inside the dea s year-long effort to get the deadly drug off the streets of america. we are doing everything we can to save american lives. norah: chilling new video of suspected quadruple murderer bryan kohberger. what the footage reveals. the world health organization now says covid-19 is no longer a global emergency. today s announcement is a symbolic end to the coronavirus pandemic, which killed more than 7 million people. we are just hours away from the coronation of king charles iii. i think he s an amazing, amazing guy, and i m proud to be a brit. norah: and on the road with a touching story of how this hand-drawn artwork led to an incredible friendship. this was a stranger, and she was doing that just for me, and that s the beauty of it. mwah! norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. we will get to the details of those major drug busts targeting fentanyl in just a moment. the dea revealing today
also tonight the pentagon approveathize deployment of some 1,500 u.s. troops to the southern border with mexico as the u.s. braces for a new surge of thousands of migrants. the pentagon press secretary joins us live to discuss the timing and the scope of this new military mission. and senators clash over a proposed code of ethics for the u.s. supreme court justices at a hearing prompted by scrutiny of justice clarence thomas. i ll speak with chairman dick durbin who s accusing the high court of being in his word oblivious to these ethics issues. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with two very consequential deadlines for the biden administration and the country, for that matter. the u.s. facing the dire possibility of defaulting on its debt next month, and a major migrant surge across the southern border is expected next week when a key trump era immigration policy expires. our
shelter in place, students on the campus of california s uc davis are told to stay indoors until further notice following a third stabbing incident near campus. the latest on the search for a suspect. on strike. more than 11,000 hollywood writers are taking to the picket line today. how long this could last and what it all means for the shows that you watch. debt limit showdown. house speaker kevin mccarthy will meet with president biden next week as the treasury secretary warns the u.s. could default on its debt as soon as june 1st. these stories right here on cnn news central. this morning students and staff at the uc davis community are being asked to shelter in place because of a string of stabbings near campus. the latest one happened overnight just days after two other deadly stabbings. on thursday a 50-year-old man you see where that happened, the stabbing of david brow was found, he was found dead in central park about a half mile from campus. two days l
viewers. i m max foster. bianca is off for the day. but just ahead this is the first time we re seeing this scare happening in washington. the white house and both sides of pennsylvania avenue going to grasp the consequence of what is happening right now. stop playing games, stop blaming somebody else. we got 30 daysys to do it. and a simple request that turned in to a violent situation. and we don t know where he is and we don t have any tips. writers in hollywood are underpaid. there is a tremendous amount of content, but they are not getting the compensation that they want. at some point they have to take a stand. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. and it is tuesday, may 2, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where u.s. secretary janet yellen is asking congress to overt what could become a global catastrophe. and she warns that the u.s. could default by june 1. and she says that the impact could rob not
of defense and their briefing expected to start any minute now. plus, texas governor greg abbott s plan to handle the impending crisis, promising to keep bussing migrants to democratic cities. we re following the latest developments here. let s bring in julia ainsley who is following this story closely now with the white house confirming the biden administration will be sending active duty troops to the southern border. what do we know from the administration? well, lindsey, we know this plan has hardened up quickly. they were weighing it over the weekend and just now, we know there s about to be an announcement. they ll be sending 1500 active duty troops in addition to the 2500 men and women from the national guard already stationed at the border. that will bring them to 4,000 which is still lower than the more than 5500 active duty troops the trump administration sent to the border. these troops will not be interacting with migrants one-on-one. they won t be arresting