southern border each day. cnn rosa flores is live in texas with more. rosa, obviously this is a question i think we should note the reason this is happening is officials in these border towns, people like texas governor greg abbott, say it s unfair their cities have to deal with the majority of the stress of this. but the big question is, these officials in these other cities, what is their solution for how to handle this influx and this surge of migrants they have to deal with? reporter: well, you know, kaitlan, that surge related to title 42 happened may 9th when i was doing live shots for your show and there were hundreds of migrants who were sleeping in the streets of el paso. right now, what s going on in the border is, yes, there is a strain of resources because a lot of migrants entered that week. but now what we re seeing is that those numbers are not materializing. the expected thousands of migrants who were waiting in
by armed men. it is unclear if they are americans. according to the fbi shortly after the group of u.s. citizens drove across the border friday, the car crashed with another vehicle and they were taken at gunpoint. authorities believe that they were not the intended targets. the u.s. ambassador to mexico said an innocent mexican citizen was also killed. cnn rosa flores is following this for us. rosa, what are you learning and make of the mexican president and authorities saying these were not the intended targets? reporter: you know, the president of mexico saying these four americans were actually in mat morore mexico to purchase medicine, which is something people from this area in south texas normally do. they cross to mexico for just that, for medical procedures. according to the president of mexico, he says that these individuals once they crossed into mexico, they were caught between two groups that were
missing americans. bianna rosa flores for us there. thank you so much. now to ukraine where after months of fierce and bloody fighting russian forces may be on the verge of capturing the eastern city of bakhmut. even as russian fighters surround the city, ukrainian commanders are not withdrawing and calling on president zelenskyy to send in reinforcement. alex marquardt is in useaste ukraine. mercenary fighters were seen planting the flag. tell us about that. hi, there, victor and bianna. in the past few days russian forces made progress in encircling bakhmut, not major but pressing north and south around the city and then pressing into the city from the east. we did see that new video from the vogner group. they have been leading the charge with russian forces
of women. it s a statement about the value of a black person. it s a statement about the value of a gay person. all those things. and we know it. and so that s what hurts a little more. cnn rosa flores joins us now. what can you tell us about brittney griner s letter and what the biden administration is doing to bring her home? reporter: i think it s important to set the scene here. brittney griner has been in a jail cell in russia for months. she has been in this jail cell, and her detention has been extended over and over, and right now she s going on trial for the for possession of narcotics. and so when you think about what she s going through alone in this jail cell with her thoughts flooding not being able to be with her family, that s the
cnn rosa flores has been covering this story from the very beginning. i understand you have more information on the search. reporter: we have been talking a lot about the dangers and how grueling the job is for your men and women. i just want to start, first of all, with how they are doing. they are doing good. they re actively doing search and rescue with the main goal of trying to find people trapped underneath the rubble and get them out and just get as much help to them as possible. we learned overnight there were some tunnels, some voids that were found that some more bodies were located.