central. as thousands of migrants are heading to the united states, the biden administration faces a major legal setback in the border strategy just hours after the end of title 42. remember, that policy was used nearly 3 million times to immediately expel people in the covid pandemic, and now a new court ruling has blocked the border authorities from releasing the migrants without a scheduled court date, and the white house is accusing the republicans to sabotage efforts to manage the border. alejandro mayorkas said that the policy was key to ease the overcrowding at the detention facilities. listen to this. the department of justice is considering options and the practice that the court has prevented us from using is a practice that prior administrations have used to relieve overcrowding. in the meantime, we are learning from the border city of el paso that fewer migrants are coming in compared to last week. we will get the update with rosa flores. rosa, set the scen
of migrants following the expiration of title a2. that s the measure put in place three years ago, it was invoked during the trump adminisrtation to slow the spread of covid 19 across the us mexico border. in doing this, us authorities were allowed to turn away asylum seekers. while title 42 was in place, around 2.8 million people were expelled, according to us customs and border protection. but with the end of the us health emergency, title 42 has now also officially expired. a potential surge of migrants to the us mexico border could strain local communities and the humanitarian challenge. us officials said on friday they did not see a substantial increase in migrant crossings. but many have pointed out that this is only the start of a new reality at the border, not the end. our reporter anjelica casas has more on what the expiry of title 42 means for the border. for the last three years, migrants and asylum seekers trying to reach the us have been in limbo. title 42, a c
midwest. i started watching more what they did during this legislative session. i thought, man, they ve done an awful lot. maybe it s that florida is the iowa of the southeast. i don t know. florida ron desantis laying it on thick with praise for iowa during a barnstorm trip over the weekend as he takes advantage of donald trump canceling a campaign event in that state, and that comes as there s new polling in several states with hypothetical matchups between president joe biden, trump, and desantis. we ll take a look at the latest numbers. we ll also have an update on the debt ceiling negotiations as the clock is ticking before president biden takes a trip to january for the g7 summit. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. the two front-runners for the 2024 republican nomination were both expected to be in iowa over the weekend, but concerns about extreme weather kept
city subway. witnesses say the man was threatening fellow passengers. donors raised $2 million to defend daniel penny charged with manslaughter putting neely in a fatal choke hold. i m dana perino. bill: laura stack was a very impressive woman. our best to her and her cause. i m bill hemmer. good morning. 41,000 people from all walks of life contributing to daniel penny s legal defense fund donors praising him as a hero and denouncing alvin] for bringing the charges against the decorated marine who stepped in to protect others. penny s lawyer thanking the public for their generosity and defending penny s action. he didn t go to the subway seeking to harm anyway or attack anyone. he was putting himself in harm s way for the benefit of others. dana: laura engel is live in the newsroom today. hi, laura. supporters of daniel penny showed up over the weekend helping to raise $2 million for his defense fund. it happened in the last few minutes. as the 24-year-old continues
we want all ukrainian cities and villages to be liberated. we understand it will not be an easy task and ukraine as a state has already paid a very heavy price in this war. but we want to regain all our borders, all our lands, and our towns. and after all the military tribunals have been held in mariupol, we are sure to host even a eurovision. mayor boychenko, thank you very much for talking to us on newsnight. thank you. thank you so much. that s all from us tonight. i m back on monday. enjoy your weekend. goodnight. in 2020 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic? the centers for disease control and prevention issued an emergency public health order restricting immigration at us land borders. title 42 enabled authorities to swiftly expo migrants trying to swiftly expel migrants trying to cross into the country illegally and to block access to asylum in most cases. the policy has been used at least 2.5 million times. donald trump welcomed it as a tool to control immigratio