Emma, describe for me what youve been witnessing, what youre hearing talking to the migrants there. Reporter well, ana, completely incredible scenes over the last few hours. We have been told that there would be a peaceful march from the camp where the migrants have been housed for the last week to one of the Border Crossing points at san ysidro. Now, when they started to march, they discovered that riot police had actually blocked one of the main bridges, and at that point, a number of the migrants started shouting, yes, we can and decided to try to push their way through the police lines. Others then scattered left and right and the officers were completely overwhelmed. Then we saw hundreds and hundreds of people get up on to the walls of the storm drains, go down the sides, and start to try to storm the border that way. At that point, tear gas was fired from the u. S. Side. And then as people were trying to get through there, another group went around the other side and started tryi
Right now all roads and pedestrian bridges in both directions are closed at the san ysidro port of entry. I want to bring in cnns raphael romo tracking every angle of this. What is the development there . Reporter the san ysidro port of Entry Remains closed, and we should add its the busiest crossing point in the entire word. It is not yet clear, ana, if any immigrants made it to the u. S. At all. It all started several hours ago with a peaceful protest on the mexican side of the border. As the crowds grew larger they started slowly getting closer to a contingent of Mexican Federal police who were blocking access to the bridge connecting to the san ysidro port of entry. Around 500 immigrants overwhelmed police and rushed towards the u. S. Border. Thats what prompted u. S. Custom and Border Protection authorities to immediately close the border in both directions. First for pedestrian traffic and shortly thereafter for vehicles as well, ana. Can you tell us about who is in this group, t
28/05/2024 (Season 11 Episode 5): Emma Murphy meets the widows being abandoned by their families in India. On Assignment airs on ITV1 London at 3:05 AM, Wednesday 5 June. Emma Murphy meets the widows being abandoned by their families in India
28/05/2024 (Season 11 Episode 5): Emma Murphy meets the widows being abandoned by their families in India. On Assignment airs on ITV1 London +1 at 4:05 AM, Wednesday 5 June. Emma Murphy meets the widows being abandoned by their families in India
28/05/2024 (Season 11 Episode 5): Emma Murphy meets the widows being abandoned by their families in India. On Assignment airs on ITV1 London +1 at 11:45 PM, Tuesday 28 May. Emma Murphy meets the widows being abandoned by their families in India