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
federal judge s ruling in florida. reporter: after title 42 ended late thursday night some migrants discovered they didn t make it in time. this father and son from venezuela were turned away, but he says the goal is to get to the other side to find a way to teach the united states, but we ll have to wait and figure it out. we ve been very, very clear that there are lawful, safe, and orderly pathways to seek relief in the united states. and if one arrives at our southern border one is going to face tougher consequences. reporter: in the days leading up to last night s deadline border officials saw a surge of migrants. more than 23,000 are now in cbp custody down slightly from earlier this week. but the end of title 42 did not trigger the historic wave of migrants rushing to cross the border friday that was predicted. in el paso thousands were waiting to be processed outside
and if one arrives at our southern border, one is going to face tougher consequences. reporter: in the days leading up to last night s deadline border officials saw a surge of migrants, about 155,000 migrants were estimated to be in shelters and on streets in mexico waiting to enter the u.s., a source familiar with federal estimates said. in el paso thousands were waiting to be processed outside a border gate. we re doing this as quickly and as efficiently and as safely as we possibly can. reporter: that number now down to a couple hundred says the city s mayor. our goal was to make sure no one was on the street, children, women, young kids were not exploited. reporter: only about # 150 migrants are currently in el paso s city run shelters. in january u.s. customs and border protection opened this massive tent processing facility in the el paso area about 20 miles from the u.s.-mexico border. it s designed to be able to hold