and this is something that the taliban will want to exploit. so expect president biden to offer a sense of unity, support to afghans who fought alongside the united states, but what he isn t expected do is to say that the united states is about to slow down or stop the drawdown of forces before september 11th, that the afghan government really is under pressure now to negotiate with the taliban a political solution. nic robertson, thanks so much. u.s. vice president kamala harris is hours away from heading to el paso, texas and tour facilities along the border with mexico. she is tasked with trying to stem the throw of migration from central america and has faced blowback for not touring the border area before thounow. kaitlan collins has more. railroad the first time you will see kamala harris on the border
york. congressman, thanks for being here. it s great to be with you as always. thank you. you re going down to the border this weekend, you re going to tour facilities, look at border crossings. there are zero bipartisan agreement on what the solution is to alleviate the crisis. you re the chair of the problem solvers caucus. what is the solution? i ll tell you first, lloyd smuker and dean phillips, who republican democrats leading the caucus, we re going to be going down to the border with 16 of us that are going to view the crisis. and what we can do is come together with common sense solutions, and not only immediate aide like the aid we sent with the humanitarian package, but also get to the root causes of the problem. like fixing the broken immigration system. do you have any confidence from going down this weekend that you re going to be able to find bipartisan support for anything? the first thing starts with us going together. we re the largest doipt group of members
they have lied about being parents. it s, it s here the question. mr. secretary. if these kids are so happy right now they re playing and, getting an education, and they re being treated with love, why are you turning away members of congress, the news media, from visiting these facilities to let the world see what s going on? because you know the, the impression that the entire world is seeing of the united states right now. people all over the world are wondering what s going on? oh, come on, wolf. you know media and members of congress. over 60 members of congress tour facilities. we have moved asking them to please do it in groups, where we schedule, because, our grantees are trying to take care of the kids. i have case managers that are trying to work three each of the individual cases for the individuals to get them reunited with their parents. i can t have them running tours, while they re trying to do that vital work. okay. so we re frying to manage it. we worked with the
politicians filter through, the rio grande valley today, we saw democratic legislators, more than 20 of them trying to tour facilities, get a sense of the conditions on the grounds for the parents and the children, but really those democrats coming out and saying we have more questions than answers, one of their main questions is is there a main list, the master list of these children about 2,000 of them still separating from parents, where they are and how quickly they will be reunited with their parents. laura, back to you. steve, thank you. immigration battle heating up on capitol hill as authorities continue to deal with thousands of migrants and their children, house vote on the so-called immigration bill is expected next week even in the face of several potential hurdles. lawmakers saying it s simply time to get something done. we are obligated to have an up or down vote. it s time now for us to stop politicizing it and, i mean, to have a little girl s picture on
tour facilities along the u.s. and mexico border. president trump is head to go capitol hill on tuesday to talk immigration with house w republicans. luis gutierrez is with us. some have settled in chicago. congressman, thank you for being with us. thank you. what is your reaction over what we have seen the last 48 hours? wow. i can t think in my life what is the most transformative moment in my life if not the day my wife gave birth to my two beautiful daughters and i still remember that moment so vividly when the doctor placed them in my arms. i can t think of a better greater more transformative moment and to think that children are being ripped from parents arms. to think of my daughters being on one side of a wall, think of a large room. they are on one side of the wall and they are screaming out for