right now on early start, new rules now in effect at the southern border. are migrants and border mayors ready. plus the marine veteran who used a chokehold on a man in a new york subway about to surrender on manslaughter charges. and a key meeting called off as joe biden and kevin mccarthy stare down a default deadline. what is really going on behind the scenes. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m omar jimenez in for christine romans. a lot to get to, and we ll start with the biden administration saying it was prepared for the end of title 42. we ll find out if that is true. the pandemic era immigration restriction expired five hours ago and a surge of migrants is expected to follow at the southern border. at midnight secretary my mayorkas put out this warning. starting tonight people who arrive at the border without using a lawful pathway will be presumed ineligible for asylum. we are ready to process and swiftly remove people witho
facing new legal and political fallout following his cnn town hall. we ll take a look at the comments that may have stuck out to prosecutors as some republicans also voice concern over a few things he said. and a debt ceiling meeting between president biden and top congressional leaders gets postponed. what that could mean for the looming debt ceiling crisis. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 12th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with a new overnight, the pandemic era immigration policy known as title 42 has officially expired. already we re seeing a massive influx of migrants at the southern border. homeland security officials say illegal border crossings topped 10,000 per day this week, the highest levels ever. the biden administration is urging those seeking entry into the united states to use lawful pathways. we are clear-eyed about the challenges we are likely to face in days and weeks ahead, and we
welcome. it s great to see you. if you are sticking with us, we are thankful for that. i am coming to you live from washington, d.c., today. in just a couple of hours, the president will travel from the white house to the white house correspondents dinner. and annual tradition in full swing tonight. just days after announcing his reelection bid, the president will take good-natured aim at those who cover him every single day. more on that ahead. also coming up this hour, a big political fight between the white house and republicans on capitol hill over the debt limit. we re going to look at the potential impact on your family if the gop gets its way, but we are also following breaking news out of texas. where an eight year old and four other people are dead after yet again another mass shooting in this country. and the gunman, remaining at large. everybody that was shot was shot from the neck, execution style. the my understanding is that the victims came over to the friend
But, listen, the classified has even more to worry about because the county six committee, they will have at least one more hearing planned before they submit their full report. According to Committee Chairman bennie thompson, they are debating inviting some pretty big names like former Vice President mike pence and maybe even trump himself. We are going to dig into all of this. Joining me now is elie, he is the justice correspondent for the nation. He is also the author of the bestselling New York Times book, allow me to retort, a black eyes guide to the constitution. We have to give you all your flowers, elie. When all of this is going down the paschal of weeks, you were the only person that i wanted to talk to about this and get your take. Im a little confused by the multiple lenses here. An appeal, the doj is no longer appealing fighting a Special Master and they are only asking for a small state for part of the order. What do you think the dojs play is here . What is the reasoning
welcome to westminster, where people continue to queue to pay their respects to her majesty the queen. the queue is now officially closed and no more people are now allowed to join the end of the queue, so the people who are now filing past me are some of the last who will have that moment in westminster hall in that historic building, nearly 1000 years old, that has witnessed so much history, witnessing it once again, these are some of the last people to be able to file past her majesty the queen, the late queen who has been lying in state for nearly four and a half days. that will then end at 6:30am many of these people behind me, they have started at 4pm and they continue to file past and this is we are right in the middle of the snake, that moment where people have do zigzag very compressed in order to facilitate so many people, thousands of people, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people. we believe at least half a million people will ma