discussions about Election Laws are moving across the country and we know in recent polling some 80 of americans are supportive of having an identification on you when you go to vote. Georgias voting laws now again in the spotlight as the d. O. J. And Merrick Garland take aim for a lawsuit against that state. Well follow the news as it happens. At least four people are confirmed dead now. Rescue crews are working around the clock to sift through what you see at the center of your screen. Thats the rubble from the floors, the multiple floors of that condominium in South Florida that collapsed in surfside florida early thursday morning. 120 people have been accounted for. However, the number has bumped up significantly of those still missing, 159. Surfsides mayor hopes to find more survivors after 35 people were initially rescued. Watch. We have one focus and that focus is to bring people out of that rubble alive. We just need to stay focused and hope the weather cooperates with us and we have a small fire that keeps breaking out in the basement of the building that were fighting and we did have some debris that was loose up on top of the building we needed to bring some heavy equipment to take off. Our First Responders and Search And Rescue teams are constantly eager to get back on the job and are on the job now. So thats all were doing. Harris Steve Harrigan is live in surfside with more on this. Steve, the mayor told me yesterday when he was on with us many of the people have been accounted for walked out on their own and able to escape and then the Rescue Missions began. They made a lot of progress in finding people. That number 159 unaccounted for is heartbreaking. Thats right, harris. People walked out or ran out onto the beach. Were hearing more survivor stories, some of them terrifying. Some of those people who got out could hear screams behind them of people who couldnt get out. Sometimes balconies or stairways blocking peoples exits. Were seeing more heavy machinery operating today. Fema is here and ramping up and going at the site from both directions. From above the surface trying to move debris and below the Surface Tunneling in with smaller machinery trying to find anyone who is alive. They are using dogs, Listening Devices as well as cameras and they are doing so at great personal risk, these First Responders. Here is the mayor of miamidade. This work is being done at extreme risk to these individuals. Debris is falling on them as they do their work. We have Structural Engineers on site to assure that they will not be injured but they are proceeding because they are so motivated and they are taking extraordinary risk. You mentioned the key figure, 159 people still not accounted for. That is up a lot from yesterday. Just 99. This is also more of an International Tragedy as well. 24 people from south america, at least 20 from israel. Big sections of the world watching whats going on as the big cranes and fire trucks move through this rubble. Back to you. Harris as the mayor said yesterday, steve, having a building just fall like that, 12 stories, 136 units in first world doesnt happen. The whole world has its eyes on this. How does this just happen . And one quick question about that fire that Law Enforcement say keeps popping up. You can see the smoke to the right of your screen as they look up. Thats right. If you can go to the smoke to the right of our screen. Some of the Work Underneath does set off sparks and sets off fires creating a really bad atmosphere that was bad to begin with here and now you have smok