have expired. henry cueller of texas will give us an update from his border district and share his concerns about the president s policies. also, a u.s. marine veteran is arraigned on the charge of second degree manslaughter in the choke hold death of a man on a new york city subway train. prosecutors revealing new details about danny penny s fatal encounter with a homeless street artist. and large explosions are reported in a russian held area of ukraine. this as we re learning more about russia s attempts on a crucial air defense system the united states sent to ukraine. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with major efforts to prevent a major new immigration crisis along the southern border less than 24 hours after the end of pandemic era rules for expelling migrants. cnn s ed lavandera is on the scene in el paso, texas. ed, what s the status of the anticipated migrant sur
todd: caroline schiffley is live on the ground this morning. caroline. post-title 42, here at gate 42, couple miles from where we were yesterday, buses are coming and migrants are being taken to processing center. in the last hour, we shot new video to show you of migrants coming through and being checked and loading up on the buses. numbers from the el paso sector on the border patrol. in april, el paso sector saw 1400 encounters are if the whole month. the last two days, they had 1500 per day. they pushed to get to the border and they wouldn t be allowed in if they waited. mayorkas released a statement saying, starting now, if you arrive here, we will assume you are not eligible for asylum and they have 24000 border patrol and asylum officers and judges. we are ready to meet them. we expected to see large numbers of encounters initially, we are seeing high numbers in certain sectors. the texas national guard is along the border in brownsville. tactical team members
[indiscernible] ashley: live on the ground in matamoros, where he recorded that video you just saw and journalist nick sorter live from mission, texas. we start with alexandria hoff in washington with the latest. alexandria: those are truly sad images. time has caught up. the white house releases this saying starting tonight, people who arrive without using lawful pathway are ineligible for asylum, the border is not open. people who did not use correct this comes after the white house released plan that would allow temporary release of migrants into the u.s. without a court date or means to track them. it was effort to hold off overcrowding. releases of individuals subject to an immigration enforcement proceedings is not particular to this administration. this would not be on case-by-case basis? we implement our operations in conjunction with the department of justice and have confidence in the lawfulness of our action. alexandria: a federal judge out of florida
u.s. believes that china may give the go-ahead on lethal aid to vladimir putin. taking a question from our own peter doocy about how biden is viewed by xi and putin. specific to these two leaders, you think putin and xi fear president biden? you d have to ask them whether they fear or not. it is not about fear. it s about president biden advancing our foreign policy goals around the world. it s about president biden revi revitalizing partnerships. that s what we re focused on. martha: with that, we bring in republican senator marsha blackburn from tennessee. she s traveled to taiwan in the past. she was there in the past. always a bold move for a u.s. lawmaker to travel to taiwan. your thoughts on what we watched in this briefing and john kirby s explanation as these two meet. perception is reality. when they look at joe biden, they see someone who is weak, who i think they believe is compromised. he is not going after them. he doesn t go after them on great power com
with their energy bills after april is to be announced by the government. lots of storis in the mix today we d love to hear your thoughts on them. get in touch with me on twitter, @annitabbc, and use the #bbcyourquestions. and coming up, the final countdown. preparations are under way in cornwall for a rocket launch tonight that could mark a breakthrough moment in the uk s space race. harry has accused members of his family of being complicit in the pain and suffering endured by his wife, meghan. in two television interviews which were broadcast on itv and the american broadcaster cbs he admitted his relationship with his brother and father was strained but insisted he hoped for reconciliation. the palace hasn t commented on either interview, which were given in advance of the official release of prince harry s book spare. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. harry, the interview. what an original name! the themes of the interviews were familiar. fury at the