instead they will be bogged down in paperwork and taking agents away from doing their job at the border. immigration courts are pectize up already and the caseload is getting worse by the day. a texas lawmaker says the biden administration should be sending more judges to border towns instead of u.s. troops. the way it stops is instead of the president sending 1500 u.s. troops to the border, he should send 1500 immigration judges. dana: david spunt is live at the justice department as it gets underway. 2.1 million cases, that s the backlog as of this morning. think about that for a moment. that number only expected to grow when title 42 is lifted. that number will only swell over the coming weeks and coming months. right now the backlog is about 4 to 6 years. some experts say it could go 8 to 10 years to get into court to hear your case because of title 42. one of the reasons only about 600 immigration judges right now that are active in the united states. obviously the
gaza but acknowledge some collateral. and plus vladimir putin s parade celebrating victory day moments ago in moscow as his troops struggle to defeat ukraine. and just hours from now in washington, joe biden and kevin mccarthy face-to-face, can they strike a debt limit deal before america defaults. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with fears of dangerous escalation in the middle east. israel says that the operation was aimed at eliminating kingpin terrorists. three islamic jihad commanders were killed, palestinian medical official said at least 13 died in those strikes including four women and four children. hadas gold is live in front of an iron dome battery in southern israel. what are the two sides saying about the airstrikes? reporter: yeah, i m in front of these iron dome batteries and all expectations that these types of batteries which are all around southern israel will be used in the coming hours a
been arrested by police. let s go back to brian. your thoughts on this investigation? championing scotland on the world stage? i mention the idea of a disjuncture, we other disjuncture is that humza yousaf is the first minister, the rear of the scottish national party, he has to take any political head going from these political hit, but he was not the leader of the treasurer at the time that these things happen, he cannot intervene in the police investigation, he cannot nobody intervene in the elaboration, but he has to take the hit as it comes. 0ne insider described him as being very front facing on this, determined to carry on as first minister and challenge the things that face as first minister. and do what he can with regards to the crisis that has frankly engulfed his party. but it is that dreadful disjunction as far as he is concerned that he has to take the first match but he cannot directly intervene, he is in play has to hope that a diver dies down or goes awa
bianca is off. but just ahead on cnn newsroom the amount is just extraordinary. you can imagine opening up your front door and seeing that snowy sight? that is what some residents in california are witnessing with more snow to come. it gives the chinese communist party the ability to manipulate our social discourse. to countries in the region, it is not a choice between washington and beijing, it is a choice between sovereignty and servitude. what he did to his family, what he s did to so many people, yes, i experienced a lot of anger. seems the state s position is let no ted dead horse go unbeat. this has got to stop. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, march 1. 9:00 a.m. in london, 1:00 a.m. in california where more snow is heading for a state already enduring a treacherous winter storm. parts of california have 7 feet of snow as a freezing cold system moves inland over the united states. residents