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Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

Way Too Early 3/25/21

Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

MS NOW, Ali Vitali

Washington, Congress, Msnbc, Elections, Government, News, President, Politics, Versant, Ms Now, 2018, Issues, Versant Media, Analysis, Senate, Sunday

4.5538 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

President Biden appoints VP Harris to lead efforts to fix border crisis.

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0:00.0

This facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas is home to 766 unaccompanied minors, all teen boys.

0:07.5

Officials say more than 100 have tested positive for COVID.

0:11.1

After mounting pressure on the Biden administration, a network camera was allowed inside today.

0:16.2

We saw the intake center where kids are tested for COVID and given duffel bags of clothes.

0:21.9

There's a dining hall, classrooms and dorm rooms, only four kids each. It was orderly and the children were calm,

0:28.1

some wearing hats they knit themselves. We saw kids playing soccer outside. We were not allowed

0:32.9

to speak to them, but members of the congressional delegation did. The White House allows access to a facility housing unaccompanied migrant children

0:43.3

as the president taps Vice President Harris to head up the effort to fix the crisis.

0:48.3

The question is whether the right policies and messaging are in place to get it done.

0:58.1

Plus, President Biden said to give his first official news conference this afternoon.

1:01.2

The question this morning, will he break any news?

1:07.3

And a massive ship runs aground in the Suez Canal, blocking one of the world's busiest waterways. The question is, how much longer before the ship is floating and things get moving again?

1:12.6

Yikes. It's way too early for this.

1:15.6

Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that has never seen a traffic jam quite like that one.

1:30.8

Pretty remarkable. I am Casey Hunt on this Thursday, March 25th. We'll start with the news.

1:35.9

Vice President Harris is now the Biden administration's point person to manage the crisis on the southern border.

1:42.6

President Biden made the announcement during a meeting

1:44.6

on immigration yesterday. He said the vice president would focus on two tracks, stemming the current

1:50.0

flow of migrants and addressing the root causes of their migration. Biden coordinated similar

1:54.9

efforts in Central America as President Barack Obama's VP. While announcing the appointment,

2:00.2

Biden highlighted Harris' experience as Attorney General

2:03.0

of California, saying she's upheld human rights while also fighting organized crime.

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