europe, saying they took their eye off the ball. and tonight, the concern overseas about a key global vaccine, the astrazeneca vaccine. germany, france and others halting its use and we ll tell you why. and back here at home tonight, dr. deborah birx making new headlines. she was on former president trump s covid task force. what she told our terry moran today about the moment the former president mentioned injecting disinfectant. president biden, the first lady, vice president harris all out selling the landmark new covid relief bill. how it will help families, small businesses and schools. the first checks hitting accounts and mary bruce standing by. the alarming scene at the southern border. more than 4,200 unaccompanied migrant children now in u.s. custody, reportedly being kept in overcrowded tents. republican leaders on the border and the white house is pressed tonight. cecilia vega reporting from the border. the deadly crash, a car plowing into people in california
maria: now, even though the biden administration will not admit that we have a migrant crisis on the southern border, they have to know it. they see the surging numbers of migrants, more than 100,000 last month alone. and quietly, they are scrambling to meet the moment. mobilizing fema to house and help process the exploding number of unaccompanied minors arriving at the border every day. that s right. fema, the agency we use to clean up after disasters like hurricanes and wildfires. biden wouldn t be sending fema to the border if there wasn t a disaster there as well. and it s not just families and unaccompanied minors being picked up at our borders. it s criminals as well. here is texas governor gregg abbott told me yesterday on sunday morning futures. first two and a half months of this year they made about 110,000 apprehensions including in those apprehensions are 800 criminal aliens, criminal aliens who have previously been arrested and exported from the united state
house minority leader kevin mccarthy leading a group of republican lawmakers going to the border today. it comes as republicans are blaming president biden for the surge. they say he has sent a clear message that the border is open for business. it is entirely, you cannot but notice the administration changes and there is surge. there can be no question when sending a message to people. it has to be our border is closed. you can t say in spanish one thing and english another. one for the consumption of those in central america and the other for domestic consumption. it has to be the same message. they aren t doing that. when a similar surge happened a few years ago president obama called it a humanitarian crisis. as i suggested, this is going to get nothing but worse as the spring comes. bill: former acting ice director ron vitiello joins us. we begin with casey stiegel in mcallen, texas. thanks. it was another busy night for u.s. border patrol agents all along the
eye off the ball. and tonight, the concern overseas about a key global vaccine, the astrazeneca vaccine. germany, france and others halting itses use and we ll tell you why. and back here at home tonight, dr. deborah birx making new hadlines. she was on president trump s covid task force. what she told our terry moran today about the moment the former president mentioned injecting disinfectant. the president out selling the new covid relief bill. the first checks hitting accounts and mary bruce standing by. and the alarming scene at the southern border. more than 4,200 unaccompanied migrant children in u.s. custody, reportedly being kept in overcrowded tents. republican leaders on the border at the white house is pressed tonight. cecilia vega reporting from the border. the deadly crash, a car plowing into people in california. at least three dead. the driver in custody tonight. the horrific images coming in. the plane crashing into a neighborhood, slamming into a car.
spring break could bring a spike in cases, too. if you get the coronavirus that s your own fault because you know the risks of coming out here. wearing a mask, that s not the normal compared to people who do wear a mask. governor cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners. for the good of the state he should resign. he should look into his heart to see if he can govern effectively. we have a broken immigration system. our cities and our counties on the border don t have the resources to deal with this. the flow of humanity arriving at our front door never stopped. the donald trump administration didn t stop them. i m pamela brown in washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world on this sunday. you are live in the cnn newsroom. a year ago, the pandemic was just getting started in the u.s. i m sure we all remember how we felt at that time. and spring breakers were largely oblivious to its threats. you can t say people