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
and let me just add something. that people, many people don t know, mexico is the largest corridor of migrants in the world. hundreds of thousands of people. it is very difficult just to stop by messaging. something much more structural is needed. ambassador, we have to leave it there. thank you so much for your time and your thoughts today. ambassador juan jose gomez-comacho, appreciate it. thank you very much. happening now, protests in north carolina are under way to oppose recently-passed legislation that bans most abortion after 12 weeks. the democratic governor, roy cooper, just vetoed senate bill 20. but the republican super majority in the legislature is now poised to override the governor s veto. let s get straight to cnn s isabel rosales following the story for us, isabel, what more are you learning. hey, alex. democratic governor roy cooper has been for the past week,
handle on this situation. all right, arlette saenz at the white house, thank you very much. now, for more on this, i want to bring in juan jose gomez krchlz omacho, the former ambassador of mexico to canada among other places and currently a professor at johns hopkins university. thanks for joining us today. i first want to ask you, with this expiration of title 42, at midnight on thursday, what has been your biggest concerns? good to see you. thank you for having me. listen, i would say this. number one, it is precisely what we have talked about, which is a lot of human suffering. there are people who right here along the border are coming to the u.s. and certainly they are facing enormous challenges. and this is with the impact of title 42, and then after the