the final hours of title 42 and the border crisis could get even worse. desperate migrants lining streets. thousands have already crossed the border. tens of thousands ready to try to follow them. end of an era as the covid public health emergency wraps today, more than three years after life drastically changed for all of us. what does it mean for you, your family and your job? we ll dig into the new reality for post-pandemic america. plus, a long-awaited extradition. joran van der sloot, one of the last people to see natalee holloway alive will soon be on u.s. soil as her family is still hoping for answers nearly 18 years after she disappeared. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. any minute now we will hear from america s top homeland security official on the critical change that will take effect in less than 11 hours. the lapse of title 42. that policy that allowed the u.s. to expel migrants based
will get the green light to cross into america with border officials ham strung in their ability to deport them. fox flight team capturing stunning images of migrants swimming through dangerous currents in the rio grande to make it across. sandra: lindsey graham and how congress can step in. john: alexis mcadams how new york city is buckling under the influx of migrants. sandra: and bill melugin starts us off live from the southern border where the amazing images, incredible images, bill, continue to come in, including that brand-new video you sent out of someone swimming across to the united states side. sandra, good afternoon to you. images from the fox news drone down here today are remarkable, and we are really starting to notice the state of texas taking a much more proactive approach in trying to stop some of these illegal crossings. we ll get right into it. take a look at the drone footage a short time ago, groups of migrants trying to cross the river illegally
address this issue? i think we have to consid pe truth about what happened with clarence thomas and neil gorsuch. aishah: critics say democrats are towing a very dangerous line focusing on justices they don t like, and putting our judicial independence at risk. shannon bream joins us later this hour to explain the controversy at the nation s highest court. plus this. john: we have all seen the videos of parents out of control at the little league field. well now, t-ball fights back. little leagues across the country telling parents prove you can do better than the umpire. who better than brian kilmeade to call the call to call the balls and strikes on this one coming up. i would make a lousy umpire. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. john roberts in washington. aishah, you would make a great umpire. aishah: i was a referee back in the day. i m in for sandra smith. everyone is talking about in washington today, coming from the white house.
blunder. hundreds of thousands of students have disappeared from u.s. classrooms. so where did they go? we re on the stories throughout the hour. but first watch here. president biden: i thought it was critical there not be any doubt, none whatsoever, about u.s. support for ukraine in their war against the brutal attack by russia. the sacrifices have been far too gr great. we mourn alongside the families of those who have been lost to the brutal and unjust war. dana: president biden vowing solidarity with ukraine as he makes a dramatic visit to kiev meeting with president zelensky in a major show of support for the fight against russia. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: good morning. hope you had a good weekend. dana: not bad. bill: i m bill hemmer, good morning. to today s unannounced visit. biden spent five hours on the ground in ukraine announcing additional half billion in u.s. aid. florida governor ron desant
line. saying if china invades taiwan, u.s. troops could be deployed to defend the island. we have fox team coverage of the rising tensions as well as the biden s administration s response. and aishah hasnie and lucas tomlinson. taiwan launched fighters jets and simulated, and perhaps the most ever. earlier mark esper says that chinese ambitions go well beyond taiwan. they re global. they have made clear that by 2035 they want to have a modern military and their goal is to move beyond the indo-pacific and project power around the world. we should be concerned about that. here at the white house, john kirby tried to calm down tensions. communication with china remain open, we have communicated to china privately, we ve certainly done it publicly here with you all, there s no reason for them to overreact to this transit. it s not uncommon for these transits. they re private, unofficial, we ll urge them not to overact. it was the hasty withdrawal from afghanistan, afte