additional american citizen, who s just been sentenced to life in prison. ivan watson, cnn, hong kong. now to some of the other headlines that we are watching this hour. johnson & johnson s covid-19 vaccine is no longer available in the u.s. the cdc says all doses expired last week and providers have been told to dispose of any leftovers. the j&j covid shot was the first t to be administered in the u.s. about 19 million people received it. and the most expensive private jewelry collection to appear at auction just fetched $196 million. the controversial gems from the late austrian billionaire heidi horton went under the hammer despite concerns from jewish groups about the source of her wealth. her first husband was a german businessman who bought jewish businesses sold under duress during the nazi era. and a 13-year-old michigan boy is being praised for saving
materializing, even though many officials from all levels of government sounded the alarm for months. today u.s. officials confirm they saw about a 50% drop in border crossings over the weekend compared to last week before title 42 expired. the policy was used nearly 3 million times to quickly expel people because of the covid-19 pandemic. let s take you now to the southern border. cnn s rosa flores is live for us in brownsville, texas. rosa, walk us through what you re seeing there and what you re hearing from officials now that this surge does not appear to have materialized, at least not right when title 42 expired. reporter: well, let me set the scene for you, boris, because i m in brownsville, texas. a sign behind me sets the stage, it s the migrant pickup. this is where they are dropped off and normally they take buses here at the brownsville station. exactly what you re describing that officials are saying, that s exactly what nonprofits
back about $60 billion in funding for the covid pandemic that went unused. that is something republicans included in their proposal and something that democrats, including the white house, have shown some openness to negotiating on. but they still have a long ways to go. mccarthy emphasized that he believes a deal needs to be reached at least in principle by next weekend because it s going to take some time in the house and the senate to move this on the floor. brianna. and there just is not much time. lauren fox on the hill, thank you. we do have some breaking news. an alleged attacker walked into the virginia office of democratic congressman gerry connolly this morning with a baseball bat. the intruder asked for him but then attacked two staff members. they have been taken to the hospital. we have cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju joining us live on this story. what more can you tell us?
incredible job growth. the american people feel comfortable where they are at right now. we are going through a tranition phase. we need to remain consistent. one report on inflation, one report on anything, doesn t tell the story. it is how do we continue to move forward? a year ago, when i stood on the tv, we department have 8.3 million back to work. today, we have 8.3 million. it is about consistent, bringing down the costs for people in america, and continue to make sure people in america have a chance at jobs. i appreciate you re time. following another setback for johnson & johnson s covid vaccine, it is limiting the use of the j and j covid due to a