protested for two or three days, what if they take the season off? what if they took this and not played? it's a power game. the poor black people don't have power. people think power is money. if a whole pie is made out of rotten apples and you take one slice of that pie, how -- you can get sick by any slice. a little will spoil it all. we have to stop playing the game. you can't play the game and expect there to be justice inside of it. >> thank you for your time this morning. thank you for being with us. thanks to you for watching. we will have highlights on twitter. right now, craig melvin picks up our coverage. good monday morning to you. craig melvin here. a little more than 30 minutes,

we will see kamala harris in her first meeting on foreign soil with a foreign leader. she is in guatemala right now. president biden tasked her with addressing the root causes of the surge of migrants we are seeing at the border. it's not just her first international trip. it's the administration's first international trip. president biden's first will come in a matter of days when he head to europe. he has a key meeting today at the white house with the head of nato. that's not all on the president's agenda today. he has his next conversation with republican senators on a possible infrastructure deal. the gap between them at this point, about $700 billion. also for democrats on the hill, something that was likely just became real. like many conversations about the hill this year, it centers on west virginia democratic senator joe manchin. he is a no on a sweeping voting rights bill. he is a no on getting rid of the

filibuster. how does this upend everything potentially that democrats are trying to pass right now, from voting to infrastructure? we will get to that in a moment. we start with the biden administration's week. migration, central to the vice president's trip there. we haven't heard defined goals or strategies for her approach to addressing the root causes of it. what should we expect today, kerry? >> reporter: expect we will hear her obviously talk about the poverty in this part of the world between guatemala, honduras and el salvador but focuses on the corruption that causes people to never get ahead, but to see their lives get worse.

somebody told me, this is not a case of just poverty. this is a case of mystery. that's why people are making their way. the vice president has to try to address this systemic corruption. let me tell you, the united states spends money down here already. whatever the vice president brings with her, we have been spending money here through various administrations over the years. let me take you to a clothing company. as you see them working here, they have 170 employees. they have been getting technical assistance through the u.s. aid, spending taxpayer dollars to help them. they have concluded at u.s. aid and the u.s. government that if people in this part of the world have a job and a bank account, they will not leave. then we circle back to systemic corruption. listen to the owner of the company. >> vice president harris, please, help us get our

corruption in order in guatemala. >> reporter: that corruption is in government? >> it's everywhere in the society. it starts in government. it's in dna. >> reporter: slightly more than 20% of those who are leaving guatemala, according to u.s. statistics, have high school did i diplomas or more. a lot of people think they are the poorest of the poor. there are so many people who are frustrated by the corruption and no sense that it is ever going to get better, craig, that they have given up. >> kerry sanders in guatemala. mike, the migrant surge isn't going to be solved at one sitdown with the guatemalan president. what are the expectations?

>> reporter: from the perspective of the white house, this is just the beginning of a long process. no one knows that better than president biden himself. you will remember that he handed this portfolio to vice president harris in part because he had the same portfolio under president obama. as she prepares for her first meeting with the guatemalan president, i'm remembering something that then vice president biden said in proved to be his final meeting as vice president with the guatemalan president at the time, that he made so many trips there that his constituents thought he was running in the wrong country. that speaks to the nuts and bolts of the way the white house views the trip. you will hear the vice president talking about the direct aid to the northern triangle countries, the humanitarian assistance. the focus on corruption is a major one on the part of the administration. just the beginning of what the white house expects to be a long period of engagement. the vice president has talked to a number of these leaders by

phone, having the direct conversations so important. the first of many to come here. >> white the vice president is in central america, president biden hosting the nato secretary-general ahead of his own first foreign trip on wednesday. what's at the crux of the meeting at the white house today with the secretary-general? do we know how the president is getting ready for his first international trip? >> reporter: they are covering a lot of ground globally here this week, craig. we should look at this meeting today between the president and the nato secretary-general as really setting the table for his trip when he heads out on wednesday, first destination to the united kingdom. he will have a meeting with boris johnson before the g7 summit. then he goes on to brussels, which includes the eu/u.s. summit and the nato summit. he wants to coordinate with the secretary-general. all of those meetings really important to note ahead of what is going to be the newsiest event, that direct face to face

meeting between president biden and russian president vladimir putin. the white house scheduling meetings so the president can go into the meeting with the russian president speaking like he is speaking for values in that confrontation. >> mike, stay with me, if you can. kerry, thank you down there in guatemala. we will come back once the vice president starts that bilateral meeting here. maybe 30 minutes from now. mike, i asked you to stick around because we are watching for another conversation to negotiate a bipartisan infrastructure deal. president biden set to speak with shelley moore-capito. taking baby steps closer to one another. right now, they are $700 billion apart. garrett haake on capitol hill following the latest

developments there, mike memoli with us from the white house. garrett, i will start with you. where do things stand just after 11:00 a.m. eastern on this monday? what about this bipartisan group of lawmakers reportedly working on a plan b? >> reporter: after the phone call between senator capito and the president on friday, the white house put out a statement thanking the senator for her work but saying that the president was going to be holding other discussions, as he tries to come up with a way to get an infrastructure package through with bipartisan support. our interview with joe manchin told us that the president was going to need bipartisan support. his party, at least as represented by the 50th vote, joe manchin, wasn't ready to go it alone. the president is looking for dance partners on infrastructure. there may be another group out there. there has been a bipartisan group of senators who have been meeting up on hill to come up with their own alternative option. that group includes joe man manchin.

it includes folks in the middle of a lot of the discussions on different issues as relates to the biden agenda, as related to the impeachment of former president trump. they are talking about a package smaller than what the white house has said it wants, but larger than the one that has been blessed by republican leadership and negotiated by senator capito. we will see if that group could even come up with ten republicans who would support what they are offering. it might be a goldilocks option. it's someone else for the president to talk to as he is looking for a way to move this big infrastructure package through the senate. >> mike, the president and the senator, they have met, they have spoken several times. is there a sense that there's real progress happening despite this $700 billion chasm between the two sides? >> reporter: craig, you used the right term earlier, which is baby steps. this pair has been at it well over a month, having meetings,

some in person, some on the phone. they have moved towards each other, but only incrementally. there's the wide gap. it's important that they are still having these conversations. garrett was right. when they had the readout of the phone call the two had on friday, there was a little bit of not necessarily finality but seeing potentially the end is near for those discussions. that's why this second group is so important. the president has made it clear, he wants a bipartisan deal if at all possible, as big as he can get. the white house is eager to try to find it. if the ten republican senators aren't going to be there at the end of the day, that begs the question of, can they go it alone with just democrats? joe manchin certainly sending a lot of signals that's unlikely. will republicans support a process that's through reconciliation? even if they don't necessarily have ten votes, will republicans still support it at that point to bring joe manchin along? a lot of questions as the

president is getting ready to head overseas. this phone call happening shortly. we will see if it yields any change in the trajectory at this point. >> sure, sure. garrett, while i have you, let's stay in west virginia for a moment. there's now this new op-ed from joe manchin. he says he is a no on the democrats voting rights bill, the for the people act. he would support the john lewis rights advancement act instead. that's not all he wrote about. garrett, how does manchin's stance affect everything that seems to be happening on capitol hill right now? >> reporter: look, manchin has been saying a lot of these same things for months now. i think it's time that all of us who are watching the hill closely start to believe him. he is not moved off his stance on either the filibuster or his more recent stance on opposing the voting rights measure that democrats have put forward of

which 49 of his fellow democratic senators are co-sponsored. he is sending a message that that's not going to happen. the voting rights legislation is the big single piece of this. because it is such a high priority for so many others in the democratic party. manchin's refusal to budge on getting rid of the filibuster, the 60 vote threshold for most legislation, could confound democratic efforts to pass things like gun control legislation or immigration reform. things that don't touch taxes and spending and, therefore, couldn't be done through reconciliation. if you have been following manchin for a long time, this isn't necessarily new. for those on the left who i think perhaps thought by continuing to push him, he could be brought into line on some of the other issues, it might be back to the drawing board to figure out how you could pass things that might appeal to him, like that john lewis voting rights measure, which is less expansive than the for the people act, but would set limits on what individual states could do to change their voting laws

without preapproval from the department of justice. we will see if this sends either chamber back looking for things that might appeal to manchin to accomplish similar goals but not as expansive, especially for voting rights, as the for the people act. >> for the foreseeable future, they will have an influence. mr. haake, congratulations on the engagement. we love love. >> thank you, craig. we are keeping a close eye on guatemala city where we expect to see the meeting between vice president harris and the guatemalan president later this hour. it's her first international trip as vice president. new reporting on why more migrant families are choosing to separate at the border and send their kids into the united states alone. a man charged with assaulting police during the

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just moments ago, one suspect accused of assaulting police during the capitol insurrection appeared in court. we are hearing from that suspect for the first time, actually. an iraq war vet from utah says he has no regrets. copeland facing multiple charges, including violent entry, assault and obstruction of an official proceeding. joining me now is the man he spoke to, investigative reporter scott mcfarland with our nbc station in washington. good to have you back. walk us through exactly what copeland is accused of, and what did he tell you about that day?

>> reporter: he is accused of the most serious of charges, assaulting police, that's a felony. one in three defendants facing assault charges. he appeared before a federal court judge, prosecutors will ask he be held in custody until trial. they ordered a competency exam. we are waiting for the results of those motions. should have an update later today. he called over the weekend. i'm surprised he called. he spoke on the record. we recorded the message. we recorded the phone call for air. even though his case is in its earliest stages. he is accused of assaulting police. here is what he had to say. you understand why you are charged with a crime? does it make sense to you? >> i don't -- i don't think i committed a crime. i have the capability to where i could have hurt those other individuals. but i didn't hurt them. one of them pushed me. i pushed him back. one of them pushed me. i took his riot shield from him.

one hit me with a baton. i took his baton. >> reporter: they are police. >> i didn't do anything wrong. i was not in a place that i was not allowed to be. there was no sign that said authorized personnel only. no barriers. >> we will go back to guatemala city right now. vice president harris on her first international trip. let's listen in. >> we are clear that we have a responsibility then to interact, to cooperate and to work with our allies and friends around the world. when i return to the united states, the president will be taking his first international trip as a reflection of our priority on establishing and re-establishing relationships with our allies around the world. i am in guatemala today to discuss -- [ inaudible ] foremost is addressing migration. from this region in particular.

mr. president, you and i have spoken about the pride -- [ inaudible ] we have talked about students who are just starting their education here and want to continue with their education. entrepreneurs building businesses and engaged in innovation on a number of levels. we have talked about the farmers who are feeding their neighbors within the country and outside of the country. therefore, the significance of that as part of the economic basis. based on what it does in terms of contributing to the world and giving to the world. it's clear to me that i know as you do that guatemala is a country with incredible resources. there's work we can do together to grow the capacity of the resources and to reach the

people. we believe also that -- you and i have discussed this. most people don't want to leave home. i know that. i believe that. most people do not want to leave the place where they grew up, their grandmother, the place where they pray, the place that their language is spoken, where the culture is familiar. when they do leave, it usually has to do with one of two reasons. either because they are fleeing some harm or because they simply cannot satisfy their basic neetd needs. they cannot raise their children by staying at home. the second point, every time we have talked, including tomorrow, is the significance of hope. the ability that we have as leaders to give the people a sense of hope that help is on the way. to then follow through, understanding that help does not

exist by itself. it must be coupled with relationships of trust. it must be coupled with tangible outcomes in terms of what we do as leaders to convince people that there is a reason to be hopeful about their future and the future of their children. it is with that spirit that we are here today. i thank you for this moment. i look forward to our conversations. i look forward to working together in a tangible way to bring together both of our countries. >> all right. there you have it. we were watching and listening

there. guatemala city, guatemala, vice president kamala harris, her firstinternational trip. the need for our country to work with their country in terms of a pandemic response, obviously, with regard to the migration crisis as well at the southern border. the vice president spoke of the bonds. she's also set to answer some questions there from the press. most importantly, have a meeting there with the president of guatemala. i want to bring in guests from different political sides. they have one goal in common. their desire to see some comprehensive immigration reform. former democratic congressman lewis gutierrez who worked across the aisle during his two decades in congress on immigration issues and douglas

holtz eagen. he is the president of the american action forum. good to have both of you. enjoyed the conversation so much last time. wanted to get you back. doug, guatemala, one of the northern triangle countries that have suffered from violence and poverty and corruption. more recently, climate change, natural disasters. now, of course, there's a global pandemic. we see a first step by this administration trying to address the issues here through diplomacy. what does the vice president need to do on this trip? what does she need to say on this trip? >> i don't think there's anything specific she needs to do or say. her presence is the main message. she's chosen to make her first international trip to guatemala. it's a signal that addressing the conditions in guatemala and neighboring countries is an important part about addressing the security of our southern border. they want to convey the seriousness to the guatemalans.

she will do that. they are there to offer assistance as well. i think the message has been sent the moment she landed in guatemala. >> congressman gutierrez, "the new york times" took a deep look at how expanded u.s. aid programs have failed to stem migration. one program includes tech training. here is part of what "the times" found out. a coffee farmer who had not asked for the training and didn't see how it would keep anyone from heading for the border looked confused. i am the u.s. logo on the pamphlet. he began waving it around asking if anyone had a phone number to call the americans and tell them what our needs really are. they have never helped me, he goes on to say. where does the money go? where is the aid? who knows? congressman, implementing these programs and throwing money at the problem isn't the answer.

what is? >> first of all, thank you for having me. how heartbreaking? i'm happy you brought that comment forward. on the other hand, i do want to echo the sentiment that finally, what i see is the vice president of the united states and our national government finally seeing, we're going to have a hemispheric approach. it seems like we always go to asia, europe. yet, we forget that this is the americas. i think what that gentleman is saying is, look, there is a crisis in guatemala of a lack of really governance. i'm pretty used to picking up the phone and dialing 911 and somebody responding. that does not happen there. we cannot have a conversation about how you restructure democracy until we also engage in the war on drugs. remember that one of the

critical components of undermining the government of guatemala and the governments of all the triangle nations is what? the drug cartels. we need to take a look at that very, very honestly. you know, what is our responsibility as the main patrons and consumers of the drugs? >> doug, at some point, as both of you have noted, it is going to boil down to action from congress. from a political standpoint, you could make the argument there's no incentive for republicans to work with the administration when it comes to the migrant surge at the border. how can the biden administration build political will, build some political will behind an issue that's been so politicized, not just over the last year or two but just over the last decade or so? >> probably longer than that, craig, sadly. this is a situation that we saw border surges under president

george w. bush, surges under president obama, president trump, now again under president biden. i think the message there really is, administrations can't fix this by themselves. they have tried and failed. that means the responsibility is with congress. republicans who correctly identify the southern border as a national security risk have a stake in getting it right. that means immigration reform. it can't just be border only. to do it in a rifle shot misses the larger set of push and pull incentives that cause border crossings. it's time to step back, look at the situation and really take a serious run at revising our immigration laws for the first time in decades. >> we had a really fruitful conversation last time you were both on. doug, you mentioned, if i recall correctly, last time the need, the essential need to reform our core visa system. congressman, you mentioned last

time that the reason for the collapse in many of the northern triangle economies, drugs, consumed by people in this country. how can these two points be used to bridge some of the gaps on the hill? congressman, you first. then, doug, we will come to you. >> sure. here is how we can do it. we want to take the criminal elements out of the process. there are people that are always going to need to come to the united states. that's just the situation. i'm so happy that we have vice president harris there. she understands fundamentally from her own life experience one parent from jamaica, the other from india, what it is to come to america and the need it is. they didn't tell her mom and dad stay, as we didn't tell the irish or italians or we didn't say that to the jews as they wanted to flee the soviet union. we have always been a welcoming company.

let's have a legal structure for people to come and take the criminals out of the equation so people can come here in a reasonable manner. i think that's how we establish order at the border, by having the legal framework set up. always allow america to prosper and continue. that's what i worked with john mccain on when we introduced our bill is organizing a way for people to come here. it's always been an essential part of comprehensive immigration reform. when we had leaders of the stature of john mccain, we worked together to do that. i believe there are those members in the house and in the senate that we can get this done with. >> doug? >> yeah, i believe that as well. i admire that sentiment. i think it's important to not frame this as something like we have to do begrudgingly against our will. immigration reform is an opportunity. it's an opportunity to reform

the core granting of legal visas for better economic growth, for example. we got a lot of attention to the fact that fertility in the united states declined during the pandemic. it's been declining for years. immigration reform is a way to address that decline in fertility and build the labor force of the future. we grant under 10% of our visas for economic purposes at the moment, despite that 40% of the fortune 500 companies were founded by an immigrant or their offspring. we have always benefits from immigration. we could proactively use it to benefit more. everybody wants an economy that's growing rapidly and raising the standard of living. this is a chance to do that. >> you know, to that point, doug, i have always thought the economic argument for comprehensive immigration reform should be the argument that is probably made the most. the labor shortage in the country that you talked about, we have had businessowners on time and time again.

we can't find folks to fill the jobs. we will save that for our next roundtable. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. when we come back, with the vice president in guatemala, we have new reporting from our southern border in texas. why some families are choosing to separate themselves so their kids can come to the united states. when you're entertaining, you want to put out the best snacks that taste great, and come straight from the earth. and last time i checked, pretzels don't grow on trees. just saying. planters. a nut above. age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health.

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commissioner peggy hamburg will join andrea mitchell to talk about this. big news this morning in the fight against alzheimer's in this country. meanwhile, once her visit wraps, vice president harris will head to mexico. we are getting a closer look at a new challenge that's emerging. migrant parents now deliberately sending their kids into this country alone. it has become a new kind of self-separation. gabe gutierrez has made his way to texas. he is along the southern border. gabe, this comes as -- after the biden administration's decision to allow these unaccompanied minors to stay in the united states. take us through what you are seeing there firsthand. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, craig. it's something we have been hearing over and over again in

the last couple of days as we have been not just here on this side of the border but across the border in texas. as you mentioned, this idea of self-separation. these migrant parents facing the difficult decision and sending some of their young children over the border because they know they will be allowed to stay and potentially reunite with relatives in the united states. right here, actually, on saturday, we met a 10 and 12-year-old that had come over the border from mexico. they told me that they were trying to reach relatives in boston. to give you an idea we are, these are members of the texas national guard. last hour, right here on msnbc, not far from here, we run across a group of migrants that were being picked up by the border patrol, being processed. they have been placed on a bus and are taken to processing facilities. over the weekend, we were also in another place not too far from here where overnight the texas department of public safety and members of the

national guard as well as border patrol see raft after raft of migrants coming over here. we should point out, craig, that the number of children in federal custody has dropped a little bit from several months ago. there are about 700 or so unaccompanied minors in custody. now more than 16,000 in hhs custody. what we hear is that major problem of some families making that decision, because of the new poicy that unaccompanied minors are allowed to stay, they stay in mexico but send young children over. we did speak with several migrant parents as they got off the boats along the rio grande over the weekend. listen to what one of those mothers told us she had just come over from guatemala.

[ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: craig, it's something we have seen since we have been reporting here at the border. this has been going on for decades. the migrants making the desperate journey. there's a new sense of urgency. they are being fed misinformation by smugglers who tell them one thing, -- misinterpreting the biden administration's rules. they have been told certain things that aren't correct. some have been expelled back into mexico because of title 42. those are covid protocols. some advocates are upset that hasn't been lifted. the bottom line, despite where you are in the political spectrum, this is a situation at the border that's a challenge

for the biden administration and is getting increasingly dangerous as we head into the summer months. temperatures are rising here. right now in the upper 80s. we will get into the 90s. the heat index will be in the triple digits. >> gabe gutierrez who follows the immigration story for us along the border. thank you. be safe. three people killed at a graduation party in florida. two cars pulled up, fired shots and took off. we will go there live for the latest on the search for those suspects. a huge ruling in california. a federal judge says that state's assault weapons ban is unconstitutional. in fact, the judge compared ar-15s to swiss army knives. what happens next? great tasting... they're power-packed vitamins... that help unleash your energy. loaded with b vitamins... ...and other key essential nutrients...

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news from the supreme court on this monday. the justices have said they will not be taking up a case involving the military draft. the lawsuit at the center of the case says it violated the constitution's guarantee of equal protection. three of the justices explained the court defers to congress on military matters. we are getting closer to the end of the term with several big cases. our justice correspondent pete williams is here. pete, what big cases are we looking out for here in the coming weeks, sir? >> so, coming weeks, just until the end of june, likely. 22 cases left to decide. the big one is the third challenge to obamacare. the question is whether the individual mandate is unconstitutional. if it is, whether the whole law must fall or parts can be saved. then there's the question of

whether students can be punished for things they say on social media off campus. there's a question about the rules for deciding when states violate voting rights laws when they change voting procedures. that's an important one for trying to decide the court challenges to all the changes that are being made to voting laws around the country. the question of whether there's a religious freedom exception to antidiscrimination laws. this is a case that comes from philly. catholic social services won't provide foster children to same-sex parents. there's a question of whether the ncaa can block schools from providing academic related benefits to student athletes. this is a precursor to whether student athletes can be paid. we are waiting for all those cases before the end of the month, craig. >> justice correspondent pete williams with a preview. thanks, as always. this morning, authorities in south florida are launching an

urgent all out effort to combat gun violence in the wake of another bloody weekend there. miami-dade saw its second mass shooting in less than a week. police say three people were killed, five others were hurt after two cars pulled up to a graduation party and opened fire. one of the victims was actually a police officer. catie beck following the latest shooting. take us through what we know at this point about the shooting and these new steps that police are taking. >> reporter: craig, what we know is there was a graduation party happening right here there was disrupted by gunfire and a drive-by shooting as you say, claiming the live of three people, five people sent to the hospital. what we know is that one was an officer with the department of corrections. the florida department of constructions confirmed the loss of her life in this incident saying they are grieving her, she started with the department

in january of 2020 and they are devastated by the loss here. miami-dade please are trying their hardest to get a hold on what is a shooting spree, this uptick in violence they have been seeing in the past few weeks. they a program, an initiative called summer heat which is a 12-week initiative calling on law enforcements from all counties, through all corners of miami-dade county to be on high alert. they want to put more boots on the ground and do more monitoring on social media channels to rule out organized crime. this is something they're investigating, but both the police chief and the mayor are saying this needs to stop, this is something we need band together to try and fix and obviously this weekend's incident is a setback. they just announced this new initiative and now not even a week after we saw a shooting

that injured 23 people, we have another one. so they are feel, there is a sense of urgency now to amp up the police presence and get more people involved in community policing, asking the community to participate and be vigilant and try to shut down illegal businesses and have illegal firearms seized. they are going to be working their hardest to get a hold of what's happening here. catie beck for us in florida. thank you. meanwhile in california, officials have arrested two suspects in the road rage shooting death of that little boy in the city of orange. you might remember back in late may aiden leos was hit in the backseat. it spurred a massive man hunt with few results in several weeks when authorities arrested 24-year-old marcus anthony eritz

and wynne lee. both are expected to be charged with murder. also in california we are tracking a fallout from the judge's decision to overturn that state's longstanding ban, i should say, on assault weapons. guad venegas is live in san diego with this story. the judge compared ar-15s to swiss army knives. what's been the reaction there and where is this case headed next. >> craig, good morning. there's been a backlash against a judge specifically not just because he's asking to overturn this ban that's been in place since 1989 and also because of the language used. the use of comparing a swiss army knife and we have a statement by the judge in this ruling. he is saying like the swiss army knife, the popular ar-15 rifle is the perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment.

good for both home and battle. immediately after the governor of california gavin newsom speaking against the ruling and this los angeles and here in san diego where the lawsuit was filed and advocates of gun control reacted to this. >> most of the mass shootings are taking place because of these type weapons. it's insensitive that you would allow and put innocent people in harm's way by allowing assault weapons, removing the bans. i mean, really. >> now we know that assault weapons, in fact, the ar-15 has been used in mass shootings in the past and the judge did give the state of california 30 days to file an appeal. the attorney general has said that they will be filing an appeal so we expect this to continue in the courts. it will be a legal battle that will continue, craig.

>> guad, while i have you, going back to our previous story, i know that you were covering that case involving the shooting death of the 6-year-old boy. we know there's been an arrest made in that case. what more can you tell us about that, if anything. >> so we expect the presser later today by the california highway patrol which ended up arresting these two suspects. there will be more information. for now, we know they were arrested in their home in costa mesa, california. that's a few miles south on that very same freeway where everything happened and very limited information. they did say they received hundreds of tips and we know that right after the incident the family had set a reward of $50,000 for any information and that kept increasing and up until the arrest the reward was for half a million dollars. so we think this might have been one of the reasons why so many

people called chp and that is thanking all of those coming in with the tips and we expect more details to be released today at the press conference by the california highway patrol. >> guad venegas, thank you very much for that. before we go, ladies and gentlemen, a little bit of history was made over the weekend. four-time olympic gold medalist simone biles wing the all of had around title at the u.s. gymnastics championship this weekend. it was her seventh win in a row. a world record. >> first of two.it was her seve. a world record. >> first of two. >> wow. [ cheers and applause ] >> so here's the thing, it's even more incredible when you watch it in slow motion. yeah. we slowed it down for you. biles looking to become the

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♪♪ good day, everyone. this is "andrea mitchell reports" at the beginning of a big week for the biden administration, with both the president and vice president on their first foreign trips since taking office. vice president kamala harris is in guatemala at this hour addressing the root causes of migration. a complicated issue that has eluded every previous white house. the vice president is offering billions of dollars of new aid to central america to stem the rise in migrant crossings at the southern border, including 22,000 unaccompanied children this last month. here in washington, president biden is facing major domestic and international challenges as he welcomes the head of nato to the white house and reaffirms america's commitment to that alouance after former p