with ten hours left of a pandemic-era immigration policy border officials are seeing more than 10,000 encounters with migrants every day. so what happens tonight at midnight? homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas just addressed that. and the debt ceiling standoff intensifies as the white house takes the inflation reduction act off the negotiating table. what s next and which states could get hit hardest if the u.s. defaults. and another reason to get the snoring partners to a doctor. a study shows sleep apnea is linked to damage in the brain. we are following these major developing stories and more coming in right here to cnn news central. just moments ago the secretary of homeland security hardened his message to migrants saying, quote, the u.s. border is not open. his comments come hours before the end of title 42, that s the public health rule that the u.s. used nearly 3 million times to immediately expel undocumented people under pandemic restrictions. co
mexico plus, nbc s new reporting on how the u.s. will handle thousands of people entering the country she wrote a children s book about grief after her husband died now, the mother of three is accused of poisoning him with fentanyl the new details from a search warrant just in tonight. for the first time, an fda panel endorses over-the-counter birth control pills. when they ll be available. and the new treatment for peanut allergies in the youngest children one step closer tonight. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. a republican congressman who was accused of launching a political career built in part on made up claims about his family and work history was arrested today on federal charges. congressman george santos turned himself in to authorities on long island, new york, this morning, where he has been indicted on 13 criminal counts that includes money laundering, theft of public funds, and false statements to con
Laura Pleasants doesn’t leave her house without at least six EpiPens — autoinjectors about the size and shape of a whiteboard marker that contain medication that can calm a body’s allergic reaction. She carries two in her laptop bag and another two in her purse. She’s taught all of her friends how to use one in case she’s experiencing a reaction so severe that she can’t do it herself. Despite .
story impacting so many people. thank you. parents may soon be breathing a high of relief for their kids with peanut allergies. a new skin patch is showing promising results in toddlers ages 1 to 3. clinical trials show after 12 months, 2/3 of children given the skin patch could safely tolerate peanut protein compared to those that received a placebo. it trains bodies to handle an accidental bite. this was conducted by researchers from a french bio fpharmaceutical firm. jim? in hours, the policy that kept asylum seekers away from the border expires, having border towns preparing for a bigger surge of migrants. we re live once again at the border.