united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. crowded confusion as a strict border policy ends. we ll look at what comes next for the migrant crisis on america s doorstep. plus president zelenskyy ask pope francis expected to meet at the vatican. we re live in rome and london with the latest and the default is feeling more real with time running out on a plan to raise the nation s debt ceiling. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin this hour at the mexico border where several key cities report fewer migrants arriving than expected. the covid era policy allowed authorities to expel most migrants. a senior official says there was no substantial influx of migrants at the southern border on friday after title 42 expired thursday night and the number of migrants and border patrol custody has dropped slightly compared to earlier this week. still across all levels of government, official are preparing for more arrivals. th
13th, impeached, indict-able, and unrepentant. as he pursues another bid for the white house, the former president in the current front runner for the 2024 republican nomination continues to tessa limits of the law even as he remains tangled up in a multitude of legal troubles. all of this on full display for the public over the past week. on tuesday, a jury found the former president liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer and former magazine columnist ej carroll, who accused trump of raping her inside a bergdorf goodman dressing room back in the mid 1990s. yet just one day later, trump appeared on a nationally televised town hall event and mocked carroll again, and continue to claim that her allegations were quote, a fake story. now this is not an isolated incident for donald trump either. it s a pattern of behavior, he has a long history going back decades of weaponizing the legal system to his advantage. in just the last few years, we ve repeatedly witnessed
passion and intention have the potential to make a lasting impact. great message. hello. thank you for joining us on this mother s day. happy mother s day to all the moms out there. we do begin at the u.s. mexico border where the number of migrants crossing has dwindled significantly in the three days since title 42 expired. that had allowed for near instant deportations and in the days prior to its expiration, the u.s. had seen record migrants trying to enter the united states. but today department of homeland security officials say they ve seen a 50% drop in the number of migrant crossings in the last three days. homeland security secretary says it s a credit to the work that the biden administration has been doing. the numbers we ve experienced over the last two days are markedly down from what they were prior to the end of title 42. we have communicated a vitally important message to individuals arriving at the southern border. there is a lawful, safe and orderly way
thanks so much for watching tonight. cnn tonight starts now. hi. how are you recovering? it s been quite the 24 hours, i should say. i bet it has. you are fantastic. great job last night. great job tonight. thanks so much. i ll see you soon. good evening. welcome to cnn tonight. in less than two hours, the trump era policy that quickly turned away many migrants at the southern border will expire and thousands of desperate men, women and children who have already made a dangerous journey over hundreds of miles will attempt to enter the u.s. border patrol are bracing for a surge. and the effects are spreading to cities as far as denver and new york. cnn is southern border in just a moment. plus, the things donald trump said to kaitlan collins last night and to the cnn town hall audience. should could get him into legal trouble. why e. jean carroll may sue him again. our panel has thoughts on this. and the man who put jordan neely in a cloak hold is expected to be charge
potentially of indictments in georgia, perhaps on the federal level from the special counsel, including in connection with january 6th. also the clear republican front-runner for 2024 at this point still lying about the 2020 election and january 6th, saying this when asked about those who attacked the capitol and people trying to protect it. will you pardon the january 6th rioters who were convicted of federal offenses? i am inclined to pardon many of them. i can t say for every single one, because a couple of them, probably they got out of control. when you look at what antifa, what they ve done to portland, if you look at what antifa, look at what they ve done to minneapolis, so many other, so many other places, look at what they did to seattle and blm, blm, many people were killed. these people, i m not trying to justify anything, but you have two standards of justice in this country. and what they ve done, and i love that question, because what they ve done to so ma