mexico. there s more long lines because of its closure. now the biden administration has decided to close the reports of injury and reassign those agents to process migrants. i want you to look over my shoulder because you will see there are thousands of migrants waiting to be transported for immigration processing. i can tell you from here, i can see women and children last check from sources on the ground and from the sheriff about 5000 migrants were waiting in eagle pass, texas. in the last 24 hours, 12,600 migrants were apprehended. just to give you a sense on december 8th, i interviewed jason owens. he said at that point in time, 7000 migrants had been apprehended within a 24 hour time period. that gives you a sense of the overwhelming number of migrants that have crossed who are waiting to be processed now, you are talking about the bottleneck when it comes to the number of migrants who are actually in custody. when you talk about these custody numbers. your not includi
viewers watching here in the united states and around the world. crowded but not chaotic. a day after the u.s. lifted its covid-era immigration policy, the scene at the southern border remains relatively calm. a breakthrough in bakhmut. russia acknowledges the setbacks in the ukrainian city after months of brutal fighting for every inch of territory. erdogan s toughest test yet after two decades in power. the turkish leader is facing the very real possibility of defeat in this weekend s pivotal election. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. good to be back with you. so far at least, it appears to be the surge that wasn t. 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 in el paso, texas, the mayor said the city saw a spike in migrants seeking asylum in the days leading up to the policy changing. but he says it s been
Im Harris Faulkner and you are in The Faulkner Focus. Washington post columnist David Ignatius got the ball rolling. President bide app should not run in 2024. A New York Times piece calling the 2024 piece a field of nightmares. An oped in the new York Magazine titled the case for biden to drop Kamala Harris, even from this former House Speaker nancy pelosi. Is Vice President Kamala Harris the best running mate for this president . He thinks so. Thats what matters. Do you think she is the best running mate, though . She is the Vice President of the United States. People say to me why isnt she doing ththat. Because he is the Vice President. Thats the job description. You dont do that much. Harris wow. That didnt sound like full throated support. What was that . Took them several times to get her to answer the question. Former White House Deputy chief of staff karl rove with this plain truth. Time is not his friend. He is going to turn 81 later this year. Nearly 82 by the time of the 202
focuses on too much besides covid. last hour a new pandemic briefing from the biden health team and the message quite stark. yes some optimism but we re at a trigger moment. cases remain down. 1 in 5 americans have now had at least a vaccine shot in the arm. all 50 states in the district of columbia will allow teachers to get the vaccine today. that s all good. this, though is concerning. travel hit a pandemic high this past weekend. nearly 5 million americans transiting through airports since thursday. spring breakers on beaches, out on bars all but ignoring pandemic precaution that should be basic by now to every american. italy, the cdc directors says offers the latest example of what variants can do if public health pull back happens too soon. they simply took their eye off the ball. i m pleading with you for the sake of our nation s health, these should be warning signs for all of us. cases climbed last spring, they climbed again in the summer. they will climb now if w
litigation was considered baked into their planning with the assumption that there might be lawsuits as there have been over the course of the biden administration over border policy. they re also assessing how migrants are taking their next steps as the administration rolls out top enforcement measures with the return to decades old protocol. of course, all of this, a challenge that the administration is still trying to navigate. homeland security officials telling me that encount orders a daily basis still hover around 10,000, which is a record. even though some custody numbers may be going down, it is still over capacity. homeland security officials have been briefing reporters and saying they still see a challenge. though there was no substantial increase of crossings when title 42 lifted. still a long few days ahead. cnn, washington.