thanks for joining us. i m alex marquardt in for fredricka whitfield today. we begin at the u.s. southern border where officials say they are seeing fewer migrants crossing than expected, despite the end of title 42. authorities say that the long lines of people who once waited to enter the u.s. have dissipated at many border crossings. many had expected a surge after the covid era policy title 42 expired at midnight on thursday. in its place the biden administration has re-enacted tougher border policies, which require longer processing times, and impose severe consequences for those who cross illegally. the white house has sent thousands of asylum officers, secret service agents and even u.s. troops, to reinforce screening efforts, and to mitigate the already challenging humanitarian crisis. cnn s polo sandoval is in el paso, texas. you re on the ground. what are you seeing? it certainly has been less chaotic the less 48 hours since the lifting of title 42. that being sai
viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, donald trump s new court battle, a new york city columnist set to take the stand today, accusing the former president of rape. debt ceiling drama in d.c., a vote in the house could happen in the coming hours. but republican leaders are struggling to get support for their plan, as the u.s. default clock ticks down. plus, the taliban take down the mastermind of a deadly suicide bombing that killed 13 american troops at the kabul airport during the chaos of the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. and we begin this hour in new york, where the woman suing former president donald trump for battery and defamation in a civil trial is expected to take the sand in the hours ahead. a source says e. jean carroll is set to testify about her allegations that trump raped her
$1.9 trillion. shaking hands, kissing babies, and getting plenty of shut eye buying war bonds just to keep the kaiser on his toes trains those old beer cans with the pull tabs, what happened to those? slipping a few candy buttons into your phosphate to see how fast it makes you pedal the bike and the games on greta garbo and the best thing of all, naked with your best gal at the back of a picture show. go for it jack what was i talking about oh, i m joe biden and that s why i m running for re-election. but first i m watching the wheel of fortune oh, man oh my god that was so funny. keeping the kaiser on his toes man the gams on greta garbo, that was my favorite. too funny they re making fun of joe for one thing, that s his age. yeah. it s pretty funny. that s not so bad good morning and go for it, jack that s not right. it s wednesday, we re really it s been a long week already first of all, does anyone think it should be friday always. ple
hello, everyone. thanks for joining us this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. a desperate man hunt is under way in texas, a gunman killing five people including an 8-year-old and police are racing to a house in cleveland, texas, overnight. on reports of an active shooter. at least three others were wounded in a brutal attack. and now the search is on for the suspect who took off before police arrived on the scene. cnn s ryan young is following this breaking story for us. so tell us what we know thus far, that is taking place in a house, does this mean that everyone knew each other, meaning the suspect and the victims? well, it appears they were neighbors. and in fact, they were talking to him across the street, he had a gun, and apparently, he s been firing in that yard, according to the sheriff, many times, and they asked him to stop shooting because it was disturbing the baby inside the home. and at some point apparently he became angry and then actually went inside the
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has arrived in belfast for a four day trip to mark the 25th anniversary of the historic good friday agreement. the landmark deal largely brought to an end the 30 year conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles. president biden says he looks forward to reiterating america s commitment to preserving the peace. my colleague emma vardy has more. air force i arrives at belfast international and northern ireland s first presidential visit in ten years is under way. time for a short hello with rishi sunak on the tarmac before the president was whisked away for the night. a ring of steel is in place in belfast city centre in what is one of the biggest security operations here of recent years. we ve been planning for this for a number of weeks. we ve prepared for all the various contingencies. our style and tone that we ll be delivering around this policing o