week. you are mvps and they send off to the end of an era, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. we begin this friday night with two of the biggest challenges facing the biden administration the looming threat of default and an immigration system unable to handle an influx of migrants at the border, as title 42 has officially expired. my colleague tom giannis was at the border all day and has more. in just the last three days, more than 32,000 migrants have crossed illegally. the white house says they re adding thousands of beds to detention centers. but local mayor say they need help now. i m worried about reaching overcapacity. and we have now we ve got a lot of immigrants who may not have the financial resources to to take a bus, to take an airplane repatriation flies out landing all over latin america. with the volume of migrants outpacing the courts and the deportation systems. so, title 42
urgent weather emergency out west. mandatory evacuations and emergency rescues are under way in california. as an unrelenting series of storms batters the state, triggering mudslides, flash floods, and opening massive sink holes. 90% of california is under flood watches or warnings right now. it caught people who have been here 50 years, caught them unprepared. how quickly was the water rising? you could watch it. you could see it rising. it was rising quick. in my experience, the fastest i have seen it rise. at least a dozen people have lost their lives to these storms and authorities are frantically searching for a 5-year-old boy who was swept away by floodwaters. adding to the urgency, forecasters say another dangerous storm system is moving in. we re going to get an update in moments. and i m speak with the mayor of santa barbara where mandatory evacuation orders are in effect in some areas. also, the high stakes three amigos summit between the u.s., mexico, a
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has suspended strike action planned from tomorrow, after the train operating companies promised to table a pay offer. the union has said it will now enter into a period of negotiations with network rail and the operators, meaning the walkouts planned for tomorrow, and november 7th and 9th are off. let s get more on this from our transport correspondent katy austin. i think that this was unexpected. yes, this is a significant moment, i think. this is the first time in a quite long running dispute that the rmt have called off, or suspended plant strike action for the purpose of facilitating more talks. now the rmt says eight has now had a commitment from the train companies, there will be an offer made because there will be an offer made because there has not been an offer made so far. they also say that network rail has now committed to talks without conditions attached. speaking to people in the rail industry, they say the
a sharp escalation in military tension between north and south korea, with both sides firing missiles into the sea near each other s coasts. he shouldn t be doing that. and the drivers who think cyclists shouldn t be on the road and deliberately drive too close to them. coming up on the bbc news channel, india hang on to win a rain affected nailbiter in the t20 world cup against bangladesh and put themselves top of group b. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister rishi sunak said the migrant crisis is a serious and escalating problem and admitted that not enough asylum claims are being processed. the prime minister insisted the government is getting a grip of the situation and backed home secretary suella braverman s handling of the issue. at prime minister s questions in the commons, the labour leader sir keir starmer said just 4% of people arriving in small boats last year had their asylum claim processed. it comes as the prime minist
after being set up in 1982 to shake up television , today the broadcaster is celebrating four decades of being on air. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister rishi sunak said the migrant crisis is a serious and escalating problem and admitted that not enough asylum claims are being processed. the prime minister insisted the government is getting a grip of the situation and backed the home secretary suella braverman s handling of the issue. at prime ministers questions in the commons the labour leader sir keir starmer said just 4% of people arriving in small boats last year had their asylum claim processed. it comes as the prime minister reversed his decision not to attend next week s cop 27 climate summit in egypt, following widespread criticism. our correspondent ben wright has this report. are you failing on immigration, prime minister? a week in charge and the government s under question. rishi sunak headed to the commons for his second