you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour at the u.s./mexico border. it s been three days since the end of title 42, the pandemic-era policy that slowed the number of migrants allowed into the u.s. with thursday s expiration, many border communities were bracing for a surge of migrants. at least for now, that has not happened yet. homeland security officials say there were about 4,200 encounters yesterday. that s a big drop from the day before. and yesterday s numbers are less than half of the 10,000 seen at the u.s./mexico border in the days before title 42 ended. just minutes ago, we heard from president biden as he completed a bike ride. here s what he had to say about the situation down at the border. how do you think things are going at the board, sir? much better than you all expected. do you have any plans to visit the border? pardon me? do you have any plans to visit the border? not in the near term, no. no. it wou
expires. so we ll take you down to the southern border this morning. also, it looks like turkey s presidential election is head for a runoff. we have christiane amanpour here to hear why this race has global implications. and aaa is predicting one of the busiest travel day weekends in decades. an expert with tips on how to beat the rush. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. but here s where we begin this morning. new overnight, a bus of migrants dropped off at the official home of the vice president, kamala harris, in d.c. texas governor greg abbott sent the bus to the naval observatory after title 42, that covid-era immigration policy expired last thursday. many were expecting a surge of migrants over the weekend, but according to the biden administration, that s not what happened. here s president biden sunday after a bike ride. how do you think things are going at the border, sir? much better than much better than y all expected. of course, the con
this morning a fresh look at the southern border. this was el paso, and you can see it right there. wow. i mean, relatively sparse, really sparse, very calm. this is what the white house had hoped for. especially when there were scenes like this just one week ago. migrants lining up before the expiration of title 42, and the homeland security alejandro mayorkas warns that it is too early to know if the migrant surge has peaked. and that is after wrangling maneuvers of the governor of texas sending a busload of migrants to the vice president of the united states. so we have teams at the border and the white house. we begin at the white house as arlette seanez is there, and what are you hearing from the people in the building behind you, arlette, of what they are seeing? president biden is saying that the situation at the border is going better than expected after he, himself, had predicted a chaotic few days of the lifting of title 42. now, the biden administration has been
for the world. much more on that on cnn news central ahead. we will see you tomorrow. an unexpected slowdown at the border, but will it last? dhs says it s too early to know. that s not stopping immigration politics, though, from heating up once again. hours ago a new bus of migrants arrived at the vice president s residence. four russian aircraft down inside russian territory. what this tells us about what the ukrainians can do now and in a much discussed spring offensive. the travel forecast is in, more than 42 million americans will be on the move this memorial day. are the roads and airlines ready? these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. so this morning there s a surprising quiet at the southern border as federal officials report a dramatic drop in border crossings, which is the opposite of what so many had predicted would happen after title 42 ended. they warned it would be chaotic for a while, remember? well, instead this was
here, phil promises. stay with us, cnn news central starts now. new details this morning about the victims after at least eight people were murdered at a mall in texas. officials are focused on right wing extremism as a possible motive. right now an investigation is under way in brownsville, texas, after an suv slammed into a bus stop killing several people. ahead what we re learning about that driver. this is the week title 42 ends. cnn is at the border as the biden administration and the cities on the front lines prepare for an expected surge of migrants now. these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. this morning cnn has learned the name of at least two victims murdered at the mass shooting at the mall in allen, texas. family members say christian lacore was a sweet caring young man, he is on the left there. we re told the man on the right was an engineer living in mckinney, texas. they were two of at least eight people who were ki