here's cbs' catherine herridge. >> when you first set foot on a boat like this, did you man that you become the vice xh commandant of the coast guard? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: her journey has taken her to all seven continents. >> homeland security, we operate in the home game and the away game. >> reporter: moving past the potomac's shoreline, she described a mission that describes policing with the might of a military service. >> it is about presence in law enforcement, much more than, you know, lethality, like our navy count parts. >> reporter: while addressing the needs of an evolving force. >> i look at some of the policy changes helping us to retain women, the focus on diversity and inclusion, so that we better represent the public that we serve. >> reporter: before getting on the water -- >> we're going to go to the left. >> reporter: -- cbs news spent the morning with the admiral with rare access to the daily operations brief. >> up to 130 miles per hour. >> reporter: okay. >> we always start with the weather. >> reporter: in the ceremonial hall, we sat down for her fir

so early into her as vice president, herridge though is often criticized over the biden administration's southern border policy, which she's been tasked with as detentions of migrants crossing over from mexico have reached 1100000 so far this year as be paid, harris hadn't even visited the border until after spending several months in office, when she then took a trip to the west texas city of el paso, even then she got ridiculed in the media for a quote showing for the wrong address because other locations would be much more severely impacted by the immigration crisis, and we spoke to a 2020 vice presidential candidate who says harris has actually escaped, go for joe biden, so that he can pass opposite responsibility on seemingly tough and controversial issues. i think that the accurately reflects your performance. i think what's happening is that this period of having this story, 1st female vice president of color, has kind of begun to weight as we now recognize that she's going to be vice president for years. and people are seeing if i need to have to worry about her writing again. 20