united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. crowded confusion as a strict border policy ends. we ll look at what comes next for the migrant crisis on america s doorstep. plus president zelenskyy ask pope francis expected to meet at the vatican. we re live in rome and london with the latest and the default is feeling more real with time running out on a plan to raise the nation s debt ceiling. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin this hour at the mexico border where several key cities report fewer migrants arriving than expected. the covid era policy allowed authorities to expel most migrants. a senior official says there was no substantial influx of migrants at the southern border on friday after title 42 expired thursday night and the number of migrants and border patrol custody has dropped slightly compared to earlier this week. still across all levels of government, official are preparing for more arrivals. th
. good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, may 13th, i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. welcome to the best day of the week. your favorite. nobody it is likes saturday. even if you have to work, saturday is pretty cool. good to have you along. here is what we re watching this morning. i have to admit it is nice to be able to breathe one more time, but we can t let our guard down because we still know it is coming. city leaders and workers along the u.s. mexican border say they are bracing for an influx of migrants after title 42 expired this week. the concerns from officials and the legal challenges the white house is now facing after letting the policy expire. guilty on all counts, an iowa jury convicted daybell in the murder of her children. and what her family had to say after the verdict. we all just want to new explosions reported in eastern ukraine. we ll take you there to the frontlines as ukrainian troops work to
world. i m laila harrak. the u.s. border with mexico remains calm, at least for now, a day after the title 42 immigration rule came to an end. russia tries to take out a u.s.-made patriot air defense system in ukraine, but the patriot system appears to have worked as it was intended. and the eurovision song contest final is just hours away. we ll have a eurovision historian what to expect as 26 acts prepare to represent their home nations. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. good to be with you. u.s. cities along the border with mexico report fewer migrant crossings than expected on the first day since title 42 expired. the covid-era policy allowed authorities to swiftly expel most migrants. federal officials say there was no substantial increase overnight or an influx at midnight friday morning when title 42 expired. still, leaders of border cities are calling on the federal government and lawmakers to address the problems with th
record numbers of migrants crossing the u.s. border, a dire humanitarian crisis. the lead starts right now. with border crossings at an all-time high, the biden administration warns times ahead will likely get even worse now that a key immigration policy that had been used to turn away migrants has expired. the scenes at the u.s.-mexico border today as we learned of two u.s. migrant children who died in u.s. custody. all this as the debt crisis intensifies. we won t in some cases be able to pay our troops. the impact as the nation gets closer to defaulting and not being able to pay its bills. plus, surrendered. a u.s. marine veteraning himself in on manslaughter charges after holding a new york street artist in a deadly choke hold on a new york city subway. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re going to start today in our world leader with theen anxiety and uncertainty at the u.s.-mexico border. record numbers of migrants are entering the u.s. including near
that allowed the u.s. to expel migrants and two texas counties issued disaster declarations in preparation. today, however, there s no evidencef a rush at least not an immediate one. this video from the u.s.-mexico border is probably the besteds of that. on the left you saw the it was yesterday with migrants camped outside it, on the right the border as it was today. there s a lot of theories where those people went. we ll get to that in a moment. a source tells cnn according to a count by border patrol around 2,300 migrants were in custody this afternoon. that s slightly lower than earlier this week. nevertheless the administration is still preparing for more migrants seeking asylum. i.c.e. is adding 5,000 detention beds. there s also political chaos and the biden administration saying it s trying to sabotage its effort on the border after a federal judge s ruling in florida. reporter: after title 42 ended late thursday night some migrants discovered they didn t make it in