crisis at the border. 150,000 migrants waiting to cross into the united states. a wave that could overwhelm the border patrol and humanitarian groups, with already strained border towns facing an influx that has been building for months. and it could hit in just 48 hours. we re going to take you there. the country are running out of time and money. hours from now, a critical meeting to avoid economic calamity. president biden set to meet with congressional leaders on the debt ceiling, but the two sides are nowhere near a deal and a catastrophic default could be just weeks away. and a mysterious object smashes through a roof and right into a home. officials say it is most likely a meteorite. a little gift from space. we are following these stories and many more, all coming in right here cnn news central. we are just about 48 hours from a border surge that has been months in the making. you can see people waiting to make their move. and this video that cnn took today from
top of the hour this thursday. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. we begin this hour with the new reporting of the chinese surveillance balloon, and the state department is confirming that this device was capable of monitoring u.s. communications. that is likely one of the new details that lawmakers are learning this morning. the biden administration is giving classified briefings on the issue on capitol hill a short time ago, and we will give you more of what we are learning in a moment, and with reclosely following what is happening in europe. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling on the european allies to step up the assistance and talking about specifically what they could do in his mind game-changers. fresh off of the sales pitch in wisconsin, president biden is headed to florida to expect to drive home his pledge in particular to protect social security and medicare, and we will have more on that message from the white house ahead. first of all to nat
child s happiness so how dare you suggest that cutting up kids like a thanksgiving turkey is harmful. it s page one of the gas lighting handbook. you re nuts and not them. but thankfully this delusion is now eroding. in the uk a gender identity clinic was shut down after allegedly fast tracking minorsendr transition. a new book claims the facility ignored evidence that 97.5% of the children seeking sex changes had autism, depression, or other problems that might have explained their unhappiness. because, as we all know, there s no better treatment for autism, depression and happiness than putting your privates in a blender. i m sorry, if a child wants to change genders, no doctor should say, hey, well you re the boss. that s like telling an and wrecks i can, maybe you do need to lose a few pounds and handing her diet pills. a whistle blower says children who might not be trans were collateral damaged for transphobic. if 95% are collateral damage you have worse aim than alec b
court ended a constitutional right to an abortion, it s been easy to see the political story and political debates. it s a lot harder to see the medical story, meaning the reality about abortion access, the sudden changes at the state level. the crisis situations for pregnant women that may be denied care. doctors are conferring with one another and some sharing anecdotes but the accounts are second hand and details can be very hard to confirm. take this reporting from usa today quoting a top doctor. she says until the roe v. wade i never had a colleague tell me about a pregnancy that was being forced to continue because of rain. in rape. in the last week, i heard of three. patient privacy is paramount and many rape victims wouldn t want to subject them sselves to the media glare, look at the 10-year-old in ohio. a 10-year-old rape victim was pregnant and because ohio out lawed abortion, the girl was brought to indiana to end the pregnancy. the story was sited by abortion
make a near full recovery after having emergency brain surgery to save his life. he did have another big scare over the weekend as he fell and hit his head again. he was trying to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night by himself which he isn t supposed to do. doctors performed a ct scan following the fall to make sure there wasn t any swelling in his brain and thankfully the results came back normal. this happened just after easton had thanked all his fans for the thoughts and prayers. hey, this is easton. thank you for the prayers. you starting to feel better, bud? yeah, i m starting to feel better. awesome. team easton. we love you, buddy. love you, too. we all continue to pray for easton and his recovery. his team from utah was eliminated from the little league world series yesterday. new day continues right now. alarming new video of a violent arrest in arkansas. i m john berman, brianna is off, cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins