this morning for the first time in more than three years, the u.s. border officials are processing migrants without title 42, policy that allowed for quick and almost instant expulsion. that expired overnight. so over the last few days, there have been historic numbers at the border, but today, so far, it is important to note that our reporters there tell us that they are seeing long but orderly lines and no real change from last few days, and not the chaos so far that had been feared. but, the challenges remain, and the administration officials say it could get worse. this is brownsville, texas, last hour. you can see all of the buses lined up. they were filled with migrants who had just crossed there. cnn s rosa flores across the state in el paso this morning. rosa, give us a sense of what you are seeing. you know, you are exactly right. we have been monitoring the situation here on the ground, and everything so far looks under control. i talked to the city of el paso s s
our southern border is poised to become more open for trafficking and for drug business. imagine being on the front lines. our border patrol are truly heros out there risking their lives under near impossible circumstances. take a look at the streets of el paso, texas. 150,000 are waiting on the other side of the border to push across. so texas state troopers have done what they can on their own to prepare. they have laid razor wire across areas that are so porous that people can just come right through as they try to protect their state. they re keeping them from crossing the river at those points while we hear this, again, from dhs secretary mayorkas. watch. let me be clear, the lifting of the order does not mean our border is open. in fact, it is the contrary. martha: really? okay. lieutenant christopher olivarez from the texas department of public safety very much on the front lines of this. he s going to join us in just a moment with an update of what s going on wher
dion patterson is in custody, facing one count of murder and four counts of aggravated assault. he opened fire in the waiting room killing amy st. pierre, who worked for the center of disease control and prevention. police received the call of an active shooter at 12:08 yesterday afternoon. the gunman spent two minutes shooting inside the medical building and tried to escape by stealing a truck. thigh used security cameras and license plate readers to track a vehicle where it was lefta abandoned and a tip led police to a condo complex where they arrested patterson last night without incident. work without a cooperative communities, a community that backs up the police that allows the police to take risks and try to take violent people into custody. the suspect was discharged from the coast guard in january after serving four and a half years with the service. patterson s mother, who had accompanied her son to the medical appointment appeared to blame improper medicine for
even terrorists among them. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. those are the stakes. in 12 hours and 58 minutes from now, it will be the end of the trump-era measure that allowed the immediate expulsion of border crossers and it was working. some 3 million have been sent back under title 42. on biden s watch, we are watching it expire and people are desperate to cross over the border and they are now waiting en masse for midnight to come. the situation is this. the lifting of the title 42 public health order does not mean our border is open. it is going ton an invasion like we ve never seen in the history of this country. i won t turn myself in. every town in america is now a border town because president biden has brought this crisis to them. a lot more money for the border patrol. they didn t do it when i asked congress. the president said he wanted a humane policy. what is humane about migrants dying and uncode children. that s insaid. t
nominate your hero. thank you for being with us this week. thank you for the mother s day flowers. happy mother s day to chelsea. thanks for spending the week with us. thanks for having me. it was a blast. everyone, have a great weekend. see you monday. a stern warning from the white house. they say the crisis at the southern border is going to get worse after the pandemic era title 42 expired overnight. we re live in brownsville, texas. a military veteran accused of choking a homeless man to death on a new york city subway. he just turned himself in to face charges. the tragedy spotlighting what safety and security means. brand new video, ukrainian troops on the attack in bakhmut. all this coming in to cnn news central. this morning, title 42 is over. homeland security officials are warning the critical situation at the southern border may get worse. the surge has been happening for days now. you re looking at video from arizona as migrants stood in lon